The WAA would once again like to thank the members who gave up their time to attend the meetings which were held in each county to discuss the future of archery in Wales over the next 5 years. On the whole we have received positive feedback both at and following the meetings from those who attended. It was also very pleasing to find that over half of our clubs had been represented at them. A copy of the report that has been compiled following these metings can be found in the documents section of the members area. This report will now be used to inform our Strategic Plan for the next 5 years.

The WAA Indoor Championships was held on the 19th January at Sport Wales National Centre, Cardiff. The following report was provided by the tournament organiser Dave Evans.

Following the disappointment of having to cancel last year`s tournament due to inclement weather, it was very encouraging to see that this year`s tournament was over-subscribed, and full before the closing date, even though several familiar names were absent from the entry list. One hundred and twenty three archers shot on the day, inlcuding ten visitors with many members participating for the first time. Particularly impressive were members of our Junior Performance Academy. Eleri Farr beat all the senior ladies in the Recurve discipline with a record breaking score of 537, while Ryan Pinder came 2nd in the Gents Recurve, and Mathew Gash came 17th. Many thanks to everyone who helped to make it a successful event and to Wales Archery Specialist for sponsoring the target faces. A full results can be found in the diary section of the website

This is the 1st year that WAA has run the Club Rewards Scheme which is an attempt to give back to the grass roots archers. Clubs are rewarded for increasing the percentage of total member numbers based on the figures at the end of one membership year to the next. No club will be eligible to win a prize for 2 years running. For a growing club the cost of equipment is a big strain on resources and so all members of the winning clubs will see the benefit.

Three prizes are provided for the top three best performing clubs:- 1st prize - a target boss, a trainer bow and a set of jazz arrows, 2nd prize - a target boss, 3rd prize a trainer bow.

Congratulations to the following 3 clubs who are, in 1st place - RJD Archers, Glamorgan, 2nd place - Colwyn Bay Archers, North Wales and 3rd place - Red Dragon Archers, North Wales.