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If you are completely new to the sport and looking to learn archery and in particular field archery, then you will need to complete a beginners course. We run courses throughout the year, so if you are interested in learning archery, then get in touch. Our coures a full day from 10am until 3pm. We don’t have set dates and arrange courses based on demand. You could end up being coached one to one or in a group. Our groups tend to be 5 people or fewer.

If you want to attend an archery course, please fill in the contact form opposite and give us a few details about you. Such as age, gender, physical condition and any archery experience you may have had. Plus whether your right or left handed and right or left eye dominant.

Or if you have a question not answerd on this page, email us.

Please note we take payment in advance for our beginners courses. We offer a refund if we cancel the course for any reason.

We offer a one-day intensive coaching session at our Field Archery Range with a qualified coach. We will start at 10am and finish around 3pm. All the equipment needed for the day will be provided, you need to bring your own food and weather appropriate clothing/footwear. We start at practice targets, where you will get to learn archery starting with basic techniques needed to get you shooting safely and competently. We will then head out onto the course for some more ‘on the go’ coaching, which will give you a real feel for what field archery is all about.

There is no upper age limit, and we can of course accomodate children, but keep in mind it’s a full day, so not really suitable for young children. We have found most children 12 or over can do a full day, but are happy to discuss coaching younger children, but in these cases we always suggest that the parent do a beginners course first and then the child at a later date.

Our max groups size is normally five archers. We can accommodate bigger groups but please contact us first with specifics.

Costs

Adults (16 or over) – £40 per person

Junior (Under 16) – £25 per person

Family of 4 (At least one Adult and two Juniors) – £110 per group

Note: Payment is taken in advance for all our beginners courses, once we have agreed a date. You will be sent details of how to make the payment once a date has been agreed.

The Archery Beginners Course Details
The course covers basic archery instruction using recurve bows. We can also offer the opportunity to use some other bow types during the course, once we feel the individual archer has a good enough grasp of the basics.

Our aims for each archer are:

• To familiarise you with the equipment
• To ensure you understand and can shoot within the safety rules
• To get you shooting safely at reasonably short distances of up to 10 yards initially
• Move into the woods for shooting at longer distances
• To begin to develop a consistent shooting form and style that you can build on
• Understand the fundamentals of field archery
• Get a grasp of the scoring systems
• Most of all, to enjoy yourself

The aim of the course is to get each person to learn archery to a standard allowing him or her to become a full member at Blaidd Field Archers. We cannot guarantee each archer will reach that standard, but at least 90% do.

We supply all of the archery equipment you will need for the beginners’ course – our advice, is, however, enthusiastic you become (and many do) – try to resist the urge to buy your own equipment before you take beginners course. It’s very easy to buy the wrong kit and this can be an expensive mistake.

We offer individual coaching and group sessions and can tailor the course to the participants. We find the best way to learn archery is during our one day course. Although it can be quite intensive and tiring, you can beat learning archery in this way.

Types of shooting
There are many different forms of archery, but for the purposes of our courses, we will be teaching people to shoot ‘bare bow’ style. This means shooting instinctively without the use of sights on the bow. This is the purest form of archery and is a great way to learn archery if you want to shoot field archery.

Please note: Junior Archers (under 16) must be accompanied at all times by a parent/guardian or responsible adult nominated by the parent/ guardian. This is to satisfy both insurance and Child Protection requirements. We can accommodate juniors of any age, but we find 12 years and older are best suited to this intensive form of coaching.

After the Archery Beginners Course
If you decide you would like to continue with archery after completing the course, you would be very welcome to become a member of Blaidd Field Archers. The costs of archery are relatively inexpensive compared to many sports. Basic costs to be budgeted for would include:

• Your equipment. This can be as much or as little as you want to spend, but we suggest starting with a basic setup which can cost less than £200. We will recommend the type of equipment to buy and where to buy them. See this page for a rough guide to archery equipment.
• Membership fees to the governing body. We are affiliated to the three main governing bodies in archery. NFAS, Archery GB and IAFF. We will recommend the body you should join at the end of the course.
• Membership fees to Blaidd Field Archers. The final fee is to our club, this fee covers our costs to run the club, pay for our shooting ground, maintenance, and new equipment. We always aim to keep this fee as low as possible. Here is a link to the membership fees

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