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:
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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 | 2023 | 2024 |
Panda | Colin Bowes New Year's Day clout Open to members of local clubs |
New Year's day | 1st | 1st | |
Wakefield | Indoor![]() |
UKRS | Usually second Sunday - first for 2024 | 7th | |
York Archers Society | Double Worcester![]() |
8th | 7th | ||
South Leeds Archers | Indoor Ring Series part 3 - The Hobbit![]() ![]() ![]() |
22nd | 21st | ||
FEBRUARY |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2023 | 2024 |
South Leeds Archers | Indoor barebow WA18 & H2H![]() ![]() |
4th | 11th | ||
Savile | Indoor | UKRS | First Sunday | ||
York Archers | Yorkshire Combined![]() |
Usually last Sunday in February - different for 2023 and 2024 | 18th | 17th | |
MARCH |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2023 | 2024 |
South Leeds Archers | Indoor Ring Series part 4 - The Return of the Kings![]() ![]() ![]() |
5th | 3rd | ||
Archers of Bridlington & Burton Agnes | ABBA Dabba Do Longbow Western![]() ![]() |
11th | 9th | ||
BUCS | British Universities Indoor Championships Finals | UKRS | 18th | ||
NCAS | AGM (Wetherby) | 18th | 16th | ||
White Rose | Crazy National (longbows) | ||||
YAA | Indoor championships![]() ![]() ![]() |
Usually second Sunday in March - different for 2023 and 2024 | 25th | 23rd | |
British Summer Time 2023 starts | 26th | 31st | |||
APRIL |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2023 | 2024 |
YAA | AGM | Usually Saturday before the indoor championships - different for 2023 | 1st | 9th March | |
Abbeydale | Grand National Pie & Peas![]() ![]() |
First Saturday in April | 1st | 6th | |
Archery GB | European Grand Prix and European Games Qualifying Tournament Lilleshall |
3rd to 8th | |||
York Archers | Spring clout![]() ![]() |
Tassel | 8th | 6th | |
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 | 8th & 9th | 30th & 31st March |
St George's | Ted Mallett Memorial Clout | Tassel | 9th | 7th | |
BBS | British Blind Sport Archery Section Championship Lilleshall, closed shoot |
UKRS | |||
De Notton Bowers | Longbow Western![]() |
14th | |||
YAA | Clout Championships![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
UKRS Tassel Metric tassel |
Third Sunday in April and preceding Saturday | 15th & 16th | 20th & 21st |
Archery GB | Grand National Archery Society Annual General Meeting | 22nd | 20th | ||
Thirsk | WA Weekend![]() ![]() |
WRS 70m 50m H2H |
Fourth Saturday and following Sunday | 22nd & 23rd | 27th & 28th |
Adel | The St George Longbow Tournament![]() |
Sunday nearest St George's Day | 23rd | 21st | |
Phoenix | Novice Windsor![]() |
27th | |||
Archery GB | Archery GB National Tour Stage 1 Bucks or Bounty at Lilleshall |
WRS WA720 H2H |
29th & 30th | ||
Bronte | Spring Weekend![]() |
UKRS Rose |
Sunday and Monday of May Bank Holiday | 30th April & 1st May | 5th & 6th May |
MAY |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2023 | 2024 |
Archery GB and Barnsley AC | Archery GB National Tour Stage 2 Barnsley AC |
WRS WA720 H2H |
6th & 7th | ||
Chantry | Longbow Western![]() ![]() |
Second Saturday | 13th | 11th | |
AGB | Junior Archery Series, Northern Stage | 20th | |||
Selby | Open Westerns![]() ![]() |
UKRS | Third Sunday | 21st | 19th |
The Society of Archers | Gents Antient Scorton Silver Arrow | Captain's decision | |||
Archers of East Riding | AGB clout![]() ![]() |
UKRS Tassel |
27th | 25th | |
WA clout![]() ![]() |
UKRS Metric tassel |
28th | 26th | ||
Archery GB | British Field Championships Sandy, Bedfordshire |
Arrowhead WRS TS/SS |
27th & 28th | ||
Archery GB | British Junior Field Championships Sandy, Bedfordshire |
Arrowhead | 27th & 28th | ||
JUNE |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2023 | 2024 |
NCAS/YAA | Lez Newsome Memorial Metric Day Single WA1440 Star and Metrics ![]() ![]() ![]() |
WRS WA Star |
Saturday before first Sunday in June | 3rd | 1st |
Archery GB | Grand National Archery Meeting Newport |
UKRS Rose |
Wed/Thu/Fri around fourth Thursday | 3rd & 4th | |
YAA | YAA Annual County Championships![]() ![]() |
UKRS Rose |
First Sunday in June | 4th | 2nd |
Burton Constable | Medieval Longbow Shoot | 4th | 2nd | ||
South Leeds Archers | Summer Long Metric![]() |
11th | 9th | ||
Wheelpower and BWAA | Invitational Archery Event Invitation only |
WRS WA Star |
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BUCS | British Universities & Colleges Sport Outdoor Championships | WRS WA Star |
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AGB | Junior Archery Series, Southern Stage | 17th | |||
Wharfe Valley | Midsummer Field Shoot | UKRS Arrowhead |
17th & 18th | 15th & 16th | |
De Notton Bowers | Hereford Longbow competition![]() ![]() |
18th | 16th | ||
St George's | Bill Spencer Open Westerns | UKRS 70m 50m H2H |
Third Sunday | ||
Archery GB | UK Masters | WRS WA Star 70m 50m H2H |
First complete weekend in June | 24th & 25th | |
Archery GB | Archery GB National Tour Stage 3 Lilleshall Compound day |
WRS WA720 H2H |
24th | ||
Archery GB National Tour Stage 3 Lilleshall Recurve day |
WRS WA720 H2H |
25th | |||
JULY |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2023 | 2024 |
Chantry | The Chantry Sword Longbow Tournament![]() ![]() |
First Saturday | 1st | 6th | |
Archery GB | Junior Outdoor WA & Metric | WRS WA Star |
Saturday of first complete weekend in July | 1st | 6th |
YAA | WA1440 and Metrics![]() ![]() |
WRS WA Star |
Saturday before first Sunday in July | 1st | 6th |
YAA | Double WA720/WA50![]() ![]() |
WRS | First Sunday in July | 2nd | 7th |
Archery GB | Junior National Outdoor Championships | UKRS Rose |
Sunday of first complete weekend in July | 2nd | 7th |
Burton Constable | Junior Competition and Fun Shoot | 2nd | 7th | ||
Archery England | English Longbow Championships Sherwood Archers |
UKRS Rose |
8th | ||
Bronte | NCAS Double WA1440 Star CANCELLED ![]() |
WRS WA Star |
Second Sunday and preceding Saturday | 13th & 14th | |
De Notton Bowers | Longbow Albion![]() |
14th | |||
Archery GB | Archery GB National Tour Stage 4 Tolworth |
WRS WA720 H2H |
8th & 9th | ||
Archery GB | Archery GB National Tour Stage 5 Evesham |
WRS WA720 H2H |
15th & 16th | ||
Wakefield | Open Albion/Windsors | Third Sunday | |||
Burton Constable | Open Longbow & Recurve Albion | Usually first Saturday - different for 2023 | 16th | 6th | |
NCAS | Grand Northern Archery Meeting Double York/Hereford/Bristol ![]() |
UKRS Rose |
Last Sunday and preceding Saturday | 29th & 30th | 27th & 28th |
Archery GB | Youth Festival In 2023 this will also be stage 3 of the Junior Archery Series |
WRS | 31st July to 4th August | ||
AUGUST |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2023 | 2024 |
World Archery | World Championships Berlin |
WRS | 1st to 6th | ||
Archery England | English Target Championships Neston, Cheshire |
WRS | 5th | ||
Burton Constable | East Riding Competition | First Sunday | 6th | 4th | |
Archery GB | UK WA 50+ Championships | WRS | 6th | 4th | |
YAA | Longbow Championships CANCELLED ![]() |
Second Saturday | |||
Archery GB | British Target Championships Incorporating the Home Nations Lilleshall |
UKRS Rose WRS WA Star |
12th & 13th | ||
Archery GB | Archery GB National Tour Stage 6 Lilleshall Part of the British Target Championships |
WRS WA720 H2H |
12th & 13th | ||
Chantry | American![]() ![]() |
12th | |||
Archery England | Senior Euronations and Commonwealth Archery Championships |
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Bronte | Yorkshire Inter Club![]() ![]() ![]() |
13th | 11th | ||
Archers of East Riding | WA 720 and head-to-head | UKRS | 13th | ||
IOC | Olympic Test Event Paris |
WRS | 15th to 20th | ||
Thirsk | The Jason Price Memorial Longbow Tournament | 19th | 17th | ||
AGB | Junior Archery Series, Midlands Stage | 19th | |||
South Leeds Archers | Summer Westerns![]() |
20th | 18th | ||
Chantry Bowmen | Double WA900 CANCELLED |
UKRS | 18th | ||
York Archers | WA weekend![]() |
WRS WA1440 |
26th & 27th | 24th & 25th | |
Archery England | English Clout Archery Championships Neston, Cheshire |
26th to 28th | |||
Archery GB/NCAS | Northern Counties Flight Championships Elvington |
WRS | 27th | ||
SEPTEMBER |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2023 | 2024 |
NCAS | Clout Weekend and Team Championships![]() ![]() |
UKRS Tassel |
First weekend | 2nd & 3rd | 7th & 8th |
Archery GB | Archery GB National Tour Finals Nottingham |
WRS WA720 H2H |
2nd & 3rd | ||
Adel | Open Long Western![]() ![]() ![]() |
First Sunday | 3rd | 1st | |
Archery GB/NCAS | National Flight Championships Elvington |
WRS | 3rd | ||
CSSC | Civil Service Championships | 8th | |||
Archery GB | AGB VI National Outdoor Championships | UKRS | |||
National | Para-Archery Stoke Mandeville Open | ||||
The Ascham Society | Ladies Ascham Silver Arrow![]() |
Second Saturday | 9th | 14th | |
Archery GB | UK Junior Masters In 2023 this will incorporate the finals of the Junior Archery Series |
WRS | 9th & 10th | ||
Archery GB | Disability Championships Lilleshall |
WRS | 9th & 10th | ||
Bowmen of Wharfedale | Wharfedale Longbow![]() ![]() |
Second Sunday | 10th | 8th | |
Chantry | Crecy shoot | 16th | |||
Abbeydale | Western "Potato" Shoot CANCELLED FOR 2023 |
15th | |||
Archery GB | National County Team Tournament | WRS 70m 50m H2H |
23rd & 24th | ||
NCAS | Five Counties Juniors Durham & Northumberland ![]() ![]() ![]() |
UKRS Rose Invitation |
Saturday before first Sunday in October | 30th | 5th October |
OCTOBER |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2023 | 2024 |
NCAS | Five Counties Seniors Durham & Northumberland ![]() ![]() ![]() |
UKRS Rose Invitation |
First Sunday | 1st | 6th |
White Rose | Autumn Open Longbow competition![]() ![]() ![]() |
First Saturday | 7th | 5th; | |
Chantry | Great Western![]() ![]() |
Second Saturday | 14th | 12th | |
York Archers | October Clout![]() ![]() |
Tassel | Second Saturday | 14th | 12th |
Phoenix Bowmen | Floodlit Pie & Peas National![]() |
12th | |||
Archery GB | National Clout Championships York ![]() ![]() |
Tassel | Third Saturday | 21st | 19th |
NCAS | Tassel Award Scheme National Championships York ![]() ![]() |
UKRS Tassel |
Sunday following National Clout | 22nd | 20th |
British Summer Time 2023 ends | 29th | 27th | |||
NOVEMBER |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2023 | 2024 |
Bridlington & Burton Agnes | Indoor![]() ![]() |
First Sunday | 5th | 3rd | |
NCAS | Northern Counties Coaching Conference | ||||
South Leeds Archers | Indoor Ring Series part 1 - The Fellowship of the 10 Rings![]() ![]() |
12th | 10th | ||
Dearne Valley | Remembrance Day field shoot | Sunday on or close to Remembrance Day | 12th | ||
NCAS | Indoor championships | UKRS | Usually third Sunday - third Saturday for 2023 | 18th | 17th |
BLBS @ Chantry | Double 2-way Worcester longbow | Third Saturday | 18th | 16th | |
York Archers | Double Portsmouth![]() |
18th | 16th | ||
Chantry | D&DAA Championships![]() |
Last Sunday | 26th | 24th | |
DECEMBER |
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CLUB/ORGANISATION | EVENT | STATUS | FORMULA | 2023 | 2024 |
Archery GB | Junior National Indoor Championships | UKRS | Saturday of first complete weekend | 2nd | 7th |
Archery GB | The Back to Back | 2nd | |||
Chantry | Audrey Lawrence Memorial Double Worcester![]() ![]() POSTPONED ![]() ![]() |
UKRS | First Sunday | 8th | |
Archery GB | Senior National Indoor Championships | WRS | Sunday of first complete weekend | 3rd | |
South Leeds Archers | Indoor Ring Series part 2 - The Two Target Faces![]() ![]() ![]() |
10th | 8th | ||
YAA/Adel | Yorkshire Ironman![]() ![]() |
Brass monkeys | Late December | 30th |
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.