http://bhaa.org.uk/blog Welcome to our news site Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:11:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Turkey recently hosted its first international horseback archery (and Cirit competition) in the Anatolian city of Sivas. Two members of the BHAA were invited and attended; they were joined by colleagues from Iran, Poland, Germany, Korea, Hungary and of course Turkey. There will be a full write up of the event in ... http://bhaa.org.uk/blog/2009/10/26/sivas-turkey-2009/ By accident we stumbled across on online exhibition entitled "Chevaux et cavaliers arabes" which we though readers may find interesting. The actual exhibition took place in 2003 but they still have an online version which allows you to "virtually" walk through the exhibition. Unfortunately its all in French (well unfortunate for English ... http://bhaa.org.uk/blog/2009/09/23/chevaux-et-cavaliers-arabes-arab-riders-horses/ August saw the arrival of the 5th International Horse Archery Competition in Sokcho, Korea. Competitors travelled from the UK, the USA, Poland, Switzerland, Germany, Malaysia, Japan, Mongolia and Iran all looking for medals! The BHAA was represented by Neil Payne and Jehad Shamis although the UK also had independent competitor in ... http://bhaa.org.uk/blog/2009/09/01/5th-international-horse-archery-competition-korea-2009/ by Neil Payne I recently travelled to both Poland and Turkey to meet with our partners in horseback archery. A write up of the weekend in Poland at the "Żurawiejki"meeting will follow but as Istanbul is fresh in my mind, I will start there. A few of us particularly interested in ... http://bhaa.org.uk/blog/2009/06/24/the-revival-of-traditional-archery-in-turkey/ When on a recent trip to Iran I was invited into the offices of the Iran Archery Federation. Upon walking in, across the top of the walls, were written "The Characteristics of a Good Archer". These characteristics are attributed to Bahram Gur, a legendary figure in Iranian history also famed ... http://bhaa.org.uk/blog/2009/06/18/the-characteristics-of-a-good-archer/ http://bhaa.org.uk/blog/2009/06/04/photos-from-sweden-may-2009/ Four members of the BHAA travelled to Sweden last week for the first Gaethic Championships. We were also joined by three representatives of Germany. Similar to the UK, horseback archery is a young sport in Sweden and the competition was tagged onto a well-known medieval festival held at Ekenas Caste ... http://bhaa.org.uk/blog/2009/06/04/the-gaethic-horseback-archery-championships/ A quick post to clarify Ryanair's policy re: archery equipment. A few of us from the BHAA are travelling to Sweden this weekend for a competition and we were informed that the low-cost airline does not allow bows or arrows even in the hold. Having reviewed their website's terms and ... http://bhaa.org.uk/blog/2009/05/27/ryanair-and-archery-equipment/ Tuba Archery Club (London) is holding a 3 day horseback archery training course in June from 5th-7th. The course will be overseen by Christian Abdul-Majid Schrade who is coming over from Germany. There are only 12 places available and it will work on a strictly first paid first served basis. ... http://bhaa.org.uk/blog/2009/05/11/horseback-archery-course-june-2009/ I was recently invited by the Iran Archery Federation to travel to the country for two weeks to work with their fledgling horse archery team. What follows is a little write up on my time there and reflections…. I was initially contacted by the Iran Archery Federation who ... http://bhaa.org.uk/blog/2009/05/10/horseback-archery-training-in-iran/ The organisers of the European Championship of Horseback Archers have now announced the dates for the 2009 competition. This year invitations are extended to participate as per usual. Please fill out and sign the registration form and send back to info@steppenreiter.de or via post by 10th of August the latest! Actual information as ... http://bhaa.org.uk/blog/2009/04/01/eocha-2009/ Details have now been released from Korea for this year's The 5th International Horseback Archery Competition. The dates will be August 14th – 17th 2009 in Sokcho, Korea. For anyone interested in participating this year please email Neil Payne on info@bhaa.org.uk. At present there are only 2 representatives of the UK and ... http://bhaa.org.uk/blog/2009/03/05/the-5th-international-horseback-archery-competition/ The DVD of last year's European Open Champtionship of Horse Archers is now completed and released for sale. To buy your copy please go to http://www.pferde-filme.de/ http://bhaa.org.uk/blog/2009/03/05/eocha-2008-dvd-is-released/ There are places remaining on a horseback archery course being run by the Tuba Club which will be taking place in Kent on November the 8th and 9th 2008. It will be open to beginners and the more experienced. Horse riding lessons will also be part of the weekend. If interested, please ... http://bhaa.org.uk/blog/2008/10/21/horseback-archery-course-kent-november-2008/ I received a nice letter from one of our colleagues in Argentina who has recently taken to hunting with bow & arrow but on horse ...... Dear Neil: I am a hunter with a traditional bow since the age of 11.  I am now 41 years old and am an engineer and ... http://bhaa.org.uk/blog/2008/10/03/horseback-hunting-in-argentina/