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Read ArticleArchery is a great sport for building focus, structure, and self-paced learning, but for neurodivergent individuals, things like sensory overload or communication barriers can sometimes make it more challenging.
Read ArticleThe Creating Inclusive Shoots webinar, led by Peter Sisson of Deer Park Archers, was a great success, bringing together 30 participants from various archery backgrounds.
Read ArticleFor 2025, a series of changes will be made to the Junior National Outdoor Championships to make it even more enjoyable.
Read ArticleThank you to everyone who has joined in on the fun and submitted your scores for the January Challenge.
Read ArticleArchery GB is proud to announce Kinetic, Core, and Avalon Archery as premium partners for Start Archery Week 2025.
Read Article"Being a part of Archery GB and the World Class Programme for the last seven and a half years has been an honour and a privilege, and I will look back on what we have collectively achieved in the Tokyo and Paris cycles with fond memories."
Read ArticleRecurve women Bryony Pitman and Sarah Bettles, and recurve man Alex Wise, have stepped away from the World Class Olympic Programme, to focus on new opportunities away from the sport.
Read ArticleArchery GB has introduced a series of six new classification videos, providing clear and accessible guidance on the disability classification process.
Read ArticleFour athletes, including GB archer Penny Healey, have been shortlisted for the British Elite Athletes Association’s Athletes’ Athlete of the Month award for January.
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.