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We are the annual world record status Bucks or Bounty Archery tournament. The tournament runs on the first May bank holiday every year, this year on the 30th April and 1st May. We are, once again, hosting Stage 1 of the Archery GB National Tour, and the first stage of the youth selection process.
We give entrants a choice of whether to shoot for trophies (Bounty), as is the norm, or to shoot for money (Bucks). The tournament itself has grown year on year and the popularity of the Bucks category has followed suit. Every year we are looking for more companies to support our tournament, to boost our prize funds and help us run a profitable shoot so that the clubs that receive the profits can benefit more. If you are interested, or know someone who might be interested, in sponsoring our tournament, this year or in the future, please get in touch! |
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The 2021 tournament was a great comeback after cancelling our 2020 tournament due to COVID. This year the shoot will be back to normal, with bigger prize money and hopefully more archers! The first day will be a 720 and head-to-head for the first stage of the National Tour, the second will be a Double 720, and we're running all of the World Archery recognised 720s including cadet and barebow rounds. This year we have a brand new organiser at the helm too!
The small team shown down the page runs the shoot like clockwork. A lot of work goes into organising a shoot like this, not to mention the weekend itself. We have a great group of Staffordshire archers, parents of archers, keen onlookers and the like that volunteer their time to help us out on the weekend and they do a brilliant, and invaluable, job. The profit following each tournament is distributed to the local archery affiliations of our work party. Whilst hosting the National Tour we offer particular and huge thanks to Robert Potts who takes over from Stuart in managing all of the scoring (so that Stuart can compete)!
Our judging team does change some each year. We are committed to providing an opportunity for judges to go through their assessments, and have been able to do that for numerous judges over the past few years, and will continue to do so. The team is always well received and they do an excellent job for us the whole weekend, always doing that bit more to help us out when necessary.
The small team shown down the page runs the shoot like clockwork. A lot of work goes into organising a shoot like this, not to mention the weekend itself. We have a great group of Staffordshire archers, parents of archers, keen onlookers and the like that volunteer their time to help us out on the weekend and they do a brilliant, and invaluable, job. The profit following each tournament is distributed to the local archery affiliations of our work party. Whilst hosting the National Tour we offer particular and huge thanks to Robert Potts who takes over from Stuart in managing all of the scoring (so that Stuart can compete)!
Our judging team does change some each year. We are committed to providing an opportunity for judges to go through their assessments, and have been able to do that for numerous judges over the past few years, and will continue to do so. The team is always well received and they do an excellent job for us the whole weekend, always doing that bit more to help us out when necessary.
Meet The Team
Paul McColl TOURNAMENT ORGANISER The new boss man, blame him |
Wendy Taylor List-maker Does everything no one else thinks of, keeps everyone organised |
Stuart Taylor Tech guy/ Mathematician Anything on a computer or that needs maths, handling all your entries |
Steve Taylor ADVISOR Our ex-TO, the one that actually knows what he's doing |
Graeme Taylor-Ward Social Media guy/ Field party leader The genius wordsmith of the public domain, and chief arrow-finder/target assembler |
Tony Goad & Jo Orbell Resident judgeS Arrange the fabulous judging team and keep the rest of us in check |
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Entering the Bucks category is like betting on yourself that you can do well - but we're Brits, so half of us are too self-deprecating to do anything so optimistic.
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