DCU Archery club claimed 10 prizes at the first intervarsity competition of the year which was held in DCU.
There were over 180 participants and a number of high profile attendees at the event.
Prizes included individual prizes of four golds, two silvers and one bronze. In the team events, DCU Archery took a total of two gold’s, one silver and one bronze.
A huge amount of work was put into the event as a whole including unveiling a brand new jersey and logo for the club, a huge set up effort and a ton of work put into the event by club chairperson Philip Early, secretary Ciara O’Sullivan and treasurer Aishling Dignam.
DCU Archery said that they would like to thank DCU President Brian MacCraith and sports development officer Yvonne MacGowan for their support of their intervarsity event through their attendance.
In order to help familiarise beginners with the workings of competitive archery the club designed a booklet targeted at beginners.The booklet included the different types of archery and showed beginners the process of how archery is scored.
If you are interested in joining the club, there are training sessions held on Wednesdays and Fridays from 4-7pm. The club also has a Facebook page where you can keep up to date with the daily goings on of the club.
Andrew Canavan
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