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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YAA constitution
YAA constitution, amended March 2022 (DOC)
Affiliations 2024-2025
YAA and NCAS affiliation fees and process 2024-2025
YAA and NCAS affiliation status of clubs 2024-2025
Arrowhawks
Arrowhawks Archery Academy has been launched to provide national talent development and academy programmes to Yorkshire
Arrowhawks booklet (PDF)
Danage timing equipment
The YAA's new Danage timing system is available for use by YAA clubs:
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YAA events
Entry for most YAA shoots will henceforth be online only, through Squarespace. The page for the entry and camping booking forms is: YAA shoots store on Squarespace |
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| YAA Annual General Meeting 2024 | 9 March 2024 (Barnsley) | |
| YAA Indoor Championships | 9 March 2025 (York) | SHOOT FULL - WAITING LIST CLOSED 2024 results |
| YAA Clout Championships | 19-20 April 2025 | 2025 entry Metric 2024 results Imperial 2024 results
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| Lez Newsome Memorial Metric Day (Single WA1440 Star and Metrics) |
1 June 2024 | 2024 results |
| YAA Senior & Junior Championships | 2 June 2024 | 2024 results |
| YAA Field Championships | 22-23 June 2024 |  2024 details |
| YAA WA1440 | 6 July 2024 | 2024 results |
| Double WA720/WA50 | 7 July 2024 | 2024 results |
| YAA Longbow Championships | ||
| 5 Counties Juniors Match | 5 October 2024 | 2024 results |
| 5 Counties Seniors Match | 6 October 2024 | 2024 results |
| Yorkshire Ironman | YAA/Bowmen of Adel Yorkshire Ironman 2024 |
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Latest news
18 February 2025: St George's AC will hold their Ted Mallett clout on the 13th of April:
St George's AC Ted Mallett Open Clout Tournament
Bronte Archers will hold their double WA1440 on the 12th and 13th of July:
Bronte Archers NCAS WRS Double WA1440
UPDATED 19 FEBRUARY
Thirsk Bowmen will hold the Jason Price Memorial Longbow Tournament on the 16th of August:
Thirsk Bowmen Jason Price Memorial Longbow Tournament
15 February 2025: The Bowmen of Adel will host the St George Longbow Tournament on the 27th of April:
The Saint George Longbow Tournament
Panda Bowmen will hold the Pandamonium shoot for longbows on the 17th of May:
Panda Bowmen Pandamonium 29th Longbow Tournament
Selby Archery Club will hold their Open Westerns on the 18th of May:
Selby Archery Club 47th Annual Open Westerns Tournament
11 February 2025: Bronte Archers will hold their Spring Weekend on the 3rd and 4th of May:
Bronte Archers Spring Weekend Tournament
8 February 2025: Thirsk Bowmen will hold their world record status WA720 Weekend on the 26th and 27th of April:
Thirsk Bowmen WRS WA720 Weekend
Burton Constable Company of Archers will hold their Medieval Longbow fun shoot on the 1st of June:
Burton Constable Company of Bowmen Medieval Longbow Fun Shoot 2025
Burton Constable Company of Archers will hold the East Riding Championships on the 3rd of August:
Burton Constable Company of Bowmen 2025 East Riding of Yorkshire Archery Championship
4 February 2025: Archers of East Riding will hold their Double Clout Weekend on the 24th and 25th of May:
Archers of East Riding Double Clout Weekend
2 February 2025: The Wakefield Archers are planning to hold two outdoor shoots this summer:
The Wakefield Archers Summer Metrics (22nd June 2025)
The Wakefield Archers Summer Albion and Windsors (20th July 2025)
The links are now active
29 January 2025: The YAA Clout Championships will be held on the 19th and 20th of April:
YAA Clout Weekend 2025
Phoenix Bowmen will hold their Novices shoot on the 26th of April:
Phoenix Bowmen Novice Competition 2025
Phoenix Bowmen will hold their Floodlit Pie & Peas National shoot on the 27th of September:
Phoenix Bowmen Open Floodlit Pie & Peas National 2025
York Archers Society will hold their Spring Clout on the 12th of April:
York Archers Society Spring Clout Tournament
Various weights and rods have been added to the Small Ads page:
Stainless Steel Weights
Easton Quick Disconnects
ULLR Long and Side Rods
21 January 2025: The December 2024 results of the Junior Archers Postal League have been published:
YAA Junior Indoor results December 2024 (PDF)
South Leeds Archers have released the results of parts 2 and 3 of their Indoor Rings Series:
The 2nd South Leeds Archers Indoor Rings Series Part 2 - The Worcester results (PDF)
South Leeds Archers Indoor Ring Series part 3 - The Hobbit - 2025 results (PDF)
De Notton Bowers have added the option of a York rounds to their Father's Day longbow shoot:
De Notton Bowers York/Hereford Longbow Competition
Derbyshire Archery Club will hold a Windsor for longbows on the 15th of June:
Derbyshire Archery Club Dan Doxey Open Longbow Tournament
11 January 2025: Yorkshire has a new longbow maker - Chris Key has launched Wolfsbane:
Wolfsbane traditional archery
4 January 2025: The YAA Indoor Championships shoot is full and there are 25 people on the waiting list. It's extremely unlikely that the waiting list will clear, so no more people will be added to the waiting list.
The results of the Adel/YAA Yorkshire Ironman are out:
Bowmen of Adel and Yorkshire Archery Association Ironman 2024 results (PDF)
30 December 2024: Chantry Bowmen have published the results of their invitational Cool Shoot:
Chantry Bowmen of Rotherham invitational Cool Shoot 2024 results
24 December 2024: De Notton Bowers have announced their 2025 longbow shoots:
De Notton Bowers Longbow Western (13th April 2025)
De Notton Bowers Longbow Hereford (15th June 2025)
De Notton Bowers Longbow Albion (13th July 2025)
De Notton Bowers Mixed Western (12th October 2025)
Archers of Bridlington and Burton Agnes will hold their ABBA Dabba Doo shoot on the 8th of March:
Archers of Bridlington & Burton Agnes 13th ABBA Dabba Do Longbow Shoot
22 December 2024: The November 2024 results of the Junior Archers Postal League have been published:
YAA Junior Indoor results November 2024 (PDF)
18 December 2024: The affiliation status of the county's clubs for the 2024-2025 affiliation year has been updated:
YAA and NCAS affiliation status of clubs 2024-2025
15 December 2024: Pennine Archers will hold their Combined Brays on the 1st and 2nd of March:
Pennine Archers Combined Brays