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 the Grand National Archery Society (Archery GB).
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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YAA events
| YAA Annual General Meeting | 10 March 2018 | |
| YAA Indoor Championships | 11 March 2018 | 2018 results |
| YAA Clout Weekend | 14 & 15 April 2018 | 2018 metric results 2018 Imperial results |
| Lez Newsome Memorial Metric Day (Single WA1440 Star and Metrics) |
2 June 2018 | 2018 results |
| YAA Senior & Junior Championships | 3 June 2018 | 2018 results 2018 photos |
| YAA WA1440 | 30 June 2018 | WA1440 2018 results |
| Double WA720/WA50 | 1 July 2018 | Double WA720 2018 results |
| YAA Longbow Championships | 4 August 2018 | 2018 results |
| 5 Counties Juniors Match | 6 October 2018 | 2018 teams 2017 individual results 2017 team results 2017 report 2017 photos |
| 5 Counties Seniors Match | 7 October 2018 | 2018 teams 2017 individual results 2017 team results 2017 report 2017 photos |
| YAA Field Championships | 28 October 2018 | 2018 details 2017 results |
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Latest news
11 October 2018: YAA juniors are invited to take part in the YAA Juniors Indoor Postal League 2018-19:
YAA Juniors Indoor Postal League 2018-19
Barnsley Archery Club have published the results of their end of season weekend:
Barnsley AC Albion, Windsors and Longbow 2018 results
Barnsley AC WRS Double WA720 2018 results
The results of the Wharfedale Longbow Shoot have been inscribed on the new-fangled Inter Net device:
Bowmen of Wharfedale Longbow Shoot 2018 results
White Rose Archers have issued the results of their Autumn Shoot:
White Rose Archers 24th Annual Autumn Shoot results
3 October 2018: The county records have been updated with 72 new achievements:
New YAA records
The dates of several student shoots for 2018 and 2019 have been announced:
Student archery schedule 2018-2019
1 October 2018: Erin Prior will be running a sports psychology workshop, Enhancing Confidence, in November:
Erin Prior psychology workshop on enhancing confidence
Arrowhawks Archery Academy have provided details of their training and coaching sessions for the winter and spring:
Arrowhawks winter and spring sessions - details
York Archers Society have issued the entry forms for their indoor shoots:
York AS Double Portsmouth (11 November 2018)
York AS Worcester (30 December 2018)
York AS Yorkshire Combined Tournament (24 February 2019)
19 September 2018: The YAA has introduced a simplified process for affiliating and reaffiliating members:
YAA and NCAS affiliation process 2018-2019
14 September 2018: Megan Tinker has excelled at the World Field Archery Championships in Italy:
Megan excels at World Field Championships
Izzy and Adam Carpenter have reached the National Tour Finals:
Izzy and Adam in National Tour Finals
Pennine Archers invite you to their Hallowe'en Zombie shoot on Friday the 26th of October:
Pennine Archers Hallowe'en Zombie Shoot 2018
6 September 2018: The teams for the Five Counties matches 2018 have been announced:
Teams for the Five Counties 2018
A 35 lb English longbow has been added to the Small ads page:
Hand-made English longbow
The results of the NCAS Clout Weekend have been published:
NCAS Inter County and Individual Clout Championships 2018 results
The Bowmen of Adel have published the results of their End of Season Westerns:
Bowmen of Adel End of Season Westerns 2018 results
2 September 2018: Chris Jones of Merlin Archery has died:
Chris Jones
30 August 2018: Blackridge Archery will be running a Level 1 Coach training course in the new year:
Blackridge Level 1 coaching course
Blackridge Archery will be hosting a compound day with Martin Holtby on the 22nd of September:
Compound Day with Martin Holtby at Blackridge Archery
York Archers Society have issued the results of their WA Weekend shoots:
York Archers Society WA Weekend 2018 results
Chantry Bowmen will hold the D&DAA Indoor Championships on the 25th of November:
Chantry D&DAA Indoor Championships
23 August 2018: NFP Archery will be hosting the popular YAA Junior sessions again during the indoor season:
Junior indoor training sessons during winter 2018-19
Information about NFP Archery has been added to the Retailers page:
Archery retailers
Pennine Archers invite Yorkshire Ladies to their tea and cake fun shoots:
Yorkshire Ladies Tea and Cake Shoots
The Wakefield Archers are now only missing one of their Albion trophies:
Wakefield Albion trophies - one missing
16 August 2018: The latest YAA newsletter is now available:
Autumn 2018 YAA Newsletter
15 August 2018: Chantry Bowmen's Audrey Lawrence Double Worcester shoot now has UK record status:
Chantry Bowmen Audrey Lawrence Memorial Double Worcester
Adwalton Moor Archers will be starting a beginners course on the 26th of October:
Beginning: course at Adwalton Moor
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