cotteswoldma Competitions

Cotteswold Open 2024

Last weekend saw the first edition of the Cotteswold Open competition, our first IHAA 2 star competition with Records and Ranking status.

The weather was not too kind, but we did manage to go ahead with the competition as planned. We had competitors from Kent, Wales and Lancashire joining us for the first time and it was lovely to see some new faces as well as catching up with old friends.

Podium results as follows (full results on ihaa.eu)

Arena 30 Walk:

  1. Lauren Fell
  2. Andie Pier
  3. Henry Matcham

Mini Mamluk Walk:

  1. Henry Matcham
  2. Andie Pier
  3. Oli Secker (HC)

Raid 234:

  1. Michael Ruby
  2. Ross Baugh
  3. Rebecca Hills

Tower 90:

  1. Cora Moore
  2. Michael Ruby
  3. Ross Baugh

Skirmish:

  1. Michael Ruby
  2. Ross Baugh
  3. Rebecca Hills

Congratulations to everyone who braved the rain and took part and huge thanks to our judges Helen, Maria, Mike and Ross and to our army of helpers. See you all again next year!

cotteswoldma Events

Battle for Black Cat Bridge 2024

We were invited to bring the horses along to the annual Black Cat reenactor’s event and we had a great weekend talking to people about the sport and doing some demonstrations of horseback archery throughout the weekend. We had also been asked to join in the battle at the end but the horses were definitely not keen on heading to a battlefield filled with people in clanking armour!

Some lovely pictures here from Daz’s Photogography

cotteswoldma Competitions

4 Nations Competition 2024

This August saw the first edition of the UK 4 Nations horseback archery competition, with the first live stage taking place at our summer camp in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, run by IHAA level 2 judges Helen and Maria, aided by level 1 judge John. It was rather warm but a quick trip to the ice cream shop helped! There were some strong performances across the tracks and several new grades achieved as a result.

Podium results are as follows (full results available on ihaa.eu):

Raid 234

  1. Ali Barnes-Short           (IRL)
  2. Nick White                       (ENG)
  3. Ross Baugh                     (SCO)

Tower 90:

  1. Ali Barnes-Short           (IRL)
  2. Cora Moore                     (IRL)
  3. Eowyn Barnes-Short (IRL)

Chogan:

  1. Ali Barnes-Short           (IRL)
  2. Oli Secker                         (ENG)
  3. Nick White                       (ENG)