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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).