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13, Jun, 2009

New Zealand Wins World Cup!!

Mandy McGregor of Greenwood Archers in New Plymouth was one of the team members competing in the World Cup Stage 3 in Antalya, Turkey winning the teams event in the Womens Compound Division.  This is
great for archery in New Zealand. From the www.archery.org website:

Gold Medal - New Zealand (NZL) vs Greece (GRE)
This was a surprise to have these two teams competing for gold.

Both teams were pretty close to one another until they finished the second end, when Greece shot a 6, high on the right. New Zealand had then a 4-point lead 103-99.

Both teams then adapted better to the special conditions of this final field on the beaches of Antalya. Greece put together a 9-9-X10-8-10-9, while New Zealand had X10-X10-9-8-10-9 to increase their lead 159-154.

LAINCHBURY shot the last arrow for New Zealand hoping she would be back on this field with the same success tomorrow for the individual finals. New Zealand won gold 211-204!

The opinion of DUENAS: Both teams fought well. They probably fought not only the wind but also their nerves, as I never saw them on a World Cup field of play for finals before today. They probably earned a great deal of experience and the fact that they reached the final here should be a huge boost of confidence for them in the future!