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.
May 2026
Saturday the 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th of May. 1pm - 4pm
£75 per person
The beginner’s course covers.
- Safety Briefing – The range, personal and safeguarding
- The Bow – Discover how to put a bow together
- The Draw – Learning to draw the bow – stance, posture, and shot process
- Shoot! – Now the fun begins. Learning to shoot freestyle, finger placement, hook depth and Bow Arm
- Scoring Rounds – Learn how to score various rounds
- Progression – Understand how you can progress your skills and win badges
Meet our Coaching team
Jon Kilraine
