Archive for November, 2009Just a reminder to our archery fans and members, we’re taking our holiday break. We’ll be returning to learning and teaching archery on January 02, 2010.
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Set your DVRs right now. We’ll have to follow Ms. Braun’s path to the Olympics closely. Good luck Kristin! [ Back to top ] Photos from our 2nd Annual Charity Archery Shoot. Thanks everyone for all of their help and support! [ Back to top ]  2nd Annual Charity Archery Tournament Here are the totals: We raised over 200lbs of food, and $367 in cash. This is twice the amount of food and four times the amount of money that we raised last year! It will be tough to top that for next year … but we’re sure going to try! There are many people, families, and local companies to thank make our Charity Shoot a success. We’d like to thank our board of directors that work so hard year after year and reach out to businesses for donations. We have great support from businesses and individuals this year: Dan Murphy brought out extra targets for the shoot, Joe Schuster from the Cumming Archery Association who brought out a bunch of 3D targets including a target that was half wild boar and half antelope, Timberghost that donated a bunch of prizes, CULLY Technologies, Horse Authority, Cici’s Pizza, Pigtails & Crew Cuts, The Uhrich Family, The Hamp Phillips family, and many others that donated prizes. We had over $1,000 worth of prizes that could be won. We had a great number of volunteers that worked extremely hard. We abused your help yesterday for that I’d like to extend our sincere gratitude. It is greatly appreciated. To our team archers and club archers, please do not forget the homework that I’ve assigned to you. The homework is to do a random act of kindness to a neighbor that might need a little bit of help. Do you have a neighbor that is retired or perhaps out of work? You can sweep off their driveway or sidewalk, bring them some cookies or something else. Of course the best gift we can give to another is the gift of time. Spend some time with someone that might be a little lonely during the holiday season. Ask a retired neighbor “What is the most amazing that has happened in your life?” I’m sure it will be time well spent and that you will get as much out of that time as the person that tells you the story. Thanks again to everyone that made our 2nd Annual Charity Shoot a success! [ Back to top ] We’re all a buzz doing the last minute preparations for the Charity Tournament today. Buying candy, table cloths, tables, information, etc. It’s an exciting but hectic time. Please come out to help us gather some food and some money for a good cause; The Place of Forsyth County. Kids entrance fee is either 5 cans of food or $5. The adult entrance fee is either 8 cans of food or $10. There will be fun targets that have candy tacked to them, stations where you can learn archery even if you’ve never shot a bow in your life, plus extra prize targets where you can win a prize for $1 per arrow! Bring your dollar bills. It’s all for charity! We have over $1,000 worth of prizes donated by our community businesses and families. Club members, please remember to wear your team shirts, or a royal blue shirt to show your club pride. We start at 2pm and will shoot until 5pm today. Show up when you can and we’ll get you started! Thanks to everyone that has volunteered to help make this event a success! - Coach Kevin [ Back to top ] *Note: This article is an update to the 2008 Recurve Bow Recommendations*
This question strikes fear into my heart. In a good way though, as I’m also excited that one of our archers are committing to the next step; bow ownership. This question is a bit like asking someone: “I like to drive, what kind of car should I buy?” The possibilities are daunting: SUV, sports car, station wagon? Mercedes, Honda, Ford? Now, imagine never being able to test drive the car before you purchase. That’s exactly what it’s like when someone wants to purchase an Olympic recurve bow. If you’re not sure if you would like to purchase a Olympic recurve bow, a Traditional bow, or a compound bow, then hustle over to our “Quiz of 10 Questions” to help you decide what might be right for you. I have never seen a shop in the United States that stocks Olympic recurve bows. I’m sure that they exist somewhere but I sure haven’t seen one. Therefore archers are left to make purchasing decisions based on recommendations of coaches, friends who have equipment, tiny pictures in catalogs, and scant recommendations in archery forums. I promise, absolutely promise, that my advice will be no better. I’m assuming that this is your first bow, that you are budget conscience, and that you want good value for your money. If you have unlimited funds, you can go out and buy the very best. However, no amount of money will purchase a score at a tournament. Hard work, perseverance, and sweat equity will yield the best results of all. With that in mind, lets talk about what you will need to purchase, followed by what are highly recommended items, and then optional equipment. Required equipment for Olympic recurve bows are the (1) Riser, (2) Limbs, (3) String, (4) Arrow Rest, (5) Plunger, (6) Nock, (7) Arrows. We’ll leave arrows to another article all on its own. Highly recommended items are (8) Finger tab, (9) Bow Stringer, (10) Arm guard, (11) Quiver, (12) String wax, (13) Bow case. Optional items include (14) Target Sight, (15) Stabilizer, (16) Chest Guard, (17) Clicker I’ll include a really quick summary of what the items are but I think you’ll get the idea from the images that I’ve linked to. (1)Riser – Is the thing you put your hand on and most everything attaches to. The riser is the foundation for the bow. I’m recommending one that you can grow with as you grow in height and strength. That’s it for my “dictionary” or “glossary” of terms. Three big questions remain before I get to the specifics of the equipment recommendations: (1) Should I get a 23” riser or a 25” riser? (2) What length bow (riser + limbs) should I get? and (3) What poundage of limbs should I purchase? (1)23” or 25” riser? Check out some of the other references that I link to at the bottom of this article for more (better) information. I would say that the bottom line is, if your maximum height is going to be less than 5’9” or if the archer is very young (thus a long time before they reach their full height) then go with a 23” riser. If you are going to be 5’9” or taller, then go with a 25” riser. NOTE: The KAP T-Rex and the Samick Candidate riser I’m about to recommend only comes in 23” lengths.
KAP T-Rex Riser : $90 ================================ Samick Candidate Riser: $80 Since both of these risers take the ILF limbs, you can put the T-Rex limbs on the Samick Riser and/or the Samick limbs on the T-Rex riser. That’s part of the reason that we recommend these risers is that they will grow with the child and offer options for different limbs. ================================ Finger Tab: $17 ================================== Target Sight: $80 ================================= I’ve done my best to get as much information into your hands as I possibly can, but I understand that buying sight unseen and out of a catalog or website can be daunting task. As always, turn to the experts from your local club to help you answer questions and help you make informed final decisions. Good luck. For more information, check out some of these additional resources. Archers reference, issue 5 (PDF format) [ Back to top ] *Note: This post is an update for the buying recommendations from 2008* It’s always hard to decide on where to spend your hard earned money when getting your little guy or gal a bow to shoot archery with. Your local archery shop doesn’t always carry a lot of youth equipment for you to examine and try out. If you don’t belong to a club where you can try out other member’s archery equipment, choices are getting short. This leaves just the matter of going by specs. But first, lets go over some of the foundational information on just exactly you need to be buying. WHY A COMPOUND WHAT TO BUY Here is a list of items that I would consider to be required: Optional Equipment: Bow equipment that can optionally wait until the youth knows they’ll stick with the sport of archery: WHERE TO BUY You’ll see from the pricing that there is typically two ways that the bows are listed: plain and as a package. Make sure that you understand what is included in the package deal and what isn’t. IMPORTANT FACTORS OF BOW COMPARISON Another related factor of compound bows along with the draw weight is the “let off %”. What this means is what the “hold weight” of the bow will be. If you purchase a bow with a 40 pound draw weight, and a 75% let off, the hold weight will be 10 pounds. Draw length is also very important. Young archers are growing rapidly so a wider range of draw lengths, will often lengthen the life that the bow will last with your child. There are several ways of measuring the draw length of an archer. I’ll leave this up to you to do the research and measurement of the draw length. Try to leave extra growing room for the bow that you’re looking to purchase. RECOMMENDATIONS
Ask your archery coach about these bows and how they compare. There are many kids in our club that shoot these bows and are happy with them. Sometimes you can even ask to try one out before buying! Always a smart idea. The Matthews Genesis and Genesis Pro bows. These bows are great learning bows for families, although I don’t recommend these bows as a “Tournament Quality” bow. The first thing you’ll notice on the stats is that there is a 0% let off. This isn’t a typo. Along with a huge draw length range, these bows are unique in that they don’t have a specified draw length. What this means is that the bow has unique qualities to fit into a family of new archers: Father, mother, big sister and little brother. This one bow can fit the whole family and the whole family can practice and learn archery at the same time. Good luck. If you have questions, contact someone from your archery club, or contact someone that will help you find the right bow for you or your child. [ Back to top ] Another great bow for youth is the Pioneer II bow. The bow comes with a peep sight, whisker biscuit, 7 hunter junior arrows, quiver, Truball trigger release, and a Plano hard case. Manufacturer: Bear [ Back to top ] *** NOTE: THIS BOW HAS BEEN SOLD. Sorry. *** A great bow for young archers and families with multiple archers of different heights. This bow does not have a specific draw length so will fit your young archer without adjustment for a long time. It has an upgraded arrow rest with a three pin sight. Manufacturer: Mathews [ Back to top ] Tough archers facing stiff competition. A rocky start but they seemed to settle down during the competition. [ Back to top ] SearchCategories
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In the mean time, here’s a photo of us handing over our charity check over to The Place of Forsyth County. They do a great job of handing out food to the people in our community that needs a meal.
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