Archive for June, 2009

Archer Profile: Heath Getty

Heath Getty of St. John, Kansas can shoot moving clay targets out of the sky with a compound bow.

It looks like he’s using Flu-Flu arrows to slow them down enough to get a good line on the clay targets. (and to keep them from flying into the next county!) Great video.

Check out the video here:
Sharpshooter amazes friends with skills

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Highlights of the 12th European Tournament 2009, France

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Archer Profile: Blake Eagan

Egan, a 2006 La Crosse Central graduate and senior marketing major at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha, is trying to “live the dream” of becoming an Olympic archer.

But it’s not easy. Flash back to the early 1990s when Egan was growing up in La Crosse. Egan became interested in archery at age 7 or 8 and he wasn’t the only one in the Egan family to enjoy archery.

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Archery TV: World Cup 2009 Recap From Croatia

Archery TV does all of us archers a great favor with their productions. Not only is it entertaining, but it is educational as well. Take a look at this episode where it recaps both compound and recurve, mens and womens archery.

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2009 World Cup Gold Medal Compound – USA vs SWI

Gellenthien started off a bit shaky but was able to settle and came charging back. Was it in time? Take a look.

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Welcome Diane Watson as USA Archery’s JOAD Coordinator

An accomplished archer, Watson is a member of the 2009 World Championship Team representing the USA in Korea this September, and recently was a member of the Gold Medal winning women’s compound team at the World Cup event in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

“Diane brings with her the perfect blend of general archery knowledge, JOAD experience and relationships from within the industry to push the JOAD program to the next level,” says USA Archery CEO Denise Parker. “She has the understanding of where JOAD is deficient and where there is incredible opportunity. I am certain she will help us capitalize on a very good opportunity to grow the program.”

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2009 Sr. World Target Team Announced

USA Archery has announced the 2009 Senior World Target Team, picked from the tournament right here in our very own Conyers, Georgia. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend the competition which is a major disappointment as I’m a big fan of many of these archers and I am following their careers. Take a look at the list. Best wishes to all of our archers and keep us up to date!

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Gainesville Archery Club 900 Tournament – June 2009

We brought as many members of our club and team as we could. The weather was beautiful and the kids shot well. Thanks Gainesville for hosting such a great archery tournament!

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The Archery Barn in Franklin, North Carolina

[T]he life lessons, values and discipline that archers learn can arguably prove to be the greatest reward.

Just ask Steve Smith. The 50-year-old Macon County resident has devoted nearly his entire life to archery and hunting. And he’s passed on that love for the sport to his wife of 24 years, Janice Smith. Together, they’ve raised three children who’ve spent portions of their life dedicated to competing in archery tournaments. Their fourth child, 13-year-old Mason, is just beginning to learn what the archery life is like, as he started competing two years ago.

Steve Smith sees archery as a way to keep his children off the streets, and a way pass on values by being involved in their lives.

“(Archery) is one of those things where it’s a lot easier to keep your kids busy, keep them focused on something and learn things,” he said. “You learn a lot of values from it. It’s just like hunting. Some people say, ‘Ah well, it’s just killing.’ It’s not all about killing. It’s about hunting. It’s about meeting people. It’s about going and saying, ‘Sir, do you mind if I hunt on your property?’ People earn respect that way. There are a lot of things that go hand in hand with life.”

Read more here:
Archery: A sport of discipline

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South Dakota To Dedicate New Archery Facility June 13th

The new 22,000-square-foot complex includes permanent ranges for Olympic archery games, field archery and 3-D simulated hunting. A 25-meter indoor range will be open to the public all year. It’s also the headquarters for the Easton Sports Development Foundation Center for Excellence in Archery.
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“At first, it started out by just being the headquarters for the NFAA, but Easton came in and wanted to do more,” said Lisa Scheve, executive director of the Yankton Convention and Visitors Bureau. “We’ve always had a good track record with tournaments, so we started looking at the possibilities. It’s been nothing but bull’s-eyes ever since.”

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Yankton lands archery group

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