April 2026 Newsletter

Great results for Victoria Bowmen archers at BC Indoor Championships! 

The results are in from the 2026 BC Indoor Championships held this past weekend at Westshore Parks and Recreation Center and our archers did us all proud, including four club members who hit BC Provincial records!

The records are:

• 70+ Recurve Men: Mike Shea, Score 975
• 21+ Compound Women: Sofija Jewell, Score 1139
• U21 Barebow Women: Josie O’Neill, Score 838
• U15 Compound Female: Jiayi Yuan, Score 1102

Vic Bowmen was well represented in multiple categories, and we had 21 club members who won medals! 

• Gold: Greg Fong, Lisa McManus, Mike Shea, Sofija Jewell, Jiayi Yuan, Jessica Skelton, Josie O’Neill, Sandrine Legay, Robert L. Berry
• Silver: Bailey Drinkwalter, Curtis Hobson, Bill Jensen, Malcolm Kirkland, Brian Marusaik
• Bronze: Nolan Curtis, Violeta Eldridge, Darrin Charmley, Jeffrey Shaw, Joshua Litton, Ruby Eliason, Justin Lisaingo

Brad Barclay also won the Men’s Sticks category in the fun Novelty shoot on Saturday night!

Please join us in congratulating our medallists and record-setters – another great showing of Vic Bowmen talent! You can see full tournament results on the BC Archery website.

Thank you to all our BC Indoors volunteers!

I would like to personally thank our Victoria Bowmen volunteers. With out you stepping up and giving us a helping hand we would not have been as successful with our BC Indoor Championships. A huge thanks to:

Dior Wilsher, Violeta Eldridge, Steve Eldridge, Erik Hanson, Kim Trueman, Megan Weston, John Weston, Devin Ireson, Amaris Marks, Maddox Eliason, Ruby Eliason, Jennifer Eliason, Brent Eliason, Rowan Kew, Sofija Jewell, Lisa McManus, Jessica Skelton, Jack Beaton, Peter Falconberg, Logan Falconberg

Thank you again as you all really made a difference.

Sincerely,
Greg Birtwistle, Victoria Bowmen VP

Outdoor shooting at the Rangers

With the nice weather and more daylight coming, the South Vancouver Island Rangers will be starting their outdoor practices Wednesday evenings (6:30ish) and Saturday afternoons at noonish. There is a $10 drop in charge for shooting. The address is 3498 Luxton Road in Langford (just off Happy Valley Rd.) – follow the road to the end to the archery range. 

Check their calendar before heading out – if archery is listed on that date then someone will be there!

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