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…
New world records!
Tagged with: David Drahoninsky, eleonora sarti, sara lopez, stephan hansen, world records
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Behind The Line
A whole new perspective on archery is within your reach – John Dudley explains how to find it I have been asked – by many archers and on many occasions – several common questions relating to performance archery. A few…
Tagged with: back tension, execution, focus, john dudley, line, scores, shooting line, surprise, target, target panic, tournament
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Ahead of the Game
As Richard Head Longbows celebrated 21 years as a full-time bow making company, Bow International caught up with founder Richard Head Richard Head has been making bows professionally for 21 years, though his involvement in archery goes back way beyond that.…
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…
Hard work beats talent …
… when talent doesn’t work hard. Roy Rose outlines why the most important thing you need to get good at archery isn’t a natural knack for it To attain elite status in any sporting endeavour, you must combine a degree…
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…
Tagged with: Copenhagen, entries, qualifying, rio 2016, Shanghai, world archery, world championships, world cup
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Sight Settings
How accurate are yours? James Park looks into an important aspect of bow setup Some readers might be aware that I have had a long-term interest in accurate sight settings. Back in the late 1970s I worked out the mathematics…
A Sense of High Adventure
Nils Visser follows his curiosity to meet the maker of the Rebel bow One of the boons of conducting historical research is running across ‘archery nuggets’: wee insights into behaviour that typify an archer and is therefore immediately recognisable…
Tagged with: bow, bowyer, Fairbow, field archery, Fred Bear, Howard Hill, laminate, Nils Visser, Rebel, traditional
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