TOURNAMENT RESULTS 1996


The 288th Recorded Meeting in the 324th year of
The Society of Archers
held at Elland, West Yorkshire
on Saturday 18th May 1996
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The Clerks Report

On 18 May 1996, 89 Gentlemen assembled at Elland for the 288th Recorded Meeting of the Society of Archers in a fairly mild spell of weather.

The Lieutenancy was determined in the first end, the arrow of Dave Morris being the best Red. Later the Captaincy was won by Peter Davies, for the second time.

Shooting continued for the period of two hours when luncheon was taken followed by the Annual Meeting of the Society.

The afternoon shoot was followed by the presentation of the Trophies by the Captain's Lady Mrs Lewis Mitchell.

Roger Crees., Clerk to the Society.

(Note: Roger Crees retired at this meeting after 28 years and was replaced by Mr Stan Shaw)
TROPHY WINNERS 1996
The Scorton Trophies
Captain of the Arrow

...
Peter Davies
Lieutenant of the Arrow

...
David Morris
The Horn Spoon for Worst White
...
Andrew Neal
The Ben Hird Sword for most Hits, Longbow
...
John Geldard
The Alain Holt Ladle for Highest Score, Longbow
...
Gordon Aldred
The Thirsk Insignia for Yorkshiremen
The Silver Arrow & Gold Quiver, for Highest Score
...
Noel Lawrence
The Thirsk Bugle for most Hits
...
Andrew Neal
The Thirsk Silver Medal for Best Gold
...
John Seddon
The Subscription Trophies
The Gold Medal for the Captain of Numbers
...
Gary Aldred
The Gold Medal for the Highest Score
...
Terry Ducker
The Phillips Cup for the Best Gold of the Meeting
...
Noel Lawrence
The Sweepstakes
Best Gold
...
Noel Lawrence
Second Best
...
John Seddon
Third Best
...
Keith Morrison
Most Golds
...
Noel Lawrence
Second Most
...
Gary Aldred
Third Most
...
John Seddon
TOURNAMENT RESULTS 1996
Name
 Notes
Bow
Hits
Score
Golds
1
Noel Lawrence
-
Recurve
61
379
14
2
Gary Aldred
-
Recurve
59
343
11
3
Terry Ducker
-
Recurve
55
291
6
4
Andrew Neal
-
Recurve
57
269
4
5
John Seddon
-
Recurve
54
246
9
6
Steve Sharman
-
Recurve
53
227
5
7
Peter Davies
Captain of the Arrow
Recurve
45
217
5
8
M Foster
-
Recurve
43
195
6
9
J Pease
-
Recurve
46
182
1
10
M Atkins
 -
Recurve
37
159
3
11
G Haley
-
Recurve
32
158
1
12
John Geldard
-
Longbow
37
133
2
13
M Sykes
-
Recurve
30
132
3
14
J Allison
-
Recurve
31
125
1
15
K Thornton
 -
Recurve
37
121
0
16
Gordon Aldred
-
Longbow
24
110
3
17
Colin Hope
-
Longbow
31
103
1
18
Chris Line
-
Recurve
24
100
2
19
S Browne
-
Longbow
16
94
2
20
Adrian Hayes
-
Longbow
29
87
0
21
David Morris
Lieutenant of the Arrow
Recurve
24
82
0
22
J Docker
-
Recurve
18
80
0
23
D Richardson
-
Longbow
18
76
1
24
R Carter
-
Longbow
19
71
0
25
Ken Ward
-
Longbow
17
67
0
26
G Foster
-
Longbow
16
66
2
27
E Rowley
-
Longbow
19
55
0
28
Peter Garner
-
Recurve
13
51
2
29
B Trotter
-
Longbow
13
49
1
30
T Hand
-
Longbow
13
47
1
31
J Wylie
-
Longbow
10
40
1
32
F Lister
 -
Longbow
8
40
3
33
Clive Roebuck
-
Longbow
12
38
1
34
Lewis Mitchell
-
Longbow
8
38
0
35
K Turner
-
Longbow
8
38
0
36
L Ellison
-
Longbow
9
37
0
37
D White
-
Longbow
10
34
1
38
Major Roger M Crees
 -
Recurve
9
33
1
39
W Sharp
-
Longbow
9
33
0
40
H Atkinson
-
Recurve
9
33
0
41
C Norfolk
-
Longbow
12
32
0
42
J Noblet
-
Longbow
10
32
1
43
Lance Goodall
-
Longbow
9
27
0
44
D Aikin
-
Longbow
7
27
0
45
P Croft
-
Longbow
5
27
1
46
J Bugden
-
Longbow
6
24
0
47
A Hedley
-
Recurve
7
23
0
48
P Scudamore
-
Recurve
6
22
1
49
L Broughton
-
Longbow
4
22
1
50
S Slater
-
Longbow
7
21
0
51
R Brown
-
Longbow
8
20
0
52
B Lydon
-
Longbow
6
20
0
53
P Smith
-
Longbow
7
19
0
54
E Chattaway
-
Longbow
5
19
0
55
J R Batey
 -
Longbow
6
18
0
56
M Grady
-
Longbow
4
18
1
57
Cedric Abbott
-
Longbow
5
17
0
58
P Haswell
-
Longbow
5
17
0
59
R Warham
-
Longbow
5
17
0
60
G Goss
-
Longbow
4
16
1
61
P Parr
-
Longbow
5
15
0
62
C Broad
-
Longbow
6
14
0
63
C Hepworth
-
Longbow
4
14
0
64
N Hanes
-
Longbow
2
14
0
65
P Beck
-
Longbow
7
13
0
66
W R M Ashford
-
Recurve
4
12
0
67
A Kendall
-
Longbow
4
12
0
68
Derek Wilcock
-
Longbow
4
10
0
69
Keith Morrison
-
Longbow
2
10
1
70
J Knott
-
Longbow
2
10
0
71
R Pointing
-
Longbow
2
10
0
72
S Else
-
Longbow
3
7
0
73
G Thorley
-
Longbow
3
7
0
74
J Crampton
-
Longbow
1
7
0
75
E H Green
-
Longbow
3
5
0
76
J Raby
-
Longbow
1
5
0
77
P Hepworth
-
Longbow
2
4
0
78
D Burns
-
Longbow
1
3
0
79
Geof Gaunt
-
Longbow
1
3
0
80
V Wright
-
Longbow
1
3
0
81
W Burridge
-
Longbow
1
1
0
82
A Morton
-
Longbow
1
1
0
83
R Stevenson
-
Longbow
1
1
0
We also had the pleasure of the company of:
A Flanaghan, A Turner, L E Whittaker, E Kelly, S Patterson & Mr Ramsay
Minutes of the 288th Meeting


The minutes of the 287th Meeting of the Society were read by the Lieutenant and signed by the Captain.

Apologies had been received from 11 Gentlemen. The Clerk read Her Majesty's gracious reply to our loyal message.

A proposal had been received that the longbowmen should score in the Gold in a manner that differed from the scoring by other archers. This was cleanly defeated.

Thanks were expressed to Mr Roger Turner for his generous gift of a voucher for the raffle.

The Gentlemen wished to record their thanks and appreciation to the Ladies responsible for excellent catering under difficult conditions.

There followed a brief Meeting of the Council of Captains.

It was agreed that the retirement of the Clerk, Roger Crees be approved and that Stan Snow be appointed as Clerk to the Council of Captains.

The retiring Clerk was thanked for his 28 years in service to the Council and Society.

Also in the year 1996


Monarchy: Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Prime Minister: Tony Blair - Labour Party
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