Inside the Irish National Heritage Park’s new archery, axe throwing and spear throwing range

With Heritage Week upon us, the Irish National Heritage Park is offering a range of talks and activities including a chance to fire a bow, throw an axe and even launch a spear… Saturday the 16th of August marked the beginning of Ireland’s annual Heritage Week, a time of the year in which people celebrate …

Archers from Wexford take home multiple medals in recent competition

Members of CúChulainn Field Archery Club took to the roads again to compete in the IFAA Double Flint Round which took place over two days at the weekend.... Hosted by Strongbow Archers at Harbour House Club in Athy, Co. Kildare the weather posed quite a challenge. Representing CúChulainn were Fiachra Judge, Christy Banks, Claudia Heinze Banks, …

Several Wexford natives pick up awards at IFAF Archery Indoor Nationals

Several Wexford people picked up awards at the recent IFAF Archery Indoor Nationals... This competition, one of the most important of the Indoor Season, was hosted by Na Laoch Dall in the SETU West Campus in Carriganore, Co. Waterford, one of the best indoor venues in all of Ireland. Deirdre Rogers of the CúChulainn Archery …

Three gold medals for Wexford archers at The Archery Ireland National Target Championships

The Archery Ireland National Target Championships - one of the last major competitions of the Irish Archery calendar - took place over thew weekend... It was hosted by Wolfshead Company of Archers in Granard, Co. Longford, and it took place over two days, Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September. Saturday was dedicated to Senior archers, …

Success for Wexford’s CúChulainn Archers at Harbour House in Athy on Sunday

It was an early start for the seven members of CúChulainn Archers Wexford who travelled to Harbour House Archery Club in Athy, the venue for the Double 720 Round on the Bank Holiday Sunday... While the day started out really sunny at 6.30am in Wexford,  there was pretty dense haze at Harbour House. However, once it burned off, the …

Archers arrive in Wexford from all over to celebrate 10 years at Wexford Archery

Over the weekend Archers from around Ireland descended on Woodville House & Gardens woods for the Eddie’s Rat Challenge - 10 years of Wexford Archery, shoot... Archers came from all corners of Ireland, Limerick, Laois, Meath, Cork & Wexford, Bunclody, Enniscorthy, Wexford, New Ross , beyond & between. Archery legend, Eddie Ryan founded Wexford Archery …

Newly-formed archery club in Wexford on the look out for new members

Wexford's latest Archery Ireland Target club hosted its first competition in Duncormick at the weekend... While primarily a target archery club, this first competition was actually a Field Competition, where archers walk from target to target, scoring on different-sized target faces at different distances, some marked and some needing your best guess!  CúChulainn members in …

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