Archery in Yorkshire
The purpose of the Yorkshire Archery Association is to promote and support the sport of archery in Yorkshire.
The YAA is the county affiliation body for clubs in Yorkshire.
The YAA represents Yorkshire's archers at the regional and national levels.
The YAA is affiliated to the Northern Counties Archery Society and Archery GB (the Grand National Archery Society).
The YAA has the largest number of affiliated clubs of any English county organisation.
The YAA organises several tournaments each year including the indoor and outdoor county championships.
The YAA selects and manages the Yorkshire county teams.
The YAA maintains records of the highest scores achieved in the various disciplines of archery practised in the county.
The YAA presents awards in recognition of service to archers and clubs in Yorkshire.
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Affiliations 2022-2023
YAA and NCAS affiliation fees and process 2022-2023
Arrowhawks
Arrowhawks Archery Academy has been launched to provide national talent development and academy programmes to Yorkshire
Danage timing equipment
The YAA's new Danage timing system is available for use by YAA clubs:
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YAA events
| YAA Annual General Meeting | 12 March 2022 | |
| YAA Clout Championships | 16th-17th April 2022 |  Metric 2022 results AGB 2022 results
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| Lez Newsome Memorial Metric Day (Single WA1440 Star and Metrics) |
3 June 2022 | 2022 results |
| YAA Senior & Junior Championships | 4 June 2022 | 2022 results |
| YAA Jubilee Celebration Shoot | 5 June 2022 | 2022 results |
| YAA Field Championships | 19 June 2022 | |
| YAA WA1440 | 2 July 2022 | 2022 results |
| Double WA720/WA50 | 3 July 2022 | 2022 results |
| YAA Longbow Championships | Cancelled for 2022 2021 results
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| 5 Counties Juniors Match | 1 October 2022 | 2022 selection 2021 results |
| 5 Counties Seniors Match | 2 October 2022 | 2022 selection 2021 results |
| YAA Indoor Championships | 30th October 2022 | 2022 entry form |
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Latest news
16 August 2022: The Abbeydale Potato Shoot has been cancelled:
Abbeydale Potato Shoot cancelled
Phoenix Bowmen will hold their Floodlit Pie & Peas National on the 15th of October:
Phoenix Bowmen Open Floodlit Pie & Peas National 2022
Chantry's Noel Lawrence Crecy Shoot will be held on the 17th of September:
Chantry Bowmen Noel Lawrence Crecy Shoot 2022
15 August 2022: We can confirm that the age groups for the Junior Inter Counties match will be the current ones, not the new ones which will apply from the 1st of October:
Inter Counties Juniors match - age groups
The results of the Chantry American have been published:
Chantry Bowmen American 2022 results
14 August 2022: Entries for the NCAS Clout Championships are very low - the organiser asks people who intend to enter to contact him:
NCAS Clout Championships entry numbers
The Archers of Bridlington and Burton Agnes have issued a corrected entry form for their indoor tournament. They apologise for the error and ask archers to use the one that's now on the site:
ABBA Indoor Portsmouth Competition
Chantry Bowmen are selling their straw bosses:
Chantry straw bosses for sale
Chantry Bowmen will host the 15th BLBS Indoor Meeting on the 19th of November:
Chantry BLBS 15th Indoor Meeting
Chantry Bowmen will hold the Audrey Lawrence Memorial Double Worcester on the 4th of December:
Audrey Lawrence Memorial Tournament 2022
5 August 2022: The Archers of Bridlington and Burton Agnes will hold their Portsmouth shoot on the 6th of November:
ABBA Indoor Portsmouth Competition
31 July 2022: The YAA's Treasurer has issued information and guidance about the upcoming affiliations process:
YAA and NCAS affiliation fees and process 2022-2023
The Chantry Great Western will be held on the 8th of October:
The Chantry Great Western Open 2 Way Longbow Shoot
28 July 2022: The YAA Longbow Championships have been cancelled owing to low entries:
YAA Longbow Championships cancelled
23 July 2022: Izzy Carpenter and her GB team mates have won silver at the World Cup:
Izzy and Team GB win silver at Worlds
Bronte Archers have released the results of their double WA1440 tournament:
NCAS/Bronte WRS Double WA1440m Star 2022 results
11 July 2022: David Coates has become a County Judge:
David Coates - County Judge
Martin Middleton is back in the Judging team as a Regional Judge:
Martin Middleton - Regional Judge
9 July 2022: The results from the YAA WA Weekend have been published:
YAA Double WA720/WA50 Tournament 2022 results
YAA WA1440 Tournament 2022 results
4 July 2022: Chantry Bowmen have published the results of Saturday's Chantry Sword shoot:
Chantry Sword 2022 results
1 July 2022: Sarah Monteith has been selected for Team GB for the World 3D Championships:
Sarah selected for Team GB
24 June 2022: Abbeydale Archers will hold their Western Potato Shoot on the 4th of September:
Abbeydale Archers Open Potato Shoot
22 June 2022: The Bowmen of Adel will hold their End of Season Westerns on the 4th of September:
Adel End of Season Open 2022
The Wharfedale Longbow shoot will be hosted by the Bowmen of Adel on the 11th of September:
Bowmen of Wharfedale Longbow Shoot 2022
19 June 2022: Claire Bell has become a County Judge:
Claire Bell - County Judge
13 June 2022: Arrowhawks Archery Academy have announced the dates of their summer 2022 programme:
Arrowhawks outdoor dates for 2022
11 June 2022: Izzy Carpenter has won team and individual golds at the European Championships:
Izzy does the double
9 June 2022: The results of the YAA Jubilee Weekend shoots are now available:
The Lez Newsome 2022 results
YAA County Championship 2022 results
YAA Jubilee Celebration 2022 results
29 May 2022: Archers of East Riding have published the results of this weekend's clout shoots:
Archers of East Riding AGB Clout 2022 results
Archers of East Riding WA and Metric Clout 2022 results
25 May 2022: York Archers Society will hold their October Clout on the 8th of October:
York Archers Society October Clout Tournament
19 May 2022: Selby Archery Club have issued the results of their Open Westerns:
Selby Archery Club Open Westerns 2022 results
12 May 2022: NFP Archery and Pennine Archers have arranged three coach training courses:
Coach training courses at NFP Archery
9 May 2022: Phoenix Bowmen have published the results of Sunday's Novice shoot:
Phoenix Bowmen Open Novice Competition 2022 results