Welcome to our home page.
Nestling amongst some trees on edge of the Packington Estate are the
Forest Grounds, the shooting grounds of Meriden Archery Club. The club is
almost as close as it can be to the centre of England, and often a hive
of activity. Our club is lucky to have its own shooting grounds, open
every day of the year and available at anytime of the day. The club celebrated
its 70th in 2005.
The shooting area is split into two, a large open field - catering for
distances up to a full length York round (100 yards), and a smaller paddock
used by members for bow tuning and practice. The paddock has permanent
targets at distances up to 50 metres, a sheltered area for shooting and
floodlighting up to 30 metres. There is also a small area for indoor shooting
within the club house.
The club holds five Open Tournaments each year where archers from all over the country are welcome to come and
shoot, please visit the Tournaments page for dates, information and to
download the application forms.
Should you require more information on the club, or on our activities
please visit the FAQ
where we have attempted to answer some of the most common questions asked.
Alternatively, please use the contact form
and a club member will be in touch with you as soon as possible.
Our website is continually undergoing changes
so please revisit us to see how things progress. If you have comments, or feedback,
please use the contact link on the left menu, alternatively, drop into the
notice board and post us a message.
Membership
Membership of the club is open to archers of all ages (over a minimum age, usually about 8 years old but
depending on the child). Membership requires the applicant to have completed an approved beginner's course -
such courses are held during the summer, allowing newcomers to the sport to learn the basics of safe shooting
and the skills that they will require as they progress through their shooting life. As we are limited in the
numbers that we can accommodate on each course, demand for places is high. If you wish to register for a
beginners course at the club, please use this form
to register your details and we will contact you when a vacancy arises.
As an established archer, club membership is available after an
assessment by one of our club coaches - this is not a test of shooting
skill, but an assessment of shooting safety.
The club has an active Junior membership, competing in tournaments
over the course of the shooting year.
As a club member, you will be affiliated through the club to the
Grand National Archery Society, to the regional West Midlands Archery
Society and the County of Warwickshire Archery Association.
The club is located on the Packington Estate, the estate owned by
the Earl of Aylesford. Situated half way between the cities of
Birmingham and Coventry, within the village of Meriden, the club
attracts members from a very wide area. The club is open to members 24 hours a day
every day, all year round. During the summer, the club meets
on a Wednesday evening at the Forest Grounds and there are usually
members shooting on a Sunday afternoon year round. Visitors are always
welcome.
Archery within the village has a long tradition, and our immediate
neighbors are also an archery club - the venerable and famous "Woodmen of Arden".
Members
Club members may access the Member's Pages using the links above, controlled by usernames and passwords supplied by our Communications Officer and webmaster, Andy Barfield.
Please also use my email address in the Mumble to feed back any thoughts
on the development of the website - it is the club's website and your
ideas are as good as mine!
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