Posted in Olympic News on July 11th, 2008 | No Comments »

Calgary Herald: New Olympic qualifier ordered

Kateri Vrakking, of Toronto, had originally been awarded Canada’s lone female berth for the Beijing Games by the Federation of Canadian Archers, but arbiter Patrice Brunet overturned that decision this week.

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Posted in Club News on July 11th, 2008 | No Comments »

Coshocton Tribune: They’re on target

“You don’t have to be the biggest or strongest to be a member of the archery club,” said Murphy. “It takes 11 steps to make an arrow go where you want and it takes concentration to do it.”

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Posted in Olympic News on July 11th, 2008 | No Comments »

International archery events aimed at Ogden

Ogden will be the site of international archery competitions for the next four years and a press conference will be held Friday to officially make the announcement.
The first event Ogden will host is the 2009 Youth Archery World Championships, which will serve as the archery qualifiers for the first-ever Youth Olympic Games.
The city will host World Archery events in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

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Posted in Olympic News on July 11th, 2008 | No Comments »

Central Kitsap’s real-life Legolas eyes 2012 Olympic bid

“Archery is good because it can help you focus more,” said Hughes, who hopes to study in the medical program at Stanford University and become a surgeon or medical scientist. “It’s a mental game, so it can help you there. And hitting the 10 for the first time is a rush.”

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on July 11th, 2008 | No Comments »

BHP Sponsors Trip to Olympics

Companies don’t have consciences. People do. BHP Billiton must be filled with the best kind of people.

BHP is sponsoring Alfred Ellison and a guest to attend all of his son’s, Brady Ellison, events in Beijing, China.

Way to go BHP! It will be a trip of a lifetime for Mr. Ellison, and I’m sure that Brady will be glad to have his father there to watch him compete.

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Posted in Club News on July 10th, 2008 | No Comments »

Yes, it’s booming out there and there’s lots of rain here and there. Things are popping up and disappearing faster than the radar can get a fix on them however.

We’ll leave it up to each parent on whether to attend tonights practice. We’ll be there though.

-Kevin

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Posted in Club News, Olympic News on July 9th, 2008 | No Comments »

Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that NBC U Olympics will be live streaming many sports over the Internet, including archery. Other sports, especially tape delayed sports, will not be broadcast over the Intertubes.

From the document posted on their web site here is the coverage breakdown as I can glean from the document. All archery coverage will be on NBCOlympics.com.

• Fri, Aug 8th – Women’s Archery
• Sat, Aug 9th – Men’s Archery
• Sun, Aug 10th – Women’s Archery – Team Semifinal & Gold Medal Final
• Sun, Aug 10th – Men’s Archery – Team Competition
• Mon, Aug 11th – Men’s Archery – Team Semifinal & Gold Medal Final
• Tue, Aug 12th – Men’s and Women’s Archery – Individual Competition
• Wed, Aug 13th – Men’s and Women’s Archery
• Thu, Aug 14th – Women’s Archery – Individual Competition, Semifinals & Final
• Thu, Aug 14th – Men’s Archery – Individual Competition
• Fri, Aug 15th – Men’s Archery – Individual Competition, Semifinals & Gold Medal Final

Check here for more details and times when they become available. Event times are subject to change at any time.

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Posted in Club News, Olympic News on July 9th, 2008 | No Comments »

Olympic archer Jennifer Nichols is chronicling her journey to the Olympics in Beijing, China. Check out her blog: One Arrow At A Time.

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Posted in Olympic News on July 7th, 2008 | No Comments »

South Korean archers banned for pulling out of training

South Korea’s world-class archers were ordered to clean up city sewage, stay up all night, stare at dead bodies in a crematory and climb a mountain with a rubber dinghy on their backs.

It’s all part of a training regime designed to toughen them, mentally and physically, for the world outdoor archery championships in Beijing.

But the country’s top four male archers — all Olympic medallists — said the Aug. 7-10 training was too intense and pulled out after one day. The Korea Archery Association banned them from the championship that begins Sept. 15, and from running for the national team for up to five years.

“It’s a bit late to regret it, but we really did not expect to be replaced,” said Kim Bo-ram, ranked fourth in the world.

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Posted in Olympic News on July 6th, 2008 | No Comments »

Face Time: Adam Gallant

Adam Gallant is a shooter. Bows and arrows, that is. Last month, he won the Field Nationals, earning himself a spot on the USA World Field Archery Team heading to Lywynypia, Great Britain, for competition in September. He’ll pay his own way for the privilege. One of the best junior shooters in the United States and a member of the Junior U.S. Archery Team, Adam frequently competes against pros, winning enough to get noticed.

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