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Nov 16
UK’s first Inclusive Archery Series
Deer Park welcomed archers from all over the country for the first event in the UK’s first Inclusive Archery Series at Balcarras School. Of the 46 people to take part, 31 were archers with a disability which is the highest percentage we have seen at any of our inclusion shoots. We saw Debbie Young of Talisman …
Sep 26
Winter Field Archery League
The dates are now on bookwhen. The leagues are for all abilities, bow types and ages and run on selected Saturday mornings, shooting a mixture of 3D and WA Field faces at distances to suit everyone. The sessions will become fully booked closer to the dates, they are open to all clubs, so if you …
Sep 03
Well done to Phoebe at the Paralympics!
Backed up her Gold Medal in Tokyo with 4th in Paris, we are all so proud! Buildings Refurbishment Complete Thank you to Men-in-Sheds for their hard work refurbishing external walls/roofs on all the buildings! Also thank you to all the members/families that have carried out so many tasks over the last few volunteering weekends, the …
Jul 14
What a week!
Ella breaks the blue-ribbon World Record! World number one Ella Gibson has shot an amazing 718/720 at a domestic event in Britain to set a new compound women’s world record in qualifying, subject to ratification. Chloe and Louise win medals at the European Youth Championships in Rumania. Well done to Chloe A’Bear for individual Silver …
Jun 23
Inaugural Running Archery Competition a fantastic success!
Once in a while we get a key milestone event that will be highlighted on our Club History Timeline, this will prove to be one of those events! We held our first Running Archery ‘Sprint’ event, which challenged archers to run 400m, from a standing position shoot 4 small targets at 18m with 6 arrows, …
May 27
Delivered a very successful British 2 day 3D Field Championships!
Thanks to all our amazing volunteers we created 2 stunning courses with more than 200 scores recorded. The quality of our organisation, the diversity and quality of our surrounds was certainly appreciated by all the participants. A selection of excellent photos from the Competition can be found here. ArcheryGB report can be found here. Community …
Mar 27
Club Social events in full flow!
Last week saw our annual Laser Tag Tournament, over subscribed and eagerly awaited. The evening did not disappoint with the exception of one runaway winner the rest of the places were closely fought. Well done to Lily Partridge, Steph Gill and Louise Bassett for top scoring. Friday saw our first Glow Archery event. Dressed in …
Mar 12
Great day at the 2024 Sport and Recreation Alliance Awards!
25 fantastic finalists across 8 categories at the flagship awards programme recognises and celebrates the outstanding work of clubs, organisations and individuals that are so crucial to grassroots sport and recreation in this country. This year’s winners were announced at a ceremony at Headingley Stadium, the home of Leeds Rhinos and Yorkshire County Cricket Club …
Feb 24
Fantastic week at the Varaždin 2024 European Indoor Championships in Croatia!
Congratulations go to all the GB team, coaches and archers for a series of great performances! With 4 members and 1 associate member from Deer Park, all returned with medals! A just reward for all the effort invested by the individuals, their families and their coaches! Also individual medals for Isabel European under 21 Barebow …
Feb 15
Inclusion Shoot Report
We held our tenth annual Inclusion Shoot at Balcarras on Sunday. Archers with a disability made up more than 50% of the total number of entrants and it was a great success. It was fantastic to see so many familiar faces return and many new archers taking part too. Archers travelled from as far away as …