Beginners Courses

Beginners Archery Courses

Archers of Raunds runs regular Beginners Courses at Manor School Sports College, Mountbatten Way, Raunds, Northamptonshire, NN9 6PA. These courses are run over four consecutive Fridays during the indoor season or four consecutive Saturdays in our outdoor season and provide archers with between 8 and 12 hours of tuition using beginners recurve bows.

As a student archer, you will learn about the parts of a recurve bow, how to safely assemble the bow and then take it down again, how to undertake a full warm-up and then how to safely nock, aim and loose the arrow. As the course progresses, you will also learn about etiquette on the shooting line and how to score a shooting end. On the final week, you will then be introduced to a selection of different types of bows (flatbows, horsebows etc) and the techniques used in shooting them.

August 2026

Saturday the 22nd, 29th August, 5th and 12th of September. 1pm - 4pm

£75 per person

Beginners

The beginner’s course covers.

  1. Safety Briefing – The range, personal and safeguarding
  2. The Bow – Discover how to put a bow together
  3. The Draw – Learning to draw the bow – stance, posture, and shot process
  4. Shoot! – Now the fun begins. Learning to shoot freestyle, finger placement, hook depth and Bow Arm
  5. Scoring Rounds – Learn how to score various rounds
  6. Progression – Understand how you can progress your skills and win badges
Upon completing our beginner’s course over the 4 Saturday sessions, you will receive a certificate, allowing you to join our club, if you so wish.
Email our coaches
or phone 07432 525275

“Ben has very much enjoyed the course and is looking forward to learning more with you!” – 27th October 2023

Rachel Richardson

“Fantastic and supportive beginners course and very pleased to have joined as a member. Thank you Neil, Cate and Jon for all your help.” – 2nd December 2022

Albin Wallace

“Thank you again for a wonderful, well run and fun session – they all thoroughly enjoyed it!” – 12th September 2021

Jane Collins

Meet our Coaching team

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Jon Kilraine

Head Coach
Jon has been with AoR for a while now and is our Head Coach. His specialisms are Barebow and Horsebow.
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Mark Mitchell

Level 1 Coach
Mark has come back to the club and is one of our Level 1 (Session) coaches. His specialisms are Recurve.
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Dan Hunt

Level 1 Coach
Not only our club chairman, Dan is also one of our Level 1 (Session) coaches. His specialisms are Barebow and Traditional.
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Tony Parkin

Level 1 Coach
Tony has many roles within the club, and when not busy doing those he is also one of our Level 1 (Session) coaches. His specialism is Recurve.
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Andy Harbour

Level 1 Coach
Andy has many years of experience as a Recurve archer, and is one of our Level 1 (Session) coaches. His specialism is Recurve.
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Sarah Smart

Level 1 Coach
Sarah rediscoverd her love of archery 6 years ago and has not stopped shooting since. She is one of our Level 1 (Session) coaches, specialising in Recurve.
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Simon Smart

Level 1 Coach
Simon has been shooting for around 6 years and is one of our Level 1 (Session) coaches, specialising in Recurve.
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