What you need to know about Public Session!
What is it?
Public Session is just what it sounds like, an opportunity for the public to come out to CVA’s Public Session Range facility and experience the sport of archery, in a controlled environment, supervised by USA Archery certified Coaches and Instructors.
USA Archery developed the Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) format specifically for this type of training. JOAD teaches archery to young people, provides great opportunities for awarding achievement, and helps archers to enjoy the sport recreationally or progress to the excitement of competition! We use this format to teach adults and children alike.
CVA offers archers the opportunity to learn range safety and proper shooting technique in an environment that also fosters focus, increased self-confidence, and team-building skills. Introductory classes teach the fundamentals of proper shooting form; as the beginning archer develops, they will learn more advanced techniques.
Individuals and families interested in archery are invited to train with us. No prior experience is required. We begin with the basics, but we can also provide you with the archery skills needed to advance to longer distances and even into competitions through our JOAD Training Program (JTP).
Archers interested in challenging their abilities further, can also participate in the JOAD and Adult Achievement Pin Programs.
What are the details?
When:
Starting April 1, 2024 the public session will be open on Saturdays only from 9:00a.m.-11:15a.m. Check this website and our Facebook page for possible closures or other announced changes.
Reservations are not required.
Where:
The Public Session is held at the CVA Public Session Range facility, located at 4651 Tapo Canyon Road, Simi Valley, CA 93063. You can get directions to our facility on our Directions page.
Cost:
A $5 range fee per person. The fee includes all equipment, range use and instruction by our staff of USA Archery certified Coaches and Instructors. Archers with their own equipment who are not CVA Members are also required to pay the range fee to offset the cost of the facilities, targets, other consumables.
Who:
Anyone who is at 8 years of age or older is welcome to participate in our program. We limit the age of participants in the interest of safety.
The fine print.
All participants are required to have a completed Waiver to shoot. Waivers are also available at the range. All archers under the age of 18 must have their waiver cosigned by a parent or legal guardian, and must be accompanied by an adult at all times while on the range. Adults who bring children other than their own should have a completed waiver and a completed medical release signed by the parent with them. Medical release forms are also available at the range.
No dogs are permitted on the range.
Parking is allowed in our gated facility for free or you may pay the $5.00 fee at the park entry gate and park anywhere in the Tapo Canyon Park picnic area. Cars parked in the county park that have not paid at the gate could be ticketed up to $70 by a Park Ranger. For those frequent attendees an Annual Park Pass is available from the County of Ventura. If you park in our gated parking area, you must remove your car from our gated parking area by 11:30 a.m., or your car will be locked inside our private parking lot.
Please note that we cannot provide accommodations to groups during the Public Sessions. For large groups, please review our Private Group Events information to learn how to set up a time for your group or special event!
Waiver / Release Form
Save yourselves the time and hastle of filling out forms when you arrive at the Range, fill yours out and submit it now.
Located in Simi Valley, California.
Just off the beaten path, a few minutes North of the 118 Freeway, the CVA Archery Experience is worth the adventure to get there.
Just bring yourself and your archery gear—we’ll handle the rest.
4651 Tapo Canyon Rd., Simi Valley, CA 93063