New year, new achievements.
Time to celebrate three new coaches at our club.
Last Sunday Gareth, Mark and Sean completed successfully the Archery GB course and became Level 1 coaches.
Single/Double Portsmouth March 2020 – Registration’s Open
Update: 06/03/2020 – The double session (B), running in the afternoon from 12.00 until about 15.30 is currently full. There is still room for the single session in the morning (session A) for recurve, longbow and barebow only
Registration for the indoor tournament 2020 organised by Corus Deeside Archery Club is now open. Find all detailed instruction on how to register in the following PDF:
Registration_Form_Indoor_Single_Double_Portsmouth_March_2020
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Scout(ed) a new shooting location
The generous efforts of our superb committee has brought to life an additional location for the indoor shooting. Thanks to Pete and Gareth, we have confirmed a new range at the Scouts base in Connah’s Quay.
Portsmouth Indoor Tournament 2020 is coming…
The rampant enthusiasm of renewed memberships is pushing our club to continue with important traditions. One of which, is the renewed March 2020 edition of the Corus Deeside Archery Club Indoor Portsmouth Tournament. This edition will see as usual rules and scoring valid for British Record Status.
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Weekend archery tournament summary
It was around 7am of Saturday when people began to show up.
The scene had already been laid down under the capable and experienced direction of our senior coach, Pete Pendrey.
A day out, with Kim Inspire
Kim Inspire is a great charity providing high quality mental health support and recovery, based in Holywell. This group has been active for more than 15 years and proved helpful in areas like confidence building, reducing isolation and improving motivation.
Children and Beginners Courses
Question: My Son/Daughter would like to learn to shoot.
Answer: Welcome, but there are a few things you should know.
Archery is a demanding physical sport. Whilst we do not run or jump around with lots of exercise, the repeated action of pulling a bow can be physically demanding and the concentration involved means we have to put a lower limit on the age of a child that we feel comfortable teaching.
Currently we consider 10 years old as the very lowest age we can teach this sport to a child.
In additional, due to the nature of our sport, we ask that a parent or guardian be in attendance at all times. The coaches will be in control of the beginners whilst they are active engaged in shooting, but at all other times, the parents should be responsible for their child.
We recommend that an adult from the family take up the sport. This allows the family to understand more fully the highs and lows the junior archer is facing as they develop. Archery is a sport which all the family can partake in and get enjoyment from.
We cannot stress enough the advice that equipment purchases should only be undertaken after the beginners course is completeand the coaches have had a change to assess the correct parameters. Buying the wrong equipment without taking advice and training could cause damage or harm (potentially permanent), or simply discourage a beginner from taking the sport up.
Summer Programme
It is finally the summer of 2018 and we are outdoors again.
Our chairman Pete has drawn up a list of activities to help us develop as a club and as archers. The programme is attached.
Please read through the programme and be prepared to the day. We will be keeping to the schedule for beginners courses and target days. If you do not want to shoot a round on a target day, then please ensure you shoot in sync and help to keep the day moving forward without any delays.