Outdoor Facility Rules

We want all our members, associates and guests to enjoy our wonderful outdoor facility at Strine Brook Farm. Please be respectful and follow these rules for the benefit of yourself and your fellow archers.

Upon Arrival
  • If the gates are locked, open them and move your vehicle onto the parking area as quickly as possible. Make sure the entrance gate has been secured in the open position.
  • DO NOT park or wait on the Stafford Road (A518).
  • Be considerate when parking your vehicle in the car parking areas.
  • Do not leave your vehicle unlocked whilst you are shooting.
  • Vehicles are parked at their owners’ risk — neither the club nor the landowner accepts any responsibility for damage to or theft from vehicles parked on site.
  • Children must be supervised at all times.
  • Do not approach or feed the animals.
  • Only guide dogs supporting persons who are visually impaired are permitted on site.
Use of the Facility
ArcheryGB Rule 103 When any shooting is in progress there must be a minimum of two people present, each being a minimum of 18 years of age, one of whom may be a non-archer to act as a lookout. Juniors must be supervised by an adult member of ArcheryGB and a second adult must be present. On private land which is fenced all round, solo shooting by senior archers (18 and over) is permitted at their own risk in respect of personal injuries. One parent/guardian who is an adult ArcheryGB member may supervise their own child(ren).
Any archers shooting who do not abide by this rule do so at their own risk and will NOT be covered by insurance.
  • All club members, associates and guests must sign in upon arrival.
  • All club members and guests must remain within the designated areas.
  • No guests are permitted to shoot on the field unless accompanied by either a club member or associate.
  • Be aware — electric fences are used around the site. Please ensure all children are made aware and supervised at all times.
  • All arrows MUST be found, including those landing outside of the shooting range.
  • It is NOT the responsibility of the early archers to set all the targets out.
  • As you arrive, if there is not a target at the distance you want, or if the target at that distance is full, it is up to you to organise and set up another target.
  • When an archer has finished shooting on a particular target, if nobody else wants it they are responsible for putting it away.
  • A toilet has been provided for everyone’s use — please be considerate.
  • Please take all litter home or place it in the bin provided.
  • All club members, associates and guests must sign out upon departure.
Line Etiquette
  • Observe line discipline — keep behind the waiting/equipment line when not shooting. The waiting/equipment line will be at least 5 metres behind the shooting line.
  • Move to the line promptly when a space becomes available at your chosen target.
  • Avoid going to the line when all other archers have finished, or are nearly finished and ready to collect their arrows.
  • Please ensure all bows and equipment are placed behind the equipment line when not in use.
  • Please observe the ArcheryGB rules on etiquette whilst on the archery range.
  • Keep the line moving at all times, especially at the beginning and end of the outdoor season when daylight is short.
Shooting, Missing & Arrow Collection
  • Increase distance gradually and only move on when you are competent at the distance you are practising. This should avoid missing as much and spending a lot of the evening searching for arrows.
  • When shooting a distance for the first time without a sight mark, ask another archer to watch you shoot and help spot where any misses go.
  • When an arrow misses and is lost it is in everyone’s interest that it is found as quickly as possible — please can everyone assist in such circumstances.
  • If a search for an arrow is unsuccessful after five minutes, the search will be stopped and resumed after the next end.
  • If an arrow is still unfound as darkness falls, and before the target is removed, place a marker flag in the area you think the arrow might be and record the marker number on the sheet pinned up in the field shelter.
ALL arrows MUST be found — this is a condition of the lease agreement.
Last Person to Leave
  • Make sure all target faces have been removed from bosses and returned to the storage area.
  • Make sure the shooting range has been cleared of any articles or obstacles liable to cause damage to equipment or injury to unsuspecting persons or animals.
  • Make sure all inner gates are closed and locked where necessary.
  • Make sure the entrance gate is closed and locked behind you.
Carbon Arrows
  • Members are only permitted to shoot full carbon arrows at the club’s outdoor shooting facilities providing the arrows are fitted with both metal points and pin nocks that are fitted into a metal nock collar.

If any club members, associate members or guests have any ideas, suggestions or causes for concern please contact the club secretary or speak with a member of the club committee.