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The Bowmen of Adel is one of the longest established archery clubs in Yorkshire (founded 1948).
We cater for many styles of archery. Club members currently shoot Recurve, Compound, Longbow and even traditional oriental style bows and horse-bows. We are a friendly and easily accessible club with excellent facilities to shoot both outdoors and indoors (on the same site), boasting a free car park and social club too.
MEMBERSHIP
Application to join the Bowmen of Adel (July-Sept 2011)
To join the Bowmen of Adel you must first join the Adel War Memorial Association (AWMA); you must also join the Grand National Archery Society (GNAS), the Northern Counties Archery Society (NCAS), and the Yorkshire Archery Association (YAA)! The annual fees for all these are currently as follows:-
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2011/12
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BoA
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AWMA
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GNAS
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NCAS
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YAA
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Total
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Single Senior
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£40
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£38
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£35
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£2
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£4
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£119.00
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Senior Couple
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£60
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£76
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£70
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£3
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£8
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£217.00
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Junior (Under 18)
with no adult family as members
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£20
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£24
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£0
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£1.25
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£2
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£47.25
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Full-timestudent
(Over 18) |
£20 |
£30 |
£35
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£2 |
£4
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£91.00 |
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Family Fees
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Adults pay the fees for Single or Couple as above, PLUS |
£10 |
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Plus,
for each child |
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£24 |
£0 |
£1.25 |
£2 |
£27.25 |
The membership year runs from October. If you join during April - September, there are reduced rates for GNAS, AWMA, and BoA, and you will be contacted to renew for a full year in September. If you wish to join, please download, fill in and print this pdf form and either post it to the address at the top of the form, or hand it to your course coach, along with a cheque, made payable to BoA, for:
£62.75 (Solo adult)
£119.50 (Joint adult)
£35.25 (Solo Junior)
£51.75 (Student)
Adult fee PLUS £10 PLUS £25.25 per child (Families)
TEAM ADEL
The Bowmen of Adel are keen for its members to take part in all aspects
of the sport shooting as individuals for fun or competitatively, or as
part of a team. Over the years members taking part in tournaments have
often brought back team trophies but this has not been organised in any
way. Please visit the team page for latest information.
WINTER SHOOTING
The Bowmen of Adel continue to shoot out of doors from October to March
at the side of the cricket field, towards the score board hut. Look out
for details of the frostbite series (usually with mulled wine) and the
indoor postal shoots. All club members take part. There are three
trophies shot for each month- the Icicle (for recurve),the Snowflake
(for compound) and the Iciclette (for Juniors). We need five archers to
make up the recurve team. See calendar for details.
Don't forget you can take
part in the Virtual Archery League
(run by club ex-president David O'Carroll). It's a
competition for individuals- all you have to do is e-mail your best
score each month. Send an e-mail now to the organiser at val@virtualarchery.org.uk if you want to take part this coming indoor season. There are archers
from all over the country taking part from top tournament standard to
beginners. There will be a league division for your abilities. Check
out the
website at: www.virtualarchery.org.uk
OPEN COMPETITIONS
The Bowmen of Adel organise three open competitions each year:
APRIL The St George Longbow Tournament, at
Morley Rugby Club, Morley near Leeds.
SEPTEMBER Outdoor
open tournament at Adel in NW Leeds.
SEPTEMBER The Wharfedale longbow tournament at Adel in NW Leeds.
We are proud that our medals are the finest archery club medals in
Yorkshire. The trophies are pretty good too.
THE ST.GEORGE LONGBOW
TOURNAMENT
The St.George is a two-part tournament for longbow
archers. All
are encouraged to wear period costume (but not obligatory). The first
part
is a qualifying round of a two-way Western. The qualifiers enter a
shoot-out
for the Royal Armouries Arrow. Check out the web pages
for the tournament.
BOWMEN OF ADEL OUTDOOR
COMPETITION
This is a friendly competition aimed at families and friends. Hardened
archers welcome too! Usually a long Western round.
THE WHARFEDALE
The Wharfedale is a longbow competition held at the club each year.
It is a two-way Western shot to BLBS rules- no sighters and no
bouncers. In addition it is shot barebow- no sight rings on the bow or
ground markers.
The competition is held
on the second Sunday in September.
Assembly at 10.30am shoot starts at 11am
Check out the web
pages for the competition.
CLUB COMPETITIONS
& TROPHIES
The
club holds two competitions for
club members- the Indoor Championships in March and the Outdoor
Championships in August.
In
addition we have the Nock on the
end of May Bank Holiday Monday for the prestigious Gold, Silver and
Bronze nocks. This is a handicap competition usually accomanied by food.
In
June we hold the Strawberry
Shoot- accompanied by the eating of strawberries and in July the
Independence Shoot usually held around the 4th July.
Throughout
the season you can shoot
for the monthly handicap trophy and the Sundial which is shot each
month for the Short Metric round. These trophies are retained for
the period until the next shoot.
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Etiquette
As the outdoor season (also known as the summer season) has started,
it is worth reminding ourselves about the requirements when shooting
outdoors.
Indoors, the targets are set up ready, and we shoot at set times.
Outdoors
this is different, with people starting at different times, and
shooting
different rounds. So we need to be more considerate to others. In
particular:-
If you need to put up a new boss, please do so when it is convenient
for those already shooting - and ask them first. Don't assume that you
can
shoot at a boss already put up - ask those shooting at it if they mind,
and
don't take offence if they do!
If you
come on to a boss where archers are already shooting, watch out for
their
footmarks and do not crowd their space. Of course, it also helps if you
set
your footmarks so that others can come on to your target if needs be.
If you
use a "spotting scope", and you want to leave it on the line, make sure
there
is still enough space for other archers on the same boss
Collect
your arrows promptly, and don't dawdle at the boss. By all means have a
good
natter but when walking to and from the target, or when waiting to
shoot.
Remember some people want to concentrate on the shooting line so don't
shout
across the field.
If someone is looking for
a lost arrow, help them. It speeds
things up for everyone!
On coaching
sessions, remember that coaches or people practising may take more time
to
shoot, or between arrows; on other sessions, remember that members want
to
complete their rounds so don't tarry by the bosses.
Always be considerate to
other archers.
Always enjoy your
shooting!
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