This year’s Archery GB TRUball Axcel Back 2 Back at Stoneleigh Park will be one to remember. Some of the very best, leading champions of indoor archery will enter the T.R.U.Ball Axcel Hall to compete for the title. We will play host to two world number ones, indoor world series winners, and perfect Vegas-style 900 shooters.
Within each category, the participants will be put into groups of six. All archers will shoot on a three-spot vertical face. There will be a ten second lead in, and then there will be 90 seconds to shoot three arrows.
Each archer will shoot a twelve arrow head-to-head against every other person in their group. A win will earn two points and a draw one point. The points for each archer will be collated and this will create a ranking within each group. From this, the top two archers in each group will progress to the second stage. Joining them in the next round will be the top four athletes on score from across the remainder of the shooters.
The second stage will narrow the pool of archers down to the last six and they will compete in a shoot-down style finals to determine the winner. For the first time in the finals, the archers will shoot five arrow ends on a five spot face using eleven zone scoring. This will be done to timed ends of 150 seconds.
After the shoot down, the top six archers in the finals will be awarded cash prizes. The figures for each division will be subject to the number of entries.
These are our ones to watch on the day:
Mike Schloesser - No. 1 World Ranked
Category: Compound Men
Country: Netherlands
Back2Back 2021 finish: 1st place
Indoor achievements: 2022 Kings of Archery silver medallist, 2022 GT Open silver medallist, 2022 European Indoor champion, 2022 Indoor World Series Final bronze medallist.
Domagoi Buden - No. 15 World Ranked
Category: Compound Men
Country: Croatia
Back2Back 2021 finish: 2nd place
Indoor achievements: 2022 Kings of Archery finalist, 2019 European Indoor Championships bronze medallist, 2018 GT Open champion.
Ella Gibson - No. 1 World Ranked
Category: Compound Women
Country: Great Britain
Back2Back 2021 finish: 1st place
Indoor achievements: 2022 Kings of Archery champion, 2022 GT Open champion, 2022 European Indoor champion.
Gaby Schloesser - No. 8 World Ranked
Category: Recurve Women
Country: Netherlands
Back2Back 2021 finish: 1st place
Indoor achievements: 2022 GT Open champion, 2022 Kings of Archery champion, 2021 Nimes Archery Tournament silver medallist.
Penny Healey - No. 26 World Ranked
Category: Recurve Women
Country: Great Britain
Back2Back 2021 finish: 2nd place
Indoor achievements: 2021 Indoor World Series champion, joint-first woman to ever to score a perfect 900 at Kings of Archery 2022 and silver medallist.
Tom Hall - No. 74 World Ranked
Category: Recurve Men
Country: Great Britain
Back2Back 2021 finish: 1st place
Indoor achievements: Scored 900 at Kings of Archery 2022 and finished in 6th place, 2018 GT Open silver medallist.
For those who wish to spectate at this event, we welcome an audience at Stoneleigh Park to enjoy the shooting. The finals will also be live streamed on Archery GB’s Facebook page, which is a perfect option for those who aren’t able to come and watch in person.
Shoot down timings:
Recurve women – 15:00pm
Recurve men – 15:30pm
Compound women – 16:00pm
Compound men – 16:30pm
