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.