Bowmen Of Leeds

Welcome to the Bowmen Of Leeds Archery Club web site. The club was started in 1964 (first registered 1965) and has provided a venue for archers of the local area to participate in the sport since that time. One of the founding members, John McCulloch, is still in the club to this day, holding the position of Club President. Our About Us pages have more information on the club and its facilities.

We are a small, but very friendly, archery club based in Garforth to the east of Leeds, easily accessible from Junction 46 and 47 of the M1 motorway and the A63. See our Location page for detailed directions.

Objectives

The clubs main aims are to provide a safe and enjoyable place for archers in and around the Leeds area to:

• practice their archery skills
• improve their techniques
• have access to quality GNAS standard coaching
• meet and socialise with like minded archers
• maintain equipment
• ... and simply enjoy the wonderful sport of archery shooting, of course!

The Club

The Bowmen Of Leeds archery club uses a hall for our indoor shooting where we can set up an 18 or 20 yard range of 8 to 10 faces, and also have access to a local cricket club for outdoor shooting with ranges of 60 yards (typically) to 80 yards (when required). More information on the clubs facilities, how to join, visitor shooting, clubs fees and more can be found on our About Us pages. Not having the facilities, we don't normally host competitions ourselves, but we do invite members to participate in competitions, representing the club.

We are proud to be able to say our membership now boasts two current Junior National Flight Champions; well done Catherine & Duncan; and Rebecca took part in the National Junior Outdoor championships, coming a fantastic 8th in her class against tough opposition. So our younger members are doing the club very proud at the moment.

This Web Site

This site contains information about the Bowmen Of Leeds archery club which will be of particular interest to its members and people interested in joining the club (such as location, fees, joining instructions, etc.).

There are also many pages of general archery information that may be of interest to anyone interested in archery. However this is mainly be aimed at absolute beginners or people new to the sport/hobby. It is also biased to the information most useful to the club, so there is limited information of field or 3D archery for example, as we do not currently participate in these aspects of the sport.

Just about all the information here has been written up by Ken, the WebMaster and club member, who took up archery seriously in January 2011 when I started with the club as a beginner myself. The information comes from my own experiences gained through the beginner's course, my own research and from my pestering of the more experienced members of the club, for who I offer many thanks for their help, assistance and patients with me! It therefore goes without saying, that the archery information within these pages is not necessarily complete or the definitive answer to any question. However I have tried to make the information accurate to the best of my own knowledge, but accept that I am no expert. So use the information only as a guide, and you might be advised to look at more professional sites (e.g. GNAS/Archery GB or FITA) if you want to be absolutely sure of accurate and up to date information.

If you do find anything that needs correcting or you are a member of the club and want to ask for something relevant to be included which is currently missing, then feel free to contact the WebMaster who will consider your request.