Aug 19 2018

Update on the recent theft from archery club

It is nice to be able to provide some positive news of the use of social media at least in the extended archery community. Following my recent article highlighting the vandalism and thefts at Redoubtables club, along with the countless people sharing the Facebook posts and images, there has been a positive outcome.

The club has reported that the majority of the equipment has been recovered and suitable compensation for damages agreed. They can’t currently go into details but things are definitely sounding positive. The Facebook post has now been taken down by the club.

Well done everyone and thanks for reading.

Aug 17 2018

Another archery club vandalised and equipment stolen

Redoubtables – North Wales

I find it sad I am writing a post on yet another archery club who have fallen victim to theft and vandalism. On Thursday night I saw a shared post on Facebook concerning the Redoubtable club in North Wales.

The initial post stated how club’s hut had been broken into and there had been some thefts sadly further information came to light of the extent of the damage and behaviour of the individuals involved.

Not only had the club been broken into but all of their coaching equipment had been stolen. A full list is shown below and as you can see it was quite extensive. So keep an eye on eBay and other sites for archery equipment.

8 Quivers
3 Barnett bows
1 Barnett lil Sioux
1 Green junior bow
1 Yellow junior bow
2 Sherwood bows
1 Recurve Ragim
1 Rec Quicks
1 Rec longshot
1 Rec core
1 Rec optimo
1 Rec panther
1 Rowland snake
1 Left handed Ragim recurve.
26 Assort tabs
20 Assorted arm guards
70 Assorted arrows

Sadly that was not all they did as they took time to vandalise several 3ds, some of which were new and yet to have been shot, sawing off heads and legs, not all of which have been recovered making repairs impossible.

Destroyed 3Ds

This is a huge hit for any club and must have taken some planning and time on the part of the thieves to accomplish.

The individuals, yes, I am calling them individuals and not demonising them or name calling. Some may find that strange, but they are people who have a different morale code of conduct. We shouldn’t resort to name calling. Yes be angry and upset, yes let off steam and vent frustration but let’s not reduce our shelves to their level.

CCTV captured two of the individuals using the bows to shoot at farmers live stock. Fortunately their archery skills are as poor as their moral code and no animals were injured but it could have been much worse. I’ve embed the post here.

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What can we do?

I wrote a post back in April (https://wp.me/p1IJTE-Ye) on securing your club some ideas of what you can do with trail cameras.

Also keep an eye open for suspicious activity or on auction sites where equipment may be sold.

I suggest we all take this weekend to check your clubs security maybe set up some trail cameras, tidy away any tools that thieves could use.

Thanks for reading

Nov 5 2017

BAKEWELL BOWS Theft reward offered

By now many in the archery community in the UK and beyond will have heard of the theft from Bakewell Bows. I’ve been in touch with Dawn Priestly who has been publishing updates and she’s furnished me with the following information and images.

As thousands of you are now aware Pete Bakewell (Bakewell Bows) of Welbeck Estate in Nottinghamshire was broken into last Thursday night / Friday morning. They took all his finished stock, hand and power tools amongst other things. They also took our unique and irreplaceable family bows.
The response to my original post has been phenomenal and the support shown to Pete and Sam above and beyond anything we could have hoped for. Thank you, each and every one of you.

We need to keep the pressure on those cretinous beings that have done this, they need to be brought to justice.

Pete is offering a REWARD; in return for information leading to a successful prosecution against the person(s) responsible of this most despicable crime; the person offering the relevant information will be able to choose one bow of their choice from Pete’s catalogue, hand crafted to their specifications.

Please share this far and wide and keep vigilant.

If the persons responsible for this crime are reading this, please just return what isn’t yours.

If you have any information please contact either myself or Nottinghamshire Police on 101 and quote incident number 19627102017.

Again thank you all for your help and support.

Below are photos of bows similar to some of those stolen.