A huge congratulations to Alex Rowe (Plymouth), Joe Tripp (Plymouth), Catherine Hughes (Exeter), Tom Ledgerwood (Exeter alumni) and Alec Hodgkinson (Cardiff Met), who represented SWWU at the GWAS Regional Intercounties competition in Exeter this weekend! Devon and Cornwall managed to secure the title for a third year on the trot, with Alex shooting 1137 to […]
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With our archers soon heading back to university, many chose to squeeze in one final outdoor competition before starting to focus on the indoor season! Aubrey Whitish (Swansea), William Murphy (Swansea) and Becca Eckles (Cardiff) shot at Llandaff City Bowmen, with Aubrey coming away with female barebow gold and Becca walking away with female compound
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We are delighted to announce that SWWU will be hosting a number of region-wide coaching days throughout the upcoming academic year! We would like to thank Swansea University for offering to host the first of these, on Saturday November 9th, 2-5pm. The idea behind these coaching days is simple – Clubs bring along any coaches
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SWWU archers have been busy winning silverware (and goldware…) up and down the country over the past few weeks! Last weekend a number of archers from Exeter and Plymouth took part in Exmouth Archers’ World Archery Weekend. Notable performances included Tom Ledgerwood (Exeter), who seeded 5th in the Men’s Recurve category on Saturday before a
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We’ve created a brand new Facebook group for all SWWU members and alumni! We’re certain this will soon become your go-to page for SWWU memes, banter and the occasional bit of news. Join now – https://www.facebook.com/groups/446646079256064/
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Great fun was had by all at a wet and windy SWWU Summer Slam this weekend! In the men’s recurve category, Thomas Ledgerwood (Exeter) stormed to first place in the seedings with a score of 529, but was stopped in the semi finals by 4th seed, Gavin Tsang (Swansea), who took a 6-4 victory before
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Today’s the day! Everyone’s arrived at Coombe Dingle and can’t wait to get started. You can follow our archers competing in the SWWU Summer Slam on Ianseo at the link below! https://www.ianseo.net/Details.php?toId=5976 And best of luck to Aberystwyth‘s Chris Cassells, who is competing in the second day of a very windy British Target Championships!
SWWU were out in force this weekend, with archers competing up and down the country! In Redruth, Tom Ledgerwood and Surabhi Desai (Exeter) as well as Lonja Selter, Alex Rowe, Joe Tripp, Emma King and Kerry Marks (Plymouth) competed in the Devon & Cornwall Outdoor Championships, shooting Double 1440 rounds. There were a number of
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Huge congratulations to Plymouth University’s Alex Rowe, who won bronze medals in both the team and the individual junior men’s recurve categories at the Archery GB Youth Festival, held at Lilleshall National sports and Conferencing Centre. Alex shot phenomenally all week, securing team bronze alongside Matthew Vaughan and Oisin Pfetzing Donnellan with a 6-2 victory
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The announcement that everyone’s been waiting for! We would like to say a huge thank you to EXETER, who have volunteered to host the first ever SWWU indoor championships on Saturday 7th December. This will be a standalone event, not contributing to the SWWU league tables and will replace Exeter’s indoor SWWU leg this year.
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