| History of the Castle Archers |
Archery was introduced to NCE by Carmarthen Council’s Sports Development Team.
One of those first archers was a young girl named Ebba Gardner. As a junior, trained by the club, she got our first British Record.
Alan Burley was a mature beginner on that first day. He took over the running of the club in 1992 and founded The Castle Archers, using his own money to start it off. He is still a member of the club and does coaching.
The club has introduced literally hundreds of people to archery over the past 15 years. A large number have continued to shoot and have excelled. Some have moved away or joined other clubs and still do well. Many others will probably return to the sport later in life and may introduce their children to Archery.
We now have one of the largest and most active archery clubs in Wales and some of our members are in Welsh and British Teams, setting countless British Records
| Junior Achievements |
| David Marchant |
In 2001,2002, and 2003 David came 2nd in outdoor target and indoor target.
He came 1st in Wales in indoor target in 2005 and 2nd in outdoor target in the same year.
David shot barebow for the Dyfed indoor and outdoor championships and came 1st in both in 2004 in the u16 category.
In 2003 and 2004 he came 2nd in the Welsh Championships and 2nd in Dyfed in 2003, 2004 and 2005.
He is also now a 1st class bowman.
| Tapani Kalmaru |
In 2001,2002,2003,2004 and 2005 Tapani came 1st in the indoor and outdoor target championships.
He came 2nd in the Welsh indoor championships in 2005 and first in the outdoor championships in the u16 category.
As a recurve Tapani came 1st in the indoor and outdoor Dyfed championships in the u16 category.
He also came 2nd in the All British Championships. In the welsh Championships he came 1st in the u15 category in 2003 and 2004.
In 2003,2004 and 2005 Tapani came 1st in the Dyfed Championships.
He has also received his green, brown, grey and black Arrowhead awards.
He has also been a Master Bowman in 2004 and in 2005 is now a Grand Master Bowman.
Tapani has been a member of the Junior Welsh Target team 2 years running and has got 5 caps for the team.
He is also a member of the British Field Team And will travel for is first cap to Slovenia for the European Championships.
| Stuart Small |
In 2005 Stuart came 2nd in the outdoor British Championships.
He came 3rd in Wales in outdoor and indoor target in the u16 category and also came 2nd in the Dyfed outdoor championships shooting as a baerbow.
He came 4th in the Welsh Championships in 2004 and 3rd in the Dyfed Championships in 2004 and 2005.