County of London Archery Association

A huge congratulations to our junior archers who competed at the Junior Nationals on 5/6th July! We won four medals and set three National Records: Compound Women Under 15: Ann Catherine - gold, National Record Barebow Women Under 15: Emily - bronze Barebow Women Under 14: Matilda - gold, National Record Barebow Women Under 12: Mehnaaz - gold, National Record Congratulations!

A huge congratulations to our brilliant junior archers who competed at the Junior Nationals on 6/7th July! Barebow Mens Under 18: Zachariya - silver Barebow Women Under 15: Halimah - silver, silver Barebow Men Under 12: Seba - gold, silver Recurve Women Under 12: Antonia - bronze Barebow Women Under 14: Maia - bronze

The Archery GB Junior National Indoor Championships took place on Sunday 3rd December at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. County of London was represented by thirteen archers shooting in recurve, barebow and longbow categories. Our archers won four Gold, two Silver and two Bronze medals. Congratulations.

A huge congratulations to our archer Andrea Thomas for winning the silver medal at the IBSA World Blind Games 2023! Details on the ArcheryGB website: https://archerygb.org/news/six-medals-for-gb-at-the-isba-world-blind-games

On 1-2 July, a windy but bright Lilleshall played host to the 2023 Junior Nationals. Over 200 youth archers from across the country came together to compete. The blustery conditions failed to dampen Southfields Archers spirits however, winning a number of medals and Sebastian being crowned the Under 12 Compound National Champion. Sebastian – Gold and National Champion (Bristol 5 and Metric 5 Men U12 Compound) Halimah – Silver and Bronze (Bristol 4 and Metric 4 Women U14 Barebow) Yahia – Bronze (Metric 5 Men U12 Barebow). A great achievement and congratulations to all our juniors who took part over the weekend.

National Indoor Championship in December 2022 done Well done everyone on Archery Fit team - a few PBs & getting into the head-to-head rounds! Special congratulations to our Samuel (11 y.o. junior athlete) to become the GB gold medallist with longbow (juniors under 12) and come 2nd overall (losing to the 17 y.o. archer), setting a new London record with solid 320 points!

The 2022 International Open Visually Impaired Archery Championships took place on the 22nd to the 25th September in Andorra, Spain. It was a four day event incorporating the VI Outdoor Championships, the VI Indoor Championships and the VI Team Championships. London archer, Andrea Thomas represented Great Britain as a member of the visually impaired archery team, winning three medals: Individual Gold at the Outdoor Championships Team Silver and Individual Gold at the Indoor Championships. During the VI Pairs Match, Andrea and her team partner Stuart beat the World VI Champions in the semi-final in order to advance to the Gold medal match, in which they won Silver. On top of this Andrea managed to set a new County record, scoring 427 points in the VI WA18 round. The CLAA is hugely proud of Andrea’s achievements and we send our heartfelt congratulations.