Archery

Sport - Archery

Sport Description

Archery has been featured in the Canada Summer Games since the 1977 Games in St. John’s, NF. The 2003 Canada Winter Games was archery’s introduction as an indoor sport at the 2003 Games in Bathurst, NB.

There are four categories in archery: Compound males, Recurve males, Compound females and Recurve females. Compound and Recurve refers to the type of bow used. Four events make up the sport of archery at the Canada Games: men’s and women’s individual and men’s and women’s team.

Fun Facts

The history of archery dates back to when the crude bow and flint arrowhead provided our ancestors with their food. 

During the middle ages, the bow was supreme on the battle fields of Europe.

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