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Hobart nationals wrap-up: who won, the Para world records, and where to watch

Tuesday 27 October 2026

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Hi everyone,

The 2026 National Target and Para Championships wrapped up at the University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay Campus, in Hobart this past weekend, and there were some great stories. Conditions were warm and breezy early in the week, with some very gusty days, and Archery Australia says finals day on Saturday 24 October had gold medal matches in sunshine, wind and rain, with a few shoot-outs along the way.

An outdoor archery range at dusk with four round target faces on stands on a lawn, gum trees behind and a green screen at the back
File photo: an outdoor target archery range (Galston Gorge, NSW). Not taken at the Hobart championships.
Photo: 43MZrinyiII, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Resized for this site. More on the Photo credits page.

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS

(gold medal match scores from the official Ianseo results)

  • Recurve Men: Jai Crawley (Archery VIC) beat Ryan Tyack 6-2. Christopher Jackson took bronze.
  • Recurve Women: Seoyoon An beat Megan Denier 6-0. Alexandra Feeney took bronze.
  • Compound Men: Matt McDougall beat Nathan Rowley 147-144, a cracker of a final. Bailey Wildman took bronze.
  • Compound Women: Vida Halimian beat Liezel-Marié Roux 143-135. Rhiannon Mills took bronze.
  • Barebow Men: Judah Holmes won gold for Tasmania, beating Rayan Valian 7-3. Matthew Shears took bronze.
  • Barebow Women: May Hu beat Tracy Bryen 6-2. Hannah Potter took bronze for Tasmania.

PARA CHAMPIONS

(Ianseo, Para event, Hobart 21 to 24 October)

  • Para Compound Men: Jonathon Milne beat Lewis Matthews 144-140.
  • Para Compound Women: Ameera Christina Lee beat Amanda Jennings 124-115.
  • Para Recurve Men: Huynh Duong beat Stuart Hume 6-5 in a shoot-off. Thomas Holland took bronze.
  • Para Recurve Women: Sonia Withey beat Imalia Oktrininda 6-2.
  • Visually Impaired 1: Craig Newbery beat Lewis Parkins 6-2. Glen Baxter took bronze, beating Hockley 6-0.
  • W1: Christopher Davis beat Jadein Burns 6-0.
  • Para Compound Doubles: Jadein Burns and Lewis Matthews won gold, 139-132 over Lee and Georgelin. Jennings and Dinnerville took bronze.
  • Para Recurve Doubles: Huynh Duong and Stuart Hume won gold, 6-2 over Richard Davis and Thomas Holland. Oktrininda and Marek Steiner took bronze.

JONATHON MILNE'S WORLD RECORDS

Jonathon Milne shot 1401 in the 90/1440 round on day one. World Archery reports that his Para world records at 50 m (354) and 30 m (360) were set at these championships and have been ratified. Archery Australia's day one post had the 30 m score at 360 with 24 Xs.

A WORD FOR PAT COGHLAN

Pat Coghlan (Victor Harbor Archery Club, shooting for Archery SA) had a busy week. He qualified 5th in Compound Men with 691, won his first two rounds (144-112 over Glen Preece, then 142-136 over Lewis Matthews) and lost a one-point quarter-final, 143-144, to Matt McDougall, who went on to win gold. Pat finished 5th. In the Compound Mixed Team, Pat and Rhiannon Mills took GOLD, after qualifying 4th with 1335 and winning a tied final against Robin Hastie and Bailey Wildman on the tie-break. Pat's Compound Men Team, Pats Archery (Pat, Matt McDougall and Sonter), finished 4th: they beat HAM 221-214, lost the semi-final 224-229 to Clear Advantage, and lost the bronze match 222-229 to Wild Concept. Pat also won the 900 round in the 50+ male compound with 884, ahead of Byron Boucher (878) and Jeffrey Lim (848).

TEAM HIGHLIGHTS

Compound Mixed Team: gold to Pat Coghlan and Rhiannon Mills (Archery SA).

South Queensland Archery Society won both the Recurve (6404) and Compound (6835) RGB teams awards, and the Archery Society of Tasmania won the Barebow award (3737). Gold medal teams in all nine team events are listed on Ianseo.

THANKS TO THE SPONSORS

The event manual names Pat's Archery as a long-term partner and sponsor, and Ramrod as sponsor of the mixed team prize. Archery Australia also thanked Hoyt, Easton and Ramrods products for their ongoing support.

WATCH THE FINALS

Archery Australia streamed the gold medal matches on YouTube. The replay runs about nine hours, from 8:24am Hobart time on Saturday 24 October: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgnsBwlBfck (Archery Australia channel). Full brackets and scores are on Ianseo (search for the 2026 National Target Championships). Archery Australia has also said a recap newsletter with photos is on the way.

Watch the finals replay on YouTube

Congratulations to every archer who made the trip, and to the volunteers and judges who kept it all running.

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