Membership

 

CHEWTON ARCHERS

A. RENEWING MEMBERSHIP

You can renew your membership online at: Gameday If you prefer, you can also renew at the Club by completing a membership form and paying your membership fee. For details of membership fees and range fees, please see below (How much does it cost?). 

B.  NEW MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

Thank you for considering joining our Club. We hope that it is the start of a long and joyful archery journey for you.

ABOUT US

We are an inclusive, diverse, friendly and supportive group who enjoy target archery and enjoy sharing what target archery at our Club offers. The Club is exclusively a target archery club.[i]

WHY JOIN CHEWTON ARCHERS?

Joining our Club provides you with the following benefits:

·     1.  Affiliation with Archery Australia and Archery Victoria, which brings you:

o   insurance cover while participating in archery at Club facilities and during Club activities,

o   the technical and social support that membership of Australia’s target archery community offers;

o   pathways to competing at Club, State, National and International levels (if competition is your interest);

·         2.  7-day access to Club shooting facilities comprising a 70 metre outdoor range, a 90 metre outdoor range, an 18 metre indoor range and a 12 target field course, all within the natural wonder and tranquility of the Club’s Victorian Goldfields bushland setting;

·      3. Access to the Club shooting equipment (for a small daily fee), until you purchase your own equipment (about which the Club can provide guidance);

·             4. Access to Club coaching support; and

·       5.  Our social, inclusive and supportive Club culture – check out our core principles on the Club website.

REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP

Anyone 8 years old or older can join our Club. You can become a member of the Club if:

1.          1. You have completed a beginners course at our Club or another Club affiliated with Archery Australia;                                                                                         

                                                                                            OR

2.          2.  You have archery experience and your archery skill has been assessed as suitable by one of our Club        coaches. Contact our Club to make an appointment; 

                                                                                            OR

3.            3. You are transferring from another Club.

HOW TO JOIN

If you meet the requirements for membership, complete your application and pay online on the Gameday website at:  https://memberdesq.sportstg.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&OrgID=8150  (click the ‘New Members Join’ button).

Your membership application is promptly considered by the Club Committee, and you are advised of the outcome of your application.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

Annual Membership Fees*

Adult (18 and over)

$163.30

Under 18

$102.20

Family of four (2 adults, 2 children)

$378.36

Family of four (1 adult, 3 children)

$352.92

Family of three (2 adults, 1 child)

$342.48

Family of three (1 adult, 2 children)

$317.04

*Please note that, of the total membership fee paid, Chewton Archers receives $30 for an adult and $15 for a person < 18y.o., the remainder of the annual fee is received by Archery Australia and Archery Victoria.

Range Fees

Club range fees are payable in addition to the annual membership fee. These fees contribute to upkeep of the Club’s facilities, including replacement of target butts, target faces and ground/building maintenance.

RANGE FEES from 1st Jan 2023

Adult

Under 18

Annual – 12 Months

$200

$88

6 months

$100

$44

3 months

$50

$22

1 week

$5

$3

 

You may choose whichever payment option suits you and you may become a member without paying an upfront range fee.

Equipment hire

You do not need to buy a bow immediately in order to continue shooting with us as a new member.

The Club has a small number of suitable bows which it hires subject to availability, along with arrows and protective equipment:

EQUIPMENT HIRE

Adult

Under 18

 

Per Session

$5

$3

 

 

WANT MORE INFORMATION?

If you would like more information, you can:

·       call in at the Club on our Club days (Sundays between 9-00am and 1-00pm);

·       visit our website (www.chewtonarchers.com);

·       email us (chewtonarchery@gmail.com)

·       message us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Chewtonarchers/ ; or

·       call us on 0431 882510.

STILL NOT SURE?

If you meet the requirements for membership (see above) but are not sure about joining, you are welcome to come and shoot with us on Club days (Sundays between 9-00am and 1-00pm). You will need to register as a temporary member on the day (cost $10; additional fee if you use Club shooting equipment: see above) and you are allowed to do this for a maximum of four days in a year.



[i] Please note, if you are interested in joining a bowhunting club, we suggest that you check https://www.bowhunters.org.au/