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International Youth Medal Success

The development of our Performance Athletes on the Olympic Pathway produced their most successful year
Performance and Talent Pathway and Talent Pathway, has allowed us ever at international competition last year. This was partly due to a radical
transformation in the selection process which is now designed to develop
to better connect grassroots activity and test athletes not only in their shooting capability but also in their
Our Talent Pathway has evolved to meet the needs of our Performance Pathway, Coaching and Club in clubs to our programmes at World being internationally competitive. This includes their event management
strategies. We are exploring the options around merging the previous Archery Training Centres, National
Talent Development Programme and ontarget Performance clubs. The new programme structure, Class Podium Potential levels. and team contribution. Medals won at International Youth Events in 2017:
would be designed to allow us to fully align systems that will benefit not only performance athletes, but
coaches, judges, the wider volunteer workforce, as well as those archers simply looking to improve.
Recurve Cadet Recurve Junior Compound Junior
Our Performance Pathway has also developed. We have renamed the Confirmation Academy to Conversion
Academy, to align with the programmes purpose of facilitating the conversion of athletes into senior
international athletes. This has also seen us change the programme structure from camp based, to individual
training with their contact coach. This has allowed more emphasis on developing what it takes to win (WITTW).

With this in mind and to develop and equip the young athlete for the rigours of being an European Youth Cup 2 European Indoor World Youth
internationally competitive senior, we have reframed our approach; with Championships Championships
a focus on system development and better integration within AGB, along Jacob Reid, Alex Wise and Jonathan
with a more bespoke and athlete-centric learning journey. Tate - Recurve Cadet Men’s Team Bryony Pitman - Recurve Junior Women James Howse and Sarah Moon -
Louisa Piper, Alyssia Tromans-Ansell Compound Junior Mixed Team
Due to challenges from UK sport and Sport England regarding funding and Thea Rogers - Recurve Cadet European Youth Cup 2
for Paralympic Academy level athletes, we have consolidated various Women’s Team Bryony Pitman - Recurve Junior Women
Paralympic projects with the previous Paralympic Academy and
created a higher level Paralympic Conversion Academy, with Alex Wise - Recurve Cadet Men
the purpose of facilitating the conversion of athletes onto the
World Class Programme. These athletes are either on target to World Youth
compete for places in Tokyo 2020 or Paris 2024. Championships
European Indoor
Olympic Talent Pathway Highlights 2017/2018 European Youth Cup 2 Championships Isabelle Capenter, Sarah Moon and
• Converted two athletes into the National Squad and Bryony Pitman, Alyssia Tromans-Ansell Phoebe Pine
five into the National Development Squad. Jacob Reid - Recurve Cadet Men Isabelle Carpenter - Compound
• Supported 40 talented archers each year through and Elizabeth Warner - Recurve Junior Junior Women’s Team
Women’s Team
our Performance Academies
• Supported recurve and compound athletes in the Sarah Moon - Compound Junior Women
National Talent Development Programme Compound Cadet
• Continued to run seminars and workshops for
athletes, parents and personal coaches using our World Youth
Development Coach Championships
• Developed links with other Nations and took part in
training competitions and training camps Louisa Piper, Thea Rogers and Alyssia European Indoor
Tromans-Ansell - Recurve Cadet World Youth Championships Championships
Paralympic Talent Pathway 2017/2018 Women’s Team Lucy Mason - Compound Cadet
• Converted two W1 athletes onto our World Class Women Layla Annison - Compound Junior
Paralympic Programme European Youth Cup 2 Women
• Supported over 40 Athletes through targeted Talent Louisa Piper - Recurve Cadet Women European Youth Cup 2 European Youth Cup 2
Identification campaigns with the England Institute Lucy Mason and Jake Walsh -
of Sport in January Compound Cadet Mixed Team Isabelle Carpenter and
• Supported 20 athletes through our Pathway projects James Howse - Compound Junior
and programmes Layla Annison - Compound Cadet Mixed Team
• Supported eight conversion athletes to compete in Women
an International event in Dubai
A GB quota place
for the 2018 Youth
Olympic Games
European Youth Cup 1 was won by Alyssia

Hollie Smith and Jake Walsh - Tromans-Ansell
Compound Cadet Mixed Team
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