Archery

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has awarded grants to 51 schools that will enable them to purchase archery equipment at reduced prices for use in physical education classes. This is part of Minnesota's National Archery in the Schools Program.
Read more about Archery Grants at ecmpostreview.com.

Nineteen-year-old Drew Hortman took fourth place in his second tournament as a pro archer. He shot a 299 and a perfect score of 300 in the two-day Idaho Open in Pocatello. Reo Wilde, the world indoor champion won the event.
Read more about the Idaho Open Archery Tournament in the Idaho State Journal website.

Black Hole Target has produced a layered foam archery target that stops arrows by squeezing them. Metal bands around vertical foam layers produces this action. Because the foam layers are very thin, arrows will slide between them rather than punching through them. The result is a foam archery target that lasts a long time. Works with field tips, broadheads and expandables on aluminum or carbon arrows.

Image by Black Hole TargetsLearn more about these new foam archery targets at the Black Hole website.

Maryland has become the 33rd state to adopt the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP), which promotes archery education to 4th through 12th grade students via physical education classes. Topics covered include: the history of archery, safety, shooting techniques, equipment, mental concentration and self-improvement.

Students participate in indoor archery using bulls-eye targets and an arrow restraint net. NASP is the most successful archery-introduction program in history.

Information about the Maryland archery program can be obtained by contacting Doug Wigfield at 410-713-3852 or dwigfield2@dnr.state.md.us.