Who needs Gym Membership .. or Therapy?
While standing in a puddle recently, 2 of our more .. dedicated .. archers, while suffering wet feet, soggy clothing, the cold, the tent almost blowing away and less than stellar form, pondered the...
Yearly Archive: 2023
The Archery Doctor is IN
Xmas has come and gone. You’ve always been difficult to buy for and this year Auntie Ella gave up the ghost and gave you money in an envelope. In fact, several relatives all did...
The name is Pro … Parallel Pro.
Some months ago, we recommended (potentially) your first carbon arrow – Merlin Archery’s Alimax. This entry level Aluminium Carbon (A/C) arrow shaft was, we felt, a good replacement for the sadly discontinued Easton ACC....
A Kit Gnu’s Recommendations
A new archer was taking a tour of members recurve kit looking for ideas recently and he started to notice the same brands and items popping up over and over. On inquiring as to...
Bow International
So, there is a sort of monthly** magazine all about archery. Its called Bow International which was first published in 1995. And while there are quite a few publications for bow hunting in the...
A very unique Robin Hood
Hopefully everyone knows what a “Robin Hood” is. In case you don’t, its where an arrow hits a previously shot arrow and destroys it. Its named for the folk hero Robin Hood who, in...
We Few, We Happy Few …
Competitive archery is something that not all archers, even the experienced, try. Perhaps its a bit too stressful. Perhaps archery is their calm place where they can get away from things/people. Newer archers may...
Imagine forming a club then jumping forward 75 years!
75 years after your club was founded … one of your founding fathers drops by for a visit. Welcome back James Robertson or as we know him … Hamish.
Olympic Recurve .. still the only Archery at the Olympics
“Following a holistic review of all existing and new disciplines proposed by the respective IFs with sports on the LA28 programme, only one change has been made to the discipline programme compared to Paris...
This Sunday .. do Archery or get Arrested?
While archery is simply a sport today (and a damn fine one), it was once vital for national defence. English, Welsh and Scottish medieval armies all used archers to a greater or lessor extent....
Time at the Field is never Wasted
Our Vice chair is not known these days for lightning reflexes. It can be a good couple of minutes from his clicker going off to him shooting … but sometimes he has perfect timing....
Wrapping Things Up
Archery is a very personal experience. You chose your bow and other kit, to a greater or lessor extent, on their looks and colour. When it comes to arrows, your fletch scheme and nock...
GA steps it up again?
With Sunday the 27th August being pretty much the end of our outdoor season, we had a small BBQ to celebrate. Captain Sausage got a promotion for the day as he morphed into Major...
Congratulations. Your official SuperHero badge is in the Mail.
Some months ago we wrote about the new classifications tables from AGB for outdoor shooting. Now we hear that the new badges to show off your achievements are finally finished – SIX MONTHS LATE...
What do you get …
… if you cross a compound with a recurve? Bizarrely this isn’t a joke, we’re serious! … Well, it had to happen sometime! :o) Today we want to talk about the line of bows...
Front of Centre
Today we are getting technical. REALLY technical. This is the sort of archery subject that gets our Vice Chair excited and animated. Yup, its that bad but it is quite important so we’ll try...
Climbing the Ladder
Hopefully, most of you at GA are aware we have a ladder competition running right now. The rules are pretty simple even if John has done his best to make it hard. Shoot a...
Maintaining the Love
You’ve completed your beginners course, had been practicing with club kit but finally bought your bow and it’s your new passion. You shoot every session you can. Releases are dynamic, string-picture is consistent, groups...
More Badges!
You may have seen some of our more .. err .. “seasoned” archers wandering round with a club badge on their quivers, hats or chest guards. These badges, once an extremely common sight in...
Blank Boss … Why?
Most days down the field you see the experienced archers wandering waaaaay down the range to set up their targets at 70 or even 90m. They shoot their arrows, amble slowly down the field,...
