I am posting this to enquire of any woodland of minimum 15 acres but preferably more which you may know about in the Derby/Nottingham/Burton/Leicester area which would be available for rent by our Field Archery club.
We are a new National Field Archery Society (N.F.A.S.) registered and insured, 30 member Field Archery club based in central Derby, which has also recently affiliated to a second governing body in the sport known as the English Field Archery Association (E.F.A.A.), that requires woodland to progress our club and train in our sport.
Our greatest achievement to date is the highly acclaimed N.F.A.S. National Championships 2009 X-Course laid by our members.
The membership is made up of professional people with their children (minimum age of 9) that take the sport and the discipline it instils very seriously.
The woodland would be used to permanently set up an unobtrusive 40 target Field Archery course, so therefore we would ideally have no public footpaths or bridal ways running through it, although this can be easily and safely worked around with careful planning and our very strict safety procedures. We will also use the woodland to train our younger members in the basic skills of survival, with a view to maybe opening the courses up to other organisations like the scouts etc in the future.
The woodland must allow us to run kids bushcraft courses, so overnight camping will be essential, and to have a small temporary structure for storage and wet weather shelter e.g. shed/shipping container. we would also require access for member vehicles and enough vehicle capacity to accommodate an occasional Sunday open shoot (maximum 2 per year) and course attendees.
In return we offer to pay a fair rent, the added security of people with your interests in mind on site, free woodland maintenance and free membership to our club for life.
Please contact us if you have or know of any woodland or if you require
any further information about us and our club.
Web Site www.freewebs.com/artemisarchers
E-Mail artemisarchers@googlemail.com
We are a new National Field Archery Society (N.F.A.S.) registered and insured, 30 member Field Archery club based in central Derby, which has also recently affiliated to a second governing body in the sport known as the English Field Archery Association (E.F.A.A.), that requires woodland to progress our club and train in our sport.
Our greatest achievement to date is the highly acclaimed N.F.A.S. National Championships 2009 X-Course laid by our members.
The membership is made up of professional people with their children (minimum age of 9) that take the sport and the discipline it instils very seriously.
The woodland would be used to permanently set up an unobtrusive 40 target Field Archery course, so therefore we would ideally have no public footpaths or bridal ways running through it, although this can be easily and safely worked around with careful planning and our very strict safety procedures. We will also use the woodland to train our younger members in the basic skills of survival, with a view to maybe opening the courses up to other organisations like the scouts etc in the future.
The woodland must allow us to run kids bushcraft courses, so overnight camping will be essential, and to have a small temporary structure for storage and wet weather shelter e.g. shed/shipping container. we would also require access for member vehicles and enough vehicle capacity to accommodate an occasional Sunday open shoot (maximum 2 per year) and course attendees.
In return we offer to pay a fair rent, the added security of people with your interests in mind on site, free woodland maintenance and free membership to our club for life.
Please contact us if you have or know of any woodland or if you require
any further information about us and our club.
Web Site www.freewebs.com/artemisarchers
E-Mail artemisarchers@googlemail.com
) so maybe it's worth contacting them to see what they offer.
