It took four and a half hours of shooting and twenty-nine rounds for each of the twenty-eight participating archers to finally know the new king who succeeds Yves Bouquet. And finally, it was Abel Vanhaecke who shot the papegai with his 29th arrow around 7 p.m. “ For this last shot, I decided to change arrows. But the one I had left was in two pieces. I patched it up with a bird’s feather and it was with this that I shot it down », he says amusedly.
« With the wind changing, it was very hard to find your place », he adds. Abel, a member since 2011, thus won his first title of king. “ Archery is a family affair in which there have already been several kings. It was my grandfather Aimé Vanhaecke who initiated us from generation to generation “. The new king will defend the colors of the Hazebrouck guild during the Emperor’s shooting which will take place on June 2 in Lillers.
2024-05-06 08:11:42
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