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CMO Bowmen has been around since 1961 shooting target archery in Croydon, South London with recurve, barebow, compound and other traditional archery equipment. Our archers are of mixed ability, from beginner to County standard.
Through the ArcheryGB ontarget programme we are working hard to grow the sport of Archery at grass roots level. We take pride in the fact that we are an open and friendly club who gives a warm welcome to members and new archers from all areas of the community.
We make it as easy as we can for people to enquire and to quickly attend archery training courses and taster sessions for beginners, run by fully qualified and DBS/CRB checked coaches.
By Steve HarrisIt has been a very cold, wet, and windy month and not very condusive for archery or archers, especially the fair weathered variety. However, there has been a consistent band of hardy, or should we say foolhardy archers that have attended sessions most weekends though, and good to see. We all need that prod now and again to get out and get some exercise and fresh air, not to mention the glorious views we get over a cloudy London skyline. So, I am encouraging more members to shoot the longer distances and move out from the comfort zone, and join the two chaps at the end of the line and getting their steps up. Although, when shooting at any distance it’s great to see members attending and socialising with each other.
By Steve HarrisIt wasn’t as cold as it has been in recent weeks for the Frostbite round, so fingers weren’t
as numb as usual. There were some good scores achieved, especially by Tesfa and Andy
with the barebow, and in all we had 11 members shoot the 30 metre distance with young
Will on 20 metres.
We won’t know how we fair in the league for a while yet but Phil will
no doubt let us know. However, you still have up to the end of March to help CMO do well
in the League. This again is a short round of only 36 arrows so after a short break for
coffee, we had an impromptu round of Rainbow Warrior.
By Steve HarrisIt wasn’t looking to good for the first round of Game of Arrows on January 7th 2023, but a late start
was in order though, which helped as the assembled archers missed the worst of the weather.
The games were keenly contested by 3 teams, around 20 archers in all, and they were neck and neck
to start with, however, after a few rounds Draccar and Wolfgar pulled away from struggling Leander.
After we fired up the BBQ and had personal service handing out the burgers, hot dogs and mulled wine while trying to keep those waiting in the dry. Hopefully everyone went away fully fed and watered and didn’t slip in the mud on the way home, which left the club house floor fit for wrestlers (mud that is). Thanks to Nigel for mopping that up.
By Steve HarrisIt was a crisp morning at the field but quite a lovely sight for the xmas archers setting up the field.
Christmas themed posters replaced our usual targets with Robbie the robot snowman and Rudolf making up 11 in all. It was great fun for the twelve but a few unfortunately couldn’t make it so missed out.
By Steve HarrisThe weather hasn’t been great but it didn’t stop members turning up to help re-fletch the beginners arrows in early November.
Violins at the ready in this pic!
26th November was Warwick day.
Photos taken by Ice
By Steve HarrisSunday 15 th October was the first reconvention of the Atkins shoot since the dark days of covid lockdowns. A small and friendly club in Epsom and not too far away to get to. A group of 6 CMO archers including Jarrod, Ice, Chris, Gordon, Grant, and myself went, although a couple couldn’t make it unfortunately. It was an enjoyable day with Atkins providing some very good hospitality and food in their marquee.
Gordon was entered into the Barebow group along with Jarrod and myself as they had never seen the likes of his stick and string (American
flat bow) ha ha. I managed to secure second spot by the end of the two distances, but trailed to Jarrod in the early stages when he was second.
Ice also came second in her round so we all came away with a box of Liquorice All Sorts or treats.
Well done to all of you who came to our Halloween Fun Shoot this year.
Huge thanks to Tony for doing the BBQ, Gaynor and Veronique for the sweets and cakes and to Neil for the pumpkin carving.
Some more pics in the Members Gallery
After a very difficult six months for us all and our beloved sport, we were delighted to welcome The Worshipful The Mayor of Croydon, Councillor Maddie Henson along with Mike Seaton, Executive Headmaster of Cumnor House Schools to come and shoot with us ahead of our socially-distanced outdoor AGM.
They were joined by Steve Tully of Archery GB and Guildford Archery Club, and Dave Morris from Surrey Archery and Nonsuch Bowmen who offered their support as we encourage archers to come back to the sport and practice using the guidelines for safe shooting laid out by our national governing body.
We gave the Madam Mayor, her Macebearer, Nick Evans, and the Headmaster of Cumnor House, Mike, a quick archery lesson and then watched as 'gold fever' took over! After a couple of ends they were all hitting the middle in a quest for the ideal selfie to remember the day.
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Wednesday 05 Apr 04:30PM - 07:00PM 5TH APR WEDNESDAY EVENING - STEVE'S RAINBOW WARRIORS RANGE CAPT NEEDED |
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