Mayflower Archers

Press Cuttings

From the Romford Recorder
An article about the Havering 45+ Archery Tournament at Harrow Lodge Sports ground on May 16th. Even Mitch wasn't aware he had shot left-handed, but it was enough for him to be awarded a gold medal!

From Evening Echo, 1st August 2008

From the Evening Echo, July 2008

From an article about the 2007 Essex Country Show

Evening Echo

Archer adds GB string to his bow
By Paul Alton First published Thursday 3rd May 2007
ARCHER George Fenton is setting his sights on success after receiving his first call-up into the Great Britain junior team.

The 17-year-old Billericay student has been selected to represent GB at the European Outdoor Target Championships in the Algarve, Portugal, this summer.
"It will be a fantastic experience for him," said proud dad Stephen. "He is very keen and wants to do well in Portugal". Fenton, a student at Billericay School sixth form college made the grade after a gruelling weekend's shoot at Lilleshall National Sports Centre in Shropshire.
The weekend started with a Gents' FITA where he shot over 90 metres, 70 metres, 50 metres and 30 metres.
Fenton shot 36 arrows at each distance, with the latter two distances featuring smaller targets. He then moved on to the Gents' FITA 720, where competitors fired 72 arrows at 70 metres.

The selection weekend ended with a round-robin tournament consisting of 15 matches where archers shot 12 arrows at 70 metres in each.
It is Fenton's first call to the GB team, although he has been on the squad since February when he competed in a selection shoot for the World Indoor event. The teenager took up the sport seven years ago when he attended the Mayflower Archers' come-and-try stall at the Barleylands Steam Rally weekend. Fenton is still a member of the Billericay-based club and has subsequently shot for Essex before coming to the attention of the GB team.
Evening Echo

First published 11th January 2007

Evening Echo

Bows taken from club
From the archive, first published Friday 15th July 2005

One of the largest archery clubs in Essex has had its premises broken into at Southend Road, in Billericay. Thieves smashed their way into a metal container belonging to the Mayflower Archers and snatched archery bows, a garden strimmer and chainsaw worth £700.
Evening Echo

Evening Echo

First published June 2005

Sudbury Today

First published August 2004

First published on Friday 23 July 2004

Evening Echo

First published on Wednesday 07 July 2004

Evening Echo

First published in Archery UK Spring edition 2004

First published on Friday 05 September 2003
Archery: Essex claim trio of gongs at regionals

Essex completed a clean sweep when the county hosted the Southern Area Regional Championship. Tom Purser (Mayflower Archers) claimed the men's title and Gillian Willcox (Rayleigh Town) took the ladies' crown at Runwell Sports and Social Club. Purser teamed up with club-mate Michael Markham and Rayleigh Town pair Clair Tayeg and Harry Hayne to form the Essex team that beat 13 others to the best county title. "Essex did very well, with Billericay's Mayflower Archers getting 12 medals and Rayeigh Town 22," said Rayleigh Town chief John Willson. "We were also celebrating because Clair Tayeg and Craig Quantrill had just passed their AS level in archery the week beforehand."
Evening Echo

First published on Thursday 10 October 2002
Archery: Force is with JEDI
There will be plenty of JEDI nights and days for Essex archers following the launch of a new scheme. The Junior Essex Development Initiative (JEDI) aims to coach promising archers to compete at international standard.
"We are the first county in England to do this," said John Willson, who is organising the sessions at the Deanes Sports College in Daws Heath Road, Thundersley. "This initiative is to take the juniors of Essex to a higher standard and hopefully bring them up to the standard for selection for county and ultimately Great Britain squads."
Rayleigh Town Archery Club coach John will be working with senior coaches John Neil and Mitch Vaughan on JEDI. John has also recently been picked by the Grand National Archery Society as the co-ordination and development officer for a scheme to develop archery at sports colleges throughout England. The plan is to link clubs to the country's 161 sports colleges in the same way Rayleigh Town and Deanes have.

Evening Echo

First published on Tuesday 20 September 2002

Essex Chronicle

First published on Tuesday 02 July 2002
Archery: Tim hits target for national side
Billericay archer Tim Nash has hit the bullseye by winning selection to the Great Britain junior squad. The 17-year-old Mayflower Junior Archers sportsman flew off to Italy today to begin preparations for his international debut in the Europa Cup on Sunday. He will then go on to represent Britain in the Czech Republic next month. Both events are in the compound bow section. Tim, a student, won his place by impressing in three different qualifying events -- one in Malta and two at the national centre in Lilleshall.

Evening Echo

First published on Tuesday 24 December 1996