Tetrapteryllis
- The history of the club
Our team was
founded in 1994. It's name Tetrapteryllis means
"grasshopper" in ancient Greek. The
club was founded by a single athlete, but rapidly
attracted new athletes from other clubs, such as Arion and PAO.
Tetrapteryllis now numbers
over 35 active athletes.
The course of
our club has been steadily ascending throughout the years. Tetrapteryllis
started from the 19th place in the National team ranking in
1995 and gradually moved up to 2nd
place by the year 2000, a position which it holds until today. During the first
two years of it's existence our one and only athlete won the 1st
place in the Greek National games, broke a National record and participated in a
World Championship tournament in Birmingham, England. In 1997 it was decided
that the club should expand and 6 new athletes were enrolled. In1998 the
athletes and members very successfully organised their first regional tournament,
establishing their strong presence among the Greek clubs. Our
teams achievements in the year 2001 include
a man and a junior man participating in the World Championship in China with the
National team.
During the years
until 2001, the clubs Tetrapteryllis and Arion
Glyfadas work side by side helping one another. But in 2002, due to the
discontinuing of the archery department of Arion, Tetrapteryllis
follows an independent and dynamic path, with the acquisition of all the
archers from Arion. A lot of our archers have repeatedly had high rankings in
the National games and participated in World
championships, European championships, Balkan Games, Grand Prix, Junior Cups,
and International tournaments with the National team.