Bedfordshire Success at National Tour: Stage 1

Bedfordshire archers secured ???? two silver medals and several strong finishes at the opening stage of the Archery GB National Tour 2026, held at ????Lilleshall NSCC, Shropshire, on ???? 25–26 April 2026. The Bucks & Bounty event attracted many of the country’s top archers and provided a high-level early season test. The National Tour is Archery GB’s premier outdoor tournament series, bringing together many of the UK’s highest-ranked archers across Recurve, Compound and Barebow divisions. Bedfordshire was well represented through entries from Clophill Archery Club and St Neots Bowmen, with competitors featuring across multiple categories against some of the strongest national fields in the country. ???? Notable Bedfordshire Results ???? Barebow Open???? 2nd – Rene Bekker (Clophill Archery Club)13th – David Erwood (St Neots Bowmen)24th – Thomas Foster (Clophill Archery Club)57th – Duncan Riding (Clophill Archery Club) ???? Barebow Female???? 2nd – Illaria Knibb (Clophill Archery Club)6th – Sarah Russell (Clophill Archery Club)23rd – Nicole Henniker (Clophill Archery Club) ???? Compound Open16th – Scott Wadsworth (Clophill Archery Club)19th – Ru Barlow (Clophill Archery Club) ???? Recurve Open101st – Paul Hyde (Clophill Archery Club) ???? Recurve Female19th – Daisy Hyde (Clophill Archery Club) ???? County Success on the National Stage With podium finishes and strong representation across several bow styles, Bedfordshire archers made an excellent start to the 2026 outdoor season. Competing on the National Tour provides valuable experience against elite opposition and showcases the growing strength of archery within the county. Attention now turns to the remaining stages of the 2026 National Tour season, where Bedfordshire archers will look to build on an impressive opening weekend. Bedfordshire County Archery Association congratulates all archers who took part and represented Bedfordshire so strongly at Stage 1.