Mary and Ed Hurrell, together with daughters Lily and Eva, picked up the sport in the aftermath of the Guernsey 2023 home Island Games.
Mary made her debut at Orkney 2025 and came away with a silver in the recurve head-to-head knockout.
Also present on the range for last weekend’s Guernsey International were Ed and Lily, with the former expressing his hopes that they could make the Faroes a family affair.
‘It’s getting to the stage now where we really want to focus on it and the Island Games is really the next target for us,’ he said.
‘The aim was to get as many of the family to the Island Games as possible, not only because it makes the logistics easier but when you go to an event you’ve got your own support there – it makes a big difference.
‘At the end of the day, we can all compete in the same event and we can compare scores, have a bit of a family rivalry.’
If she does make the grade, Lily expects the Faroes to be an impressive destination.
‘If I do get into the Island Games, I think the Faroe Islands would be a really cool place to go to, just generally,’ she said.
‘The fact I get to go there and see it and also get to compete at the same time is really cool.’
That archery is so family-friendly is not to be taken for granted, Mary feels.
‘The sport is quite an inclusive sport, no matter what age you are, and it’s one of the few sports where you can actually do that – across an entire family,’ she said.
‘It’s quite a nice one for people to try if they’ve got kids from 10 years or older. You’d never see that in football or netball, or anything, so that’s always a nice thing to remind people of.’
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