Archery Club - Established 1948
Six months ago we documented three of our archers on a heroic road trip to Merlin Bishop Auckland .. a journey so long it technically counted as a pilgrimage and possibly a minor endurance...
Coach Ruis is back with us and inspired (or appalled) by our article on why arrows should be cut .. he's written us a little (read definitive) something on the subject. For many years...
One of the more popular aluminium/carbon arrows in recent years has been the Alimax shaft from Merlin Archery. It carved out a reputation as an affordable first A/C arrow that performed well. We certainly...
Dear Archer, When John built me, I had dreams. Not ambitious dreams - I wasn’t expecting to be central to an Olympic final or cradle the arrows of a world‑class pro. I simply hoped...
Arrows come in a stock length. The higher the spine, the longer the arrow will be when you crack open that sealed tube - something you probably didn’t notice because your tiny archery brain...
The beginners course has always been considered the entry point to archery. Sign up; come for 3 or more sessions; learn technique, safety and etiquette; graduate and if you and archery are vibing .....
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,...
World Archery’s HQ can be found in Le Maison du Sport International, Avenue de Rhodanie 54, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland. They took up residence back in November 1996, after decades of the headquarters essentially being...
(Because if Sean Connery can demand one ping only, you can demand one change only.) No matter where you start, every archer eventually ends up fiddling with their bow. New bow, old bow, mid‑life...
Archery is where a peculiar collection of academic disciplines collide on a wet, windy field in Central Scotland while everyone eats their Captain Sausage supplied snack: engineering in building the bow, economics in buying...
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,...
There are injuries in archery that earn respect. Torn shoulders. Sore backs. String slap that resembles a domestic dispute with a nettle. Today's injury, however, is more on the bizarre side. It announces itself...
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...
Archers often find themselves confronting one of philosophy's older questions without ever realising it. Philosophers call it "The Ship of Theseus". Most British readers of a certain age know it as "Trigger's broom". The...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how we had bid for and been successful in getting a grant of just over £5,000 from the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games Festival. Since then we’ve had to start...
When you shoot a bow, you only touch it in two places: Your hook on the string, and the handle on the riser. We’ve talked about grips before - whole articles, diagrams, the usual...
Congratulations - you’ve survived the beginners course. You’ve got your certificate, you know etiquette, you can now chant the safety rules like they were handed down on stone tablets by a very tired Moses....
(Or: “Why does the target suddenly shrink like it’s been left in a hot wash?”) Five points if you said 20 metres. Minus ten if you said it smugly. And if you’re the sort...
So, you know how it goes. You've just shot a cracking end. You know that was at least a 54. You swagger back to the target with the quiet confidence of someone who definitely...
Archers spend an extraordinary amount of time thinking about the front end of the shot. The kit, the form, the checklist, the ritual, the “don’t pluck, don’t collapse, don’t sneeze” internal monologue. We obsess...
