(For the uninitiated, a Robin Hood is where an arrow accurately hits the centre of the nock of an arrow already in the target and typically destroys both. If your arrow hits someone else’s in this way, you pay the other archer for a replacement. Fortunately, in the examples to date, November 2021, the two arrows, or in Karen’s case, the three arrows, have been owned by the same archer.)
Karen Shotton: November 2016
The founding member of the Robin Hood Club and the only one (so far!) to shoot a Robin Hood in an off-site competition, this was the first Robin Hood with a recurve bow. It was a double Robin Hood (her arrow went into the back of an existing Robin Hood, on the spider) at the Caldy (Wirral) Portsmouth. The normal rarity of these events is indicated by how long Karen’s stood as one of a kind.Mike Philips: November 2020
Mike’s Robin Hood happened less than 24 hours after buying a new set of arrows and only 6 weeks after he joined the club.Neil Ashton: September 2021
Another recent joiner, on a beautiful evening, Neil hit his Robin Hood only 2 weeks after joining and again, shortly after buying his own arrows. He’d had them a bit longer that Mike though!Keith Eustace: October 2021
The first indoor shoot for 2021-2022 was when Keith Eustace achieved his Robin Hood.Stephen Reed: November 2021
Stephen joined in June 2021 so yet again, a recent joiner. He was competing in a Portsmouth round in the indoor range and it was only his third competition.
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