Welcome to the Crystal Palace Bowmen's website.
We are a friendly archery club who are lucky enough to be able to use the
grounds of the Old Dunstonian's Club in Beckenham, Bromley since about 1970.
If you are thinking of starting archery then ArcheryGB has a new web site startarchery.co.uk with information for beginners.
It is with deep regret and sadness that for the first time in the club's history, we must announce the cancellation of the Crystal Palace Bowmen 51st Open Tournament. Due to two consecutive wet winters and a wet summer, our field has been flooded since the beginning of December with large areas still under water.
We understand the disappointment and inconvenience this will cause to all of you who have been preparing for this event, but sadly we are unable to control the weather, and the decision is beyond our control.
Our landlord's groundsmen have worked tirelessly to try and help the field to drain, but this is a long process and will take time. Works will be carried out throughout 2025 to ensure that we do not find ourselves in this situation again in the future.
All entries through the Sport:80 platform will be refunded in full (including the transaction fees).
We share in your disappointment/frustration and would like to thank you for your understanding and look forward to welcoming you back onto a DRY field in 2026….
Lewis Brown
(Tournament Organiser)
Email: to@crystalpalacebowmen.org.uk
Mobile / WhatsApp: 07890 756983
Our beginners' courses this year will start on Tuesday 6th May 2025 from 18:00 and on Sunday 11th May 2025 from 13:30.
Each course consists of 4 x 2-hour lessons with an additional 2 sessions where you will shoot on a Club Day and can meet and shoot with other club members.
All courses are held at the Old Dunstonian's Sports Club, St Dunstan's Lane, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3SS.
Our courses are run by Archery GB qualified coaches, often assisted by a number of senior club members, all of whom are Enhanced DBS checked.
Courses cost £80 per person, which includes all tuition, use of equipment, and liability insurance through our governing body, Archery GB.
Please contact the Club Secretary by email at secretary@crystalpalacebowmen.org.uk if you have any queries.
Further details and an application form are available here.
Usually the club meets every Sunday (weather permitting!!), on most Tuesdays and some Thursday evenings during the summer. Club members can also shoot during the week.
We welcome all styles of archer (recurve, long bow, compound etc.) and have three coaches who can work with archers to help them improve.
We are affiliated to ArcheryGB (otherwise known as GNAS the Grand National Archery Society), the Kent Archery Association, and the Southern Counties Archery Society.
We now have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cpbbowmen.
We currently shoot all year round on a Sunday morning, arriving at the field at about 09:40 to set up, with an aim to start shooting at 10:00. It is possible to shoot all day, but this is dependent on a keyholder being present for the afternoon sessions.
There are normally club members shooting on a Tuesday morning. Between April to the end of September, we aim to hold sessions on a Tuesday late afternoon/evening until it gets dark, although this is subject to a keyholder being available.
For all other times, you either need a key or to liaise with a club member who is a keyholder. The club does have a WhatsApp group, which makes contacting key holders a little easier.
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