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GBR Olympic archery team – what’s on your bow?

James Woodgate Riser: Wiawis ATF-X. “It’s a good, solid, all-round riser I feel I can trust. I love the limb alignment adjustability – much better than shims.” Limbs: Wiawis MXT-10s in long; 42lb, drawing 47lb on the fingers. Sight: Axcel

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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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Review: Axcel Achieve XP

Patrick Huston reviews the top-end recurve sight from the Axcel stable Recently I have just purchased a Land Rover Discovery 2. This is the old model (it’s actually from 2001). I bought this car because it is rugged, utilitarian and

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The hard choice: training with the bow

Patrick Huston explains his approach to getting strong with the bow… How would you feel if I told you I could give you a fabulous shortcut to putting more arrows in the middle? What if I told you you could

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The third set with James Park

James Park examines whether the third set is critical to recurve competition. Is the third set in a match more important than the other sets? Archers lose score for many reasons. For example, they can lose points due to not

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Q&A: Quick tips to mentally prepare before a shoot

Patrick Huston gives his quick fire advice on prepping your mind before a shoot

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Q&A: What vanes do you need for fat arrows?

Patrick Huston helps shine some light on what sort of spine to go for when shooting fat arrows…

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Top tips for recurve release

Patrick Huston explains why many archers end up thinking about the release the wrong way – and how to work towards a clean and consistent loose

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Huston wins Rio spot

Patrick Huston secured Great Britain’s first archery place at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro at the Continental Qualifying Tournament held alongside the European Outdoor Championships in Nottingham from 23-29 May. The format was similar to that of

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Huston hits record heights

Patrick Huston has set a new junior world record for the 70m distance of a 1440 round. Shot during the sixth stage of the National Series competition at Exmouth, the score of 348 out of a possible 360 was enough

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