Issue 50 (January 2026) of TIFAM – The Irish Field Archery Monthly is out, and it’s a landmark one. 
You’ve got Andrew Wayland’s big “look back at 2025” (with that end-of-year energy and a proper archery-season scan of what mattered), plus Andrew’s 20 Questions #37 with Jose Sanz—fast, personal, and full of the kind of detail archers actually care about. 
This issue also leans hard into events and community: the Hook Head ceremony returns in full colour, with a huge crowd, New Ross dignitaries, a town crier, and the archers loosing arrows out over the sea on New Year’s Day—spectacle with real local weight. 
You’ll also find coverage of the 2025 Archery Ireland Indoor Open, the Laois Archery “Shoot in the Dark”, and a full clout feature (“Clout Time”)—plus a nod to the Wexford Archery clout from the youth pages. 
Regulars and deep-dives are stacked: James Byrne’s Blackbird column is back, sharpening the month with that grounded, lived-in voice, and there’s a brand-new Hot Tips & Handy Hints column by Anthony Corcoran, centred on injury prevention (including the “Acromion Divot / shoulder dent” idea as a simple safety check for staying aligned and staying in the sport). 
And because TIFAM loves mixing arrow-flight with bigger stories: you’ll get Matt Latimer’s Anordaithe saga in The Phoenix Archer – Orion’s Legacy (fantasy, peril, and bow-work under pressure), an essay thread that brings Hegel and Schopenhauer into the magazine’s orbit, a historical feature on Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and an art/archery moment touching “Venus blindfolding Cupid. ” 
Pick it up, share it, and send it to the archer in your life who keeps saying “I’ll read it later.” Later arrives fast. 
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