3D Tournament in "Vistula Archery Route", Warsaw -Poland , June 22 2016

Members of our archery team had the exceptional honor to participate in the weekly mini 3D tournament in the "Vistula Archery Route" (Wiślana Ścieżka Łucznicza) which is placed in the coastal forest of the east shore of Vistula river in the area of Goclaw. Shooting in 28 3D animal-figured targets through a beautifull landscape , our archers had the opportunity to have a technically great archery experience. We would like to thank the host of the event Mr Marcin Eckert for the warm welcome and the great event.

KORYVANTES in the Polish 3D Archery Tournament in Rypin /Poland , June 18 2016

The traditional archery team of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES had the exceptional honor to participate in the 3rd International 3D Archery Tournament which was held in the beautifull open forests and lake of the area of Rypin / Poland on June 18 2016. With the participation of 180 archers (from the categories of traditional bow, compound, recurve) shooting in 28 3D targets of wild animals figures, the competition fullfilled the expectations as one of the most promising events of it's kind of all around Europe. Our Association had the exceptional honour to see it's archer Elena Antoniadou to gain the bronze medal / third place in the category "Traditional Bow Women" while our archer Spyros Bakas came 10th in the category "Traditional bow men". 

Traditional archery training in Athens / Greece, May 15 2016

On Sunday , May 15 2016 , was held the weekly Traditional Archery session of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES , in Association's open training grounds in the area of Athens.

KORYVANTES in the 3rd International Flying Shooting Competition in Leczyca Castle /Poland, April 22-24 2016

The Traditional Archery team of the Association KORYVANTES following the kind invitation of the Polish Community of Traditional Archery and the distinguished bow-maker Mr. Lukasz Nawalny, participated with great success in the 3rd International Flight Archery Festival which was held between 22-24 April 2016 on Leczyca castle in central Poland. The tournament "III Ogolnopolski Turniej Strzelania na Odległość Flight" attracted the attention of prominent flight-shooting archers from Poland, Turkey, Britain, Italy, Greece, France, Slovakia, Hungary. The event included seminar of historical thumb archery techniques by the renowned researcher Adam Swoboda, arrow-construction workshops by the distinguished manufacturer Piotr Kiosorek and thumb shooting training workshops by Adam Radziun.

Participation in the International "THUMB ARCHERY" Meeting, Sunna / Germany, May 26-29 2016

Following the kind invitation of the German Thumbring Traditional Archery Community , the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES will participate in the 9th International Thumbring Competition which will be held between May 26-29 2016 in the Sunna city (Keltendorf) in central Germany. The four-day event of the meeting will take place in the beautifull landscapes of the territory, on physical routes organised specifically for the competition, hosting the leading clubs from Poland, Turkey and Greece as well as the prime German archers and teams.

Participation in the "St Georges Shoot 2016", Taunton - England , April 23-24 2016

The traditional archery team of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES has the exceptional honor to announce it's forthcomming participation in the 23th Traditional Archery contest - "St Georges Shoot 2016" which took place the weekend of 23 -24 April 2016 in Taunton, England. The  "St Georges Shoot" contest is one of the most historical annual Traditional Archery meetings in UK. It is organized under the auspices of the brother organisation "Society for the Promotion of the Traditional Archery (SPTA)" which is the leading institution for the research and promotion of Traditional Archery of Old Albion for the last decades.
Our Association has been succesfully participated in the relevant event of the year 2015.

Participation in the Hungarian National Traditional Archery competition "MHIT 2016", March 19 2016,Törökbálint / Budapest

The Traditional Archery team of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES accepting to honourable invitation of the World Traditional Archery Federation's (WTAF) vice president Mr. Posta Pal and the Hungarian Federation of Traditional Archery participated in the Indoor traditional archery competition "M.I.I.T. 2016" which took place on Saturday, March 19, 2016, in Törökbálint / Budapest.

The four archers of our mission-team represented the Greek Traditional Archery in the European Traditional Archery capital shooting together with famous world champions and renowned teams. The competition was held in the region of "Anna Caves" in an area of actual historical artificial caves and included targets up to 30 meters and on target-faces defined by the Hungarian federation. The organizing committee of MHIT for this year honored the Polish Traditional archery and its great contribution to the World Heritage of World Archery. The commitee invited groups of four archers from the leading associations of Greece, Turkey, Germany and Romania as a symbol of cooperation, fraternity and recognition of their development at national level.

Participation in the 7th Total Field Game (T.F.G.), Agios Ioannis / Pelion Mountain, March 13 2016

The Traditional Archery team of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES participated with great success in the 7th traditional archery open field game "Total Field Game 2016", which took place on Sunday, March 13th 2016 in the village of Agios Ioannis of Pelion mountain. The competition was organized by the Olympic Archery Academy of "Pelopos" Patras city, with the support of the Greek Olympic Archery Federation "E.O.T." and the participation of 60 athletes from Greece, Germany, Turkey, England and Cyprus.

The competition included 13 targets in physical terain of three kilometers on the slopes of Pelion mountain. The targets were located in the uphill and downward slope, and with natural obstacles. The athletes were participating in mixed groups of 4 , from the categories of Recurve, Compound, Barebow, Longbow, Traditional. The beginning and the end of the route took place in Hotel Anesis village of Agios Ioannis village, Our Association was pleased to see the athletes Elena Antoniadou, Erasmia Smyroglou and Skourti Sofia to win the gold, silver and bronze medal respectively.

KORYVANTES in the 3rd International Flying Shooting Competition in Leczyca Castle /Poland, April 22-24 2016

Following the kind invitation of the Polish Community of Traditional Archery and the distinguished bow-master and host of the event, Mr.Lukasz Nawalny,  the Association of  Historical Studies KORYVANTES will participate in the 3rd Polish Flying Shooting Competition which will be held between April 22-24, 2016 in Leczyca Castle / Poland.

The "III Ogolnopolski Turniej Strzelania na Odległość Flight" tournament brings the attention of the best Polish, French, Turkish, Italian, British, Slovakian, Greek and Hungarian flight archers. 

The event will also host interesting workshops including thumb ring technique with the famous master Adam Swoboda, arrow-making workshops with expert Piotr Kosiorek and thumb ring practices with Adam Rdziun.

KORYVANTES in the Hungarian Indoor Traditional Archery Competition (M.H.I.T. 2016 ), March 19 2016, Budapest-Hungary

The Traditional Archery Team of Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES accepting the honourable invitation of the Vice President of the World Traditional Archery Federation (WTAF)  Mr. Posta Pal and the Hungarian Traditional Archery Federation , will participate in the Hungarian National Indoor Traditional Archery Championship  ( M.H.I. T. 2016 ) which will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2016 , in Törökbálint, Budapest - Hungary .

The four-member mission team of the Association KORYVANTES will represent the Greek Traditional Archery in the Traditional Archery Capital of Europe, together with renowned world champions and teams.

Traditional Archery Training in Athens and Florina / Greece, February 7 2016

On Sunday , February 7 2016 , was held the weekly Traditional Archery session of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES , in Association's open training grounds in the areas of Athens and Florina.

Traditional Archery Training in Athens / Greece, January 31 2016

On Sunday, January 31, 2016 the weekly training session of the Association of Historical Studies "KORYVANTES" was succesfully held in the area of Athens. Furthermore our members had the opportunity to cut of the traditional New Year's Eve "Festive bread".

Traditional Archery Training in Athens and Thessaloniki, January 24 2016

On Sunday , January 24 2016 , took place the weekly Traditional Archery session of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES , in Association's open training ground in the area of Athens and Thessaloniki.

Traditional Archery Training in Athens/Greece, January 3 2016

On Sunday , January 3 2016 , took place the first Traditional Archery session of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES for the year 2016, in Association's open training ground in the area of Athens.

Participation in the Polish Traditional Archery "XVII International Correspondence Tournament", December 6 2015

The Traditional Archery team of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES had the great honor to participate in the Polish "XVII International Correspondence Tournament" (correspondence tournament), which took place on Sunday,December 6 2015, on our training fields in Athens and Thessaloniki.

Our Association participated in this great event of the global family of Traditional Archery with 18 archers.The "XV International Correspondence Tournament" is a prestigious international Traditional Archery event which is organized by the Polish Federation of Traditional Archery. It was held on the same day and time in many European countries with the participation of hundrends of athletes of all ages, and the relevant top traditional archery teams.Our Association has participated in the relevant event of the year 2014

"KORYVANTES" Associates with the Prime British "Society for the Promotion of the Traditional Archery" (SPTA)

The Traditional Archery team of the Association of  Historical Studies KORYVANTES, is extremelly honoured to announce it's association with the renown and Prime British Institution " Society for the Promotion of the Traditional Archery".

S.P.T.A. was founded in 1993 to promote interest in the technology, history, crafts and shooting skills of worldwide traditional archery. SPTA's aims to share knowledge of this limitless subject, from the Avar bow to the 'Zhu' of the Bhutanese. Dozens of craftspeople, scholars and historians are among Society's members included the honorary president of the SPTA, Mr. Hector Cole, who has been awarded for his work as an arrowsmith under the British Empire Medal (BEM) and prime British champions in longbow category such as Carrol Edwards , Mick Pearce and Richard Hornsby.

Training Session in Regensburg / Germany , Sunday November 1st 2015

Members of the Traditional Archery team of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES following the noble invitation of the German team Thumbarchery.de were hosted in the beautiful Regensburg / Germany. Our archers had the opportunity to be trained in the thumb-ring technique by the experienced instructor and good friend of our team Mr Stephan Anstadt while also to shoot in 3D targets following routes in the lush forests of Bavaria. The German group operates in the region of Bavaria (Munich, Regensburg, Nuremberg) with tens of archers who practice exclusively in the thumb-technique. Our team would like to warmly thank our good friends Stephan Anstadt and Angelika Mack for their excellent hospitality and the valuable archery experiences.

Participation in the "Kalistrateia 2015" Traditional Archery Meeting, September 27 2015.

On Sunday, September 27, 2015 members of the Traditional archery team of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES following the kind invitation of the Traditional Archery group "TAC - Hellas" participated in the Traditional Archery Meeting "Kalistrateia 2015" which was held with great success in the open site of the old Athen's airport . Archers from the "TAC - Hellas" team , from the  "Toxovoleio Pentelis" group but also many individual archers participated in an unofficiall but beautiful game in midle and long distance shots. Our Association would like to thank the director of the "TAC - Hellas" and good friend of our team Mr. Costas Kapatais for his noble hospitality and excellent organization of the game.

Traditional Archery in Athens, Thessaloniki & Florina / Greece, September 20 2015

On Sunday, September 20, 2015  the weekly Traditional Archery session of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES was held in our open training grounds in Athens, Thessaloniki & Florina.

Association KORYVANTES in the " 6th T.F.G. " , October 4 2015

The Archery team of the Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES, is pleased to announce its participation in the 6th  "Total Field Game 2015 -Achaios" which will be held on Sunday, October 4, 2015 in the village of Platanovrissi near Patras City. The event is organized by the Academy of Olympic Archery "Pelopos" Patras, with the support of the Greek Olympic Archery Federation  "EOT"

The Association of Historical Studies KORYVANTES as the institutional representative of WTAF in Greece and substantial promoter of the Historical research on Greek Archery is proud to participate in the Organising team of the event (through it's instructor  and team leader Taxiarchis Chassalevris), directing the host and invitation of main traditional archery teams from England, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Romania, aspiring to establish a yearly-basis and broaded international traditional archery events in Greece.