SUCCESS AT BRITISH OUTDOOR JUNIOR TARGET CHAMPIONSHIPS. N.I. TEAM FINISHES 2ND.
The British Junior Target championships were shot at the weekend at the National
Sports centre at Lilleshall just outside Birmingham and the Northern Ireland
team finished second just behind Scotland and ahead of Wales [3rd] and England
[4th] Members of Ballyvally Archery club did well with Rian Morgan shooting
in the under 18 boys compound class perhaps doing best by coming 2nd and also
achieving a double six gold end. Having all six arrows in the gold at the
one time is quite an achievement and Rian did it twice! Mark Nesbitt also
did well achieving also a 6 gold end and on day one was in equal first position
eventually finishing 4th overall. Amy Lavery shooting in the under 18 girls
freestyle also shot extremely well finishing in the top six in the U.K.
SPRING LEAGUE ENDS…AUTUMN LEAGUE STARTS.
Ballyvally’s Spring league has just ended. It was shot outdoors on the
club’s wooded courses and FITA Rounds were generally shot. Top girl
juniors were Shannon Russell-Cowan, Morgan Russell-Cowan, Courtney Heslip,
Amy Lavery, Rebecca Corbett and Lauren Corbett. In the junior boys section
the top placings went to Ewan Lynas, Ronan Gribben, Mark Hamilton, Michael
Patterson, Dean Hamilton and Mark Nesbitt. In the ladies section, Adele Lynas
topped the points followed by Bronagh Campbell, Ashley Russell-Cowan, Marion
Patterson, Valerie Sleith and Maggie Quaile. Leading the gents was Rune Naeri
followed by Gary Corbett, Philip Fitzpatrick, Nigel Hamilton, Terry Malcolmson,,
Damien Cunningham and Ken Quinn The Autumn league started at the weekend and
will continue right through to Christmas. Mother and son team of Adele Lynas
and Ewan Lynas have started the new league just as they finished the old league.
They were the only two archers to hit gold in the knock-out!
U.K. JUNIOR FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Ballyvally will host the Junior Field Archery Championships at Loughbrickland
in August this year. Members of the club have started to practise for this
big event which will move to Kendal in Cumbria in 2008. Last year Ballyvally
junior archers won many of the championship classes and the club is hoping
this will be repeated this year as well. Senior club members and parents who
would like to help on the weekend’s shooting are asked to contact the
club secretary as soon as possible. Meanwhile the courses will be prepared
for the event.