Indoor archery shoot draws all kinds
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This article was published 06/01/2020 (2121 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Brandon Wildlife Association helped competitive archers shake off the holiday cobwebs on Sunday through their annual Indoor 3D Archery Shoot, which took place inside the Keystone Centre’s Manitoba Room.
This year’s competition featured more than 100 different sharpshooters, some of whom spent the entire morning and afternoon taking aim at the variety of stationary animal targets.
Organizers made sure to incorporate varying distances and types of foliage to add to the range’s complexity. One station even required competitors to pick off their targets while riding atop a mechanical horse.
Brandon Wildlife Association archery inscructor Scott Holman said this event, which has been running in Brandon for at least 15 years, primarily serves as a springboard for other upcoming competitions and gives each participant the opportunity to hone their skills.
“The guys who are really competitive, they compile their scores throughout the year and when they go to their provincials, nationals, that’s where those scores add up,” he said. “So the better you do at each of these individual shoots, the higher up the ladder you go.”
Sunday’s event also featured plenty of competitors who were just aiming for self-improvement in general, including the members of All Nations Archery, a team from Peepeekisis Cree Nation, Sask.
Member Matthew Bird said their club has only existed for three years, and that they’re looking for new development opportunities now that the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) are coming up in July.
“Two of the guys from our club are coaches and we have a lot of kids trying out,” he said. “About four of them here are actually going to Halifax this summer for NAIG, so we’re trying to give them as much practice as we can.”
One of the youngest competitors from Sunday’s shoot was six-year-old Ember Frigon from Regina, who dazzled onlookers with her poise and accuracy.
Ember’s father James said she started shooting at four years old, and is averaging roughly 12 competitions a year, including last year’s Canadian Archery Nationals Indoor 3D Championships that took place in Brandon.
“I think maybe the next step is putting her in a Junior Olympic program and just continue shooting and getting better,” he said.
However, some archers where just there for pure recreation, like Eugene Neiman from Dauphin, who told the Sun he has never taken part in this indoor 3D shoot before.
“Outside is fun, but I’ve heard there’s always a lot of fun speciality targets at the indoor shoots … and this one didn’t disappoint,” he said.
The results for this year’s Indoor 3D Archery Shoot in Brandon will be posted on Archery Manitoba’s website later this week.
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