17 Nov 2025
We are delighted to launch our Annual Report 2025, click here to view full report.
Check out a Welcome from our Chairperson, John Nicholson:
As chair of Scottish Archery, 2025 was an important year for me. One of the most satisfying achievements of the year was to have a full board, which includes six archers and three independent Directors. It is often difficult to get volunteers at any level in Sport and to have nine well qualified people on our board means that we have a diverse range of opinions and capabilities available. Likewise, we have many new volunteers across our subgroups which improves the depth of knowledge further, keeping the organisation progressing. In Lyndsay's foreword she does cover the work done by our great staff team and on behalf of the archery community I would like to thank both staff and volunteers for the work they have put in.
I have now been in post for two years and I would like that by next year we have identified another candidate for chair who will be able to drive archery through the next strategic cycle. There is talk of archery returning to future commonwealth games in 2030 and that will give an opportunity for our top archers to perform on a world stage, and inspire our members who have aspirations to compete for their country on the biggest stage! It's been another really positive year for Scottish Archery and we hope to keep the momentum going with positive developments over the next year and beyond!
This year has seen many positive developments for archery in Scotland. Following a period of member and stakeholder engagement, we launched our new Strategy in April - 'Supporting our Archery Community'. The strategy has set the direction for us over the next four years and beyond with a deep focus on strengthening our foundations and supporting our archery community. Aligned to our strategy, we secured another four-year investment from sportscotland. We would like to thank sportscotland for their continued support and belief in the work we do.
We have strengthened our subgroup structure aligned to our new strategy and have many more member volunteers supporting our subgroups. A huge thank you to all our subgroup volunteers, and a special mention to our Records subgroup for their hard work keeping Scottish records up to date.
Jonny has been focusing on implementing the recommendations from our pathway review and has been strengthening the connection with Archery GB across Judging and Performance to offer more opportunities in Scotland. A heartfelt thank you to our Judges and Field Captains for the commitment to our events programme, and to Ed for maintaining the Scottish rankings system.
We have a skilled and strong board of directors, each bringing a range of expertise to support Scottish Archery, and we have invested more in the role of Event & Competitions Co-ordinator. Fiona is doing a fantastic job leading the competitions programme, which is going from strength to strength.
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A Note from the CEO, Lyndsay Noon:
Euan has been developing our club support toolkits, as you will read below, and has been instrumental in driving forward coach education and development opportunities for our community. We have also launched our first Women and Girls Coaching Academy.
Robert continues to bring archery opportunities to new groups of people. We would like to extend a huge thank you to the Royal Company of Archers Charitable Trust for another year of support for our community programme. Robert has also been developing our new junior programme to help encourage more young people into archery for lifelong participation.
This year has seen a number of safeguarding changes due to PVG legislation, but we are committed to supporting our volunteers through the processes to ensure archery is a safe place for everyone. Jacqui has been paramount to leading on this.
Our Home Nations Teams have been a positive force representing Scotland across the country, and inspiring development archers who are aiming to wear a Scottish shirt one day. With thanks to Team Managers Ainsley and Keith, and Team Coach Bill.
Lastly, we have launched our very first Awards Evening which will take place on March 28th, 2026. This will provide a platform to bring our community together without a bow in hand, to pay gratitude to all the people in archery who keep the sport running day to day. A huge thank you to all volunteers, staff and partners for another fantastic year!