<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Hope McCormack Archery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Junior recurve archer on the Archery GB NTDP, representing Staffordshire and West Midlands. Follow Hope's competitions, training and journey.]]></description><link>https://www.hopemccormack.co.uk/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:52:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.hopemccormack.co.uk/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What Does Karate Have to Do With Archery? More Than I Thought... ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Karate and archery might look completely different, but I've discovered they have much more in common than I expected. From my first karate tournament to learning how to reset after a bad arrow, here's what four years of karate has taught me about archery.]]></description><link>https://www.hopemccormack.co.uk/post/karate-and-archery</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ac2f0af9-e322-47cb-b265-7f04b151b0a4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:17:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5a870d_ac0b415a3aa94a2ab32249dcb9316305~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_480,h_321,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hope McCormack</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Into the Woods! My First Field Archery Adventure ]]></title><description><![CDATA[My first field archery competition took Dad and me into the woods at Merlin Field Archers. 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Now I'm competing nationally, training at Lilleshall and learning that sometimes the most important arrow is the one after the bad one. Here's my journey so far.]]></description><link>https://www.hopemccormack.co.uk/post/one-arrow-at-a-time-my-archery-story-so-far</link><guid isPermaLink="false">af4700bc-1810-4755-879a-d994d41ecfb0</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:31:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5a870d_fa5d52ebad99488f943e7ec0c30c659a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_381,h_250,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hope McCormack</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>