Shooting
Representing the county
Selection
Jeanine Williams - 7 June 2025
The National County Teams Championship will be held on the 27th and 28th of September 2025. This is a two day event held at Lilleshall competing against county teams from across the country. Teams consist of three archers per discipline, in men's and women's recurve, compound, longbow and barebow.
The entries for the tournament open on the 26th of June, and we would like to enter a full team in every event.
Junior archers may submit to be considered for selection in the senior team; they must submit scores for qualifying senior rounds.
Please complete the following form to let us know if you intend to apply for the NCTC team, and whether you will be available on the weekend of the event:
Expression of interest - YAA Senior Team Selection 2025 NCTC (Google Docs)
If you have any questions please contact Jeanine at:
yaateams@gmail.com.
Jeanine Williams
County Teams Coordinator, YAA
The YAA are looking to send teams to:
National County Teams Tournament (Seniors) - 27-28 September 2025
Junior Inter-Counties (Cheshire) - Saturday 4 October 2025
Senior Inter-Counties (Cheshire) - Sunday 5 October 2025
To be considered for the team please submit your 3 best scores from the current season (April-August 2025) on the forms below. Please read the below document for more information on this year's selection criteria for both senior and junior archers:
2025 selection criteria (DOCX)
All hand-bow types (recurve, barebow, longbow and compound) are welcome to enter for all three events. U21 and U18 are included in the Junior category this year.
Seniors:
Google Docs: YAA Senior Team Selection 2025 - NCTT
Google Docs: YAA Senior Team Selection 2025 - Intercounties
Juniors:
Google Docs: YAA Junior Team Selection 2025 - Intercounties
Deadline for the NCTT is 23:59 on the 17th of August 2025. Please note this earlier deadline.
Deadline for the Junior and Senmior Inter Counties is 23:59 on the 31st August 2025.
Jeanine Williams
YAA County Teams Coordinator
Inter-Counties Juniors
The Inter-Counties Junior Tournament is an annual event held on the Saturday immediately before the first Sunday in October, moving around the Northern Counties on a rota basis. The 2025 event will be held in Cheshire on Saturday the 4th of October.
The Bristol rounds will be shot in the Tournament, appropriate to age group. This Tournament incorporates the NCAS Junior Individual Championships as well as the County Team Championships.
Each of the 5 Counties has an allocation of 15 junior places for the tournament. There will be 8 separate team awards. There will be no overall County Award.
All five Counties are allocated the following teams:
Girls Recurve team, consisting of 3 Girls
Boys Recurve team, consisting of 3 Boys
Girls Compound team, consisting of 2 Girls
Boys Compound team, consisting of 2 Boys
Girls Longbow team, consisting of 2 Girls
Boys Longbow team, consisting of 2 Boys
Girls Barebow team, consisting of 2 Girls
Boys Barebow team, consisting of 2 Boys
One spare place for a girl or boy, any bow style
Archers should submit 3 scores from UK and/or World Record Status competitions for 12 dozen Metric or Imperial Rounds shot during the current season appropriate to their age category. For the Intercounties these must include:
At least one 12 dozen imperial round
At least one round age-appropriate to the one that the archer will shoot at the Intercounties
Inter-Counties Seniors
The Inter-Counties Tournament is an annual event held on the first Sunday in October, moving around the Northern Counties on a rota basis. The 2025 event will be held in Cheshire on Sunday the 5th of October.
The rounds to be shot in the Tournament are the York for Gentlemen and the Hereford for Ladies. For the senior Intercounties there are 16 available team spaces: 2 per bowstyle (Barebow, Compound, Longbow and Recurve) for each gender.
Qualifying rounds:
Archers should submit 3 scores from UK and/or World Record Status competitions (12 dozen or WA720 rounds) from the current season. All scores submitted must be for rounds appropriate to the senior category according to gender and bow style.
Expenses
Travel expenses of 30p per mile per car may be claimed. If travelling more than 80 miles, up to £50 per team member may also be claimed for an overnight stay before the tournament.
The YAA will also nominate reserves who may be called upon, up to the day before the shoot, should one of the selected team be unable to attend. The YAA will not be supporting travelling reserves.
For those selected an expenses form will be sent out with the selection letter.
YAA members (archers, judges or coaches etc) may apply for a contributory grant towards the cost of expenses incurred attending events abroad where the member is representing their country, and where funding support is not being provided from other sources.
YAA judges and coaches may apply for a contributory grant towards the cost of expenses incurred attending conferences (within the region or nationally), where funding support is not being provided from other sources.
Applications to be submitted in writing through the County Treasurer, Judge Liaison Officer or County Coaching Organiser.
There is no limit to the number of applications which may be submitted and all applications will be considered on merit by the YAA Committee.
Policies
The YAA has researched its obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act and considered its responsibilites to disabled and able-bodied archers. The frequent difficulty in obtaining volunteers for work parties has been factored into the considerations. The following policies have been adopted:
For indoor competitions organised by the YAA, the disabled archer will be required to vacate the shooting line after shooting their arrows. If the disabled archer requires assistance in collecting and scoring their arrows this will be permitted, but it is up to the archer to arrange this assistance themselves.
For outdoor competitions organised by the YAA, if the Organiser is notified that the disabled archer requires to stay on the shooting line after shooting their arrows, this will be arranged by only allocating 3 archers to that particular target. If the disabled archer requires assistance in collecting and scoring their arrows this will be permitted, but it is up to the archer to arrange this assistance themselves.
