Archery

Archery is a sport suitable for all, regardless of age, gender, or disability. It promotes an active lifestyle by improving strength, mental focus, coordination, patience, and self-confidence.

What is archery?

As part of the School Games programme, archery provides more competitive opportunities for young people. The sport developed competition formats for both intra- and inter-school competition at primary and secondary levels. that by supporting schools and their networks to deliver the School Games, more young people will be introduced to archery and enjoy further opportunities through clubs.

Find out more about how to run archery competitions.

Equipment needed

Indoor or outdoor range
Free-standing targets
Bows and arrows
Arm braces
Cones

Archery GB (AGB) is the National Governing Body for archery in the UK.

See their full range of archery formats suitable for schools.

Visit Archery GB's website

Get involved

The School Games is inclusive to all young people and provides opportunities for everyone to get involved, either within school, against other local schools, or at county or regional level.

School Games Organisers

School Games Organisers (SGO) help schools coordinate appropriate competitive opportunities for all young people from Key Stage 2-4, to recruit, train and deploy a suitable workforce, and to support the development of club.