Archers will be primed for Commonwealths, says GB chief

BRITISH Archery performance manager Barry Eley is convinced the country's finest will arrive at October's Commonwealth Games in Delhi in the form of their lives.

ON TARGET: Nicky Hunt captures her second successive World Cup silver medal as GB archers continue to impress

Nicky Hunt picked up a second straight World Cup silver medal in the compound event in Turkey on Thursday, while Britain's men's compound team claimed bronze later that evening.

And Simon Terry captured individual bronze at the season-opening World Cup in Porec last month while

Andy Rikunenko captured gold at the European Championships at the start of the month.

"It was a great performance by the lads, and another big boost, especially for our men's compound archers," said Eley.

"With Andy winning the European Championship gold medal two weeks ago, and now this, they've made a really solid start to the season, and it all bodes well for the Commonwealth Games later in the year.

"It was disappointing for Nicky to miss out on gold again, but to reach two successive finals at the World Cup tournament is a fantastic achievement.

"Nicky's worked really hard all week, and a silver medal is an acknowledgement of that, and of course after two tournaments out of four, she now has the overall lead in the World Cup standings, so she has much to be proud of."

It was the trio of Chris White, Duncan Busby and Liam Grimwood beat Holland in the third-placed shoot-off to win compound team bronze - Great Britain's third medal of the World Cup campaign.