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 | INTERNATIONAL NEWS | Sun 8th Mar 2009 | Compounder teams collect World Indoor Championship silverware |
Britain's women's compound team, consisting of Nicky Hunt, Lucy Holderness and Rikki Bingham, took the silver medal on the final day of the World Indoor Championships at Rzeszow, Poland, losing to the dominant US trio of Erika Anschutz, Holly Larson and Mary Hamm, who broke the world record with a 24 arrow score of 236 in their quarter-final victory over Poland, by 232 to 226.
"It was a terrific effort, but in the end the Americans were just that much better, and congratulations to them," said GB Performance Manager Barry Eley. "But by winning a silver medal Nicky, Lucy and Rikki have every reason to as proud of themselves as we are of them."
Great Britain also came close to a gold medal in the compound men's team competition, but James Bingham, Duncan Busby and Andy Rikunenko were blown away by a world record-breaking performance by their American opponents Chance Beaubeof, Jesse Broadwater and Braden Gellenthien in the final. The British team's perfectly creditable 232 was no match for the US team's record-breaking perfect 240 from their 24 arrows in an amazing display of flawless shooting.
France took the bronze medal with a 231-230 victory over Spain.
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| INTERNATIONAL NEWS | Sat 7th Mar 2009 | Compounder Holderness eyes World Indoor Championship bronze |
Britain's Lucy Holderness (right) is through to the bronze medal match against Erika Anschutz of the all-conquering US womens compound team at the World Indoor Championships in Rzeszow, Poland as American Mary Hamm squares up against team-mate Holly Larson for the gold.
After a close quarter-final against Lithuania's Jelena Babina, which finished tied on 116-116, with both archers shooting 10-10-9 in the tie-break Lucy finally went through with her arrow being nearer the centre than Babina's.
However, Lucy's charge to the gold was stopped in its tracks in the semi-finals by the top-seeded Hamm, who had earlier knocked out Lucy's team-mate Nicky Hunt in the second round. The third member of the British women's compound squad in this tournament, Rikki Bingham, crashed out in the first round after being beaten by Spaniard Dolores Cernuda.
In men's compound, after seeing off his team-mate Duncan Busby's challenge by 118 points to 117 in the previous round, James Bingham was knocked out in a quarter-final tie-break by Italy's Antonio Tosco.
The the bronze medal match will be decided by Tosco and Frenchman Dominique Genet, who had earlier ended the hopes of Team GB's Andrew Rikunenko in the second round. The gold medal match will be an all-American affair, with Chance Beaubouef taking on Jesse Broadwater.
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 | LEWIS & HARRIS SPORTS NEWS | Fri 6th Mar 2009 | Call for Ferry Services viewpoints |
In what could be a significant step forward for Island sports teams, the Scottish Government's comprehensive review of ferry services in Scotland is to host a series of public 'drop-in' meetings throughout the Western Isles, where members of the Ferries Review Team will be available to answer questions and garner opinions.
The meetings will be held between 5:00pm and 8:00pm at the following venues on the following dates:
| Date | Venue |
| Monday 9 March | Castlebay Hall, Barra |
| Tuesday 10 March | Dark Island Hotel, Benbecula |
| Wednesday 11 March | Town Hall, Stornoway |
| Thursday 12 March | Harris Hotel, Tarbert |
Those who cannot attend any of the above meetings are urged to email their views to the Review Team directly at .
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| INTERNATIONAL NEWS | Fri 6th Mar 2009 | Brits off to Indoor Worlds flying start |
British double Olympic bronze medallist Simon Terry (right) headed the men's recurve standings in the qualifying round on the first day of the World Indoor Championships, which got underway yesterday in Rzeszow, Poland.
Simon, who was runner-up at last month's National Indoor tournament, finished five points ahead of his closest rival, Spaniard Andres Gomez, with a score of 593 out of a possible 600; two points short of a his own new British National Record of 595, which he shot in Rutland last month. 20 year-old Brady Ellison of the United States qualified in third place.
Of the other British men recurvers, National Indoor Champion Alan Wills finished in 11th and Michael Peart, 13th, which allowed Simon, Alan and Michael to qualify in top position in the men's team event.
Meanwhile, the women's recurve team went through in 10th place, with Charlotte Burgess the highest placed Briton in 18th, and Vlada Priestman, in her first major international tournament since the 2000 Sydney Olympics, qualifying for the head-to-heads in 27th place. Fellow British women's recurver Emma Downie, however, missed out on the head-to-head 'cut' after finishing in 46th place.
During the women's recurve session, Frenchwoman Berengere Schuh set a new world record of 592 to qualify in first place ahead of Italian Natalia Valeeva, and Nami Hayakawa of Japan.
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Compound archer Wendy Rowell has beaten the UK Record for the Double Portsmouth round by a whopping 15 points, scoring 1177 out of a possible 1200 at at the Lincolnshire County Archery Society Indoor Championships.