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The Fourteenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Salisbury on August 2 and 3, 1876, when fifty-three ladies and forty gentlemen shot.
Miss E. Pinckney and Mr. Palairet became Championess and Champion of the West.
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The Twenty-third Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 27 and 28, 1877. Forty ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot.
Mrs. W. Butt scored 365 on June 29 in the handicap match.
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The Nineteenth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 12 and 13, 1877. Forty-six ladies and forty gentlemen shot.
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The Thirty-fourth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held at Doncaster, on the Racecourse, on August 8 and 9, 1877.
Mrs. Butt won the silver bracer with 5-1/2 points. Miss Hollins won the point for hits at 60 yards, and made an equal number of gross hits with Mrs. Butt; and Mrs. Horniblow made the same number of hits at 50 yards as Mrs. Butt.
Mr. W. Rimington became Champion with 7 points. Mr. Betham won the 2 points for score at 100 yards and hits at 60 yards; Mr. Fryer the point for hits at 100 yards; and Mr. Palairet the point for score at 60 yards.
In the handicap match on the next day—August 10—Mrs. Butt scored 44 hits, 280 sc. and 24 hits, 154 sc. = 68 hits, 434 sc., and Miss Hollins 362. Mr. Palairet scored 400.
The weather on the two first days at this meeting was most unsuitable.
Forty-four ladies and fifty-four gentlemen attended this meeting.
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The Fifteenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Bitton, near Teignmouth, on August 29 and 30, 1877, when forty-nine ladies and thirty gentlemen shot.
Miss E. Pinckney and Mr. P. Pinckney—sister and brother—became Championess and Champion of the West.
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The Twenty-fourth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held on June 26 and 27, 1878.
Thirty-one ladies and twenty-nine gentlemen shot.
On June 28, in the handicap match, Miss Hollins scored 387, and Mr. C. H. Everett 460.
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The Twentieth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 10 and 11, 1878.
Thirty-seven ladies and thirty-four gentlemen shot.
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The Thirty-fifth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on July 24 and 25, 1878, at Tunbridge Wells, on the Cricket-ground.
Mrs. Marshall won the silver bracer with 6 points; Mrs. Horniblow having won the point for hits at 50 yards, and tied with Mrs. Marshall for gross hits.
Mr. Palairet became Champion, having won 7 points. Mr. Clare won the point for hits at 80 yards, and Mr. Rimington won the points for hits and score at 60 yards.
In the handicap match on the next day—July 26—Mrs. Piers F. Legh scored 360, and Mr. Rimington 401.
Sixty-two ladies and fifty-six gentlemen shot at this meeting.
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The Sixteenth Grand Western Archery Society's Meeting was held at Weymouth, on August 7 and 8, 1878, on the ground of the Weymouth Archery Society.
On August 9, in the handicap match, Mrs. Piers F. Legh made 315 and Mrs. Horniblow 314.
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The Twenty-fifth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 25 and 26, 1879.
Thirty ladies and twenty-five gentlemen shot.
Ladies60 Yards50 YardsTotalsHitsScoreHitsScoreHitsScoreMrs. Piers F. Legh8945548288137743Miss M. A. Hollins8440843207127615Mrs. E. Lister7435644208118564Mrs. Hulse7732740208117535Miss E. D. Pryce6028242222102504Mrs. Butt1245245231196836412Mrs. Butt shot only on the first day of the meeting one-half the National Round.
12Mrs. Butt shot only on the first day of the meeting one-half the National Round.
12Mrs. Butt shot only on the first day of the meeting one-half the National Round.
12Mrs. Butt shot only on the first day of the meeting one-half the National Round.
Miss Hollins, on June 27, in the handicap match, scored 353.