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On Sunday Essex & Suffolk travelled to Andover to compete in a mixed team event. 

The teams were:

Michael Judd & Laila Al-Minyawi (Recurve)

Tony Gedalovitch & Liz Miles (Barebow)

Phill Dunn & Deb Horn (Compound)

Hari Shukla & Katie Bowden (Under 18's Recurve)

The weather was extremely warm, there was a few nerves but the shooting throughout was incredible.  They all shot a 720 and head to heads with a couple of archers never having experienced head to heads before let alone shoot offs.  Everyone managed to keep calm and dealt with everything as it come very well.  The results were huge including PB's for Liz and Laila for their first outdoor competition for county and the following medals received:

Liz & Tony - Barebow Silver

Katie & Hari - Under 18's Recurve Silver

Deb & Phill - Compound Bronze

Michael & Laila got into their bronze match but just missed out on a bronze medal by minimal points however put in a very strong performance 

On a personal note well done to all of you, I am extremely proud of how you represented your county and thank you for making the journey to do it

Sarah West  Essex Team Manager

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Scores are requested for consideration to send a representative team to National County Team Championships 2026 at Lilleshall

For this shoot scores are requested from August 2025 to 12th August 2026 for all 4 disciplines (Recurve, Barebow, Longbow & Compound)

Scores will be ranked based on the published guidelines giving priority to the scores submitted that fall into the last 4 months

Previous scores will be considered where required

Please send all scores to team.manager@ecaa.org.uk

Sarah West

Essex Team Manager

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Dear Archery Community

As many of you already know, my dear wife, Marlene Hutchins,sadly passed away in May at St Luke’s Hospice, Basildon, after being diagnosed with a type of cancer for which there is currently no cure.

Unfortunately, I am unable to retrieve the addresses, contact details, or email addresses from Marlene’s computer, so I am unable to thank everyone individually. I would therefore like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to all those who have sent condolences, sympathy cards, messages, and kind wishes. Your thoughtfulness and support have been greatly appreciated during this very sad time.

Marlene made everything she did look easy,  a county team archer, a county coach, editor of The Essex Bowman and was involved in the administration of various archery leagues. She was always willing to volunteer her time and was happy to help with anything connected to archery. I know her dedication, enthusiasm, and friendship touched many people throughout the archery community.

We were married for over 69 wonderful years and it was a wonderful partnership. Together we raised a son and a daughter and were blessed with grandchildren and great-grandchildren who brought us immense joy.

Marlene will be greatly missed and we take comfort in knowing that she will be remembered with affection and respect by so many people in the archery world.

Thank you once again for your kindness, sympathy, and support.

Kindest regards

Roy Hutchins

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I had a great couple of hours at the Bows and Biscuits session for Longbow and other minorities (i.e. anything not barebow, compound or recurve). And it was free.

We started off with some general shooting and chatting then had a go at clout shooting, a first for me and felt like what a Longbow is for (150 or so yards with the arrows I had). This has whetted my appetite to try a proper clout shoot. I also got talking with Paul about his Asiatic bow, which he kindly let me try for a few ends using the thumb release technique, another first for me with reasonable results (see pictures).

I really enjoyed both the shooting and the chatting about the various bow types on view (the latter was even more welcome as it was very hot) as well as coffee and biscuits, although the chocolate ones didn't fare too well in the heat.

Thanks go to Emma Broxholme for organising as well as Southend and District Archery Club for hosting and being so welcoming. Additional thanks to Paul for letting me try his Asiatic bow.

Separate sessions for the other three bow types are in the county calendar. They may not offer the variety of the "minorities", but why not give your respective one a go.

Cheers

Kevin Juniper

ECAA Treasurer