Archery Club - Established 1948
Disclaimer: This is mostly a compound thing. We are therefore delving into the psyche of compounders. Expect weirdness, questionable decision‑making, and at least one person saying “hold my beer” before detonating £40 worth of...
Compound is in the Olympics for 2028 but its coat is on a very shoogly nail. "Why?" you ask. Everyone behind the tents knows the IOC has three great loves: sports that everyone plays,...
aka Feeding the 5000 about 70 Ignore the geometric exactitude of setting up the field, the military precision of moving bosses between distances, administering applications, working out the target list, totalling up the scores,...
On the 5th of July, Glasgow Archers ran our first record‑status shoot since 2019. In the intervening years, COVID, field drama, and the usual twists of club life conspired to keep us off the...
Ever turned up to a competition and thought, "This field looks really organised"? But the funny thing is, bosses don't magically wander into position. Distances don't mark themselves. Someone has to build the entire...
As you are no doubt aware, Glasgow is hosting the Commonwealth Games this summer. It is a truncated version, featuring only 10 sports, one of which is not archery. So we thought - why...
Hope I’ve given it long enough to talk about this now, but for anyone still traumatised by the outcome of this year’s Glasgow League, look away now … GA takes part in the Glasgow...
A few weeks ago we had an article on the big indoor competition - Las Vegas 2026. We noted the fact that last year there was, over the weekend, $30,000 dollars of damage done...
The Vegas Shoot is arguably the largest and most prestigious indoor archery tournament in the world. Taking place currently in March each year in the city of Las Vegas, its a competition where anything...
Adversity is never very far from your archery especially in competition. In practice you have time to fix things but in competition ... not so much. You've prepped for a shoot. You've got your...
Arithmetic is where numbers fly, like pigeons, in and out of your head - Carl Sandburg Archery is fantastic for improving yourself physically and mentally. For physical activity it engages the arms, shoulders, back,...
Since the turn of the millennium, electronics and microchips have found their way into everything. Cookers, fridges, tv's, electric toothbrushes rigged for WiFi .. even the humble toaster* can come with as much processing...
The following article is based on an interview of UK international compounder Ella Gibson by Greg Poole of BowJunky media. We'll be quoting Ella's own words about this situation and this formidable archer does...
According to World Archery (WA), there are 30million archers in the world spread over 156 federations and that's just the ones WA know about*. Very few of them watch archery because, lets be honest...
To get better in archery you need motivation. To get you on the line, shooting the arrows, putting in the practice. We have written about methods of motivation before but here is a slightly...
One of the great things in modern archery is the head to head. Two archers shooting against each other. Three arrow ends, highest score takes 2 points, draw 1 point, 0 if you lose....
This weekend we are hosting an American competition in celebration of the 4th of July. However, we can guess that many new archers will be a little lost, having no experience about what happens...
Its difficult to write anything about the Glasgow League finale and make it suspenseful or exciting or witty because this hurts .. quite a bit .. and we're not at home to Mr Stoic...
Buckle up people, this article may get ranty. Archery is a sport where the difference between a high score and a not so high score .. winning and losing .. can be pretty fine....
Today we start a new series of articles - Single Arrow Shootoffs. Basically, a one line, thought provoking comment with a little extra opinion thrown in to get you started .. thinking! Todays thought...
