A compound weekend of archery, pony rides and bouncy castles hit the mark in Trefnant.

Drawing a crowd of budding archers, Archery GB’s nationwide Big Weekend offered a range of fun filled activities for the whole family at Trefnant Village Hall.

Aimed at encouraging new practitioners of the sport, the event was organised by The Clwydian Bowmen, who managed to recruit 16 new archers to their club of 51 practitioners. Ages ranged from their now youngest member, six year old Amelia Ede -dressed fittingly as Maid Marion - to their oldest new member at 77.

Drew Bloor, senior coach and chair of the Clwydian Bowmen said: "Every year the event is getting bigger, and the percentage of uptake at the end of each event is higher and higher each year as the event gets more and more popular.

"We made quite a lot of money for the club funds, but more important than that we got a lot of interest in the sport and a lot of interest in beginner's courses

"We're yet to do a final tally of everyone who is looking to join us, but we can already see that we have a good age range of beginners, which is nice so that the different generations can share experience and the love archery."

Budding archers were treated to demonstrations by professionals, as well as training from assembled Archery GB coaches.

In addition to archery, the two-day event offered Nerf battles, blacksmithery and medieval re-enactment demonstrations, as well as live music from the Denbigh Rock Project and craft stalls showcasing a selection of stalls from the Denbighshire Artisan and Craft Fairs.