2016

NT2440 : Royal Company of Archers entering Hay Lodge Park, Peebles

taken 8 years ago, near to Peebles, Scottish Borders, Scotland

Royal Company of Archers entering Hay Lodge Park, Peebles
Royal Company of Archers entering Hay Lodge Park, Peebles
The Company was formed in 1676 and is the Queen's bodyguard at ceremonial occasions in Scotland. They are carrying traditional longbows and wooden arrows and wear an eagle's feather in their bonnets.
Peebles Silver Arrow :: NT2540

Every six years the Royal Company of Archers holds a shooting competition for the prize of the Peebles Silver Arrow. The Peebles Arrow was one of several offered as a prize by Scottish Burghs to promote the skill of archery when firearms were becoming more widely used, and was first competed for in 1628. The Royal Company of Archers is the monarch's bodyguard at ceremonial events in Scotland and was formed in 1676.

The Peebles Silver Arrow was first shot for as a Royal Company prize in 1796. Now the shoot is held every six years in rotation with similar events in Biggar, Montrose and Selkirk.

The shoot takes place with targets 180 yards apart. The archers stand at one target and shoot for the far one. After all the archers have shot, the score is tallied with points allocated by nearness to target, and the shoot changes ends.


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Jim Barton   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 14 May, 2016   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 15 May, 2016
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