According to what I've read, the NASP program now includes teams from
Canada, Japan, and elsewhere.
Here in Tennessee, as in many other states, various hunting seasons are
partly reserved for archers, whether using long bows or crossbows.
Jim
Stephen Davis wrote:
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
632 Stony Point Mountain Road
Doyle, TN 38559-3030
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James R. Frysinger
632 Stony Point Mountain Road
Doyle, TN 38559-3030
(C) 931.212.0267
(H) 931.657.3107
(F) 931.657.3108
