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    THE SENIOR SERVICE

    May 27, 2021 4 minutes
    By Victoria Williams

    What is it about barebow archers that makes us think we can just keep shooting, keep competing and keep winning well into our second half-century? I took up archery in my mid-thirties and have enjoyed a fairly extensive international career, competing at World and European field and 3D championships and two World Games for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team every year since turning 40. I’m now 53 and I find myself wondering how it is that I, and so many other barebow archers, can still be in contention for international selection when most sporting careers are all but over by the age of 35.

    As I look around me at competitions, both

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