Braintree Bowmen Archery Club’s Imogen Newby and Richard Burgess hit new heights at the Essex Indoor Championships in Chelmsford.

It was the final major event of the indoor season and ten-year-old Newby certainly bowed out in style after a slow start in Essex Junior Ladies’ Under-12 category.

Newby opened with a score of 47 out of 60 in her first round in the World Archery 18 metre FITA competition on a Bray target and knew she had to up her game, but was quickly up to her usual high standard with a 57 from her next six arrows.

She maintained that as she finished with a score of 478 out of a possible 600, which not only won her the under-12 county title, but also smashed the Braintree Bowmen club record and set a new personal best.

It was also a score that earned her the overall ladies’ silver medal across all the junior age groups.

Also re-writing the record books was Burgess in the Gents’ Barebow competition.

He matched Newby not only in winning the county title, but scored the same overall score – 478 – and claimed a new club record, which was also a county record.

It was also a good event for their Braintree team-mate Paul Ramos, in the Gents’ Recurve. Despite an under par first half of 265 points, Ramos scored 278 in the second section to give him fourth position.