Malvern Archers Indoors Beginners' Course 2026

The course

This is a 4-5 session archery "beginners' course", designed to train complete beginners to shoot a bow & arrow safely & competently. Everything you need will be provided - please do not buy any archery equipment before completing the course.

You will be trained on 'recurve' bows (as in the illustration), but you will be introduced to barebow, longbow & compound bowstyles during the course.

Malvern Archers have been supporting archers for more than 100 years. The course will be run by our ArcheryGB licensed coaches - who are all DBS checked & SafeGuarding trained. Please note that U18 candidates must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the course.

The format for this course is four sessions of approx 3 hours on Sunday afternoons. This will cover all you need to know to become a safe & effective archer. There will be a fifth 2 hour session, during the week following the completion of the indoor sessions, at our outdoor facility - date TBA as it is weather dependent. This will cover issuing your novices' archery equipment, details of club life and other information specific to our club.

Dates & times

All sessions 13:00 - 16:00 unless stated

1. Sunday 15/02/2026
2. Sunday 22/02/2026
3. Sunday 01/03/2026
4. Sunday 08/03/2026
5. Outdoors session TBA - possibly Sunday 15/03/26 ending 15:00

The Venue

The venue is the indoor shooting venue for Malvern Archers. It is fully equipped as an archery range. It has a toilet and on-site parking & all required areas are wheelchair accessible.

Costs

The cost is £90 per person. You can:

• Pay in full now.
• Pay a £20 non-refundable deposit to secure your place on the course. The balance of £70 will be billed separately, and payment is expected (at the latest) 4 weeks prior to starting the course.
• Family discount - under certain circumstances (see below).

Family discount. We can offer a £10 per person discount for familes booking onto the same course. The conditions are:

• Available only for family groups of 3 or 4 people.
• Subject to available space on the course.
• Group may include one or two parents plus at least one junior (U18).
• All admin via a single email address.

Procedure.

• Buy the relevant number of 'deposit only' tickets.
• Email the club immediately (beginners@malvernarchers.co.uk) with the names of the group.
• The club will then bill you for £60 per person, not the standard £70.

Equipment

All the archery equipment you need to complete the course will be provided. Please do not buy any archery equipment before completing the course! If you join our club after completing the course you will have the opportunity to hire from us suitable equipment for a few weeks. This enables you to gain strength, technique & knowledge, so that when the times comes you can make a better choice of your first kit.

Going forward

We hope that you enjoy your course & decide to take up the sport. Completing the course will enable you to join any ArcheryGB affiliated archery club (subject to that club's rules & policies). At the end of the course our staff will discuss with you how to move forward. Malvern Archers have a very proactive approach to supporting new archers coming to us, as well as ongoing development once you are established.

Cancellation policy

We appreciate that circumstances change, sometimes quite dramatically. Accordingly we have in place the following refunds policy.

• All requests for refunds must be approved by the club's executive committee - it cannot be sanctioned by the course organiser alone.
• The deposit (or equivalent part of the full fee) is NOT refundable, and is only applicable to the course booked.
• Cancellations requested more than 28 days before the start of the course will be offered a refund of fees paid in excess of the deposit or a "roll-over" to our next course (see below).
• Cancellations requested between 14 and 28 days before the start of the course will be offered a 50% refund of the fee or a "roll-over" to our next course (see below).
• Cancellations requested between 7 and 14 days before the start of the course will be offered only a "roll-over" to our next course (see below).
• Within 7 days of the start of the course no refunds or roll-overs will be offered.
• Roll-overs will only be available if there is space on our next course. Candidates who elect to "roll over" their booking will be required to purchase a fresh "Deposit Only" place on the new course. The balance of their fees will then be transferred (internally) to the new course.
• Each application will be considered on its merits