Leamington Archery Club? (1 Viewer)

[Kneeza]

Not sure if this has been posted, but, just heard on C&W that Leamington Archery Club are being made homeless due to the Pests' training centre at Old Leamingtonians.

The charm offensive continues then...

 

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[chiefdave]

I thought they were supposed to be doing up an existing training ground belonging to a rugby club?

They really don't give a shit about anyone else do they.

 

[Otis]

Not sure if this has been posted, but, just heard on C&W that Leamington Archery Club are being made homeless due to the Pests' training centre at Old Leamingtonians.

The charm offensive continues then...

Yeah, that's going to ruffle 12 feathers.

 

[Nick]

You dont want to piss them off, especially if they have cross bows.

 

[Kneeza]

I'm fairly sure they've produced an Olympian or two. I have no interest in the sport, but it's sad, nonetheless.

No it isn't. It's fucking disgraceful if true and they don't find them suitable premises to use. Bastards.

 

[Nick]

Have the council / sport england not said anything? Usually they only grant permission if an alternative is found for things like that.

 

[Otis]

Big boy squeezing out the plebs.

 

[chiefdave]

I'm fairly sure they've produced an Olympian or two.

Looks like its a decent standard. Can't see anything online about them having a new location to move to.

Royal Leamington Spa has a long association with archery going back to at least the 1830s. The present club was founded in 1949 as the Warwick Archery Club, but it moved to Leamington in 1953. Over the years, it has included in its ranks some of the country’s finest archers, such as the great Roy Matthews, Ted Gamble and Joanne Edens.

Our current star is Naomi Folkard the country’s top junior lady from 1997 to 2001. As a senior she has represented GB on many occasions in international grand prix, and European and World Championships. She has been part of the Olympic team in Athens (2004), Beijing (2008), London (2012) and Rio (2016).

Many club members have and do shoot for Warwickshire in inter-county matches. We also compete as a club in county, regional and national leagues, and many members regularly compete in local and national open tournaments.

We have a thriving Junior section and we also encourage all our juniors to participate in the league matches and tournaments.

 

[lordsummerisle]

Don't think they need to worry, the trading ground will probably never happen.

No plans been submitted to the council yet have they?

 

[fernandopartridge]

Don't think they need to worry, the trading ground will probably never happen.

No plans been submitted to the council yet have they?

They apparently issued an ITT for a building contractor (my mate works for a company who was looking at it), which is rather strange considering they'd got no approved plans against which anybody could realistically submit a tender

 

[Kneeza]

I expect there's been a lot of inside stuff going on with the council in WDC Towers prior to submitting a proposal formally.
After all, it's how Wasps usually work, isn't it?