Category: Recurve Archery

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 […]

Recurve Men Open 2025 World Cup Campaign in Central Florida

Archery Australia’s recurve men have officially launched their 2025 international season at the Hyundai Archery World Cup Stage 1, held in Central Florida, USA, from 8 to 13 April. Competing at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale, the team faced challenging weather conditions and a strong international field, delivering commendable performances that set a […]

Olympic Champion Simon Fairweather Named Head Coach of Australian National Team

It is with great excitement that Archery Australia announce and congratulate Olympic Champion Simon Fairweather Named Head Coach of Australian National Team on his appointment as Australian National Team Olympic Coach.    Simon Fairweather is a celebrated figure in the world of archery, with a career spanning over four decades. Simon first picked up a […]

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 […]

2024 Paris Olympic Games Nomination Criteria Update

To the Archery Australia community, Archery Australia wishes to inform its members of the formal approval of the Nomination Criteria for the 2024 Olympic Games. This result is a culmination of the joint efforts between Australian Olympic Committee and Archery Australia. For detailed information on this criteria, members are advised to refer to our official […]

World Archery Para and VI Championships – Team Announcement

WORLD ARCHERY PARA AND VI CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM We are excited to announce Australia’s biggest and strongest Para Archery team to compete at a World Championships with the selection of 11 Archers to represent Australia at the 2023 World Archery Para Championships in Pilsen, Czech Republic 17-23 July 2023. The team was selected following the 2023 […]

World Archery Championships – Compound Team Announcement

WORLD ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIP COMPOUND TEAM Following the recent 2023 World Archery Championship selection process, we are pleased to announce the Compound team to represent Australia at the 2023 World Archery Championships in Berlin, Germany in July: Compound Women: Rhiannon Mills (SA) Anna Walls (WA) Katrina Robinson (NSW) Compound Men: Brandon Hawes (SA) Bailey Wildman (SA) […]

TransTasman Challenge Team Announcement

TransTasman Challenge The following archers have been selected to represent Australia at the 2023 TransTasman Challenge in Adelaide, South Australia 7th to 11th April 2023.

World Archery Oceania Championships Team Announcement

2023 WORLD ARCHERY OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS The following archers have been selected to represent Australia at the World Archery Oceania Championship in Adelaide, South Australia 13th to 16th April 2023 The finals of the Oceania Championships will be lived streamed, more details will be published nearer the event date.

National Compound Coach

National Compound Coach Appointment Archery Australia are pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Turner as the National Compound Coach. Robert comes into the role with extensive coaching experience both on the domestic stage and internationally, including the Head Coach role with Chinese Taipei, as well as coaching roles within the USA, New Zealand and […]

Calling Youth and Para Archers

Archery Australia are calling all interested Youth and Para archers from across the country who are aiming towards the 2028, 2032 and beyond Olympic and Paralympic games, to Express an interest in its new Pathways program – The National Pathways Squad (NPS). About the National Pathways Squad Released in our recent Newsletter (Dec 2022 edition) […]

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 […]

Archery Australia’s Pathways Programs Set to Expand

Archery Australia are excited to announce the expansion of its Pathways Programs towards the end of this year. The High-Performance Team, led by Pathways Manager, Robert Turner, have been working hard on updating pathways strategies and programs, with an eye on longer-term development of our athletes and coaches. On the expansion of the program, Robert […]

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 […]

NSW Institute of Sport Archery Program Update

The new NSWIS Archery Program is slowly taking shape and we expect to announce the inaugural recurve members of the squad in the coming weeks. Current Squad Members The current NSWIS Para Archers will transfer across to the new program and will continue to be supported by NSWIS – they are: Jonathon Milne Marek Steiner […]

Victorian Institute of Sport Archery Program Update

Archery Australia and the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) are excited to announce a new program partnership to deliver a high level Archery program to nationally identified athletes in Victoria. The program will focus on athlete preparation for selected athletes competing across all Olympic and Paralympic disciplines. About the Program  The VIS Archery Program aims […]

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 […]

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 […]

Job Opportunity: NSWIS Head Coach

About the Role The NSWIS Archery Program is a partnership between Archery Australia (AA) and NSWIS to deliver a program that will develop, and assist identified high performance NSW athletes to achieve excellence and success at international level. The NSWIS Head Coach, Archery is responsible to lead and deliver the Recurve component of the NSWIS […]

Archery Program to Open at NSW Institute of Sport

The NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) and Archery Australia have announced a partnership geared toward developing and assisting identified high performance NSW athletes and coaches achieving excellence at the highest international level. The announcement unveiling an archery program to be added as an NSWIS Sport Program for 2022. The partnership program being one of several […]

Exciting New Archery Program to Launch at Victorian Institute of Sport

Archery Australia (AA) and the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) are excited to announce a new program partnership to deliver an Archery performance program to nationally identified athletes in Victoria. The program will focus on preparing selected athletes for competitions across all Olympic and Paralympic disciplines. The VIS Archery Program aims to create an optimal […]

Thank You Coach Shih

Archery Australia would like to thank Coach Shih, National Recurve Coach, for her tireless work with our national teams over the last 8 years. Coach Shih’s contract comes to a conclusion at the end of the December and the National Coach role will be moving to Sydney. Over her time as National Coach, she’s had […]

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 […]

Your Guide To Archery In Tokyo

With the Olympic Games being the pinnacle event for recurve archers, the stakes are high leading into Tokyo. Even making it to the Tokyo Olympic Games in archery is such an achievement as only 64 men and 64 women from across the world will compete. In a sport of millimetres, the pressure is on in […]

Alice Ingley Set To Become Dual Olympian

Rio 2016 Olympian, Alice Ingley is set to become a dual Olympian after successfully securing her spot on the Australian Team for the Toyko 2020 Olympics. Alice will be competing in both the Female Individual Recurve and the Mixed Team events in Tokyo. Australia only recently acquired a female archery quota spot for the Tokyo […]

Australia Awarded Female Quota Spot For The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

In exciting news today, Australia has been awarded a female archery quota place for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. This new quota position means Australia will send four archers (3 males, 1 female) to compete in this year’s Olympic Games. David Barnes, Ryan Tyack, and Taylor Worth were previously nominated for the Australian Olympic Team […]

Olympic Update: Archers Off to Paris

 After a long hiatus from international competitions, Australia is sending a team to the final Olympic qualification tournament and World Cup 3 in Paris. Congratulations to  Laura Paeglis (VIS) and Alice Ingley (QAS) who will be competing at the Final Qualification Tournament in  Paris and David Barnes (SASI), Taylor Worth (QAS) and Ryan Tyack (QAS) […]

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 […]

The Team Is Back Together

It was all smiles last week when our 2021 National Recurve Squad met face to face for the first time in almost a year. Luckily there were no border restrictions so our archers, coaches and support team could come together for a quality training camp hosted at Sydney Olympic Park Archers. Preparing for Tokyo Left […]

Welcome Coach Oh

Exciting coaching appointment for the National Recurve Program Archery Australia is delighted to announce the appointment of world renown coach Kyomoon Oh (Coach Oh) to the Archery Australia Olympic program coaching staff. We’re excited to have a coach with so much experience behind him to help our athletes in the lead up to the 2020 […]

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 […]