Archery clubs associated with The Australian Bowhunters Association Ltd. (ABA) providing a structured coaching program to ensure archery is taught and practices in a correct and safe manner to enable people are enjoy and have fun within this sport for many years.
Most parts of Australia have ABA associated Archery Clubs, which are supported by local Branches. Branch A is the ABA subdivision for the Northern Territory and have currently two affiliated archery clubs:
Dead Centre Bowhunters (DCBH)
Alice Springs
Fred's Pass Field Archers (FPFA)
Darwin
Archery is a shooting sport and safety is our highest priority. Therefore, conducting the sport on a dedicated archery shooting range is mandated.
There are many different types of archery bows available to provide archers with a great variety of shooting styles and challenges in target archery.
Field Archery involves shooting arrows at targets of either marked or unmarked varying distances, dependent on the shooting discipline.
Bowhunting is a sport of ethically hunting feral animals with bows and arrows. The Australian Bowhunters Association Inc. teaches safe and ethical bowhunting.
Branch A is the governing body for all ABA associated archery clubs in the NT. Overall, this provides: