National Representation
Archers in South Australia have formed a strong tradition at the elite level, with selection at Olympics since archery was reintroduced to the Games in 1972. SA representation at Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games and World Championships includes:
- 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney, AUS
Recurve:
Men: Simon Fairweather (NSW) (Gold Medal)
(Team 12th – Fairweather, Hunter-Russell, Gray)
Women:
Kate Fairweather (22nd) (Team 9th – Tremelling, Jennison, Fairweather) - 2000 Junior World Target Archery Championships, Belfort, FRA
Recurve:
Junior Men: David Barnes (20th), Junior Women: Andrea Neate (67th) - 2001 World Target Archery Championships, Beijing, CHN
Recurve:
Men: David Barnes (28th) (Team 20th – Fisher, Barnes, Welsh)
Compound:
Women: Sue Martin (47th) (Team 9th – Ferris, Hulbert, Martin) - 2002 World Field Archery Championships, Canberra, AUS
Recurve:
Cadet Men: David Barnes (19th), Cadet Women: Jade Beatty (21st) - 2002 Junior World Target Archery Championships, Nymburk, CZE
Compound:
Cadet Women: Stephanie Hartley (8th)
Recurve:
Cadet Men: David Barnes (Silver Medal), Cadet Women: Jade Beatty (7th)
(Cadet Men’s Recurve Team Gold Medal – Barnes, Cuddihy, Madeley) - 2003 World Target Archery Championships, New York, USA
Recurve:
Men: David Barnes (Bronze Medal) (Team 15th – Barnes, Cuddihy, Gray), Women: Jade Beatty (28th) - 2003 World Crossbow Championships, Cambridge, NZL
Open Women (target): Deb Upright (5th), Matchplay (4th) - 2004 Olympic Games, Athens, GRE
Recurve:
Men: David Barnes (36th), Simon Fairweather (NSW) (50th) (Team 6th – Barnes, Cuddihy, Fairweather) - 2004 Junior World Target Archery Championships, Lilleshall, GBR
Recurve:
Junior Men: David Barnes (5th) (Junior Recurve Team Bronze Medal – Cuddihy, Barnes, Dempsey) - 2005 World Indoor Archery Championships, Aalborg, DEN
Compound:
Men: Patrick Coghlan (28th) - 2005 World Target Archery Championships, Madrid, ESP
Recurve:
Men: Simon Fairweather (NSW) (58th), Women: Marianne Rieckmann (95th)
Compound:
Men: Patrick Coghlan (45th) (Team Bronze Medal – Coghlan, Freeman, Carson) - 2005 World Crossbow Championships, Perth, AUS
Crossbow – Target:
Open Men (target): Mark Goodyer (Silver Medal), Trevor Hancock (4th)
Open Women (target): Deb Upright (4th)
Crossbow – Forest:
Open Women (target): Deb Upright (Bronze Medal)
Matchplay: Open Women (target): Deb Upright (Silver Medal); Open Men (target): Mark Goodyer (Gold Medal), Trevor Hancock (Silver Medal) - 2006 World Field Archery Championships, Göteborg, SWE
Compound:
Men: Christian Schach (10th) (Compound Team 10th – Benson, Freeman, Schach) - 2006 World Junior Field Archery Championships, Göteborg, SWE
Recurve:
Junior Men: Matthew Sims (4th) - 2006 World Junior Target Archery Championships, Merida, MEX
Recurve:
Cadet Women: Amie Gunawan (46th) (Cadet Women’s Recurve Team 12th – Ferguson, Gunawan, Waller) - 2007 World Target Archery Championships, Leipzig, GER
Compound:
Men: Patrick Coghlan (5th) (Compound Men’s Team Silver Medal – Coghlan, Freeman, Timms)
Women: Sherry Gale (54th)
Recurve:
Men: David Barnes (15th) (Recurve Men’s Team 12th – Barnes, Kim, Naray) - 2007 World Crossbow Championships, Bloomfield, USA
Crossbow – Target:
Open Women (target): Deb Upright (5th)
Matchplay: Open Women (target): Deb Upright (Bronze Medal) - 2008 Junior World Target Archery Championships, Kundu-Antalya, TUR
Compound:
Junior Men: Andrew Bradley (31st) (Junior Compound Team Bronze Medal – Bradley, Phillips, Wallace – qualified with World Record score of 4085) - 2009 World Indoor Archery Championships, Rzeszow, POL
Compound:
Men: Patrick Coghlan (12th)
Women: Sherry Gale (18th)
Junior Men: Jesse Gale (18th) - 2009 World Target Archery Championships, Ulsan, KOR
Compound:
Men: Patrick Coghlan (17th) (Compound Men’s Team 13th – Carson, Coghlan, Wallace)
Other Medals
- 2009 World Cup – Antalya TUR Men Compound Individual – Pat Coghlan – BRONZE
Mixed Compound Team – BRONZE – (Pat Coghlan and Fiona Hyde) - 2008 World Cup Final – Lausanne SUI Men Compound Individual – Pat Coghlan – SILVER
- 2008 World Cup – Boe FRA Compound Men Individual – Pat Coghlan – GOLD
Compound Men Team – SILVER – (Pat Coghlan, Robert Timms, Zoran Singerov) - 2007 World Cup – Varese ITA – Male Recurve Team – SILVER (David Barnes, Tim Cuddihy, Michael Naray
