The planned renovation work on the Kilwinning Abbey Tower has been postponed for several months. This means the tower will now be available to hold the Papingo Competition.
This year’s Open Day and Papingo will, therefore, be held on Sunday the 11th of August. Entries should be submitted to the Secretary, at ASKASecretary@hotmail.com. The competition is open to all archers and the entry fee is £6.
The 2024 Open Day and Papingo has been cancelled for this year. This is due to the Abbey Tower not being available due to restoration/repair work taking place. The work requires scaffolding to be erected around the tower, making it impossible to hold the Papingo competition.
The Drummond Papingo held on the 19th of August is the 8th anniversary of this event and the afternoon started very wet and windy. However, the archers of Kilwinning were undaunted by the poor weather conditions and shooting got underway with the first arrow being shot at 1:56pm. The archers shoot one at a time in turn, as we do at Kilwinning, and this year the first hit was by Jim Bilby, on the third round, with the 37th arrow. The next hit was by Dave Tough, on the fourth round, with the 59th arrow.
At this point, the heavy rain started to subside, and the weather slowly improved, although the wind continued to be strong and gusty.
Grant Mclellan scored the next hit, on the fifth round, with the 62nd arrow. Grant struck again on the next round, with the 77tharrow. This meant it would now require three hits to beat him. Rosemary Frame got a hit, on the last round, with the 102nd arrow.
There were no further hits and the winners were as follows.
1st Grant Mclellan – Gold medal and the Drummond Silver Arrow.
2nd Jim Bilby – Silver Medal
3rd Dave Tough – Bronze Medal and Drummond rosette
4th Rosemary Frame
The club offers its Thanks to Lady Jane Willoughby and Drummond Castle Estates for hosting this event and we look forward to returning next year to continue what is now becoming a tradition for this part of Scotland.
This year Jim, Brian and Franny attended the BLBS Scottish Clout Championship which was won by our very own Jim Bilby on Saturday the 5th of August.
On June 2023 we had the Hunterston Clout shoot take place. Dave Tough won the Hunterston Horn which was presented to him by Madam Pauline Hunter. Jim Bilby won Bill Petrie trophy, for first longbow also presented by Madam Pauline Hunter. Francis Arcaro won 3rd place. It was a wonderful bright and warm day.
The Ancient Society of Kilwinning Archers won the Ayrshire League this year.
The Trophy was presented to Stuart, the former President, from Scott our new President to stay in Stuart’s care for a year.
We are so proud of our ASKA Team and everyone who took part in the League.
UPDATE MAY 2023 – The Outdoor Opening Shoot
Today (07/05/23) the Outdoor Opening Shoot took place. We had exceptional weather and a lovely day was had by all.
These are our winners this year (see photo below).
The Society’s indoor archery sessions have now resumed.
Archery sessions will be held at Kilwinning Academy , every Wednesday evening, from the 8th of September, 2021 until the 20th of April 2022 (7pm-10pm). Note -these sessions are for experienced archers.
Archery sessions will be held at Greenwood Academy, every Thursday evening (7:30pm-10pm).
Shay Boyd, one of our Junior members, achieved the bronze medal for 3rd place in the Recurve Cadet Men category at the Commonwealth Youth Championships for Europe being held at Lillieshall on the 26th July 2021 and was also a member of the Cadet Mixed team that achieved 2nd place in the same competition.