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The Quesnel River Archery Club started lessons in their new space last weekend.
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New archers line up at the new home of the Quesnel River Archers

The Quesnel River Archery Club started lessons in their new space last weekend.

Previously, the club operated out of Barlow Creek Receration Centre, but found they had outgrown their digs.

"We can't thank Barlow Creek enough for having us in there all those years, they've done some great improvements to the place, but, in order for us to grow, we need a bigger facility," Wayne Schaefer, a member of the club's executive, said.

The club has taken the area across from the barber in Maple Park Mall, which gives the room an outdoor entrance.

The new space allowed the club to expand from the six targets it had set up at Barlow Creek to the 11 they have set up now.

The move also puts them in a more convenient spot. Where as Barlow Creek is out of town and outside of daily traffic, the new spot puts the club in a high traffic zone.

"It makes it better for us and for the archers themselves," he said.

The hope is to soon have some signage out front to advertise their presence.

The extra space has been a boon for the club as it enters one of its biggest junior olympic program (JOP) ever with 47 archers participating. For 24 of those archers it is their first time at the club.

Currently, the club is running two JOP classes, Tuesday, 6 p.m. until finished and Saturday 9 a.m. until finished. But the club is considering splitting the Tuesday class in order to make more space for the archers.

Pictures on page A19.