Category: Coaching

Congratulations to all archers on the January Beginners Course; you all passed with flying colours with some very promising archers showing their form.

Next Beginners Course will likely be in April with dates to be confirmed.

The last opportunity to use the Princeton Court Venue for this indoor season is approaching, and the coaches are proposing that this be used as the ideal opportunity to check the tuning on bows before going outdoors (where the wind/rain/snow of the summer interfere with such grand plans!).

The evening this is scheduled for is Friday March 27^th, bow setting up from 18:30 in the changing area, hall entry at 19:00.

If you would like to join us, please do, BUT bring as much information about your bow as you have, including any manual or official documentation.  The more factory information we have, the less guess or “rough” settings we will start with. Bring the bow set-up you are intending to use outdoors, including sight, arrows, stabilisers, arrows, fletchings and any other changes you are intending to make for the outdoor season.

The coaches are available next week to discuss the initial setup for your bow beforehand so we can do the more advanced stuff in the hall. Please note that we will be able to provide some initial advice for new archers, but in order to do advanced tuning you will need to be able to shoot consistent groups at a distance of 20+ yards. These sessions are intended for archers with their own equipment.

Please note that this is a “Do-It-Yourself with Help” event and s aimed at you learning about your bow and how to tune it to help improve your scores! Please bring a notepad and pen so that you can keep a record of your setup for future reference.

New dates for Beginners’ Courses have been posted on the Events Page. The dates are for Course C – Thursday evenings from 25th October for 4 weeks and Course D – Tuesday evenings from 13th November for 4 weeks. The application form may be downloaded from the link on the Events Page.

Update 5th OCT – Note that Course C is now full, but there are still places on Course D.

There will be a beginners course running in November and early December at Woodside School. The dates are 13th Nov, 20th Nov, 27th Nov and 4th Dec. Please see details on the events page where an application can be downloaded.

The next archery beginners course starts on Tuesday 22nd February for 4 weeks at Woodside Middle School, Bedford. The application form for the course may be downloaded from the Events page.

Course B will run in October 2011 on dates to be confirmed.

Please note that the dates for the Beginner’s Course have been changed due to clashes with the date of the general election.  The course will now commence a week later than previously scheduled.

The new course dates are Thursday 13th May and continue for 20th May, 27th May and 3rd June 2010.