Shooting Staff - About Us
We are a group of athletes in the San Francisco Bay Area who are heavily involved with competitive archery at the
local, state, national, and world level. We often devote 3 to 8 hours a day, 3 to 7 days a week in intensive training.
Our training location is at the San Francisco Golden Gate Park Archery Range on 47 th. Ave at Fulton Street,
directly next to the Golden Gate Park Golf Course parking area. Our archery philosophy mainly focus on promoting
the health, mental and social benefits of archery as a gentleman sport, and assisting any athlete who could benefit
from our specific knowledge and research findings in the sport. We have the mutual understanding that competitive
archery is all about our personal skill and ability to achieve under intense pressure in any competition environment.
If you are interested in competitive archery and have any related question, please feel free to contact us via email.
Who's who? (alphabetical order)  Richard "Grandpa" Howells
Richard is like a father / grandfather to all of the Cupid's Gate shooting staff. He
is always at the Golden Gate Park Archery Range early weekday mornings. He is
always available for any question that one might have to do with the sport of archery.
Richard is one of the major driving force with our shooting staff's performance.
 Victor "Shifu" Maquinana
Victor is one of the finest archery athletes in the State of California, USA. Victor's performance
always proves to be at its best while shooting under massive pressure during major championships.
Victor has shown himself to be a true master in Olympic recurve archery. He is also extremely kind
hearted, cheerful and knowledgeable, and always willing to share that knowledge with other athletes.
The entire Cupid's Gate Archery staff look up to him as a role model in the sport of Olympic archery.
 Tony became an athlete in the sport of Olympic archery in 1982 while at Millfield School in Somerset, England.
He was the "Master of Target" within 6 months, and became the "Vice Captain" and "Captain" of the Millfield
School Archery Team within 3 years. He was also the 1984 Under 18 Champion in Somerset County, England.
Today, Tony is a regular attendee in major California state, National, and world ranking championships. He is also an USA Archery Certified Community Coach with a real passion for promoting and coaching archery.
 *** Latest Accomplishments *** USA Archery Community Coach Certification. 1st Place - Cotton Boll 2010 Male Executive FITA Recurve Division. 2010 Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) National Mail-In Tournament 2 Results: 253/300 (Ranking List).
Silver Medal - Chula Vista Olympic Training Center Roadrunner 900 Round Adult Recurve Division.
6th Place - Senior Recurve Men Division in the 2009 California State Ranking List.  Vien Nguyen (photo coming soon)
Vien is a graduate under Cupid's Gate Archery training program. When we first discovered him, he was shooting
a beginner bow at a draw weight of about 20 lbs at 20 m, and he was showing some promising signs at the time.
We immediately took interest of his ability in the sport, and offered him tournament grade equipments and all
the training tips that was necessary to move him up the ladder quickly. Today, Vien is fully committed to the
sport with confidence in every shot, and he has his own set of Olympic worthy archery equipment. He is now
pulling a bow with a draw weight of 36 lbs, which allows him to shoot at long distance targets up to 90 meters.
 Carlo J. Santillan (bio coming soon)
*** Latest Accomplishments ***
3rd Place - 2010 California State Indoor Championship Male Adult Compound Division.
2nd Place - 2009 Tulare Target Archery (TTA) Invitational Male Adult Compound Division.  Doug Stephens
Doug is a true gentleman in the sport of archery. He started his own journey as a replacement archery
leader for Cub Scouts in Tucson, AZ in 1995. He was initially taught the basic skill of shooting with the help
of the headquarters of Precision Shooting Equipment (PSE) in Tucson. As time progressed, Doug taught
the Scouts and 4-H kids about the sport for over six years, bringing untold enjoyment to both the kids and
himself. Doug has a great sense of humor and truly enjoy teaching beginning and intermediate athletes of
all ages the fundamentals of the sport and instilling the enjoyment as an USAA certified instructor. *** Latest Accomplishments *** 3rd Place - Cotton Boll 2010 Male 60+ Compound Division. Cupid's Gate Archery - Junior Team  Cy David
Cy is extremely promising since age 11. He is a happy child and loves to have fun, yet take what he does seriously.
He spends much time analyzing and double checking every shot during the setup stage in the shooting cycle before he
actually releases the arrow. He is taking every shot and the feedback afterward extremely seriously. Cy had just completed
his final change of his shooting form with the help of USA Archery Regional Coach Keaton Chia, and he is doing extremely well. Cy is one of the very few naturally gifted junior archers, and he will do extremely well in California State if not an Olympic hopeful.
Current Division: Male Recurve Bowmen (Age 12)
*** Latest Accomplishments *** Cotton Boll 2010 - (Cy's first CA state open tournament): Bowmen Division 6th Place 1203/1440 (prediction: 1100/1440).
2010 Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) National Mail-In Tournament 1 Results: 241/300 (Ranking List).
2010 Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) National Mail-In Tournament 2 Results: 248/300 (Ranking List). Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) 6-GOLD Stars Pin Achievement Award (15m and 20m).
Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) Indoor Blue Stars Pin Achievement Award (score: 248/300 PB).
Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) Outdoor Black Stars Pin Achievement Award (score: 275/360).
Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) Adult Program Outdoor Master Bowman Patch Award (score: 232/360 PB).
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