Local archery club excels at National Championships

The Irish Open Field Archery Championships took place earlier this month. The competition, which was held over two days, was hosted by the Wicklow Archers in the beautiful Dargle Valley Field Range.

The first day was an Unmarked Round, which means the archers have to guess the distance to the target - not an easy thing to do - and the second day was a marked round, with the distances to the target marked out which makes it slightly easier.

Competing for CúChulainn Archers were Alan Convery and Robert Hall (Senior Compound), Philip Fitzpatrick (Masters Compound), Gilbert McClelland (Barebow Senior) and Peter Gilmore (Master's Barebow).

Alan Convery was seeded 1st on both days and so won the overall Senior Compound Gold medal. Robert Hall came home in 6th in the Senior Compound, despite being unable to compete on the second day.

Philip Fitzpatrick came second and took the Silver medal in the Masters Compound, while Gilbert McClelland came in 4th in Senior Barebow and Peter Gilmore came 4th in Masters Barebow.

Also in competition recently for CúChulainn Archers were Robert Hall and Neil Keeble who took part in the IFAF Field Championships which were hosted by Laois Archery.  

This competition, which took place in superb weather conditions, is run in three parts: a Field Round, a Hunter Round and a 3D Round. The combined score from all three parts gives you the winner. 

Robert Hall (Senior Compound) took the Gold Medal and Neil Keeble (Senior Barebow) came 5th with a Personal Best score. Congratulations to all, on what was a great few competitions for the club.

CúChulainn Archers meet every week and also run courses for beginners throughout the year. All enquiries to cuchulainnarchers@hotmail.com.