[Events] UL Archery Club Aims for a New Record

Wed Apr 7 09:50:46 IST 2010

Hi all,

With the current UL Archery team shooting just 25 points off the highest
team score ever shot for UL, of 2525 points, at the previous IV and two
National Champions on our squad this weekends InterVarsity is looking to
be something special indeed. 

UL Archery would like to invite you all to come down to the Main Hall of
the P.E.S.S. Building on Saturday the 10th of April to witness the
2009/2010 InterVarsity Finals. UL Archery is holding second place in the
ISAA Leagues this year and with a lead of only 3 points out of 11758
over UCD everything rests on the final competition of the year. The
shoot will be open to the public from 10.30am until 4.00pm and all are
welcome to attend.

If you would like to see what UL Archery has been getting up to over the
past few weeks please read the article attached below. If you like what
you see at the IV, or like the sound of what we get up to we are holding
a recruitment drive in June for staff, alumni, postgraduates and
externals. UL Archery continue training throughout the summer months so
if you would like to join our beginners course please email 
ularchery at gmail.com, check out www.ulac.tk or contact myself.

With thanks,

Margaret Carey,

Vice President - ULAC 

 UL Archery Aim for a New Record

Oh holy Jeebus! UL Archery has just survived the most intense nine days
of archery that any team from UL has ever seen. With four competitions
over nine days, ranging from Carlow to Galway, National and Collegial,
podium finishes at every shoot, a National Junior Compound Champion and
new Personal Bests being shot at every shoot, it has been intense to say
the least, not to mention the Shoot for Haiti fundraiser held on the
lawns of the White House in between competitions.

IT Carlow's InterVarsity, held on February 27th, saw a team of 8 archers
bring home 7 medals, our five top archers brought home 3rd place team,
Craig Tyner brought home 2nd place in the Advanced Barebow category, and
Phil Ryan took 1st place in the Advanced Recurve category with a new
Personal Best score of 529 (from a possible 600). The following day saw
4 of our best shooters take on Irelands' senior archers at the Dolmen
Archer's shoot and succeed in bringing home 1st and 2nd place medals for
Rory Thornburgh and Steffan Ashe in the Over 550 Category.

The following week was the Big Weekend in Irish Archery. March 6th and
7th saw the GMIT InterVarsity and the Irish Nationals being shot back to
back. With a Record Team score of 2500 for this season, and only 25
points short of the Club record score shot back in 2002, UL Archery took
3rd place by the narrowest of margins. With an equal score as the UCD
team the decision for 2nd place went to the number of tens shot by each
team - UL with 62 and UCD with 63. Chris Noonan brought home 1st place
in the Beginner Recurve section with a score of 485, an amazing feat for
his first competition as a recurve shooter. Craig Tyner can always be
counted on for a podium finish in his category and didn't disappoint on
this occasion with a 2nd place score to bring our medal tally up to 7 on
the day. In total, out of 12 shooters who competed on the day, 7 new
Personal Bests were set. With our archers in top form and with a hunger
for more medals they set out for the Irish Nationals on Sunday March
7th.  

UL Archery, with nine competitors, was one of the largest teams
competing at the Irish Nationals. The competition format was a 60 arrow
qualifier in the morning followed by 12 arrow Head2Head shoot offs. With
a new Personal Best of 529, Steffan Ashe qualified first in his category
with Phil Ryan hot on his tail in second place. Also competing on the
day was Rory Thornburgh, Cian O'Sullivan, Dave Cunningham, Michael
Curtin, Alan Jeffs, Donna McKenny, and Niall Boland. As the Head2Heads
got underway the atmosphere began to get tense. Donna McKenny put up an
amazing fight and made it to the quarter finals only to be knocked out
by Irelands #2 female shooter, Maeve Reidy. Steffan Ashe and Phil Ryan
made it to the Junior Recurve Semi Finals without suffering any
casualties but the pressure of the Head2Head format became too much and
unfortunately Steffan lost his match by a narrow margin and was pushed
into the Bronze Match shoot off, which he won with ease. Phil Ryan
however was still shooting up a storm and made it to the Finals,
securing us a second place finish for UL Archery; but the icing on the
cake came from Niall Boland, the 2010 National Junior Compound Champion.
With new Personal Best scores being shot at every competition he enters,
Niall is becoming the one to watch in Junior Compound in Ireland. Along
with Craig, the 2010 National Barebow Champion, UL is becoming one of
the strongest archery clubs in Ireland at the moment.

In between both of these hectic weekends UL Archery still found the time
to set up a Shoot for Haiti fundraiser with an outdoor range on the
lawns of the White House. With shooting demonstrations going on all
afternoon and a 'Have a Go' stand set up for members of the public to
try their hand at some shooting it was wonderful stress relief and some
fun for all involved. We would like to thank Jurys Inn for sponsoring
the 'Have a Go' prize of 2 nights B&B in any Jurys Inn. This prize was
for the highest score from 3 arrows by a member of the public and went
to Aiden Casey with a score of 28 from a possible 30.  

Nine days, four competitions, 19 medals, 12 Personal Best scores,
another National Champion for UL Archery, a fundraiser and Steffan Ashe
being scouted for the National Squad after his phenomenal shooting at
the Irish Nationals, and the Irish Student Archery Association
InterVarsity Finals being held here in UL on the 10th of April, the
question on every UL Archer's lips is 'Will we set a new team record
score, will we bring home a podium finish in the ISAA Leagues, and is
our trophy cabinet big enough for all these medals and plaques?'.

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