Posted in Archery Stories on January 21st, 2009 | No Comments »

The newly invigorated USA Collegiate Archery Program is seeking to extend some help in creating archery clubs in colleges and universities around the USA.

Do you want to start an archery club at your college or university? Take a look at the resources we’ve developed below, and if you have any questions, please ask questions in the CAP Forums or e-mail your Regional Representative.

When you visit their web site, you can see resources assembled to help archery fans and organizers do a better job of getting a club off of the ground, or expanding an existing club.

If you want to expand and grow your club, this will take a lot of effort. Recruiting archers on campus can be done by posting flyers with practice times and meeting places, advertising in the university newspaper, and participating in on-campus recruiting activities.

I like what I’m seeing and hearing out of CAP these days. It’s up to us archery fans to help re-establish this great sport in the American lifestyle, and college clubs is a great way to do so. Keep up the good work CAP!

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on January 20th, 2009 | No Comments »

Sixteen year old Mark Nesbitt from Banbridge, competing for Team GB and an archer with Ballyvally Archery Club, has just returned home after winning archery gold medals in both the individual and team events at the Australian Youth Olympics.

Mark was one of 250 young people representing Team GB in Sydney with athletes from over 20 countries competing in 21 Olympic sports. The British Olympic Association regards these young people as the 2012 hopefuls.

Said Mark, “Winning the individual and then the team event has got to be my best performance yet. Both results are pretty special, espically as we were shooting against people who are quite a bit older than us.
“It was great to be at the AYOF, mixing and learning from other sports, getting to know and make new friends.”

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GOLDEN BOY

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on January 17th, 2009 | No Comments »

It was an exciting finish at the Olympic Archery Centre today which saw 16 year old Mark Nesbitt from Great Britain shoot a bullseye to win the individual men’s gold medal from Australian Ryan Tyack who had to settle for silver.

Tyack put up a good fight, losing the match by only one point with a final score of 99-98.

Nesbitt’s teammate Alexander Wheeler took the bronze after a stalemate of 104-104 with Chinese Taipei’s Hsiu-Yu Hu, who ranked first in the individual recurve men’s ranking round. The match was resolved after a shoot-off to hit the yellow ten-point centre.

Nesbitt said the windy conditions made it difficult for him to aim but was thrilled to win the gold after falling behind by one point in the final end.

Wow. Sounds like a great competition between two great up and coming archers. Congratulations to all.

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Posted in Archery Stories, Archery Video, World Championships on January 16th, 2009 | No Comments »

Team USA got of to a shaky start in this match against Italy where several arrows in the early round went astray, while Italy was rock steady. Slowly, slowly the ladies from America shot their way back into this archery match and ended up with a commanding lead. Take a look.

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on January 15th, 2009 | No Comments »

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on January 15th, 2009 | No Comments »

Archery has never figured all that heavily in Olympic opening ceremonies except for that one time in Barcelona when the 1992 Games cauldron was lit by a flaming arrow.

But in Sydney last night, the Australian Olympic Committee’s aim was true when they chose Mapleton’s 17-year-old world champion archer Ryan Tyack to be Australian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Fifth Australian Youth Olympic Festival.

One of his proudest sporting moments came at the Sydney Entertainment Centre as part of the welcoming of international sporting teams before the start of competition today.

“I was really happy when I got the phone call from the IOC asking me to do it. It is a great privilege to lead out so many sports people who are representing their country,” said Tyack who almost always is able to keep his emotions in check when he needs to be bang on target.

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Mapleton archer honoured

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on January 15th, 2009 | No Comments »

America’s most talented archer returned Jan. 9 to his roots when 19-year-old Brady Ellison visited Payson Elementary School to talk to students about his pursuit of the Olympic dream.

Ellison, now a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., formerly attended both PES and Rim Country Middle School before moving to Glendale at the end of his seventh-grade year.

In 2008, Ellison took first place in all three Olympic Trials and was the top member of the U.S. team that traveled to Beijing in August 2008.

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Olympic archer returns to visit Payson students

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Posted in Archery Stories on January 13th, 2009 | No Comments »

“This is the first time the WVDNR has provided training in Ritchie County and we would like to invite all schools – especially ones located in central and northern W.Va., to take advantage of it,” said Westfall. “Because many teachers will be traveling from other areas of the state, North Bend State Park has reduced room rates to make their stay as convenient and affordable as possible.”

The AIS Program is the WVDNR’s largest and fastest growing educational program. Since its inception in 2004, more than 30,000 students have been introduced to archery as part of their physical education (PE) classes in 150 W.Va. schools. The program teaches Olympic-style target archery in both public and private school grade 4-12 PE classes. “In order for a school to have the AIS Program, it must first have a certified instructor – preferably a PE instructor or a coach who will introduce as many kids as possible to the joys of target archery,” said Westfall. “The WVDNR only has about four trainings per year and, because class size is limited to 25 individuals, these slots are highly sought after. As an added incentive, teachers taking this training may be eligible to receive Continuing Education Hours.”

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Training for Archery in the Schools Program to be held at North Bend State Park on March 3 and 4

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on January 12th, 2009 | No Comments »

I can’t imagine the focus and love for this sport of archery that Ms. Folkard has. This is a great read to see what dedication is all about.

The hardest part of training is shooting when it’s cold in winter.

I can’t wear gloves when I shoot because it would change the feeling in both hands, but I do wear gloves between ends and on the really cold days, I use gel hand warmers inside the gloves.

When I’m shooting I listen to classical music. In the gym I listen to Radio 1. If I hadn’t taken up archery I would probably be in an orchestra – I’ve been playing the violin since I was six, and piano since I was eight.

I do obsess about archery. I never really stop thinking about it, even when I’m doing my weekly food shop.

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Olympic fitness file: Naomi Folkard

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Posted in Archery Stories on January 12th, 2009 | No Comments »

Pulling the string of the bow back to his chin, Bryan Kummer released the arrow and watched it sail toward the target 15 yards away.

The 12 year old from Monroe was one of dozens of youths who took part in a clinic held by the Platte Valley Archers.

The eight-week clinic started Saturday and is for kids age 5-17. It was held in the basement of City Hall. Each of the youths had the opportunity to shoot five arrows at targets ranging from five to 15 yards away.

For some, it was their first time with a bow and arrow. For others, like the siblings Joseph Sonderman, 12, and Will Sonderman, 10, it was a way for them to practice their skills.

The Columbus brothers have been to the clinic several times before. They are following in the footsteps of their older sister, Olivia, and father, John, both of whom also are archers.

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Straight as an arrow: Archers right on target at clinic

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