Health

Archers MUST NOT come to the Archery Range if they show symptoms of any illness but in particular of Covid-19.  These are highlighted on NHS Direct and include:

• a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
• a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
• a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal

Most people with corona virus have at least 1 of these symptoms.

If you are symptomatic, living in a household with a possible COVID-19 infection or if you are classified as extremely vulnerable on health grounds, the guidance is that you should remain at home.

Archers must notify a club committee member should they develop symptoms after attending the archery range.

• If you are contacted by test and trace (NHS app) please notify the secretary of Cleve Archers
• Do not visit the archery field until a negative result is advised
• The club secretary must be advised of the result of the test.

Session

You MUST NOT turn up to the range without a booking

You MUST NOT arrive more than 5 minutes before the start time of your session, please arrive wearing and with the correct gear and be ready to shoot.

You MUST ensure that you remain 2-meters away from other participants outside of your household at all times, including in the car park.

You MUST depart the range within 10 minutes of the end time of your session, you should leave as soon as you have packed away your equipment.

Please bring your own chair.

Please take all rubbish home with you.

After the session, archers should sanitise their hands, clean their equipment and anything else used at the session.

You are advised to bring your own hand cleanser with you and a disinfectant spray for your equipment and target frame?

In order to minimise contact, there is no need to remain at the club if you are not shooting.

No spectators are permitted, 1 carer may accompany a disabled archer if required, 1 parent/guardian may accompany a Junior archer (under 18).

Equipment

You must use your own equipment; you will not be allowed to borrow any club equipment including metal detectors.  Sharing of equipment outside your household is not permitted.  You must take all your equipment home.

Individual archers must shoot at a single target but archers from the same household may share a target.

You should use target faces and target pins allocated to you by your club or provided by yourself.

On your first visit to the club please take a target face and no more than 4 target pins, please take these home with you and bring them back for future sessions.

If you lose an arrow please do not waste time looking for it when others are trying to shoot in the limited time slots.  Please report all lost arrows via our contact form.

Control of shooting

To reduce the risk to volunteers there will not be a range captain.

You must operate as a single shooting line across the field, one member should take control of the shooting using the commands “Shoot” and “Collect”.

Facilities

There will be no club facilities.

Toilets are to be used ONLY in an emergency, and therefore you should come prepared.

Archers Guidance
You must read and agree to follow all of the instructions listed in the archers guidance.

This is for the safety of yourself and others.

Cancellation Policy
Please try to only book slots where you will be able to attend, there are a lot of club members who wish to shoot.  If you are aware that you will not be able to make a session please cancel your booking so that others may book the slots.

Non-members who must pay a target fee to shoot are not entitled to a refund if they are unable to use the sessions.  It may be possible to defer your session to a later date if you contact the club early explaining the situation.

Fitness
All participants must ensure they are fit to participate, consideration should be given to the extended break that most archers will have had due to the current shooting restrictions.