20 May 2026
As part of our ongoing programme of building on our history while defining our future together, Scottish Archery are proud to announce the availability of our official Tartan.
Tartan is one of the most recognisable symbols of Scotland. With historical roots in the display culture of medieval Gaelic society, this living tradition has constantly evolved to suit the social and cultural landscapes of the moment.
Working in conjunction with kiltmaker and Scottish archer, Kayleigh Ivanov, the Scottish Archery tartan has been designed to represent key aspects of our sport, using Saltire Blue as a base colour, checked and over-checked with World Archery target colours.
Each sett of the tartan consists of 72 threads of saltire blue to represent the arrows in a 720 round, followed by white, black, blue, red and gold in increasing threads to represent an archery target. A further 72 threads of saltire blue follow to make a total of 144, with the sett completed with an overcheck in target colours and outlined in white to signify a lined archery field.
The tartan is available to all archers to represent our sport and will feature on the 26/27 Scotland team shirt as well as appearing in a number of our materials
The Tartan can be found in the Official Scottish Register of Tartans: https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=15389
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Tartan is synonymous with Scotland where it is inextricably associated with the kilt and highland dress. As a textile, it is not unique to the country – early specimens have been recorded in China, Egypt and Europe - but only in Scotland did tartan reach the status of a cultural icon.​
You can read more about the history of tartan here on The Scottish Tartans Authority website, Researched & Written by Peter Eslea MacDonald OBE TD.
