We are a target archery club based in East Finchley in London, UK.
The club is affiliated to Archery GB (formerly Grand National Archery Society – GNAS) and through them our international body – World Archery (WA).
Members shoot mainly recurve, barebow and longbow – although other traditional bows are also used and some compound bows are shot in the indoor season.
Club members can shoot all year around, Summer and Winter, weather permitting. From Easter until September the club runs beginners’ courses for all ages from 10 years.
The club runs 3 open events during the year:
- An indoor championship in February
- An Albion on Good Friday
- A Double American tournament in October
Details and entry forms become available on our tournaments & results page as we approach each event.
A Short History of the Club:
There has been a club on the reservoir ground since 1923, formed by the Metropolitan Water Board. It was called “The Aquarius Lawn Tennis and Social Club”. Owing to the costly upkeep of the Tennis Courts and the decline in membership during and after the War an additional sport, Archery, was introduced in 1966. The Club was then renamed The Aquarius Lawn Tennis and Archery Club. However, with the continued decline of the Tennis Courts, the Tennis section became defunct. Another change of name followed and we are now called “The Aquarius Archery Club” (AAC). We are one of the biggest Archery clubs in London and the Southern Counties.
On 13th April 2012 disaster struck. The wooden clubhouse was burnt to the ground by vandals, at about 4am. It took four fire engines and 20 firefighters to tackle the blaze taking them 75 minutes to extinguish it. The current clubhouse was generously donated to us which has a kitchen, toilets, bar and plenty of room to hold meetings and archery and social events. As of June 2024 the club house has been renamed The Alan Lake Pavilion, in honour of his many years service to the club.
If you would like further information on any aspect of our club please contact us.
A History of Archery from: