Aspire (verb) : To direct one’s hopes or ambitions toward achieving something noble, worthwhile, or of higher purpose. It implies not just wanting success, but yearning for something meaningful, elevated, or greater than oneself - often involving growth, excellence, or contribution.
Aspire Archery is one of Australia’s newest archery clubs, and the first new archery club in Brisbane in 40 years! It has been founded on the basis of increasing participation and development opportunities for aspiring archers.
- Personal growth – Archery requires a harmony between technical, physical, mental and emotional mastery. The pursuit of archery requires development of oneself in all of these areas.
- Inclusion – archery is a sport for all.
- Team culture – Even though each archer must shoot as an individual, we are part of a team, and provide a supportive environment for each archer to pursue their goals.
Founding Principles
The following founding principles are to guide the management committee in fulfilment of the club objectives.
- Archery is a sport that involves technical, physical, mental and emotional mastery by the individual archer. It is therefore a founding principle of the club to promote a culture of personal growth within it’s policies, where each archer is encouraged to pursue challenges, overcome adversity, accept personal responsibility, and demonstrate leadership.
- Archery is a sport in which all ages, physical abilities, genders, and cultural / ethnic backgrounds can bond over a common interest and pursuit. The club will consider inclusion of all peoples within its policies.
- The management committee represents the interests of the club members. In the formation of it’s policies, the management committee will aim to fulfil the objectives in a way which represents the aggregate best interest of all its members.
- The club is founded on the basis of a small, nimble management committee that is empowered to make decisions in fulfilment of the club objectives, and if necessary, reverse those decisions. Effort should be made by the management committee to consult with members of the club in formation of it’s policies and maintain an informed and engaged club membership.
Aspire Archery Vision
- Partnership between Not-for-profit and Private
- Scalable structure using working groups and paid staff
- Engaged membership
- Leading Center for coaching and training
- 1000 members by 2032
Management Committee
Aspire Archery is a club for the members by the members.
The structure augments a Management Committee with a number of working groups that will change over time as the demands on the club change and mature.
Our current Management Committee is :
- President: Jarryd Greitschus
- Secretary: Liz Zanetti
- Treasurer : Simon Horn
- Management Committee Member: Will Meagher
- Management Committee Member: Cam Chapman
- Management Committee Member: Narelle Horn
Range History
The club grounds are located at Murarrie Recreation Reserve. This is an incredible location, with huge potential for us to grow.
The reserve was previously used as a competitive archery facility for the Archery competition at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. These games were significant for the sport of archery as it was in 1982 that Archery had its debut. The competition was Recurve only and was shot between 5 – 8 October with Womens, Mens and Para competition.
The Murarrie Recreation Reserve is now part of a broader community precinct with many other activities and clubs present, including cycling, speed skating, skate park, playground and running track.
In 2024, Brisbane City Council spent $16M upgrading the facilities, and Aspire Archery is proud to be a beneficiary of many of these upgrades.
