About Our Club
We’re a Volunteer Organisation
Penrith City Archers is a volunteer organization comprising of a community of social and friendly archers since our club was established over 60 years ago. We are affiliated with Archery NSW and Archery Australia.
Our Archery Facilities
Troy Adams Archery Complex
The Troy Adams Complex is our club’s archery field. It has the capability of simultaneously conducting events in all three archery disciplines (Target, Clout & Field) and is equipped to support wheelchair athletes on most parts of the courses (only some targets on the Field Course have limited access).
Our Target Range
Our Target Range has grown and with our new members, is now boasting over 30 relocatable target butts. The target range can accommodate almost any competition or training configuration and can support over 100 archers at a time.
Our Field Course
Our Field Course is World Archery compliant, with 24 targets at various marked distances. Red pegs are wheelchair accessible - and whilst not a physically demanding course, no one has yet scored over 400 out of a possible 432.
Our Clout Range
The little known friend and more traditional archery discipline: clout targets are at long distances and flat on the ground. Our club has two manicured clout mounds with multiple shooting positions that can be used simultaneously with Target and Field.
Our Club House
Our clubhouse is a recent addition to the Troy Adams complex fitted with air conditioning, carpet, bathrooms and a small kitchen. Our clubhouse is also wheelchair accessible. It also provides meeting and presentation facilities as well as a storage area for equipment.
Our Committee
Our club is lead by a Board of Directors (commonly known as "the committee"), elected by members in good standing to serve the club and its members for a period of up to two years.
Meetings
The club has open committee meetings at 11:00 am in the PCA Club House on the first Saturday of every month. All are welcome. The annual general meeting is usually held in August.
Governance
PCA is an incorporated association, governed by a constitution. The Constitution was last amended and approved by members on August 1st, 2014.
2022-2023 Penrith City Archers Committee Members
President
Todd Boyle
president@penrithcityarchers.com.au
Vice-President
Michael Apthorpe
vicepresident@penrithcityarchers.com.au
Secretary
David Rowson
secretary@penrithcityarchers.com.au
Treasurer
Carol Campbell
treasurer@penrithcityarchers.com.au
Events Coordinator
Adriana Tan
recorder@penrithcityarchers.com.au
Webmaster
Carol Campbell
webmaster@penrithcityarchers.com.au
Asst. Webmaster
David Rowson
webmaster@penrithcityarchers.com.au
Quartermaster
John Sultana
quatermaster@penrithcityarchers.com.au
Delegate
Allan Prestidge
teampca@penrithcityarchers.com.au
Delegate
Vacant Position
teampca@penrithcityarchers.com.au
In 1964, Jim Cotter, later a Master Archer, a member of the Fairfield Club, was instrumental in founding the Penrith Club. On 20th August 1964, eight other interested people met with Jim Cotter in the School of Arts and decided to form the Penrith City Archers. Office-bearers were elected and nomination and annual subscription fees were set. These toxophilites, as archery participants are technically called, became the core of the Penrith City Archers Club, which has continued now for almost 60 years.
The foundation president was John Inall and our first home ground was located in the south-east comer of Jamison Park. However, our concerns about the safety of other park users - who refused to stay outside the boundary ropes set up to keep them away from the shooting area - caused us to move to a new venue.
In fact, the Penrith City Archers spent the first twenty-five years of our existence moving from venue to venue - seventeen in all - as we sought to obtain a permanent home ground. During that time we had to constantly rely on the goodwill of landowners for safe areas to shoot in the open.
For a while, we enjoyed an indoor shooting range at the disused Colyton Jam Factory, a venue that was used by several groups at that time. Unfortunately, repeated vandal attacks rendered the factory unsafe, and after several accidents, it was eventually closed to all users.
Despite all these setbacks, our club struggled to keep afloat, with no outside funding to help them. It wasn't till 1986 that we finally obtained our present Werrington premises.
