{"id":160,"date":"2013-05-14T16:28:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T16:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chapmanarchery.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=160"},"modified":"2013-05-14T16:28:36","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T16:28:36","slug":"steve-vanziles-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chapmanarchery.com\/?page_id=160","title":{"rendered":"Steve VanZile’s History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As an 11-year-old boy who first picked up a wooden bow and hit his first bullseye, Steve has never forgot the simple reason he took up the sport. It was fun. Steve will tell you, \u201cI just like to see arrows fly. There is a mystique to it. To me, it\u2019s like an art form.\u201d What an art the sport of archery is.<\/p>\n

For over\u00a0five decades, this artist\u2019s canvas has been quiet woods, radiant with fall colors, hunting trophy whitetail deer, or rugged terrain out West, in pursuit of antelope or elk. He has 16 Pope & Young trophies. He also knows the high-pressure world of competitive target shooting, toeing the line alone with his arrows and overcoming his anxieties to win many State and Sectional archery titles. He has finished 6th in the World Championships twice. It has been countless schools, scout meetings, seminars, trade shows, and one-on-one sessions where his aim was to hook newcomers into archery\u2014or make veteran shooters better, passing on his knowledge as a highly sought national and state-certified coach. He has coached over a hundred shooters to State Championships, 8 National Championships and 4 World Championship titles.\u00a0 He was featured in a\u00a0Discovery Channel program on the evolution of weapons where he demonstrated the accuracy and effectiveness of the long bow, recurve bow and the modern compound bow. Steve was inducted into the New York State Archery Hall Of Fame in 2007.<\/p>\n

For hunting, for competition, for pleasure, archery is a life sport to Steve. And, it has been a good life for him, as well. He met his wife on the archery range. \u201cArchery is a sport where there is no height, weight, gender, or strength requirements. Everybody can enjoy it.\u201d He said, \u201cIt has given me so much. All I want to do is just give some of that enjoyment back to people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steve and his wife, Kathy, met George and Patti back in the early 70s when they became PSE Pro Staff Shooters. Their common love of archery has developed into a life-long friendship. He started helping George with the schools back in the 80s. He has spent many hours on the road traveling and presenting the schools with George and Patti. “I cherish\u00a0the time I was able to spend with George and Patti.\u00a0George has always been my mentor, whether it\u00a0was archery or life in general. To be able to work with George and Patti and help people learn and enjoy archery\u00a0was a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steve continues to coach, \u00a0hunt and shoot competitively\u00a0along with presenting the George Chapman Technical Schools. He considers it a\u00a0gift to be able to follow in George’s footsteps and presents the schools in George’s honor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As an 11-year-old boy who first picked up a wooden bow and hit his first bullseye, Steve has never forgot the simple reason he took up the sport. It was fun. Steve will tell you, \u201cI just like to see arrows fly. There is a mystique to it. To me, it\u2019s like an art form.\u201d… View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-160","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapmanarchery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapmanarchery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapmanarchery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapmanarchery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapmanarchery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chapmanarchery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapmanarchery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}