31 August 2011 - All qualifiers for the Archery GB National Series Grand Final in Liverpool

All qualifiers for the Archery GB National Series Grand Final in Liverpool Lilleshall (GBR) – 31 August 2011 Andrea GALES    Local archers Duncan BUSBY and Liam GRIMWOOD will be aiming to be the best in Great Britain when they take part in the Archery GB National Series Grand Final at Liverpool's Speke Hall on 18 September 2011.   Both Commonwealth champion BUSBY, and GRIMWOOD, a world championships silver medallist in 2009, will be among four archers competing to be the compound men's National Series champion. They will feature alongside 12 other archers who will also be battling it out for four national titles.   BUSBY had already secured his place in the compound men's event at Speke Hall before the fifth and final National Series qualifying tournament at York. But GRIMWOOD needed a top three finish to secure his place alongside BUSBY, and duly delivered by coming second. He will now compete for the National Series title alongside BUSBY, defending champion Chris WHITE and Adam RAVENSCROFT.   "How could I not feature at a prestigious event for archery held in my own home city," said GRIMWOOD. "Speke Hall's a fantastic venue, and will make a wonderful setting for an archery tournament, and it will be great having friends and family coming along to support me. This is the prestigious domestic archery event of the year, and winning it in Liverpool would be fantastic. Both me and Duncan will be really up for it, but so too will Chris and Adam, our rivals on the day, who are also top class archers. It will be a terrific day, with a great atmosphere."      Alison WILLIAMSONAlong with BUSBY and GRIMWOOD, other finalists will include Alison WILLIAMSON, who is looking to compete in her sixth Olympic Games at London next year. She also secured her place at the weekend, and will line up alongside defending champion Naomi FOLKARD, Amy OLIVER and Charlotte BURGESS in the recurve women's final.   Larry GODFREY, Simon TERRY and Alan WILLS will be joined by teenager Andrew RANDALL in the recurve men's National Series final, while Andrea GALES, Rikki BINGHAM, Lucy O'SULLIVAN and defending champion Nichola SIMPSON will compete for the compound women's title.   "We now have a fantastic line up for the Grand Final, and it's going to be a great day at a fabulous venue," said National Series organiser Jon NOTT. "I am so chuffed to be going to Speke Hall, and it's also an appropriate venue, with Archery GB celebrating its 150th anniversary, and the organisation's first ever committee meeting being held at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool back in 1861."   Archery GB National Series Grand Final line-up:   Ø Recurve Men: Simon TERRY, Larry GODFREY, Alan WILLS, Andrew RANDALL Ø Recurve Women: Alison WILLIAMSON, Naomi FOLKARD, Amy OLIVER, Charlotte BURGESS Ø Compound Men: Duncan BUSBY, Liam GRIMWOOD, Chris WHITE, Adam RAVENSCROFT Ø Compound Women: Andrea GALES, Nichola SIMPSON, Lucy O'SULLIVAN, Rikki BINGHAM   This is the 3rd year of the Archery GB National Series.   The first Grand Final was held at Lilleshall National Sports Centre in Shropshire, where Duncan BUSBY (compound men), Lucy O'SULLIVAN (compound women), Simon TERRY (recurve men) and Charlotte BURGESS (recurve women) were the champions.   Larry GODFREY    Last year's Grand Final was held at Leamington. The champions were Naomi FOLKARD in recurve women, Nichola SIMPSON in compound women, Chris WHITE in compound men and Simon TERRY in recurve men.   Simon TERRY is the only archer to win a National Series Grand Final title two years running.   Adam RAVENSCROFT, Amy OLIVER and Andrew RANDALL will be AGB National Series Grand Final first timers this year.   BUSBY, GRIMWOOD, WHITE, TERRY, GODFREY, WILLS, SIMPSON, O'SULLIVAN, WILLIAMSON, FOLKARD and BURGESS will all be competing in their third.   Archery GB's National Series is an annual tournament. The format is five qualifying events around the country (this year at Evesham, Penecuik, Lilleshall, Bristol and York), with the archers' final points tally based around their best three performances.   BUSBY and GODFREY both qualified for this year's Grand Final with maximum points, winning three events.   Peter JONES Media, Archery GB, +44 (7841) 997408 Edited by World Archery Communication