COVID-19: WHAT NOW FOR ARCHERY?

One of the more durable cliches in the news media over the past three months has been stating that we are living in 'unprecedented times'. As a cliche, it has a strong element of truth to it. Most of the apocalypses we thought we were likely to face in our lifetime were immediate and catastrophic, something literally or metaphorically slamming into the Earth. Instead, a tiny package of cunning cells has upended the world in curious ways; forcing governments into difficult decisions, ruining the plans of billions, and causing who-knows-what kind of effects we will feel in a year or ten's time.

It's not hard to feel that archery is suddenly not so important in the scheme of things, with livelihoods ruined and difficult choices to be made, finally properly capped by the postponement of the Olympics by a year, to 2021. At least, everybody hopes it's just a postponement.

Nevertheless, archery is what we do here at , and it seems unlikely you need to read any more about Joe Wicks or sourdough bread making. So we decided to take a look at what might lie ahead for some of the people involved in the sport