Archery

Timeline of Archery (Most of the dates were not included on Wikipedia)

By ciaranmcnulty1

  • The first Ancient Scorton Silver Arrow Contest

    1673 – The first Ancient Scorton Silver Arrow Contest is first held in Yokshire in England – and continues to be held today.

  • Women and Archery

    1787 – Women are first admitted into an archery society and are allowed to compete in the Ancient Scorton Silver Arrow Contest.

  • First Archery Club

    1828 – The first archery club on the North American continent is the United Bowmen of Philadelphia.

  • National Tournaments in Archery

    1879 – The National Archery Association (NAA) is founded and begun holding national tournaments.

  • First Official Arching at the Olympics

    1900 – Archery becomes an official Olympic event at the Paris Olympic Games.

  • Second Olympic Games Involving Archery

    1920 – The second time when archery is an event in the Olympics (held in Belgium).

  • Fédération Internationale de Tir à l’Arc (FITA)

    1931 – Fédération Internationale de Tir à l’Arc (FITA) is founded in Poland.

  • Bowsights Being Used in Competition

    1937 – Bowsights are first used at an NAA tournament.

  • Mass Producting Archery Equipment

    1938 – Ben Pearson sets up a company to mass-produce archery equipment.

  • National Feild Archery Association

    1939 – The National Field Archery Association is established.

  • Using Aliminium Arrows

    1946 – Doug Easton develops a process for manufacturing aluminum arrow shafts which greatly increased the accuracy of the arrow.

  • Using Plastic Vanes

    1951 – Plastic vanes are first used to replace feathers on arrows.

  • Inventing The Compound Bow

    1960s – H.W. Alan from Missouri, USA, invents the compound bow.

  • Attaching Stabilizers

    1961 – Hoyt Archery Company makes bows with attached stabilizers.

  • Adding Release Aids

    Release aids for compound bows start being used in NAA competitions.

  • Archery Becoming a Permanent Event at the Olympics

    1972 – Archery becomes once again a permanent event at the Olympic Games in Munich.

  • FITA changes their name.

    2011 – FITA changes its name to World Archery Federation (WA).