Welcome
Harvester Archers is a target archery club with a long established history
Our aims are to practice and promote Archery and to encourage anyone interested to take up this fascinating sport. Membership will be open to all irrespective of age or ability. We will assist every member to shoot to the best of their ability and help them achieve through recognised classifications and competitions.
The Club is run in accordance to the guidance issued by Archery GB and yet whilst we have rules and a management committee we pride ourselves on being a friendly open Club.
We shoot indoors from Sept – April between 19:00 – 21:00 Tuesday and Thursday and on Sunday 13:00 – 16:00 at the Rossington Community Sports Village, Bond Street, Rossington, Doncaster, DN11 0BZ
And outdoors from May - August between 18:00 - 21:00 Tuesday and Thursday and on Sunday 13:00 - 16:00 at the Barnby Dunn and Kirk Sandall Sports Association, Doncaster Road, Kirk Sandall, Doncaster DN3 1HQ
The Club holds Beginners Courses and 'Have a Go's' throughout the year.
LATEST NEWS: LATEST NEWS: LATEST NEWS - OCTOBER 2023
Due to a change of management at our indoor shooting venue we have been required to re-schedule all of our Beginners Courses from Tuesday evenings to SUNDAY afternoons - see Beginners Course web page for full details. Hopefully these changes we be of benefit to many and we look forward to meeting you and starting you off on your new journey.
Harvester Archers of Doncaster are sad to announce the passing of Chris
Raistrick on 9th September 2021.
Chris's first experience of archery was on one of his many holidays with his
beloved wife Brenda. Chris enjoyed the experience so much that he persuaded his good friend Chris Swales to do a beginners course together and then they joined Harvester Archers in 2012. He completed
his level 1 coaching course in 2014 and progressed to level 2 in 2016.
Chris was a huge presence in the club: he was our equipment officer and carried out
this role assiduously. Chris's technical knowledge was second to none. He would cease his own practice at the drop of a hat to help a fellow archer out with any equipment problems and he set a high
standard in recurve set-up. Chris was incredibly generous with his time and expertise and his own achievements within Yorkshire Archery were not inconsiderable: he competed regularly in the county
and Harvester Archers were regular winners of the team cups in Yorkshire. Chris's score was always a contributing factor to that success. Chris achieved his Master Bowman First Class award. His
preferred discipline was Olympic Recurve but latterly, he shot barebow to challenge himself further. He intended to compete with barebow but sadly, lockdown prevented him achieving
this.
Chris was a very talented coach and this role highlighted his passion for the sport
and how seriously he undertook his role as a coach. Chris was never happier than explaining bow set up, running beginners courses, helping at HAGs and one to one archer
development.
Having highlighted Chris's expertise and professionalism, he may well be best
remembered for his sense of humour and his ability to plan ingenious fun shoots. Club members will never forget trying to shoot wearing googly-eye glasses, a Halloween shoot in the dark and the
infamous 'Western Western' (don't ask, it's too complicated). Chris always made sure that fun shoots and internal competitions would include everyone in the club and would often not shoot himself so
he could oversee the fun.
Chris was talented, kind, generous and unassuming. He was a wonderful club member
and we will miss him.
R.I.P Chris.
"Having never held a bow let alone shot an arrow, I attended the begineers course with some trepidation. However, I was made to feel very welcome by all.
The training provided was very clear and concise and given in a very friendly atmosphere. By the end of the course, with the instructions from coaches I am able to handle a bow and shoot with confidence. Needless to say I have since joined the Harvester Archers and enjoy attending the meets, they are very sociable, and thanks to the advice from various members of the club I have purchased and set up my own equipment.
Thoroughly enjoyable!!"
Kevin D
July 2014
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