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Find out moreThe Recognition and Performance Awards help us highlight and celebrate the vital role volunteers play in delivering and developing archery. Who would you like to see rewarded for their role in archery?
Read ArticleAfter the roaring success at stage two in Shanghai with Ella Gibson and Ajay Scott winning mixed team gold, the compound team are keeping their eyes on the prize.
Read ArticleSport Welfare Officers from the Active Partnerships in the South West of England will be hosting a series of training, talks, and events to support clubs in adopting welfare and safeguarding-rich club environments.
Read Article“I am very excited for our team to be competing at the 2025 FISU World University Summer Games, which for some, will be a once in a lifetime opportunity."
Read Article"This fund will enable clubs and providers to be more inclusive and offer everyone a route into archery."
Read ArticleThe GB Transplant Archery Squad gathered at the Performance Archery Centre in Lilleshall for a training camp in preparation for the World Transplant Games in Dresden, Germany this August.
Read ArticleEvery single member of the team is fully deserving of their chance to represent Great Britain, and they should be very proud of their achievement in being selected.
Read Article“The event was a fantastic display of talent and professionalism by our young archers throughout a long and hot day.”
Read Article"I'm looking forward to supporting the programme, the talented staff and athletes as we build towards sustained success at Los Angeles 2028 and beyond with commitment, clarity, and passion."
Read Article“This event will give our members a great opportunity to see Europe’s best recurve and compound archers in action, including those looking forward to the Games in Los Angeles 2028."
Read ArticleThe Recognition and Performance Awards help us highlight and celebrate the vital role volunteers play in delivering and developing archery. Who would you like to see rewarded for their role in archery?
Read ArticleAfter the roaring success at stage two in Shanghai with Ella Gibson and Ajay Scott winning mixed team gold, the compound team are keeping their eyes on the prize.
Read ArticleSport Welfare Officers from the Active Partnerships in the South West of England will be hosting a series of training, talks, and events to support clubs in adopting welfare and safeguarding-rich club environments.
Read Article“I am very excited for our team to be competing at the 2025 FISU World University Summer Games, which for some, will be a once in a lifetime opportunity."
Read Article"This fund will enable clubs and providers to be more inclusive and offer everyone a route into archery."
Read ArticleThe GB Transplant Archery Squad gathered at the Performance Archery Centre in Lilleshall for a training camp in preparation for the World Transplant Games in Dresden, Germany this August.
Read ArticleEvery single member of the team is fully deserving of their chance to represent Great Britain, and they should be very proud of their achievement in being selected.
Read Article“The event was a fantastic display of talent and professionalism by our young archers throughout a long and hot day.”
Read Article"I'm looking forward to supporting the programme, the talented staff and athletes as we build towards sustained success at Los Angeles 2028 and beyond with commitment, clarity, and passion."
Read Article“This event will give our members a great opportunity to see Europe’s best recurve and compound archers in action, including those looking forward to the Games in Los Angeles 2028."
Read ArticleThe Recognition and Performance Awards help us highlight and celebrate the vital role volunteers play in delivering and developing archery. Who would you like to see rewarded for their role in archery?
Read ArticleAfter the roaring success at stage two in Shanghai with Ella Gibson and Ajay Scott winning mixed team gold, the compound team are keeping their eyes on the prize.
Read ArticleSport Welfare Officers from the Active Partnerships in the South West of England will be hosting a series of training, talks, and events to support clubs in adopting welfare and safeguarding-rich club environments.
Read ArticleA guide to the different types of archery available and the bows you can use. Field, target, indoor, 3D, flight, clout and para archery can all be shot using recurve bows, compound bows, longbows or barebows.
Find out moreTarget archery is the type of archery practiced at the Olympics, and is the version most beginners learn first. Archers shoot a set number of arrows at targets set at specified distances on a flat surface.
A field archery course is set up over woodland and rough terrain. Archers shoot a specified number of arrows at different targets in sequence.
Flight archery is shooting an arrow over the longest possible distance. There is no target, but it does require a very large, flat area - something the size of an aerodrome.
Clout archery is an ancient form of archery that was used as military training in the Middle Ages. The target is the clout, which is a small flag on a vertical stick, stuck in the ground and placed up to 160 metres away.
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