British archers are through in the team and individual events after some solid displays in the qualifying rounds at the World Championships in Leipzig.
Simon Terry and Larry Godfrey secured top six positions, helping GB seal second place in the recurve rankings.
In the women's recurve, Naomi Folkard led British qualification for the head to heads by qualifying in eighth.
But Alison Williamson and Charlotte Burgess both performed well, qualifying in 23rd and 24th places respectively.
In the women's recurve team tournament, Britain's trio qualified in fourth place out of the 38 participating teams, behind Korea, China and Poland.
Terry, Godfrey and Alan Wills combined to qualify in second out of 50 starters for the men's recurve team event.
In the men's compound, James Forbes, Liam Grimwood and Chris White qualified in ninth place out of 40 in the team tournament.
In the individual championship, Forbes and Grimwood qualified for the head to heads in 27th and 28th places respectively, with White in 46th - bouncing back after finishing 91st in the 50m round by taking third over 30m.
The World Championships feature 530 competitors from 80 nations, all out to secure spots at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Teams finishing in the top eight of the men's or women's team events guarantee their country three places in China.
The top 32 finishers in the individual competitions also secure a place, with a maximum of three per country.
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