Lessons
Niagara Falls Archery Club

Niagara Falls Archery Club has now started offering lessons beginning the 2025 Season. Individual lessons and classes will be available through the start May to the end of October, yearly. We will support lessons for those who have their own equipment in compound, recurve, barebow, and traditional classes. For those seeking lessons as beginner without equipment, lessons are only available using the club recurve take-down bows.

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Individual Lessons

Individual lessons are available from our club coach, Madison Medland. These lessons must be arranged individually and will cover the goals of the archer as agreed by with the coach. Individual lessons are available to all age groups. Individual lessons will be charged at a rate of $50/hr and does not include the cost for access to the range (non-members: $5/day, members: free access). Lessons can be arrange via coach.nfarcheryclub@gmail.com or by speaking directly to Madison Medland at the range.

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Structured Classes

This year, 2025, we are introducing 6-week beginner courses. During these 6-week courses, you will learn:

• The basics of string/bow grip, drawing the bow, releasing the string, and good form

• Introduction to aiming using the Gap-Shooting Technique

• Introduction to shooting at targets and scoring

• Introduction to bow maintenance

• Primer to shopping for your own equipment

• and more...

You will also experience:​

• Opportunities to get connected with others in archery, to build community and friendships

• Fun and engaging competitions amongst your group

• Prizes and medals

• An evening out of the house

• and whatever else might happen (you never know)

Classes will be held in 6-week sessions and begin in June. Registration will be limited to 10 people per sessions, so space is limited. Unfortunately, registration will only be open to those 15 and over in age due to the limited number of instructors per group.​ The cost for registration is $160 for non-members (range access fees included), and $100 for members. Equipment and materials will be provided but you are welcome to bring your own too.

See details for the next class.

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Our Instructor and Coach

The instructor and coach at Niagara Falls Archery Club is Madison Medland. She is an NCCP, trained coach in the sport of archery and is a registered coach with Archery Canada and Archery Ontario. She is trained in the disciplines of Olympic Recurve, and Compound. By day, she is an engineer at a broadcasting technologies company. She, also, competes at the provincial level and occasionally at national competitions. In January 2025, she set a new provincial record in Women's 21+ Fixed-Pins Compound for the Provincial 5-spot IFAA Championships with a score of 297/300, breaking the former score of 293. She is also a range safety officer (RSO) and an Provincial Archery Judge.

She is sensitive to the needs of those she coaches and works to empower her students by building confidence and skills. She is able to help individuals with a variety of goals, and works within their abilities and limitations. She works to be patient, kind and empathetic. Her goal is to help students enjoy the sport and get better at it, without the stress of competitive style training.