Alex Tyler offers some valuable advice on getting started – or getting back into field archery – in the UK. Britain is staying at home and finding new ways to pass the time. While not able to shoot, I decided…
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Getting started in UK field archery
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Arrows are not bullets
Real world arrow deflection tests provide insight into range safety and the safe design of field archery ranges. By Simon Allen. Since Archery GB produced their 2017 ‘A guide to field archery courses’ there has been much debate over the…
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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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Ask the experts
Our expert panel answers your questions. Send yours to [email protected] Q: I’ve got a new set of arrows and one is a bareshaft as normal for tuning. But how often should I shoot it? Seems a bit of a waste…
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Bow proposes: a radical audience-grabbing idea!
Occasionally here at Bow International, we like to do a bit of blue sky thinking about the future of the sport… There has been speculation for many years about how archery could develop new formats, usually with the goal of…
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The best international outdoor tournaments
Pack your suitcase! Duncan Busby takes us through some of the best international outdoor competitions to jet off to in 2018
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The best UK tournaments this summer
There are hundreds of tournaments held every weekend throughout the UK; For those of you who are serious about competing Duncan Busby says these are sure to be top of your list…
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Q&A: What you need to know about bow safety
Freddie Collier from Archery GB explains the essential rules and regulations you need to know when approaching the issue of safety at archery events
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Fletching by numbers
James Park looks back at the use of two and four fletchings on an arrow, and reveals why three became the standard used today
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Posted in Features, Technique, Traditional
How to get started with archery
Want to start archery, but not sure how? Andrew Smith breaks down the way archery is organised in the UK and the types of archery that are available, as well as a guide to what it can cost to take part
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