Beginners Courses

Ely Archers run regular informal courses for beginners who are interested in taking up archery, or who just want to try it to see if they like it! The courses are normally held on Sunday mornings during the summer months on the field at Littleport Leisure Centre, and each session runs for approximately two hours. All equipment is provided, and you will get personal tuition by experienced archers who will help to teach you the correct way to shoot.

Each session's tuition costs £8.00, and each course runs for four weeks. You can pay in advance for the whole course for a fee of £30.00. At the end of the course hopefully you will then decide to join the Club! Many people ask about the cost of starting out in archery - once you have completed the course, we can if you wish give you straightforward and unbiased advice on all aspects of purchasing your own equipment, and we can also recommend the best places to go to buy what you need. A trainer bow like the one pictured on the right (and which you will use on our courses) costs about £60, with a basic set of arrows costing under £40, but we would recommend that you buy a better bow than this. A sensible amount to spend to get yourself all of the equipment you will need is likely to be nearer £300. For advice on choosing your first bow, please click here, and for links to online shops click here.

For more information on the courses we run, and to book a place on one of these very popular courses, please contact us by phone or fill in the online form. We will then contact you as soon as possible.

Our next beginners course will run from the end of August 2008, and is now full. As this course will run until the end of September, and the indoor season starts immediately after that, this will be the last course that we will run in 2008. However, we will be doing some free 'taster' sessions funded by Living Sport on some Monday evenings in October and November - for more info please click here or email getbackinto@elyarchers.org.uk

We will not now be running any further Beginners courses on Sunday mornings until next summer. You can contact us now to register your interest (please click on the Online Form link above) and we will then contact you to arrange for you to start your course as soon as a place becomes available.

For more advanced coaching, you can see the details of services provided by our County coach here