Tthe London Archery Classic is a high-profile international competition in its own right, this year it will lead up to next summer’s Olympic event at the famous cricket ground.

Simon Terry, Larry Godfrey and Alan Wills make up the men’s team, while five-time Olympian Alison Williamson joins Naomi Folkard and Amy Oliver representing the women. Terry, Godfrey and Wills are an established team having  represented Team GB in Beijing in 2008.

“Lord’s is an iconic venue, and it will be wonderful to take part in an international archery tournament at the home of cricket, walking out through the long room and down those steps will be something else” said Larry Godfrey.

Final selection for the Games takes place next year but these six are the current favourites.

“I’m absolutely delighted to be taking part in the test event at Lord’s and I cannot tell you how much it will mean to me to be there next year as part of the Olympic team” declared Godfrey.

They have also released a picture of what the set up is going to look like. Tickets are likely to be sought after, so if you want to go you are advised to book early.

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Archery Target

The archery target, or boss, is a set of circles coloured, from the outer ring; white, black, blue, red and yellow. The yellow is called gold.

In a competition each ring is scored from 1 to 10. In each colour there are two rings, so outer white scores 1 point and inner white scores 2 points.

If you hit the inner gold then 10 points are scored. This would be what most people would refer to as the bullseye.

In the very centre of the target is a small circle with a cross. When experienced archers are competing many will hit the inner gold, so every arrow in that small circle will be marked on the archer’s card. The final score often comes down to these marks.

Archery

There is no legal requirement for people to be qualified to become an archery instructor. However, the Grand National Archery Society (the main archery society in the UK) runs a three day training course which is very comprehensive and those instructors who have this qualification will add more to the teaching experience.

Usually the hire includes a couple of bosses, adult and junior bows, instructors and the all important insurance. One good source for hiring an archery setup is The Team Building Company.

Eighteen-year-old Kim shot 1,387 points to beat his team mate Oh Jin-hyek’s 144 arrow outdoor recurve record of 1,386, which was set at Ulsan on home soil in September 2009.

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