Did you know that Ogden Utah will host the 2009 Youth World Archery Championships? Make you reservations now. Utah is beautiful and I’d love to go back.
More information here:
http://www.ogdenwc.com/
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Archive for December, 2008
Sounds like a unique facility catering to 3D and Olympic style archers. With the addition of technology shooting systems, this sounds like a world class facility in the heartland of America.
The full-sized foam targets include most popular species of big game. Shots range from 4 yards to about 40 yards. Mellinger said they try to keep the shots as realistic to hunting as possible.
At the building’s top floor, the video-active system also tries to give shooters much of the feel of a real hunt.
For Junior Olympic practices, the 3-D targets are pushed to the side so target shooters can stretch across the width of the range.
Mellinger said he’s averaging about 35 shooters per session. Ages range from about 3 to more than 70 years old.
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Facility is on target
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Take a look at this FaceBook video by Elisa Barnard from the Australian Youth Olympic Festival. The talks about what it takes to be a good archer and some about the archery equipment and technology used by todays archer.
Elisa Barnard talks about the different sorts of equipment used in archery
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The 14-year-old Great Sankey High School pupil started out in the sport five years ago but only entered his first competition in May and now the national team selectors look set to keep an eye on his potential for the future.
Abbott, inspired by Warrington’s Paralympian archery gold medal winner John Stubbs, has set his siights on representing Great Britain at the Olympic Games in London in 2012.
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Keep an eye on Thomas
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Windy conditions and both archers made some bad shots where their arrows went into the 8s and even 7s. The “take away” lesson here is that they didn’t give up or become discouraged. They kept making adjustments, adapting to the circumstances and both shot well. Take a look.
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Check out the windy weather at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Tough archery conditions no matter what or where you’re shooting.
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Italy got off to a shaky start, while the USA men were solid. However, slowly the Italians shot their way back into the match. Check out how this great World Championship Archery match ended up.
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Hit or Miss style target
Greatree is taking orders for the “Hit or Miss” targets. If you order 30 of the $5 targets ($150 worth) then you’ll get free shipping. Check out more information from US Collegiate Archery Program by clicking here.
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