Archery GB Disability Championships

The Disability Championships brings together World Archery classified athletes and archers who considers themselves to have a disability of any kind for a weekend of fun and inclusive shooting.

2025 competition information

2024 competition

What round is it?

Saturday

WA 70/60/50 qualification round

• 122/30 Recurve
• 80/30m Compound
• WA 30 VI

Head-to-head matches will be shot between two archers in the same category.

Sunday 

All archers will compete at 30m followed by head to heads. Archers will be assigned pairs prior to the competition, bow types will shoot with the same bow type, there will be no categories. Everyone will shoot on a 80cm face.

How is it scored?

Recurve / W1 Category – Set scoring

Each set consists of three arrows. If an athlete wins the match, they win 2 set points, a tie is worth 1 set point. The winner is the first archer to gain 6 points. 

Compound – Cumulative scoring.

Athletes will shoot 5 ends, 3 arrows per end, totalling 15 arrows with a maximum score of 150 points. 

Who can shoot?

Disciplines (applicable for day one)

• Recurve Open (Para classified): 
  • Men (70m)
  • Female (70m)

• Compound Open (Para classified): 
  • Men (50m)
  • Female (50m)

• W1 (Para classified)
  • Men (50m)
  • Female (50m)

• VI 
  • VI 1 (30m)
  • VI 2/3 (30m)
  • VI Open Recurve (30m) 
  • VI Open Compound (30m)

Distance rounds 

Recurve Men 

• WA 70m
• WA 60m (WA Masters awards available for over 50’s)
• Metric 122/30 (This is a122cm target face shot at 30 metres)

Recurve Women 

• WA 70m
• WA 60m (WA Masters awards available for Over 50s)
• Metric 122/30 (This is a122cm target face shot at 30 metres)

Compound Men 

• WA 50m
• Metric 80/30

Compound Women 

• WA 50m
• Metric 80/30 (Full 80cm face)

Unsighted Bow Women 

• WA 50m
• Metric 122/30 (This is a122cm target face shot at 30 metres)

Unsighted Bow Men 

• WA 50m
• Metric 122/30 (This is a122cm target face shot at 30 metres)

Grace Chappell, the compound unclassified (50m) women's 2023 champion, said: "I love that this event is organised just for those with disabilities. I compete all year round as able-bodied, so shooting this event is really nice. I would encourage anyone who can to shoot this event next year. It’s run so well and the Worshipful Company of Fletchers give so much support to disabled athletes."