Posted on 03/23/2005 10:09:46 AM PST by SvdByFaith
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The 8th FITA World Indoor Archery Championships will begin one week from today in Aalborg, Denmark. The tournament will run March 23-27 for both recurve and compound senior and junior men and women.
This competition is expected to be the largest Indoor Archery Event in FITA’s (the International Archery Federation) history with almost 400 competitors competing from approximately 50 countries around the world. The U.S., France, Italy and Sweden are expected to be the four largest delegations competing at the event with more than 20 athletes each.
The U.S. is sending a team of 24 athletes, which were selected in January at the World Indoor Trials...
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He is very excited, a little nervous, and is meeting so many people.He called home to ask about Terri (Schiavo) and wants to know what the courts are doing. He said she is in his prayers, even from around the world.
Please keep the US team in your prayers this week.
How exciting!!! I am so glad for you and your family. I will keep them in my prayers and look forward to hearing how the competition goes. Good luck to all involved.
Thank you! We are VERY excited!
You should be excited. Thats quite a feat. Congratulations to you, your son and family.
I'd heard somewhere along the line that Geena Davis, the actress is a world class Archer. Do you know anything about this?
Prayers for Terri. She's always on my mind.
Good luck to him! Please ping me with results!
All the best!
Thank you! His dad and I are going crazy because we aren't there!!! He's worked very hard for this. The qualification round starts at 2am our time and will last until 5am. He's a little worried because he's having equiptment problems already and he woke up with a stomach ache from nerves this a.m.
I have heard about Geena Davis being a competitive archer also, but I've not read up on it.
Our entire family is into archery, but only two of our children compete. My son is aiming for the 2008 Olympics.
I will ping you Fierce Allegiance, but I am new at this. You will have to tell me how to do it?
You have already pinged me. Just make sure my name is in the to box above the box you type your message in. You can use this thread or create another with results.
I can certainly understand the nerves thing, I felt like I was going to puke the whole time between the time I qualified and the time I actually got to the gate for my first Pro BMX race.
Best luck to the boy!!!!
Day 1 results: He was number 12 after round one, but fell off due to a miss in the second round. He is 24th. They will now have a round robin match to determine who stays and who goes. Is there a way to post a photo on here?
http://www.archery-fita.org/2005/wiac_aalborg_2005/rjm_qualification.htm
Results Qualification
Recurve Junior Men
Rk Name Country 18m_ 18m _Total _Arrows
1 DZHULA, Volodymyr UKRAINE 289 295 584 60
2 DOBRZYNSKI, Jacek POLAND 293 289 582 60
3 DECKER, Gilles LUXEMBOURG 290 289 579 60
4 NIKOLAEV, Alexey RUSSIAN FED. 287 289 576 60
5 ANDREAS, Milan CZECH REPUBLIC 286 288 574 60
6 NESPOLI, Mauro ITALY 287 283 570 60
7 SCHULLER, Daniel UNITED STATES 285 285 570 60
8 MUELLER, Kai GERMANY 282 288 570 60
9 GOMEZ, Andres SPAIN 285 284 569 60
10 HARTMANN, Daniel GERMANY 285 284 569 60
11 VASILEVSCHI, Alexandru MOLDOVA REP. 283 286 569 60
12 YILDIZ, Ogun TURKEY 286 282 568 60
13 SENYK, Martyn UKRAINE 278 289 567 60
14 DOBRYAKOV, Anton RUSSIAN FED. 281 284 565 60
15 NEUSIUS, Bastian GERMANY 279 284 563 60
16 TACCA, Davide ITALY 279 283 562 60
17 MURMANN, Taj DENMARK 278 283 561 60
18 TEDFORD, Aaron UNITED STATES 271 289 560 60
19 BORODIN, Alexey RUSSIAN FED. 279 281 560 60
20 KOLAY, Tayfun TURKEY 280 279 559 60
21 DREVJANY, Jan CZECH REPUBLIC 274 284 558 60
22 LIE, Jesper DENMARK 274 283 557 60
23 UZUN, Ugur TURKEY 281 275 556 60
24 ANDERSON, Joshua UNITED STATES 282 273 555 60
25 HAVELKO, Yuriy UKRAINE 274 280 554 60
26 KOVAC, Marko CROATIA 274 280 554 60
27 WEIKOP, Nicolas DENMARK 281 273 554 60
28 FIDERSEK, Matej SLOVENIA 276 274 550 60
29 HENCKELS, Jerry LUXEMBOURG 275 273 548 60
30 GLESENER, Daniel LUXEMBOURG 270 272 542 60
31 TAPPER, Martin SWEDEN 267 270 537 60
32 MOCCIA, Tommaso ITALY 263 268 531 60
That's a great accomplishment!
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OK, that's a start, let's see if it will work!
YOU DID IT! That makes me happy with my teaching ability!
That has to be damn hard to shoot at that level in a setup like that. Those are some small targets, too. Not like I remember from summer camp.
Is his dad military? Good upbringing, clearly.
Thank you so much for the help! They are small targets and they're 18 meters away!!! I can't hit them. I just shoot fish! LOL!
I like helping others learn. Someone did it for me. Paying it forward, or however the phrase goes.
If you click on my name for my about page, there is a pic of my twins before they went bow hunting for turkey up at my brother in laws place in Vermont. Of course they make so much noise the turkey are gone, which is just as well, but they like it just the same.
Is his dad military? Good upbringing, clearly.
No, but he was a police officer for seven years. We homeschool our children, so we're not constantly having to battle against the same things other parent are battling. The young man who placed 3rd, Aaron Tedford, is also a homeschooler.
I have to say...that pic of you doing "light" housework cracked me up!!!!!!!!!!!!! I called my husband in here and said, "Honey, you know how I have a hard time getting you to change a lightbulb?" and then showed him the picture. We both laughed so hard and I nearly fell out of my chair.
Ok...this is where we're at: My son ended up 21rst in the World. His teammates took 3rd and 6th for the US.
Individual
8th Archery World Indoor Championship Olympic Round
23rd - 27th March 2005, Aalborg / DEN
Recurve Junior Men
Rk. Name Nation Quali. 1/16 1/8 1/4 1/2 Final
1 GOMEZ, Andres ESP 569 174 174 114 114 115
2 DOBRYAKOV, Anton RUS 565 169 170 116 114 109
3 TEDFORD, Aaron USA 560 170 174 116 108 115
4 ANDREAS, Milan CZE 574 175 178 116 112 110
5 NESPOLI, Mauro ITA 570 171 174 116
6 SCHULLER, Daniel USA 570 170 172 115
7 DZHULA, Volodymyr UKR 584 171 172 112
8 NIKOLAEV, Alexey RUS 576 170 171 112
9 YILDIZ, Ogun TUR 568 173 173
10 SENYK, Martyn UKR 567 171 171
11 HAVELKO, Yuriy UKR 554 173 170
12 VASILEVSCHI, Alexandru MDA 569 175 169
13 DECKER, Gilles LUX 579 170 168
14 DOBRZYNSKI, Jacek POL 582 174 167
15 MURMANN, Taj DEN 561 164 166
16 UZUN, Ugur TUR 556 167 164
17 MUELLER, Kai GER 570 170
18 DREVJANY, Jan CZE 558 169
19 FIDERSEK, Matej SLO 550 169
20 HENCKELS, Jerry LUX 548 169
21 ANDERSON, Joshua USA 555 168
22 BORODIN, Alexey RUS 560 168
23 WEIKOP, Nicolas DEN 554 168
24 NEUSIUS, Bastian GER 563 167
25 LIE, Jesper DEN 557 167
26 MOCCIA, Tommaso ITA 531 166
27 HARTMANN, Daniel GER 569 163
28 TACCA, Davide ITA 562 161
29 KOVAC, Marko CRO 554 159
30 KOLAY, Tayfun TUR 559 159
31 TAPPER, Martin SWE 537 159
32 GLESENER, Daniel LUX 542 156
For the Junior Recurve division, the US team is in 4th place and will be competing again tomorrow for final placing. Yesterday they came within 3 points of setting a new world record.
That is a great picture with your girls in camo! I know what you mean about the talking. It's SO hard for us girls to NOT talk. LOL!
The Junior US recurve team made it all the way to the finals, but tied with Germany. They had a shoot-off and Germany won 21/17 because our third team member didn't have time left to shoot. He could have hit anywhere on the target and we would have won. My son is so distraught that he took too long to shoot.
He also reported that the spectators and other countries bood and hissed, banged pan lids, smacked cracker things together, etc....to throw them off in their shooting. They are not used to that. Here in the US, we get VERY quiet when someone is shooting, even from the other team, so they have the best chance possible. It's supposed to be a gentleman's sport. I guess I will have to help him get ready for the Olympics by standing behind him with pots and pans, pounding them together and shouting boo. Sad.
A hearty congrats to your son & his teammates for a job well done under adverse conditions!
You clearly have mastered posting the piucs!
I would love to hear about any future tournaments, please keep me in mind!
Congratulations to your son and his team.
Too bad about the unsportsman like conduct from the other countries. Something to train/plan for next time.
Thank you! My son said that the US team also participated in the hoorahs. Others have said that they were cheering for their own teams so, I'm not quite sure what happened. There was no hostility though, and many new friendships were formed!
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