Starting off the new year with something a little bit different than the traditional regional legs, a Frostbite.
Cardiff, Swansea, Bath, Bristol and Plymouth travelled to Exeter to get a taste of the cold weather and to claim back their lost mascots, as well as being presented with their very own brand new SWWU flags.
Before even shooting started, one archer from Plymouth experienced a car breakdown, and then once they are all set up, shooting was under way. Plymouth, Exeter, Bristol and a couple from Swansea took up session 1, and session 2 consisted of Bath, Cardiff, the rest of Swansea and the rest of Exeter. Beginners having their first taste of 30m and experienced archers finding their sightmarks again, and trying to figure out Exeters scoresheet.
Bristol (1129) took first place in the experinced teams, closly followed by Exeter (1045) and then Bath(1001). Swansea(910) took the highest podium blace in novice teams, with Plymouth(710) taking second place and Exeter(366) taking third. In compound team, Exeter(511) stole Swanseas winning streak by placing first, followed by Plymouth(332) and then Swansea(177).
In the experienced recurves, Alex Rowe(329) from Plymouth and Johanna Meyer(282) from Bath won gold. Asher Smart(233) from Exeter and Rob Hargreaves(332) from Plymouth took the experienced compound gold, Jemima Maxted(109) and Connor Blake Hurley(138) both from Swansea took the experienced longbow gold and Jessica Salamone(270) from Bath and Ben Hutchingson(237) from Bristol took home the gold in experienced barebow.
In the novice categories, Rebecca Jordan(263) and Ryan Fleming(288) both from Swansea took gold in recurve, Dante Deeming(288) from Swansea won the compound gold, Sarah Weil(182) from Swansea and Alfred Bradshaw(30) from Exeter took top podium place in longbow, and Amy Shimeld(232) from Cardiff and Harry Clemence(178) from Plymouth took the barebow golds.
Thank you to Exeter for hosting and cannot wait to see you guys again for the Regional BUCS Qualifiers.
LONG LIVE THE IMMORTAL SWWU!!!
