CIRENCESTER ARCHERY star Ella Gibson said she was 'very happy' to win her first ever senior World Championships medal.

At the 2024 World Field Championships held last weekend in Lac La Biche, Canada, the GB archery team made their mark with Great Britain coming home with one silver and two bronze medals.

Ella Gibson (24) from Cirencester and currently World Number One female compound archer returned to the World Field finals, getting a second chance to win the bronze medal which she narrowly missed out on in 2022.

This year her opponent was previous GB teammate, Bayley Sargeant Buden from Croatia.

The two archers swapped the advantage between them as they shot through the ends, with Ella taking a one-point lead going into the last three arrows. Both women shot 15 points apiece, giving Ella the bronze medal, 60-59.

Ella said: "I was really happy to win my first ever senior World Championships medal.

"Of course, you always want more than bronze, but I'm really happy to walk away with a medal – sometimes we win pretty and sometimes we just win."

In the compound mixed team competition, Ella Gibson was joined by compound man Jake Walsh.

As a pair, they ranked in second place, just behind the duo from America.

After losing to Slovenia in the semi-final, GB then went into the bronze match against the Croatians.

In a truly impressive showdown, both teams nearly matched each other end for end, finishing on a tie with 90-90.

Croatia shot two fives, but a four and a six from GB gave them the arrow which was closest to the centre, and they won the bronze.

Ella added: "I really enjoyed shooting mixed team with Jake, as we'd never shot together before, and he was so excited to win a medal."

Next for Cirencester’s top female archer is the 2024 Hyundai Archery World Cup finals (also known as the World Outdoor Championships) in Tlaxcala, Mexico from October 19-20.