OUT in the open, where the air smells of grass and earth and every shot counts, a bow is only as good as the string that drives it. It may look like a simple cord, stretched taut between two limbs, ...

All a quiver: Anna Maxted, her mother Mary and seven-year-old son Caspar learn the art of archery Credit: Photo: Jeff Gilbert "Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen,” sang my mother. It’s ...

Just as I line up my borrowed bow's sight on target it occurs to me that Colin Ketley, my coach for the day, might be a mind reader. Talking me through the beginner basics of getting an arrow to go ...

Rotorua's Elizabeth Randle will have to get past more than just airport customs when she competes at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships. Randle, 17, has qualified for the champs in China next ...

On the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, the rhythmic twang of bowstrings cuts through the air at Archer’s Studio. Inside, rows of bows line the walls, arrows are neatly bundled, and young archers – some ...

Horse archery is getting up a gallop as interest in its warrior-like appeal helps to rein in the decline in pony club memberships. South Australian Bianca Stawiarski, a horse archery competitor and ...