The World Archery Europe Executive Board meeting was held in Pyla, Larnaca (CYP) on 5th November. It was kindly hosted by the Cyprus Archery Federation during the international tournament “Aphrodite Cup”. The meeting had a long agenda, the main decisions taken are listed below. 2023 Calendar The host city of the 2023 Grand Prix…
Kim Woojin stormed to 2022 Hyundai Archery World Cup Final victory with an irrepressible set of performances in Tlaxcala, Mexico. The Korean, 30, missed the maximum just once in his opening two matches to set up a gold medal match with Spain’s Miguel Alvarino Garcia, before going on to take the crown in four sets, 7-1. The world number…
Mike Schloesser took a rollercoaster ride to his fourth Hyundai Archery World Cup title in Tlaxcala, Mexico. The Dutchman survived an almighty semifinal scare before edging out Nicolas Girard with a perfect score in a classic final. It’s never dull when ‘Mister Perfect’ is on the range and Schloesser nearly failed to get the deciding arrow out altogether…
46 athletes (32 men and 14 women) from 7 different countries take part in the 2022 European Run-Archery Cup. After the rain, the sun celebrates all the winners in Nove Mesto nad Metuji (CZE). Olivier Joubert (FRA) is the men’s winner (205 pts), while Sandra Szulc (GER) in the women’s division (185 pts). …
The very last event of this 2022 continental year: next weekend is time for the European Run-Archery Cup. For the third time in a row, since the beginning, Nove Mesto nad Metuji (CZE) will welcome archers for the 2-day competition that mixes archery and running in: Individual Sprint, MixedTeam Sprint, 4K and Team Sprint races….
Invitation Package of European Indoor Championships 2023 in Samsun (TUR), on 14-19 February, is available. Event page HERE.
Below the list of the biddings for the WAE competitions to be allocated in the year 2024. As a general suggestion, the approximate time of the year is in brackets. European Indoor Championships (February) European Youth Cup 1st leg (April/May) European Grand Prix 1st leg (April/May) Para-Archery European Cup Circuit (1st leg) (May/June) Para-Archery European…
More events in more of the sport’s disciplines will count towards the Sanlida World Archery Ranking when a new calculation system comes into effect at the start of October 2022. Up to four outdoor results, two indoor results and one field result will be used to calculate each archer’s position in the list, with events on the Indoor Archery World Series, world and continental…
Former World Archery president Francesco Gnecchi-Ruscone has died in Milan on 20 September 2022 at the age of 98 after a period of ill health. Gnecchi-Ruscone served as seventh president of the international federation (then called FITA) from 1977 to 1989 before being made honorary president by his successor, Jim Easton. He was also chair of the board…
A challenging windy day of finals at Ruse (BUL) to catch the victory at the European Club Teams Cup 2022. In the women competition, the French team of Archer Riomois (Adiceom, Barbelin, Lopez) wins 6-0 in the final against Spanish Arqueros de Pozuelo (Cebrian, De Velasco, Garcia-Navas), confirming the top place after qualification arrows; while…
