About the club

  • Wokingham’s archery club, Bowmen of Burleigh incorporating Burleigh Junior Archers, is located at Cantley Recreation Ground, Wokingham, Berkshire and has over 90 shooting members including 20+ juniors. The age  range is from ten to seventy plus and archers are both male and female.
  • Throughout the summer there is a club evening on Wednesdays and there are usually archers shooting on a Friday evening as well. A club shoot is held every Sunday from April to October.

  • Members may also shoot at other times, subject to the safety rule that another adult must be observing for potential hazards while an archer shoots. Juniors must be supervised by an adult archer at all times.
  • From October to March we shoot indoors every Sunday during two sessions, morning and afternoon. We are also able to shoot on some Saturday mornings. Outdoor shoots are held on one Sunday morning each month throughout the winter months.
  • The club is affiliated to the Berkshire Archery Association (BAA), the Southern Counties Archery Society (SCAS) and the Grand National Archery Society (GNAS).
  • The majority of members shoot the recurve Olympic bow, but the club has a strong section shooting compound bows and one or two shoot the traditional longbow.
  • The club supplies a substantial proportion of the Berkshire County archery team and has had a number of international representatives.
  • Members compete successfully in open tournaments throughout the country, but others are happy simply to shoot for pleasure at the club in nice surroundings and with pleasant, like-minded companions.
  • In the winter the club enters a number of senior and junior teams in postal leagues.
  • We have no facilities for clout or field shooting, although members do enter outside competitions in these disciplines.