Archers Compete for Italy Event at Brookdale

Brookdale Park, long a hotbed for archery in New Jersey, hosted trials this past weekend for spots in the U.S. Team that will go to the World Archery Championships in Torino, Italy this July, according to reports on the websites of ESPN and USA Archery.

The trials attracted 31 archers across the country, the reports said. The event was held at Brookdale Park's archery field.

The park usually hosts the Bloomfield Archers, the state's longest continuing archery club, according to its website.

Mayor Raymond McCarthy said the park has hosted qualifying trials for the Olympics, drawing the actress Geena Davis to Bloomfield one time to try out for the 2000 Sydney Games, as detailed in this BBC report.

For the Torino event, the ESPN website has the full list of people who made the cut in Bloomfield this past weekend.

The archers will compete for team and individual medals at the Torino event, according to the report from USA Archery. The team will also try to qualify for "quota spots" for the 2012 London Olympics.