Hi guys,

We’ve got the California Indoor State Championships coming up on January 9 & 10, 2010 (The weekend before school starts). Registration is due soon to compete in the collegiate category, so please let us know if you are planning on going! We will cover all costs (except for food) and provide all necessary equipment except for the archer - for that, we need YOU!

A little more information about the competition:

Where: Tulare, CA ~3 hours drive north of USC by driving through Bakersfield (cow tipping anyone?)

When: January 9, 10 [Saturday, Sunday]

How: Carpool - Drivers, please be aware that all gas and parking costs will be covered by the club

Why: To kick ass.

Competition Format:

If you have shot at last Sunday’s practice, you know what to expect. You will have 2 minutes to shoot 3 arrows [called an end] before scoring and pulling the arrows. Each competitor shoots 2 rounds a day - each round consists of 10 ends for a total of 60 arrows a day.

Since this is may be the first competition for many of you, it will be necessary to sign up for membership under the NAA (National Archery Association), which is archery’s national governing body. Membership is $35 dollars per year and allows you to compete in the collegiate division. We will also need some more information from you to establish academic eligibility (yep, just like in varsity sports, they check your GPA). All this takes a bit of time to process so please let us know if you want to compete before the last day of finals (December 16).

Our last practice of the year will be Sunday, December 6, but we will plan to practice a few days before the competition before we head up. This is a great beginner competition and it will be quite an experience!

So if you would like to compete, reply to this email and we will send you some more info regarding registration. Feel free to ask questions!

Hello fellow archers!

As you know, tomorrow is the first day of the National Olympic Archery Coaching seminar at Long Beach. We have an excellent group of archers going, but for those of you who can’t make it to the seminar, don’t worry, we will be bringing the seminar to you!


Joseph Fanchin, USC Class of ‘09, is a current Resident Athlete at the Olympic Training Center in Buena Vista. In addition to helping out National Head Coach Lee at the seminar, Joe will be coming up Sunday afternoon to meet with you guys and to give you the full Olympic training experience!


To highlight this special occasion, we’ll have a little mixer before practice with free pizza and soda for all! You can stuff yourself and hear Joe talk about what it’s like to be at the Olympic Training Center, or stay with us when we go to the practice range to receive 1-on-1 coaching from  Joe. Event details below - if you haven’t signed up for Sunday’s 4PM practice, please remember to do so at our website:


www.uscarchery.com/signup


If you are attending the pizza party, please send an email to archery@usc.edu with the subject “PIZZA PARTY” to let us know if you are going to be bringing any friends, and if you or your friends are vegetarians so we know how much pizza to order. It is free for Archery Club members - otherwise it’s $2 for non-members (bring money to the door please)


What: Pizza Mixer Q&A with current Olympic Resident Athlete


Where: Cardinal Gardens APT. C226 (recommended access through the Orchard Ave gate - call 213.784.8698 if you can’t get in)


When: Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 - 3:00 PM






Cheerios!

Waylan

President, USC Archery Club

Dear Members of USC Archery:

Kisik Lee, the head coach for the USA Archery Team, is coming to Long Beach for BEST Method Seminar. This seminar is being held November 14-15, 2009 and is being cosponsored by USA College Archery Program and Cal State Long Beach Archers.

This is an invaluable opportunity for you (both advanced and non-advanced) to step up your game. This kind of event has never happened before, and we are quite excited that it is happening so close. With our competition season on the horizon, this is a fantastic chance for you to familiarize yourselves with BEST Method and meet coaches and fellow archers.

We will carpool to Long Beach together, and spend the two days learning the same techniques that the Olympic-level archers use. It is 9am-4pm on Saturday and 9am-1pm on Sunday.

Moreover, Anyone who attends the seminar will receive a stretch band, static band, and BEST Beginnings DVD as part of their registration.

There is a registration fee of $20, but the club will cover it.

Interested? Call Bada Kang at 213-503-0430 or email badakang@gmail.com to sign up. Deadline is Tuesday, 11/10/2009

Bada Kang
Your Vice Prez

Time sure flies…we are entering our 5th week of classes! This week and next week we will be making a concerted effort to get all members to fill out official club membership forms as well as collecting dues to help support the club and drivers. Remember to bring your checks or cash to practice!

On a side note, we are still selling club t-shirts in 3 designs and all sizes - 1 t-shirt for $15,  2 for $25, 3 for $35, and omg, 4 for $40! Attached are some photos of the t-shirt designs. Please forgive the quality, I don’t have a digicam =[

If you would like a t-shirt, please send an email to archery@usc.edu specifying the design you would like and the size you need. We can bring your order to practice or if you need it right away we can arrange on-campus pickup.

Hey guys,

We got a room - 3V in the basement computer lab/meeting rooms at Leavey library. It is the room at the farthest wall to the right after you enter the computer lab. Signups for the first Sunday practice (Sept. 13th) will be at these informational meetings - so if you would like to attend one of the Sunday practices please drop by. For those of you who can’t make it, another method of signing up for the practices will be revealed by Saturday!

Reminder: The informational meetings will be Thursday and Friday this week Sept. 3 and Sept 4th from 4PM - 5PM.

See you there!

– Waylan

Hello again!

To signup for the first practice you must attend one of two informational sessions. Date and time are as follows:

Thursday, Sept. 3:   4 - 5PM

Friday, Sept. 4:   4 - 5PM

Location is to be announced to everyone on our mailing list - if you haven’t received an email with the location info by Wednesday afternoon, please email us at archery@usc.edu.

Summer was great, but this year will be better! Here’s some info to chew on until our first practice begins!

We have all the equipment you need to get started as a beginner archer, as well as some sets of competition level equipment to loan to advanced archers. Beginner archer practice sessions are typically held on Sundays, from 5 to 7PM and we meet at Subway at 4:00PM to carpool to the range. Advanced practice sessions are at the same location but are held Tuesday and Friday nights, 6PM to 9PM. The Club shoots at the Rancho Park Archery Range, which is about 20 minutes from USC give or take 10 minutes for traffic conditions. Advanced archers are encouraged to take club organized trips to Woodley Park Archery Range or El Dorado Park Archery Range in the second semester for long distance shooting practice (30, 50, 70, and 90m – Women do not have to shoot at 90m). We have on-campus practice for advanced archers who own their own equipment.

Those archers who want to commit to further development come to Tuesday and Friday practices where advanced techniques are taught by our coach, Jeep Hauser.

We also participate in regional and national tournaments against schools like UC Berkeley, Stanford, UCLA, CSULB, Columbia University, ASU and others. Our team members have brought home a number of gold and silver medals, with one archer, Joe Fanchin, making it to the second elimination round for the 2008 Olympic games.

The first and second practice sessions are free, if you decide that archery is for you then the dues are $30 a semester for Sunday practices only (that comes out to about $3 for 2 hours of certified instructor led practices even if you miss a couple of practices) and once you move on to weekday practices, it’s only $20 more for 60 more hours of practice. If you can drive and are available to help carpool to the range, club dues are essentially waived because you will be paid for each practice you drive.

I hope I haven’t overwhelmed you with information - hope to see you at the informational meetings!

Waylan, President

USC Archery Club

archery@usc.edu

We timed ourselves setting up the indoor range and taking it down - with 2 people we need approximately 25-30 minutes to setup, 15-20 minutes to take down. Enjoy photos!

Waylan

Congratulations to Robert Hanson!

Robert has been named a member of the 2009 All-Academic Team. Not only did he score in the top quarter at Indoor Nationals at Tulare, he has a cumulative GPA higher than 3.0.

Let’s give it up for Robert!

For the full press release in PDF: All-Academic Team 2009

Hello again. A few corrections to my previous email:

The schedule was incorrect - The mornings are dedicated to one 70 meter round, consisting of 72 arrows. So Friday morning is 72 arrows, and Saturday morning is another 72 arrows. This is in addition to the previously stated Mixed/Team rounds.

I want to add that if you don’t want to participate in the team rounds, you may opt out, but you must let me know so we can note that on the registration.

Deadline to notify the club that you would like to compete: Tuesday night, April 28th.

Since registration for USIACs is a group thing, I need each competitor to sign the group forms. Signings will be conducted at tomorrow’s Friday practice, Sunday’s open practice, and Tuesday’s advanced practice. If you can’t make any of those times, please let me know and we’ll set up a meeting time/place to collect your signature, t-shirt size, and deposit check.

So again, I need to know if you want to go, if you want to go, I need your t-shirt size, if you want to go to the Friday night cookout ($15, archer pays), and if you need a ride.

Thanks to everyone who pointed out the bloopers,

Waylan