Some of the medal winners at the Muckamore Company of Archers Portsmouth competition in Moira from left; JoAnn Bell, Paul McClelland, Siobhán Keeble and new NI record holder, Neil Keeble.
Archers from CúChulainn were in action at Muckamore Company of Archers Portsmouth Competition in Moira, Co Down last weekend.
Competing for CúChulainn were Neil Keeble, JoAnn Bell, Peter Gilmore, Siobhán Keeble, Paul McClelland and Robert Hall.
The competition was shot over two days with a very good showing by the club’s archers.
Neil Keeble, Barebow senior men, continuing his good form, took the gold medal and shot a new Northern Ireland record for the Portsmouth Round.
JoAnn Bell, Master female Compound, also too gold while Paul McClelland, Master male Compound, claim a silver medal.
In the Master Barebow female, Siobhan Keeble set a personal best score on the way to gold. Peter Gilmore picked up bronze in the Barebow Master men and there was bronze medal also for Robert Hall in Compound Senior men
Have-a-Go sessions
A new venture for the club took place last Saturday at the O Raghallaigh’s GAA club in Drogheda with CúChulainn archers and coaches in attendance at a Have-a-Go session for people whose names were on the Beginner Course list.
There are also sessions in the Redeemer Centre in Dundalk.
Quite a queue developed with almost 50 people of all ages lining up for the session. However, with all the coaches in attendance along with archers directing the eager, ‘soon-to-be archers’ to the coaching line, all went well and everyone got their chance to try archery and speak to the coaches.
There were also some who turned up with archery equipment who hadn’t trained in years and were delighted to find an archery club now on their doorstep and were eager to sign up. All told, it was a very busy weekend for all the club.
CúChulainn Archers holds beginner courses in Dundalk and Drogheda throughout the year. Enquiries to Cuchulainnarchers@hotmail.com.