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Competition Announcement

All British & Open Field Championships  . . .  May 2024 . . . Updates ​Below

Click here for the Prospectus!

A few tickets are still available to AGB members on https://agb.sport80.com
 

Overton Black Arrows are looking forward to hosting The 2024 All British & Open Field Championships.

Taking place on Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th of May 2024.

Silent Auction

We will be holding a silent auction over the competition weekend, for details see here
 

 

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The Warren has three distinct areas:

The Warren, around 12acres of a curved dead end valley with many steep slopes; loved by course designers, often loathed by archers.

The Woods, around 7acres of mature woodland, with few level areas anywhere, lots of shade with light spots throughout.

The Combe, another 12acres or more, much of it a steeply sloped like a natural amphitheatre, we hope you like slopes!

Overall, the whole venue represents a very challenging environment for even the most seasoned field archer.

 

As a club, Overton Black Arrows is privileged to have access to The Warren and we're delighted to be able to invite archers wanting to shoot the whole venue, which is not often possible, to enter The 2024 All British & Open Field Championships.

We hope you won't be disappointed with the course and we're quietly confident you will feel challenged!

Hopefully, everyone will leave with a smile on their face, even if one or two competitors do leave an arrow, or two, in storage somewhere within The Warren!  But, don't worry, someone will likely find it, although we can't say when, but most arrows stored at The Warren get found ... eventually.

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Beginners Course

  Our Winter 2024 Beginners Course finished on Saturday the 3rd of February.

24 potential new archers are now able to join Overton Black Arrows, or any AGB affiliated club.

We will publish details of our next Beginners Course once we have set dates for it.  Although it is likely to be late summer and or early autumn before our next group beginners course takes place.  'Ad-hoc' beginners courses for an individual, or couple, may be possible from April onwards.

Please see the EVENTS and/or the BEGINNERS page for more details.  Or, use the Contact page and select 'Beginners' from the drop down list and send us a message letting us know you'd like to do a beginners course and we'll add your details to the list of people  to contact when we arrange our next beginners course.

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I've brought a bow and want to practice with it ...

Whilst it is possible to teach yourself to shoot, there are all sorts of things that can go wrong with this!  Where will you shoot this lethal weapon?

An official range has a minimum length of 100m and a width that includes a sizeable safety area either side of the target.

Are you insured? ... Are your neighbours happy? ... Is your equipment even fit for purpose?

From a coaching perspective, it is important to NOT just go out, buy a bow and start shooting.  Correct shooting technique should be learnt on a light-weight bow, before moving to a heavier poundage otherwise you will be stuck with bad technique and quite possibly end up injuring yourself.  A typical beginners bow has a low draw weight, 14-18lb, is enough, less for juniors.  Once good technique has been learnt, an archer can gradually move up in bow weight. We teach using recurve bows (as these have interchangeable limbs), but the basic techniques we teach transfer equally well to; Barebow, Compound, Flatbow, Horsebow, Longbow, Recurve, Traditional - you can hire bows from us once you have finished a beginners course and we'd recommend continuing with one of these for a few months before switching to a different bow style, or buying your own equipment.

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