Blog posts
Important Information on Shooting at Downside Fisher – we must not assemble bows outside of area booked for archery!
Dear Club Members This is just to let everyone know that Downside have specifically requested that no-one puts together bows outside of the area we’ve booked for archery and that we do not enter the room booked for archery until the session start time. Our booked entry time on a Saturday is 12 ... Read More
Important Information on Shooting at Downside Fisher – we must not assemble bows outside of area booked for archery!
Dear Club Members This is just to let everyone know that Downside have specifically requested that no-one puts together bows outside of the area we’ve booked for archery and that we do not enter the room booked for archery until the session start time. Our booked entry time on a Saturday is 12 ... Read More
Meet the Instructors – Roger Huggins
We thought we’d start a new ‘occasional series’ of blog posts getting to know a bit about the 2020 Archery instructors. We asked a few general questions and we also asked them what advice they’d most like to pass onto beginners and club members. We’re starting with Roger Huggins who leads at the club on ... Read More
Ask the Experts – Why do people put twists in their bowstring?
This is a great question and something that is often confusing for beginners. It’s all to do with something called ‘Brace Height’ which is the distance between the bow and the bowstring. You usually measure this from the button (hole in the riser near the arrow rest if there isn’t an actual button yet) to ... Read More
Club Member Richard P’s Competitive Weekend of Archery!
It was a busy weekend for a few 2020 Archers over the weekend of 1st / 2nd March as we went along to two separate competitions on two consecutive days! The King’s Cup, hosted by the Chessington Bowmen, was on Saturday 1st March. This is a world record status FITA 18 event (60 arrows at ... Read More
