Sad news from Heugh Bowmen It is with sadness I inform you our Club President Mr Ian Telfer at the age of 85 has sadly passed away peacefully in his sleep this afternoon. Having gave some 45 years as an Archer and Committee Member (41 of which was the Club Treasurer) I thought I should…
Author: Elaine
Introducing our President
Hi there, I’m Kath Hall, your DNAA President. I have been involved in archery for over 50 years and a member of Killingworth Archers since 1975. I shoot recurve – though have dabbled with longbow on occasion!! I competed at target competitions all over the country for many years and have been proud to be…
Novice Shoot @ Eccles Archery Club (Lancashire)
An open invitation from an Northern Counties club in Lancashire to DNAA novices: Following discussions at NCAS and LAA re – novice archers, Eccles AC is putting on a Novice shoot. We hope to encourage novice archers to take part in competitions. The shoot will include a talk and Q & A session – what…
Castle Leagues – December 2022
Here’s an eagerly-awaited update on the Castle Leagues!! click here for December’s leagues
County Meeting 16 Jan – reminder
7.30pm Park View school, Lombard Drive.
Congratulations to New County Session Coaches!
The County Coach Officer would like to send his congratulations to the county’s new Session Coaches. Over the weekend 7th-8th January four DNAA coach candidates were joined by five other candidates from around the country for assessment of their coach training course. The candidates were put through their paces to demonstrate their coaching skills to…
First Aid Training
This was already on my radar, however following a recent email from our RDO signposting club secretaries to AGB’s policy on First Aid I’m prompted to ask the question. I hope to organise one or more first aid courses for anyone in the county who needs one, this will include coaches and judges. This will…
Senior Archer coaching day Saturday 4 February 2023
The County Coach Officer would like to extend an invitation to adult archers to a general coaching day. Coaches will be on hand to help with many aspects of archery. Topics that will be covered but not exclusively are: – Compound, recurve and traditional bow setup and tuning. – Endless loop and double Flemish loop…
Introducing our County Coach Officer
Hello, my name is Ian Norwood and for those that don’t know, I am the County Coach Officer for DNAA. I became an archer in 2005 after trying to shoot three balloons for £1.00 (might have been more…it was a long time ago) at a small archery centre near North Berwick when I was there…
Castle Leagues – November 22
Its time for an update on the Castle Leagues!! click here for November’s leagues (scroll past October’s)