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Both Olympic and Paralympic squads seek to “Compete with pride and inspire our Nation.”
Paralympic Programme
However, both have distinctively different performance statuses.

The Paralympic Vision for After demonstrating an upward It is satisfying to note that every Over the past year there have been a number of significant changes within the Paralympic
2024 is to: performance trajectory, based on performance milestone target for 2017 programme as it looks to build towards Tokyo 2020, one of which was a new Paralympic
changes in our performance thinking,
Lead the Paralympic archery world leading coaching, as well as was met: GB is the leading European leadership team joining the organisation in June 2017. The coaching programme and personnel
Youth Nation. GB has already qualified
committed athletes, we secured
medal table, winning the National Lottery funding from UK Sport a female place at the Youth Olympic have both gone through changes to enable us to prioritise more on the line coaching time,
highest proportion of gold as part of the Summer Sports annual Games and hope to qualify a male place within a tight budget and to assure success ahead of Tokyo 2020.
medals at the Paralympic investment review, which allows us to later this year. GB Compound teams met
their target, delivering Women’s Team
Games” with a mission for develop a Medal Support Plan (MSP) to Silver at the World Cup in Berlin and The new Paralympic staff As part of the ongoing change within
target medal success in Tokyo 2020.
Tokyo 2020 “to win 3-6 a host of Youth medals at Europeans team are; Despite all the changes of 2017, the Paralympic programme we are
medals, 2-3 will be gold. This will allow us to support training, and World Youth Championships. Not the team continued to perform refreshing the Tokyo plan to ensure
it remains current in light of the fact
at a world class level, surpassing
coaching, competitions, travel, forgetting the successful GB Field teams • Paralympic Performance their medal target at the Para that it was written two years ago. Due
who won five medals at the European
The Olympic Vision for equipment and expert sport science and Field Championships. • Manager – Tom Duggan World Championships in Beijing to the fact it was inherited, elements
Head of Performance Support –
2024 is to: medicine for the Olympic team. Richard Kate Eddy in September 2018, coming are now out of date, we are seeking
Priestman has also moved into a broader
to simplify and review it so we can
away with five medals from the
“Win a medal” achieving National Coach role, leading training AGB Performance has had to learn fast • Senior Paralympic Compound following athletes; better connect it to the delivery of the
and commit quickly to what needs to
into Tokyo. Richard will also be integral
breakthrough performances in connecting many elements of our be done to increase the probability of Coach – Rikki Bingham programme and enable us to focus
in international competition WCP, by mentoring Para Coaches, having winning medals at major international • Senior Paralympic Recurve Coach Gold time and resource on the areas that
– Charlotte Burgess
will make the biggest impact.
between 2017 – 2019, with oversight of conversion coaches and competitions. We will continue to move • Paralympic Coach – Andrea Gales
on in our thinking and preparation as
a mission for Tokyo 2020 “to athletes in the Pathway, and inputting we seek to deliver even more medals • Paralympic Technician – Kieran (W1 Mixed Team) Following closely on the World Class
into the development of our Coaching
achieve a top 3 place.” Strategy. this year. Carr Jess Stretton & Plan’s Athletes, Coaches, Environment
• Performance Coordinator – John Cavanagh and Competition pillars, our
operational plans are based around
Four areas form the key pillars of Stephanie Kelly
our World Class Plan (WCP), athletes Gold the following five strands;
capable of being competitive at major
International events, supported by (W1 Individual) 1. Leadership and Management –
the right coaches and support service Jess Stretton ensuring that our planning and
arrangements, in environments where review systems are fit for purpose
they can learn, practice and prepare, and prioritise our resources in the
at competitions which they can deliver Silver areas that will make a difference
the required level of performance. (W1 Individual) 2. Culture – creating an
environment that empowers
Olympic Programme Jo Frith and enables athletes and staff to
perform to their potential
Despite losing funding at the end of 3. Coaching – aligned to the wider
2016, AGB kept its focus and set a Bronze AGB Coaching Strategy, redefine
target of winning a medal at the 2017 (W1 Individual) the Para-Archery coaching
World Championship in Mexico. We Victoria programme
committed to improving international 4. Health and Availability – ensure
competitiveness and used UKS Transition Rumary our athletes are able to train and
funding and some AGB investment in compete at the highest level
to training and competition. Athletes 5. Performance Support – providing
showed steady progress throughout 2017, Bronze world class support and services
with all national squad athletes improving (CO Mixed Team) that enhance an athlete’s
their world rankings, which culminated in Phoebe Pine & individual programme
achieving the target of a medal – bronze
in the Recurve Mixed Team competition John Walker
at the World Championships.

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