February 21 2018
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Archer setting his sights high by Kent Caddick
Rolleston archer, Ryley Griffiths, has taken a giant step forward on his journey to represent New Zealand at the Olympics. P5
Community picnic in domain
An enthusiastic group of West Melton residents met up at the local domain last week…
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Getting physical at West Melton
The busy, and physical, start to the year has continued …
Rolleston’s Ryley Griffiths is taking aim at Olympic representation
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Sefton takes over top spot
Defending champions Sefton leapt to the top …
The 11-year-old has just received his first call up to a national squad and will represent his country at the Oceania Archery Youth Championships, which will be held in Selwyn next month. Ellesmere Archery’s home base at Osborne Park in Doyleston, where Ryley learnt his sport, will play host to the championships on March 10 and 11. The Rolleston Primary School student, said it was special to get the call-up
to the national team. “It is something I have been aiming at for a while,” he said. Ryley fell in love with archery after shooting his first arrow at a ‘Have A Go Day’ event hosted by Ellesmere Archery in Southbridge, just over three years ago. “We saw an article in the paper about the have a go and we went down, and it all started from there.”
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Since then, Ryley has represented Ellesmere Archery at three New Zealand Nationals bringing home a large number of medals for Clout and Target events. Clout is distance shooting at a target lying flat on the ground, while target shooting is at upright targets. He currently holds in excess of 15 national records. continued on page 4 …
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