Kettering Arrows

Every day across North Northamptonshire, incredible people are making a difference. 🙌🏼

From volunteers who give up their evenings and weekends, to coaches who inspire the next generation, community groups that bring people together, and individuals who have overcome challenges through sport and physical activity, there are countless stories that deserve to be celebrated.

The North Northamptonshire Active Communities Awards 2026 are now open for nominations, and we're asking for your help.

Last year, we were honoured to be runners-up in the Community Organisation/Group category at the North Northamptonshire Active Community Awards. 🏆

We’d love the opportunity to be part of it again this year. If you enjoy what we do and feel we’ve made a difference, we’d be incredibly grateful if you could take a moment to nominate us in the Community Organisation/Group category. 🎯

Thank you for your support—it means so much to us! 💙

Nominations are open until Sunday 13 September 2026, with winners being celebrated at the awards ceremony on Wednesday 18 November 2026 at Kettering Leisure Village.

🔗 Find out more:

North Northamptonshire – Sports Awards The North Northamptonshire Active Communities Awards is a celebration event for health and wellbeing, physical activity and sport in North Northamptonshire. The event will celebrate local individuals, groups, clubs, organisations and projects that have improved the lives of the community and support...

School anxiety does not always begin with a child refusing to go to school.

Often, the earlier signs are much quieter: tummy aches, difficult mornings, repeated reassurance seeking, poor sleep, irritability or anxiety about particular parts of the school day.

Some children continue attending every day while using an enormous amount of energy simply to cope. It may only be once they get home that adults see just how much the school day has taken out of them.

That is why it is important to notice the pattern before difficulties escalate into non-attendance.

The aim is not to remove every challenge from school, but to understand what is driving the anxiety and help the child develop the support and strategies they need to manage it.

🎯 WHAT A WAY TO FINISH! 🎯

Our last Kettering Arrows session before the break saw our Callum hit a fantastic 180! 🔥🎯

Well done, young man — what a brilliant achievement! 👏👏

We’re now taking a short break for the bank holiday and the return-to-school period, but we’ll be back at the oche on Monday 14th September with our new session time of 6:30pm–8:00pm. 🎯

To all our young Arrows, we wish you a calm, happy and uneventful transition into your new school years. 💙

We can’t wait to see you all back at the oche very soon! 🎯💙

#180

The latest Kettering Arrows Newsletter 🗞️ 📖

What a lovely surprise visit from one of our amazing sponsors, Julie Miller this evening whilst we were setting up! 🏏💙

And she didn’t arrive empty-handed either… treats for everyone! 🍩🍩🍩🍬🍭🍭

Thank you so much, Julie — what a lovely gesture and very much appreciated by the whole team! 🥰

We’re so lucky to have such fantastic supporters behind us. 💙🏏

🎯 BACK TO HQ TONIGHT! 🎯

After last week’s little Arrows adventure at Lucky Chuck’s 🎱🍕🕹️, it’s back to business tonight with a normal Monday night session at Kettering Arrows HQ! 💙

🕕 6pm–8pm
📍 Burton Latimer Band Club

We’ll be putting a poll in the Parents WhatsApp group shortly, so please give us a quick YES or NO to let us know if your child is attending. It really helps us plan the evening, especially during the summer holidays. 👍

Darts at the ready… see you on the oche! 🎯

Sadly, we can’t promise a pizza buffet every Monday. 😂🍕

I’m incredibly excited to share that I’m developing the ‘Home Buddy Youth Programme’, a practical, hands on Alternative Provision for young people aged 11-16.

Not every young person thrives in a traditional classroom, and that’s okay.

The programme is being designed to support young people who may be struggling with confidence, school attendance, social situations, engagement with mainstream education and also those with SEND.

Through gardening, outdoor learning, community projects, volunteering and real life experiences, the aim is to help young people discover what they CAN do, build confidence and create brighter futures🪴

This is just the beginning of making a difference 💛

Please share 🙏🏻

🎰🎯 THE ARROWS HIT CHUCK’S TOMORROW! 🎯🎰

The bets are placed, the tables are ready and the pizza ovens are warming up… 🍕😎

Tomorrow night, Kettering Arrows finally roll into Lucky Chuck's for our long-awaited Summer Social!

🎯 Darts will be thrown.
🎱 Pool balls will be sunk.
🍕 Pizza will disappear.
🕹️ Pocket money will almost certainly be lost in the arcades.

Monday 10th August | 6–9pm

Chuck… deal us in. The Arrows are coming. 🎲😎

Better luck next time. 😉

Massive thankyou to The Darts Shack for this very kind donation of darts, flights, stems and accessories. This will enable our members to fine tune their set-ups over the coming weeks. 🎯👌🏼

We maybe be low on numbers due to holidays, but the enthusiasm is still in the room! 🎯 A huge congratulations to our newest member Rio, who gained his bronze AND silver 🥈 🥉 pathway achievements this evening! 👏