Date of Next Course:
Spring 2025. Exact dates to be confirmed. Please keep checking back for more information or register your interest using the contact form below.
The North Downs Archery Club course is run over three consecutive Sunday mornings. The sessions run from 09:30am to 12.30pm (our usual club meeting time) and are held in the field adjoining Matchpoint Lifeline Fitness Centre in Hurst Green, Oxted (see Location & Times for more detail).
The current cost of the course is £65, as detailed on our Club Fees page. Juniors (11-17yrs) must be accompanied at all times by a parent or responsible adult (both during the course and attending the club if they join). We highly recommend that a parent or guardian does the beginners’ course alongside a junior, particularly since they have to be in attendance anyway (there is a combined discount of £20 for a junior and adult signing up for the course together). Often we have had parents wishing they had signed up, who then have had to wait 6 months until the next course.
Each beginner receives a copy of Archery GB’s book “The Archery for Beginners Guidebook”. The sessions also include Safety Procedures and Rules of Shooting, demonstrations of Freestyle and Barebow Shooting, and information on how to continue enjoying archery at club level.
As far as equipment goes, we use recurve bows during training and all equipment is provided. Any beginners at the club are welcome to continue to use the club equipment, until it is needed for the next beginners’ course. We would recommend not to rush into buying equipment until you’ve had time to try out the sport for a while and think about what sort of archery/bow-style might suit you best.
The course is limited to a maximum of 12 people; spaces will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
After the Course
Having completed your course, if you would like to take up archery as a hobby we would be delighted to have you join our club. Your initial club joining fee will include a discount following your beginner’s course (see the Club Fees page for more details). Until you acquire your own equipment you are very welcome to borrow the club’s equipment until it is needed for the next training session. You would use the same bow each week and it would be kept in the club’s storage for safe keeping.
Alternatively, following the course, if you would like a longer period to decide whether to become a member, you may come along and enjoy supervised shooting for the next 2 consecutive Sundays included in your training course fee.
More Questions?
If you have further questions about our beginners’ courses, see if they are answered in our FAQ.
Register Your Interest
To register your interest in upcoming courses, or be sent an application form for the next course, complete the following form which will be automatically sent to courses@northdownsarcheryclub.org.uk
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