Archery Matchplay

Thursday, 11th April 2024 at 9:15am

Sharp Shooters:

Levi Matheson (Year 12), Ethan Winson (Year 11), and Jesse Matheson (Year 10) competed in the College Sport Archery Matchplay Tournament at One Tree Hill Domain, held last weekend.

There was a great turnout with over 100 archers from schools across Auckland whose sharpshooting skills resulted in some tense matches.

"Sport isn't just about final results," says proud team manager, Nikki Matheson.

"I was so impressed seeing all three kids being friendly and sociable with so many kids from other schools."

The event started with a ranking round, with all participants shooting 5 ends of 6 arrows. Individual matchplay events shoot 2 ends of 6 arrows, and in the team event, each archer shoots 2 ends with 3 arrows.

This was Ethan's first experience trying matchplay, and shooting a recurve in the largest division. He won his 1st match but was eliminated in his 2nd match.

Levi and Jesse were shooting in both the individual and team compound events. Jesse started on a bye, won his 2nd match, and then was eliminated in the semis by the league's top compound archer. Levi also started on a bye and won their next 2 matches. The quarter-final was a close match with just a couple of points in it, but a loss to Levi put them in the bronze medal match against Lynfield College. In the bronze match, Levi secured the win.

In the compound teams event, GBHS won all their matches, putting them into the gold medal match against St Peters College. This was a close match with St Peters winning by just 2 points. A well-deserved silver to Levi and Jesse and a great finish to a very full-on summer season in Archery.