Archery in Yorkshire
The purpose of the Yorkshire Archery Association is to promote and support the sport of archery in Yorkshire.
The YAA is the county affiliation body for clubs in Yorkshire.
The YAA represents Yorkshire's archers at the regional and national levels.
The YAA is affiliated to the Northern Counties Archery Society and Archery GB (the Grand National Archery Society).
The YAA has the largest number of affiliated clubs of any English county organisation.
The YAA organises several tournaments each year including the indoor and outdoor county championships.
The YAA selects and manages the Yorkshire county teams.
The YAA maintains records of the highest scores achieved in the various disciplines of archery practised in the county.
The YAA presents awards in recognition of service to archers and clubs in Yorkshire.
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Welcome to the website of the Yorkshire Archery Association.
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Affiliations 2021-2022
YAA and NCAS affiliation fees and process 2021-2022
YAA and NCAS affiliation status of clubs 2021-2022
Arrowhawks
Arrowhawks Archery Academy has been launched to provide national talent development and academy programmes to Yorkshire
Danage timing equipment
The YAA's new Danage timing system is available for use by YAA clubs:
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YAA events
| YAA Annual General Meeting | 6 March 2021 | |
| YAA Indoor Championships | Cancelled for 2021 | |
| Lez Newsome Memorial Metric Day (Single WA1440 Star and Metrics) |
3 July 2021 |  2021 results |
| YAA Senior & Junior Championships | 4 July 2021 | 2021 results |
| YAA WA1440 | Cancelled for 2021 | |
| Double WA720/WA50 | Cancelled for 2021 | |
| Grand Northern Archery Meeting | 24 & 25 July 2021 | 2021 results |
| YAA Longbow Championships | 7 August 2021 | 2021 results |
| YAA Clout Championships | 26 September 2021 | 2021 results |
| 5 Counties Juniors Match | 2 October 2021 | 2021 results |
| 5 Counties Seniors Match | 3 October 2021 | 2021 results |
| YAA Field Championships | Cancelled for 2021 |
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Latest news
21 October 2021: The Yorkshire Junior Postal League is back for winter 2021-22:
Yorkshire Junior Indoor Postal League 2021-2022
17 October 2021: Dearne Valley AC regret to announce the cancellation of next weekend's field shoot, and therefore the cancellation of the YAA Field Championships:
Dearne Valley field weekend cancelled
10 October 2021: York Archers Society have released the results of yesterday's October Clout:
York Archers Society October Clout 2021 results
9 October 2021: The results of the NCAS Inter Counties senior and junior tournaments have been published:
NCAS Inter Counties Junior Tournament 2021 results
NCAS Inter Counties Senior Tournament 2021 results
5 October 2021: The Selby Winter Leagues will be running again this season:
Selby Winter League 2021-22
Pennine Archers will hold their Hallowe'en Zombie shoot on the 30th of October:
Pennine Archers Hallowe'en Zombie Shoot 2021
White Rose Archers have published the results of their Crazy Autumn Longbow shoot:
White Rose Archers Crazy Autumn Longbow Shoot 2021 results
Whitby Archers have a new website:
Whitby Company of Archers
29 September 2021: The results of the YAA Clout Chamionships have been issued:
Yorkshire Archery Association Senior & Junior Clout Championships 2021 results
25 September 2021: Arrowhawks Archery Academy has announced the indoor training dates from October 2021 to March 2022:
Arrowhawks dates for winter 2021-22
Chantry Bowmen's indoor range is open to members of other clubs on Friday evenings:
Chantry indoor range open to members of other clubs
Chantry Bowmen will hold the Audrey Lawrence Memorial Tournament on the 5th of December:
Audrey Lawrence Memorial Tournament 2021
22 September 2021: The D&DAA Indoor Championships 2021 will be hosted by Chantry Bowmen on the 28th of November:
Chantry D&DAA Indoor Championships 2021
20 September 2021: The Northern Counties Regional Indoor Championships 2021 will be hosted by Chantry Bowmen on the 21st of November:
Northern Counties Regional Indoor Championships 2021
18 September 2021: The YAA will publish and update the affiliation status of YAA clubs for 2021-2022:
YAA and NCAS affiliation status of clubs 2021-2022
16 September 2021: Chris Raistrick of Harvester Archers has passed away:
Chris Raistrick
8 September 2021: Archery GB is recommencing the National Talent Development Programme - the Northern area will be hosted by Arrowhawks Archery Academy at Haxby, York:
National Talent Development Programme, Northern Area
The results of the YAA Longbow Chamionships have been issued:
Yorkshire Archery Association 34th Longbow Championships and Open Meeting 2021 results
The results of the Bowmen of Adel End of Season Westerns have been issued:
Bowmen of Adel End of Season Westerns 2021 results
The results of the NCAS Clout Weekend have been issued:
NCAS Inter County and Individual Clout Championships 2021 results
5 September 2021: The YAA teams for the NCAS Inter Counties shoots have been announced:
Inter-Counties shoots 2021 teams
19 August 2021: Affiliations are due soon. Our advice on the fees and process has been updated for 2021-2022:
YAA and NCAS affiliation fees and process 2021-2022
Yorkshire was well represented at Stage 5 of the AGB National Tour:
National Tour Stage 5 Barnsley - YAA well represented
Bronte Archers have published the results of the Yorkshire Inter Club 2021 Tournament:
Bronte Yorkshire Inter Club 2021 results
16 August 2021: Stage 5 of the AGB National Tour was held in Barnsley at the weekend - Kath Fitzpatrick has provided a gallery of photos:
AGB National Tour stage 5
Chantry Bowmen have released the results of their American shoot:
Chantry Bowmen American 2021 results
5 August 2021: The YAA has eight target stands, suitable for straw bosses, available free of charge to any YAA clubs:
YAA target stands available to clubs
3 August 2021: Trinity Archery Coaching have announced their winter 2021-22 coaching schedule:
Winter coaching and training 2021-22 with Trinity