Here’s a summary video from the 2010 World Field Archery Championships. This is a great archery format that we don’t get to see enough of. Take a look!
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Archive for July, 2010
Some great shooting by both mens archery compound teams in some of the heaviest rain I’ve seen in a competition. It goes to a tiebreaker so check out who goes home with the gold and who settles for the silver.
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Not only is the target a huge distance away at 140 meters, your opponents get to insult you and yell things while you are taking your shot.
“You can do anything you want to distract him while he’s shooting,” the archer said with a grin. “You can’t touch him but you can insult his wife or joke about his appearance or dance around him, waving at him.”
For a people that didn’t get TV until 1999, that is a pretty modern looking bow. Personally, I don’t think I’d like Bhutanese archery. I’m too thin skinned.
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Archers let arrows and insults fly on Bhutan’s ranges
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“It was a very successful weekend. The good weather helped immensely. It was almost what you’d call ideal shooting conditions – it wasn’t too hot or cold and there was very little wind – and that was backed up by some of the scores we had,” she said.
In all, seven shooters recorded scores of 1300 points or better out of a possible 1400. The best shooters on the course were overall champion Massey’s Shaun Teesdale, Mt Tiger’s Trevor Irvine and Linda Lainchbury.
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Archers find peak form
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