Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd saw the meeting of the best junior archers from around the nation at Lilleshall National Sport Centre for the Junior National Outdoor Championships (J.N.O.C.). In attendance for the Saturday- Metrics day- was Evesham's Alex Shehata-Morgan who shot a gruelling twelve-dozen despite some unpleasant wind, ending up with a fantastic 4th place and 1092 score in the Gent's recurve under 18 category.

Alex returned to the field of play on the Sunday for the championship Bristol rounds, joined by fellow Evesham junior Luke Wilson who missed the first day due to prior commitments. The two archers shot twelve dozen but early disaster befell Alex when an equipment failure struck. Fortunately, the issue was repaired after the first three dozen. Phew!

The rest of the day proceeded without much incident, eventually culminating with the awards ceremony. Both finished in the top ten, Alex taking eight place with a score of 911. Luke, competing in the under 18 gents compound, achieved a score of 1112, which was enough to give him a bronze medal for the event!

Well done to both archers for an amazing performance!