Wednesday October 1st - START OF THE WINTER MIDWEEK OUTDOOR SESSIONS AT THE FIELD - THIS WILL BE EVERY WEDNESDAY UNLESS YOU ARE INFORMED OTHERWISE. 1pm-4pm
Saturday 4th October - The Grand Final of the Run Archery National Series held at Lilleshall by ArcheryGB
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SUNDAY 5th October - THE CASTLE BOWMEN ANNUAL TEAM H2H TOURNAMENT
Start setting up around 9am
1st Round - Individual seeding round
2nd Round - Team seeding round
3rd Round - Team Knock-Out round
Finishing about 3pm after the Wooden Spoons are awarded
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Sunday 26th October - The only Pre-Halloween not so scary Halloween Tournament -
******** THE SPECTACULARLY SPOOKY SPIDER SHOOTY *************
CAKES & PRIZES plus spooky floating moving target for an extra prize (no-one knows how it moves along the ground…)
Entry Fee £5.00
6 Dozen arrows shot at the Internationally known distance for which Spooky Spider tournaments are always shot at.
SUNDAY 9th NOVEMBER - Frostbite Postal League match
3 dozen @ 30m
Everyone welcome
Longbow Winter Postal - tba
WINTER POSTAL LEAGUE - 14th DECEMBER - Results on the Postal page (after we’ve shot it)
Longbow Winter Postal - TBA
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Sunday 21st - The Hopefully Not Wet (3rd time lucky) CHRISTMAS EVE EVE EVE EVE SHOOT - pre-christmas chocolates to be won
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December 25th - UNWRAPPING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FULL OF ARCHERY STUFF HOPEFULLY
NO SHOOTING TODAY AS EVERYONE HAS TOO MUCH TURKEY TO FINISH TO THINK ABOUT ARCHERY.
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Saturday December 27th - Junior Club as usual
Sunday December 28th - Shooting as usual
2026 - 56 years of Castle Bowmen
SATURDAY JANUARY 3rd AND SUNDAY JANUARY 4th -
SHOOTING - EVEN IF IT’S SNOWING ….heavy rain might be a different matter though :)
- CASTLE BOWMEN’S ANNUAL CLUB HANDICAP SHOOT featuring the 'Seal Round' to determine Club Champion for the year
" The round: 4 dozen at 40yds or whatever the Chairman decides
All Welcome – Juniors only (on the Saturday ) and Adults AND Juniors (on the Sunday)
Format:
Arrive to set up from 9am
ALL ARCHERS EXPECTED TO HELP SET UP AND PUT AWAY PLEASE !!!"
Awards to be awarded later in the year.
January 11th - Welsh Indoor Championships at the Welsh Institute of Sport - Cardiff
WINTER FROSTBITE POSTAL LEAGUE - SUNDAY 18th January
Longbow Winter Postal TBA
THURSDAY JANUARY 29th TBC - ANNUAL LATE CHRISTMAS / NEW YEAR CLUB DINNER / …
Menu and Prices available from Steve
WINTER FROSTBITE POSTAL LEAGUE - 8th February
Longbow Winter postal - tbc
February 22nd - Glamorgan Indoor Championships
***GLAMORGAN INDOOR COMBINED CHAMPIONSHIPS hosted by RJD ARCHERS***
Llantrisant Leisure Centre
UK Record Status WA 18m
LAST WINTER POSTAL LEAGUE OF THE SEASON
SUNDAY 8th March - last chance to get in a team and possibly win a badge
Longbow Winter Postal - tba
March - Indoor Tournament at RJD Archers
LAST INDOOR SHOOTING SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY 31st March
Outdoor Shooting continues every Sunday Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at the field for the entire summer
THE FIRST EVENING OUTDOOR SESSION OF THE SUMMER SEASON WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY 1st APRIL
— EASTER SUNDAY April 5th - CASTLE BOWMEN EASTER SHOOT —
** DOUBLE WA 70m ** for Recurves and Barebows and Longbows
** Double WA 50m ** for Barebows**
NO GENERAL SHOOTING UNLESS YOU HAVE ALREADY ENTERED
Monday 20th April TBC
The Castle Bowmen AGM and Annual handicap improvements awards ceremony
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And with thanks to all the Castle Bowmen coaches continuing their hard work throughout the year tirelessly running all the beginner courses we are able to provide a magnificent buffet for the benefit of all !!…
time :- 19:00 to 21:30
Sunday (unless otherwise indicated) - Summer Postal Shoot ( RC & BB)
DETAILS ON THE POSTAL LEAGUE PAGE
May - The Longbow Postal League tournament - National Round
Sunday - Llantarnam AC WA70m tournament
Sunday - Glamorgan Team County Event
Sunday 14th Summer Postal Shoot ( RC & BB)
DETAILS ON THE POSTAL LEAGUE PAGE
tbc - Longbow postal league
June 21st - ***************CASTLE BOWMEN'S ANNUAL 'Doug Woodley' Shoot
—- WA 900 round —-
************* IDEAL FOR ALL LEVELS OF ARCHERS *******
June - RJD tournament
5th July - LONGBOW postal day
12th July - Monthly target postal day (RC/BB)
July TBC- GLAMORGAN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS - hosted by Cambria Archers
SUNDAY AUGUST 2nd *************** THE GRAND LONGBOW GATHERING *******
‘A tournie for the more decerning Longbow Archer’
Round - Windsor
Eligibility - Traditional English Longbow, American Flatbow, etc - Any one-piece all-wood bow.
- Entry form available at some point -
9th August (unless otherwise indicated) - Summer Postal Shoot LONGBOW
DETAILS ON THE POSTAL LEAGUE PAGE
16th August (unless otherwise indicated) - Summer Postal Shoot (RC & BB)
DETAILS ON THE POSTAL LEAGUE PAGE
6th September - (unless otherwise indicated) - Summer Postal Shoot (RC & BB)
DETAILS ON THE POSTAL LEAGUE PAGE
September TBC - Welsh Outdoor Championships
September TBC - WAA Intercounty Tournament
20th (unless otherwise indicated) September - LONGBOW postal League
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OUTDOOR MIDWEEK SHOOTING AT THE FIELD WILL BE ON WEDNESDAYS …probably.
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WINTER SHOOTING STARTS AGAIN
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