Staff Shooters

Female Recurve Shooter: Amanda Biggs-Hume

Member of:                 

• Archery New Zealand / High Performance Squad
• Wellington Archery Association / Wellington Archery Team 
• Manawatu Archery Club

Coach/Mentor(s):     

• Shane Switzer – High Performance Squad
• Bernie Fraser / David Willing – Wellington Archery Team
• Lewis McGill Ph.D – Mental Skills Mentor
• Rob Foreman - Personal Trainer (TURBOS Rugby team)  
• Sponsorship – City Fitness

Equipment:               

• Win&Win INNO CXT 25” Riser
• Win&Win Winex Apecs Prime   
• String BCY 02 (14 strands) with Beiter no.1 insert
• Shibuya Carbon Ultima Sight
• ARE Arrow Rest / Beiter Plunger
• Win&Win HMC Stabilisers (30” Long Rod, 2 x 10” short rods, 4” extender) and AGF V bar + 4 x extra weight. 4” Win&Win Fomax Damper Top Rod
• Easton X10 Arrows/ Beiter X10 Pinout Nocks/ Spin Wings 1,9/16”
• SOMA Finger Tab

Shooting Achievements:  (Shooting since June 2004)

2005   

• 1st East Anglian Competition & Women’s Recurve Champion (UK)
• 1st Cambridgeshire Competition & Women’s Recurve Champion (UK)
• Member Cambridgeshire County Archery Team (UK)

 2006

• 1st Cambridgeshire Competition & Women’s Recurve Champion (UK)
• 4th Individual Matchplay Norfolk FITA Star (beat 8th ranked woman in the UK and lost to the 4th ranked)
• United Kingdom National Ranking 43rd
• Member Cambridgeshire County Archery Team (UK)

2007

1st place Sir Walter Nash Tournament Women’s Recurve (NZ)

2008

• 1st New Zealand Nationals & Women’s Recurve Champion (NZ)
• New Zealand Women’s Recurve Overall Champion (Target+Field+Clout)
• 1st place in Team Matchplay Australian Open Championships
• 1st Royle Hutton Memorial Shoot
• 1st North Island Championship & Women’s Recurve Champion
• 1st Rotorua Merit Star
• 1st Wellington Archery Association Championship
• Wellington Archery Association Archer of the Year
• World Ranking 279 (with 1 out of 4 competition results required)

 2009

• 1st place Individual Matchplay New Zealand National Championships
• New Zealand Record – Women’s Recurve FITA 720 round
• National Record – Women’s Recurve FITA 720 round
• National Record – Women’s Recurve 12 Arrow Matchplay
• 1st Royle Hutton Memorial Shoot
• 1st North Island Championship & Women’s Recurve Champion
• 1st Rotorua Merit Star + Overall FITA 70m Champion
• 1st North Island Championship & Women’s Recurve Champion
• Member Archery New Zealand High Performance Squad
• Represented New Zealand at Archery World Cup in Turkey
• World Ranking 91 (with 3 out of 4 competition results required)

 2010

• 1st New Zealand Nationals Women’s Recurve Field
• National Record - FITA marked field
• 1st Royle Hutton Memorial Shoot
• 1st Rotorua Merit Star + Overall FITA 70m Champion

Shooting Aspirations:          

• To enjoy my archery experiences.
• To constantly seek new skills and learn about archery through interaction and guidance from experts.
• To work hard in a focused manner in order to achieve at the highest level in my sport.
• To constantly improve my performance in terms of both scores and medals.
• To continue to break New Zealand records.