For the first time since December 2019, SWWU are back with the in person indoor legs!
Kicking off in Plymouth, on Sunday 28th November, 6 universities competed in Britain’s Ocean City to shoot a Portsmouth in 1 of the 3 sessions throughout the day.
Session 1 started with Plymouth and Bath, followed by Exeter, Bristol, Cardiff and Swansea in Session 2 and more from Cardiff and Swansea in Session 3.
New friends were made, beginners experiencing not only their first competition but their first SWWU competition, returning archers trying to steal mascots, it truly had everything that makes up SWWU.
But with every competition, there can only be one winner.
Bristol took top place in the Experienced team (2128), with Cardiff trailing behind (2090) despite having the least amount of archers, followed by Exeter (1994), Bath (1920), Swansea (1797) and Plymoouth (1716).
In the Novice Team, Exeter took the lead (1708) miles ahead of Swansea (1492), with Plymouth (1255) behind them, followed by Bristol (1233) and Bath (1168).
In the Compound team, Swansea took 1st place for the second month in a row (1056), with Plymouth taking second place (555).
Notable performances from Alex Rowe and Will Black made the Experienced Recurve Men battle for 1st place a close call with Alex taking home gold with 584 and Will taking silver with 577, and Gavin Tsang taking bronze with 538. Johanna Meyer put up a strong performance scoring 533, winning 1st place in Experienced Female Recurve. In Experienced Male Barebow, Ben Hutchinson scored a strong 517 to win gold, and Illaria Knibb winning gold in Experienced Female Barebow with 449.
With new archers, comes new potential, and there was nothing short of that with the novices. Luke Burch won gold in the novice recurve men with 478, Sophie Pain took 1st place in novice female recurve with 432, Callum Endean winning the novice barebow men with 364 and Eleanor White winning the novice female barebow with 300.
Well done to all of you! And a full results list can be found on the calendar.
Despite a rushed finish due to a welsh coach driver on a time limit who didn’t say until he arrived in Plymouth, the competition ran with all the fun and chaos SWWU is known for, and no one would have wanted it any differently. One things for sure, basic maths continue to be all archer’s weakness.
A big thank you to Plymouth’s Committee for holding the first in person leg, and hope to see you all again soon at Swansea SWWU on Saturday 4th December.
LONG LIVE THE IMMORTAL SWWU!!!
