Course Dates and details

Upcoming Courses:

The next scheduled beginners' courses will take place on the following dates:

All Beginners' Courses for 2008-09 are fully booked.

Beginners' nights are held on wednesdays from 7:30pm - 9:30pm and are open to anyone from the ages of 10 upwards. A maximum of 8 beginners are allowed per course, which consists of six shooting lessons; the seventh lesson of each course is an advice evening on the use of suitable equipment (Tackle Night).
All the necessary safety and shooting equipment is provided for you, though we do ask that you wear footware with flat soles (ie. no heels); the most important thing you need to bring along is yourself!

Please note: Completing the beginners' course does not guarantee permanent membership of Cleadon Archers.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION!
Anyone interested in joining one of our indoors beginners' courses should contact the Boldon Community Association on (0191) 536 8085 to book their place. The BCA contact is called Lynn who is available on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The cost of the 7-week course is £40, of which £10 is a non-refundable deposit as confirmation of your booking. The remainder of the cost must be paid by the first session of the course; anyone with an unconfirmed booking may lose their place to others on the waiting list. If you are paying by cheque, please make it payable to "Cleadon Archers".

On of the important issue of Child Protection, both Archers and the Parents/Guardians of young archers are reminded that under no circumstances are under-18s allowed to shoot without supervision of at least two adults; one of these must be a GNAS archer who is willing to take responsibility for the safety of that child. If an archer under the age of 14 is to shoot, there must be a Parent/Legal Guardian present as well as a GNAS archer who has agreed to take responsibility.

I must stress that we are not trying to put junior archers off shooting in any way; this is simply to ensure that they are properly and safely supervised when shooting.

Any beginners who desperately wish to be coached over the summer can contact the club with regard to being trained on an individual, ad-hoc basis (but this must be done by an experienced archer). There are no organised courses over the Summer due to the fickleness of the British weather. The coaching of beginners through Cleadon Archers MUST be arranged through, and formally sanctioned by, the club's committee (for insurance purposes). Perhaps the best suggestion is to come along to the a shooting session and see who we are and what we do, first-hand.
If you would like further or more specific information, Contact Us.

Lapsed Archers and Exiles!

Though we do have many members, we are often more than willing to accept experienced archers into our ranks, depending on the space we have available.

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