The World Archery Outdoor Championships – due to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, later this year – have received so many entries that the governing body is having to allocate practice sessions. It has urged all teams to submit arrival…
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New divisions for Donaueschingen
Visually impaired divisions will compete at the World Archery Para Championships in Donaueschingen later this year for the first time since 2009. Archers from three countries are already registered to shoot in VI1 and VI2/3 categories, with classification by officials…
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New world records!
Sara Lopez has set another world record! The Colombian compounder shot 708 out of a possible 720 for the 50m ranking round at the Antalya stage of the World Cup, breaking the previous record (which she also held, having shot…
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Central London gets specialised archery centre
A new archery club has opened in central London. Archery Fit is a joint project set up by Roman and Kate, who noticed the lack of a dedicated indoor archery centre in London and decided to do something about it…
Junior Joe‘s ticket to Alabama
A junior archer from Yorkshire has been invited by USA Archery to compete at the JOAD Championships in Alabama. Joe Fairburn, 13, shoots both field and target archery and received the invitation after his father Colin got into a discussion with Olympian…
Big success for the Big Weekend
Archery GB’s Big Weekend – in which clubs across the country put on free have-a-go archery sessions – has been hailed as a success. Archery GB states that around 80 clubs took part, with several recording that the interest generated…
World Cup celebrates 10 years!
The World Archery World Cup is celebrating its 10th year in existence in this 2015 outdoor season. The event, which tours iconic locations across the globes for its stages and grand final, was started in 2006 as part of the…
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New indoor training facility open
A new indoor archery training facility has opened in Bedfordshire. Aim4Sport has opened up an indoor coaching range after hearing about the problems that can hold up indoor sessions. Dave Leader and Gaynor Hutchison, owners of Aim4Sport, explained, “Looking at…
Robert Hardy at The Longbow Shop
Robert Hardy, actor and longbow expert, will be giving a talk on the English longbow at The Longbow Shop to mark the 600th anniversary of the battle of Agincourt. As well as a talk on the subject the actor,…
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Archery petition launched!
A petition has been launched to ask the president of the Commonwealth Games Federation to make archery a core sport. Charlie Keeble set up the petition, and said, “I strongly believe that archery is worthy of being a core sport…