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On Saturday, November 21st, the Croatian Archery Association held its General Assembly and elections. Due to epidemiological reasons and the rules of the Covid-19 Defense Headquarters, the Assembly was carried through an online election platform. Assembly gave a new four-year term for President of the Association to Mr Darko Uidl. As far as the Board…

Due to the ongoing restrictions caused by Covid-19, World Archery Europe’s Executive Board, which met via conference call on November 26th, has cancelled the 2021 European Indoor Championships, to be held in Koper (SLO) on 22-27 February. This was unanimously approved by WAE Executive Board after consultation with Mrs Irena Rosa, Competition Manager of Koper…

Sixteen (European) archers were invited to compete at this live event in the north of Switzerland. Mike and Gaby Schloesser, Florian Faber and Meeri-Marita Paas took the individual podiums at the Wohlen Invitational, the live event held to coincide with the first online stage of the 2021 Indoor Archery World Series. In the meantime, more than 2.400 people submitted scores for the online tournament. Archers…

The 2021 World Archery Para Championships have been postponed until 18-27 February 2022 as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It means that championships for para archers will be held in consecutive years as the following edition, which is scheduled for Pilsen, Czech Republic in 2023 and will act as the primary qualifier for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, remains unchanged….

The upcoming season of the Indoor Archery World Series, the international mass-participation circuit running from November to February, will combine both online and smaller live events in a change from the usual format due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Starting in November, archers around the world will be able to participate in a free monthly online…

It was archery’s first international event since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Poland’s Lukasz Przybylski and Magdalena Smialkowska claimed their first international podiums as they won the compound men’s and recurve women’s events at the 2020 International Antalya Challenge. Artem Makhnenko of Russia and Andrea Marcos of Spain also collected victories at this first major tournament…

Archery is one of the 23 sports included on the preliminary programme for the third edition of the European Games due to be held in Krakow-Malopolska, Poland in 2023. It was announced following a meeting with the European Olympic Committees in Rome. The European Games were launched in Baku in 2015. Archery featured with a format mirroring that…

One of Britain’s sporting heroes, with a gold medal win at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, John Cavanagh has enjoyed an enviable career that has taken him around the globe. Sadly, an ongoing shoulder injury has led to his early retirement from the sport. John’s introduction to archery followed a skiing accident in the…

German national team members Elena Richter and Camilo Mayr, who both represented their country at the London 2012 Olympic Games, have announced their retirement from international archery. Mayr, 29, previously stepped away in 2013 but was attempting a comeback for Tokyo. Richter, however, was a key member of the squad that qualified Germany three quota…

Let’s have a look at how will be the 2021 European and World Archery year, after many postponements and also some cancellations due to Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown period.   Of course, it is hoped that all events scheduled in 2021 will take place as normal. However, given the current public health situation, the status…