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Archery League and Sportsmen's Club

Grand Forks Air Force Base

Aug. 24, 2017 | 1:30

Airmen on Grand Forks Air Force Base participate in the Archery League and Sportsmen's club as a way to relax and improve their accuracy.

PRODUCER: A1C ORIANA BEARD
TITLE: ARCHERY LEAGUE FEATURE
DATE: 08/23/2017
RUN TIME: 01:30:10
CG INFO:
NAME: A1C Oriana Beard
TITLE: Reporting
NAME: SSgt Joshua Andrews
TITLE: Sportsmen’s Club President
NAME: TSgt Jon Falch
TITLE: Sportsmen’s Club Secretary
LEAD:
(REPORTER NAME): A1C Oriana Beard (RT: 00:04:15)
STAFF SERGEANT JOSHUA ANDREWS IS A CUSTOMER SUPPORT SUPERVISOR, BUT IN HIS FREE TIME HE IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE’S ARCHERY LEAGUE AND SPORTSMEN’S CLUB.
SOUNDBITE: SSgt Joshua Andrews, Sportsmen’s Club President (RT: 00:16:09)
“So, the best part about this, like why I love the Sportsmen’s Club so much is this is what I would be doing anytime. Like, it’s part of my passion, it’s my hobby.”
REPORTER:
SGT ANDREWS USES THE ARCHERY LEAGUE AS A WAY TO HONE HIS SKILLS, AND RELAX AFTER A LONG DAY.
SOUNDBITE: SSgt Joshua Andrews, Sportsmen’s Club President (RT: 00:42:09)
“Shooting bows, like I go during lunch it is a great stress reliever. It makes me more proficient at, at accuracy especially when I go bow hunting it really helps me out. You want to be as accurate as you possibly can.”

SOUNDBITE: TSgt Jon Falch, Sportsmen’s Club Secretary (RT:00:54:19)
“It’s just a way for people to have outdoor mindedness to get together. Um, we do different things like we have an Archery League, we have the archery range that goes up to sixty yards, we do trap, we have skeet that we’ve been working on getting up and going again, we have an air gun range. We don’t say no to anybody. Some people have never shot a gun before, they’re welcome to come out.”
SOUNDBITE: SSgt Joshua Andrews, Sportsmen’s Club Secretary (RT:01:13:23)
“Growing up my dad always taught me how to shoot bows and we did a lot of hunting so I’ve always, this has always been a part of my life. Out having fun.”
REPORTER:
A1C ORIANA BEARD, FROM GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, NORTH DAKOTA