China Archery

TO ALL Asian Archery MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS
Dear President,
The first Inter-City Archery Championships was approved by AAF and will be held in Hsinchu, TPE on 31 Aug to 06 Sep 2012 as test event of 2013 Asian Championships. On behalf of the Organising Committee, I have the great pleasure to invite you to participate in this competition. This event will be organised following the World Archery rules, in both divisions- recurve and compound.

Please find enclosed the necessary documents of registration, organisation and participation for this event. Please return the completed forms to the OC before the deadlines as below:
• Visa Support Form 10-Jul- 2012
• Preliminary Entries 10-Jul- 2012
• Hotel Booking 10-Jul- 2012
• Final Entries 01-Aug-2012
• Transportation Form 01-Aug-2012
• Final Hotel Reservation Form 01-Aug-2012
Looking forward to meeting you in Hsinchu.

Sincerely yours,
Mr. Tony Ho
President
Chinese Taipei Archery Association

Whole invitation letter here:[download id=”7″]

ARCHERY WORLD CUP 2012 Stage 1, Shanghai (CHN)

TO ALL World Archery MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS

The first stage of the ARCHERY WORLD CUP will be held in Shanghai – China on 10 to 15 April 2012, on behalf of the Organising Committee, I have the great pleasure to invite you to participate in this competition. This event will be
organised following the World Archery World Cup rules for 2012, in both divisions, recurve and compound.
Please find enclosed the necessary documents of registration, organisation and participation for this event. Please return the completed forms to the OC before the deadlines:

Summary of deadlines:
· Preliminary Entries: 10 February 2012
· Final Entries : 20 March 2012
· Hotel Reservation Form: 10 February 2012
· Transportation Form: 10 February 2012
· Visa Support Form: 1 March 2012
· Final Hotel Reservation Form: 2 March 2012

Looking forward to welcoming you in Shanghai, China.
Sincerely yours,
Mr GAO Zhidan
President
Organising Committee

Invitation Package:  in PDF format[download id=”4″]; in DOC format[download id=”5″]

China wins silver in women’s archery team event in Guangzhou 16th Asian Games on Nov 21, 2010.

GUANGZHOU – The gold medal winning Korean women’s archery team used the daunting experience of handling snakes as part of its training methods.

Team coach Cho Eun-sin was surprised when news slipped out about the practice after her team won its fourth consecutive Asian Games gold medal in the women’s team event at the Aoti archery range on Sunday. China took the silver and India the bronze.

“I wonder how did you find out the secret of our success,” said Cho when asked about the team’s strange training ritual.

“Actually, (the story) is about 80 percent true. We do have special training to enhance bravery.”

It seems the scary, scaly initiative worked. Locked in a battle royal with the young Chinese archers, the three experienced Koreans held their nerve in a second extra period to shoot three 10-point scores.

“They had the ability to reach that level,” said Cho. “They got nervous when the scores were tied, but I tried to let them relax and be themselves. In the tiebreak we said this was our chance to win. We did our best and our efforts paid off.”

Korea is not the only team to adopt a strange approach to boosting the fortitude of its athletes.

To prepare for the Asian Games, Chinese archers were required to touch a tiger’s rear at the zoo.

“We paid attention to controlling our emotions. We can shoot as well as them (the Koreans), but the win came down to who played better under pressure,” said Chinese archer Cheng Ming.

China’s coach, Tian Yulin, said: “The most important thing for the team was to gain hands-on experience, and this was the best training they could get.

“It was their first time in such a tense international competition and they won a silver,” said Tian. “There’s a gap between Korea and China, but it is very slim. It’s just a matter of time before we catch up.”

Source: China Daily