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GWAS offer emergency loans for clubs in financial difficulty
At the last Grand Western Archery Society (GWAS) committee meeting they agreed to set aside £20,000 to provide loans of up to £500 for clubs in financial difficulty due to Covid-19. The Society want to help clubs suffering real financial hardship as a result of the...
Estelle Edwick (nee Kent)
In memory of Estelle Edwick (nee Kent) 3rd July 1973 to 16th May 2020 We have so many treasured and warm memories of Estelle Edwick, DCAS County Team Manager and a fellow archer who died in May. Estelle’s archery career started in the eighties at Sevenoaks Archery...
Return To Archery guidance
All Devon and Cornwall Archers will have received an email from Archery GB making you aware of the guidance about returning to Archery published on May 13. Different clubs will be in different positions as to how soon they can implement this. Remember your club...
DCAS TOURNAMENTS 2020
It is with regret, due to the unprecedented situation at the moment, that your committee have taken the decision to cancel Grand Day in 2020. We have to think of the well-being of all involved and with the best will in the world we do not think that the situation will...
Regional archery paused due to Corvid-19
All archery activity in the Devon and Cornwall region has been cancelled so far this year due to the Corona Virus outbreak. Following the Prime Minister’s address in March to effectively lock down the country to prevent further transmission of the virus, the DCAS...
Tors receives Grant
Bowmen of the Tors Archery Club from Plymouth in Devon were one of the first archery clubs to apply for and receive a grant from Sport England Community Emergency Fund. The Club which has been running for over 40 years from a local secondary school applied for funding...
Flooding
Please note the below e-mail from Arran Coggan at AGB. If your facilities have suffered recent flood or storm damage please contact Arran directly (contact details below) as soon as possible. Regards John Russell Secretary DCAS From: Arran Coggan...
Field Captains Course
A Field Captains Course will take place on Saturday 29th March at Barnstaple. The course will start at 9.00am and is anticipated to finish by5.00pm. We appreciate that Barnstaple is a long way from some of you. We do intend to offer further courses in the future, at...
Bowmen of the Tors Open Shoot
TO ALL ARCHERS WHO WE HOPE ARE GOING TO ENTER OUR OPEN SHOOT ON SUNDAY 18TH MAY 2014 Following advice re Archery GB overshoot regulations, we have been asked to advise anyone over shooting on the longer distances may not be able to retrieve their lost arrow if it...