Trainee Bowyer When, earlier this year, I thought about trying archery, I did not think of Agincourt but of Olympic archers grouping arrows on top of each other. So, a recurve bow with all the trimmings it was to be, and to date, that route has been relatively...

Each month during the winter season, we run a handicap competition for  Bray I and Portsmouth. As a handicap competition, it gives all archers of all abilities and bow types a chance to compete together. We have also submitted the first entries to the Virtual Archery...

Exmouth Indoor Archery Competition The First Competition ExperienceA large Danesfield group, including me, is going to the Somerset Indoor Championships in November, so I decided to understand the competition process before then and entered an Exmouth Archers indoor...

Summer Competition Results and Open Day 2022 Bowmen of Danesfield The Competition Despite a little bit of rain and some slightly blustery conditions, the competition organised by Ian was a great success. There were three metric distances 50mtrs, 30mtrs and...

Archery Success for Beginners Bowmen of Danesfield  Eli - Richard - LilyMay - DulcieIt was a pleasure awarding certificates to Eli, Richard, LilyMay and Dulcie on the completion of the Archery Beginners Course. It is great to see them progress and do remarkably...

Awards for New Archers Bowmen of Danesfield  Nigel - Mike - SteveCongratulations to Nigel, Mike and Steve on receiving badges for success in the club's 252 Improvers Awards Scheme. When an archery beginners course finishes, the next step is joining the club and...

The Fun Shoot and BBQ 2021 Bowmen of Danesfield  Fun Archer and a Sunny BBQ  At the beginning of the day the weather was looking very dull and then it was as if the archery gods were looking down on us, by sending us one of the Sunniest days of the year....

  Pippa is 15 years old and has Down Syndrome.She began archery with Bowmen of Danesfield in March 2018, when she was 12 years old. We visited the club so that Pippa’s brother could have a taster session and when we arrived the club kindly offered both his...

Archery GB Membership requiredChristmas Meal and Awards - Saturday 7th December Our festive event is nearly here, and it is time to book. CLOSING DATE 23rd November Archery at Danesfield Tuesday and Thursday at 7:00 pm. Please arrive at 6:30 p.m. to help set up and...

Our Annual Christmas Bash. What a great evening we had at the Bowmen of Danesfield Christmas dinner. It was once again at Halsway Manor in West Somerset. We started off with drinks in the bar and a chance for some lively...

The Friendly ShootBowmen of Danesfield and West Somerset Company of Archers  Bowmen of Danesfield invited West Somerset Company of Archers to a friendly shoot.  After two years of trying to arrange this friendly shoot between the two clubs, The Bowmen of...

Keeping ScoreArchery Round  Keeping Score Archery Round Archery is great fun with lots of banter but competitive as well. Keeping score helps when it comes to progression, personal bests, awards etc. Mostly the competition is with yourself in wanting to do better...