26 March 2012         the list of the Seeded Players for the year 2012 has been announced by the Yangphel Archery Committee. It has been announced more than three months before the start of  the 16th Yangphel Open Archery Tournament  in July.

The early announcement of the names of seeded players is anticipated to facilitate forming of teams around the nation. In the Yangphel Open Archery Tournament, only one seeded archer is allowed per team to participate. It ensures that all the participating teams have equal chances. And this does not affect individual aspirations, since  team performance does not matter while deciding individual prize categories, including that of coveted title Best Archer. All the individual prize categories (except for one) are based on performances during the league stage which every team play by default and not at all on Read more…

 As announced in the Sept 16^th issue of Bhutan Observer, the winner of Free (Green) Raffle has been declared as Mr. Nidup Tshering, an employee of Thimphu BPC.

Nidup is from Read more…

 As announced in Friday Sept 9^th Bhutan Observer issue, the winning number drawn for one of the free raffle withheld during the Sept 3^rd final of 15^th Yangphel Open Archery Tournament 2011 is 8922

The raffle when produced in original can be used to claim the Cash Prize of Nu. 5000/- (sponsored by Sangay Automobiles).

The claim has to be made at Yangphel Office (near National Memorial Chorten) latest by Thursday 15^th Sept 2011 12:00 PM. Read more…

Since ancient times, she has been revered and worshipped by the archers and the locals of Changzamtog. Now, even soccer players, volleyball players or basketball players join archers to seek her divine intervention to help win games. She is known to bestow her blessings to all those who seek them. She does not discriminate. Though she is the local guardian deity or ‘molha’ or of Changzamtog, she helps all those who have come from far and from other villages. She is known as Aum Ja-She-Maam, the lady guardian who graces the small stupa in Changzamtog area of Thimphu. Read more…

Archery is the national sport of Bhutan, and every village has it own archery range. competitions, usually accompanied by a banquet, are a part of all festive occasions. Using bamboo bows (although modern compound bows are finding their way into the kingdom) teams of archers shoot at targets only 30 centimetres in diameter from a distance of 120 metres. Each team has a noisy crowd of supporters who, as well as encouraging their own side and try to out off the opposition. The game of archery is not exactly a sport that draws frenzied supporters out for a kill. There are no die-hard fans and no follow-the-team-to-kingdom-come fanatics. And no streaking hooligans.If anyone is all pumped up, it is the archers themselves… To the Bhutanese, it’s a tourist sport and a very saleable one at that too. It has tremendous tourist appeal. Archery is tradition; it’s songs and dances and jeers and near-primitive howls. It’s the works to someone seeking the unusual. All that could be just a facade. Read more…