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History of Our Club
Chessington Bowmen was founded by Ted and Brenda Bradford in about
1977 at Chalky Lane in Chessington, just opposite the Zoo. It has moved ground a few times since then. Our new
home from September 2010 will be at Chessington Cricket and Sports Club on Leathehead Road in Chessington, opposite Barwell
Trading Estate (see location)
Ted Bradford
When and what we shoot
The club is a target archery club, we shoot recurve (Olympic style) and
traditional longbows. We meet on Saturday's from 9am to 5pm (winter) or 6pm (summer). In the summer we also shoot
on Wednesday's from 4pm until dark. We are also able to shoot at other times by arrangement
See the location
link for more details and some maps.
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Our Club Officers
Chairman and Head Coach
Ted Bradford
Secretary
& Treasurer
Brenda Bradford
Club Captain
Simon Buchanan
Equipment
Bill Lester
Records & Webmaster
Andrew Trimble
Beginners
Coach
Peter Wood
Facilities
We now share fantastic facilities with Chessington Cricket and Sports
club. We have a club house with tables and chairs(for meetings, social events and shelter from the rain), a modern kitchen,
toilets, storage and best of all an excellent bar. We shoot on the cricket out field in winter and when available in
summer. The shooting line and all distances up to 100 yards are all marked.
On the target days in
summer we shoot on the football pitch. The shooting line and distances up to 80 yds are marked. We have to put
out safety barriers on the football pitch as there is public access to the ground.
We are also able to take part
in social events organised by Chessington Cricket and Sports club provided one of our Chessington Bowmen members who is a full member of the sports club is in attendance.
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