So nice to see a good representation of archers on the line again after so long under restrictions and to see the club growing again with novices.
Some many archers on the line. Good Times
Beginners Course waiting list
If you’ve been on this site recently, you’ll have seen that we closed the beginners course application sign up.
Our next Beginners Course is full so any applications now will be handled as a waiting list. When a new course is scheduled we’ll contact anyone who’s put their name on the list to see if the scheduled dates are convenient.
We cannot say yet when the next beginners course will be. It’ll be down to several factors.
- How any current beginners have integrated into the club and are now self-sufficient.
- Venue availablilty
- number of people on the waiting list
If you wish to be added to the waiting list please sign up here.
Paralympic Archery Medals
A huge congratulations go out to TeamGB’s Paralympic Archery medal winners.
Phoebe Paterson Pine for winning Gold in the Women’s Individual Open Compound. ArcheryGB Article
Victoria Rumary for Bronze in the Women’s Individual W1 event. ArcheryGB Article.
This adds to the fantastic success the UK has had in Para-Archery in the past. GB Archers have brought home 68 medals from 1960 to 2020, leading the medal table for Archery in the Paralympics.
I could fill this post with a list of every single medal winner but it would go on for pages. Each medalist has overcome tremendous disability to achieve their accolade and I admire every one of them.
Susan on the Welsh Team
Our team member, Susan Thompson has shown the club another place where women can achieve more than men. We are proud and delighted to announce she’s officially made it into the Senior Welsh Team and will represent our country at the next Commonwealth Archery Championship Europe (http://welsharcheryassociation.com/).
Susan’s shooting career has been an ever-growing one. She has started not long ago, and after achieving the Bowman Classification last year, she has been constantly improving her scores knocking out those golden targets with persistence.
We’ve asked her some questions, for you to enjoy.
Have-a-go was a great success
Many thanks to those who helped during the Have-A-Go session on Sunday.
It was a roaring success with great feedback for those that participated.
Here is some feedback:
Many thanks to you and fellow volunteers yesterday. William very much enjoyed the experience of shooting at the targets. Hopefully he may pursue Archery as time goes by, but more probably here in the Wirral. But you all certainly gave him a good taste of it. – Geoff
and
Thank you so much for a lovely morning, we all really enjoyed it. – Kate
We now have a full Beginners Course as 7 participants signed up on the back of the course and 4 parents have also signed up.
New beginners course scheduled
Edit:
This course is now full! We will post the next beginner’s course date and time in due course.
The next beginner’s course will be held at our outdoor venue at the Care and Repair Sports field in Shotton. It will be held on the 18th and 19th September.
Next Have-A-Go at capacity
Update: This have-a-go session is now full! Thank you to everyone who has shown an interest.
We will be having further have-a-go sessions in the future, so keep an eye on the website and we’ll publish them as soon as a date is confirmed.
For those unsure about wanting to join our club and take up archery but have always wanted to try shooting a bow and arrow, then this is another opportunity.
On the 22nd August during our morning shooting session we have set aside an area for non-members to have a go of shooting a recurve bow. You’ll have a dozen arrows under the instruction of either a coach or an experienced archer.
The cost is £10. During the session you’ll be able to talk to the club members and find out about this unique sport.
Brief History of the club
Corus (Deeside) Archery Club has been in Shotton for over 50 years.
We have gone by several names during that time including John Summers and British Steel Archers.
We have been on the current grounds at Rowley’s Drive since it was used as British Steel’s Sports and Social Club, when the company helped sustain the club whilst we didn’t charge membership fees to British Steel employees.
When British Steel was sold to Corus, we became Corus (Deeside). Since then Corus has cut ties with the club but we retain the name until we see the need to change it (and we find a fitting replacement).
We have always supported our archers, some of whom have gone on to tournament winning careers shooting for county and for Wales.
August Beginners Course
The next beginner’s course will be held at our outdoor venue at the Care and Repair Sports field in Shotton. It will be held on the 31st July and 1st August.
Celebrating the restart of shooting
In celebration of restarting outdoor shooting after a long absence we are inviting any lapsed members of the club and members of the public to a have-a-go on the 11th July 2021.
This will be held on the outdoor grounds on Rowley Drive, Shotton from 10am to 2pm.
Registration is now closed! We look forward to seeing those who have registered on the day.