Shooting Calendar
The Club Calendar including shooting dates for target practice, clout practice, Have-A-Go sessions, induction courses, competitions and club meetings.
Fakenham Bowmen Calendar 20250606
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Go to the Shooting Calendar page (see menu) to see details of when the Lancaster Room will not be available, and why. And (so far failed) attempts to make more mobile friendly versions of the calendar.
Annual Tournaments
2025 Mayday Weekend
This was held again in 2025 on Sun 4th May (Longbow 2way Western) & Mon 5th May (2x Nationals). Head over to the Mayday page for more info, target lists and results.
2025 WA Summer Tournament
Probably not this year.
2025 NAA County Outdoor Championships
This was hosted by Wymondham in early July 2025. More info and results on their and the NAA websites.
2025 Clout Weekend
This will be held again in 2025 on Sat 4th October (metric) & Sun 5th October (imperial). It will follow the usual format and hopefully include the NAA County Clout on the Sunday.
2025 Indoor Tournament
We’re planning on holding another UK Record Status Portsmouth (yay!) in November 2025, just like we did last year on 17th November 2024. Date is the 16th November, see event page for more details.
Fun Shoot
We hosted our very first fun shoot on Sunday 14th July 2024, and it was jolly good fun. We’ve just organised another with a few improvements on Sunday 13th July 2025, and plan on doing another next year. Come along and join in, open to all clubs, everyone is welcome.
Entry is available via our booking site: Click Here
And don’t forget the Hingham Fun Shoot this summer, it was September in 2024, check their website for this and other events including a Portsmouth on Feb 2025, click here .
Club Championships
We’re hoping to re-instate our traditional Club Championships this year, outdoor and indoor with head-to-heads. Watch this space and the shooting calendar.
Club Target Days
We’ve re-introduced Club Target Days to encourage ArcheryGB Classifications and the associated bling that goes with them, and for those who want to try shooting some different rounds. For Bowman classifications the shoot needs to be a competitive event, (but not necessarily a formal open competition) which includes club target days. While for Archer classifications a normal club practice day is fine. Click here for more details about Target Days.
For the Indoor Season all Sunday afternoons are designated Target Days, since most people are shooting the same round, usually a Portsmouth, and scoring formally.
For the Outdoor Season 2025, because so many people were shooting formal AGB rounds and scoring formally in 2o24, and again at the beginning of 2025, we are trialing officially designating each day which is not a clout practice as a Target Day.
So, Bowman Classifications here we come.
Have-A-Go Sessions
Do you want to try archery? See if you like it?
We’re running Have-A-Go sessions at Fakenham Racecourse on:
12th April 2025 Saturday 2-4pm
21st August 2025 Thursday 2-4pm
25th August 2025 Monday 2-4pm
Induction Courses
Ok, you’ve had a go at archery, you like it, do you want to carry it a bit further?
We’re running two Induction Courses this year at Fakenham Racecourse.
All lessons are on Thursdays from 6-8pm:
April /May 2025, five lessons, one per week starting 17th April, on 17th, 24th April, 1st, 8th, 15th, May
August-Sept 2025, five lessons, one per week starting 28th Aug, on 28th Aug, 4th Sep, 11th, 18th, 25th Sept.
Shooting Places and Times
Outdoor Shooting 2025
At the Fakenham Racecourse NR21 7NY, entrance off Hempton Road. Park at The Gallow social centre car park, walk across the racetrack and turn right. You’ll find us by the wooden pavilion.
Shooting Times Outdoors
We have set start times, but finish when everyone has had their fill, or it gets too dark.
Sundays in summer: 2pm till ~8pm. In winter 2pm-dusk.
Note that on some Sundays we shoot clout rather than targets, see the Shooting Calendar.
Thursdays in summer: 2pm till ~8pm. In winter 2pm-dusk.
Tuesday mornings: 9:30am – 11:30am, weather dependent.
If the weather’s very bad, contact one of the Field Captains just to check shooting is still on. There will be a list with mobile numbers on the members pages shortly and a link here.
Indoor Shooting Winter 2024-25
At the Sports & Fitness Centre, Trap Lane, NR21 9HL. Next door to Fakenham Academy.
Shooting Times Indoors
Sundays 2pm – 4pm.
The indoor season starts on Sunday 13th October 2024. Check the Club Calendar for full dates for the season.
The hall is expensive to book so we ask visiting archers for a modest £5 shooting fee to cover part of the cost.
NEW INDOOR VENUE
We now have a new indoor venue located in The Gallow Lancaster Room. The days and times are:-
Tuesday evenings 5pm to 8pm
Saturday afternoon 2.30pm to 5.30pm
Sunday afternoon 2pm to 4pm
Links
Norfolk Archery Association
Fakenham Bowmen are proud to be part of Norfolk Archery Association.
Finally
Well, if you’ve read this far, you should be rewarded in some small way. So here’s one of a series of randomly changed and trivially captioned pictures. Come back another time for a different one.
Web sight
Web page last updated: 18 July 2025
