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

Young archers from across the world will be competing in a heated contest at the Australian Youth Olympics Festival (AYOF) archery competition, commencing on January 15 at the Archery Centre, Sydney Olympic Park.

Athletes from Australia, Great Britain, Malaysia and Chinese Taipei will be competing in ranking rounds followed by individual and team elimination match plays.

The Australian team, composed of Alice Ingley, Ashley Sim, Elisa Barnard, Mitchell James, Ryan Tyack and Taylor Worth are competing against 18 other young and hopeful archers.

The archers will shoot at targets with recurve bows from 70 metres away, at concentric circles of different point allocations.

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High spirits among young archers

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on January 9th, 2009 | No Comments »

DENTON archer Tom Barber a member of Thorpe Hamlet Junior Archery Club, has been named among the athletes of the year by the British Olympic Association.

To mark outstanding performances in 2008, Tom was awarded the trophy for archery, in a year where he made the last four in the Olympic shoot-off, was men’s Beijing reserve, and continued to develop into one of the UK’s top archers.

“Tom has had a great year, and is fully deserving of this award,” said Archery GB chairman Lynne Evans.

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Olympic accolade for archer

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Posted in Archery Stories on January 8th, 2009 | No Comments »

More than 350 are expected to participate in the California State Indoor Championships Friday through Sunday in the Large Commercial building at the north end of the fairgrounds, said Denise Creelman of the Tulare Target Archers, the hosts of the event.

“It’s a huge undertaking to organize,” Creelman added. “It’s just a really nice tournament.”

Admission is free for spectators.

Friday’s competition involves the Junior Olympic Archery Development group for children under 18. It starts at 4 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday events are open to all age groups. Shooting times are 8 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday, and 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday.

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California archers will compete at the Tulare County Fairgrounds

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Posted in Archery Stories, Archery Video, World Championships on January 7th, 2009 | No Comments »

What a great match with plenty of lead changes between Ms. J. MOSPINEK ( POL) and Ms. PARK S.H. (KOR). Both archers exhibited mental toughness through the match.

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Posted in Club News on January 7th, 2009 | No Comments »

There was a chance that practice would be cancelled this weekend due to the GAA Joad Tournament, however we will have enough coaches still available for normal practice this Saturday. Keep an eye on the weather and on this web site for cancellations due to inclement weather. Right now it looks like there might be some rain. Of course, that’s what they said last weekend and we had pretty good weather.

We’d love to see you out there shooting archery and letting those arrows fly!

-Coach Kevin

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Posted in Archery Stories, World Championships on January 6th, 2009 | No Comments »

First-year Anna Harrington and former Lion Stephanie Miller ‘07CC made the 2009 U.S. World Indoor Team after finishing in the top three at the team trials. The event, hosted by the Dubuque Regional Sports Commission, was held January 2-4 at the University of Dubuque Wellness Center in Dubuque, Iowa.

Both Harrington and Miller will compete for the United States at the 10th FITA World Indoor Championships which will be held in Rzeszow, Poland from March 4-8. In order to be selected, the two Lions finished in the top three in the women’s senior recurve division.

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Two Lion Archers To Compete at World Indoor Championships

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Posted in Archery Stories, Archery Video, World Championships on January 5th, 2009 | No Comments »

Korea vs. Korea, as Sun takes on 2008 Olympic gold medalist Park. Windy conditions made this a very tough match-up as the wind was blowing the arrows all over the place from both archers.

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on January 5th, 2009 | No Comments »

I’m becoming a big fan of Vanessa Lee. She’s from our friends up north, Canada but she’s practicing with the Koreans and shooting lots of arrows. She’s been publishing a couple of videos … with her own style and jua-de-vive. She even lets us in on the secret on why the Korean archers are sooo good. Check out her posting.

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It’s been… ONE WEEK!

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Posted in Archery Stories on January 5th, 2009 | No Comments »

Redding Straight Arrow Bowhunters Club is hosting its 2008/2009 Winter League – an indoor archery league – Tuesdays at the Shasta District Fair grounds in Anderson. The next shoot meets Tuesday.

“We have shot at Anderson fair grounds for years,” said Terry Mikesell, treasurer and 20-year member of the club. “This year we are shooting seven nights, and the eighth night is fun night.”

Spectators are welcome at no cost.

There are seven age classes that begin at 7 and younger and go up to 65 and older. There are also classes for all skill levels.

“The styles are based (on) the equipment the person chooses to shoot, Mikesell said. “These bows range from a simple long bow or recurve to a compound hunting bow or target bow with a scope.”

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Bow club offers events for all ages

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Posted in Archery Stories on January 5th, 2009 | No Comments »

It is about as far from the Olympic sport of archery as it can get. The bow is taller than the person shooting it, and, to the uninitiated, it appears lopsided and unbalanced. There are no sights, no high-tech stabilizers.

And, of course, it is done on horseback, at upward of 40 mph.

It’s called yabusame, and it is the sport of the samurai.

Each year, archers in feudal shooting gear climb atop their decorated mounts for a lively competition on the beach of Zushi, a town just south of Tokyo, galloping in the sand as thousands of onlookers cheer and shout. The first competition was held here in 1199.

The scene is like something out of a movie by the great Akira Kurosawa. Banners flap in the ocean wind marking the beginning and end of the shooting runway. Little boys in bright robes and black hats scamper about collecting the arrows and the debris from the wooden or clay targets destroyed by each hit.

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Samurai archery, an ancient sport, still thrives

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