2025 Archery Australia July Issue
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Double Podium for Australia at Para Archery European Cup
Para Archery European Cup – Rome, Italy Australia has recorded a double podium finish at the 2025 Para Archery European Cup, with Jonathan Milne securing bronze in the Compound Men’s Individual, and Milne teaming up with Garry Robinson to take silver in the Compound Men’s Open Doubles. Bronze for Milne in Individual Event Jonathan Milne, […]
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 […]
Compound Archery to Make Olympic Debut at LA28
Archery Australia welcomes today’s historic announcement from the International Olympic Committee and World Archery confirming that compound archery will be added to the Olympic programme at the Los Angeles 2028 Games, through the inclusion of the compound mixed team event. While the Paralympics currently features competition with both a recurve and a compound bow type, […]
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. […]
Archery Australia New President
At the first meeting of the Archery Australia Elected Board Members, Melissa Mongan has been elected as the Archery Australia President and Deonne Bridger has been elected as the Vice President. Melissa Mongan is well known amongst the archery community having represented Australia at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics as well as being heavily involved […]
2022 Archery Australia Board Election Results
Archery Australia Board is pleased to advise the appointment of Deonne Bridger and Grant Cole to the Archery Australia Board following the recent 2022 Elected Board Member Election. Archery Australia would like to welcome Deonne and Grant who both bring a wealth of experience to the Archery Australia Board. They will both commence a four-year […]
2026 Commonwealth Games Bid
Archery Australia and World Archery have officially submitted a bid for the sport to be included in the 2026 Commonwealth Games, due to be held in regional Victoria. Archery’s proposal will be assessed, alongside those from other sports, against criteria including universality, competition quality, consumer and commercial appeal, alignment with Commonwealth values and benefits to […]
2023 National Selection Policies
Archery Australia is pleased to announce the 2023 National Selection Policies for upcoming international events. The principal objectives when selecting a team is to win medals in as many events as possible and to enhance Australia’s reputation internationally as a competitive Archery nation. Click below to read the relevant selection policies: 2023 World Archery Championships […]
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 […]
Event Preview: World Cup 2 Korea
Thirteen Australian Archers are off to Korea to represent the country at World Cup 2 in Gwangju. Official practice for the event will start on Tuesday 15 May. Australian Team Our team was announced in March and since then they’ve been working very hard to prepare for this competition. Compound Scott Brice – QLD Patrick […]
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 […]
2022 World Games Selection Policy
The 2022 World Games is coming up on 7 – 17 July 2022 in Birmingham (USA). About the World Games The World Games is 11 day international multi-sport event for more than 30 of the fastest growing sports in the world including compound and field archery. Supported by the International Olympic Committee, the World Cups […]
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 […]
2022 National Squads
Archery Australia is pleased to announce our 2022 National Recurve, Compound and Para Squads. Congratulations to all the athletes and we are glad to working with you in 2022 and beyond. About the National Program Our National Programs are aimed at producing high performing athletes at benchmark events including World Cups, World (and Youth) Championships […]
World Cup Teams 2022
Archery Australia is excited to announce the archers selected to represent Australia at the upcoming World Cups. World Cup 1 Location: Antalya, Turkey Date: 18 – 24 April Recurve Peter Boukouvalas – NSW Astin Darcy – VIC Delia Evans – QLD Sarah Haywood – TAS Kim Lavender – NSW Laura Paeglis – VIC Alex Smith […]
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 University Games Expressions of Interest
Archery Australia is now calling for Expressions of Interest for the 2022 World University Games due to take place later this year in China. Event Details The FISU World University Games (WUG) is a bi-annual multi-sport event in which athletes selected by UniSport Australia compete on the international stage. The next edition of WUG will […]
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 […]
National Compound Program – Squads Announced
Archery Australia is excited to announce the 2021 National Compound Squad Members. About The Program This is a new program designed to help reflect Archery Australia’s commitment to aid archers in achieving successful results at World Archery Championships and World Cups. The aim is to provide is to a system of support for Archery Australia’s […]
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 […]
National Compound Program Update
The Archery Australia National Compound Program is a new program that has been designed to help reflect Archery Australia’s commitment to aid archers in achieving successful results at World Archery Championships and World Cups. Details About The Program The aim is to provide is to provide a system of support for Archery Australia’s leading Compound […]
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 […]