The official Team GB fanzone in Kings Cross has not only welcomed returning athletes from the Paris Olympic Games, but 5,250 keen archers in have-a-go sessions between Saturday 3 and Tuesday 6 August. Supported by live music and onstage entertainment, the four-day event saw the sessions delivered by Archery GB staff and volunteers from local
Archery fans will have the opportunity to try their hand at the Olympic sport and meet Team GB archers at the official Team GB fanzone at Kings Cross between Saturday 3 and Tuesday 6 August. The free-to-enter fanzone has been screening the action of the Games since they started, but all eyes will be set
A defending champion and a trailblazing expectant mother are among the four athletes selected for the ParalympicsGB archery squad for Paris 2024. Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Phoebe Paterson Pine and Jodie Grinham, who will be 28 weeks pregnant when competing at Paris 2024, will be representing ParalympicsGB for the second time alongside Nathan Macqueen, who
In what is set to be a spectacular summer of sport, Archery GB’s Aim for Paris events will see archery clubs and providers across the country open their doors to potential archers, giving people of all ages and abilities the chance to try archery for the first time. Across the UK and throughout the summer,
This year’s squad boasts a mix of experience, with seasoned veterans Bryony Pitman and Tom Hall returning for their second Games, alongside four first-time Olympians: Penny Healey, Conor Hall, Alex Wise, and 16-year-old Megan Havers, who has been taking her GCSEs alongside training for the Games. Archery GB caught up with each athlete to hear
Great Britain returned home from the European Para Archery Championships with a five medal haul, including two golds and three bronze. Cameron Radigan became the recurve men’s open European Para Champion, a career first for the Scottish archer. At four ends all in the final against Slovakia’s David Ivan, he shot a 26 end to
GB archers also take home a team silver medal in Essen, Germany It was a successful week for GB archers at the European Championships in Essen, Germany as they came away with individual gold and team silver medals. Compound archer, Ella Gibson was victorious, taking home her first outdoor European individual title, while recurve archers,
Pippa Britton – double Paralympic archer, world record holder and former Vice Chair of UK Anti-Doping Board – “I realised that if things aren’t right and you want things to change, then you’ve got to be in the room where the decisions are made.” Pippa Britton is a double Paralympic archer, having competed for Paralympics
Chocolate cake awaits for archer Victoria Rumary after firing her way to bronze on ParalympicsGB debut in Tokyo. Rumary got the better of United States’ Lia Coryell 131-123 to take the final spot on the Paralympic podium having earlier lost out in the women’s individual W1 semi-finals. A 127-107 defeat to Sarka Musilova ended the
Phoebe Paterson Pine held her nerve to win the women’s individual compound open final and claim archery gold for ParalympicsGB. Paterson Pine defeated Mariana Zuniga Varela of Chile 134-133 in a tense gold-medal match to secure the Paralympic title. The Cirencester archer had earlier beaten her close friend, teammate and world number one Jess Stretton
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