Harry was featured on the back page in the sports section of the local Ely Standard newspaper in early April 2020.
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By now, you may have seen several emails from Archery GB regarding actions to be taken, in light of the governments recommendation to restrict public gathering. It will come as no surprise to you, that they have taken the decision to suspend archery activities:
Archery GB
What can clubs do?
We are advising that all archery in the UK is postponed for the foreseeable future, to reduce all non-essential contact with others. Our priority is the health and safety of our members, participants, volunteers and staff. Our latest statement can be found here.
We would like to clarify this guidance to providers of grassroots archery following on from the announcement made last night in relation to COVID-19 which can be found here.
While we work on pulling together further guidance which will answer the many questions you may have, please use our statements to inform your members and stakeholders.
Please feel free to email us at membership@archerygb.org and we will do our best to answer your queries and add them to our FAQ’s. Please be mindful that we are experiencing a large volume of enquiries so we may not be able to reply within the usual 72 hours.
The club committee has also discussed this, and we are in agreement that the health and safety of our members is paramount.
Therefore, Ely Archers will be suspending all club activities immediately. We will be keeping a close eye on the developing situation, and when there is any change, we will inform you directly.
Please see the Archery GB website for their FAQ and useful links for more information about what is being done to safeguard members.
If you have any questions, the committee will endeavour to answer them; but we are in the same situation; so working through this on a day by day basis.
Look after yourselves.
Ely Archers
A number of Ely Archers attended the annual Cambridgeshire Archery Association (CAA) indoor County shoot on Sunday 9th February 2020 at the One Leisure Centre in St. Ives, hosted by Jolly Archers.
Archers shooting on the day were Louise, Harry, Daniel, Mel, Alison, Ian C., Malcolm, Jasmine and Kim.
Here are the results from both the Jolly Archers shoot and the incorporated County results:
So overall a great day for the club and lots of medals.
2020 Full Results – Jolly Archers
Just some of the medals won.
Every November Ely Archers hold their annual Portsmouth archery competition; in which archers attend from numerous counties. Every year, the club also hold a prize raffle, with funds being raised for a chosen charity. Sutton Scout Group were proposed as the nominated charity, by the late Ely Archer Club Chair, Steve Johnson; who sadly passed away last October.
Last Friday, several Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Scout leaders joined Ely Archers for a have-a-go archery session, before being presented with the cheque. These funds will be put towards the groups ongoing fundraising for a new venue.
Pictured is the presentation of the cheque by Maggie Johnson, with members of Ely Archers and the Sutton Scout group.
Ely Archers are re-commencing their archery beginners’ classes in February at Ely College. Ely Archers will be running a 2-week class running on two Saturday afternoons on 8th and 15th February to begin with, more dates are planned for later in the year.
A new beginner’s section has been created on the Ely Archers website. The new area contains a page to register your interest for up and coming beginners classes, a beginners FAQ page, a course overview page and an online booking form which enables you to see how may places are left, beginners class dates and to pay via PayPal or BACS.