Category: Barebow Archery

A Message from the Chairperson and CEO of Archery Australia

To the Archery Australia community, National Volunteer Week provides a valuable opportunity to recognise and celebrate the dedication of the volunteers who underpin our sport at every level. Across the country, from local clubs to national events, volunteers give their time, knowledge, and energy to ensure that archery remains accessible, inclusive, and community-focused. Whether it’s […]

2023 National Target Championships Medalists

It has been a wonderfully exciting and competitive weekend, and we hope that you have all enjoyed it thoroughly! We would like to take this opportunity to honor the medalists of this year’s 2023 National Target Championships Medalist. FEMALE LIST FEMALE INDIVIDUAL BAREBOW FEMALE INDIVIDUAL COMPOUND FEMALE INDIVIDUAL RECURVE FEMALE TEAM BAREBOW FEMALE TEAM COMPOUND […]

2023 Oceania Championships Selection Policy

The 2023 Oceania Championships are to be held from 13 – 16 April 2023 in Adelaide, South Australia. The principal objectives when selecting this team are to: To be competitive in as many events as possible. To win Medals in as many events as possible. Use the Championships to expose potential future athletes to international competition. […]

7plus to livestream 2022 National Target Championship Matchplay Finals

In an exciting development, the 2022 National Target Championship Matchplay Finals will be produced by Sports Entertainment Network (SEN) and live streamed via the Seven Network’s digital platform, 7plus. On Monday 3 October, fans can tune into 7plus to watch Australia’s best archers shoot it out for the National Championship. After Seven’s successful archery coverage […]

2022 National Target Championships

The 2022 Archery Australia National Championships will be held at Samford Valley Target Archers from Thursday 29 September to the Monday 3 October. For more information on the tournament, accommodation, travel be sure to check out the competition website here.  Registration Links WA900 Round WA 1440 WA 720 Matchplay Draft Schedule Wednesday 28th Sept Unofficial […]

Launching The Best All Round Archer Awards

Archery Australia is pleased to announce the Best All Round Archer award guidelines for 2022. After consultation and agreement with the Regional Governing Bodies, Archery Australia wishes for the Best All Round Archer award (BARA) to be the most prestigious award available for archery in Australia. One award per bow type and gender will be […]

2021 Online Nationals Results

Archery Australia was thrilled to see over 400 archers from across Australia participated in our 2021 Online National Tournaments. After the physical events were cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns, we decided to run an online competition to help keep the archery spirit alive in Australia. About the Competition Each Regional Governing Bodies hosted Short (720 […]

A Guide To Field Archery

With the Australian Field Open coming up on 23-25 April at Armidale Archers, we thought it timely to clarify the difference between marked and unmarked field archery. There is truly little difference between the two events and the name really says it all. In marked field, the distances for each target is known and in […]

2022 World Archery Field Championships Policy

Location: Yankton, United States of America Date: 3-9 October 2022 We are pleased to release the selection policy for the 2022 World Field Championships. This policy outlines the process and criteria by which Archery Australia will selection athletes to compete at this tournament. Please note that international travel is not assured and we will adhere […]

Pathways AARDP Symposium AIMS to Develop

Last weekend, coaches from across Australia had the chance to collaborate and learn at the Inaugural Pathways and Archery Australia Regional Development Program (AARDP) Coach and Coordinator symposium. Guest Presenters To enable everyone to participate the symposium went digital and overall it was a great success. There was a great mix of content delivered by […]

2022 National Tournaments Calendar

Archery Australia is excited to announce the National Competition calendar for 2022. After 2 years of tournaments being disrupted due to COVID-19 restrictions, we can’t wait to see our community in action again on a large scale. In 2022, we are making several changes to our National Tournaments based on an in-depth review. Please note […]

Inaugural Pathways/AARDP Coach Symposium

Archery Australia (AA) are excited to announce its first ever Coach Symposium for Pathways and AARDP (Archery Australia Regional Development Program) level coaches to occur in December of this year. About the Symposium The daylong online coach development session will be led by AA’s HP team and will see approximately 30 coaches from across the […]

2021 Online National Tournament

After the disappointment of cancelling the 2021 Senior Nationals, Archery Australia are excited to advise this Tournament will take place as an Online (postal shoot) between now and early 2022 which will depend on Government COVID-19 restrictions in each Regional Governing Body. The dates have been selected by each RGB to best fit in with […]

2021 Australian Open & Barebow Test Event Round Up

That’s a wrap on the 2021 Australian Open and Barebow Test Event. It’s been a fantastic few days of archery with the country’s top shooters battling it out. About The Event Sydney Olympic Park Archers hosted the events on their grounds, the very same range where the Sydney 2000 Olympic archery competition was held and […]

150 Archers Registered for The 2021 Australian Open & Barebow Test Event

With just 1 week to go until the 2021 Australian Open & Barebow Test Event, things are starting to heat up! The event has reached capacity with 150 archers registered for the tournament being hosted at Sydney Olympic Park Archers from 20-23 May. About the Australian Open The Australian Open tournament follows the style of […]

Armidale Archers Awarded Australian Field Open

We are excited to announce the 2021 Australian Field Open will be hosted by Armidale Archers from 7-9 May, 2021. Register Here. Program The Australian Field Open will comprise one day of Unmarked and a day of Marked Field all to be shot as per World Archery (WA) rules. As per WA rules the event […]

BackToArchery Tournament Results

Our BackToArchery Tournament 2020 was an outstanding success with archers from every RGB participating.   BackToArchery Background Due to COVID-19, Archery Australia had to cancel all tournaments until restrictions lifted enough to enable people to compete in a safe environment.  As things began to return to normal, we wanted a tournament to kick start the […]

Hugo Lobb starting 2021 off with a bang!

Hugo Lobb has certainly started off 2021 right, with having not just one, but four world records ratified by World Archery already this year. At just 16 years of age, Hugo has a bright archery career ahead of him. World Record Achievement For the last week of 2020, Twin City Archers (Victoria) hosted their annual […]