Welcome!

The committee would like to welcome both returning and new students to Cambridge for the new term. We will shortly be starting regular practice sessions again, and will be advertising "have-a-go" sessions, which will run on the first few weekends of term.

Cambridgeshire County Championships

Congratulations to Mike Mitchell on his recent victory at the Cambridgeshire County Championships! A strong performance saw him safely home to take the gents recurve gold, and be named the 2011 Cambridgshire County Champion. Congratulations also go to Tim Craig, Otava Piha, and Mike Mitchell (again) on taking gold in the recurve team catagory.

New Committee!

At the recent annual general meeting, the clubs members elected a new committee to serve for the next 12 months, under the leadership of our new captain, Kingsley Warren. Congratulations on a job well done to Heather and the outgoing committee.

Varsity 2011

Cambridge once again retained the Rose Bowl in our annual Varsity match against Oxford, beating the dark blues by 3320 to 3257, although the novice team lost out to a strong Oxford novice squad. Congratulations to the senior team of Laura Hill, Heather Reynolds, Mike Mitchell and Otava Piha.

First major BUCS success since 2007!!

This years BUCS was held in Cardiff, a good 3.5 to 4 hours away from Cambridge. Despite the long trek, Cambridge came away with a lot of medals and came 3rd in the seniors team division despite strong competition from other universities! The senior team consisted of Tak Ho, Heather Reynolds, Tim Craig and Mike Mitchell. Individual medals went to Alex Lucas who came third in the female novice catagory and also shot a pb, and Chris White who won the gents longbow. A massive congratulations to all who won medals and got new pb's and well done to everyone who shot.

Cambridge vs Oxford Grudge match

Cambridge seniors won the grudge match this year with a team consisting of Sam Burnand, Heather Reynolds, Tak Ho and Mike Mitchell. Oxford novices won over Cambridge due to Cambridge only having 2 novice shooters on the team. Well done to all who shot!

New womens portsmouth club record

Congratulations to Heather Reynolds who shot a 578 portmouth at the Warrick BUTTs leg, a new womens club record for the round.

Beginners Course

We are currently running a beginners course on Sundays from 2pm till 3:30pm. This is only open to those beginners who registered for the course earlier in the term. Normal shooting will occur from 3:30pm onwards and is open to everyone. This will last until the end of term.

Varsity Match

Cambridge archers will take on Oxford at the Varsity Match on 15th May. This year's match will be held at St John's College on 15th May, commencing at noon. The venue will be the large field overlooked by New Court. Cambridge will be defending the Varsity Trophy, having defeated Oxford last year. Come along and support our archers!

British University Team Championships

CUB entered a team comprising Maciej Hermanowicz, Tim Craig and Kingsley Warren into the action-packed BUTC, held in Nottingham. This competition involved a half FITA-18 seeding round, followed by a head-to-head knockout round of hit and miss shooting. The team put in a valiant effort, but were unfortunately eliminated early in the head-to-head, by a slim one-point margin.

CUB Summer shooting

Several CUB archers have been competing during the summer. The first shoot was the Fenland archers St George, which was attended by Carrie, Matt, Stuart, Rohan and Tak. Carrie was the sole lady shooting the St George and in the process broke the club record with a respectable 590. She also lead the CUB team of Carrie, Matt and Stuart to second place in the team St George event behind Jolly Archers.

The second shoot was the CCB Windsor the week after. Here the club had a team of Carrie, Matt and Tak with Carrie winning the ladies recurve trophy, Tak setting a new club record and the team beating both CCB and Jolly archers to take the team trophy. Congratulations all round.

Finally Carrie and Matt attended the Norfolk Double FITA Star where Carrie placed 6th in the Double FITA and also in the 70m round, setting the club record for both. Matt was seeded 23rd of 66 in the gents.

County Championships

Maciej Hermanowicz, Caroline Sandford, Tim Craig, Rohan Shekhar and Stuart Fraser recently shot at the County Championships in St Ives. Congratulations to Maciej, who came 4th in the county and 7th overall, with a score of 553.

Varsity Match victory

The experienced team of Robert Fryers, Carrie Oliver, Heather Reynolds and Sam Burnand extends Cambridge's winning streak to 12, while novices Laura Hill, Sarah Holland, Caroline Sandford and Girtel Liidemann take the plate.

Photos of the event are available here .

BUTTS Outdoors

Cambridge Novices win by almost 400 points at a shortened BUTTS Outdoors, with the seniors finishing third. Individual medals for Laura Hill, Caroline Sandford, Tak Ho and Carrie Oliver.

BUCS Outdoors

A successful day at the BUCS outdoor student championships with Cambridge University Bowmen showing that it's still one of the strongest teams in the country. Both teams narrowly miss out on medals. Particular congratulations to Carrie Oliver who takes an individual medal for Ladies Recurve for the second year running and also to Tak Ho and Caroline Sandford who set new club records.

Photos of the event are available here .

Beginners Course

We are currently running a beginners course from 14.00-15.30 during our Sunday Kelsey sessions. The course is only open to those beginners who registered for the course earlier in the term. Others club members are welcome to shoot from 15.30-17.00. This will last until the end of term

Oxford BUTTS

Cambridge seniors finish second at Oxford BUTTS, beating Oxford by one point despite sending only six experienced archers. The novices come third, narrowly missing out on inidividual medals in both men's and ladies events.

Cambridgeshire County Championships

Robert Fryers represents CUB at the Cambridgeshire County Championships and wins by a single point to take the trophy, keeping it in the club for the third year running.

Cambridgeshire Indoor Championships

Success at the county championships as Carrie Oliver wins the ladies recurve county and open events with a new club record Portsmouth of 568. CUB are denied a medal in the team event due to irritating rules about archers not being able to compete in two different county championships.

Beginners course

We are currently running a beginners course on Sundays from 2pm till 3:30pm. This is only open to those beginners who registered for the course earlier in the term. Normal shooitng will occur from 3:30pm onwards and is open to everyone. This will last until the end of term.

Beginners course

We are currently running a beginners course on Sundays from 2pm till 3:30pm. This is only open to those beginners who registered for the course earlier in the term. Normal shooting will occur from 3:30pm onwards and is open to everyone. This will last until the end of term.

Derby BUTTS

Mission accomplished at Derby BUTTS as the smallest Cambridge team in years holds onto third place.

Cambridge BUTTS

Success at the Cambridge BUTTs leg as CUB take six of the 12 available medals, and both novices and seniors win the team events.

BUTTS Indoors

The highest experienced team score since 2007 propels Cambridge to second at the BUTTS Indoor Champs, beating Nottingham on golds. The novices also take second. Individual medals for Tak Ho and Laura Hill, and Heather Reynolds takes the ladies experienced title.

Grudge Match

Cambridge seniors narrowly lose the Grudge Match by 2 points to Oxford, 1210 to 1208, despite winning both men's and women's individual events. The novices win easily.

Beginners Course

We are currently running a beginners course on Sundays from 2pm till 3:30pm. This is only open to those beginners who registered for the course earlier in the term. Normal shooting will occur from 3:30pm onwards and is open to everyone. This will last until the end of term.

CUB claim national records

Congratulations to Carrie Oliver who over the summer set two national records:

• Ladies Recurve Double York: 1509
• Ladies Recurve New National: 381