At the time of writing this post there are just 4 places available – this is the UK Coaching Safeguarding Children in Sport course required by AGB for club coaches, welfare officers and recommended for club chairs. The course is on Saturday 26th October, 12:30 for a 1:00 start, cost £30.00. The venue is Birtley…
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Session Coaches Presentation Day
Following months of hard work, Session Coaches from DNAA (6) and Cumbria (1) attended their Presentation day at Riverside Archery Club on Saturday 10th August. Coach Developer, Ian Norwood, was very pleased to see how all 7 coaches had engaged with the course and was extremely happy to let them know how much of a…
County Indoor Champs 2024 – Results
The results of the 2024 County Indoor Champs are now available here Huge congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone who took part in the shoot. Thanks of course to St Giles for resolving the venue issue and to Killingworth Archers for organisation.
Senior Coaching Day – Longbow & Barebow – Saturday 20 April
The CCO is pleased to announce details of the coaching day for longbow and barebow archers at Thorp Academy, Ryton on Saturday 20th April starting at 10:00am. This will be an outdoor event as he has identified that some barebow and longbow archers need a little help getting reliable sight marks for the longer distances.…
Senior Coaching Day – Recurve / Compound – 17 February
A venue has just become available for a senior archer training day at Thorp Academy, Ryton on Saturday 17th February 10:00-4:00. This event is open to recurve and compound archers, with another event to follow for longbows and barebow archers in April. To book a place contact the County Coach Officer by email: DNAACoaching@gmail.com. Cost…
Clout Beginners Workshop – more details to follow
Junior Coaching Days
I’m pleased to let you know that we have finally been able to organise a couple of coaching days for juniors. These will be held at Durham City Archers’ venue, Framwellgate School, Framwellgate Moor, Durham DH1 5BQ. The dates arranged so far are Sunday 19th November and 10th December 2023, further dates to be announced.…
New Development Coaches for DNAA
8 Candidates (6 of these from DNAA) made their final coaching presentations on 23/9/23. All passed and will become the newest cohort of Development Coaches (Level 2). Huge Congratulations to all!
Senior Coaching Day
On Saturday 4th February 26 archers and 13 coaches came together for a day of coaching and development. Archers were able to receive 1:1 coaching to improve their technique, with some having specific things they wanted to work on. There were also a number of workshops available throughout the day. A paper turning frame was…
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…