The future of the club was on display today with a huge contingent of young archers at our Come and Try session today.
We had over 20 shooters all starting out or returning from last week. We had so many in fact that we almost ran out of bows! Of the 20 new shooters, only 3 were adults, with the remaining 17 all aged between 8 and 13 years old. Hopefully we can engage those young shooters enough to get hooked on archery and maybe then drag mum and dad into the sport too. We certainly have plenty of father and son combinations at AoW as well as mums and daughters.
Everyone seemed to have a good time at our newly refurbished indoor range, and with super coach Mike Clark absent today, the coaching duties fell on the shoulders of Dave Reid to try to teach what he is unable to do himself. 😂😂😂 Dave couldn’t hit water if he was standing in the middle of a lake using a recurve bow, he’s absolutely hopeless.
Having said that, the session went off without a hitch, no one was injured, and all stated that they would be back again next week.
So if you’re thinking about giving archery a go, come along to the Come and Try session next Saturday August 10 at the new starting time of 11am
Don’t Forget:
Our Come & Try Session will be running again next Saturday between 11am and 12:30pm. If you’ve ever wanted to try archery, this is a great introduction to the sport. All equipment is supplied and there is absolutely no cost to come along to your first 3 sessions. After that, you are under no obligation to continue, however we’d love to have you as a regular member. Contact Mike Clark, email – mike.clark@aow.asn.au, Mobile – 0422 868 406 or Dave Reid, email david.reid@aow.asn.au, mobile – 0477 883 694 if you have any questions, or you can just fill out the form on our contacts page.