The Archery GB Annual General Meeting was held on 16 April at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre in Buckinghamshire, and attracted 130 people. Several changes were voted on at the event, which included: raising the senior member’s fee to £42…
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Rule Changes
Several changes to the Archery GB Rules of Shooting came into effect on 1 April 2016. The changes include an allowance for “other” metric rounds to be shot in three or six arrow ends; allowing the use of timing control…
Big Weekend preparations
The Archery GB Big Weekend – the annual event in which clubs across the country run have-a-go archery sessions for their local community – has been announced for 3-5 June. This falls just after the European Championships held in Nottingham and in the…
Norfolk Training Centre Open
Archery GB has opened a new training centre in Norfolk. Leading the centre will be coach Chris Latimer, and Archery GB has stated the centre’s aims are to act as a ‘focal point’ in developing best practice and talent development, and supporting archery…
Master Classes open at Lilleshall
Archery master classes will be running at Lilleshall National Sports Centre from 28 March to 1 April. Clubs, coaches and archers (recurve and compound) are welcome to attend, and the sessions include coaching from Archery GB’s performance coaches and top archers, information on equipment…
European Championships: Tickets on sale
Tickets for the 2016 European Outdoor Championships have gone on sale to Archery GB members. The event will be held in Nottingham from 23-29 May, and tickets are now available for the finals on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 May. While the qualification and…
Richard Priestman Joins Archery GB
Archery GB has announced that Richard Priestman has joined the performance unit as Senior Olympic Coach. An Olympic medallist at the Seoul and Barcelona Games, Richard has previously worked for Archery GB as well as taking coaching positions with the Bangladesh, Brazil,…
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…
Performance director leaves Archery GB
Sara Symington, Archery GB‘s performance director, has left the organisation to take up a position at England Netball. This means Archery GB is now recruiting for the position of performance director, who is responsible for leading the World Class programme with…
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The first York
Jan Sachers – archer and historian – reveals the unique history of the York round and the development of national competition The second half of the 18th century saw the resurrection of archery as a pastime and sport…