CLUB HISTORY

Cymric Archers started in October 1997, with the help of a local GNAS (now Archery GB) Archery Coach who we believe to be Mike Dunce, along with Jan Dunce, Jan Stringer, Sue Jones, Marcus, Babs, and Dawn & Nancy Evans. They loved the sport and decided that the local leisure centre did not fulfil their requirements so they decided to start a new archery club, with all the members joining G.N.A.S (now Archery GB), S.W.A.S (now WAA) and Dyfed Archery Association. They initially shot on a 25m strip of a field belonging to a farm, with just one foam boss and a borrowed backstop net.

A Sports Development Grant from Mr Mike Bell at Carmarthenshire County Council enabled the club to expand into an indoor venue, which they found at a local school.

Word started to spread, and the club started to grow bigger than the farm could accommodate. Chief Ranger Neil Perry helped Cymric Archers find a home at Pembrey Country Park, and this is where we shoot to this day. Our founders remain lifelong members of the club.

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Up until Covid hit, the club ran yearly UKRS and WRS tournaments both indoors and outdoors. 2022-2023 was a period of getting back up and running and the committee hopes to move the club forwards and back into the archery community from 2024.

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A few of our archers compete at national events and some of our former associate members have been international competitors representing GB.

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Cymric Archers continues to be committed to making Archery accessible to everyone, no matter their ambitions, and ensure that everyone has fun and can develop in the sport.