29th November 2005   Graham Potts qualifies as Continental Judge.
Graham Potts has now qualified as a Continental Judge following his seminar and exam in Italy. Of the fourteen people who took the course eight passed;. two are from Romania, one from Germany, one from Italy, one from Greece, one from Russia, one from Hungary and Graham from GB. Graham now awaits details of the European Shoots next year and will ask to be appointed to one or more - this is no small undertaking as the shoots will be during the week and normally last five days per tournament.
Well done Graham!

23rd November 2005   A few items from the Committee Meeting...
1. We are looking for a Social Secretary for the club. This would be a non-committe role, but with the backing of the committee, with the role of organising social events for the club. No regular events need to be planned - just events as and when the Social Secretary wishes to organise. If you're interested please talk to Graham Potts.
2. The next edition of the Burleigh News will be out shortly - please can you send any articles for inclusion in the News to Stan by 11th December.
3. Please can you send to Shirley a list of any tournament placings and achievements over the summer for a summary in the club records and Burleigh News.
Thank-you!

13th November 2005   Ashford Indoor Portsmouth
At the Ashford Indoor Portsmouth, despite bad arm pains which caused him to retire from the second session, Len Starling won the Third Place Award for the first Session, with a score only one point off his personal best. Wife Janet, Club Cake Captain, also shot well and scored just two points below her personal best.

8th November 2005   Ted Burnham - England Team Manager
Ted Burnham has been appointed Team Manager for the England senior team in 2006 - details to follow.

8th November 2005   Graham Potts aiming for Continental Judge Status
Graham Potts, not content with being nationally ranked (see below), and acting as Club Secretary, is also currently qualified as a National Judge. This means he is able to take charge as Senior Judge of any shoot in the UK, run under the auspices of GNAS, including World Record Status shoots.
The next level of Judging is Continental (European) which allows the individual to work at any European Event or Championship - including European Grand Prix events, Europa Cup for Juniors, and European Championships, Senior, Junior and Indoor. This is the stepping stone on the way to being a Full International Judge, allowing the individual to judge at World Championships and Olympic Games.
To qualify as a Continental Judge, Graham had to submit a CV and application form, which gave details of his work as a judge and generally within Archery (Organiser of the European Junior Championships 1999, Competition Manager World Junior Champs 2004, 10 years organising, with others, events such as the Junior National Championships.) From the applications received they have only taken twelve people, and it includes candidates from Russia, Italy, Slovenia, Romania, Greece and others - Graham is among that number!
The seminar is over the weekend, and includes a written and oral test. Applicants have to demonstrate a good working knowledge of the FITA rules, and of course show how to apply them, although there will not be a "on the field assessment". Graham is "looking forward to it, with intrepidation, as I really want to pass, because the ultimate goal is to judge the Olympic Games."
Good luck Graham!

2nd November 2005   Burleigh Archers in GNAS 2005 Rankings
A number of Burleigh archers have been named in the GNAS Official Target Archery Ranking List:

Ladies Recurve:
	Jane Burnham	24th
	Karen Atkins	35th (technically on-loan to Bath University!)
Gents Recurve:
	Chris Gray	21st
	Jonathon Manning	25th
	Nicholas Manning	48th
Gents Compound:
	Graham Potts	54th

Full results can be found at the GNAS web-site.

9th October 2005    Burleigh Success at the Laleham Albion!
At the Laleham Albion, Burleigh came away with a clutch of awards, including:

First place junior compound - Robert Potts

Third place individual Gents compound - Graham Potts

Top recurve team - Jane Burnham, Sally du Feu, Chris Gray and Craig Rundle

Top compound team - Ian Hartfree, Denis Jones and Graham Potts

Laleham Pairs winners - Jane Burnham and Chris Gray

Veterans winner (recurve) - Sally du Feu

Veterans winner (compound) - Denis Jones

Completing the strong Burleigh representation were Len and Janet Starling who both shot personal bests. Full results can be found at the Laleham web-site.

26th September 2005    Indoor Season Starts
This Sunday the 2nd October we have booked Emmbrook school for shooting indoors both morning and afternoon. This means if the weather is good you have the choice of Shooting either indoors or in the fresh air.
Because Wednesday evenings are getting dark too early for shooting we propose that starting this Saturday during the winter we meet as a club at 10 a.m. Saturday morning.

25th September 2005    Hampshire Open
At the Hamphire County & Open Championships, Chris Gray was top gentlemen (recurve), Ian Hartfree was top Gentlemen (compound) and Janet Starling was third ladies visitor in the recurve division. Len Starling won the Lady Paramount's prize (a bottle of wine) to help celebrate Janet's placing!

11th September 2005    SCAS Inter-Counties Championships
The Berkshire team for the SCAS inter-counties championships contained several members from Burleigh, for the Recurve team Sally Du Feu and Chris Gray, for the compound team Ian Hartfree, Graham Potts, Nick Youlden, Sarah Morris and Denis Jones. Shirley Jones was Team Manager.
The recurve and compound teams both finished second in their respective categories - full details are in the Autumn edition of the Burleigh News.
Click on photo to enlarge and see team member names

3rd September 2005    Junior Success at SCAS
At the SCAS Junior Championships, hosted this year by Rayleigh Town Archery Club, Scott Randall score 1106 on the Bristol II round to become the SCAS U16 Champion. Robert Potts, also shooting a Bristol II round, finished third in the compound section. Well done Scott and Robert!
Click on photo below for a super-large Scott