Norton Archers | Beginners' Courses

Before you join any archery club you will need to complete a beginners' course, which will introduce you to the sport and teach you how to shoot safely; our Beginners' Course Introduction Sheet (see right) tells you exactly what you will learn and also has some useful additional information such as what to wear when coming along for the first time. We take any participants from the age of 8 upwards, but please note that under 16s must be accompanied by an adult to all sessions. (We often find that accompanying adults are desperate to join in once they see what it's all about, so please consider signing up for a course from the beginning as we may not be able to squeeze you in later!) Archery is also very inclusive and the standard shooting style can be easily adapted so if you would like to take a beginners' course and feel that you may have to adjust the way you shoot due to a disability or health concern, please feel free to discuss this with our coaches at any time.

Beginners' Course Introduction Sheet

Beginners' Course Introduction, PDF Version
PDF Version

Beginners' Course Introduction, Microsoft Word Version
Microsoft Word Version

		We are currently running two to three courses per year and they are incredibly popular so please contact us as soon as possible to avoid disappointment - our two Level 1 coaches and their invaluable helpers are volunteers but we try our best to cope with the demand! Please note that we have a full waiting list for our first two courses of 2012, taking place in February/March and in the summer, but you are welcome to add your name to the waiting list for the following course (dates yet to be confirmed; this also acts as a reserve list for the summer course) by following the bullet points below. The process for signing up for a beginners' course is as follows: Send an email to secretary@nortonarchers.co.uk to register your interest and ask any questions you may have about the course. You will receive a response answering your questions and asking for certain details from you; please respond to this email as it is only when you do so that your name will be added to the waiting list. When the dates of the course are set, we will email the first batch of individuals from the waiting list and there will be a deadline of up to 2 weeks to respond to confirm attendance at the sessions. Please only confirm if you can make at least 4 of the 5 sessions. If you cannot make the course and let us know this, you will remain on the waiting list for the next course, but if you fail to respond by the deadline you will be removed from the waiting list, so please ensure that you check your email regularly. Any places not filled will then be offered to those who are next on the waiting list, again with a (generally shorter) deadline to respond, as above. If you start a beginners' course at another club while on our waiting list, please let us know as soon as possible so we can move people up the list and get them onto earlier courses. Thank you!
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