East Of Scotland Archery - "The Eastern Area"

Time is running out!
The deadline for submitting your interest in taking part in Inter Area Championships is this Sunday 12th April.
Get in touch if you would like to put your name forward, especially if you shoot Longbow! It’s going to be a fabulous event and great fun. 🥳 🏹

COMPETITION | It is coming.....2026 Inter-Area Championships!🏹

The Inter-Area Championship taking place on 30th & 31st May at Moray Archery. It promises to be a fantastic weekend of archery and community, welcoming participants of all ages and abilities - from novice to seasoned archers with a chance to represent SAA Northern Area, East Of Scotland Archery - "The Eastern Area" and West of Scotland Archery Association💫

The 2026 Inter Area Weekend will bring together Scotland’s archers for a competitive, developmental competition along with some social activities🤲

➡️For more information: https://www.scottisharchery.org.uk/news/inter-area-championships-reminder



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Tired of losing your arrows behind the target?
Fed up with getting the metal detector out?

Same! That’s why at Laleham we’re trialling tying arrows to strings that are pre-tied to the targets!
Just tie them onto your arrows and if you miss, follow the string! Genius 😎

Applications are now invited for Eastern Area squad

Squad Information,
Criteria and Application
2026

Dear Eastern Area Member,
The Eastern Area Committee is now looking for applications from archers for the Eastern Area Squad 2026. If you are interested in applying, please read the information below, complete the attached application form and submit to:
[email protected]
If you have any further questions, please feel free to send them to the above-mentioned email address.
What is the Area Squad and how does it work?
Squad
The Eastern Area Squad is open to anyone affiliated to the Eastern Area who has achieved a minimum of 2nd Class Bowman level and above in the outdoor season of 2025 and who is not yet on National Squad.
In 2026 there will be one Squad with a maximum of 16 Archers. It is hoped that there will be an even representation from each of the 4 bow styles, Female and Open categories but this will depend on applications received.
The highest ranked archer in each bow style will be invited onto Squad.
It is hoped that the Area Squad will develop the skills of our archers to assist them to achieve selection for the Scottish National Squad.
Members of the Area Squad will be given priority selection for any Area Team representation events provided they meet the necessary criteria.

Coaches
Area Squad coaches are taken from the Eastern Area, unless a more specialist coach is needed who does not live in the Eastern Area.
Squad Coaches will be licensed Coaches and committed to assisting Squad Members develop their skills.

Training Sessions and Attendance
4 training sessions have been planned for the summer – 12 April, 10 May, 28 June, 2 August – all to be held at Balbardie Archers in Bathgate.
All archers are expected to attend a minimum of 3 out of the 4 training sessions.
Archers accepting a place on Squad will be expected to pay for all 4 training sessions. (Costs still to be confirmed and is likely to be in the region of £20 per session). Unfortunately, the cost of renting facilities for training can be costly and the Eastern Area cannot cover the full cost.
Online meetings may be arranged as and when required.

Squad shirts
Any archer representing the Eastern Area at a Team competition must wear an Eastern Area shirt and comply with all other clothing rules set out in the AGB Rules of Shooting.

Selection Criteria
The selection criteria will consist of your 3 best scores from Outdoor Open competitions attended in 2025.
All scores must come from a 720 round and include the longest distance for their bow style, i.e. 70m for Recurve and Longbow and 50m for Compound and Barebow.
The scores do not need to be from competitions only held in Scotland; UK-wide competitions attended can also be included.
Evidence of scores needs to be provided; this can be in a picture/scan of your completed score sheet or an official copy of the results summary which can be found on the Scottish Archery website.
Squad Expectations
For clarification, the EA Committee thought it was important that those applying to join Area Squad were clear on what is expected of them.
As a member of the EA Squad, all archers:
Should show commitment to the Squad.
Should be committed to their own training and development.
Will treat all Squad Members and Coaches with respect.
Will keep a training timetable and a log of training undertaken.
Should reflect on their training and progression and discuss this with their Squad Coach.
Should submit scores from competitions they attend.
Should attend a minimum of 3 (out of the 4) of the arranged Training Sessions.
Should pay fees promptly.
Must comply with the AGB Rules of Shooting and World Archery rules.
Should purchase a Squad shirt as required.

If you have any questions regarding the selection process or Squad questions in general then please contact Simon Garforth on the email address below.
[email protected]

Please return your completed Application Form by 2nd April. (apologies for the quick turn around)

Simon Garforth
EA Coaching & Development Officer

Selection Criteria
Please submit your best 3 Open Competition scores from last year (2025).

Date Actual Score Round Shot Where Shot

Score 1

Score 2

Score 3

NB: Please include evidence of your scores
Do you have any illness, disability, condition or mobility issues that the Coaches should be aware of? YES / NO
If Yes, please specify ____________________________________________________________________________
Do you have any allergies that the Coaches should be aware of? YES / NO
If Yes, please specify ____________________________________________________________________________
Do you have any need for additional support that the Coaches should be aware of? YES / NO
If Yes, please specify ____________________________________________________________________________
Please note that it is our intention to use video filming/photography to assist you in the improvement of your shooting technique. Video footage will be recorded on archers’ own devices and photography may be used for publicity purposes.

I verify that the above information is correct and agree to being filmed/photographed.

*Electronic signature from your own email address is giving consent when submitted by email
Archer’s Signature*

Date

Name

AGB No.

Email

Mobile No.

Club

Bow Style

Do you currently have a coach?
YES / NO
If yes, what is your coach’s name?

Hear from members of the area who participated in this program

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With today being the last day of the league, expectations were high and the excitement rose as we declared today’s winners, followed by the overall champions from the three legs.

The last 3 months have been hugely successful, inspiring many of the participants to take a greater interest in competing and feel confident enough to enter mainstream competitions. 🥇🥈🥉🏹

…… and some photos of our winners from 21st February 2026
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Due to an issue with the factory that supplies our medals, we weren’t able to present the Junior, Novice & Intermediate League winners with their medals from our January and February competitions until today.
Here are some photos of the medalists from 31st January 2026. 🥇🥈🥉🏹

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Eid Mubarak! 🌙
Archery is an inclusive sport. Project Rimaya is one of our key inclusion projects using the sunnah sport of archery to support Muslim communities to boost their physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing: https://archerygb.org/get-involved/project-rimaya
We'd like to wish all Project Rimaya partners a blessed Eid.

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Today was the second day of our Eastern Area Junior, Novice & Intermediate
league, and it turned out to be a fantastic event and everyone had a great time.

Well done everyone, you all shot well, and we were thrilled to see one of our junior
barebow archers score two impressive 10's, well done Chloe! 👏🏻🏹

We also saw several archers show significant improvement compared to last
month, which was great to witness.

Enthusiasm and confidence is growing, and everyone is already looking forward to the final day of the league next month.