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The Twelfth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 7 and 8, 1870.
Forty-eight ladies and thirty-nine gentlemen shot.
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The Twenty-seventh Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on July 21 and 22, 1870, at Weston, near Bath.
Ladies60 Yards50 YardsTotalsHitsScoreHitsScoreHitsScoreMrs. Horniblow8641248288134700Mrs. V. Forbes8740547279134684Mrs. W. Butt9042446232136656Mrs. E. Lister8139544218125613Miss H. Hutchinson8236444232126596Mrs. P. Pinckney7435044246118596Miss Hulme7535946234121593Miss Joan Ley6933741183110520Miss Ripley11451914728592476Mrs. J. R. Thomson602544621410646811Shot only 15 arrows at 60 yards the first day.
11Shot only 15 arrows at 60 yards the first day.
11Shot only 15 arrows at 60 yards the first day.
11Shot only 15 arrows at 60 yards the first day.
Mrs. Horniblow became the Championess by highest gross score. The points happened to be equally divided between her and Mrs. W. Butt.
Mr. E. A. Holmes became the Champion with the highest score under the rule passed in 1869 abolishing points. He would have become champion by one-third of a point.
The average of the shooting at this meeting was unusually good amongst the gentlemen, being 751·5 for the first ten.
Mr. H. A. Ford was present, but did not shoot.
The weather was excessively hot.
Eighty-three ladies and seventy-nine gentlemen shot.
Good scores were made by Mr. E. A. Holmes (490), Captain C. H. Fisher (443), and Mr. Walford (411), on July 23, in the handicap match.
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The Eighth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held in the grounds at Bitton, near Teignmouth, on July 27 and 28, 1870.
Miss M. Lockyer and Mr. Walrond became Championess and Champion of the West.
Sixty-three ladies and forty-three gentlemen shot.
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The Eighteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 14 and 15, 1871.
Twenty-three ladies and thirty-six gentlemen shot.
During all these eighteen Leamington meetings Mr. N. Merridew acted as Secretary and Manager, and Mr. C. M. Caldecott as Judge.
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The Twenty-eighth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on the College Cricket-ground, at Cheltenham, on June 28 and 29, 1871.
At this meeting the system of points for the selection of the Champion and Championess was reintroduced, and Mrs. Horniblow became the Championess with all the points, except that Mrs. V. Forbes and Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey tied her in hits at 50 yards, with 47 hits. This score of 746 was the best yet made, Mrs. Horniblow's own score of 700 at Bath in 1870 being the next best.
Captain C. H. Fisher won the Championship with all the points, except that for hits at 60 yards, which was won by Mr. W. Rimington (47). This 955 was the best score yet made by anybody except Mr. H. A. Ford, and Mr. Holmes, whose score was 973 at Brighton in 1867.
Fifty-nine ladies and sixty-eight gentlemen shot at this meeting.
On the next day—June 30—Mr. Aston made 389, Miss Hulme 388, and Mrs. W. Butt 380.
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The Thirteenth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 12 and 13, 1871.
Twenty-three ladies and thirty-seven gentlemen shot.
Mr. R. Butt acted as Hon. Secretary to these meetings from 1867 to 1871 inclusive.
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The Ninth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Bitton, near Teignmouth, on August 2 and 3, 1871, when fifty-four ladies and thirty-five gentlemen shot.
Miss Ripley and Mr. Walrond became Championess and Champion of the West.
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The Nineteenth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens, on June 12 and 13, 1872.
Eighteen ladies and thirty-two gentlemen shot.