Scheduled events in Yorkshire
YAA County Calendar
Please see the Notes about the YAA County Calendar
Entry for most YAA shoots will henceforth be online only, through Squarespace. The page for the entry and camping booking forms is:
YAA and NCAS shoots store on Squarespace
For more shoots local to Yorkshire archers, see the websites of our fellow NCAS counties:
Cheshire Archery Association
Cumbria County Archery Association
Durham and Northumberland Archery Association
Isle of Man Archery Association
Lancashire Archery Association
JANUARY |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2024 | |
Panda | Colin Bowes New Year's Day clout Open to members of local clubs |
New Year's day | 1st | ||
Wakefield | Indoor | UKRS | Usually second Sunday - first for 2024 | 7th | |
York Archers Society | Double Worcester![]() |
7th | |||
South Leeds Archers | Indoor Ring Series part 3 - The Hobbit![]() ![]() ![]() |
21st | |||
FEBRUARY |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2024 | |
South Leeds Archers | Indoor barebow WA18 & H2H![]() ![]() |
11th | |||
York Archers | Yorkshire Combined![]() |
Usually last Sunday in February - different for 2024 | 17th | ||
MARCH |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2024 | |
South Leeds Archers | Indoor Ring Series part 4 - The Return of the Kings![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3rd | |||
Pennine Archers | Combined Brays | 3rd | |||
YAA | AGM | Saturday before the indoor championships | 9th | ||
Archers of Bridlington & Burton Agnes | ABBA Dabba Do Longbow Western![]() ![]() ![]() |
9th | |||
BUCS | British Universities Indoor Championships Finals Newport |
UKRS | 9th & 10th | ||
NCAS | AGM (Boston Spa) | 16th | |||
White Rose | Crazy National (longbows) | ||||
YAA | Indoor championships![]() ![]() ![]() |
Usually second Sunday in March - different for 2024 | 23rd | ||
Chantry | Audrey Lawrence Memorial Double Worcester Rescheduled from December 2023 ![]() ![]() |
UKRS | 30th | ||
Dearne Valley | Easter Combined WA 24 field incorporating the Joyce Kiddy Memorial Shoot and on Sunday the YAA Field Championships |
UKRS | Easter Saturday and Sunday | 30th & 31st | |
British Summer Time 2024 starts | 31st | ||||
APRIL |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2024 | |
Abbeydale | Grand National Pie & Peas![]() ![]() |
First Saturday in April | 6th | ||
BBS | British Blind Sport Archery Section Championship Lilleshall, closed shoot |
UKRS | 6th | ||
De Notton Bowers | Longbow Western![]() |
14th | |||
NEUAL | NEUAL Indoor Championships Durham |
14th | |||
Archery GB | AGB Annual General Meeting | 20th | |||
YAA | Clout Championships![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
UKRS Tassel Metric tassel |
Third Sunday in April and preceding Saturday | 20th & 21st | |
Phoenix Bowmen | Novice Windsor![]() ![]() |
27th | |||
Archery GB | Junior Archery Series Stage 1 Newport |
WRS WA720 H2H |
27th | ||
Thirsk | WA Weekend![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
WRS 70m 50m H2H |
Fourth Saturday and following Sunday | 27th & 28th | |
Archery GB | Archery GB National Tour Stage 1 Bucks or Bounty, Newport |
WRS WA720 H2H |
28th | ||
Adel | The St George Longbow Tournament CANCELLED ![]() |
Usually Sunday nearest St George's Day - different for 2024 | |||
MAY |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2024 | |
Bronte | Spring Weekend![]() ![]() |
UKRS Rose |
Saturday and Sunday of May Bank Holiday | 4th & 5th | |
Archery GB | Archery GB National Tour Stage 2 | WRS WA720 H2H |
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Panda | Pandamonium Longbow Tournament | 11th | |||
Chantry | Longbow Western![]() ![]() |
Second Saturday | 11th | ||
NEUAL | NEUAL Outdoor Championships York |
11th & 12th | |||
The Society of Archers | Gents Antient Scorton Silver Arrow | Captain's decision | 18th | ||
AGB | Junior Archery Series stage 2 Woking |
18th | |||
AGB | UK 3D Field Championships Cheltenham |
18th & 19th | |||
Selby | Open Westerns![]() ![]() ![]() |
UKRS | Third Sunday | 19th | |
Archers of East Riding | AGB clout![]() ![]() ![]() |
UKRS Tassel |
25th | ||
WA clout![]() ![]() ![]() |
UKRS Metric tassel |
26th | |||
Archery GB | British Field Championships Overton |
Arrowhead WRS TS/SS |
25th & 26th | ||
Archery GB | British Junior Field Championships | Arrowhead | |||
Archery GB | Grand National Archery Meeting Lilleshall |
UKRS Rose |
Wed/Thu/Fri around fourth Thursday | 31st May to 2nd June | |
JUNE |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2024 | |
NCAS/YAA | Lez Newsome Memorial Metric Day Single WA1440 Star and Metrics ![]() ![]() ![]() |
WRS WA Star |
Saturday before first Sunday in June | 1st | |
AGB | Junior Archery Series stage 3 Ayr |
1st | |||
YAA | YAA Annual County Championships![]() ![]() ![]() |
UKRS Rose |
First Sunday in June | 2nd | |
Burton Constable | Medieval Longbow Shoot | 2nd | |||
Chantry | The Chantry Sword Longbow Tournament![]() ![]() ![]() |
Usually first Saturday in July - different for 2024 | 8th | ||
BUCS | British Universities & Colleges Sport Outdoor Championships Newport |
WRS WA Star |
8th & 9th | ||
South Leeds Archers | Summer Long Metric![]() ![]() |
9th | |||
AGB | Junior Archery Series stage 4 York |
15th | |||
De Notton Bowers | Hereford Longbow competition![]() ![]() ![]() |
16th | |||
Wheelpower and BWAA | Invitational Archery Event Invitation only |
WRS WA Star |
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Wharfe Valley | Midsummer Field Shoot incorporating the YAA Field Championships |
UKRS Arrowhead |
22nd & 23rd | ||
St George's | Bill Spencer Open Westerns![]() |
UKRS 70m 50m H2H |
Third Sunday | 23rd | |
York Archers | Spring clout Postponed from April ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Tassel | 29th | ||
Archery GB | UK Masters | WRS WA Star 70m 50m H2H |
First complete weekend in June | 29th & 30th | |
St George's | Ted Mallett Memorial Clout | UKRS Tassel |
30th | ||
JULY |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2024 | |
YAA | WA1440 and Metrics![]() ![]() ![]() |
WRS WA Star |
Saturday before first Sunday in July | 6th | |
Burton Constable | Open Longbow & Recurve Albion | First Saturday | 6th | ||
Archery GB | Junior Outdoor WA & Metric Newport |
WRS WA Star |
Saturday of first complete weekend in July | 6th | |
YAA | Double WA720/WA50![]() ![]() ![]() |
WRS | First Sunday in July | 7th | |
Archery GB | Junior National Outdoor Championships | UKRS Rose |
Sunday of first complete weekend in July | 7th | |
Burton Constable | Junior Competition and Fun Shoot | 7th | |||
Archery England | English Longbow Championships Sherwood Archers |
UKRS Rose |
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Archery GB | Archery GB National Tour Stage 3 Woking |
WRS WA720 H2H |
13th & 14th | ||
Bronte | NCAS Double WA1440 Star![]() ![]() |
WRS WA Star |
Second Sunday and preceding Saturday | 13th & 14th | |
De Notton Bowers | Longbow Albion![]() ![]() |
14th | |||
Archery GB | Archery GB National Tour Stage 4 Barnsley |
WRS WA720 H2H |
20th & 21st | ||
Wakefield | Open Albion/Windsors![]() |
Third Sunday | 21st | ||
Archery GB | Archery GB National Tour Stage 5 | WRS WA720 H2H |
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NCAS | Grand Northern Archery Meeting Double York/Hereford/Bristol |
UKRS Rose |
Last Sunday and preceding Saturday | 27th & 28th | |
Archery GB Newport | Youth Festival | WRS | 27th to 31st | ||
AUGUST |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2024 | |
Archery England | English Target Championships | WRS | |||
Archery GB | UK WA 50+ Championships Evesham |
WRS | 3rd | ||
Burton Constable | East Riding Competition![]() ![]() |
First Sunday | 4th | ||
YAA | Longbow Championships | Second Saturday | |||
Bronte/Pennine | West Yorkshire 720 and Head-to-Head![]() |
WRS | 10th | ||
Archery GB | British Target Championships Incorporating the Home Nations Lilleshall |
UKRS Rose WRS WA Star |
10th & 11th | ||
Archery GB | Archery GB National Tour Stage 6 | WRS WA720 H2H |
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Chantry | American![]() |
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Archery England | Senior Euronations and Commonwealth Archery Championships |
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Bronte | Yorkshire Inter Club![]() ![]() ![]() |
11th | |||
Archers of East Riding | WA 720 and head-to-head | UKRS | |||
Thirsk | The Jason Price Memorial Longbow Tournament![]() |
17th | |||
AGB | Junior Archery Series stage 5 Wallingford |
17th | |||
South Leeds Archers | Summer Westerns![]() ![]() |
18th | |||
Chantry Bowmen | Double WA900 | UKRS | 18th | ||
York Archers | WA weekend![]() ![]() |
WRS WA1440 |
24th & 25th | ||
Archery GB/NCAS | National Flight Championships Elvington Airfield, York ![]() |
WRS | 25th | ||
Archery England | English Clout Archery Championships | ||||
Archery GB/NCAS | Northern Counties Flight Championships Elvington Airfield, York |
WRS | 26th | ||
NCAS | Clout Weekend and Team Championships![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
UKRS Tassel |
First weekend | 31st August & 1st September | |
SEPTEMBER |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2024 | |
Adel | Open Long Western![]() ![]() ![]() |
First Sunday | 1st | ||
Archery GB | Archery GB National Tour Finals | WRS WA720 H2H |
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Bowmen of Wharfedale | Wharfedale Longbow![]() ![]() ![]() |
Second Sunday | 8th | ||
CSSC | Civil Service Championships | ||||
Archery GB | AGB VI National Outdoor Championships | UKRS | |||
National | Para-Archery Stoke Mandeville Open | ||||
The Ascham Society | Ladies Ascham Silver Arrow![]() ![]() |
Second Saturday | 14th | ||
Archery GB | UK Junior Masters | WRS | |||
Archery GB | Disability Championships Lilleshall |
WRS | 14th & 15th | ||
Chantry | Crecy shoot | ||||
Abbeydale | Western "Potato" Shoot![]() |
15th | |||
Archery GB | National County Team Tournament | WRS 70m 50m H2H |
28th & 29th | ||
OCTOBER |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2024 | |
White Rose | Autumn Open Longbow competition![]() ![]() ![]() |
First Saturday | 5th | ||
NCAS | Five Counties Juniors Penrith ![]() ![]() |
UKRS Rose Invitation |
Saturday before first Sunday in October | 5th | |
NCAS | Five Counties Seniors Penrith ![]() ![]() |
UKRS Rose Invitation |
First Sunday | 6th | |
Chantry | Great Western![]() ![]() |
Second Saturday | 12th | ||
York Archers | October Clout![]() ![]() |
Tassel | Second Saturday | 12th | |
Phoenix Bowmen | Floodlit Pie & Peas National![]() ![]() |
12th | |||
De Notton Bowers | Mixed Western for longbows ![]() |
13th | |||
Archery GB | National Clout Championships![]() ![]() ![]() |
Tassel | Third Saturday | 19th | |
NCAS | Tassel Award Scheme National Championships![]() ![]() ![]() |
UKRS Tassel |
Sunday following National Clout | 20th | |
British Summer Time 2024 ends | 27th | ||||
NOVEMBER |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2024 | |
Bridlington & Burton Agnes | Indoor![]() ![]() |
First Sunday | 3rd | ||
NCAS | Northern Counties Coaching Conference | ||||
South Leeds Archers | Indoor Ring Series part 1 - The Fellowship of the 10 Rings![]() ![]() |
10th | |||
Dearne Valley | Remembrance Day field shoot | Sunday on or close to Remembrance Day | |||
BLBS @ Chantry | Double 2-way Worcester longbow | Third Saturday | 16th | ||
York Archers | Double Portsmouth![]() |
16th | |||
NCAS | Indoor championships Penrith |
UKRS | Third Sunday | 17th | |
Chantry | D&DAA Championships![]() |
Last Sunday | 24th | ||
DECEMBER |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2024 | |
Chantry | Audrey Lawrence Memorial Double Worcester The 2023 shoot has been rescheduled to the 30th of March 2024 ![]() |
UKRS | First Sunday | 1st | |
Archery GB | Junior National Indoor Championships | UKRS | Saturday of first complete weekend | 7th | |
Archery GB | The Back to Back | 7th | |||
Archery GB | Senior National Indoor Championships | WRS | Sunday of first complete weekend | 8th | |
South Leeds Archers | Indoor Ring Series part 2 - The Two Target Faces![]() ![]() ![]() |
8th | |||
YAA/Adel | Yorkshire Ironman![]() ![]() |
Brass monkeys | Late December |
Notes about the YAA County Calendar
Please treat this calendar as a guide only and check with the club secretary or tournament organiser to confirm that the event is still being held on the date stated, as it has not been possible in all cases to confirm events and dates prior to publication.
If, as a Club Secretary or Tournament Organiser, you wish to make any changes to the date or formula of your shoot, please inform either the County Secretary or the Webmaster. Changes will then be notified to clubs and archers via the website and newsletter.
If you wish to specify the regular date formula of your shoot, please inform the County Secretary and copy in the Webmaster.
Direct members: Archery GB direct members are only eligible for Yorkshire awards at county championships if they are also affiliated to the YAA and the NCAS. Archery GB direct members who are not affiliated to the YAA and the NCAS are only eligible for open awards at county championships. To affiliate to the YAA and the NCAS, please contact the County Treasurer.
AGB direct members and YAA/NCAS membership
If you have special needs, please make the tournament organiser aware of them. The YAA has adopted certain policies regarding archers with special needs at YAA shoots:
Special requirements at YAA shoots
These dates have been put forward based on the formula shown alongside the shoot and/or on the date of the shoot in the previous year. If the date or formula for your shoot is incorrect, or has changed, please inform the County Secretary or the Webmaster.