Welcome to Rivernook Bowmen

Rivernook Bowmen is a friendly target archery club based in Esher, Surrey.

Beginners Courses and Taster Sessions

We run beginners courses regularly during the summer months and occasionally in the winter. To learn more about how to become an archer and sign up to our courses, please go to the How to Get Started page.

Dates for Club Members’ Diaries

Sunday 8th February – Frostbite Shoot – come along and join us in shooting a Frostbite round, with David as our field captain. The Frostbite round is 36 arrows at 30 meters on an 80cm face, with 10-zone scoring. The best scores will form Rivernook’s entries into the Surrey inter-club Frostbite competition. Longbows shoot a Warwick round as their Frostbite competition entry. Please arrive, set up and warm up by 10.15am for a 10.30 start.

Sunday 15th February – Monthly Club Shoot – all members are welcome to join our informal monthly round with Sandie as our field captain. We will again be shooting Metric 80-30 rounds of 72 arrows at 30 meters on an 80cm face, with 10-zone scoring. The first 36 arrows can count as a Frostbite round, and you can stop there if you’ve had enough. But shooting the full 72 arrows will count towards your outdoor handicap and classification. Please have your bow set up, and be ready to start promptly by 10.30.

Sunday 1st March – Frostbite Shoot – this will be the final monthly Frostbite round of the winter outdoor season.

Sunday 26th April – Club Nationals Competition and AGM – we will shoot national rounds (4 dozen at your longest distance and 2 dozen at the next shorter distance), with trophies for the best overall performances and for recent joiners shooting in this competition for the first time. Awards are made on a handicap-adjusted basis, so everyone is in with a chance of a prize. Afterwards, there will be free food: a choice of Denise’s chilli con carne, or her vegetarian mushroom curry. And then we will hold a short meeting to report on the club’s finances and progress, and to elect committee members for the next year.

Club Etiquette and General Guidelines

All archers shooting at Rivernook must be members or guests of Rivernook Bowmen
All archers shooting at Rivernook must be members of Archery GB
All archers shooting at Rivernook do so at their own risk
Do not move the targets without permission of a Rivernook Committee member
Check targets are stable before use and report concerns and issues to maintenance
When finished shooting, please return faces to the shelter and recover the bosses