Archery – Sport

Finn’s international archery journey

Posted on August 1, 2019 (October 29, 2019) by amclaren

Finn Matheson (Year 12, Marsden) was selected to represent New Zealand in the annual Trans Tasman Challenge event versus Australia staged here in Auckland during the first week of the holidays. His results were: WA720 ranking round: Bronze. Top ranked New Zealand cadet archer. Mixed Team (one male, one female) Matchplay: Silver Teams (three archers) […]

Junior World Indoor Archery Champion – Finn Matheson

Posted on April 30, 2019 (May 27, 2019) by amclaren

Congratulations to Finn Matheson on winning the Junior International Indoor Field Archery World Championships […]

King’s Archery teams at the top of the league

Posted on March 7, 2019 (April 30, 2019) by jimpotts

The 2nd week of the inter-school competition brought 3 wins and one loss for the archers. In the Recurve teams: Despite some last minute changes because of the organ concert, all the recurve teams won. King’s A beat Baradene B 1038 – 947 King’s B beat SPC C 859 – 856 (the closest of margins […]

2019 Success for Finn Matheson

Posted on January 29, 2019 (March 19, 2019) by amclaren

Congratulations to Finn Matheson who has earned himself a place in the 4 man, 2019 New Zealand Senior Men’s Archery Team. Finn will have a very busy year, potentially competing at all 4 World Cup events (Colombia, Turkey, Shanghai and Berlin). From those he has the opportunity to qualify for the Olympic Games in 2020. Good […]

Finn win’s again!

Posted on September 26, 2018 (October 30, 2018) by jimpotts

Well done to Finn Matheson (Year 11, Marsden) who competed in the World Indoor Field Archery Qualifying Tournament in Gisborne last weekend. It involved a triple tournament resulting in Finn winning gold with 850/900 points, qualifying for the World Indoor Field Archery Championships in April 2019! […]

Archery star brings home silver and a 35th world ranking

Posted on July 29, 2018 (September 26, 2018) by jimpotts

NZ Archery team member Finn Matheson (Year 11, Marsden) travelled to New Caledonia to compete in the World Archery Oceania Championships, coming away with silver medals in truncated WA1440, WA720, Individual match play and CQT. The Oceania Championships featured 92 archers from eight countries, which is by far the biggest international tournament Finn has competed […]