For those planning to attend the GWAS AGM and the Coaching AGM on Sunday 2nd April, there may be traffic disruptions around Taunton, so please plan your routes carefully.
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GWAS Senior Inter-Counties format change
A poll of the Senior County Teams resulted in a preference for changing the format of the Senior Inter-Counties event from York / Hereford to WA 1440 rounds. Following a discussion and vote at the GWAS Council meeting in October 2016, it was agreed the format will be changed from 2017 to become a WA1440, World Record Status / Star event.
It is planned to shoot in ends of 6 arrows at each distance, with Long Bow archers shooting at a full size 80cm faces at the shorter distances.
The venue for the event remains at Exeter School, and will revert to the usual weekend on 17th September 2017
New State of the Art Archery Facility
It’s a great time to be an archer.
Beginners today have access to more coaches, ranges and shops than ever. People on every continent are enjoying archery as the sport grows exponentially, sparking even more demand for places to shoot, train and host tournaments.
Among archery’s newest venues is the World Archery Excellence Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland, which held its grand opening in December. World Archery is target archery’s global governing body. It’s responsible for international competitions like the Olympics and world championships. The Excellence Centre took nearly seven years to plan and build, and World Archery hopes it will become the epicenter of target archery. Read more
Compound Confirmed for 2019 Pan American Games
The Pan American Games follow the Asian Games in adding compound competition to the programme.
For the first time since archery was introduced to the Pan American Games in 1979, the multisport event programme will include a compound competition for the 2019 edition set to be held in Lima, Peru from 26 July to 11 August.
The continental games will be the second to include the compound bow after the 2014 Asian Games. read more
GWAS 2017 AGM – 2nd April at 2:30pm
The venue for this year will be the Worlds End Pub Bradford on Tone, Taunton Somerset TA4 1ET and being a pub venue those attending may wish to arrive earlier and enjoy a lunch and a drink.
All Council positions are required to be elected annually at the AGM. This year there are a number of Council positions that will be vacated and specifically need to be filled, namely:
- President
- Secretary
- EAF Representative(s)
- Junior Representative
- Communications and Web Content Officer
The Communications / Web Content Officer is a new role created to replace the historic Webmaster role, but without the need for specific HTML skills and with an increased focus on developing, communicating and managing important regional information on the new GWAS website, which will be launched in March 2017.
BBC West Unsung Hero
Congratulations to Dave Jones of Chippenham Archers who has been voted BBC West’s Unsung Hero of the Year!
Dave, who has dedicated the last 20 years to the club, has coached more than 600 archers, including internationals like Jo Frith who won gold and silver medals in Rio.
Jo said: “He was the first person I thought of when I looked down at my medal. I thought, ‘this is not my medal – this is mine and Dave’s medal.’ He helped me get this and I am so proud to be associated with him.” watch the BBC video