Gunmakers' Challenge
Despite the obvious challenges, the Gunmakers and the Bowyers held their annual shooting competition (shotgun/rifle/bow) at the West London Shooting School on Friday 25th September. Both companies fielded a combined team of 8 colleagues (A and B) and had an excellent day rifle shooting at a mechanical boar, clay pigeons and straw targets. The Gunmakers just pipped the Bowyers on the overall score by 8 points (574/582), even just one good arrow’s difference, and no doubt just made it on the clays! Afterwards in a distanced lunch setting we celebrated another great day out together, and especially more so in this difficult 2020 year.
Nigel Heilpern
Upper Warden
Recent and past Events
- Menu of Events 2021
- News from Suited & Booted
- "Piercing Plate Armour with Arrows - Fact or Fiction"
- Fellow Bowyers – Do you Sail? Or would you like to give Sailing "a go"?
- Presentation of Cheque to Suited & Booted - 24 May 2021
- City Walk and Supper
- Royal Hospital Chelsea Visit - August 2021
- Bowyers' History Since 1666 - Talk and Supper
- The 400th Anniversary of the Royal Charter Charity Banquet, Drapers' Hall
- Agincourt Banquet, Armourers' Hall
- Poitiers Supper - Old London Bridge
- Royal Hospital Chelsea Visit
- Bowyers' 2021 Carol Service
- Suited & Booted Charity Quiz Night
- Court and Livery Dinner, Watermen's Hall, 29 January
- Visit to Brentwood Sea Cadets
- Meeting with Kings College MA Students
- Annual Dinner of the Royal Toxophilite Society
- Trealor's School
- King's College London Widening Participation Programme
- Installation Service
- Mercian Regiment Crich Pilgrimage
- Bowyers Mercian Regiment Charity Supper
- Gunmakers' Challenge
- Agincourt Dinner
- Remembrance Sunday
- The Bowyers' Carol Service
- News from Brentwood Sea Cadets
- Court and Livery Dinner, January 30 2019
- Bowyers Win Suited and Booted Quiz
- Kings College London War Studies Evening
- HMS Northumberland Visit
- St George's Charity Banquet
- Bowyers' Silver Evening
- Inter Livery Shoot
- Practice Shoot at Kensington Palace
- Inter Livery Rifle Competition
- Bowyers Sailing Weekend
- Cheque for Suited & Booted
- Bowyers' Guildhall Window
- Chelsea Pensioners Founders Day Parade
- Presentation of the Dudley Award
- The Gunmakers Challenge
- Tower Shoot
- Bowyers Prize Day
- Suited & Booted Charity Quiz
- Bowyers' Longbow Day
- Bill Terry's Archery Collection
- Visit to 338 (West Ham) Squadron Air Cadets
- Craft Guild's Annual Guildmote
- Honorary Livery Clothing of Hugh Soar
- Longbow Making Course
- Agincourt Banquet
- Poitiers Supper
- Lord Mayor's Show
- Garden of Remembrance at St Paul's
- Bowyers' Hall Blue Plaque Site
- MA History Scholar at King's London
- Court & Livery Dinner Watermen's Hall
- Suited & Booted Charity
- Royal Navy Supper Evening
- Museum of London: Pleasure Gardens Archery
- St Georges Banquet
- 338 West Ham Squadron Air Cadets
- Brentwood Sea Cadets' Parade
- Master's Weekend in Washington
- Stevenson House Charity Visit
- Bowyers' Shooting Team
- Tower of London Shoot
- 1,000 at Mercian Regiment Memorial
- HMS Northumberland Rededicated, and New Bowyers' Award Presented
- Master's Day 2018
- Gunmakers/Bowyers, Shotgun/Longbow
- Bowyers' Prize Day
- Tom Ridley's Freedom of the City
- Bowyers' Longbow Day
- New Master's Dinner
- Forrester Cup
- British Blind Sport Archery Section Outdoor Championship
- Bowyers Sailing 21 to 23 September
- Bowyers Charitable Outreach
- Poitiers Supper 2 October
- Guildmote 30 September
- Agincourt Banquet 17 October
- Garden of Remembrance at St Paul's 5 November
- Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey 8 November
- Visit to Goodenough College 20 November
- Suited & Booted Charity
- Bowyers' Family Carol Service & Supper December 2018
- Longbows and Crécy on BBC4 iPlayer
- More Awards for the Brentwood Sea Cadets
- Brentwood Sea Cadets' Annual Parade
- Court & Livery Dinner
- Freeman Captain Paddy Allen RN
- Gunmakers' Proof House Tour and Supper
- Charity Cheque for Suited & Booted
- Citizen and Bowyer William Mills
- New Liverymen Allen and Heilpern
- St George's Banquet 26 April at Cutlers' Hall
- Gold Award for Craft Guild's Don Adams
- Citizen and Bowyer Robert Durrant
- Bowyers' Inter-Livery Shooting Team
- Mary Rose and HMS Victory
- Bowyers 3rd in Inter-Livery Rifle Shoot
- Bowyers' Prize Day
- Mercian Regiment at Crich
- City of London Freedoms
- Water Music 300 on the Thames
- Bowyers' Common Hall
- Tower of London Shoot
- Court & Livery Dinner, Cutlers' Hall
- Bowyers' Longbow Plate Day
- Officers' Mess, St James's Palace
- British Blind Sport Archery at Lilleshall
- Craft Guild Bowyers' Award for Warbow
- Bowyers' Plaque on HMS Victory
- Agincourt Banquet
- Garden of Remembrance at St Paul's Cathedral
- Poitiers Supper: the Asian Composite Bow
- Widening Participation at KCL
- Bowyers' Carol Service
- Bowyers' St George's Civic Banquet 2016, 20 April 2016
- War Bow Presented to Mercian Regiment, 22 April 2016
- Master's Weekend in Belgium, 30 April - 2 May 2016
- Bowyers' Hall City Walk 16 May 2016
- Gala Charity Dinner 2 June 2016 for the Mercian Regiment Benevolent Charity
- Tower Shoot, 21 June 2016
- Master's Day, 13 July 2016
- Presentation of Bowyers' Company Dining Bell, 13 July 2016
- Past Master Hardy on the Mary Rose, 14 July 2016
- New Master's Livery Dinner, 20 July 2016
- Bowyers' Longbow Plate Day, 24 July
- Great Fire Anniversary Dinner at Bakers' Hall, 13 September 2016
- Annual Guildmote of the Craft Guild: 1 October, somewhere near Hereford
- British Blind Sport Archery Championships: 10 September, Lilleshall National Sports Centre
- Freedom of the City for Lt Col Dougie Bridges
- Liveryman Tweedie Brown
- Agincourt Dinner, 19 October 2016
- Maj Gen Dr Andrew Sharpe
- Royal British Legion Remembrance Service
- Mercian Regiment 22K Ultimate Challenge
- Bowyers' Christmas Carol Service
- Meeting our MA Scholars at King's
- Citizen Richard Bowyer
- Committee Members' Dinner in Guildhall, 22 January 2015
- Waterloo Supper, 11 Feb 2015
- United Guilds Service 2015, 20 March 2015
- Joint Dinner Aboard HQS Wellington, Wednesday 18 March 2015
- St George's Dinner, Thursday 16th April 2015
- Sword Presented to 2 Mercian RSM, Thursday 21 May
- Bowyers' Hall City Walk, 18 May 2015
- Bowyers' Prize Day at Burnham, Saturday 4 July 2015
- Longbow Day at Burnham, Sunday 26 July 2015
- Joint Shoot at the Tower, Tuesday 14 July 2015
- Crecy and Agincourt Battlefields, 24-25 July 2015
- Agincourt Dinner, 22 October 2015
- The Lord Mayor's Show, 14 November 2015
- Visiting Our Chelsea Pensioner, 25th November 2015
- St Georges Court and Livery Dinner, Thursday 1st May 2014
- An Evening with the Mercian Regiment, 18th February 2014
- The Bowyers in Burgundy, Thursday 1st May 2014
- Private View of the Mary Rose Exhibition and Tour of Fort Nelson, Thursday 12th May 2014
- Bowyers' Prize Day at Burnham, Saturday 5th July 2014
- Joint Shoot between the Bowyers' and the Fletchers', Wednesday 16th July 2014
- The Installation of the new Master Bowyer, Thursday 17 July 2014
- New Master's Dinner, Thursday 24th July 2014
- Longbow Day at the Royal Toxophilite Society, Burnham, 27 July 2014
- British Blind Sport Outdoor Archery Championships, 13th September 2014, Lilleshall National Sports Centre, Shropshire
- Bowyers' History MA Scholarship at King's College London, Monday 15th September 2014
- Agincourt Dinner, Thursday 23rd October 2014
- Poitiers Supper, Wednesday 19th November 2014
- Gold Award for Alan Rogers, Saturday 29th November 2014
- Bowyers' Own Carol Service, Wednesday 10th December 2014
- Poitiers Super: The Battle of Flodden 20th November 2013
- Agincourt Dinner, Thursday 23rd October
- Crecy Lecture, Tuesday 10th September 2013
- Bowyers' Longbow Day, Sunday 28th July 2013
- Court Dinner, Wednesday 24th July 2013
- Presentation of Gold Certificate to Mr AA Lacey, Saturday 20th July 2013
- Joint Archery Shoot with the Fletchers, Tuesday 16 July 2013
- The Mercian Regiment Annual Pilgrimage, Sunday 7th July 2013
- Bowyers' Prize Day, Saturday 6th July 2013
- Visit to the Mercians 26th - 27th April
- Indoor Archery and Curry Evening, Wednesday 17 April 2013
- St George's Day Dinner 23rd April 2013
- A Big Day for the Mercians 6th June 2013
- James wood Supper and Common Hall 11th July 2013
- Company Supper and Talk
- United Guilds Service
- St Georges Day Ladies Banquet
- Masters Weekend
- Company Field Shoot
- The Tower of London Joint Shoot
- Presentation to Mercian Regiment
- 100th Anniversary Annual Shoot
- Poitiers Supper
- Master's Day
- Talk on Siegried Sassoon
- The Masters Installation Dinner
- The Bowyers' Prize Giving Evening
- The Agincourt Livery Dinner
- Visit to HMS Northumberland
- United Guilds Service
- The St George's Day Banquet
- Bowyers prizes for History
- Revd. John Haytons visit
- Bowyers Prize Day
- Masters Installation Day
- Masters Dinner
- Bowyers Longbow Day
- Joint Shoot
- Richard Head granted Freedom
- Company Poitiers Supper
- Company Supper Evening and Talk
- Company Field Shoot
- City Walk and Supper
- Charity Dinner
- Carol Service
- Bowyers in Malta
- Visit to Islay Walton
- Visit to HMS Northumberland
- United Guilds Service
- St George's Day Banquet
- Service of Thanksgiving
- Presentation of Certificates
- Mercian Formation Ceremony
- Joint Shoot
- Bowyers' Longbow Day
- Joint Dinner
- James Wood Memorial Service
- Finsbury Marks Supper
- Dinner at the House of Lords
- Carol Service
- British Blind Sports
- Bowyers' Prize Day
- First Bowyers' Lecture
- Bowyers' Golf
- Charity Committee School Visit