1 OCTOBER 2024 20:00
Applications are invited from archers who would like the opportunity to attend the Welsh Archery Association (WAA) Senior Target Archery Academy.
Academy training sessions give archers access to coaching, training and support to further develop their archery skills with a view to competing at the higher levels of archery and to possibly represent Wales as part of the official Welsh Senior Target Team at a variety of events. WAA Academy archers are expected to put themselves forward for the Welsh Senior Team. However, being a member of the Academy will not automatically guarantee a place on any Welsh Senior Team as WAA will ask all Welsh archers to express an interest for any given event at the relevant time.
Academy sessions will be held monthly as follows with most of the sessions being held in Sophia Gardens in Cardiff and one session being held in North Wales:
Oct 20th 2024
Nov 17th 2024
Dec 15th 2024
Jan 19th 2025
Feb 2nd 2025
March 15th 2025 – Eaton Manor all day training session (TBC)
The Academy will consist of 18 members, wherever possible this will be made up of 6 recurve archers - 3 male and 3 female, 6 compound archers - 3 male and 3 female and 6 barebow archers – 3 male and 3 female.
Applicants are asked to submit 5 tournament scores of Bowmen standard or above from Record Status events from the current outdoor season. Archers who are interested in attending these training sessions and do not have the relevant scores are asked to submit a form which will be considered should there be any vacancies.
Archers who are selected for the Academy will be expected to attend all training sessions unless prior approval given by the Academy manager. WAA will fund the provision of training and coaching as part of the training sessions but archers will be expected to pay their own travel expenses to academy training events.
Only archers who are members of WAA can apply to join the senior target academy.
If you are interested in accessing this additional coaching and training and would like to be part of the Senior Target Archery Squad, please complete the application form and return it by 9th October 2024.
We will also be looking to run Improvers sessions alongside the Academy sessions - further details to follow.
If you have any questions, then please contact Debbie Cooke via cpplemum@aol.com
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