A total of 261 archers from 21 counties - some with more than one team - gathered at Lilleshall on one of the hottest weekends of the year for the National County Team Tournament.
Day 1
Yorkshire and Devon and Cornwall topped the medals table after shooting a world record status World Archery 50/70 round and head to heads. The top three teams in each category were:
- Recurve men: 1, Lancashire; 2, Hampshire; 3, Devon and Cornwall
- Recurve women: 1, Warwickshire; 2, Worcestershire; 3, Derbyshire AS
- Compound men: 1, Derbyshire AS; 2, Berkshire; 3, Essex
- Compound women: 1, Oxfordshire; 2, Hampshire B; 3, Lancashire
- Longbow men: 1, Lancashire; 2, Devon and Cornwall; 3, Kent
- Longbow women: 1, Yorkshire; 2, Devon and Cornwall; 3, Durham and Northumberland
- Barebow men: 1, Hampshire; 2, Durham and Northumberland; 3, Lancashire
- Barebow women: 1, Yorkshire; 2, Lancashire; 3, Durham and Northumberland
There were stunning performances by individual archers too. The gold medallists in each category were:
- Recurve: David Timmins (Oxfordshire) and Jaspreet Sagoo (Cambridgeshire)
- Compound: James Howell (Essex) and Zoe Gray (Hampshire B)
- Barebow: Mark Robertson (Durham and Northumberland) and Suzannah Boardman (Yorkshire)
- Longbow: Rob Twigg and Sophie Twigg (both Devon and Cornwall)
You can find a full breakdown of results here.
Day 2
The second day of the competition was a World Archery 1440 round. The top three teams in each category were:
- Recurve men: 1, Hampshire; 2, Leicestershire and Rutland 3, Lancashire
- Recurve women: 1, Cambridgeshire; 2, Warwickshire; 3, Worcestershire
- Compound men: 1, Derbyshire AS; 2, Nottinghamshire; 3, Warwickshire
- Compound women: 1, Durham and Northumberland; 2, Hampshire; 3, Lancashire
- Longbow men: 1, Lancashire; 2, Kent; 3, Devon and Cornwall
- Longbow women: 1, Yorkshire; 2, Devon and Cornwall; 3, Durham and Northumberland
- Barebow men: 1, Durham and Northumberland; 2, Hampshire; 3, Essex
- Barebow women: 1, Lancashire; 2, Dorset and Wiltshire; 3, Yorkshire
The individual gold medallists in each category were:
- Recurve: James Woodgate (Surrey AA) and Jaspreet Sagoo (Cambridgeshire)
- Compound: Simon Scott (Derbyshire AS) and Elizabeth Foster (Durham and Northumberland)
- Barebow: Mark Robertson (Durham and Northumberland) and Suzannah Boardman (Yorkshire)
- Longbow: Cliff Gadd (Kent) and Sheila Hudson (Yorkshire)
You can find all the results here.
