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Location Deer Park Archers is a family orientated club based at the Gloucestershire Guide HQ, Camp Training and Activity Centre
in Cowley which is located a few miles outside of Cheltenham just off the A435 Cirencester Road. We are less than 10 minutes
off the 11A Junction of the M5 and 5 minutes away from the A417. During the summer we shoot at Bubbs Hill which is part of
the Guide Centre and in the winter we shoot at Balcarras School Sports Centre, Kingshill School Cirencester and Birdlip
Village Hall. As of January 2010 we will also have our own Field Course at Bubbs Hill and the adjacent wood for exclusive
use of Archery GB members where we will be arranging regular events and training courses. We also do a number of Clout
shoots at Bubbs Hill.
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| Field Course |
Membership In January 2010 we had over 200 Members
(shooting and non shooting), this figure does include all those members of after-school clubs organised by Deer Park
Archers. 40% of our members are adults with 66% male, 34% female. The vast majority of members have at least one other family member shooting in the Club, our
youngest shooting member is just 7 and our oldest members have already qualified for their free bus passes! 60% of archers (excludes beginners) have entered a tournament in the last year. 70% of our members shoot recurve bows, 15% compound and 15% longbow.
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We are members of the GNAS (Grand National Archery Society) and operate within all their policies
and procedures. We are 1 of 14 clubs that are based in Gloucestershire (GAS - Gloucestershire Archery Society) and
join many of them at organised events throughout the year. We are seeking
to meet the standards and criteria that have been set by Sport England to achieve ClubMark, the meeting
of these standards will continue to be one of our main aims for 2010.
Gloucestershire Archery Society
Grand National Archery Society
Beginners Programmes Where possible we encourage parent(s) of juniors wanting to do a beginners course
to also complete the programme as we find that they tend to stand a much better chance of developing to their full potential.
We of course also find that many parents then decide to continue shooting, with this in mind we do not charge a large course
fee for the 6 week programme, the fee is just £24 per head. We are also trialing 8 week courses. All equipment
is available free of charge and instruction is provided by our team of coaches. Those that elect to join
the club are charged just £10 for club membership, fees to Archery GB are additional (no addittion for juniors)
To encourage family membership their are significant concessions on weekly target fees and you only pay when you attend.
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