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As long ago as 1860 \nWorthing Archery Society, occasionally also referred to as Worthing \nArchery Club, was shooting at Steyne Gardens just off the seafront. \nDuring Victorian times archery was a popular sport as it was practiced \nby many British monarchs and was considered a graceful exercise that \ntaught dexterity. Archery was also one of the few sports in which women \ncould compete alongside men, indeed archery was one of the first \norganised competitive sports for women. The details of the club that \nshot in Worthing during the 1800\u0027s has sadly been lost to history but \nwhat we do know is that the club in its present form was founded in \n1949.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\u0022text-align: justify;\u0022\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: rgb(54, 96, 146);\u0022\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClub History\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\u0022text-align: justify;\u0022\u003eRecords of the first club committee unfortunately do not exist but in 1959 the officers were:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePresident:\n Alderman Osland\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChairman: John Hackman\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSecretary: Mrs Stella Hackman \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCommittee Member: Mr Tommy Dymock\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCommittee Member: Mrs Elizabeth Dymock\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCommittee Member: Mr John Harrison \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCommittee Member: Mrs Peggy Harrison.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\u0022text-align: justify;\u0022\u003eAlderman\n Osland was the Mayor of Worthing, and when he died his daughter \nGabrielle took over the position of President, and the club enjoyed many\n winter days shooting clouts in the field near their farm. The Club’s \nofficial home in those days was Worthing Football Club and all members \nwere automatically members of the football club. This enabled them to \nuse the ground for practice, matches and tournaments, and the hall for \nother events. The club was small at that time with around 20 members \ntaking part in club events and tournaments. One innovative adventure was\n a league to compete against overseas archers which proved to be very \nsuccessful; Worthing used to shoot against two Australian Clubs - \nBunbury and Benara. Two of our members visited Benara, which is near \nPerth, and presented them with a silver plate. Also one of the Club’s \nmembers won the Bunbury postal league and still has the award.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\u0022text-align: justify;\u0022\u003eTommy\n and Elizabeth Dymock also set about forming the Sussex County Albion \nLeague in the 1950’s, designed purely to allow archers of all levels to \nmeet others on a friendly basis, at their various grounds. This was \nanother successful venture for the club, with the result that it is now \nimplemented throughout the county and is still in existence. Now run by \nSussex County it has developed into five leagues with cups to be won. It\n is interesting to note that despite equipment greatly improving over \nthe years, and higher scores - archers still find it a struggle to \nachieve the final accolade of Grand Master Bowman - this is the reason \nthat the classification of Bowman was introduced, so even the very best \nhave something to strive for.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\u0022text-align: justify;\u0022\u003eAs the club grew through the \n60\u0027s and 70\u0027s bigger and better grounds were needed, so we left Worthing\n Football Club for a small piece of land in Worthing woods. The new club\n ground must have played its part in inspiring the members to achieve \ngreater success and meant the committee could explore the option of \ndeveloping field archery. Gary Kinghorn, Tony Zottola and Mark Caine \nwent all over the country attending field archery ranges and learning \nall they could about the sport. Gary Kinghorn then moved from target to \nfield archery and soon excelled at this and was selected to shoot for \nGreat Britain on several occasions, becoming World Champion. Our annual \nfield shoot became a very successful tournament and we were selected to \nhost the All British Field Championships in 1999. Since then we have \n hosted also the All English and Sussex County Field Championships.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\u0022text-align: justify;\u0022\u003eIn\n more recent years the committee has focused on developing the club, \nfacilities and membership and we now boast a membership of around 100 \narchers of all ages and abilities from complete beginners to elite \narchers who have competed in the Olympic Games. We are now one of the \nfew clubs in the country to offer outdoor, target and field archery 7 \ndays a week. Most clubs in Sussex only offer shooting on 1 or 2 days a \nweek and very few offer both target and field archery. We also have a \nJunior Club, with members from complete beginners up to aspiring \nchampions. We also have an active investment program in place for the \nclub, providing not only regular maintenance but also new equipment. We\n offer a bow loan service to beginners who join our club, after \ncompleting one of our beginners courses, to enable them to develop their\n technique and strength before committing to the purchase of a new bow.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\u0022text-align: center;\u0022\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: rgb(54, 96, 146);\u0022\u003eMembers of Note\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: rgb(54, 96, 146);\u0022\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoreen Cannon\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\u0022text-align: justify;\u0022\u003eDoreen\n Cannon has received several awards over the years including the \nWorthing Sports Council Sportswoman of the Year for outstanding services\n to sport and by Sports England in 2006 for Outstanding Services to \nSport. Currently she is County Secretary for Sussex and Chairperson of \nMartlets Guild of Archery Coaching.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: rgb(54, 96, 146);\u0022\u003eGary Kinghorn\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\u0022text-align: justify;\u0022\u003eGary\n is not only a former World Field Archery Champion, but is also the only\n person in Sussex ever to shoot a perfect Albion score of 972. Gary \ncoached fellow club member Gavin Sutherland at the Olympic Games in Rio \n2016. He also coaches Bryony Pitman \u0026 Petra Ginman and last year was\n asked to be the assistant Team Manager for the World Field \nChampionships in Ireland.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: rgb(54, 96, 146);\u0022\u003eGavin Sutherland\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRanked #1 in Sussex Gavin is the Sussex Outdoor Champion, Sussex \nIndoor Champion, Southern County Indoor Champion, Sussex Field Champion,\n is a member of the Sussex Team and shoots for England with the English \nArchery Federation. Gavin also shot in the Olympic Games in Rio 2016 for\n his home country of Zimbabwe.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0022color: rgb(54, 96, 146);\u0022\u003eBryony Pitman\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBryony represented Great Britain at the European Grand Prix, has \ntwice been the Junior Under 14 National Indoor Champion, is a member of \nTeamGB and in 2014 represented Great Britain in the Junior Olympics in \nNanjing. In 2016 Bryony beat London 2012 Olympic silver medallist Aida \nRoman in a five-set final to take gold at the Marrakesh Indoor Archery \nWorld Cup\u003c/p\u003e","ContentConfig":{"Caption":null,"Icon":null,"IconColour":null,"CaptionColour":null,"UnderlineColour":null,"TextColour":null,"FontSize":null,"LineHeight":null,"RequiresLoggedInUser":false,"BottomMargin":0,"PaddingLeft":"0px","PaddingTop":"0px","PaddingRight":"0px","PaddingBottom":"0px","PhoneVisible":true,"TabletVisible":true,"DesktopVisible":true,"CssClass":null,"PageLinkName":null,"PageLinkCaption":null},"ComponentCode":null,"ComponentError":null,"BottomMargin":"0px","PaddingLeft":"0px","PaddingTop":"0px","PaddingRight":"0px","PaddingBottom":"0px","CssClass":null,"ResponsiveClasses":"","PageLinkName":null,"PageLinkCaption":null,"Background":{"Colour":null,"ImageURL":null,"Filter":null,"IsParallax":false,"Image":"","Tint":""},"ImageConfig":{"ImageURL":null,"ObjectFit":"contain","ImageHeight":null,"FrameStyle":null,"BorderRadius":null,"Caption":{"IsActive":false,"Text":null,"SubText":null,"Font":{"Size":null,"Colour":null},"SubFont":{"Size":null,"Colour":null},"Alignment":null,"Position":null,"Margin":null,"BackgroundColour":null,"Blur":false,"Hover":false},"AltText":null,"LinkURL":null,"BottomMargin":0,"PaddingLeft":"10px","PaddingTop":"10px","PaddingRight":"10px","PaddingBottom":"10px","PhoneVisible":true,"TabletVisible":true,"DesktopVisible":true,"CssClass":null,"PageLinkName":null,"PageLinkCaption":null},"IgnoreCache":false}]}],"ColumnSpacing":"0px","BottomMargin":"0px","TopPadding":"0px","IsFullWidth":false,"IsBackgroundFullWidth":false,"Background":{"Colour":null,"ImageURL":null,"Filter":null,"IsParallax":false,"Image":"","Tint":""}}],"PageURL":"https://www.worthingarcheryclub.co.uk/Cms/Spaces/PUBLIC/Club+History?version=2","AllVersions":[],"Comments":[],"UpdatedComments":[],"Spaces":[],"IsWatching":false,"LastViewTime":null,"CanEdit":false,"CanPublish":false,"CanCopy":false,"CanCreateTemplate":false,"CanComment":false,"CanReadComments":false,"CanModerateComments":false,"CanLike":false,"CanWatch":false}
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