BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ARCHERY ASSOCIATION

The Bucks Winter postal is off to a great start and you can find October's results here- https://www.bucksarcheryassociation.org.uk/winter-postal For the individual competitions an archers FOUR BEST results will be used to determine the final rankings so you haven't missed the opportunity to compete. And if you are new to archery, there is a NOVICES section for those that have completed a beginner's course in May 2026 or later.

The SCAS Regional Indoor Championships is on Sunday 22nd November. The shoot includes a county team competition, and I’m pleased to confirm that BAA has entered a Recurve team of Nick Hunter Ian Banks John Murphy Chris Jordan Congratulations and good luck! Unfortunately, BAA could not raise enough archers to field a Barebow, Compound or Longbow team for this event. If you would like to join the county squad for the opportunity to represent BAA at future events, please s

The Archer of the Year award is presented to an archer in respect of their service to the county, or their club, or in recognition of their own personal progress or achievement. Congratulations go to John Murphy, who received the most votes from those present at our AGM on Saturday 7th November 2026. In addition, our County Champions received their medals, or bars; while new members of the County Team received their badges. Pictures of those receiving their awards from BAA

The Buckinghamshire Archery Association Archer of the Year award is presented to a member in respect of their service to the county, or their club, or in recognition of their own personal progress or achievement. The winner will be chosen by vote at the AGM this Saturday 7th November, 10am at Buckland Village Hall, HP22 5JB. Congratulations to the following archers, who have been nominated for the award this year- Nick Hunter – Silver Arrow Archers Nick Hunter has excelled

A friendly indoor match is being organised with Berkshire, to take place on Sunday 24th January, 1.30pm at South Bucks Archers. The round is TBC. Provisional team as follows- Recurve: 4 Barebow: 4 Compound: 4 Longbow: 4 All BAA members are eligible to shoot for the County. If you would like to take part in this event, please submit your Bowman 3rd class and above competition scores for selection here- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnckOClVcXPDqBeVQJW3kAy2s

Buckinghamshire Archery Association have developed an exciting new coaching programme! Called ‘Maximising Your Off-Season’ the programme will take archers of all levels on a structured journey where they will learn how to plan and optimise their archery sessions to improve archery performance. The first part of the programme is already underway and runs from September to December 2026 and consists of 4 online evening sessions lasting 90 minutes each. Cost £5 per session.

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Check out the latest newsletter below! If you have any news you’d like to share in the next newsletter (due mid January) please email secretary@bucksarcheryassociation.org.uk.

These can be found under the "Summer Postal" tab on our website. Many thanks to all those that took part, and special thanks to the club reps for collating and submitting your scores each month. Award winners will receive their badges in due course.

These can be found on our website. The final rankings will be announced in due course.

The 2026 SCAS Indoor Championships will be held on 22nd November 2026 at Places for People (SO50 9NL) and will be a World Record Status WA18m round. All BAA members are members of SCAS so eligible to compete in this event for the title of Regional Indoor Champion. Prospectus and entry here- https://bookwhen.com/scasarchery There is also a county team opportunity- Recurve x 4 archers Barebow x 2 archers Longbow x 2 archers Compound x 2 archers BAA aims to select teams

Please find attached the results of the Buckinghamshire County Championships and Open Shoot. Thank you for your participation and hopefully you enjoyed the day. Rose claims and the UK Record claim will be sent off in the next couple of days. Also thank you for helping move the targets forward and to those Bucks archers who helped with various tasks on the day and before. Kind Regards John

Sunday 6th September saw Buckinghamshire shoot against a very strong Surrey team during the Bucks County Championships. The round- Hereford and Bristol II as appropriate. The Bucks Compound team recorded a narrow win, but Surrey won all other bowstyles resulting in an overall win for Surrey. Well done to the Bucks team on the day which featured 4 archers making their county team debuts, including the entire barebow team. Recurve: Julie Morling, Matilda Lang, Chris Jordan, Joh

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These are now available on our website under the "Summer postal" tab. Our final round is a Warwick, or Warwick 40 for juniors and novices. Remember that an archer's best FOUR results will be used to determine the final positions. Good Luck.

Buckinghamshire Archery Association have developed an exciting new coaching programme! Called ‘Maximising Your Off-Season’ the programme will take archers of all levels on a structured journey where they will learn how to plan and optimise their archery sessions to improve archery performance. The first part of the programme runs from September to December 2026 and consists of 4 online evening sessions lasting 90 minutes each. Cost £5 per session. (£7.50 for non-BAA members).

Pleased to confirm the team for the Buckinghamshire v Surrey friendly match which will take place during the Bucks County Championships on Sunday 6th September. Representing Buckinghamshire on the day- Recurve (4): Chris Jordan, John Murphy, Julie Morling, Matilda Lang Barebow (4): Imran Rehman, Rukhsana Latif, Michelle Durnsford, Peter Roberts Longbow (2): Lesley Herriott, Sue Mitchell Compound (2): Marc Bibby. Ashraf Barnes Congratulations all and best of luck! Buckingh

One month to go! Few spaces still available... We are excited to invite you to the Buckinghamshire Archery Association County Championships and Open Shoot, this year hosted by Whiteleaf Bowmen (just outside High Wycombe) on Sunday, 6th September 2026. This year, the available rounds will be the Hereford / Bristol I and Bristol II. UK Record Status is currently being applied for. UPDATE: UKRS has been granted Please note, there won’t be York or shorter Bristol rounds this time

BAA sent a Recurve team to the SCAS Inter-Counties 2026. Many thanks to John for the following report- Attending the SCAS inter-county competition was the first time Matilda Lang (Little Abbey Bowmen) and John Murphy (South Bucks Archers) had joined such a high level competition and it was an honour to represent the county. Most of the southern counties were represented, with some counties presenting a full team with all four disciplines (RC, BB, LB and Compound) and also wit

The Handicap rankings have been adjusted. There was an error in a submitted score. As well as errors in assigning points totals. These have now been corrected, and an updated pdf is available to download.