Duke of Edinburgh Award

[SVL]

I have a junior archer who wants to do a Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Has anybody ever done this before and if so what did they cover for the award.
At the moment I am thinking of getting the junior to complete our beginners course, doing some scoring and showing how he improves over the four week period.

[clickerati]

We have a junior doing a beginners course who wants it for his Duke of Edinburgh Award. I don't have a lot to do with the beginners, but from what I understand, it needs to be over a certain number of hours, which our course wouldn't cover. So we told him that he could join after the course and we would continue to clock his hours while shooting our club's beginner rounds, etc. However, I do know that he didn't show up during the course on at least one occasion.

[Barndoor]

Originally Posted by SVL

I have a junior archer who wants to do a Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Has anybody ever done this before and if so what did they cover for the award.

Do you know which section of the Award they want to use it for? I think it can be used in either Skill or Physical Recreation - but not both in the same level. Having said that I cant find it listed as a skill but that does not mean it is necessarily ineligble.

The suggested requirments in the Award Programme are at Physical Recreation

[grimsby archer]

Originally Posted by SVL

I have a junior archer who wants to do a Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Has anybody ever done this before and if so what did they cover for the award.
At the moment I am thinking of getting the junior to complete our beginners course, doing some scoring and showing how he improves over the four week period.

Find out from your junior archer who their DoE coordinator is (name and telephone number). He or she will be pleased to hear from you, will help and advise you on content/requirements etc and will do his/her best to talk you into taking on lots of other DoE-ers.

We have had lots of successful DoE's right upto gold.

[Trunkles]

Just looking at my son's activity log for Physical Recreation in the Bronze which he should be completing very soon.
He has the duration as six months and has set personal goals - in this case Improve my handicap and Improve my technique by changing my hand position. Then he has a log of attendance and what he did signed by our club secretary. Don't know what else he has to do as he is at school at the moment.

[Wildcat]

Hello
We have had a few juniors who wanted to do Archery as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award. We got them to complete a beginner’s course and then let them shoot on club nights. We had to sign their books every time they were present and they had to work towards a goal for example gaining a better handicap or an indoor classification. We actually got them to gain an Archery Association for schools Badge to show their improvement. Another way would to obtain one of the new FITA awards. This gives them something to take away to show of their time and commitment, and who knows they may return in the future if they enjoyed themselves.

Andrew

[vics]

Both my sons have done the Duke of Edinburgh award, Kev has completed all three levels and Dan has completed two and is about to do his final gold experdition in mid July.
As the physical part of the D of E award they both did Archery, for the skill part, Dan has done, fishing(bronze), Arrow making (silver),Welding course(gold).Kev has done Powerkiting(bronze), Making a Kite(silver), Fotting arrows and making arrows.
There is also a Service part of the award as well as training weekends towards their finals.
PM me if you want more advice, I'll be glad to help.
I wish them every sucess with the award, it's so rewarding.
GOOD LUCK.

[Gem=)]

the DoE was the reason that i came across and started archery. what i did was once a week for 3 months and my coach signed my wee book and at the end of it my coach wrote about how i progressed over the 3 months.

[vics]

Originally Posted by Gem=)

the DoE was the reason that i came across and started archery. what i did was once a week for 3 months and my coach signed my wee book and at the end of it my coach wrote about how i progressed over the 3 months.

Good luck.

[Gem=)]

Originally Posted by vics

Good luck.

oh...im not doing it now....i did it near the end of 2005 and kept at it and have almost been doing it for 2 years now.