Olympics Champions Tied the Knot

Olympics Champions Tied the Knot
Lausanne – 2 February 2009

Korean archers PARK Sung-Hyun, 25-year old, and PARK Kyung-Mo, 33, united Olympic destiny. They were blessed in the presence of many guests on 6 December 2008.

PARK Sung-Hyun won two gold medals (individual and team) at the 2004 Athens Games. She repeated as an Olympic champion in the women's team final in Beijing last year, leading her country to a sixth straight Olympic title. She also won individual silver in Beijing.

PARK Kyung-Mo, who also won team gold in 2004, had similar success as her fiancée four years later. In Beijing, he helped the men's team clinch the Olympic title for the third straight time and won the individual silver medal.

The newly-weds started dating two years ago while preparing for the Olympics but kept their relationship secret to avoid affecting the national team. The two are the first gold medallists in the country's history to marry each other.

We wish PARK Sung-Hyun and PARK Kyung-Mo a wonderful and happy life together!

FITA Communication

- SOURCE : http://www.archery.org/

Coroner: Archery Death Accidental

The archery death of a Deer Park Middle School student was unintentional, the Stevens County coroner said Sunday.

Alex Niskanen died Thanksgiving afternoon, after being shot with a hunting arrow while visiting friends south of Chewelah.
The Stevens County Sheriff’s Office has not identified the boy who released the arrow. County Coroner Patti Hancock said he was older than the victim.

"The two boys were outside playing," Hancock said. "They didn’t’ have a lot of power on the bow, but with a broadhead arrow, it doesn’t take much."

The arrow hit no bone, but severed the axillary artery in the 12-year-old boy’s left shoulder. He bled to death, Hancock said.
It’s not clear whether the two had been hunting. Whitetail deer currently are legal game for archers in the Chewelah area.
A man who answered the phone at the Niskanen residence in Deer Park said the family did not want to comment about the death.

Arrowheads used for hunting typically are made three or four razor-sharp blades designed to cause bleeding. By contrast, the heads on target arrows are cone-shaped, like a pencil point.
Deer Park elementary, middle and high schools are among 30 schools statewide that participate in the National Archery in the Schools Program. And while the training is designed for the controlled setting of a target range, students hear "over and over again" that bows can be dangerous, said Dave Mack, state program coordinator.
At least 100 students from Deer Park Middle School participate, Mack said. It’s not clear whether Alex Niskanen was part of that program.

A Deer Park seventh-grader with the same last name, but a different first name, placed fourth in a state championship held in March in East Wenatchee. The relationship between the two Niskanen boys was not clear Sunday.
- http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=18010

Professional National Coach in Ireland

The Irish Amateur Archery Association is looking for a professional national archery coach. You can stand as a candidate if you meet the following requirements:

Desired Qualifications

Ø Proven skills in developing archers for international level
Ø A degree in Sport Sciences would be commendable but not necessary
Ø The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills
Ø Able to work with coaches and tutors, archers of all levels, in Recurve and Compound, target and field disciplines
Ø Must speak English
Ø A proven track record of coaching and/or competing at international level.

Duties, roles and responsibilities

Ø To make training plan for and coach the national team
Ø Preparation to international archery events
Ø To offer any technical advices requested by the federation
Ø To coach the athletes of the national archery squad
Ø To maintain and analyse data on national athletes, then develop programmes to maximise performance
Ø When required, to coach athletes at international level tournaments
Ø Liaise with coaches in the preparation of training programmes and archery technique
Ø To serve as an advisor to the national archery domestic committee in:
- Improving competition opportunities
- Establishing successful national major events
Ø Other: Assist tutors in the development of a national coaching structure

Assigned objectives
Ø Forward our athletes to top 16 position at European championships
Ø Forward our athletes to top 32 at world championships
Ø Qualify our athletes for Olympic Games

Main clauses of the working contract

Ø 38 month period preceded by 6-month test period
Ø Contract starting on 5 January 2009
Ø The successful candidate will be expected to travel to various training venues in Ireland
Ø Salary, remuneration and expenses to be negotiated

Contact, information and application to:
Irish Amateur Archery Association
Pat Lyons
president@archery.ie

Candidates must request and complete the candidature form and return it with a resume to the above address by the application deadline.

Application Deadline: 28 November 2008

- Source : FITA

Professional Compound Archery Coach in India

Professional Compound Archery Coach in India
Lausanne – 30 October 2008


The Archery Association of India is looking for a professional Compound Archery coach. You can stand as candidate if you meet the following requirements:

Ø Proved skills in developing Compound Archers for Elite level
Ø Academic level: Professional Compound Archery Coach as accredited by FITA
Ø Communication skills: able to communicate with archers & coaches in English and through demonstration
Ø Organizational skills: holding of seminar for coaches up gradation of their skill as well as special coaching assignment for second-line archers
Ø Able to work with the top 16 Men and 16 Women archers in preparation for the Commonwealth Games 2010 and also take special assignments at different venues for short term training programme
Ø Must speak (language): English
Ø Required experiences: must have trained National Team for Continental Championships/World Championships and training National Teams/Elite archers.
Ø Other: willing to travel from one venue to other venue and maintain close monitoring of the performance of the archers at all venues

Duties, roles and responsibilities – the following are examples only:

Ø To make training plan for, and coach the national team
Ø Preparation to international archery events
Ø To offer any technical advices requested by the Federation
Ø To coach the athletes of the national archery training Centre
Ø To maintain and analyze data on national athletes, then develop programmes to maximise performance
Ø When required, to coach athletes at international level tournaments
Ø Liaise with coaches in the preparation of training programs and archery technique.
Ø Other: holding clinic for the junior/cadet archers

Detail below the main clauses of the working contract

Ø One year period preceded by 3 months test period
Ø Contract starting on (date): December 2008
Ø Place of work: Kolkata, Jamshedpur, Pune and any other place as recommended by the Archery Association of India
Ø Salary: USD 3,000.00 (US Dollar Three Thousand) per month to USD 5,000.00 (US Dollar Five Thousand) depending on the experience and qualification of the coach concerned
Ø Free Accommodation
Ø Air Fare from place of origin to India two times in twelve months
Ø Medical Insurance during entire tenure of stay
Ø One month leave with pay in every twelve months

Contact, information and application to:
President:
VIJAY KUMAR MALHOTRA M.P.
6, Dr. Bishamber Dass Marg
New Delhi-110 001 (India)
Phone: +91 (11) 2410 2527, 2371 5051, 2371 5070
Fax: + 91 (11) 2371 5045
Email: archery_association_india@yahoo.com
Website: www.archeryassociationofindia.org
Secretary General:
PARESH NATH MUKHERJEE
DN-38, Sector-V, Salt Lake
Kolkata-700 091 (India)
Phone: + 91 (33) 2367 2920, 2367 0734
Fax: + 91 (33) 2367 0374
Email: sreerupa@cal2.vsnl.net.in


Application Deadline: 15 November 2008
Advert in PDF format
Paresh Nath Mukherjee
Secretary General
Archery Association of India


- Source : FITA ( http://www.archery.org )

Surprise City Council backs off of city bow-and-arrow ban

by Tony Lombardo - Sept. 27, 2008 07:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

The Surprise City Council on Thursday exempted bows and arrows from a list of weapons banned inside city limits.
The decision came after the council heard passionate pleas from archers, including an athlete who competed in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games.
On Sept. 11, the council voted unanimously on a first reading to add bows and arrows, crossbows and blowguns to the list.
Weaponson the list include firearms, BB and pellet guns, dart guns and slingshots.
But Thursday, the council agreed 6-0 to exclude bows and arrows. Mayor Lyn Truitt was absent.
City officials will work with archers to reach a compromise that won't prohibit archery but will still increase public safety.
Meanwhile, banning crossbows and blowguns requires one more reading, likely to take place at the council's first meeting in October meeting.
The Surprise Police Department sought the ban because of safety concerns.
Surprise Police Chief Daniel Hughes said he is open to discussion about the ban.
Hughes said the ban was never intended to hinder sportsmen, but rather inexperienced or irresponsible shooters that pose a threat to themselves or their neighbors.
"It's always been about public safety," Hughes said.
He said the city ordinance's language concerning the discharge of weapons is too vague. Officers responding to situations involving bows and arrows are sometimes unsure how to respond because they are not explicitly listed in a weapons ban, Hughes said.
The ban amendment appeared on its way to passage Thursday until several archers spoke out at the City Council meeting, expressing alternative views.
Surprise resident Eric Bennett, 34, is an avid archer and competed this month in the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Bennett said a ban would prohibit him from practicing for future tournaments, as well as his mission to teach youth.
"Archery is an Olympic sport that allows athletes, young and old, an opportunity to compete and be active," he said.
Kari Granville, a board member of the Arizona State Archery Association, told Council members they could write a policy to deter misuse but at the same time foster archery as a sport. Council appeared receptive to the idea.
Pat Crouch, a field supervisor with Arizona Game and Fish, also pleaded with Council to wait on a ban. Crouch was fearful a broad ban would impact his department's wildlife management, including hunters' abilities to use the rural areas of Surprise.
Before the meeting, Councilman John Longabaugh favored banning bows and arrows, but he changed his mind after hearing their remarks.
"The archery community made a very good case," he said.

- Source Title : http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/09/26/20080926gl-nwvcouncil0927cover.html

İstanbul’s Athletic Heritage

İstanbul’s athletic heritage

Before Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's political and social reforms and the rise of amateur sports in Turkey, athletics in İstanbul went hand-in-hand with military training.
Archery, wrestling and equestrian games, not to mention gladiator contests, sharpened skills required for battle. Covering two millennia, İstanbul's sports history is closely linked not only with the arts of war but also with politics and the choices rulers make about urban design.
Before the official adoption of Christianity, gladiator contests attracted crowds of spectators both in Byzantium and throughout the Roman Empire. In A.D. 326, Constantine banned gladiator contests, which usually resulted in the death of one of the combatants, and chariot races became the most popular spectator sport for Constantinople's elite and masses alike. Other sports allowed by the church included boxing, wrestling and track and field (running, jumping and disc throwing). Equestrian sports like polo, imported from Persia, and European-style chivalric jousting were also popular in Byzantine times, as was hunting.
Situated between the Hagia Sophia and the palace, the Hippodrome was the place where the emperor and the masses converged for sporting events and other public ceremonies. It measured 117 x 440 meters and is thought to have held 100,000 people. Construction of the Hippodrome, modeled on the Circus Maximus in Rome, began in A.D. 196, during the reign of Septimus Severus, and was completed during the reign of Constantine I (324-337). In 1261, when the emperor moved to the Blachernae Palace (in present-day Ayvansaray), most sporting activities moved as well, leaving the Hippodrome with only jousting and horse racing.
In 1609 the remains of the Hippodrome were cleared to make room for the Sultanahmet Mosque and all that remains today are three monuments, including the Egyptian obelisk, which adorned the spina in the middle of the race course.
The Ottomans referred to the Hippodrome as "The Horse Field" (At Meydanı) and used it for horse races and jereed (cirit) contests. Jereed is an ancient Turkic sport with origins in Central Asia. Individuals from opposing teams pursue one another in turns, the pursuer throwing a blunt javelin at his opponent. The fact that the game occasionally resulted in death may have influenced Mahmut II's decision to ban the game in 1826, but it continued to be popular in the provinces.
The main sporting facility in Ottoman İstanbul was Okmeydanı, which covered nearly 300 acres on the far side of the Golden Horn. Fatih Sultan Mehmet (1451-1481) designated this land as the city's "archery field" soon after the conquest. Beyazıt II (1481-1512) established a training facility there, Okçular Tekkesi (the archers' "lodge"), where talented archers and their coaches were fed and trained. Coaches and the captain (şeyh) of the archers lived at the lodge. To become a licensed member of this elite society, a bowman had to shoot an arrow at least 594 meters. Wrestling, running and equestrian games like jereed and polo also took place at Okmeydanı.
For 500 years, until the founding of the republic, Okmeydanı was strictly protected. Gecekondus began appearing in the 1950s and Okmeydanı has now become a densely populated neighborhood cut by major highways. It is a difficult place to walk, run or ride a bike and shooting arrows would probably result in police arrest. However, the İstanbul Ansiklopedisi indicates that 55 of an original 132 ok abidesi (stone pillars set up as monuments to the achievements of champion archers) can still be found in various parts of the neighborhood.
While archery training and contests were centered at Okmeydanı, oil wrestlers competed on a number of fields in and around the city. In addition to Okmeydanı, there were wrestling fields near the Theodosian Walls, next to the Süleymaniye Camii, in Kadırga and in Kağıthane. Contests between oil wrestlers also took place at the Topkapı Palace and, in the 19th century, at the Ayazağa summer palace in Maslak.
Oil wrestlers trained in İstanbul's wrestling lodges (pehlivan tekkeleri), of which there were several. The most famous of these, the Demir tekkeleri, were founded during the reign of Fatih Mehmet in the 15th century. In the 19th century the fates of wrestlers began to rise and fall according to the tastes and policies of successive rulers. In 1826, wrestling lodges were closed along with the Bektâşi lodges when Mahmut II disbanded the Janissaries. Mahmut II, however, continued to support some wrestlers and held matches at the palace.
Abdülaziz (1861-1876) included the best wrestlers in his entourage and had promising young athletes sent to the capital for training at a facility in İhlamur. Once Abdülaziz was removed from power, his wrestlers were sent away, some finding opportunities in villages like Maltepe, Beykoz and Dudullu and others traveling farther to earn their keep.
Wrestlers and wrestling returned to İstanbul after Abdülhamit II (1876-1909) was dethroned, and in 1911, a tent was set up in the Talimhane Square in Taksim for wrestling matches that continued throughout the month of Ramadan. Similarly, after declining in prestige and popularity due to the introduction of firearms, archery did not reappear until Atatürk reintroduced the sport in 1937.
Throughout history, sports have been linked with military training. Even today many Turkish men associate running, for example, with their military service. While private fitness centers and voluntary sports associations are on the rise in İstanbul, the city's sports culture still depends heavily on local and national politics, and inadequate urban planning restricts its development.
Note: most of the articles consulted for this piece were written by Cem Atabeyoğlu and appear in İstanbul Ansiklopedisi.
*John Crofoot is a runner and freelance writer in İstanbul.
24 September 2008, Wednesday
JOHN CROFOOT *

- Source : http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=154072&bolum=132

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ARCHERY IN PARALYMPIC - Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games September 6-17, 2008

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Bamboo Bows and Accessories Manufacturing

Bamboo Bows and Accessories Manufacturing

Opened on 4 August 2008 in the presence of the Minister of Sports Secretary General and the
Cameroon Archery Federation (FECATIR) President, this manufacturing seminar allowed training
about twenty carpenters.
From 7 August, it also offered the opportunity to try their hand at archery to the biggest number
of Cameroonians who had come to discover this sport. On 9 August, the training of the volunteers
begun for the function of presenter. At the end of the training, the best presenters were rewarded.
This seminar was the object of a big campaign of media coverage at the level of all national press
(see : www.lejourquotidien.net ).

- Source : FITA INFO August 2008