Archery GB

Archery GB is the largest governing organisation of target archery, field archery, 3D archery, flight and clout archery in the United Kingdom; the society is in management of the Olympic and Paralympic World Class programmes funded by UK Sport. The society is responsible for over 750 clubs and 32,000 registered members across the UK, all of whom may receive the magazine Archery UK twice a year, included in their affiliation. It also organises its own national tournaments such as the National Tour and is responsible for training coaches and judges, as well as ensuring affiliated clubs are covered by their public liability insurance policy. These costs are partly covered by affiliation fees, which all club members pay, both to county and regional associations and Archery GB itself. == History ==

The first Grand National Archery Meeting was held on the Knavesmire at York in 1843 but the Grand National Archery Society (later Archery GB) itself was not founded until 1861, when it met at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool. It confined its early activities to organising the Annual National Championships, being at that time just one of many archery Societies; and it did not become the governing body for the UK until much later. Three older and historically important societies – all of which survive today – were the Royal Toxophilites (founded in 1781), the Woodmen of Arden (founded in 1785), and the Royal Company of Archers (founded in 1676). They are independent of the GNAS, although some members may belong to both. With archery now firmly established in the Olympics, GNAS/Archery GB has seen many international successes and British archers have won a total of 4 medals since the restoration of the sport in the 1972 Olympic Games. == National events ==

Archery GB hold a series of National Championships, Events and also a National Tour where archers compete over a series of events around the UK and gain points to qualify for a grand finals. EventSeries The National Tour The Grand National Archery Meeting The British Target Championships Archery GB Youth Festival Junior National Outdoors National County Team Championships UK Masters Junior Masters 50+ Masters National Indoors Junior Indoors Back2Back == Rebranding as Archery GB ==

At the Annual General Meeting held at Lilleshall on 19 April 2008, an official announcement was made confirming that "Archery GB" would become the trading name of the GNAS. An item in the Summer 2008 edition of Archery UK, the official GNAS magazine, states: ==References==