About the Club

Ely Archers is a friendly and thriving club. We promote shooting socially, for fun and shooting seriously for tournaments. The club runs an "open-to-all" policy; we accept anyone regardless of gender, ability, race or religion. We do operate a minimum age policy - for children to be considered for membership, or for a beginners course, they must be 10 years old or subject to individual evaluation by experienced archers to ensure they are physically capable of shooting a bow.

The Club was formed in 2004 by two local archers, and membership grew steadily from there - in 2009 we had almost 70 members. Not all club members shoot regularly every week, but obviously the more you shoot, the better value you are getting from your membership! We have a wide range of members who shoot all types of bows.

Soon after the club was formed, we developed close links with Littleport Leisure Centre, where we were based for over four years. Then, in April 2009, we moved to shooting outside at the Amherst field belonging to the Kings School, which is near Ely railway station. The winter indoor shooting venue from now on will be the Sports Hall belonging to the Kings School which is at Barton Road, Ely. Competitions will continue to be run at Littleport Leisure Centre. The club runs beginners courses for people wishing to get into the sport, which are normally held outside at the Amherst field during the summer months. For more information on these courses, please see our Beginners Course page.

You will find all sorts of people at the club with differing abilities, including children, visually impaired people, and archers in the county squad. The Club has received a grant in the past for its support for disabled archers. The current Club Chairman is also the County Coach, and he runs his own coaching school - for more details of the services that he can offer, please click here

We have our own junior section of the Club, the 'JETS' or Junior Ely Target Squad, for children up to the age of 18 years.

On 1 July 2007, the Club was proud to host the East Anglian Championships at Littleport, the first time that we have organised such a large and prestigious event. In November 2008, we organised our first open indoor Portsmouth competition, and this was repeated on 22 November 2009 as a UK record status event.

For details of the current cost of Club fees, please contact the Treasurer.

This is just a little about who we are; everyone in the club is very approachable, so don't hold back from asking anything of anyone - we will be pleased to answer any questions that you may have and will always try to help. Our contact details are here.