Kristina Dolgilevica sums up the momentous event in Ulsan, South Korea Many still think that traditional archery is auxiliary to our sport, that it exists somewhere in a vacuum, or merely as a pleasurable pastime. The Traditional Archery World Cup…
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World Nomad Games V: Kazakhstan
Kristina Dolgilevica reports from the most hospitable corner of the world. In September Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, hosted the fifth World Nomad Games – nicknamed “The Traditional Olympics”. This major international ethno-sporting event took place from September 8 to…
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Berlin and Yankton awarded next World Championships
World Archery awarded hosting rights for the 2021 and 2023 editions of its World Championships to the US city of Yankton and the German capital Berlin, respectively. World Archery has also elected to scrap the World Indoor Championships. The decisions…
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GBR wins six spots for Tokyo 2020
The majority of places for Olympic competition at Tokyo 2020 were handed out at the World Championships in Den Bosch, Netherlands. For Great Britain’s men’s team of Tom Hall, Patrick Huston and Alex Wise, they managed to qualify in eighth…
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Ask the experts
Our expert panel answers your questions. Send yours to john.stanley@futurenet.com Q: I’ve noticed that whenever I shoot a perfect end I tend to follow this up by shooting badly in my next end. What’s going on? Duncan Busby says: You…
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Indian archery issues continue
A long-running issue over administration in Indian archery continues, as the sport continues to move deeper into the Olympic cycle. World Archery officially recognised the newly-elected archery AAI (Archery Association of India) as a legitimate authority to select the teams…
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ATA: New Products (part 2)
More things we saw at the world’s biggest archery trade show earlier this year. The ATA is the Archery Trade Association, and it holds a trade show in the USA every year with a focus on building commerce. Having been…
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Archery Commonwealth Games bid submitted
Archery GB has confirmed that it has delivered a proposal for archery’s inclusion in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games as an additional optional sport. The organisation was joined by representatives from World Archery and Archery England to present a vision…
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Great Britain – Korea archery partnership blossoms
Archery students from the elite Korean National Sports University visited the ArcheryGB base of Lilleshall this week, as the recurve squad trained with them in a joint week long camp, in preparation for elite competition next year with the World…
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GBR take two Invictus Games archery medals as competition wraps in Sydney.
Jennifer Collins took home individual gold and team bronze from the 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney, part of a nine-strong GBR team. The 37-year-old former RAF logistics officer topped the recurve open qualification to earn a bye into the semis.…