BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ARCHERY ASSOCIATION

Several BAA members took part in the 2 nd  county coaching session offered last weekend at the Lacey Green Village Hall. Bringing together seasoned and new coaches alike from across Buckinghamshire, it offered a great way for archers to get some one-on-one coaching. Covering a variety of topics as requested from the archers -- ranging from setting up your first sight to analysing bareshafts for equipment tuning -- there really was something for everyone to learn. We hope all

A friendly indoor match is being organised with Middlesex, to take place on Sunday 22 nd  March, 2pm at Chiltern Archery.   The round is expected to be a Portsmouth.   Provisional team as follows- Recurve:  4 Barebow:  2 Compound: 2 Longbow: 2   If you would like to join the county squad for the opportunity to try out for this event, please submit your recent Bowman 3 rd class and over competition scores here-  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnckOClVcXPDqBeVQJW3k

Bucks is hosting the SCAS Clout Championships and entry is now open!   Date: Sunday 7 th  June 2026 Venue: The Misbourne Round: Double One-Way Imperial Clout   Full details and entry here- https://www.bucksarcheryassociation.org.uk/_files/ugd/09340a_8767296986964145959f3a2c942a1cb9.pdf   If you haven’t shot clout before, BAA will be organising a series of introduction & practise sessions around the county in the run up to the event so keep an eye out for updates and join us t

Entry to the Bucks County Clout 2026 is now open! Date: Sunday 21 st June 2026 Venue: The Misbourne Round: Double One-Way Imperial Clout Full details and entry here- https://www.bucksarcheryassociation.org.uk/_files/ugd/09340a_a5b6defc63d34dca9beede8a5ed3a9f6.pdf If you haven’t shot clout before, BAA will be organising a series of introduction & practise sessions around the county in the run up to the event so keep an eye out for updates and join us to give it a go! BAA will

The 2026 SCAS Senior & Junior Inter-Counties tournament will be held on 2nd August 2026 at Andover Rugby Football Club, Foxcotte Park, Andover. SP11 0TA. Round: For adults- WA70m for recurve and longbow. WA50m for barebow and compound. For juniors - appropriate junior rounds. Teams: Senior and Junior. 1 Man, 1 Woman per bowstyle. Entry via CMO. Please submit your outdoor Bowman 3 rd class and above competition scores to county as usual. Email cmo@bucksarcheryassociation.org

Check out the latest newsletter below! If you have any news you’d like to share in the next newsletter (due mid April) please email secretary@bucksarcheryassociation.org.uk .

The next county coaching session is on Saturday 7th February. This session will be focused primarily on equipment setup + anything else that attendees want to cover. The cost is £20. Time: 09:30-12:30 Venue: Lacey Green Village Hall, Main Road, Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire, HP27 0QT Please bring refreshments with you. Application form attached. Please complete and return to Julie asap to secure your place.:  cco@bucksarcheryassociation.org.uk   £20 for 3 hours of coaching is

Happy New Year. It 's great to see more people getting involved especially novice archers. Keep the scores coming in. December's rankings and results can be found under the "Winter Postal" tab on our website.

The Southern Counties Archery Meeting – “The Southern” – is the Championship Meeting for the Southern Counties Archery Society (SCAS). The meeting has been  held almost continuously since 1892 , when the Championship of the South was initiated. Today, this meeting incorporates a two-day Championship meeting, a traditional Longbow day, and a Handicap event, in which archers compete with scores adjusted for their current “handicap” (a measure of achieved performance).   All BAA

Over 100 archers have now submitted scores for this activity. It's also good to see a number of novice archers getting involved. Most impressive is that there are now twelve recurve teams. The results can be found on the home page of our website under the "Winter Postal" tab. Enjoy Christmas, but keep shooting.

Buckinghamshire Archery Association will be running a winter coaching programme as follows: 10th January – session dedicated for archers who achieved Bowman 3 Classification in 2025 and are looking to shoot for the county and at open competitions 7th February – session focused primarily on basic equipment setup, so ideal for newer archers who wish to learn how do this for themselves or those who need a refresher 21st March – totally open session, will cover whatever indivi

Bucks team on the day - Nick Hunter, Paul Kelly, John Murphy, Abhay Sood Bucks entered a recurve team for the SCAS Regional Indoor Championship 2025. Many thanks to Nick for the following report- I joined Silver Arrow Archers as a full member in October this year which meant that I am now also a Buckinghamshire Archer.   I submitted scores for all the shoots I have taken part in and was really happy to be selected for the County Team to shoot at the Southern Counties Archery

The SCAS Regional Indoor Championships is on Sunday 23 rd  November. The shoot includes a county team competition and I’m pleased to confirm that BAA has entered a Recurve team. Previous BAA representative Paul Kelly will be joined by Abhay Sood, John Murphy and Nick Hunter who are making their county debuts at this event. Congratulations and good luck! Unfortunately, BAA was unable to raise enough archers to field a Barebow, Compound or Longbow team at this event. If you wou

First of all apologies to NPA for omitting their recurve B team; I have now adjusted the table accordingly. Also in response to other feedback, I have revised the individual rankings by separating out the junior and novice archers into separate tables. The revised results can be found under the "Winter Postal" tab on the website. Thanks for your prompt responses .

Just under 80 archers have submitted scores for this months rankings that can be found under the "Winter Postal" tab on our website. For the individual competitions an archers FOUR BEST results will be used to determine the final rankings and so you haven't missed the opportunity to compete. And if you are new to archery, there is a NOVICES section for those that have completed a beginner's course in May 2025 or later. PS. Neither the SCAS or the independent Inter-Counties po

The Archer of the Year award is presented to an archer in respect of their service to the county, or their club, or in recognition of their own personal progress or achievement. Congratulations go to Terence Williams, who received the most votes from those present at our AGM on Saturday 1st November. In addition, our County Champions received their medals, or bars; while members of the County Team received their badges and certificates.   Receiving their awards from new BAA P

To enable clubs to plan for next summer, here are the rounds: Month            Round                          Adult (Junior/Novice) May -              National (National 40) June -              WA60m   (Metric 122-40) July -               St Nicholas (This round is for ALL archers) Aug -                Short metric (Short metric III) Sept -              Warwick (Warwick 40)                                                               

These were given to club reps at this morning's AGM. Congratulations to the medal winners and many thanks to all of you that submitted scores.

The Buckinghamshire Archery Association Archer of the Year award is presented to a member in respect of their service to the county, or their club, or in recognition of their own personal progress or achievement. The winner will be chosen by vote at the AGM this Saturday 1 st November 10am at Buckland Village Hall, HP22 5JB. Congratulations to the following archers, who have been nominated for the award- Lesley Herriott - Silver Arrow Archers I would like to nominate Lesley

To all competing archers!   With the first competitions of the indoor season starting shortly I wanted to remind you of how to submit your scores for the County Team.   ALL  BAA archers are eligible to shoot for county so please get out there, shoot at tournaments and submit your qualifying scores for team selection as below.   Archers should- enter competitions as usual. submit their Indoor Bowman 3rd class and over competition scores via the form below. Note that there is n