Tricky conditions can cause your scores to take a tumble, but as Duncan Busby explains, perfect weather can also have a surprising effect on your scoring We all know that adverse weather can have a huge impact on our shooting,…
Surprising summer scoring
Tagged with: conditions, duncan busby, expectations, fatigue, heat, outsoors, over-aiming, practice, summer, weather
Posted in Technique
Posted in Technique
Lights, XCEL Camera, action!
When Bow International got hold of the XCEL Camera, we stuck it on our bow to get some close-up archery action footage!
WA sights Commonwealth inclusion
World Archery has asked for greater clarity from the Commonwealth Games Federation with regards to its assessment criteria for a sport’s place in the games. Archery was included at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, but not at the most recent…
Success in Switzerland
Great Britain’s para-archery squad picked up nine medals at the para-archery European Championships in Switzerland. The haul meant the team ranked second overall in the medal table, and included all three individual medals in women’s W1 – where Jo Frith…
Tagged with: archery gb, Chloe Ball, David Phillips, european championships, Hazel Christy, Jo Frith, John Stubbs, mel clarke, open compound, para-archery, Paul Browne, recurve, Simon Powell, Switzerland, team gb, Vicky Jenkins, W1 compound
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Posted in News
New boss developed in Warwickshire
A Warwickshire-based coach has developed a new type of boss, made from recycled materials, thanks to a grant from Funding 4 Innovation. Paul Hadley, director of Stratford Archery Centre, experimented with recycled materials to make a boss that was lighter…
Winning Bid
Mexico City has been announced as the venue for the 2015 World Cup Final and the 2017 World Championships. The city promoted its candidacy by creating the Mexican Challenge in 2013, an event where eight of Mexico’s best archers shot…
Tagged with: 2015 World Cup Finals, 2017 World Championships, host city, Mexico Challenge, Mexico City
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Posted in News
Bucks or Bounty?
A new-to-the-UK venture is a shoot with the option to compete for money or medals. Staffordshire Archery Association are running a tournament with a difference – in that you can choose whether you shoot for a trophy or prize money. The ‘Bucks’ division costs…
Tagged with: Bucks or Bounty, Lilleshall National Sports Centre, prize money, record status, shoot, Staffordshire Archery Association, WRS
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World Cup: Three Stages In
Three stages of the 2014 World Cup have been completed, and the rankings ahead of the fourth stage give some clues as to who might be making an appearance in the finals at Lausanne. Last year’s champion Oh Jin Hyek leads…
Tagged with: archery, compound, erika jones, finals, Jung Dasomi, Lausanne, Oh Jin Hyek, outdoors, recurve, Sebastien Peineau, stages, world archery, world cup
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
World Archery joins IOC in pledge against match fixing
Archery’s international governing body World Archery is one of the first summer Olympic sport organisations to sign up to the International Olympic Committee‘s integrity system to combat match fixing and corruption. The Integrity Betting Intelligence System, or IBIS, collates information…
Tagged with: betting, IBIS, Integrity Betting Intelligence System, International Olympic Committee, IOC, match fixing, olympics, sport, Tom Dielen, world archery, world championships, world cup
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Posted in News
World Archery releases 2015 competition dates
World Archery has released the provisional competition dates for the 2014 indoor season, as well as some for the 2015 outdoor calendar. The 2014-2015 Indoor world cup schedule currently looks like this: Stage 1: Marrakesh, Morocco, 8-9 November 2014 Stage…
Tagged with: 2015, competition, dates, indoor world cup, Olympic text event, para-archery, Rio de Janeiro, world archery, world championships, world cup
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Posted in News