KENT POLICE INDEPENDENT ARCHERY CLUB

Summer 2026


“Behind every great archer is a quiver full of excuses.”
“Not all who wander are lost. Some are just looking for their arrows.”
“Archery does not get difficult or hard to understand until the arrow misses.”

Sir Roger Ascham – Instructed Queen Elizabeth I in the art of archery – and is often referred to as the Grandfather of Archery – Toxophilus is a book about longbow archery written by him, and first published in London in 1545. Dedicated to King Henry VIII, it is the first book on archery written in English.

