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The Coaching Team

Coaching in archery in this country is almost entirely provided by volunteers who have financed their own training and who receive no income from their activities beyond travel expenses. While they will make every effort to help, there are times when they actually want to practise their own shooting!

It is the desire of the Coaching Team to implement a policy that anyone may ask for help of a Coach who is wearing a red shirt or jacket bearing the Hampshire Coaching Group logo (as modelled by Gary below). If they are not wearing such a top, they can offer to help you but they are likely to be trying to be an Archer rather than a Coach!

There is an explanation of the grades of GNAS coach located at the foot of this page.

Gary Carr Photo of Gary Carr

  • GNAS County Coach
  • Shoots Target Recurve
  • Is the Club's Tournament Secretary
  • Started shooting in 1964
  • A member of the GNAS Coaching Squad that works with the UK Junior Archery Team
  • Coach to the Southampton University Archery Club
 
 
Photo of Libby EdenLibby Eden

  • GNAS County Coach
  • Shoots Target Recurve and Longbow
  • Started shooting in 1997
 
 
Paul Eden Photo of Paul Eden

  • GNAS County Coach
  • Shoots Target Compound and Longbow
  • Club Chairman
  • Started shooting in 1958
 
 
Photo of Chris HattChris Hatt

  • GNAS County Coach
  • Shoots Target Compound and Recurve
  • Is the Club's Tournament Organiser
  • Started shooting in 1984
 
 
Marc Bunyard Photo of Marc Bunyard

  • GNAS Level One Coach
  • Shoots Target Recurve, Longbow and Clout
  • Started shooting in 1996
  • Is the Club's Records Officer
 
 
Photo of Margaret BunyardMargaret Bunyard

  • GNAS Level One Coach
  • Shoots Target Longbow and Clout
  • Started shooting in 1996
 
 
Phil Butler Photo of Phil Butler

  • GNAS Level One Coach
  • Shoots Target Recurve
 
 
Photo of Egan CareyEgan Carey

  • GNAS Level One Coach
  • Shoots Target Recurve
  • Club Equipment Office
 
 
Nick Coe Photo of Nick Coe

  • GNAS Level One Coach
  • Shoots Target Recurve
  • Started shooting in 1994
 
 
Photo of Adam DarbyshireAdam Darbyshire

  • GNAS Level One Coach
  • Shoots Target Recurve
  • Organises Beginners' Courses for the Club
 
 
Adrian Dawes Photo of Adrian Dawes

  • GNAS Level One Coach
  • Shoots Target Compound
  • Club Tournament Secreatary, organising our attendance at other club's shoots
 
 
Photo of Pauline PillansPauline Pillans

 
 

Coaching grades

The Grand National Archery Society has created a Coach training and examination scheme that offers a series of grades of Coach. These are outlined in a leaflet available from the GNAS website as a PDF file. The scheme is being updated with new grade names, syllabuses and examinations.

Briefly, the grades (as at early 2008) are:

(Community) LeaderIntended for people teaching archery in Sports Centres, Schools or Youth Organisations not affiliated to the GNAS.
Level 1 Coach
(replaced Assistant Coach)
Level 1 Coaches teach archery and coach new archers in a GNAS affiliated club.
Level 2 Coach
(Replacing the "Coach" grade)
Level 2 Coaches work mainly within their own Club organising and carrying out the teaching of beginners together with coaching established archers to a higher standard.
County Coach
(to be replaced by Level 3 Coach?)
County Coaches still work within their own Club teaching beginners but are expected to be coaching established archers to a high standard.
They are expected to be involved in training coaches and working with archers and coaches from other clubs in their area.
Senior Coach
(to be replaced by Level 4 Coach?)
Senior Coaches are expected to work with archers of the highest standards and to organise the teaching and development of coaching. Both activities would be carried out over a wider geographical area, probably nationally.

The Hampshire Archery Association Coaching Group logo

The logo of the Hampshire Archery Association Coaching Group as displayed on Coaches clothing

The logo of the Hampshire Archery Association Coaching Group consists of the HAA rose motif and the old GNAS Coaching logo with the words "Coaching Group" superimposed in the style of the traditional green GNAS Coach Flash.


 

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