Ice archery championship to run next month

Sports
unurzul@montsame.mn
2019-01-15 13:41:31

Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/ Archers from every corner of the country will gather at Khurkhree area of Bogd Khan Mountain for National Ice Archery Championship to be held on February 16-17 within the scope of Ulaanbaatar Winter Festival. 

As a unique type of Mongolian traditional archery, the Mongolian Ice Archery Association annually organizes the ice archery championship with aims to promote ice archery to the public, develop this sport and inherit it to next generation and revive tradition.   


Team and row shootings will be organized in the competition. Also, participants are advised to use bow and arrow made in Mongolia. The arrow should be wooden and its weight needs to be over 120 grams. In the row shooting competition, 20 arrows will be shot from distance of 40 meters while in the team shooting, a group of 8 archers will shoot from distances of 40, 30, 25 and 20 meters.