IHAA WORLD GRAND PRIX

Early 2020 brought a gradual realisation that everything would be different this year. As the International Horseback Archery Alliance (IHAA) cancelled our World Championships in Paris we formulated plans to try and give our sporting community something to engage with, and the idea for the 2020 World Grand Prix was born. The wGP would be a worldwide postal competition where small competitions would be run locally, thereby only requiring small groups of people to assemble and avoiding the travel restrictions associated with the coronavirus pandemic.

Since its earliest days the IHAA has valued all different styles of competition track, embracing the different regions and cultures that contribute to the rich variety in our sport. Over time our primary focus for competition became the combined discipline Horseback Archery Eventing, loosely based on the equestrian sport of eventing. Each track requires subtly different skills in both archery and riding and all three contribute equally to the end result. Our champion horse archers and horses are