Four Towcester Archers members, Lucy, Luke, Dean and Steve, representing Northamptonshire at this years 66th East Midlands Archery Society, Regional Inter-Counties Team Tournament, otherwise known as The Thoresby Shoot. For Lucy and Luke this was their first call up for the county… talk about being thrown in the deep end!
The tournament took place on Sunday 3rd September at the home of Welbeck Archers in Nottinghamshire. Teams from Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire take part each year, with combined team awards for Recurve, Compound, Barebow and Longbow.
The results are yet to be published but Leicestershire Recurve team won the Thoresby trophy, and Nottinghamshire won the Compound, Barebow and Longbow trophies.
