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Loreburn Archers are affiliated to the Scottish Archery
Association and through them to the UK governing body - GNAS and the
World governing body - FITA |
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World Governing Body |
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The international governing body of archery
is the International Archery Federation (FITA). Founded on the 4th of
September, 1931 in Lwow, Poland, by seven countries (France, Czech
Republic, Sweden, Poland, the United States, Hungary, and Italy).
FITA
serves to promote and regulate archery world-wide through its more than
130 Member Associations (National
Federations or Associations) and in conformity with the Olympic
principles.
It aims at framing and interpreting the FITA Rules and
arranging for the organization of World Championships and other
international competitions
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The British Governing Body |
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The Grand National Archery
Society is the governing body for the sport of archery in Great Britain
and Northern Ireland.
The Society serves
eight Regional Societies.
The Society magazine - Archery UK is
published quarterly
The Society's motto reads "Union,
Trueheart and Courtesy"
The Society is currently rebranding
itself as Archery UK
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Scottish Governing Body |
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The Scottish Archery Association (SAA) is affiliated to the national
governing body, the Grand National Archery Society (GNAS).
SAA are also
associated to the Scottish Sports Association and SportScotland.
There are
about 50 clubs throughout the whole of Scotland.
There are three areas within the SAA, Western covering
Glasgow southwards, Eastern covering Edinburgh southwards and Northern
which include all clubs north of the Central Belt.
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and Associations within GNAS is to divide Great Britain into eight
Regions (one of which is the SAA). Then within each Region there
are a number of Counties. In the case of Scotland these are West
of Scotland - to which Loreburn Archers is affiliated, East of Scotland
and North of Scotland. In some other regions, the 'counties'
correspond more closely to the administrative counties. Each of
the regions have their own web sites and usually contain details of
counties and clubs within their area. They often include details
of competitions, entry forms and results.
The links to the eight
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In addition there is the English Archery Federation (EAF)
which is a body set up by the five English Regions within The Grand National
Archery Society (GNAS) to select and manage teams for International events where
it is appropriate for England (as opposed to Great Britain) to participate. |
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Field Archery Associations |
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GNAS, covering Field Archery, but here in the United Kingdom there are
three
essentially separate strands. |
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Field Archery Society was formed in 1972 to foster and
support Field archery in the British Isles. The NFAS is not interested in
international competition. They shoot inanimate objects of various
sizes set in woodland at unmarked distances.
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International Field Archery Association is an archery
association that was founded 1970 when a group of field archers from the
USA, Sweden, England, Scotland, Wales and Canada agreed on a set of basic
rules by which Field Archery tournaments would be run. They now represent
over 30 000 field archers in over 30 member countries from all continents. |
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Associations in the United Kingdom
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Longbow Archery Societies |
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Longbow archery in the United Kingdom is governed, in the main, by GNAS,
however there are a large number of semi autonomous bodies with their own
traditions and rules dating back many hundreds of years. Example of these
are the Ancient Society of Killwinning Archers, the Fraternity of Prince
Arther's Knights, the Royal Toxophilite Society and the Woodmen of Arden.
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British Longbow Society was formed
in 1951, when the longbow was fast disappearing from the shooting line,
the Society celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2001. The Society currently
has approaching 2000 members in Great Britain and Worldwide.
The British Long-Bow Society perpetuates the use of the traditional
recreational Longbow for two-way Target and Clout shooting, by arranging
Bow Meetings for its members throughout the British Isles. It endorses a
Craft Guild of Traditional Bowyers and Fletchers who are able to make
equipment to the Society's criteria. It assists a number of clubs and organizations who use the recreational Longbow, and many who organise
their own traditional Bow Meetings to the Society's Rules of Shooting. The
Hon. Membership Secretary maintains a list of "Longbow friendly"
clubs.
Whilst recognizing Roving, Hoyles and Field as legitimate forms of
archery, the Society does not itself organise such activities. The Society
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