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No Grand Western Archery Meeting was held this year.
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The Thirteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 13 and 14, 1866.
Mr. Golightly scored 405 on June 15 in the handicap match.
Thirty-one ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot.
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The Eighth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on June 28 and 29, 1866.
Twenty-nine ladies and forty-five gentlemen shot.
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The Fifth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Weymouth on July 18 and 19, 1866, when seventy-seven ladies and fifty-nine gentlemen shot.
Miss S. Dawson and Mr. H. Walrond became respectively Championess and Champion of the West.
During these five Grand Western Archery Meetings Mr. T. Dawson acted as Hon. Secretary. No meeting was held in 1865, when the Grand National Archery Meeting was held at Clifton; and none was held in 1867.
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The Twenty-third Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held in the grounds of Sir R. Harvey, Bart., at Crown Point, near Norwich, on July 25 and 26, 1866.
Miss Betham won the silver bracer with 6 points. Mrs. Horniblow won the 2 points for hits and score at 60 yards.
Mr. G. Edwards won all the points, and became the Champion.
Seventy-four ladies and seventy-five gentlemen shot.
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The Fourteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 12 and 13, 1867.
Mr. R. Caldwell scored 423 on June 14 in the handicap match.
Twenty-five ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot.
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The Ninth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 18 and 19, 1867.
Mr. O. K. Prescot scored 451 on July 20 in the handicap match.
Forty-nine ladies and sixty-six gentlemen shot.
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The Twenty-fourth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held at Preston, near Brighton, on July 24 and 25, 1867.
Mrs. E. Lister won the silver bracer of the Championess with 3 points. Miss S. Dawson won the 2 points for mosthits, and divided the point for hits at 60 yards with Mrs. Horniblow. Miss Betham won 2 points for hits and score at 50 yards.
Mr. H. A. Ford became the Champion for the twelfth and last time. He won 8 points, Mr. E. A. Holmes having won the point for score at 100 yards, and Mr. O. K. Prescot that for score at 80 yards. Mr. E. A. Holmes was unwell during the shooting at 60 yards on the second day, when he made only 89 at that distance. The average value of the first ten on this occasion, all over 700, was 820·7; and this still remains the highest average ever yet attained. Mr. H. A. Ford on this occasion was using very weak bows, not much more than forty pounds in weight, and light arrows.
Seventy-two ladies and eighty-six gentlemen shot.
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A Grand Archery Meeting was held, in the Public Recreation Ground at Hastings, on July 31 and August 1, 1867.
Thirty-three ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot.
In the handicap match shot in the Archery Ground, St. Leonards-on-Sea, on the next day—August 2—Captain C. H. Fisher scored 472 and Mr. H. A. Ford 471.
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The Fifteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 10 and 11, 1868.
Thirty ladies and forty-one gentlemen shot.