The major trends in archery in recent times seem to have been towards field archery, oh and of course, in target archery, the switch from
recurve to barebow.
My NFAS field club now has a waiting list of nearly sixty people for our beginners courses, that's five full courses for us to run, which in itself will put a strain on the club's coaches time when the restrictions are lifted, we have been running a number of courses for existing experienced archers from AGB target clubs as these can be done with the required social distancing.
As we are an NFAS field archery club we don't need a hard to find, large flat area of grass to shoot. We have a great relationship with the farmer where we have two woods. With luck when the restrictions are finally removed we hope to see a healthy growth in club numbers.
My old target club on the other hand shoots on a primary school field where no shooting has been possible since March, and will likely not be shooting again until the vaccination program has been fully rolled out, if ever.