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…
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World Archery Awards
The winners of the World Archery Awards were announced at the World Archery Gala, held in Las Vegas, alongside the Vegas Shoot and Indoor World Cup Finals. The winners in each category are decided by a combination of a panel of archery…
New World Record
Park Sehui of Korea has set a new world record of 594 for the 18m indoor round in the women’s recurve category, beating the old record of 592 that was set by Berengere Schuh of France in 2009. Since she’s aged just…
Finals draw the crowds
The World Cup Finals, held in Mexico City on the weekend of 24-25 October, was the largest crowd at an archery event since the London 2012 Olympics, according to World Archery’s president. The 4,500-capacity stands were packed out as the…
New World Record!
Sara Lopez has hit the headlines once again, as the Colombian archer has posted the highest-ever recorded score for the World Archery 1440 round in history, shooting 1424 at the Colombian National Games. The previous record in the women’s compound round was set by Germany’s Kristina Heigenhauser,…
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…
Voting open for Athlete of the Year
World Archery has opened voting on its Athlete of the Year awards. The public vote makes up 50 per cent of the overall poll – an archery panel also has a say. The athlete categories cover men’s compound, women’s compound, men’s…
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Hit the Sweet Spot
T.R.U.Ball has announced the coming release of the all-new Sweet Spot Pro release aid. The re-defined SS Pro, which will be available in 2016, has a solid brass body and interchangeable handles, which are the same ones that are used for the popular thumb-activated T.R.U.Ball Incredible.…
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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,…
Bow International Issue 100 – the big winners!
Congratulations to Adam Joice (Lancashire), Cecelia Ross (Pennsylvania), Damien Culley (Warwickshire), Glenn Rowland (Cornwall), Angela Williams (Norfolk), Roger Gammon (Glamorgan), Jonathan Ingram (Devon), Stuart Dunlop (Pembrokeshire) and Darren McNeil (Galway) – one of our nine prizes up for grabs from…