My name is Megan Tinker. I live in a small village just outside of Doncaster and I am a member of Dearne Valley Archery Club and I also represent Great Britain at international archery events.
I became interested in archery after reading the Hunger Games books and fancied myself as Katniss Everdeen. For my 13th birthday in 2013, my parents bought me an archery experience and I loved it. Several months later, after trying to get in touch with several clubs in the region, we were passing a cricket field near my home with a load of archers shooting. We decided to stop and see how we could get involved and the rest, as they say, is history. Those archers were Dearne Valley Archery Club and it was the start of an amazing archery adventure. In four years, by the end of 2017, I had won numerous County, Northern Counties and National titles as well as setting over 20 County Records and 2 National Records. I was also selected to represent Great Britain at the 2017 European Field Archery Championships in Slovenia where I placed 8th in the Junior Womens Division. I am extremely proud to say I was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2018 World Field Archery Championships in Italy where I competed in the Junior Women Individual and Team events, ranking 7th individual and 4th team. In my final year as a junior (2017) I was the 5th-ranked U18 Target archer in the country and 7th across all age groups. For field archery, in my final year as a junior, I was the top-ranked UK junior, 3rd-ranked UK senior and 8th-ranked in Europe. In 2016, I held the UK, English, Northern Counties and Yorkshire Junior Field titles all at the same time. In my first full year as a senior in 2018, I held the Yorkshire, Northern Counties, Southern Counties, English and British Field titles at the same time as winning the County Target championships. My ultimate goal is to represent Great Britain at International Events such as the Olympic Games, World and European Championships. |
Titles I currently hold:
2019 Senior Lady British Field Champion Titles I have won in the past: 2018 Senior Lady English Field Champion 2018 Senior Lady Northern Counties Field Champion 2018 Senior Lady Yorkshire Field Champion 2018 Senior Lady British Field Champion 2018 Senior Lady Yorkshire Target Champion 2017 Senior Lady Yorkshire Indoor Champion U18 NCAS Target Champion 2016, 2017 U18 NCAS Inter-Counties Champion 2016, 2017 U18 NCAS Field Champion 2016, 2017 U18 and Overall Junior Girl NCAS Indoor Champion U18 English Field Champion U18 National Field Champion 2015 U18 English Target Champion 2016 U18 Doncaster & District Indoor Champion U18 Yorkshire Indoor Champion U18 South Yorkshire Target Champion U18 Yorkshire Field Champion U16 NCAS Inter-Counties Champion U16 Yorkshire Target Champion 2014, 2015 U16 UK Masters Champion 2015 2016 Yorkshire Girl Overall Junior Indoor Champion 2015 Doncaster Free Press Junior Sports Personality of the Year |
My Rankings 2019
Field: 2nd
Target: n/a
World Junior Field: 7th
World Junior Field Team: 4th
Previous Rankings:
Final junior year (2017):
Target: 5th Under 18 / 7th all junior age groups
Field: 1st UK / 8th Europe
First senior year (2017)
Target: 54th
Field: 3rd
Ranked 7th in the World (Junior)
My Classifications:
Target: Senior Master Bowman
Field: Senior Master Bowman
Final Junior Classifications (2017):
Target: Junior Master Bowman
Field: Junior Grand Master Bowman
Historical Rankings:
Field: 2nd
Target: n/a
World Junior Field: 7th
World Junior Field Team: 4th
Previous Rankings:
Final junior year (2017):
Target: 5th Under 18 / 7th all junior age groups
Field: 1st UK / 8th Europe
First senior year (2017)
Target: 54th
Field: 3rd
Ranked 7th in the World (Junior)
My Classifications:
Target: Senior Master Bowman
Field: Senior Master Bowman
Final Junior Classifications (2017):
Target: Junior Master Bowman
Field: Junior Grand Master Bowman
Historical Rankings: