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.
Welcome to 2025 and Issue 184. In this first issue of the year, we hope you will find much to inspire you, this indoor season and beyond. We bring you an exciting update on the legendary Coach Kim; we present our top gear picks from the annual ATA archery show in the US, the biggest trade show in the world, that never disappoints when it comes to market innovations. Sophie Meering teaches you how to set meaningful goals like a Pro. Duncan Busby continues the theme of counterfeits with an interesting piece on big-brand efforts to fight back, backed up by some invaluable bits of advice when buying equipment to avoid disappointment. Lucy O’Sullivan debunks some archery training myths, and Felicity May presents her pick of inspirational matches from this…
The Paris Para 2024 mixed team Open champions Jodie Grinham and Nathan MacQueen received MBEs for their service to archery. MBE stands for the “Member of the Order of the British Empire”, an honour given by the British monarchy to those who have made a significant contribution to society. Jodie became champion while 7 months pregnant and has also captured an individual bronze in Paris. For Nathan it was his first medal and a third time representing GB at the Paralympic Games. Big Congratulations to both inspirational Para GB athletes! MBEs are given out twice a year, at New Year and on the monarch’s birthday. Current British monarch, King Charles III, was born on November 14th, 1948.…
Spain’s 2012 Olympian, Elias Cuesta, was named USA Archery National Head Coach this December. Thirty-nine-year-old Cuesta was head coach of the Spanish Olympic Team for six years and was also a coach at the Madrid High Performance Centre. He is a highly experienced international coach and has many accolades. However, in the wake of this announcement in early December 2024, some have suggested that the USA may follow the example of the French team, who hired a South Korean Coach halfway through the Olympic cycle. Elias Cuesta will have the right kind of energy for team USA and it will be interesting to see what changes he will bring to the table. His predecessor Kisik Lee served an 18-year tenure for team USA and established the NTS (National Training System)…
On Sunday 19 January, GB’s Penny Healey captured gold at the fourth Indoor Archery World Series event in Nimes, France, securing her space in the Finals set to take place in the middle of the World-famous Vegas Shoot in Las Vegas, on March 8. The 19-year-old Olympian, who represented GB in Paris earlier this Summer, produced a very mature performance against her finals opponent, Italy’s Lucilla Boari (27), an archery veteran and an individual Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist. Penny and Lucilla matched each other early on, but Penny dug deep and continued with great consistency, shooting twelve perfect arrows to surmount the podium. “Mind blown right now”, commented Healey to WA. Congratulations, Penny and the best of luck in Vegas! Penny had previously won the Indoor Finals in 2022, and…
Legendary Armless Archer, Matt Stutzman, announced his retirement following an amazing 14-year career. Now forty-two, Matt was born without arms and uses his legs and feet for most activities; he was the first armless archer to really push the boundaries of what is possible in archery. The armless archer represented Team USA at the Paralympics in 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024, winning a silver medal in London in 2012 and a gold medal in Paris in 2024. The inspirational “badass” of the sport has announced his next challenge – attempting to fulfil his childhood dream of becoming a professional race car driver! “Now is time to chase those dreams”, said Matt on social media. Originally from Kansas, and a father of three, Matt shows no signs of stopping. We wish…
The 2024 Paris Paralympic champion, 41-year-old Team USA’s Jason Tabansky breaks the previous 18m W1 record by 5 points. He shot a 578 (out of 600) at Texas State Indoor Championships on January 12. The previous record was set by the Italian Paolo Tonon in January last year. W1 category Para athletes are classed as more impaired and use a wheelchair. Tabansky, a former helicopter mechanic and flight instructor with the US Army, took up archery after an accident in 2015, which left him paralysed from the waist down. His professional Para career took off in 2018, and he almost missed his quota for Paris, but his fairytale debut resulted in a gold medal. To learn more about the Paralympic Performance Pathway programmes in the UK visit www.archerygb.org…
