Members of World Archery’s permanent committees met at the World Archery Excellence Centre in Lausanne (Switzerland) on 7-9 February to discuss key topics ahead of this year’s congress, which is due to take place in Gwangju (Korea) in September.
The congress held immediately after the Olympics is the only opportunity to make significant changes to the target archery regulations.
Committees will be proposing a complete rewrite of books two and three of the World Archery Rulebook, which cover events and target, to simplify the laws of the sport, remove outdated language and regulations, and make rules easier to interpret and apply during international competition.
Many of the discussions focused on these changes – including the potential effect on federations using the same regulations at a national level.
Committees were also tasked with discussing heat or severe weather measures, managing the rising cost of events, and evaluating areas of the sport where modern technology has advanced quicker than the rules designed to regulate it.
The programme included bilateral meetings between committees, as well as group plenary sessions and a meeting of committee chairs.
World Archery has nine permanent committees covering athletes, coaches, constitution and rules, field and 3D, judges, medical and sports science, para, target and technical. Members are elected on a staggered basis at congress and can serve two consecutive terms.
There will be elections for 20 committee member and six executive board positions at the 2025 World Archery Congress in Gwangju.
The deadline for election nominations is 4 June 2025.
The deadline for motions to change the rules is 5 April 2025.
