TOURNAMENT
RESULTS 2008
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Archers were called to assembly, under the flag of The Society, by the usual sounding of the Bugle. The usual greeting was given by the Captain, Drew Stapleton, welcoming archers to the 300th recorded meeting. The Clerk to the Society and Judges kept their announcements brief with the shoot commencing promptly at 10.30am. No reds or black spot gold’s were scored at the first end so shooting continued. It wasn’t long before the word got around that there appeared to be one on target 15. This was soon confirmed with Guy Hair, from St. Mary’s Bowmen of Hull taking the honour of Captain elect. This wasn’t however, without competition with longbowman Peter Harling also hitting the black spot. The best red, and the Lieutenant elect went to past Captain Lewis Mitchell. A great sigh of relief sounded across the field as gentlemen congratulated Guy and Lewis on their achievements. Shooting continued throughout the morning until 12.30 when the judges called the break for lunch. The lunch was taken in the marquee erected on the field especially for the occasion. A fine buffet meal was provided and ample wine to wash it down. Following the meal invited guests and those not having shot with the Captain in the morning were asked to leave to enable the Annual Meeting of the Society to take place. It was proposed at the meeting that as there was no pressing matters to discuss the day would continue without the usual open forum for discussion. The afternoons shooting commenced again at 3.30pm and continued for a further 2 hours. The Right Hon. William Hague, MP for Richmond, North Yorkshire together with his lady wife Mrs Hague, joined the field shortly after 4.30pm having been invited as the special guest of the Captain, Drew Stapleton. Mr Hague shared many a joke with the archers while mixing between the targets. The
presentation of the trophies was carried out jointly by The Right Hon.
William Hague, MP for Richmond, North Yorkshire and the Captain’s
Lady. The day was rounded off by a rousing speech from Mr Hague followed
by the retiring Captain giving his thanks to all those involved in the
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TROPHY
WINNERS 2008 Judges: Mr John Gilroy |
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The Scorton Trophies | ||
Captain
of the Arrow |
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Lieutenant
of the Arrow |
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The
Horn Spoon for Worst White |
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Bill
Spencer & Steve Cook |
The
Ben Hird Sword for most Hits, Longbow |
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Alan
Beaty |
The
Alain Holt Ladle for Highest Score, Longbow |
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John
Geldard |
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The
Thirsk Insignia for Yorkshiremen |
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The
Silver Arrow & Gold Quiver, for Highest Score |
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Adrian
Hayes |
The
Thirsk Bugle for most Hits |
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David
Nordoff |
The
Thirsk Silver Medal for Best Gold |
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Brian
Maude |
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The
Subscription Trophies |
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The
Gold Medal for the Captain of Numbers |
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Adrian
Hayes |
The
Gold Medal for the Highest Score |
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David
Nordoff |
The
Phillips Cup for the Best Gold of the Meeting |
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Brian
Maude |
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The
Sweepstakes |
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Best
Gold |
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Brian
Maude |
Second
Best |
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Michael
Dixon |
Third
Best |
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Guy
Hair |
Most
Golds |
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Mark
Farrow |
Second
Most |
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Paul
Scudamore & David Nordoff |
Third
Most |
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Marc
Grady, Albert Kiddy & Mick Winsett |
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TOURNAMENT RESULTS 2008 |
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Minutes
of the 300th Meeting - 17th May 2008
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Also
in the year 2008
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Monarchy: Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Prime Minister: Gordon Brown - Labour Party Hull City Football Club are promoted to the Premier Football League for the first time in their 104 year history. |
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In a palm-hut encampment, members of a previously ‘un-contacted’ Amazon tribe shoot arrows at a surveillance helicopter above the rain forest borderlands of Peru and Brazil. The black dyed (female) and red dyed (male) covering their bodies are thought to be made from crushed seeds and are believed to signal aggression, native-rights experts say. The
photograph realised on 30th May 2008 is one of several taken by officials
from Brazil’s National Indian Foundation and are said to be proof
that yet un-contacted, semi-nomadic tribes still do exist in the increasingly
threatened Amazon rain forest, according to Survival International, an
international indigenous-rights group. From
an Archery perspective, here you have living evidence of just how important
the Bow and Arrow have become to mans defence, protection and dominance
over other species and of course his hunting - with a style of shooting
that is still carried on by Longbow Archers in our 'modern' world. |
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