Welcome!

This is the homepage of Balbardie archers, thanks for popping by to see us.

The following few pages will hopefully give you an idea of what the clubs are all about, and perhaps some insight into some of the members too! Enjoy your visit, and please come back again! We have shooting facilities all over West Lothian including Bathgate Sports Center, Armadale Academy and Linlithgow Academy.

For more details on where we shoot and when, see Venues

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The Gold Challenge is a unique opportunity for everyone to feel the excitement of London2012 by taking on multiple Olympic and Paralympic sports and raising money for charity. Participants challenge themselves to do 30, 20, 10 or 5 sports. This can be done as an individual or as part of a team of 2-30 participants.
The Gold Challenge expects more than 200,000 participants to take part, raising over £20 million for charity and driving demand in grassroots sports.

 

Who can take part?

 

The Gold Challenge is passionate about encouraging everyone to participate in sport – irrespective of age, physical ability or locality.

 

How to take part

 

Participants register for free at http://www.goldchallenge.org/, choose their challenge (their sports) and choose their cause (over 100 charities to choose from).
A sport is completed by completing at least three hours of coached activity or by competing in a NGB affiliated tournament

The Gold Challenge has a points scoring system allowing participants to score points based on the number of sports they complete and their achievements within those sports.
Participation points are scored as follows:


• 10 points for completing 3 – 5 hours of coached activity
• 20 points for completing 6 or more hours of coached activity
• 20 points for completing a sport by playing competitively (in a NGB recognised competition)


Bonus points will be awarded based on objective criteria wherever the sport allows. For other sports they are based on recognised performance indicators or generic performance milestones, e.g. basic skills achieved, club level, county level.
The Gold Challenge team is on hand to help participants choose their sports and tailor the challenge to suit them.

What does this mean for archery clubs?

 
The Gold Challenge is working with Archery GB & SAA to ensure that the challenge works for archery. Once a participant has selected archery, they can learn about it through archery's specific pages on the Gold Challenge website.
The website then directs participants to where they can find local activity (clubs, coaches, development officers, festivals, events competition or other) to complete the sport, we will also have a link on the SAA website.
The participant attends the sessions and once they have taken part the participant asks the coach to sign their certificate to say that they have completed that sport challenge.
Participants are being advised that the most economical way completing the archery challenge is to attend a beginner's course. Participants might already be members of an archery club.

What are the benefits for an archery clubs to be involved?

 
· Increased participation for the club. This is a great opportunity where participants are choosing to engage with archery.
· An opportunity to find new members.
· Coaches/clubs still charge for the activity. Participants know they must pay for sessions where a fee would normally apply. This is for the clubs to keep.
· Tie into a massive nationwide marketing campaign designed to signpost people to NGBs and clubs
· Get involved in other ares such as the volunteer and coach based arms, which are being looked into by The Gold Challenge.

About Gold Challenge


The Gold Challenge is a not for profit organisation. Any profit from the Gold Challenge will be used to fund grassroots sports initiatives. The Gold Challenge is working in partnership with Limelight Sports, the company behind the creation and delivery of some of the UK’s largest grassroots sports events including Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon, London Youth Games, Swimathon, Sport Relief Miles and Sky Rides.