Archery Shop in U.K.

My elder sister, Gabrielle Khryss flew to U.K. for her birthday this summer. She pleaded to  Dad and Mom, that she be allowed to visit England and Wales in lieu of having a party for her debut. Well, she got her birthday wish! My parents said that she earned a trip for having good grades for her first year in the university.

Ate Gabrielle at Cardiff University in Wales. She visited Tita Monina, Tito Jerome and cousins in Newport

Before  my “Ate” Gabrielle left, I requested her to look for an archery shop in U.K. and buy some stuff for me. I did not ask for other “pasalubong” (gift) because all I wanted was a new archery bag.  My sister visited Windsor Castle, Hampton Palace, Stonehenge, Bath City and other places before she remembered my request.  Of course, I also kept reminding her about it.

Together with my Tita Winnie, she went to  Quicks Archery Store located at Apps Court  in Surrey, which is near London. The store has an indoor and outdoor range. It sells recurve and compound bows, arrows, quivers, chest guards  to  accessories, among other things.  My sister was able to buy a nice lightweight  backpack  that comes complete with an arrow canister for me. The Hoyt bag was out-of-stock, so she got me an SF backpack instead. She also bought a Hoyt bucket hat and  a bowstringer for me. 

The Archery Center in London

How I wish that one day I can shoot my arrows in this Archery Shooting Range

British Pound to Philippine Peso conversion is 1 : 63.25. The rate per hour is pretty expensive. Need to save on my school allowances to be able to practice shoot here... :-)

Extra pasalubong from Ate Gabrielle...

And here's a Lonsdale bag as additional pasalubong...

My New Target Face

For the past few days I haven't had my practice shooting because my dad was busy transferring his things from Villa 11 to Villa 3. My target butt was left at Villa 11 while we already stayed at Villa 3. Yesterday afternoon, my dad completed the transfer of all his things and the last item brought was my target butt.

This morning I dressed up my target butt with a new target face bought by my Ate Gabrielle in London. She sent it through dad's friend so I can start using it while in the desert.

My target butt with the new target face finds a new home in Villa 3...

My desert target butt with a hand-drawn target face in a Manila paper... This was taken at old accommodation of my dad at Villa 11.

 

Practice by the Desert of Jeddah

Finally, I am on my long summer school break. It is the time of the year I really looked forward to. There are no school assignments and projects to be bothered about.  I can also have uninterrupted practice at the range. But I have to fly to Jeddah for my  yearly  visit to  my Dad. He has been working there for the past nine years.  So I can still practice while on vacation, it was hurriedly decided that  I  bring my  archery stuff to Jeddah.

When I arrived in Jeddah, my Dad went to look for a target butt  so I can start practicing. He went from one sports store to another, but cant find one selling it. Then  while  we were cruising the highway, we saw bales of hay being sold. Jeddah  has lots of dried hay because the people use it as fodder for the camels.  This gave Dad  an idea to use the  bales of hay  as my back stopper for my target butt. 

There are lots of hay bales sold along the road. These are used to feed camels, sheeps, and goats

Dad checking on the hay if it is possible to be made as a target stopper

Finally, Dad with Tito Jun decided to buy and try working on my target stopper

Practicing at Villa 11

This is still early morning but the scorching heat of the sun is already evident in the photo

Here's my mom, my desert coach checking with me on my shots

1st Cebu Sinulog Cup Archery Tournament 2013

 

The 1st Cebu Sinulog Cup Archery Tournament 2013 sponsored by the Cebu Archery Club and the Cebu City Sports Commission will be held starting today, Friday, January 25 at the South Reclamation Project (SRP), Cebu City. The groundbreaking tournament  will go through till Sunday, January 27, 2013.

An invitation letter was sent by Mr. Ildebrando C. Velasquez, Executive Director (Cebu City Sports Commission), Architect Dondon Sombrio, Tournament Director (Cebu Archery Club), and Mr. Pacheco Valenzona, Tournament Judge to all School Archery Club Presidents and Administrators and to all members of the different Archery Clubs in Cebu City, Cebu Province and the neigboring cities and provinces.

 

 

Here's the link of the invitation to the 1st Cebu Sinulog Cup ArcheryTournament 2013

To register for the tournament:

 A)  Participants: Recurve Archers only

Individual:

Junior:             (16 - 17 years old)

Cadet:              (13 - 15 years old)

Bowman:        (10 - 12 years old)

Novice:            (9 years old and below)

B)  Registration dates: Until January 24, 2013.

Note: on site registration is not allowed.

C)  How to register and for more information:

Please email or text your name of the competing archers to the ff:

   1.  Email:    Dondon Sombrio         rosendo_sombrio@yahoo.com; +63-9228768600 

   2.  Text:      Pacheco Valenzona     +63-9326197017

                          Teresita Beltran           +63-9198365890

                          Joe Montalvan              +63-9339313112

D)  Registration Fee: NONE

TOURNAMENT GUIDELINES

1. Format of Play: Individual    – All archers have to shoot in expand of 2 minutes time limit for 3 arrows per end.
2. Distance and Category: Recurve

CATEGORY	AGE	DISTANCE	ARROWS	TARGET FACE
Junior Boys Junior Girls	16–17 years old	50 meters	60	80 cm
Cadet Boys Cadet Girls	13–15 years old	30 meters	60	80 cm
Bowman Boys Bowman Girls	10–12 years old	15 meters	60	80 cm
Novice Boys Novice Girls	9 years old & below	10 meters	60	122 cm

 

Note: Junior, Cadet, Bowman, Novice category required birth certificate or NSO.

3. Competition schedule: see separate attachment
4. Dress Code: Kids/Adults must wear their club uniform & any kind of pants except “maong”/denims/jeans.
5. Deadline of entry is on January 24,2013, 5:00pm
6. Tournament director will be Mr. Dondon Sombrio.
7. Medals will be awarded to the winners for individual qualifying, individual Olympic rounds.
8. Cebu Archery Club reserves the right to issue new rules & regulations as it deems necessary.
9. All standing rules and regulations in conducting official tournament not stated or  specified herein will be followed. 

Here's the Sinulog Cup Tournament Schedule:

1.       Invited  :  All  Student  Archers  (All School)

2.      VENUE  :  SOUTH ROAD PROPERTY

3.       Preliminary Program  :

Friday, January  25, 2013

8:00 – 11:00  On Site  Registration

9:00 – 11:00  Official  Practice

11:00 – 1:00  Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:00    Team Captain Meeting

1:00 – 3:00    Resume  Official  Practice

1:00 – 3:00    Equipment  Inspection

3:30 – 5:00    Opening Ceremony

Saturday, January  26, 2013  :  QUALIFICATION DAY

8:00 – 8:45     PRACTICE: ( Recurve Boys  &  Girls) (3 arrows/end)

                            -50m   - Junior (16-17 yrs old) (80cm)

                            -30m  -  Cadet  (13-15 yrs old) ( 80cm)

                            -15m  -  Bowman ( 10–12 yrs old) ( 80 cm)

                            -10m  -  Novice  ( 9 yrs old below ) ( 122 cm)

9:00 10:30      QUALIFYING ROUND  : ( 1^st Round) (3 arrows/end)

                           -50m x 30 arrows  (80cm)

                           -30m x 30 arrows  (80cm)

                           -15m x 30 arrows  (80cm)

                           -10m x 30 arrows  (122cm)

   12:00 –1:30    LUNCH BREAK

2:00 – 5:00     QUALIFIYING ROUND ( 2^nd Round) (3 arrows/end)

                           -50m x 30 arrows (80cm)

                           -30m x 30 arrows (80cm)

                           -15m x 30 arrows (80cm)

                           -10m x 30 arrows (122cm)

Sunday, January  27, 2013 :  INDIVIDUAL ELIMINATION, SEMIFINAL/FINAL ROUND

                          3 ARROWS / SET SYSTEM / BEST OF 5 SETS

8:00 – 8:45     OFFICIAL PRACTICE (ALL)

9:00 – 9:30     1/32 Elimination (ALL)

9:40 – 10:10   1/16 Elimination (ALL)

10:20 –11:00  1/8  Elimination (ALL)

1:00 – 1:30      LUNCH BREAK

1:30 – 2:00      QUARTER FINALS (ALL)

2:10 – 2:30      SEMI FINALS  (ALL)

2:40 – 3:00      BRONZE MEDAL  MATCHES (ALL)

3:10 – 3:30      GOLD MEDAL MATCHES (ALL)

4:00                   AWARDING/PRESENTATION OF MEDAL

 

 

A supposed participant to the Indoor Archery World Cup Stage 1 - Singapore

As part of getting an experience and exposure to world-class Archery, I registered to the Indoor Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Singapore together with some members of the Cebu Archery Club last July 2012. I know that such experience will be worthwhile. I was excited and was really serious about this that I even had to beg off a school semestral break travel to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and to Singapore last month with Ate Gabrielle and my first cousins, Ate Kara and Ate Nicole. I started saving for the trip but then later realized that there are better plans. Had I joined my wanderlust cousins and sister, I would not have been able to join the 2012 Cebu City Olympics last month for the pre-selection of athletes to the 2012 CVIRAA.

The schedule of the Indoor Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Singapore which was scheduled starting today, December 8 & 9 would not be possible as it will be in conflict with other Archery Tournaments that would give me better experience and exposure. The 2012 CVIRAA Regional Games held here in Dumaguete City from December 2-7 was considered to be a better experience for a starter like me. It will not be possible to have everything else I will be burnt out... hahaha... In fact CVIRAA was already in conflict with the schedule of Batang Pinoy National Games in Iloilo City on December 4-9. I am suppose to represent Cebu City in the Archery for Girls at the Batang Pinoy in Iloilo and till the last minute was planning out with my parents on how to catch up in the Games. But with the delays in the Games at CVIRAA caused by the untimely Super Typhoon Pablo, all hopes of making it to Iloilo went pfffft.

Because I was officially registered for the Indoor Archery World Cup, my name appeared in the list of participants. Probably, some people would raise their eyebrows why a 12-year old girl who know nothing about Archery is included in the list...jejejeje...(in the same category as the champions and great archers).

Well, now that you know that I registered, you will no longer be surprised and wonder in case you happen to see my name in the list.

 Click the photo to visit the Webpage of the Indoor Archery World Cup

Here's the Invitation Letter to Indoor Archers

And here, you will see the participants to the Indoor Archery World Cup in Singapore... Many great names from the Philippines and all over the world.

Click the link and you'll see who's Participant No. 178 - Hahaha...

World Indoor Cup 2013 Stage 1 - Singapore Participant List



List of Participants to the World Indoor Cup 2013 Stage 1 - Singapore



In a couple of hours, mom and I will be flying out of Dumaguete City... Nope, we're not flying to Singapore for the Indoor Archery World Cup. We're flying back to our home in Cebu. How I so missed my Kuya Kevin, Ate Gabrielle, Ate Fe, my cousins, my classmates, and everyone including our dear Justine.

It will be back to school in two days after a weeklong absence because of the CVIRAA... and there's a lot... real lot of catching up to do in my academics.

Have a nice weekend, everyone!