Peter 'Dobbs' Madden

Peter 'Dobbs' Madden sadly passed away on Friday 31st January 2020 after a long battle with cancer.

He was one of the founding members of Clifton Hampden Longbow Society and until fairly recently was an active member of the club. He had many roles - from leading the committee, to setting out the flags, scoring, making bows and for a long time being the club's main arrow maker. He loved to laugh and relished in entertaining everyone with his funny speeches and stories! Peter was extremely passionate about CHLS and would love nothing more than to see the club he helped found keep going; drawing new members in and most importantly maintaining tradition.

Peter will forever be an honourary member of the club; he has a trophy named after him and will be honoured with the ILAA/Club's black & white arrow ceremonies.

Peter 'Dobbs' Madden

1945 - 2020

Peter (Dobbs) Madden – Club Chairman, organiser and general factotum.

Holder of the occasional forthright view - and owner of more longbows that you can shake a stick at.

He won the prestigious 2009 Agincourt Trophy, which is the only non handicapped trophy shoot that the club has. This was against stiff opposition in challenging shooting conditions.

His spare time is usually taken up with his ‘arrowsmith’ duties, which include making, repairing or designing other club member’s arrows.