Welcome to Rivernook Bowmen

Rivernook Bowmen is a friendly target archery club based at Imber Court in Esher, Surrey. Our normal club day is Sunday morning, but our outdoor range is open for members to shoot throughout the week, summer and winter.

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

During the winter months we shoot mostly Frostbite rounds of 36 arrows at 30 metres on an 80cm target face with 10-zone scoring. David Ellis organises a monthly shoot, usually on the first Sunday of each month, to gather scores for our club team entries in a Surrey postal Frostbite league competition. Sandie Warnes also offers the Frostbite format in her monthly rounds. Archers can, if they wish, extend their round to a Metric 80-30 round of 72 arrows (essentially a double Frostbite), which qualifies for handicaps and classifications.

Sunday 1st November – Frostbite Shoot – first of our monthly winter season Sunday morning meet-ups to shoot Frostbite rounds, organized by David Ellis. Rivernook enters teams that compete against other Surrey clubs in a postal Frostbite league. Everyone can take part, and the best scores form our team entries. Be ready to shoot by 10.30am.

Sunday 15th November – Monthly Round – all members are warmly invited to join our next informal monthly club shoot, with Sandie Warnes as field captain. This month we will be shooting Frostbite rounds. The round will start at 10.30am prompt, so be there in time to set up and warm up by then.

Sunday 13th December – Frostbite Shoot

Sunday 20th December – Monthly Round

Friday 1st January – New Years Day Shoot – a winter fun shoot, with something different from the usual rounds, and soup.

Club Etiquette and General Guidelines

All archers shooting at Rivernook must be members of Rivernook Bowmen, or guest archers, if authorized by the committee
All archers shooting at Rivernook must be members of Archery GB
All archers shooting at Rivernook do so at their own risk
Please do not move the targets without permission of a Rivernook Committee member
Check targets are stable before use and report any concerns and issues to maintenance
When finished shooting, please return faces to the shelter and replace covers on the bosses