Annual Pagoda Shoot 2007
Sunday 15th April 2007
On Sunday, 15th April, 198 archers gathered at The Old Deer Park on Kew Road for the 8th Annual Pagoda Shoot. It was an impressive sight on a bright sunny day with the multi-coloured targets and the archers dressed in green and white. Their ages ranged from 12 years – 80 years and they came from archery clubs as far a field as Chichester and Chiltern, maidenhead and Wealdstone. There were 33 targets, the maximum that can be fitted into the area.
Bows used were longbows, recurve and compounds with traditional wooden arrows and modern aluminium and carbon fibre arrows. Distances shot ranged from 80 yards to 40 yards.
The Royal Richmond Archery Club first organised this event to celebrate the Millennium and it marks the beginning of the outdoor archery season. The shoot is run under the rules of the Grand National Archery Society and has become a shoot at which National records can be recognised and broken. This year the Girls’ Junior Compound National record was broken by Mary Perrott, aged 14 from Abbey Bowmen,St. Alban’s. She broke the record of 793 with a score of 836. This isthe third record to be achieved since the Shoot started 8 years ago.
The Royal Richmond Archery Club was established in 1873 on its present site of Old Deer Park. As well as serious archery, novelty shoots are held throughout the year and members enjoy a number of social events. Beginners’ courses are held in June each year.
Pagoda Shoot Results
» Winners
