Jim is married to Ethna He joined the Cloth of Gold June 1999 as a raw recruit armed with a 55lb Longbow which he had bought from mail order.

Mo Gibbons was the coach at the time and was asked to take him on for training. What a Challenge! Straight away the Longbow was binned. He started training with a 35 lb recurve training Bow and what a difference.

Within a few weeks he was merrily sailing round the course as if he had been born with a bow in his hands. He went and bought himself a Border Bow and now makes his own arrows and shoots Hunting Tackle style.

He has since shot lots of styles from Compound to Recurve and even tried out the longbow he binned all those years ago. He and Ethna and their two close friends Rita and Andy Stroud have travelled far and wide in pursuit of Field Archery.

Jim introduced Ethna to Field Archery in Feb 2000. Since then they have been all over the country following the Sport of Field Archery. Jim has won lots of trophies in local field shoots. He has been to National Champs, Devon Challenge 3D Champs, and even the Scottish Champs. Now that Ethna has had a slight setback Jim will probably be cutting back on travelling too far. But he still is the Clubs Treasurer. Jim still comes to the Club at regular intervals. The Club can still rely on Jim for targets and any kind of help that is required. Jim has been a reliable and hard working member as Course officer, Treasurer, Target maker, and handyman he is the kind of member this Club relies upon.