What Next?

After you have completed a beginner’s course and joined the club, what are the next steps on your archery journey?

Hire a bow from the club

After your beginner’s course it is strongly recommended that you hire a club bow for a few months before you buy your own.

Badge Awards

As an incentive to archers to continue to challenge themselves on the shooting line, there are three sets of badges, covering Portsmouth, Frostbite and 3 dozen (A.K.A. the 252 scheme) rounds.

Club Kit

A range of club clothing is available from our suppliers, Motif8. Click here to visit the club shop.

Shoot some scoring rounds

Rather than just “shooting some arrows”, it is a good idea to score a round from time to time. This will help you to measure your progress against yourself and others. Shooting recognised rounds also allows you to get a handicap and a classification. This link shows the various options for rounds at shorter or longer distances and more or fewer arrows so there is something appropriate for everyone.

Enter a competition

There are lots of competitions available to enter. Before their first one most people are concerned that they “aren’t good enough” – this is not true. It is all about participation rather than prizes. If you would like to go to a competition but aren’t sure about it then ask around at the club and someone will be able to discuss it with you. Click here for links to upcoming competitions.

Enter a competition

Getting a handicap

Your handicap and classification let you monitor your development over time and give you a target for improvement.

Coaching

After your beginner’s course it is strongly recommended that you hire a club bow for a few months before you buy your own.

Get involved with the club

Keep in touch with club members, get involved. The more you put in – the more you get out…