laleham archery club
Stan Hewitt (right) founded our Club in 1955 with a group of colleagues from
Staines Urban District Council. The Club has had four homes since then: Matthew
Arnold School (1955-1959), Laleham Golf Club (1959-1964), Staines Football Club
(1964-1971), and its current facility in Worple Road, Staines, occupied since
1971. In the 1970’s and 1980’s, the Club grew rapidly and had over 100 members
enrolled, with many representing the county, and although numbers were very
variable, particularly after the ill-fated Club “Split” of 1985, there has been
an extremely positive upsurge of interest since 2008 onwards. This was possibly
due to coverage of the sport at the Olympic Games in Beijing, London and Rio, as
well as the influence of some popular “Big Films.” Membership currently stands
at just over 100, made up from all age groups, ranging from 8 to 80 years. The
Club caters for archers shooting the three “disciplines” of recurve (sighted and
barebow), compound and longbow archery.