Durham City Archers Beginners Course -

The DCA Beginners' Course runs for 5 consecutive weeks, with the course running as follows: 12th October 2024 to 9th November 2024 The course takes place each Saturday between 1.30pm and 4pm weekly and all sessions must be attended to successfully complete the course.

PLEASE NOTE - The course has mixed participation with both Adult & Junior places available. Juniors must be accompanied by a responsible Adult throughout the course, and please be aware that on completion of the course if Juniors do join the club they still must be accompanied by a responsible Adult at all time during shooting sessions. (Juniors must be 12 years old or older on the course start date ) Please note that for Juniors , evidence of date of birth may be required to confirm eligibility, however to conform to GDPR no records will be kept by the club

We also strongly recommend that attendees arrive 20 minutes early to allow for a prompt start to the session.

Payment & Refund Practice:

Payments

All places for Beginners’ Courses run by Durham City Archers must be booked through the appropriate course page hosted by Eventbrite. Follow links on the DCA ‘How to get started in Archery’ Page.

Payments made on the course page constitute the full course cost; this includes a payment processing fee of: £4.77 for Adult registrations, £3.12 for junior (under 18s) registrations and a £10 non-refundable deposit/administration fee. This price also includes a finger sling, finger tab and armguard for each course member to keep following the course. For more information about course fee amounts please see course booking pages.

Place Cancellations & Refunds

Any customer wishing to cancel their place on a Beginners’ Course, or request a refund, should ‘Request a refund’ using this option within the course page on Eventbrite. Information on how to do this can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/peqvr27

Please note: we operate a refund request deadline – this deadline is THREE WEEKS BEFORE the course start date. Any requests received after this time will not be processed.

If a refund request has been received before midnight of the deadline date; the customer will be contacted by the Durham City Archers Beginners’ Liaison to arrange refund by cheque to the address provided on the original booking. The refund will be the total course fee minus a £10 non-refundable deposit/administration fee.

After a refund request has been received and processed the course place(s) will be re-advertised and made available for other customers to purchase.

If an individual expresses that they will be unable to attend the course AFTER the deadline date, no refund will be processed and the Beginners’ Liaison will contact them to confirm this. At this time the place(s) will be re-advertised and made available for other customers to purchase.

Please be aware that we are a volunteer organisation and it may take up to two weeks for your refund request to be acknowledged. We make every effort to respond quickly and thank you for your patience in this matter.

Data Security

When you purchase beginners course tickets the following information may be collected and shared with the coaching team, beginner’s liaison officer and Club Secretary, for example: First Name, Surname, Gender, Date of Birth / Age, Email, Address, Phone number, Disability info. This is collected for the purpose of assessing participation and additional needs.

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