Olympic Qualification Tournament for Europe: Places Awarded!

Vittel, France – 15 May 2008

Tears of joy and sheer frustration were shed on Thursday 15 May at the Continental Qualification Tournament for the Beijing Olympic. This event was held during the European Championships in Vittel, France.

Recurve Women

women had their chance to secure an Olympic spot for their country. The tension was on, as only the top 3 could win a ticket to Beijing 2008. These spots are on top of the ones won at the World Championships 2007 in Leipzig, Germany.


All athletes surpassed themselves, but in the end only three happy faces stepped onto the podium: Zekiye Keskin Satir (TUR) photo won Gold, while Sabrina Struyf (BEL) and Evangelia Psarra (GRE) took Silver and Bronze respectively.

Recurve Men

In the afternoon it was the men’s turn to be in a token appearance and try to qualify for the Games. Everyone was aware of what was at stake, which made it a very exciting competition not only for the athletes but for the crowd as well. Everyone was cheering for their favourite.

The three Frenchmen were in the running for Olympic tickets. However, in the end only home crowd favourite Romain Girouille photo prevailed taking the win and securing his spot for Beijing. Andrey Abramov from Russia took the second Olympic spot and Ron van der Hoff from the Netherlands took the third place.
For the complete results, please go to http://www.arc-vittel2008.com/.
Photos of the 6 qualified athletes
Current List of Olympic Quota Places

Dean Alberga
FITA Communication

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Archery For Relaxation And Sport

Archery is still a very popular sport with sportsmen. In fact contrary to what you might have thought the number of people taking up archery is actually growing each year. So why not learn the basics of archery? You never know you might just enjoy it!
So why is archery growing? Well most of us lead these busy hectic lives and escaping from that daily routine can often be found in taking up a sport or a pastime. Many have found just that relaxation in archery. There’s something about a bow and arrow that feels so primitive, so basic and fundamental, that it seems to drain the stress away from us.
Now many people enjoy hunting as well so they use a bow for hunting especially during deer season. But others have no interest in hunting and so they use their newly found skills in all kinds of target shoots or competitions that are held by Archery clubs.
It’s always important to choose the correct equipment. There are three types of bows to choose from, the compound bow, the cross bow, and the recurve bow.
The compound bow is the most popular because it is easier to handle, creates less arm fatigue, and it shoots much faster. The faster an arrow is during its flight the flatter its trajectory will be which leaves more room for error when you are judging the distance. There are many different compound bows available.
The recurve bow has been making a come back in recent years. The cross bow which is a cross between a rifle and a bow is actually banned in many states so check with your local officials before purchasing a crossbow.
Which ever type of bow you choose you will need to consider the weight of it. You should always choose a draw weight that you are comfortable with. The higher the draw weight the faster the arrow but the hard the bow is to handle.
You will also need to determine your individual draw length. To determine your personal draw length stand at a right angle to your wall, then place your knuckles on that wall. Now have someone measure the distance from the wall to the corner of your mouth. This will give you your draw length.
When you are ready to try shooting your bow and arrow you must first get your stance correct. You should stand perpendicular to your target with your feet a shoulder length apart straddling the shoot line. Use the balls of your feet to balance yourself, then stand tall but not stiffly with your knees slightly relaxed.
Now you need to pace the arrow nock onto the bowstring. The index feathers should point away from the bow. Lay the arrow on the arrow rest then snap the nock onto the bowstring.
If you grasp the bow exactly the same each time you will guarantee yourself a consistent draw which will help your accuracy. After the bow hand has been set you take the string in the first joint of the first 3 fingers of your shooting hand. Then raise the bow toward your target. Now lock your bow arm into position then push with the shoulder of your bow arm while pulling with the shoulder of your draw arm until the bowstring touches your nose. Aim carefully then release and follow through by continuing to pull your draw hand along the base of your neck.
That’s it. It may sound complicated on paper but the entire process is really not that difficult once you get the hang of it. You might want to consider taking a couple of archery lessons at a local club to get you started.
Archery is a relaxing sport and pastime so if you’re looking to try something new why not consider archery?
Deon Melchior is the Editor and Publisher of Article Click. For more FREE articles for your ezine and websites visit ArticleClick.com. Article Click is a free content article directory. This means that as a publisher you may reprint the articles that are included in our site, as long as the article is unedited and the author box is included with it's live hyperlinks.

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40 Years of Compound Design: The Changes I Have Seen

40 Years of Compound Designs: The Changes I Have Seen
Oh the changes I have seen in the compound bow!-From when I first started designing and shooting them in the early 70’s-until now. During those first years of selling the four wheeled compound, the market was limited, four wheelers were the only design available. At Martin we worked on the Kam Act and the one cam Dynabo around 1974. By 1976 the two wheel models were released and they soon took the market from the four wheel designs. The single cam Dynabo continued to sell into the middle 80’s.
One of the problems facing all bows at that time was string and cable stretch. The stretching was less of a problem for the four wheel bows than it was for the all string Dynabo. All string meant more stretching. Airline cables were used for the bus cables on standard compounds and this meant less string stretch for cabled bows. Around 1990 improved bowstring technology nearly eliminated any problems with string stretch.
Once the two wheel bows were perfected in the late 1970’s the four wheel models started to disappear. By the early 90’s the market was ready for some new ideas. In 1992 Matt McPherson started Mathews and reintroduced the one cam design. McPherson promoted his “Solocam” idea heavily via magazines and paid shooter programs. This highly effective advertising caused the single cam system to take over the market. The demand for one cam bows was driving the majority of bow sales-until recently. Even though the single cam was not as fast as a two cam bow, the promotional claim of “no tuning needed” created great deal of sales.
By 1998 Hoyt reintroduced and promoted 1 ½ or hybrid cam system designed by Darton. We now have several manufacturers making a move towards hybrid dual cam designs. Dual cam bows are faster and because of improved string material the tuning problems are minimal. What will the future bring? I can assure you that us bow designers are working on lots of fun new toys. I feel that the hybrid dual cam systems will continue to take over more of the market. Our bow sales definitely show this to be true.-Terry Martin

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Youth World Championships go to Turkey!

Youth World Championships go to Turkey!

Lausanne – 4 March 2008

The next FITA Youth World Championships will be held in Antalya, Turkey, from the 6 – 11 October 2008.

After the decision by Council to withdraw the event from India, the bid was opened and four member associations have shown interest to host the event. These four were Namibia, Poland, Mexico and Turkey. After an evaluation the Executive Committee forwarded the recommendation to FITA Council to award the event to Antalya, Turkey. FITA Council approved this recommendation.

Turkey was Cadet Team World Champion in Merida 2006
The event will be held on a field part of the beautiful Kamelya hotel complex in the Manavgat touristy area, and not on the regular Antalya World Cup field, since this one would be too small to accommodate the archers entered for such an event. However the experienced team organizing the event will be the same, which was important knowing the short time to prepare for the event.

This will be the last time the Youth World Championships will be held in even years. For the 2009 edition, qualifier for the next Youth Olympic Games, an announcement will be made in the next two weeks.

Tom Dielen
FITA Secretary General

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Looking for medal glory in Turin
Lausanne – 4 March 2008

A great 33 countries will compete in the European and Mediterranean Indoor Archery Championship that is held in Turin this week. Most of them truly hope for medal glory in a venue of the Olympic Games.

Italian Recurve Men Team in Izmir 2007
In Recurve Men, the favourites include current Indoor World Champion Rohrberg (GER), Bekker (UKR), Van Alten (NED), Dobrowolski (POL), Peart and Needham (GBR), Tavernier (FRA), Pavlov and Hirstov (BUL). Italy is the current Team Indoor World Champion in this category and will play Olympic gold medallist Galiazzo together with Tonelli and Nespoli.

In Recurve Women, the strongest trio is probably Mospinek, Cwienczek and Marcinkiewicz from Poland. They will take on last year raising star Edyniyeva (RUS), Marcen (SLO), Marusava (BLR), Burgess and Folkard (GBR), Oktem (TUR), Palekha and Dorokhova (UKR). Italy will also have a strong team in this category with World Champion Valeeva as well as Tonetta and Lionetti.

In Compound Men, there are a bunch of previous world medallists such as Damsbo (DEN), Custers and Elzinga (NED), Boe (NOR), Sitar (SLO), Hofer (SUI) and one of the best careers in archery, Lundin (SWE). The best hope for Italy is the recent winner in Nîmes, Pagni (ITA).

On the women’s side, we will put our attention on FITA Round world record holder Willems (BEL), recent Las Vegas winner Simpson (GBR) and teammate Hunt, the famous Goncharova and Loginova (RUS), Ioannou (GRE), Buden and Zorman (CRO). They will take on the Indoor and Outdoor World Champion in 2007, the Italian Salvi!

There are also Junior competitions in all these categories, in which double Junior World Champion Anastasio (ITA) will compete.

The Archery venue for this event is located inside the Palace “Oval Lingotto”, built and used for the competitions of Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games. It will include a qualification field, a training field and a special field for the finals, as well as a very large area for spectators.

More information can be found on the official website of the 2008 European Indoor Archery Championship: http://www.torino2008.eu/.

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S. Korean Coach for Iraq's Archery Teams

S. Korean coach for Iraq's archery teams
-The Iraqi Archery Federation will start official negotiations by mid-March with its South Korea's federation to contract a coach for the national teams."The coach will be responsible for Iraqi teams of both males and females to prepare them for numerous coming competitions that will take place this year," Kareem Hamad, the Secretary General of the Iraqi Archery Federation, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI), adding "the S. Korean game expert, Mon, who trained the Iraqi archery team last year, will visit Sulaimaniya province in the Iraqi Kurd people region next week to coordinate between the two federations in this respect."
According to Hamad, "Iraq's archery federation has allocated a monthly salary of 5,000 U.S. dollar for the new coach that will get a contract of one year to train Iraqi archery teams."
The Iraqi Archery Federation was established in 1984.

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Ten National Archery Records Set For India

Ten National records set
Special Correspondent

JAMSHEDPUR: It rained records at the JRD Tata Sports Complex here during the 28th senior National archery championship. As many as 10 National records were set on a day that was marred by intermittent rain.

Jayanta Talukdar, the highest-ranked Indian man in the world at 26, upstaged the individual overall FITA round record by accumulating 1,354 points. Kh. Ratan Kumar of Services also produced a new mark totalling 1,357 in the compound bow section.
There were four more individual records. Dola Banerjee’s 331 in the 50m bested her own mark of 328 set at Ernakulam in 2005. Bhegyabati Chanu’s 338 in the women’s compound 70m was better than Jhanu Hansdah’s 334 set at Kolkata in 2006.
S. Basanta of Manipur scored 329 points in the 50m of Indian round. This bettered 326 by Th. Sanatamba Singh of Manipur set at Vijayawada last year. Pratibha Boro too established a record in the women’s 30m with a total of 332. The previous record was 322 by L. Gitanjali Devi of Manipur set last year.Finalists
All the finalists have been identified in the Olympic round individual round in women’s recurve, men’s and women’s compound and in Indian rounds. Dola Banerjee and L. Bombayla Devi would contest for the women’s recurve gold medal while Jharkhand teammates Namita Yadav and Niva Kerketta would fight for the women’s compound gold.
Santosh Tamang of Services and Vikash Sherawat of Delhi moved into the final of the men’s compound individual section. The surprise of the day was the elimination of reigning queen of women’s compound in the country, Jhanu Hansdah, and the second best archer Bhegyabati Chanu. National champion Jhanu lost to Statemate Sumanlata Murmu in the pre-quarterfinals at 111-112 while Bhegyabati lost to Shreya Sen of Manipur in the quarterfinals at 104-106.
The men’s individual Olympic round and team Olympic rounds and other individual finals would be held on Thursday.
The results: Recurve, men: 50m: 1. Jayanta Talukdar (SP) 336 points; 2. K. Ngama Kom (Mani) 334 (16); 3. Priyank (UP) 334 (15). 30m: 1. Talukdar 353 (29,15); 2. Priyank 353 (29,12); 3. Rahul Banerjee (SP) 352.
Overall: 1. Talukdar 1354 (NR, previous 1350 by Talukdar, Kolkata, 06); 2. Priyank 1353; 3. Mangal Singh Champia (Rlys) 1341. FITA team: 1. Steel Plant 3998 (NR, previous 3961 by Jharkhand, Kolkata, 06); 2. Services 3937; 3. UP 3885. Women, FITA team: 1. Railways 3949 (NR, previous UP 3908, Kolkata, 06); 2. Steel Plant 3867; 3. Jharkhand 3755. Compound, men: 30m: 1. Kh. Ratan Kumar (Ser) 357; 2. Jayanti Lal (Raj) 355 (32); 3. Chungda Sherpa (Ser) 355 (31, 16). Overall: 1. Kh. Ratan Kumar (Ser) 1357 (87) (NR, pre-1353 by Naresh Damor, Kolkata, 06); 2. Chungda Sherpa 1357 (80); 3. Babban Kumar (MP) 1349. Team: 1. Services 4056 (NR, previous 3966 by Jharkhand, Kolkata, 06); 2. MP 4030; 3. AP 3955. Women, 50m: 1. Sweety Kumari (MP) 339; 2. Jhanu Hansdah (Jhar) 338; 3. Virushali Gorle (Mah) 334. 30m: 1. Manjudha Soy (Del) 352; 2. Niva Kerketta (Jhar) 350; 3. Bhegyabati Chanu 347. Overall: 1. Jhanu Hansdah 1348; 2. Bhegyabati 1344; 3. Renu Munda (MP) 1329. Indian round, men’s team: 1. Manipur 1927 (NR, pre-1918 by Services, Jamshedpur, 06); 2. Services 1913; 3. MP 1909.
- Article Source : http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/31/stories/2008013155171900.htm

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