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.
Ultimate is such a great word. Once again, the Bow staff had a great time picking out the best gear available from a hundreds-long list to produce a ‘very best of right now’ list. It’s the time of year for new gear, and we have some of the best of the ATA’s shiny objects rounded up too. This issue we’re focusing on recurve and compound gear; we did an ‘ultimate barebow’ gear piece in our special barebow issue last year (Bow 151) and we’ll do another one sometime soon. We’ve wanted to do a feature on archery podcasts for a while, and the Easton target archery podcast seemed like the best place to start; a mostly waffle-free discussion between George Tekmitchov and Steve ‘Big Cat’ Anderson and a starry guest…
Phoebe Paterson Pine was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours list for services to archery. Paterson Pine won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in the women’s individual compound open on 30 August – her first Paralympic medal. She also won a quota spot for the 2022 World Games. After starting archery in 2012, she became part of the ambitious programme for Rio in 2016. She went on to win the silver medal in the compound junior women team at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Rosario. Paterson Pine said: “Becoming an MBE is something I’ve never thought about really, because I never thought it would ever happen to me. I’m so truly grateful for this award and recognition for…
The much-decorated international archer Park Sung-Hyun was appointed to the national coaching staff of the Korean international team for 2022, with the goal of taking medals at the Asian Games in September. Park will be responsible for the women’s team and is expected to take to the field at international tournaments to support her athletes in competition. Park took three gold medals and one silver from two Olympic Games, and was also the first recurve archer in history to break the 1,400-point barrier on the WA1440 round. Since completing her shooting career, she has focused on coaching, though this is her first major international appointment. Korean national team coaches are normally appointed for a period of two years leading up to either the Olympics or the Asian Games; however, the…
Indian compound archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam took the gold medal at the Lancaster Archery Classic in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, on 13 January. The world no 4 became the first Indian archer to win an indoor tournament. The 25-year-old defeated Paige Pearce of the USA, 131-129 in the final match of the women’s open pro category. In the course of the final, she shot the special ‘12 ring’ on the new target so far unique to the Lancaster tournament. Vennam has hit a rich seam of form in recent months, taking three silver medals at the World Championships and winning the Asian Archery Championships in November 2021. Britain’s Ella Gibson took third place at the Lancaster Archery Classic. Meanwhile, Gaby Schloesser won the women’s recurve event, and Jack Williams of the…
French compound archer Jean Philippe Boulch won his second consecutive title at the Nimes Archery Tournament in January 2022. Boulch, a left-hander, went two points ahead of compatriot Nicolas Girard in the third end of their final and took the advantage to the end, 147-145. Boulch’s victory in Nimes last year was in a tournament restricted to just over 100 elite participants, and no audience. This time, the stands were packed with archers. “I won, I’m happy. It’s a great weekend,” he said. European champion Lisa Barbelin, Sarah Prieels and Felix Wieser also took individual golds at the first of the two competitions comprising the Indoor Archery World Series in 2022. The men’s recurve final was notably high quality, with Steve Wijler – the defending champion – dropping just a…
Former Archery GB chairman Dave Harrison died peacefully in his sleep on 3 January 2022. He was a familiar and much-loved figure to generations of British archers. A founding member of the club the Bowmen of Walker in the 1970s, Harrison was also a national judge and a volunteer and organiser of countless tournaments. He led Archery GB for eight years and played a key role in the London 2012 Olympics. In addition, he was a trustee of the Archery Foundation. Neil Armitage, chief executive of Archery GB, said: “All of the Archery GB community are devastated by the tragic loss of Dave Harrison. He not only chaired the organisation through some dramatic periods of change but was also an incredible mentor, ambassador and friend to many. “His unswerving dedication…
