Quicks Team Shooter - Pat Hotchkiss
Summary
| Club: | Forest of Bere Bowman, associate at Southampton Archery Club |
| County: | Hampshire |
| Age: | 58 |
| Years shooting: | 14 |
| Job: | Bus driver |
Equipment specification being used for 2025
| Bow make and model: | Bow make and model: Gillo GT and G1 with Gillo GTL 88 34lb limbs |
| Arrows: | Indoor and Outdoor arrows: Easton ACG for indoor with Easton pin nocks and Jet 6 spin wings. Easton ACE, and Easton Advance, for outdoor with Easton pin nocks and spin wings. |
| Arrow Rest: | spigarelli ZT |
| Finger Tab or Release Aid: | Fairweather |
What are your archery performance highlights?
Performance highlights 2024: finishing 2nd in the UK National Rankings
Winning the gold medal in the National Tour finals in Nottingham.
Winning the gold medal in the 50+ championship at Evesham.
Winning the gold medal in the 50+ indoor Nationals.
Hampshire champion at both indoor and outdoor championships.
What are your goals for 2025 and beyond?
to carry on shooting as well as I have in the last two years.
Manufacturer sponsors
Gillo, Podium bow strings.
Who has been most influential in helping you get to your current level?
When I first took up barebow a year ago, Alan Holder helped me, I also watched a lot of Barebow videos on YouTube which were a great help.
Who is your most admired archer?
There are a few archers I admire, but for barebow it has to be Ollie Hicks
What advice can you give to up and coming new archers?
Shoot as much as you can, don’t get disheartened when you don’t get the scores you want, they will come, and above all enjoy it.