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A big thank you to everyone who made our latest coaching session such a success: archers, coaches, supporters, and CADAC for hosting us.

Thirteen archers from across our region joined seven coaches at Colchester’s ground on Saturday, 25th July. The weather was kind to us and, while it was quite warm, we managed to avoid the worst of the heat. 

Ranging from new archers, not long started in the sport, to the very experienced, everyone worked with their coaches to successfully improve their technique and the feedback we’ve received so far has been very positive - several participants have already recommended future events to other archers in their club. 

Our next county coaching clinic is on 22nd August, 10:00-14:00, at Southend and District Archery Club (click here for info and to book) and you can find information about other county events here. 

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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