We ask you to pay before booking on our beginners course via BACS, account details are on the above application form.

We ask payment MUST be with us before the start of the course.

 There are 2 categories individual's fall into depending on their age these are as follows:

Adults (Over 18 years of age)

Juniors (Under 18 years of age).

As from the 1st February 2024 no cash payments will be taken without prior agreement.

Course fees are £40 adults (Over 18 under 100) £15 for juniors (Over 7 under 18) please use your
initial and surname as the reference further details are on the application from above.

If you can find cheaper we will match, excluding all special promotional or time limited offers.

Payment in FULL is due on the day you start the course, BACS transfer can be as quick as 1 hour but on a bank holidays or extremely busy days can take a number of hours so please keep this in mind when booking a course .

About the course or a rough outline of what to expect.

We run regular courses during the year both indoor and outdoor each of the courses follow very much the same direction either run over 2 weekends with 6 hours split or 3 weekends of 2 hours, we don't believe in the more people
on the course the better, but are very much believers in that smaller groups allow
us to give a better foundation for you to build on.

What should you bring and wear?

Well we can't forecast what the weather will be like, at this moment in time neither can many 
weather app, but we would recommend be prepared for anything along with the following.

1. Clothing that isn't loose or baggy around the chest and upper arm.
2. If you have long hair (past the shoulder) something to tie your hair back.
3. A drink either hot or cold (depending on weather regardless if indoor or outdoor).
4. If it's outdoor a top that will keep you dry, please note sunscreen is a must during the summer outside.
5. A snack something light. you can become hunger shooting.
6. AND A SENSE OF HUMOUR AND A GOOD JOKE.

Where there's a demonstration its normal to have a "dry run" we don't shoot until we are confident that we have the stage flowing and familiar with the safety concerns and the consequences' if we don't.

The course format covers the follow.

Introduction to the people that are running the course and supporting it.

Brief history of Shooting Stars and were we hope to be in 2 years.

Introduction to the equipment.

Assembly of the bow and safety check.

Arrow basic points key points and safety check.

Warm up stretches that it recommended before shooting.

On the range:

Safety and possible dangers on the range.

Demonstration of posture on the firing line.

The stages to draw, aim and release. (Demonstration & Practice).

Arrow recovery.

Shoot 4 ends supervised on all stages.

Recap on all you have done with questions and answer.

4 ends with close attention to posture.

4 ends with close attention to safety.

The remaining time is were we combine everything you will be watched all the time for errors.

This is just the start of what's covered in the first 2 - 3 hours how quick we progress depends on the individual.

During the other sessions we cover and use the following shooting with a sight, scoring and spend as much time
as possible refining the areas that need improving and as general rule we try to finish the course with a bit of fun.

But we like you to be confident that you can check the safety of the equipment, know the safety relating to

the equipment, range and shooting as well as scoring and what you to be confidently and enter club or
regional competitions with a good knowledge what to do and what to expect.

Happy and confident shooting

Dates for our other events such as "Have - a - go" and "Taster"

can be found on our events page!