As in the previous year, the first team of the Neandertal Kyudo Club “Mokkei” had qualified for the Bundesliga finals last Saturday (Nov. 23) by finishing in 4th place in the preliminary round.

In 2008, 69 teams from all over Germany participated in the Bundesliga. The top 15 were invited to the finals in Hanover to determine the strongest teams through head-to-head competition.

After Johannes Maringer, Günther Dauner, Reinhard Kollotzek, and Volker Bruckmann had clearly dominated the competition in Frankfurt in 2007, they were defeated in 2008 only by the team “Kyu Dojo Berlin 1.” Also competing here were Boris Proppe and Thomas Müller, two teammates of Johannes Maringer from the “Deutschland 1” team, which had won the European title in Stockholm in May. The decisive factor in the Erkrath team’s narrow defeat was the Berliners’ strong second round, in which they missed only one shot. They were unable to make up the deficit.

But even second place confirms the quality of the consistent training efforts at the Neandertal Kyudo Club, which is once again wrapping up a very successful competitive year. In addition to the state championships—both in the team and individual events—Johannes Maringer and Reinhard Kollotzek were successful as members of the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) selection team at the German Championships. The greatest success of the year, however, was Johannes Maringer’s impressive performance at the European Championships in Stockholm: he was not only a member of the successful “Germany 1” team but also secured the individual title.

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