Begin Your
Archery
Adventure
Take a beginners archery course with aardwolf
Learning with Aardwolf
Our courses
We usually aim to run 2 – 3 beginners courses during the year, generally between April and October when the weather is reasonable! These will be on four consequtive weekends on a Saturday or Sunday and you would need to attend for all four 2-hour sessions.
Our current beginners course this September will be our last for this year. We intend to run our next in April 2025. If you missed this course but would like to be notified of the next available, or to be added to the mailing list then please contact us at the email address below to express your interest.
Contact us at aardwolfarchers@gmail.com if you would like to be put on the waiting list for the next course.
equipment
All equipment including bow, arrows and protective items will be provided during the course.
Equipment can continue to be borrowed for a time after completion of the beginners course if you decide to join the club until you are able to acquire your own.
Fees
The course costs £60 for four 2 hour lessons per person.
Topic List
a beginners course with us will teach you:
01
Introduction to archery and how to set up and take down a basic recurve bow.
02
Shooting safely at a distance of up to 20 yards, line etiquette and safety signals.
03
Sighted and barebow shooting both covered during this course.
04
Scoring – imperial and metric. Demonstrations of different bow types, equipment advice. Setting up the field.
Things to know
Archery is an outdoor activity so please wear suitable clothing and always wear covered footwear (no flipflops please!)
Children above the age of 8 can take a beginners archery course but a parent/guardian must also attend. If your child is keen to take up archery, why not learn along with them!
If you are unable to attend a session due to health/life events getting in the way then a catch-up session can be arranged for you
Completing a course with us will mean you can join any Archery GB affiliated club, you are not obliged to join Aardwolf Archers.
If the weather is too horrible or unsafe to shoot in then the session will be rescheduled.
Beginners course group sizes are generally small so as you can get focused help from your coach.
Please be aware that the club is run by volunteers so any correspondence, email/phone enquiries or requests will be dealt with as soon as possible!