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Introduction to Archery and Other Useful Guides
Scoresheets
The club scoresheets have been revised to correctly allow for the recording of Hits/Golds on Imperial rounds and tens/X’s on Metric rounds
The original club scoresheets are below
Technique and Form
- If you are a serious Recurve archer take a look at this youtube video on “The Wedge – Archery Form Perfected”
- Are you suffering from aches and pains? Could archery be causing them? Take a look at this article which may explain why!
- Another youtube video, “The Recurve Shot: critical 2/100ths of a second”
- Looking for a good warm up routine, then take a look at this youtube video by Great Britain’s Naomi Folkard
- The Online Archery Academy is an extremely useful resource with good explanation, pictures and videos covering the complete shot cycle. A “must read” for anyone looking to improved their technique.
Valley Bowmen Annual Calendar and Competition List
Equipment
Arrows
An introduction to Arrows (a Bow International article).
The Easton Arrow Spine Chart (with a useful calculator that will give you Arrow and Spine options once you enter arrow length, bow weight etc. .
Strings & String Making
Here is a link to a good video showing how to make a recurve string
Rounds, Classifications & Handicaps
Handicaps
On 1st January 2023 Archery GB changed the Handicap and Classification systems. The new tables are available for download below
ARCHIVE – The following detail the pre-2023 Handicap system
If you want a layman’s explanation of Handicaps and why they are useful, this article is an easy read
For anyone intersted in the mathematics behind the handicap system and how/why the handicap tables were first constructed the following papers written by David Lane may be of interest.
Competition Reports
2024
2023
2022
2021
2019
2018
Beginners
Coaching
Guide to Empowering Archery – Part 1. Click here to read online or use the download button if you want to read off line
Club Rules, Constitution etc
ArcheryGB Safeguarding – Children & Young People