Volunteering at the club
As with any small club, we rely on our members to volunteer from time to time for a variety of tasks. This includes help with grounds and equipment maintenance, as well as at tournaments.
Below are some examples of things that we need volunteers for. If you are able to offer your time for any of these, please contact one of our committee members for more information regarding dates / times.
Please note:
- Volunteers are not required to commit their time every week / month
- Any and all help is welcomed and appreciated whenever you can offer it!
- If you have an odd couple of hours, or a day, to spare then please come along and help out
- There are plenty of things to do!
- Full training will be given where necessary
Grounds Maintenance
- Assist with grass cutting
- Dry stone walling, whether you fancy having a go, or just assisting
- Gardening
- Other projects around the grounds. These will be advertised when we intend to commence these works
- Maintain the hedgerows and trees on the north and south borders and ground preparation for planting wildlife meadows
- Strimming around the base of the trees and removing the plastic tubes. Restaking where necessary
- Cleaning the concrete paths / disabled parking area. Repainting as necessary
- Line painting for shooting & waiting lines
- Maintenance of distance marker bricks (repainting / replacing as necessary)
Equipment Maintenance
- Target repacking. This is essential to maintain the target bosses from being shot out. Not all at once but one / two at a time would be useful
- Target frame refurbishment. Replacing damaged areas of the wooden frames and adding preservative.
- Bow maintenance (checking nocking points, string repair, etc)
- Arrow maintenance (re-fletching, arrow straightening, etc)
Cleaning
- Indoor Archery Range
- Workshops
- Kitchen
- Toilets
- Veranda
- Outdoor areas
- Guttering
- Cameras
Tournaments
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The week before...
- Grass cutting
- Line marking
- General maintenance (as required)
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The night before...
- Clear the field of all day-to-day bosses
- Erect the tournament frames (heavy work)
- Get tournament bosses out of store room (heavy work)
- Fit boss centres to bosses
- Lift bosses onto the frames (heavy work)
- Secure each boss to each frame using clips and bungee cords
- Carry constructed targets onto the field (heavy work - 2 / 3 people)
- Square up targets at the correct distances (varies by tournament)
- Secure target frames to the ground
- Place and secure target numbers to frames
- Placing wind indicator flags on top of boss
- Erect judges tent(s)
- Set out tables for the catering area
- Prepare indoor range for admin use during tournament (T.O's table, charge PDA's / walkie-talkies, spare target faces, etc)
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On the day...
- Car park attendants (minimum of 2) to welcome our guests and guide visitors on where to park
- Take out the PA system, speakers and power lead to judges tent
- Catering - help in the kitchen with making tea / coffee, serving cake and cold drinks from the kitchen area
- Help with cooking bacon / sausages / burgers
- Selling of raffle tickets
- Field party - ideally all day
- Put target faces on bosses
- Assist finding arrows after each end
- Relocate targets at distance changes
- Change target faces at judges request
- Attach target "nappies" as required
- Assisting the tournament organisers by collecting scorecards when necessary
- Clearing the field of all tournament bosses and packing away at the end of the tournament
- Refreshments are provided during the day!
"On the day" tournament timings will vary - this can start from 7:30am for some tournaments. Any help is welcome however, including just for a couple of hours. The most crucial times are at the start and end of each tournament day.