Rivernook Bowmen

Welcome to Rivernook Bowmen

Beginners Courses and Taster Sessions

We run beginners courses regularly during the summer months. Each course consists of three two-hour sessions spread over three consecutive weeks. Courses are usually run on Wednesday or Friday evenings or on Sunday afternoons. The course costs £70 per person per course, and includes use of club equipment. All our beginners courses for the 2025 summer season have been completed. If you would like to be added to the waiting list please email beginners@rivernookbowmen.co.uk. Further information is provided on the How to Get Started page under The Club tab.

Dates for Club Members’ Diaries

Sunday 2nd November – Frostbite Shoot – every winter, the club participates in a team competition among Surrey clubs, shooting ‘Frostbite’ rounds (36 arrows at 30 meters on an 80cm face, with 10-zone scoring). David arranges these monthly sessions, which are in addition to Sandie’s club monthly shoots. Everyone is warmly invited to take part – the more archers that register a Frostbite score, the more teams we can enter into the competition. David also runs an internal Frostbite league, scored on a handicap-adjusted basis.

Longbows shoot a Warwick round as their Frostbite competition entry.

Sunday 16th November – Monthly Shoot – all members are warmly invited to join our informal monthly shoots, where we practice shooting a round with Sandie as our field captain. This month, we will be shooting a Metric 80-30 round of 72 arrows (six dozen) shot at an 80cm target at a distance of 30 metres, with 10-zone scoring. In this round, everyone shoots at the same single distance, 30m. Beginners who have not yet shot beyond 20 yards are encouraged to join us and shoot on the 10 or 20 yards targets.

Sunday 7th December – Frostbite Shoot – Monthly Frostbite competition entry round.

Sunday 14th December – Monthly Shoot – Metric 80-30 round.

Thursday 1st January – New Year’s Day Shoot (provisional) – subject to sufficient interest, details to be arranged, but probably something a little different.

Club Etiquette General Guidelines

Note:
All archers shooting at Rivernook must be members of Archery GB.
All archers shooting at Rivernook do so at their own risk

The Shooting Line

1. If the target at the distance you want to shoot at is in use then please be prepared to be flexible and choose a different distance.

The Bosses

1. Do not move the targets without the consent of a Rivernook Committee member.
2. Check the target is stable before using it and if there are any concerns please report them to a Rivernook Committee member via the maintenance email address.
3. When you have finished shooting please remove faces and put them in the shelter. This helps to keep them dry and stops them blowing away and polluting the nearby rivers.
4. If the target has a cover then please re-cover the target after use.

Club Facilities

1. The club containers will be open when committee members are at the range.
2. Please take your rubbish home with you.