Bowmen of adel - archery excellence since1948
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Members resources page RESOURCES: ON THIS PAGE: Child
Protection - Black
art of handicapping - Bowmen
of
Adel Clothing - Entering
competitions
- Classifications -
Portsmouth & Frostbite Badges Club Members Guide - Rounds - Constitution - Club Records - GNAS documents - Links Health & Safety - Child Protection - Vulnerable adults The government’s Every Child Matters: Change for Children strategy (2004) describes every organisation’s responsibility to ensure that the children in its care are healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution and achieve economic well-being. All organisations (including sports clubs), which have an involvement with children, now have clear statutory duties to safeguard children’s welfare. The GNAS has prepared a Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults policy to protect these vulnerable members and also protect the members who supervise and coach them, from fallacious allegations. All members of the club and visitors are expected to comply with the club welfare statement. For a copy of the club welfare statement please click here. Child protection: the club Child Protection Officer is Chris Furminger. NSPCC Helpline: if you are concerned that a child may be at risk freephone: 0808 800 500 CHILDLINE: FREE helpline for children 0800 1111 or visit www.childline.org.uk GNAS child protection officer: Mrs A Rook 01952 677888 back to top Health & Safety - Sun awareness One of the benefitsof archery is getting to spend a pleasant afternoon out in the open air. However, you do need to be aware of the risks of being exposed to the sun for that length of time. The simple guidelines are based on the first three letters of STRoke:
back to top Health & Safety - Stroke awareness One piece of vital first aid information is how to recognise a stroke victim. Early medical attention can make a remarkable difference to their recovery. The simple signs are:
Health & Safety - Vulnerable legs Lyme disease: if you are shooting away from Adel in unknown areas you may wish to visit this site for advice http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/Prevention/ld_Prevention_Avoid.htm back to top  Bowmen of Adel Clothing From August 2008 the club colours will be a scarlet top and dark grey trousers. Club members can also wear green and white at tournaments. We have a new clothing supplier for the club and you can now order polo shirts in green, white or red direct from ARCO. For a copy of the club clothing order form please click here. Entering
competitions Classifications During the
winter months you can also win attainment
badges for Portsmouth and Frostbite rounds. Each year the
club issues a brochure to its members. This can be downloaded as a pdf
document here. For a copy of the club constitution please click here. For club records
please e-mail the Secretary at the contact below. GNAS/ARCHERY GB handbooks - Rules of Shooting - Shooting Administration For details of
insurance cover, various award schemes, classifications etc click here. The club holds
an annual handicap competition in addition to monthly handicap
challenges throughout the summer season. The club Records Officer keeps a record of all the scores for rounds that have been submitted (send him any score from rounds at other clubs or competitions) and from these he can determine you handicap. As your scores improve, so he will adjust your handicap downwards. Club handicaps for indoors and outdoors. The GNAS
handbook now contains the handicap tables. These give each archer
an allowance for each round depending on your handicap. This allowance
is added to your actual score. If you are shooting to the standard of
your current handicap the total figure will total 1440 whatever round
you have shot. Reading Archers produce a range of Achievement Badges. Badges are awarded by the Records Officer, Nick Beeson. You only have to get the score (or more) once to claim the badge. Frostbite. Under Archery
GB/GNAS Rules of Shooting th rounds to be shot are at imperial
distances (yards) or metric (metres). At Adel, shooting imperial rounds
is most popular, but the summer handicap and winter frostbite are shot
at metric rounds. Click here for
the Imperial Rounds and here for
link to the YAA pages on imperial and metric rounds. For enhance enjoyment of the internet why not visit some places that BoA members have found useful or interesting. VIRTUAL ARCHERY.
A postal competition for individuals of all levels and abilities.
Only £3 to enter.
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