Archery in schools? There's posh!! :-)
Seriously though, its good to know that this sport is now using metric
measurements. OK, its pretty much a minority sport (or is it massively
popular in the US? :-)) but it's nice to see all the same.
I used to know this absolutely gorgeous girl when I was at college a couple
of years ago whose hobby used to be archery. Haven't spoke to her in over a
year. I'd love to see her again.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James R. Frysinger" <[email protected]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 4:06 PM
Subject: [USMA:46875] Archery in the Schools
Archery competitions are metric.
This is the second year that our county's schools have participated in the
National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP). And it's the second year
that the high school students have taken the championship in the state.
More than 80 TN schools participate in this. Our high school students will
go on to the national competition in Louisville KY in May. The elementary
and middle school students have also placed well.
The students shoot 15 arrows from a 10 m distance and 15 arrows from a 15
meter distance for a total of 300 possible points. It tickles me to see
that the two shooting line distances are measured in metric. Quoting from
the NASP homepage, "The program’s focus is to provide International Style
Target Archery training in physical education classes grades 4 - 12." I
think the key word here is "international".
Jim
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James R. Frysinger
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Doyle, TN 38559-3030
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