Foto’s: Johan Vorster
1Ste plek in Boogskiet. Johan Vorster, graad 8 leerder van Witteberg, het op Saterdag 07 Augustus deelgeneem aan ‘n ABO 3D- boogskietkompetisie. Die kompetisie het te Lochs Hoek buite Bloemfontein plaasgevind. Hy hetuitstekend geskiet en 181 uit 220 punte behaal. So het Johan ‘n eerste plek losgeskiet. Johan het onder die “Youth Men Release” 15-17 jaar deelgeneem.
Boogskiet is ‘n gewilde sportsoort by Hoërskool Witteberg. Sophia Pieters, ‘n graad 8 leerder van Witteberg, het op 23 Januarie aan die Vrystaat Boogskiet 3D eerste rondte in Senekal deelgeneem. Sy het daar ook ‘n eerste plek behaal.
Sophia het ook deelgeneem aan die NASP-SA Virtuele Toernooi waar sy ‘n 7e plek behaal het!
Geskiedenis/ History
Boogskiet oorsprong kan teruggevoer word sowat 5 miljoen jaar vC. Boogskiet was eens gewilde in antieke Afrika, Europa, Asië en ander streke. China het ‘n lang geskiedenis van boogskiet. So vroeg as die einde van die Paleolithic. Pyl en boog was ‘n belangrike wapen. Mense het dit gebruik vir jag en militêre gevegte. Die moderne boogskiet het ontstaan in Engeland in die 14de eeu. Dit het ontwikkel in ‘n militêre noodsaaklikheid en deur die Samurai as ontspanningsport.
Drie belangrike Wêreld boogskiet kampioenskappe is: Wêreld Buitenhuise boogskiet Kampioenskappe, Wêreldbeker Binnenshuise Boogskiet Kampioenskappe en die World Field Archery Kampioenskappe.
The bow was almost certainly the earliest mechanical device to achieve greater speed in a projectile than could be attained by throwing it. It does this by accumulating energy in the bow limbs while drawing (pulling the bowstring back), storing it temporarily while holding and aiming, and releasing the stored energy by converting it to energy of flight in the arrow. Initially, and probably for millennia, bows were made of a single material, usually wood (self bows), including those in which two pieces were fastened together to make the equivalent of a single long stave.
Later, some bows were made of several materials, such as wood and horn glued together in layers (composite bows) and reinforced with bands of sinew. The short self bows used in Europe until the late Middle Ages were weak weapons that gave way to the technically superior longbow beginning in the 11th century. The English longbow, made of wood from the English yew tree (Taxus baccata), became famous in legend and history for the victories it won over the French at the battles of Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt during the Hundred Years’ War. Composite bows made of wood, horn, and sinew were used throughout much of Asia during the same period.
The main forms of competitive archery are field archery and target archery. In field archery, competitors shoot arrows at different-sized targets set at varying and undetermined distances around a course. In target archery, competitors shoot a specified number of arrows at set distances at a target with established scoring values. A round is a target-shooting competitive event in which a specified number of arrows are shot at a specified distance, and scoring is done after the round or rounds.
Principal kinds of rounds include the American round, Hereford round, National round, and York round. FITA round distances are 90, 70, 50, and 30 metres (295, 230, 164, and 98 feet) for men and 70, 60, 50, and 30 metres for women, and the standard FITA round for both men and women consisted of 36 arrows per round being shot at each distance. Since the 1930s the FITA specifications have been those most widely used.
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