Archery tournament hits the spot

MEMBERS of Crystal Arrows Archery Club competed in “The Denes 720", the first outdoor archery tournament organised by the club based at Denes Community Sports Centre, Lowestoft. This was to be the first time both the junior and senior sections of the club had shot together in open competition and conditions could not have been better for the 22 members. For most, this was their first outdoor competition and despite a few nervous faces at the start, everyone relaxed and settled into the task. Competitors shot a total of 72 arrows at an 80cm diameter target which was set at three different distances. There was a maximum of 720 points on offer. In the junior gents section, Nathan Beane and Matt Artis fought throughout the day with Nathan edging out his rival by nine points.Jay Eriera pulled out a commanding lead at the longer distance and managed to hold on to this despite a late charge by second place Chris Nash.Ladies; winner Tina Crisp was chased hard all day by Caroline Graver.

Archery hunt to decrease deer population scheduled for August through

The 75th Civil Engineer Group Environmental Management Division will be issuing permits for archery deer hunts between August and December to help control the bases growing deer population.

Twenty people will be selected at random to hunt in the area on the eastern edge of the base extending south from the North Gate to Hubbard Memorial Golf Course.

Interested hunters should fill out an archery deer hunt application online at www.hafbdeerhunt.com by July 31, 5:30 p.m.

Potential hunters must have a 2007 Utah Archery Hunt tag and a Wasatch Front Extended Archery Ethics Course certificate of completion before registering. The ethics course certificate is available at the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Web site, www.wildlife.utah.gov. Participants in the base hunt are subject to all laws set forth by the Big Game Proclamation published by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

Myanmar to hold Olympic Day Run 2007 Archery Competition

Myanmar Olympic Day Run 2007 Archery Competition will be held here next week aimed at getting more medals in the 24th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and emerging new generation archers in the country, according to the Myanmar Archery Federation (MAF) on Saturday.

Local archers will compete in men's and women's compound and recurve events in the Olympic Day Run 2007 Archery Competition scheduled on June 29 at the Kyaikkasan Archery Ground, the MAF said.

Meanwhile, the Myanmar archery team, comprising 19 archers -- six men and four women for recurve and five men and four women for compound, trained by South Korean coach Jin Su Ho since March 27, has been making preparation since last November to compete in the 24th SEA Games, the MAF said.

Of the 19 Myanmar selected archers, seven competed in the 23rd SEA Games, of which one archer got gold medal in the recurve event, it said.

Jr. US archery Olympians aim for the Heartland

CARBONDALE, Ill. - A few of the best archers in the country have gathered in Carbondale, and most of them haven't even turned 18-years-old yet.

"They're just normal kids, junior high, high school kids. But when they step out on the archery field, they're all elite athletes," said 2004 Archery Olympian and coach, John Magera.

Junior Archery Olympic Dream Team member Jory Schroeder came all the way from Victoria, Texas to compete. She has her sights set on the Olympics.

"That's what I'm aiming for right now. I just can't imagine it! I hope I get to be there one day," said Schroeder.

Adam Wruck and Corey Muellenbach of Minnesota have already brought home the gold after competing in the junior world games last year in Mexico.

"It was pretty cool being able to represent the U.S.A.