For all you BIG bow archers

[Yew Selfbow]

The challenge is a Heavy Bow competition, Bows of 80lb+, , Date is the 3rd September 2006 at Stowe Park Buckinghamshire UK.
There will be various disiplines which will need to be shot by each archer, we will allow a bow change for some events as long as it is an ELB over 80lb, we will run a Formal clout shot but not at 180yds,it will be 240yds, there will be a flight shoot with a light arrow, you must look to hitting 300yds+, Also distance shooting a military weight arrow, 65-85grams with 1/2" shaft and 7"+ fletchings, there will also be some roving. wand splitting, and Garland shooting.

[long doc]

Blooming eck! 55lbs is enough for me and I've sold my 60pounder.

[Munsterman]

Hi,

Do you have a website where I can get details of this shoot?

C

[Macbow]

I'm with long doc - I'd prolapse trying to pull 80 lbs.

[peasant1381]

Any chance of a report/pictures appearing somewhere on the net. By the way who makes 80lbs plus bows ?

[TimS]

We got this invite to the shoot (with link) ......

Message Received: Jul 08 2006, 05:43 PM
From: "Nicholas Ashley"
To:
Subject: Shoot


Hello Peter,

Great site, looks like you have a lot of fun in Oxfordshire! It's good to see a club doing some serious archery for a change and not the usual run of the mill target archery.

Anyway I'm contacting you to let you know of a new shoot which will be occuring at Stowe Landscaped Gardens just outside Buckingham on September the third that will be hosted by the Pickwick Pepperpots. The shoot is a heavy longbow meet and should become an annual event, full details can be found on my website www.englishwarbow.com/heavy.html I see that you quote the Fraternity of St George a lot, do any of you shoot with the Finsbury Mark and the Pickwick Pepperpots as they do a lot of marks shoots in the midlands.

........ but we've since been told it is cancelled.

If anyone knows otherwise please let me know on here and I will reinstate on our club website.

Incidentally the 'English Warbow' site is very imformative on longbows in general - well worth a read

Mr Peasant ..... Pip Bickerstaffe specialises in the heavy bows (he supplies the Stretton bows - world record at over 200 lbs !!!)

[jeduffey]

I just checked that link. It says the event is cancelled.

[stevesjem]

Originally Posted by Yew Selfbow

The challenge is a Heavy Bow competition, Bows of 80lb+, , Date is the 3rd September 2006 at Stowe Park Buckinghamshire UK.
There will be various disiplines which will need to be shot by each archer, we will allow a bow change for some events as long as it is an ELB over 80lb, we will run a Formal clout shot but not at 180yds,it will be 240yds, there will be a flight shoot with a light arrow, you must look to hitting 300yds+, Also distance shooting a military weight arrow, 65-85grams with 1/2" shaft and 7"+ fletchings, there will also be some roving. wand splitting, and Garland shooting.

Phil, who do you think you are, you had nothing to do with this shoot so why are you saying you are. This was my shoot and no-one elses. Why is it people have to take credit for other peoples hard work.

[Dave]

I think you'll find that Phil is just repeating information he has been given. Please tone down your attitude. Thank you.

[stevesjem]

Sorry Dave, but this is not the first time this has happened. It has happened on other forums as well.

Steve