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DEVON AND CORNWALL ARCHERY SOCIETY
48th Open Indoor Championships
UK RECORD STATUS WA 18M SHOOT
Sunday 22 February 2026

DCAS Indoor Championships 2025 ENTRY FORM (doc)
DCAS Indoor Championships 2025 ENTRY FORM (pdf)

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Rounds Ladies and Gentlemen’s UK Record Status WA18m
Junior WA18m – for ages Under 21; under 16 and under 12, subject to entries

Senior Compound archers will shoot on individual 40cm 3-spot faces. All other archers on individual 40cm full face. There will be 4 archers per target shooting in 2 details. 3 arrows will be shot in two minutes, controlled by Danage timers. Shot to WA Rules. Compound archers will shoot on foam bosses all other archers will shoot on straw bosses.
Equipment Inspection will take place prior to practice.
Target faces kindly sponsored by Wales Archery

Awards DCAS awards for Ladies and Gentlemen Recurve/Compound/Longbow/Barebow
DCAS Junior age groups Recurve/Compound/Longbow/Barebow (according to entries)
DCAS Team awards: Recurve Team of 4 archers: Compound Team of 3 archers; Junior Recurve team of 3 archers (teams picked from highest scoring archers from same club)
Mixed doubles teams awards: Recurve/Compound/Longbow/Barebow (team of one Lady and one Gent from same club shooting same bowstyle (picked from highest scoring archers from same club)
Medals awarded in bow styles as follows – 1st – 1 Archer, 2nd – 4 Archers, 3rd – 7 or more archers.
Visitor Medals only for all bow styles.

Lady Paramount: Miss Samantha Horton
Judges Phil Gillbanks (Chairman of Judges), Phillip Rees, Richard Carpenter and Paul Parry

Hosted by Yelverton Bowmen
Venue YMCA Plymouth, Honicknowle Lane, Plymouth, Devon, PL5 3NG

Grand Western Archery Society
51st Indoor Championships
UK Record Status
Sunday 1st March 2026
Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, Weston-super-Mare, BS22 8LY
Gentleman Patron: Mr. R. Leveridge, previous organizer of this event.
Judges: Mr. R.K. de B. Nicholson (CoJ), Mr. Adrian Gifkins, Mr. Peter Brookes, Mr. Adrian Wall & Mr Phil Gillbanks.
Organiser: Mrs Ann Gillbanks. Email IndoorChamps@gwas.org.uk
Round: World Archery 18m to be shot according to Archery GB ‘Rules of Shooting’, including the dress regulations.
Single face for all bows except Compound who will shoot on Triple faces.
All arrows shot in ends of three on Tenzone foam bosses.
Entries and Fee: £16.00. Entries and payment will be via BookWhen www.bookwhen.com/gwas and will open at 7pm
on Monday 5th January. As this event fills up quickly, a waiting list option will be available on BookWhen.
If you are unable to enter via this method then please contact the organiser for advice.
Closing date: 9th February 2026 unless Tournament is full at an earlier date.
Equipment checks will be carried out by the Judges prior to Assembly.
Archers are responsible for ensuring their equipment meet the required standards for competition.
N.B. Junior Members shooting must be supervised by a Parent or Guardian at all times.
Assembly Times – Group A: 10.15 a.m. Group B: 2.15 p.m. with 2 ends of practice immediately afterwards
Local Archers please choose Detail ‘A’ if possible.
Photos: If you wish to take photographs / video, your camera must be registered with the Tournament Organiser. You
can use the QR Code at the bottom of this form to register for all 2026 GWAS tournaments.
Awards: GWAS Trophies for Lady & Gentleman Champions (Recurve, Compound, Barebow & Longbow); GWAS Team
Trophy for a Club Team of four Archers (Recurve); GWAS Team Trophy for a Club team of four Juniors (not Compound).
Drug Testing: Record Status Shoots are liable for drug testing and Competitors approached to give samples, must
comply; if they refuse, that refusal will be treated as a positive result.
Notes:
• Only shoes with non-marking soles are to be worn in the Sports Hall.
• Archery GB cards to be shown on arrival.
• Please ensure that you collect a car park pass from either the organiser or centre reception.
• As in previous years we will not be providing chairs so please bring your own.
• Target list and Results will be sent via Email
• That the following information may be collected and shared with tournament organisers, scoring systems and
other competitors. Some information may also be published in documents or lists relating to the event, and at a
schedule decided by the organisers. These include your name, gender, bow style, date of birth or age category,
round, disability information, email address, contact numbers, club, county, region and any Archery GB
assigned codes for this information.
• Neither GWAS nor the owner of the venue will accept liability for loss, damage or injury whilst on the premises.

https://bookwhen.com/gwas

https://www.bowmenofwadebridge.club/2026-uk-record-status-stafford/