When Bailey Drinkwalter first showed up at the Victoria Bowmen Archery Club, it was because her brother had done it first.
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Six years later, the 14-year-old Spectrum Community School student will represent Saanich and the IslandB次元官网网址檚 Zone 6 district at the B.C. Winter Games in Kamloops, Feb. 22 to 25. She qualified at a December competition.
Archery is an ancient sport but doesnB次元官网网址檛 share the same popularity as others. However, at the age of eight, when Drinkwalter was shooting regularly with the club, archery was thrust in the pop-culture spotlight and it resulted in a sudden influx of youth members.
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To strengthen her young arms, the left-handed shooter uses resistant bands at her Strawberry vale home on the days she isnB次元官网网址檛 shooting.
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