Plumpton Bowmen Beginners Courses
Courses
Spring: Commencing 12th April 2026 (for four consecutive Sundays)
Autumn: Commencing 27th September 2026 (for four consecutive Sundays)
Cost: Adults £75 Children £50
The price of the course includes the use of equipment, insurance, coaching, venue and at least 12hrs of tuition.
Children
Children are welcome, our minimum age is 8 years old.
Anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a responsible adult at all times during course sessions.
As a family club we encourage parents to complete the course with their children.
We run two Beginners’ Courses a year, one in the Spring the other in the Autumn. Courses usually consist of 4 sessions, three of these will normally run on a Sunday afternoon from 14.00 – 17.00hrs, with the fourth session running on a Sunday morning 10.30 – 13.30hrs, alongside the club members, this makes up the 12hrs required for the course.
An interval halfway through the session will provide time for self-brought light refreshments and essential archery education, which is necessary to finish the course.
Before anyone can join an archery club in the UK they must first complete a Beginners’ Course which introduces new archers to the various aspects of the sport and brings them up to a standard considered safe for shooting up to 20 yards.
Upon completion you are ready to join other club archers on the shooting line and will receive a certificate of ‘safe shooting’.
With this certificate you can apply to join any UK archery club.
Places are kept low on the Beginners’ Course, to ensure you have the best 1-2-1 coaching as well as providing the most opportunities to shoot.
This course welcomes both beginners and those who are getting back into archery after a break.
The course covers two main styles of recurve archery: Barebow and Olympic style sighted; it teaches you about:
- archery safety rules and etiquette
- the equipment you will use
- how to shoot a bow safely
- how to score (metric and imperial)
Attendance
Attendance on all the sessions (12hrs in total) is required in order for you to complete the course and obtain your certificate, so please only apply if you are able to commit to all the sessions.
In the event of cancelling a Sunday session due to, for example, bad weather another date will be scheduled.
Joining a Course
If you are interested in taking part in our next Beginners’ Course, you can add your name to the waiting list by completing the Course enrolment form which can be obtained from the club secretary using the form below.
Then every time we announce a new Beginners’ Course, we will automatically email you with all the course details.
Equipment
All equipment needed for the course is provided for your use and we recommend NOT buying equipment until you have several months shooting experience.
If you join our club you can rent equipment until you are ready to buy your own. We will be happy to help and advise you.
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