Hall of fame

[Legolas]

I am sure many of you out there have had archers in your county which were good and given up or still are good. I think some of these people need to be put into a hall of fame they may have never achieved national status but at least won some county comps or maybe more.

I hope those of you out there can come up with these people from each county old or new.

How else can I put it when people talk about F1 drives the who's who of driving Ayrton Senner would be the top of the list over Michael Schumaker so I think. So in archery and your county who stood out the most who would you put into the HALL OF FAME.
Please list which county each archer would be from.

[Old Bloke]

Dave Howell. I believe he is still in Devon.

[tel]

Originally Posted by Old Bloke

Dave Howell. I believe he is still in Devon.

Do people in the Hall of Fame have to be famous, or does infamy count

[Old Bloke]

Watch it Tel! Or else I'll pull those pegs on your Pop A Bivvy on a windy day.

[Kae]

Originally Posted by Old Bloke

Dave Howell. I believe he is still in Devon.

Your modesty is legendary Mr Howell

[Eluned]

hey OB

Leave room for me

and i'm more handsome than Mohammed Ali

Buffalo Soldier

[bobofdrym]

Well OB I think the Hall of FLAME fits the bill better - You old devil you!!!!!

[phil_r_58]

Originally Posted by Kae

Your modesty is legendary Mr Howell

Truth is, that in the days when Dave was winning medals and national titles, the results list of European and World championships read like a "who's who" of British archery. The early 70s to early 80s seemed to produce a crop of particularly good archers in the UK. Did it not OB ?, with your historical records ?

I suppose the most famous in Field were Mike Houghton and Chris Jones. They went across to GNAS comps in the 80s, and excelled there too. Others like Dave Till, John Allen, Bob Jewel, Eddie Parsons, Eddie Calvert, John Lamb were also consistent top 10 placers in European and World events at IFAA. They were also the Pioneers of Compound shooting in the UK.

[english_archer]

Originally Posted by phil_r_58

Truth is, that in the days when Dave was winning medals and national titles, the results list of European and World championships read like a "who's who" of British archery. The early 70s to early 80s seemed to produce a crop of particularly good archers in the UK. Did it not OB ?, with your historical records ?

I suppose the most famous in Field were Mike Houghton and Chris Jones. They went across to GNAS comps in the 80s, and excelled there too. Others like Dave Till, John Allen, Bob Jewel, Eddie Parsons, Eddie Calvert, John Lamb were also consistent top 10 placers in European and World events at IFAA. They were also the Pioneers of Compound shooting in the UK.

Hey Phil you left yourself off the list from what I can gather you were always there or there abouts stop being modest ! .AND your on an upcurve again know are you not ?
Also from lincolnshire and hall of fame worthy are the late Dennis Ingham(founder friskney bowmen) Gladys Ingham european field champion and sports person of the year back in the day ,Malcom Adams should make the list aswell .

[simon1977]

Bernie Dicks, currently in Nottinghamshire.

Although I'm still trying to convince him to dump the recurve, as a compound archer in the olden days, he was legendary.

Leslie Mcpherson, Hampshire.

He was always my idol as a kid and beating him for the first time is still one of the highlights of my career.

Peter Jones, Hampshire.

Although he surcumbed to the wheely side, Pete still remains the most accurate recurve archer I've ever known, if he could've just sorted out his freezing on the clicker, he would have been dominant.