Section 1: Eligibility for Shooting for England
To be eligible to shoot for England, you must:
- Be affiliated with an English Region and
- Meet at least one of the following:
- Be born in England
- Have a parent or grandparent born in England
- Have lived in England for at least one year before the event
Section 2: Team Selection
If the selection criteria can’t be followed due to time constraints, the Archery England Team Selection Panel can make necessary decisions.
Section 3: Tournament Entry Requirements
Applies to all archers (senior and junior):
- Must have entered the event (unless it’s a stand-alone tournament)
- Must have confirmation of a place at the event
- Must not be on a waiting list for the event
Section 4: Senior Archers
For Home Nations Indoor & Outdoor Target events:
- Must not have represented GB in target archery as a senior in the last 12 months
- Scores must be from WRS events and submitted before the deadline
- Must confirm their place at the tournament if selected
Section 5: Commonwealth Archery Championships of Europe (CACE)
- Archers who have represented GB as a senior in the last 12 months may submit scores
- Junior archers who represented GB as juniors in the last 12 months are eligible for senior selection but not junior selection
- Junior archers who represented GB as seniors in the last 12 months are not eligible for senior or junior selection
Section 6: Junior Archers
- Must be at least 13 years old on the first day of the event
- Maximum age: 18 for Archery GB and Home Nations events, 21 for World Archery and international events
- Must enter the appropriate age round
- Junior archers who represented GB as juniors in the last 12 months are eligible for senior but not junior selection
- Junior archers who represented GB as seniors in the last 12 months are eligible for junior but not senior selection
- Archers who represented GB as juniors and seniors in the last 12 months are not eligible for either
- Scores must be submitted before the deadline
Archery England Training Camp Selection
Section 7: Training Camp Eligibility
Open to all senior (adult) Archery England affiliated archers:
- Must not have represented GB in target archery as a senior in the last 12 months
- Must not have regular access to Archery GB coaching facilities
- Must have submitted scores for Archery England rankings or tournaments in the last 12 months
Section 8: Selection Process
- Top 3 ranked archers by category and gender who meet the criteria will get first refusal for training camps
- Top 3 scores submitted from the previous 12 months competitions
- Efforts will be made to use these criteria wherever possible
Section 9: Special Invitations
Archery England may invite archers to training camps if time constraints would impact participation.
Section 10: Junior Archers
- Not eligible for training camps due to safeguarding guidelines
For questions, contact Archery England via email.
Please visit the team selection process page to access the score submission forms