Bow International is the world's only specialist target archery print magazine, and within each issue you'll find news and reviews, new gear, technique, advice and tips; plus exclusive interviews from the world's greatest archers.
The Italian international Michele Frangilli’s list of recurve achievements over three decades is pretty extraordinary. It includes an Olympic gold medal, the senior outdoor World Championship, and multiple world records at many distances – plus no less than three World Field Championships individual titles. He remains one of the few elite recurve archers who, throughout his career, has given equal importance to the non-Olympic disciplines. I once asked him how shooting field had influenced his career, and he said this: “Field shooting is the university of archery. I have practised field shooting since I was 10 years old, and I have always loved this discipline. The progression to the full control of the shot in any situation needs training in any possible shooting condition. This can only happen during field…
An Indian governmental organisation has honoured Indian archer Harvinder Singh for his bronze medal-winning performance at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. He became the first Indian athlete to win a medal in archery at an Olympics or Paralympics. India is consistently underrepresented medal-wise at the Games, despite the country's enormous population. Singh was presented with a Siropao robe, a high honour for Indian Sikhs. The 31-year-old beat Korea’s Kim Min Su in the bronze match, which went to a shoot-off where Singh won with a perfect 10. Singh took up archery after watching the London 2012 Olympics on TV, and had previously won bronze at the Bangkok 2019 Asian Para Archery Championships.…
The international schedule for 2022 has been announced. The first stage will take place in Antalya, Turkey, on 18-24 April, the second stage in Shanghai, China, on 16-22 May, the third stage in Paris, France, on 20-26 June, and the fourth stage from 18-24 July in Medellin, Colombia. All four cities have previously hosted the competition, and it will be the 15th time that the circuit has arrived in Antalya, although the first time it will be the opening stage. The World Cup Final venue and date for 2022 is yet to be confirmed.…
India's Jyothi Surekha Vennam prevented a Korean clean sweep of the gold medals at the 22nd Asian Archery Championships, when she won the compound women’s final on the penultimate day of competition in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in November. The win went down to millimetres, after her opponent, Korea's Oh Yoohyun, had an arrow downgraded in a dramatic finale. “I’m super happy today,” said Vennam after the match. “I was waiting for the judge’s call [and knew] whatever the judge decides it will be the final one… Maybe it will be a tie or it will be a win.” It was Vennam's fourth gold in four editions of the continental championships, after a top-level year during which she took three silver medals at the World Championships. Apart from the compound women's individual,…
AGB has released the selection criteria for the upcoming events and international championships due to take place in 2022. The World Games is a fully funded event, the World Field Championships, due to be held in Yankton, South Dakota in September, will be partially funded, with the 3D Championships self-funded. As AGB puts it: "The selection criteria for the 2022 World Games, World Field Championship and World 3D Championship GB & NI Teams reflect the continued need for flexibility, with the possibility to attain qualification scores at one-day or two-day championships using mixed, combined or marked rounds. “The full criteria outline the qualification process and aim to ensure that clubs have the opportunity to put on events that suit them and that archers can more easily combine their quest to…
Easton Archery, the world’s largest arrow company, is expanding and increasing capacity at its Salt Lake City, Utah, manufacturing facilities, aft er a worldwide increase in demand for its carbon arrow products. “We expect 2022 to be another busy year for everyone in the archery industry,” said Tyson Yates, Easton’s director of sales. “Our newest arrow, the Sonic 6.0 series, that will be made in the USA at our Utah factory that we expect will be a popular addition to our line. “Th is expansion to the carbon facility is part of our continued effort to be a great partner for our retailers,” he added.…
