Air-Conditioned Archery Range in Chai Chee: S$40 Fun Shoot

Salt & Light Archery's second range is an air-conditioned indoor lane up to 18 metres long at 750B Chai Chee Road, #02-01B, Singapore 469002, inside ESR BizPark @ Chai Chee. It has 10 boards and the same hours as the West Coast range, Monday to Saturday 9am to 9pm and Sunday 9am to 6pm. Beginners start with a S$40 guided fun shoot, and the cool room suits the middle of a Singapore afternoon.

This is not a shopfront. The range sits on the second floor of Block B in ESR BizPark, and the official directions say to enter via Lift Lobby 2. Car park spaces are nearest at Block A or Block E, which are adjacent to Block B. If you are coming for the first time, give yourself a few minutes to find the lift lobby, since business parks are laid out as a grid of identical blocks.

Public transport works well. From Bedok MRT Exit A, take bus 2, 24, 25, 28 or 67 and alight opposite Chai Chee Industrial Park. From Kembangan MRT station, buses 2, 7, 24, 25, 28, 30, 33, 67 and 854 stop at Chai Chee Industrial Park. The official page treats the bus stops as the main approach rather than an MRT walk.

The same company runs both ranges, but they feel different. West Coast sits outdoors beneath an expressway and stretches to 70 metres, whereas Chai Chee is fully indoors and tops out at 18 metres, the standard indoor distance. Rain, heat and glare never come into the plan. If you live in the east, around Bedok, Kembangan or Tampines, the journey is also much shorter than crossing the island.

The room is arranged for day and night sessions and doubles as a retail collection point for the shop's online orders. It can host events for up to 80 people, which is smaller than the 100-plus the combined West Coast ranges can handle. Wooden and metal practice bows are available to rent at S$10 and S$15 a day, and a high-end metal or compound bow is S$25 a day.

For first-timers the product is the one-hour guided fun shoot at S$40 per person. It is suitable for ages 8 and up, adults included, with basic equipment supplied and a modern recurve as the standard bow. A coach guides you through games, and you can win prizes and take home a souvenir. Guided sessions are booked for up to six people at a time.

If you would rather sample before committing, the 15-arrow try-out costs S$15 for 15 shots and lasts about 10 minutes. The operator sets that up as a simple exposure rather than a lesson. Larger parties, such as team outings or birthday groups, are asked to contact the office so the booking can be arranged separately instead of through the standard form.

The Basic Archery Course costs S$180 per person and totals four hours. Adults take two two-hour sessions, and children aged 12 or younger take four one-hour sessions. Content covers an introduction to archery, basic rules, assembling a recurve bow, scoring, Olympic recurve shooting technique, and practical and theory tests. Completing it earns the certification that unlocks self-practice.

The booking page limits basic courses to four people at a time, which is tighter than the six allowed in a guided session. Cramming all hours into a single day is not recommended, so most adults split the course over two visits. The traditional bow sessions and traditional basic course are held only at the West Coast range, so Chai Chee is the choice for Olympic recurve work.

Certified archers pay S$8 an hour whether adult or student, S$30 for an adult day pass or S$25 for a student or national serviceman, and S$165 or S$135 for a 30-day pass. A 90-day season pass is S$380 for adults and S$300 for students. The annual pass is S$1,300 for adults and S$1,000 for students, with equipment storage subject to availability. All prices include GST.

Private lanes are priced separately at S$20 an hour on weekdays and S$25 on weekends and public holidays, arranged by contacting the staff. Under the current system, three archers share one lane, so a rotation of shooters moves along the line. If you want a lane to yourself, the private option is the way to get it, and you ask for it directly.

General enquiries and retail go through WhatsApp only, and by email at bookings@slarchery.sg. Corporate and school events go to events@slarchery.sg. The range keeps public holiday hours of 9am to 6pm, including eves, and shuts on Chinese New Year's Eve and the first three days of the new year, Good Friday, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

The booking page also has a separate student login for junior and youth classes and masterclass students, who reserve their own sessions online. Beginners and non-certified archers use the guided session and basic course listings instead. That split keeps the self-practice lanes for people who already hold their certificate, and it explains why a first visit always starts with a booked, coached slot.

Chai Chee is a quiet corner of the east. Kembangan and Bedok are a short bus ride away and have plenty of hawker options, so lunch after a morning session is easy to arrange. If you want a green space, East Coast Park lies to the south and works for a walk or a cycle after an air-conditioned hour with the bow.

Address: 750B Chai Chee Road, #02-01B, ESR BizPark @ Chai Chee, Singapore 469002. Email: bookings@slarchery.sg. Fun shoot S$40, try-out S$15, basic course S$180. Hours are Monday to Saturday 9am to 9pm, Sunday 9am to 6pm. The details come from the Chai Chee, Beginners and Booking pages of the official site, slarchery.sg.

Basic equipment is provided for guided sessions. If you would like help choosing food or a morning plan in the east, ask the Karpo APP for options around Bedok and Kembangan, then pick the guided slot that fits your day and book it in advance on the website.