Archery? Does anyone do it, or do your children do it??? I'm cluelesss - DS1 has come home from a residential with school buzzing about it.......

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and when I had a nosey locally for archery lessons discovered that they do a beginners class for £30 for 6 lessons which is something that is within my budget to let him try it out more and see if he really enjoys it/wants to keep doing it.And when I mentioned it to him he nearly jumped through the roof in excitement at the thought.

So - I can do the 6 lessons and see how he gets on..........but my question is - how expensive is it going to be if he decides to continue? The club provides the euiqpment for the lessons, and you can use club equipment when you join the club after completing the lessons - but only for a short time - so if he wants to continue I'm going to have to buy him equipment.

Do many youngsters do it? or is he going to end up surrounded by people in their 50's+ (sorry stereotype image there ). He's not really a "sporty" person, team sports, ball sports etc - just not his thing, but we're still looking for soemthing that he'll enjoy......

I used to shoot for my university archery team - though I was mainly in it for the beer! It's one of those things that you can spend a hundred pounds on a bow and go on up to thousands!

I have a recurve laminate bow sitting upstairs in my attic - if he does want to go on with it, I can let you know about it and the club can let him know if it would be appropriate for him, if you like. I keep meaning to sell it but never get round to it. I'd have to have a look-see what it's worth (though it's probably in the £50 arena).

Have a look on ebay too - archery stuff pops up there occasionally - if he jois the club they'll probably have people selling off kit too.

It's a pretty uncommon sport but IMO very cool :-) If your son enjoys it then go for it

Thanks you twoo hundreds up to thousands - eek!!! Still I suppose if he does click with it and enjoys it it's not really so bad paying out money for it.

He's nearly 10 - (the club/lessons accept them from age 9 so he's above the minimum age) and as yet has no "outside" activities, I'd love to be able to find something for him that he really enjoys and where (hopefully!) he can make some friends that are also not really into football, rugby, cricket etc etc etc.

I know it's quite uncommon - I think that's why I'm clueless about it, I do know at least a little about most common sports - but when his eyes lit up about archery I was somewhat - eek about it as apart from the fact that you need a bow and arrow and shoot arrows at a target I know nothing about it at all.

"recurve laminate bow" - just leaves me .

The next courses of lessons doesn't start until Septembe, so it gives some time for the euphoria of the time away and trying new things to die down and for me then to mention it again. If I still get that "sparkle" in his eye then I think I'll definitely sign him up for the lessons.

And I guess if he likes it I know what his Christmas present will be LOL