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Archery as an amateur sport has its roots firmly embedded in ancient history.
During the Zhou dynasty in ancient China (1570 B.C. to 1045 B.C.), nobles at the royal court took part in sport archery competitions to musical accompaniment.
The oldest archery competition still held today is the Scorton Arrow, founded by a group of gentlemen archers in Yorkshire in 1673.
Around 1790, The Royal Toxophilite (Greek toxon bow philos loving) Society was formed to further the aims of archery as a sport.
The Grand National Archery Society, the official organisation for British Archery, was established in 1844 and has been conducting championship competitions since then.
Archery competition has various categories such as target, field and flight shooting. The different sections shot in any archery competition are called rounds and the number of arrows shot and distance specified.
After being discontinued as an Olympic event in the early 1900s, archery returned as an Olympic sport at the 1972 Munich games. Updated in 1992, ostensibly to promote greater interest, the Olympic round consists of a ranking round, team elimination round and team finals round.
The individual event has 64 archers shooting at targets 70m (230ft) away. After a number of elimination rounds, the remaining archers compete for the medals. The overall competition is conducted according to International Archery Federation (Federation Internationale De Ter l'Arc - FITA) rules.
Field Archery simulates the hunting of game, with animal faced paper targets or styrofoam 3D targets placed at various unmarked distances in natural surroundings, usually woodland.
Flight shooting is more concerned with the distance over which the arrow travels, rather than accuracy of shot placement.
Steve Crabtree April 2004
During the Zhou dynasty in ancient China (1570 B.C. to 1045 B.C.), nobles at the royal court took part in sport archery competitions to musical accompaniment.
The oldest archery competition still held today is the Scorton Arrow, founded by a group of gentlemen archers in Yorkshire in 1673.
Around 1790, The Royal Toxophilite (Greek toxon bow philos loving) Society was formed to further the aims of archery as a sport.
The Grand National Archery Society, the official organisation for British Archery, was established in 1844 and has been conducting championship competitions since then.
Archery competition has various categories such as target, field and flight shooting. The different sections shot in any archery competition are called rounds and the number of arrows shot and distance specified.
After being discontinued as an Olympic event in the early 1900s, archery returned as an Olympic sport at the 1972 Munich games. Updated in 1992, ostensibly to promote greater interest, the Olympic round consists of a ranking round, team elimination round and team finals round.
The individual event has 64 archers shooting at targets 70m (230ft) away. After a number of elimination rounds, the remaining archers compete for the medals. The overall competition is conducted according to International Archery Federation (Federation Internationale De Ter l'Arc - FITA) rules.
Field Archery simulates the hunting of game, with animal faced paper targets or styrofoam 3D targets placed at various unmarked distances in natural surroundings, usually woodland.
Flight shooting is more concerned with the distance over which the arrow travels, rather than accuracy of shot placement.
Steve Crabtree April 2004
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