UCSB The Archery Division

Hey archers! We hope week 8 has been good to you, and that the rest of the quarter goes smoothly! Today, we bring you a fun fact!

Also, here's a reminder that we will be having our last meeting of the quarter tomorrow, Saturday May 22, at 5 P.M. We hope to see you there for a sendoff of this crazy school year! The Zoom meeting ID is 213 545 464.

Hello archers! Once again, we bring you an installment of: What's wrong with this picture?

We will be having our last meeting of the quarter next Saturday, May 22nd at 5 P.M. We hope to see you all there!! Another reminder will be posted and an email should be sent out next week.

Hello archers! Today we bring you another edition of "What's wrong with this picture?" Let us know what you think!

Also, here's a reminder that we will be having another archery game night tomorrow, Saturday May 8, at 5 P.M.! We hope to see you there!! The Zoom meeting ID is 213 545 464.

Hey archers!! We hope midterm season is going well for you all!

Here's a reminder that we will be having our second meeting of the quarter tomorrow, April 24, at 5 P.M. We will be playing archery-themed games! The Zoom ID is 213 545 464, we hope to see you there!

Hey archers! We bring you another fun fact today, and we wish you luck on midterms as midterm season starts!!

Hey archers! We hope spring quarter has been good to you so far! Today we bring you another fun fact: the word "toxophilite" means "student of archery."

Also, heads up! We have changed our biweekly meeting times to Saturdays at 5 P.M.!! We hope to see you all at our meeting tomorrow, Saturday April 10th! We will be doing an intro to the club for our new members, then playing archery-related games!! The Zoom meeting ID is 213 545 464.

Good luck on finals this week archers!! We look forward to seeing you next quarter for more game nights and meetings!

Hi Archers!! This week we bring you another installment of: Do you know what's wrong with this photo?

Also, here's a reminder that we will be having another archery-themed game night tomorrow (Saturday the 27th) at 4 P.M. involving Among Us, Skribblio, Scattergories, and more!! The Zoom meeting ID is 213 545 464. We hope to see you there!

Hey Archers! Here's a fun fact: Archery is the national sport of only one country: Bhutan!

We hope midterms are going well for everyone, and hope to see you all at our meeting on Saturday the 13th at 4PM! The meeting ID is: 213 545 464, and we'll probably be playing some Among Us and archery-themed games!

Hey archers! Can you tell what's wrong with this picture?

We hope dead week is going well for everyone and wish you all luck on finals next week!

Archery Fun Fact:
The heaviest bow draw weight was 200 pounds, performed by Mark Stretton on August 15, 2004. (fact provided by guinnessworldrecords.com)

Archery Fun Fact!:

Archery is one of the safest sports! According to the National Security Council, archery is about three times safer than golf, and has only about one injury per 2000 people.

We hope to see you safely practicing soon, gauchos!

How Rob Gym should look on a Sunday...We'll be back!

Fun Archery Fact of the Day!

"The compound bow was invented by Holless Wilbur Allen, Jr. in the 1960s. Recurve bows have been around for thousands of years!"

Source: (http://www.historyofarchery.com/)

Fun Archery Fact of the Day!

"Archery first became an Olympic sport in 1900...it was discontinued in 1924 and reintroduced in the 1972 Munich Games."

(Source: http://www.historyofarchery.com/)

Fun Fact about archery:
The earliest evidence of archery dates back to the Paleolithic period, around 10,000 BC, with the Egyptian and neighboring Nubian cultures.
(fact provided by worldarhcery.org)

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