Our competition didn’t get off to the best start when not one but two competitor’s vehicles broke down on the way and they didn’t make it to the venue. However we still had enough arrivals for a records and ranking competition and started off on Saturday morning with a track we are trialling, the Tower Walk 60. It does what it says on the tin, 6 runs of tower on 60 metres at walk, the only restriction being you can shoot a maximum of 10 arrows per run. Following that we did a canter Tower 90 and then one group of Raid 234, dodging the showers!
Sunday we started early with the second Raid group and then on to the main event, the eagerly anticipated Hunt Track. Just one competitor in the BHAA prelim Walk hunt and she did an excellent job shooting her 10 targets.
The main canter track was 750 metres long with a knock down target requiring a fluflu arrow and for the first time in the UK, a jump shot. Other tricky shots included a hanging cube target and our old friend on loan from France, Gorbag the orc.
Congratulations to our very own Oli Secker riding Zavon who won all 3 HBAE events to take the top spot and also to Amy Lewis from the Ribble Valley Mounted Archers who won the walk competition.
Huge thanks to Head Judge John Goodwin and to all our volunteers who came to help, especially with the hunt track.
Full results available on ihaa.eu
Cotteswold Mounted Archers 