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Given the cultural significance of archery performance sport in BAME National Recurve San Juan Cup P.R. World Championships
Project Eden within Islam and the sport’s amenability communities.
with a wide range of clothing choices, the • Create a sustainable training World Games
project has a particular focus on engaging environment for BAME communities
We are always looking at new ways to with Muslim girls, although welcomes within the area.
work with partners to allow us to deliver participation from everyone. • Develop individuals of an
key elements of our strategic plan, in underrepresented groups self-worth, Tania Nadarajah - Recurve Women Jess Stretton - W1 Individual Women
particular when identifying and tailoring Named after the Coventry based school health and lifestyle. Naomi Folkard – Recurve Women Jess Stretton - W1 Women Jess Stretton and John Cavanagh - W1
our sport to new and niche audiences. We which was the inspiration for the initiative, Mixed Team
have teamed up with long term partner Project Eden is scheduled to last two The two areas of focus are Coventry and World Championships Jodie Grinham and John Walker -
SportsAid, and their Backing The Best years and has a focus on training for Birmingham, and activity will take place Compound Mixed Team
programme, which is best known for competition. in both school and community settings.
the support it gives to talented athletes The school training sessions, which
from the most financially disadvantaged The main objectives of the project are to: will only be open to girls, will be led by
backgrounds. However, the organisation • Introduce archery to a new audience Olympic archer and world medallist, Jo Frith - W1 Individual Women
also funds sporting National Governing and environment. Naomi Folkard. The community training Naomi Folkard and Patrick Huston - Victoria Rumary - W1 Women
Bodies to deliver special and outreach • Increase participation of archery sessions will encourage participation from Recurve Mixed Team
projects, with the aim of widening the within two schools and the all ages, genders and abilities and will seek Paul Browne & Hazel Chaisty - Recurve
demographic profile among athletes communities associated with the to create sustainable environments for National Compound Mixed Team
on the England Talent Pathway. The schools. archery through training new coaches and Victoria Rumary - W1 Individual
long-term objective is to promote high • Increase knowledge of archery competition volunteers. World Cup - Berlin Women
performance success for a more diverse as a worthy past time sport and
group of athletes in terms of ethnicity, Phoebe Pine and John Walker -
disability, financial means and geography. Jodie Grinham, Phoebe Pine and Jess Compound Mixed Team
Stretton - Compound Women’s Team
Archery has low participation from Hope Greenwood, Lucy Mason and National Field
females and people from BAME Lucy O’Sullivan - Compound Women’s John Walker - Compound Men
backgrounds. Archery GB’s Performance Team Tania Nadarajah - Recurve Women European Field
Pathway has successfully applied to Able Bodied Event Championships
SportsAid to fund a project which
aims to increase participation from Para Team Czech Republic International
this demographic by working with 3rd Fazza International
communities across the West Midlands.
Dubai
Patrick Huston – Recurve Men

Jess Stretton - W1 Women
Jodie Grinham, Jess Stretton and
Nathan Macqueen - Compound Men Phoebe Pine - Compound Women’s
Team Patrick Huston, Tapani Kalmaru and
Jess Stretton - W1 Women Jason Meehan - Men’s Team

Bryony Pitman - Recurve Women
Jason Meehan - Barebow Men
John Cavanagh and Jess Stretton - W1 Sophie Benton - Barebow Junior
Jodie Grinham - Compound Women Mixed Team Women
John Walker - Compound Men
Nathan Macqueen, Brad Stewart and
John Walker - Compound Men’s Team
Hazel Chaisty - Recurve Women

John Walker and Phoebe Pine -
Compound Mixed Team

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