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Welcome to Ballands Bowmen

The Club

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Formed in 1970, the club takes its name from Ballands House, Penselwood, Somerset, where it was founded by the late Major Robin Archer. 

Field archery is the focus of this top UK archery club whose members have a history of achievements at National, European and World level. Ballands currently has around 60 members.

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Field Archery

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Field archery consists of a series of targets set over natural terrain, which could be woodland, slopes, open ground or across water. 

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Location

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Ballands Bowmen is based in the Wincanton area of Somerset and has members from Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire.

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Training

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The club runs beginners’ training courses during the winter where you will learn from expert coaches all about field archery

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Taking into consideration the current situation regarding COVID-19 and government guidelines we have, with regret, taken the decision to cancel the Ballands Bowmen AGB Open Field Shoot on 9th and 10th May.

Ballands Bowmen hosted the Archery GB Somerset County Archery Field Championships 2019 on the 17th & 18th August

To see the final results click here to go to the Open Shoots Page
On the training pages is a series of technical talks and articles written by Ballands member and osteopath Andrew Knight D.O. that are available to download