The Bowmen of Backworth is a friendly, totally non–discriminatory, long–established recreational archery club. As a section of Backworth Miners Welfare, we enjoy all the facilities offered by Backworth Hall. We cater for all target archers whether shooting longbow, barebow, flat bow, horse bow, recurve (the Olympic bow) or compound at our full 100–yard facility. Archers can be competitive or not, it’s entirely up to them.
We support and encourage all archers whatever their ability, be they ardent competitors or recreational shooters. Membership is open to all.
As sole users of our field, we can shoot 24/7, subject to the latest Archery GB rules of shooting, but have designated target days on Wednesdays and Sundays, and the occasional Saturday if the weather is nice. We also have an indoor facility for winter shooting, and a tractor and trailer for setting up the targets on our field.