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Hello Folks,

Bad weather is heading our way. We’ve decided to cancel archery practice for tonight. We’ll be back out next Tuesday at the same scheduled time.

- Coach Kevin Cully
Forsyth Archery Club

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.

Read more here:
Archers let arrows and insults fly on Bhutan’s ranges

“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.

Read more here:
Archers find peak form

The USA ladies stay mentally tough throughout this match in windy conditions. Well done ladies!

Heather Koehl, a 2008 graduate of Sheboygan Falls High School, [Wisconsin] is currently ranked second in the nation in Olympic-style recurve archery.

She is a resident athlete at the United States Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., where her full-time job (10 to 12 hours a day) is to train for international competition. All expenses, including room, board, food and travel, are paid by the U.S. Olympic Committee.

“The best way I can say it as a parent; this was truly her dream and to watch her do this well, we are just so happy for her,” said Kelly Koehl.

Read more here:
Archery: Sheboygan Falls grad shoots for Olympic dream

End of Year Party

Hello Archers!

I wanted to post an update about archery. As you know, tonight is practice! It is also going to be a warm one with temperatures in the 90s and the heat index close to 100F. Please make sure that your archers are getting enough liquids *before* and during archery practice. If the archer arrives to practice and/or a tournament dehydrated and then gets into that heat, the chance of heat stroke is greatly increased. Make sure they drink plenty of water before practice.

For another comfort tip, feel free to bring chairs to archery practice. Resting even for the few minutes in the shade of the trees before pulling arrows can really help rejuvenate the archers.

TOURNAMENT LIST: Here are some of the upcoming tournament dates:
June 19th : GAA State JOAD (more info below)
July 3rd : Night the Lights Came ON in GA
July 11th : GA Games 3D Tournament
July 17th : GA Games Target Tournament
Aug 14th : Gainesville 900 (Held in Forsyth County!)
Aug 28,29th : Club End of Year Party

NEXT TOURNAMENT: More info on the next tournament
*** GAA State JOAD Tournament ***
This tournament is just for the youth and young adult archers. It will be held this Saturday in Conyers with practice starting at 9am. The tournament begins at 10am. There will be a 72 arrow, single distance tournament. Admission is $25 for the first archer with the second archer being $15 with a max of $50 per family. Following the target tournament is an optional Olympic head to head style target tournament. For more information, visit our page here: http://bit.ly/dyIXuJ

If you have any questions, just contact me via email.

- Coach Kevin Cully

We had a great time with some great turnout by our club at the Gainesville 900 Target tournament. Thank you to all of the organizers of the tournament!