If 2025 didn’t somehow quench your thirst for fantastic archery, the 28th edition of the Nimes Archery Tournament is sure to kickstart 2026 in style.
All reigning Nimes champions – including barebow men’s and women’s winners – are back in the south of France to defend their titles in a blockbuster field featuring 26 of the 40 top-10 ranked archers in the recurve and compound men’s and women’s categories.
Kang Chaeyoung is the only absent current world number one this week, with Brady Ellison, Mathias Fullerton and Andrea Becerra all shooting at Le Parnasse.
A mainstay of the international indoor circuit since joining the Indoor World Cup series in 2016 – and with a rich history as a two-time former World Archery Indoor Championships host – Nimes has long had its dates circled on archers’ calendars.
But its importance is greater than ever.
In the maiden season of the Indoor World Series’ new format, 1000 points are up for grabs, and Nimes is the only 1000-point tournament on the circuit before the indoor season culminates in Vegas.
Combined with the absence of Indoor World Series Finals this year, the stakes are higher than ever.
If it wasn’t already prestigious enough…
