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The Twenty-first Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 10 and 11, 1879.
Forty-eight ladies and thirty gentlemen shot.
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The Thirty-sixth Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on August 6 and 7, 1879, at Cheltenham, on the College Cricket-ground.
On this occasion Mrs. Marshall won the silver bracer with the highest score, as she and Mrs. Butt each had 3 points—the former for gross score and for score at 60 yards, and the latter for gross hits and for hits at 60 yards. Mrs. Legh won the points for hits and score at 50 yards.
Mr. Walters became Champion with 4-1/2 points—gross hits, hits at 100 yards and at 60 yards, and a tie with Mr. Betham for score at 100 yards. Mr. Rimington won 3 points, for grossscore and for score at 80 yards; and Mr. Walrond won the point for hits at 80 yards.
Eighty-three ladies and sixty-one gentlemen shot.
Mrs. Butt scored 381, and Mrs. Piers F. Legh 370; Mr. Walters 458, Mr. Berrington 430, and Mr. Rimington 414, in the handicap match on August 8.
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The Sixteenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Teignmouth, in Mr. Parson's grounds, on August 13 and 14, 1879.
Forty-six ladies and twenty-seven gentlemen shot.
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The Twenty-sixth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 23 and 24, 1880.
Thirty-seven ladies and thirty-three gentlemen shot.
In the handicap match on June 25 Mrs. Piers F. Legh, Mrs. E. Lister, and Mrs. Butt scored 367, 364, and 337 respectively, and Mr. C. E. Nesham and Mr. J. H. Bridges 421 and 409.
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The Twenty-second Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 1 and 2, 1880.
Fifty-four ladies and twenty-six gentlemen shot.
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The Thirty-seventh Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on July 28 and 29, 1880, at Shrewsbury.
Mrs. Horniblow, with the second score, won the silver bracer with 4 points—namely, 2 for most hits and 2 for score and hits at 60 yards. Mrs. Legh had 3 points, 2 for highest gross score and 1 for score at 60 yards. Mrs. Butt had 1 point for hits at 50 yards. A very close contest between the three first ladies.
Mr. Palairet became Champion with 9 points.
Mr. Rimington won the point for score at 60 yards.
Sixty-nine ladies and fifty-seven gentlemen shot at this meeting. The weather and the ground were anything but good.
In the handicap match on the next day—July 30—Mrs. Butt's score was—
Mr. Everett's score was 471.
This meeting was made memorable by the retirement of the Rev. O. Luard from the office of Hon. Secretary of the Grand National Archery Society, after having acted as Secretary at thirty-six meetings—in fact, at every meeting hitherto, except the first in 1844. He was presented with a complimentary scroll, setting out the universal appreciation of his services, and with a purse containing 200 guineas. Mr. Palairet was elected to succeed Mr. Luard as Hon. Secretary.
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The Seventeenth Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Sherborne on August 11 and 12, 1880.
Miss I. Carter and Mr. Palairet became Championess and Champion of the West.
Fifty-four ladies and thirty-two gentlemen shot.
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The First Grand Northern Archery Meeting was held at York on September 1 and 2, 1880.
Mrs. H. Clarke and Mr. P. S. Nevile became Championess and Champion of the North.
Fifty-seven ladies and thirty-seven gentlemen shot.