Archery GW

It’s been a busy year managing SA-TID and ArcheryGW, but the past few weeks have been especially full on.

To start, I travelled with Richard Davis Australian Para Athlete to his first international Para tournament in Thailand 🏹 We had great success, achieving our pre-tournament goals. He’s come away with valuable experience and is now ready to step into the next phase of his archery journey.

The following week, the ArcheryGW youth squad competed at the Youth Nationals in Tasmania, where we brought home an impressive 25 medals!

Individual Results 🏹
Ava Penna
🥇 Field
🥇 900 Round
🥇 720 Round
4️⃣ Team Match Play
🥇 Individual Match Play
🏆 Best All Round & member of Best Compound State Team

Brock Penna
🥇 Field
🥈 900 Round
🥈 U18 720
🥇 Team Match Play
🥈 Individual Match Play

Gabby West
🥇 Field
🥇 900 Round
🥈 U21 720
🥇 Team Match Play
🥉 Individual Match Play

Savya Patel
🥈 Field
🥈 900 Round
– 720 Round
🥇 Team Match Play
4️⃣ Individual Match Play

Miles Reynolds
4️⃣ Field
4️⃣ 900 Round
4️⃣ 720 Round
Quarter Finals – Team Match Play
Quarter Finals – Individual Match Play

Rashaad Abbas
🥇 Field
🥇 900 Round
🥇 U14 720
🥈 Team Match Play
🥇 Individual Match Play

Hakeem Abbas
5️⃣ Field
5️⃣ 900 Round
– 720 Round
🥉 Team Match Play
– Individual Match Play

James Azli
🥉 U18 720
– Team Match Play
🥇 Individual Match Play

A couple of special mentions:

Ava Penna and Rashaad Abbas were both named “Best All Round” in their respective divisions for the second consecutive year — a huge achievement for both athletes 👏

Brock Penna Archery and James Azli have both qualified for the Youth Olympic selection camp later this year!

SA-TID newcomers Sari Wainscott and Adelaide Secombe, who attended their first Youth Nationals and gained valuable experience.

A fantastic set of results and a great reflection of the hard work being put in across the squad 👏

Super proud of ArcheryGW’s Richard Davis who competed in the World Para Series opening round in Bangkok Thailand

Congratulation Richard Davis Australian Para Athlete 🎉 your hard training is paying off ☺️ the Archery GW crew is very proud of you and excited to see what comes next for you

🎯 World Archery Para Series | Teams Announced

Archery Australia is pleased to confirm the athletes who will represent Australia at the World Archery Para Series in Bangkok, from 31 March – 4 April.

Compound Men’s Open: Patrick French & Jonathon Milne
Recurve Men’s Open: Richard Davis, Thomas Holland & Stuart Hume

Men’s W1: Christopher Davis
Women’s W1: Rosie Attard

Team Manager: Graham Winston
Coaches: Ricci Cheah & Sarah Fuller
Performance Support: Lauren Mackay

Year after year, this family keeps growing. Thank you for being part of ArcheryGW in 2025. There have been many ups and down but as family we survived and we are stronger for it. Enjoy a well-deserved break, and we’ll see you in 2026!

Happy Birthday to the one and only!
Coach, partner and friend. From the whole team, Thanks for the wisdom, the laughs, and the unwavering support. Here’s to another year of crushing goals and making great memories! 🥳

Congratulations to all the ArcheryGW juniors who competed at the Southern Vale Archery Club for the 2025 Rosney Johns event! 🏹
A full 144-arrow shoot is no easy task, and every single one of you should be incredibly proud of what you achieved. Your dedication, focus, and determination truly shone through on the line today.
Well done to those who won medals — but remember, medals are just a bonus. What really matters is the hard work and countless hours of training you’ve all put in. Your strong scores and steady improvement show exactly what commitment can achieve.
You’ve proved that every session we spend together is worthwhile… and maybe that your coach isn’t too bad either! 😉
Fantastic work, team. We are proud of every one of you!

Happy Birthday, Zain 🎂
Another year, another set of goals ready to hit dead-center. Keep aiming high 🏹

Today we shot several matches in the matchplay phase of the Australian Open. The team performed well despite the weather conditions, the mental pressure, and their young age. We learned a lot from the experience and we’re ready to head home and keep working to improve even more. Tomorrow, we have a mixed team final to compete in

Even though we’ve been quiet online, things have been very busy out in the field! The ArcheryGW crew is currently competing at the Nationals in Canberra, and with two days already done, the results are looking great.

Congratulations to:
Chris de Mello
2nd place in 50+ Male Recurve, WA 70/1440
3rd place in WA 60/900
Rob Thomas
60+ Male Recurve, WA 60/900 (Canberra)

Also some fantastic shooting from our younger crew with Gabby West finishing 7th in both the 900/1440 and Brock 7th and Rashaad 11th in the 900, Harry 18th in 900 and 15th in the 1440.

Good luck today in the 720’s

Spent some time with some amazing athletes, coaches and support staff over the weekend in the AIS learning and passing on knowledge. LA28 is just around the corner and there is much to do!

Good luck to the Trans Tasman team 😊 shoot well and have fun

The Australian National Archery Trans Tasman Team is at the departure gates and ready to head over to our neighbours in New Zealand to begin their week's long journey of competing against their peers! It's all smiles and they are all set and ready for the competition ahead. Stay tuned for daily updates on all our socials!