Archer's Target

Determined archer hits the target.

TV Sports' reporter Gary Lovejoy joins disabled archer Shaun Rowhead at Grampound in Cornwall. Shaun Rowhead is practising for his appearance in the Indoor Championships of the Devon and Cornwall Archery Society to be held at the Kitto Centre in Plymouth. The British Wheelchair Archery Association (BWAA) assists with all aspects of the sport from training to elite level training. The Paralympic GB archery squad and the coaches train alongside new members.

In archery, able and disabled athletes train and compete together. Words to have come from archery include upshot which is the last shot in an archery contest and tab which is a small leather patch to protect the archer's fingers. Bows are traditionally made of yew. Britain enjoyed an archery revival in the late sixteenth century and in China, Japan and among the some native American tribes archery traditions have never died out. Archery is the national sport of Bhutan.