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The National Field Archery Society (NFAS) is a UK organisation that exists to foster and promote field archery as a sport. Information in this article is taken from items in newsletters of the NFAS. ==History== Field archery was introduced to the United Kingdom by US armed forces personnel stationed in the UK during World War 2 and the subsequent Cold War period. Archers wanting to practise field archery formed clubs such as the Severn Valley Field Archers and the Dunkery Field Bowmen. In 1959 the British Field Archery Association (BFAA) was formed at Dunster in Somerset. The association held annual championships, and defined various rounds shot at unmarked distances in woodland. The BFAA did not require clear lanes between the shooting position and the target - the preference was for the course to be as natural as possible. In 1970 the BFAA merged with the more recently-formed English Field Archery Association (EFAA). The EFAA drew its membership largely from areas around US military bases in the UK, and followed the US practice of shooting at marked distances through cleared lanes. The merged organisation followed the EFAA's preferences for marked distances and cleared lanes. Many archers who had been members of the BFAA were dissatisfied with the changes to the character of field archery. In 1972 a group of archers drafted a constitution and a set of rules that enshrined their preferred style of shooting unmarked distances in natural conditions. This led to the formation of the National Field Archery Society, whose first Annual General Meeting took place on the 10th of March 1973 at Clayton Community Centre, Norwood Lane, Clayton, Newcastle, Staffordshire. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Field Archery Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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