{"id":2513,"date":"2024-09-06T16:40:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T15:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/?page_id=2513"},"modified":"2025-11-30T15:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T15:07:16","slug":"north-devon-rove","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/north-devon-rove\/","title":{"rendered":"Roving"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2513\" class=\"elementor elementor-2513\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d20d9d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d20d9d7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6dee9ae\" data-id=\"6dee9ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-613daa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"613daa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Exmoor Archers <br \/>\u00a0with<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bickerstaffebows.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pip Bickerstaffe<\/a><br \/>and the Shirebowman held the inaugural<br \/>\u00a0Devon Rove, <br \/>on the <br \/>21 September 2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ff46fc\" data-id=\"4ff46fc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b32f3ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b32f3ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Shirerbowmen-300x168.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2541\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Shirerbowmen-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Shirerbowmen-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Shirerbowmen.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d38c60 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d38c60\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39b2709\" data-id=\"39b2709\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-038a6eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"038a6eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CastleHillRove-Postcard-1024x602.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3553\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CastleHillRove-Postcard-1024x602.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CastleHillRove-Postcard-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CastleHillRove-Postcard-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CastleHillRove-Postcard-1536x903.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CastleHillRove-Postcard.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f465624 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f465624\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b584c8\" data-id=\"1b584c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-597c3f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"597c3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>W<\/strong><b>hat is a Rove?<\/b><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Roving is the informal practice of shooting at random or natural targets across varying distances in the countryside. It occurs over a full-day and is a relaxed competition. Archers shoot at a flag or other object and scores are based on how close your arrow falls to the target. You then walk to that spot and shoot again at the next target. All wooden bows and synthetic non takedown recurves can be used. The only rule is that you must use wooden arrows. We will be roving over the beautiful estate lands of Castle Hill. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08ea217 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08ea217\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8aeeaa\" data-id=\"f8aeeaa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a661d27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a661d27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>NEXT Rove<br \/><\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 15px;\">We are currently looking for a new venue for our next North Devon Rove.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"color: #999999; font-size: 10pt;\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb251a4\" data-id=\"cb251a4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbc2433 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dbc2433\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Rove1-smaller-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2549\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Rove1-smaller-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Rove1-smaller-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Rove1-smaller.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e25322 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e25322\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3831f60\" data-id=\"3831f60\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8843428 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8843428\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Castle Hill 2025 Rove<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ce3bd4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ce3bd4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-02dfb02\" data-id=\"02dfb02\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d64c9e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d64c9e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"text-align: left;\"><p>The rove is open to all archers regardless of any other membership affiliations.<\/p><\/li><li><p>Wooden bows or non-takedown recurves shot as barebow can be used.\u00a0<\/p><\/li><li><p><span style=\"font-size: 17px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">All archers are required to use wooden arrows.<\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p>Archers will shoot 3 arrows at a time.\u00a0<\/p><\/li><li><p>As arrows can get lost or broken, it is important that you bring extra arrows. Depending on how the course is laid out, you may need as many as 9 arrows in your quiver.\u00a0<\/p><\/li><li><p>Signing in will be 9.15 am to 9.45 am. First arrows at 10 am.<\/p><\/li><li><p>Certificates will be presented to the winners at the end of the day. <span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f009f46\" data-id=\"f009f46\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f78aae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f78aae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">On the Day<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Free parking<\/strong><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\"> is available on-site.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Breakfast: <\/strong>8:00 am &#8211; 9:30 am. The Tea Rooms will be open for bacon baps and other breakfast fare. Come early and enjoy your breakfast or second breakfast on site!\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Lunch:<\/strong><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\"> There will be a 75 minute lunch break in the middle of the day.\u00a0 <\/span><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Light lunches and teas and coffee<\/strong><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\"> can be purchased on-site from\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/castlehilldevon.co.uk\/tea-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Castle Hill&#8217;s Tea Rooms<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> next to the car park area. This is being opened especially and exclusively for the rove archers, so please make use of it!\u00a0<\/span><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">There are toilet facilities on site.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc1af60 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc1af60\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5c70e0\" data-id=\"c5c70e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-140947c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"140947c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1dcdfb7\" data-id=\"1dcdfb7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbdaf45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bbdaf45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rove-archers-2-1024x629.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3554\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rove-archers-2-1024x629.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rove-archers-2-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rove-archers-2-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rove-archers-2-1536x943.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rove-archers-2-2048x1257.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea48882\" data-id=\"ea48882\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d699c2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d699c2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rove-archers-3-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3556\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rove-archers-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rove-archers-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rove-archers-3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d625be8 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d625be8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b1bda8\" data-id=\"9b1bda8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f17997a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f17997a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7a7392\" data-id=\"e7a7392\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a14d92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a14d92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/carpark.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2574\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/carpark.jpg 472w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/carpark-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Car parking area along the wall next to the cars.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4c204c\" data-id=\"b4c204c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5aae5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b5aae5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Tearooms2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2573\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Tearooms2.jpg 845w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Tearooms2-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Tearooms2-768x569.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Castle Hill Tea Rooms, next to car park<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7807364\" data-id=\"7807364\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3874aea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3874aea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Rove-area.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2575\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Rove-area.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Rove-area-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Part of the rove landscape<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0948f29 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0948f29\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7a7860\" data-id=\"e7a7860\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-635a3ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"635a3ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #993300; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Accommodation in the Area<\/strong><\/span><br \/>We will be based in South Molton, about 4 miles from Castle Hill. In South Molton there is the Coaching Inn or The George, both of which have good accommodation and plenty of parking. There is also the Bell Inn Chittlehampton. Additionally, there are campsites nearby, the closest being Riverside Caravan Park, and many Air BNBs. We have arranged a rove archers&#8217; meal on Sunday evening after the rove at the Bell Inn, Chittlehampton.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19d7267 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19d7267\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15a57be\" data-id=\"15a57be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b5f965 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b5f965\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Important Information\u00a0<\/span><br \/><\/strong>To register for the rove,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">please\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Roving-Shoot-Castle-Hill-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">read this document,\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">which provides details of the day&#8217;s shooting.<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 12pt;\">Rove Contacts: The Rove Registrar is Bernadette Brady:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 17px;\">b.brady [at] uwtsd[dot]ac[dot]uk, p<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 12pt;\">lease put ROVE in the title line of the email. Also you can contact\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/offthearrowshelf.com\/2021\/03\/12\/a-walk-with-pip-bickerstaffe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pip Bickerstaffe<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">\u00a0.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cda8fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cda8fd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8948ce9\" data-id=\"8948ce9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c08bb91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c08bb91\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad69a9e\" data-id=\"ad69a9e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d52717e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d52717e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CastleHillCompond.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2933\" alt=\"Castle Hill\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CastleHillCompond.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CastleHillCompond-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exmoor Archers \u00a0withPip Bickerstaffeand the Shirebowman held the inaugural\u00a0Devon Rove, on the 21 September 2025 What is a Rove?Roving is the informal practice of shooting at random or natural targets across varying distances in the countryside. It occurs over a full-day and is a relaxed competition. Archers shoot at a flag or other object and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/north-devon-rove\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Roving<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-2513","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2513"}],"version-history":[{"count":244,"href":"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3650,"href":"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2513\/revisions\/3650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exmoorarchers.co.uk\/wp-ema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}