First, you need to visit us. Email the Secretary or ring one of the numbers on the contact page to arrange a date and time, and to get directions. Your first visit is covered by our insurance.
When you have an idea of what the club is like - and you still want to get involved - then we have to think about training. Insurance is compulsory and you are covered for the duration of the course.
When you have completed your basic training, you can apply to join the club. The first step is to join
the National Field Archery Society at www.nfas.net/. Then you will be insured to shoot at the club as a visitor until your application is approved. The form is posted in the club room for six weeks (or six visits) and, if there are no objections in that time, the application will be accepted.
There is no pressure to improve and reach ever higher levels of skill, members take things at their own pace. Some are competitive and attend as many competitions as possible, others are happy to relax and shoot a few arrows when they can. Some like the woods best, others prefer the indoor range - there’s no pressure to do either. The coaches and assistants will also help you learn at your own pace.
We do hold open shoots once or twice a year which are attended by many archers from all over the South West. We keep our membership costs low and, in return, this is where we need help from all members who are available. It takes a lot of organisation and physical work in the woods to put on these shoots and there is a wide variety of jobs to do from administration and scoring, laying out the course, putting out the targets, erecting tents , clearing paths, organising car parking and even running a field kitchen to cater for a hundred hungry archers. Whatever your area of expertise, there’s a job to suit everyone and we do ask you to bear this in mind when you apply to join.