The new Club membership return is now available from the home page,along with the direct membership form.
Please use the KAA email address and note that the Treasurers address has changed. Both of these now go to the new Treasurer, Erin Barkway.
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Level Up Your Archery: The Invicta Coaching Group is Back!
The moment many of you have been waiting for is finally here! The Invicta Coaching Group is thrilled to announce our plan for moving forward, and we’re kicking things off with our very first club-based coaching day.
We’ve already reached out to everyone who asked to be kept in the loop, and now we want to extend the invitation to archers across the region.
Join Our First Coaching Day!
We’re launching our new programme with a full day of coaching at Fox Archers. This is a fantastic opportunity to sharpen your skills, break through plateaus, and get personalized advice to help you achieve your archery goals. We’d love to see as many of you as possible there!
- Where: Fox Archers (St. Michael’s School, Otford, Sevenoaks TN14 5RY)
- When: Sunday, August 24, 2025, starting at 10:00 AM
- Format: There will be a morning and an afternoon session, with each one lasting approximately 2.5 hours.
- Cost: £20.00 per session.
Bring Invicta Coaching to Your Club
Want to host a coaching day like this at your own club? We’d love to hear from you! Please get in touch with us directly, and we can look at our calendar to see when we can fit you in. It’s a great way to provide a top-tier development opportunity for your members.
What’s Next? Winter Indoor Sessions!
Our plans don’t stop when the weather turns. We are excited to announce that we will be setting up monthly indoor coaching sessions at a central location from January to March next year. These will also run as a morning and afternoon session each day.
The core philosophy of all our coaching is that it revolves around you. Whether you’re preparing for a competition or just want to improve your form, each session is designed to help you with what you want to achieve.
We will be sending out more information with confirmed dates and venues for our winter programme as soon as they are agreed. Stay tuned!
KAA Kent Team for SCAS and NCTT
Following the selection submission deadline and a meeting of the Selection Committee and ratified by the KAA Committee on 1st July, Kent will not be sending teams to the SCAS Intercounty and the National County Team Tournament.
The submissions from archers of 2025 scores did not provide enough archers to make a full team. Scores for 2024 were then considered and still there were not enough archers eligible for selection and we could not form a full team.
In the coming months the Team Manager will be consulting archers to try to establish the barriers to submission and whether the current process is fit for purpose.
Please look out for further communications and respond so that all of your thoughts and ideas can be considered.
Kent Field Championships
This years Field Championships are being held on the 19th / 20th of July at Ashford Archers Priory Woods course. it is a 2 Day WA24 Mixed round with the option of shooting just one day.
To enter click on https://events.clubevent.co.uk/clubs/ashf/6040.html.
We hope to see you all at hte Priory.
Scores required for the SCAS Inter counties team event
On Sunday 3rd August 2025 The Southern Counties Archery Association will be holding an inter counties team event in Andover, https://scasarchery.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/entry_forms/SCAS_Inter_Counties_2025_Entry_Form.pdf
Kent Archery Association wants archers that are interested in competing in this event to submit scores via Golden Records before 13th June 2025.
2025 Para Archery Championship
As part of Sittingbourne Community College Para Festival Kent Archery Association has agreed to support a Para Archery Championship based on the classification scheme for World Archery.
KAA medals being awarded to classified archers with W1, Open Recurve and Open Compound categories.
Please keep an eye out for the entry form
AGB session and Development Coaching courses that will have the practical days in Kent
Course codes and registration links (for the practical days)
25-CJ-07 Starting Your Coaching Journey MAR WED 1900-2100 hrs 19-Mar 26-Mar
25-CE-07 Creating Engaging Sessions APR/MAY WED 1900-2100 hrs 30-Apr 07-May
25-IT-07 Introduction to Technique APR WED 1900-2100 hrs 14-May 21-May
The 2 practical days for any session coaches waiting for the practical days to complete their training or for the above to register NOW if they wish to become session coaches .
25-UY-17 – Using Your Coaching Skills – May 31st 2025
https://agb.sport80.com/public/wizard/e/42404
https://agb.sport80.com/public/wizard/e/42402
25-SP-17 – Supported Practice & Coach Presentation – June 7th 2025 https://agb.sport80.com/public/wizard/e/42405
Later in the year : another Session coach course starting September
25-CJ-19 Starting Your Coaching Journey SEP WED 1900-2100 hrs 03-Sep 10-Sep
25-IT-19 Introduction to Technique OCT WED 1900-2100 hrs 01-Oct 08-Oct
25-CE-19 Creating Engaging Sessions OCT WED 1900-2100 hrs 15-Oct 22-Oct
Practical days being registered now. Codes to follow
November 22nd Using your coaching Skill and Drills
December 13th Supported practice days.
Development Coach ON-LINE that I am delivering Starting July 2025
25-DC-07
Role of the Development Coach JUL WED 1900-2000 hrs 02-Jul-25
25-DA-07 Developing the Archer in Front You JUL WED 1900-2100 hrs 09-Jul-25 16-Jul-25
September 20th 2025 Coaching Techniques Drill and Skill
November 15th 2025 Coaching Techniques 2
November 29th 2025 Recurve set up
January 24th 2026 Presentation Day
Kent Archery Field 2025
The following are the dates for the Kent Archery Field days at Gorewood. See the KAF page https://kentarcheryassociation.co.uk/kaf/ for more details
Calendar
KAF-1 March 2 nd WA 12 T U/M
KAF-2 April 6 th WA 12 T Marked
KAF-3 May 4 th National Animal
KAF-4 July 6 th WA 24T Mixed
KAF-5 August 17 th WA 12T U/M
KAF-6 September 7 th WA 24T Mixed
Club News
Ashford Archers have a Monthly field shoot open to all AGB members, ever wanted to try Field Archery but dont know where to go? then Ashfords open days at the Priory is just for you. All inexperienced field archers will be paired with someone who knows what they are doing to guide you through the day.
for more information email us at enquiries@ashfordarchers.org.uk. Hope to see you soon at the Priory
Success for Kent archers at the UK Masters
This past weekend, 29th and 30th June 2024 270 archers travelled to Archery GB headquarters, at the National Sports Centre, Lillieshall, near Telford, Shropshire.
On the Saturday all archers shot a double 720 ranking round, ranking them for the individual Head to Head matches on the Sunday.
The Sunday introduced a new concept to the H2H matches, something known as Repechage. This format meant that if you lost your match you got a new score sheet and carried on shooting until you lost again when you repeated the process. There were a few teething issues but the format has great promise, in the view of the author, for keeping archers involved all day. This format also means that you end up with a full set of individual rankings from 1 to 64.
At the end of the day 2, two Kent archers found themselves in the Gold medal matches.
Cliff Gadd (Longbow) faced Brian Rosenberg in the mens longbow final. Cliff was victorious taking the match 6 – 2. Congratulation Cliff on yet another UK Masters win.
Ajay Scott faced Kia Thomas-Prause in the mens compound match with Kia taking the match 146 – 147. Ajay continues to go from strength to strength having recently taken part in the last World Cup stage in Antalya. Ajay is one to watch. Well done Ajay.
ArcheryGB may be publishing some highlights of the matches on YouTube. If these appear I will update the post.