![]() 7 and 8 at this year’s Summer Games, with each of five Ontario zones contributing six male and six female competitors in two bow divisions, recurve and compound, following qualification rounds at home. There will be a day of practice following two days of competition Aug. David Garrett, 15, uses a compound bow while practicing archery at the Windsor Sportsmen Club, Thursday, June 26, 2014. Windsor Sportsmen’s Club can’t host the Summer Games archery event because space that would be needed is already being used for the Games’ skeet shooting host site. That changes in a few weeks when Beneteau said the club at 2401 Dougall Ave., opens a new archery range which will allow nightly practice sessions rather than the current twice-a-week sessions. It actually got a little too popular, and some wannabe archers had to be turned away. ![]() The nice thing is we’re seeing more female shooters than ever,” said Beneteau, who also sits on the club’s board. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Within two months of the first movie, Beneteau said practice night participation at the Windsor Sportsmen’s Club surged from about six regulars to about 40. The popularity of the bow-and-arrow toting protagonist of the wildly successful Hunger Games books and movies has led to a recent surge in interest in the sport. Jennifer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdee’ in The Hunger Games. How’s archery doing these days? Two words - Katniss Everdeen. Competitors’ arrows can reach speeds of more than 300 km/h (up to 300 feet per second). ![]() The best athletes in the ancient sport of archery boast the steadiest of hands and “nerves of steel,” according to Beneteau, who has been firing arrows for more than three decades. “These are highly skilled and experienced archers - risk is therefore minimized,” says a staff report to city council, which must approve the exemption Monday. ![]() Article content Jadelyn Lacroix, 10, uses a recurve bow while practicing archery at the Windsor Sportsmen Club, Thursday, June 26, 2014. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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