Established fall 2005, California Archery is a student-run club that provides an opportunity for the Berkeley community to experience archery as a recreational and competitive sport. People of all ages and skill levels are welcome.

Cal Archery is both a Rec sport and a Competitive sport. We accept people of all skills and experience levels. We have a limited amount of equipment. We practice year round, but the competition season is from January to May.

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Hey Cal Archery, A few important updates and announcements.

1. The general meeting for this semester is Tuesday, September 9th. It will be located in 2060 VLSB at 8pm. Hope to see you there!

2. If you would like to be added to the Cal Archery Mailing list, please go to lists.berkeley.edu and search for calarchery

3. News from the team captain on tournaments:
Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to let everyone know that if you are even slightly interested in shooting in any tournament at all this fall semester, you need to send me your name and your SID by September 2nd. This is for eligibility purposes. If you do not send this to me,you will be inelligible to compete for the Fall semester.

Best,

Scott Lassan

4. New practice times for the first two weeks of school. The Sofball field will not be open for use until September 14th, so until then we will be practicing at underhill field. Here is the schedule:

Thu, Aug. 28 8-10p
Fri, Aug. 29 6-8p
Sun, Aug. 31 12-4p
Mon, Sept. 1 6-8p
Fri, Sept. 5 8-10p
Sat, Sept. 6 9a-1p
Mon, Sept. 8 6-8p
Wed, Sept. 10 8-10p
Fri, Sept. 12 6-8p
Sat, Sept. 13 9a-1p
Sun, Sept. 14 12-4p
We're currently working out how to transport and store our equipment at this new location.

The club equipment will likely be present on the field for general use, however, due to the crowded environment, we ask that you are conservative in the distances you shoot.

If you are new to Archery, we ask that you attend the general meeting before coming to a practice.

That's it for now. Keep checking back for more updates!

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Hey Cal Archery,

1) Your Cal Archery team just shot at the CA State Outdoor tournament this weekend took almost all of the medals in the collegiate category.

Here is how your Cal Archers performed:

Female Collegiate Compound 2nd Place: Emily Cheng
Male Collegiate Compound 3rd Place: Alex Zarestky
Female College Recurve 1st Place: Cat Wu
Female College Recurve 2nd Place: Andrea Spacht
Female College Recurve 3rd Place: Sarah Ollikkala Jones
Male College Recurve: 2nd Place: Keaton Chia
Male College Recurve: 3rd Place: Scott Lassan

We would also like to congratulate Jason Song, Sterling Collins, and Stevie Greenswald for shooting in their first outdoor tournament. You guys did great!

2) If anybody still wishes to shot in a tournament over the summer, you'll be happy to know that the California Cup, one of CA's most exciting tournaments, is July 11-13. If you want to participate, the deadline to sign up is July 1st so register quickly. All team members and club members are welcome. Here's the link to register:

Cal Cup Registration

The tournament will be at Discovery Park in Sacramento. Sorry for the late notice.

Hope to see you there!

Scott Lassan and Nik Rode
Team Captains

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Hey Cal Archers,

There's been a mix-up, and our practice times are now Monday, Tuesday, Friday 6-8pm. Weekend Practices will still be held.

-Sterling Collins

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Hello Cal Archers,

We have finally received the field schedule from the RSF. The practice schedule is as follows,

General Club Practice: Mon, Wed, Fri, 6-8pm. @ Clark Kerr Softball Field (where it always is)
Team Practice: Sat, 9-12pm. @ Clark Kerr Softball field
ASCENT Practice: Sun, 9-12pm @ Clark Kerr Softball Field

The calendar on the website has been changed to reflect these times. Unfortunately, the field will be closed until June 8th, so the first practice of the summer will be held on *June 9th*.

For those of you who have never shot with us before. I will be teaching a beginner session during practice on the Wednesday, June 11th. I'll be covering the basics of archery in a whirlwind fashion, with the goal of getting you comfortable enough to use our equipment by the end of practice. If you can't make it to the beginner session on the 11th and want to take one on another day, please let me know.

I'll see you on the field,

-Sterling Collins

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Hi Cal Archers!

Sorry for the slow updates on the website. I will be working harder to make sure things are more up to date to keep you all informed on the events and tournament results.

-Vivian Chu

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Listen to the newest audio news update from Cal Archery!
December 07, 2007 - 3:04 PM

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Don’t have access to the website? Don’t know if there’s practice? Good news everyone! You can now have voice message update sent to your very own phone. To get this new phone feature, sign up now by, emailing Mike at michaelvrosario@gmail.com or finding him at practice. By signing up you will receive updates on events, items for sale, and weather forecasts/field closures, so sign up now archers!! But even if you don't sign up, updated voice messages are available at the top of the website.

-Kristela Oey

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The Cal archery shop is open for business! Starting this month, Cal archery will be selling t shirts for $15 a piece. Come to practice and check out our sample to see if you're interested in representing the blue and gold with an archery shirt. Also, we have therabands for sale. These are great tools to help you practice your form in the comfort of your own home. These go for $5 a piece and also come with free instruction on how to practice good form with a theraband!

-Michael Rosario

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Good news everyone. Today, we are going to offer a free equipment seminar. There, you'll be able to learn about all the tiniest details about the equipment that the team uses, and get some information to help you start building your own dream bow! I went to the equipment seminar before i bought my first bow, and it really gave me an opportunity to learn more about the mechanical side of archery, and also gave me a great venue to ask questions. Also, to help you guys out, Cat Wu has compiled an updated list of recommended archery setups with both descriptions and price ranges available here.

-Michael Rosario

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11/17/07 - Golfland

Greetings, fellow Archery enthusiasts! The Castro Valley Golfland outing was quite successful, so congratulations and thank you once again to those who gave rides and helped to organize it. It served as a great opportunity for bonding while having ridiculous fun, and there will hopefully be many similar events to come. For those who wanted to but were unable to go, please try to stay active on the forums to learn about future events early so you can plan ahead and join in on the fun. Organizing such events would be much easier if we knew how many participants plan to attend before the actual date of the event, so please inform the organizers about your decision if you do indeed decide to come along. Offering to drive when there is a shortage will also be highly appreciated, because we leave no archer behind. Stay tuned!

-Terry Liu

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11/11/07 - Executive Board Meeting

There will be a brief board meeting on Wednesday, November 14 at 6:00pm in a Unit 2 study room. All board members are required to attend; all club members are invited. Feel free to bring your ideas and opinions with you. If you have an agenda topic that you would like us to discuss, please respond with an email or bring it with you to the meeting. The agenda/minutes will be posted on the website as they are available.

-Andrea Spacht

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11/03/07 - Cal Archery Club Shoot

This weekend we faced off in a cal club shoot featuring some very special guests: members from the Standford archery club . Held at our very own CKC Golden Bear Softball field from 9am-2pm, the tournament included an idividual round and a mixed team round, both at 18 meters. This awesome tournament gave each competitor an opportunity to meet other archers, show off thier skill, and of course for us, to kick some standford butt. The day was filled with plenty of impressive shots and excitement. COngrats to: Victor Chia with the highest individual round score in compound with a 278, Sojuna Park with the highest individual round score in recurve with a 262 and Catherine Wu, Alex Gray, and Alex Zaretskiy for winning the team round, Thanks to everyone who came out.
2007 Cal Archery Club Shoot Results

-Kristela Oey

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There will be a board meeting held on Wednesday, October 10 at 6:30pm at the Naia Lounge (between Lower and Upper Sproul). All members are invited to attend. We will discuss event planning, recap beginner's sessions, and budget allocations. You can download the agenda here Feel free to email - or bring with you - additional topics for discussion.

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Good news for everyone on the DECal waitlist. We were able to reserve the field from Sunday 12 - 2, therefore we now have enough resources to accomodate 2 DECal sections. All of the paperwork is being processed as we speak, so please wait patiently while we contact students on the waitlist about enrolling into the Sunday section.

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Today we were able to compress the powerpoint we used at our general meeting enough to be able to distribute over the internet. Also, to make things easier for beginners, our Vice President has written a letter to the beginners which includes a shorthand form of when and where practices are held. both of these can be found under our FAQ section, located in the navigation menu in the left-hand side.

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We have a new resource for anyone who wants to learn more about California archery or just archery in general. Today, for the first time ever, we have decided to publicly launch our very own forum where you can post messages for all of Cal archery to see! In addition to email, now you can get your questions answered by anyone in the club as well as see what questions others have from curiousity about form to when our next event will be. Sign up for your california archery forum account today!

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Thanks to everyone who was able to make it to the general meeting! For those of you who were not able to join us for our journey through the ins and outs of Cal archery, we will be posting our powerpoint presentation shortly which will contain all important information you might have missed. And as a bonus treat, here is the link to this year's general meeting video created by Michael Rosario and Steven Hendler in association with California Archery. Fall 2007 General Meeting Video

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Thanks to the effort of our webmaster, the archery website has been updated with some important changes such as practice times, club fees, and more! We plan to send an email to the club about all the new changes we've made once more about our ASCENT program is finalized, so join the mailing list to get info fast!

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We'll be kicking off the semester with a General Club Meeting on Wednesday, September 5th, at 7pm, 2060 VLSB. Come for another one of our action-one packed, rib-ticklin, heart-wrenching, oooOOooh-inducing Archery videos, general club info, and a chance to talk with team members. See you all there! ^_^ oooOOooo and sign-up on our mailing list!!! =D

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Look out for the 'Archery DECal' on the DECal Website http://www.decal.org/archery. Part of our Team Development Plan, the course takes you from basic technique to competitive shooting with fun discussions and games too!

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The Cal Archery team welcomes four new members into our growing family. Senior Mark Llorente (recurve), Junior Noel Bernabe (recurve), Junior Sorah Shin (compound), and Freshman Alex Zaretskiy (compound) all put in the work and showed the dedication to break the requirements needed to make team. All new members will be critical components in our ultimate goal of becoming the best team in the nation, so when you see them around, give them a congrats! GO BEARS!!!

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All our tournament articles will be up by Spring Break!! Ahhhh so much to do!! Keep a sharp eye out!

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Welcome back to school and another fun semester of archery! To kick it off there will be a General Club Meeting on Wednesday, January 24, 7:00pm, room 2060 VLSB. The practice schedule and fee structure have changed drastically. Please come to this meeting to find out how we will be organized this semester. See you there!

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A squad of twenty five Cal Archers will be competing at the California State Indoor Archery Championships this weekend. This is a full FITA indoor tournament (120 arrows at 18 meters). In our second year of competition we are a full team - represented in every division (men's/women's recurve and compound). Shoot for gold! Go Bears!

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We have been given extra practice time in the RSF Combatives Room for the next two weeks! Here is the schedule:

• Saturday, 9 Dec: 8 - 11PM
• Sunday, 10 Dec: 2 - 5:30 PM
• Tuesday, 12 Dec: 7:30 - 9 PM
• Thursday, 14 Dec: 7:30 - 9 PM
• Saturday, 16 Dec: 6 - 9 PM
• Sunday, 17 Dec: 2 - 5:30 PM
• Tuesday, 19 Dec: 7:30 - 9 PM
• Thursday, 21 Dec: 7:30 -9 PM

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Next semester will be awesome and jam packed with events (tournaments, instruction certification courses, and random fun stuff hehe). So hope you guys enjoy your winter break. Look out for some announcement over the break about events so you can mark up your calendars. California State Nationals are coming up Jan. 12-14. Wish us luck!

Finally, here are the links to the Cal Archery General Meeting videos.
Part 1
Part 2

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General club practices start tomorrow! If you signed up for a session at the Bow Rack, please check out the Bow Rack Sign-Up Page to make sure you are on our list. Team members should also sign up. See you on the range!

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General club archery practices are beginning this week. Practices are every Wednesday and Friday evenings at the Bow Rack in San Pablo.

We leave at 6pm SHARP, from the Lower Hearst Parking Lot (across from North Gate).

To sign-up, please e-mail Keaton Chia (kchia@berkeley.edu) with your name and which day(s) you would like to come. Please also mention if you can drive other club members, as driving entitles you to a free session at the Bow Rack (which is normally $8).

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Did you attend one of Cal Archery's beginner's sessions at the Bow Rack? Did you enjoy it? If you said yes, then perhaps you would like to consider taking our Beginner's Course! Beginner's Courses will begin on Sunday, October 8, and continue for the next 5 Sundays, as long as the weather is clear. The cost is $50, including Club membership. Lessons will be held at the Softball Field on the Clark Kerr Residential Campus. There will be a choice between 3 one-hour classes each Sunday: 9 - 10 AM, 10 - 11 AM, and 11 AM - 12 PM. Please visit the Beginner's Course page to get details on how to sign-up.

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If you signed up for a Beginners Session at the Cal Archery General Meeting, you can confirm your session date on the Bow Rack Sign-Up page.

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The date is set! Thursday, October 5th, 2006 will be the day for Cal Archery's general team tryouts. More details about time and location to come soon.

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Team members: The tryout session has been rescheduled to Monday, September 11th since the Bow Rack will be closed on Monday the 4th for Labor Day.

Thanks to all who attended our first general meeting! The Beginner's Course student list will be posted here soon.

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It's election time again! You are eligible to vote if you were a student and attended at least 8 practices last semester. Any of last semester's student club members can run for a position on the board. We are taking nominations for President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Secret nominations can be sent to california.archery@gmail.com or write-ins are allowed the day of elections. Elections will be held Thursday August 31 at 7:10pm in 2040 VLSB - please be prompt.

Tryouts for Returning Team Members
All returning team members are required to attend a mandatory tryout session on Monday September 4, 2006 at the Bow Rack. We will be meeting in the Lower Hearst Parking Lot at 6:00pm and will leave at 6:10pm sharp. We will be shooting one round of 10 ends of 3 arrows, so 30 arrows in total. Recurve shooters must shoot at least a 200 and compound must shoot at least 230 on a standard 40cm target at 18m in order to retain good standing on the Cal Archery team. Again, this is a mandatory tryout session for RETURNING team members from last year ONLY. Email Cat Wu (czwu@berkeley.edu) for questions. Time and dates for general tryouts to make team will be announced later.

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For the Fall Semester, September 6, 8, 13, 15, 20 and 22 are designated as special Beginners Sessions at the Bow Rack. To attend one of these sessions, please sign-up at the Archery Club General Meeting on Thursday, August 31 (7 – 8 PM, room 2040 VLSB) or send an e-mail to Keaton Chia (kchia@berkeley.edu) and indicate your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices for one of these dates. Keaton will then confirm your scheduled session. The cost will be $8 for the session, with no obligation to join the club. This is a good way to try archery, to see if you like it. Carpools will leave from the Lower Hearst Parking lot, ground level, at precisely 6:10 PM. If you sign-up and do not show-up, the Club will likely ignore your future reservations.

If you have a vehicle, and are willing to drive other students to the practice, and back to campus, please indicate so when you sign-up. Your practice session will be free. This offer is limited to the first four drivers to sign-up for each session. All drivers must fill-out a driver registration form.

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Congratulations to Catherine Wu (left) on winning Rookie-of-the-Year in the Women's recurve Division at the recent US Intercollegiate Archery Championships. Rookie of the Year is an important award for new collegiate archers. It is awarded to the rookie in each category that gets the highest FITA score at the USIACs. For the first time ever, the rookies have received sponsorship. Hoyt provided a bow of choice to each recurve rookie. Mathews, Inc. provided a bow of choice to each compound rookie. We appreciate the outstanding support by these companies to college archery. Catherine began shooting last Fall, quickly rose to the top of the Cal Archery Team, and became Team Captain in the Spring. Cal Archery is proud of her achievement.

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California Archery thanks Mr. Bob Yerman, owner and operator of the Bow Rack, for his recent donation of a Hoyt UltraTec compound bow to the Club. Mr. Yerman has been an avid supporter of the Club since its inception last year. The compound bow, shown being used by Alex, will enable our Club to start a compound archery program, which until now has been prohibitively expensive for student budgets. Bob, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts, not just for the bow, but for all the assistance you have provided to us since our beginning.