May-June 1996 Vol.15 No.3 - The US Archer by National Field Archery Association

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TTe Un'itecI States Oly/vipic Archery Team Front Row (L'R) CoacR Mike Kinq, Team Leaden Teresa Bnorhens, Assistant Coach Lloyd Brown

Team (Rear Row L'R) Richae/d "Burch" Jo/inson, Justin Huish, Rod White, LiNdsay Lanc,ston, Judi Adams ANd Janet DykMAN See Auricle on Paqe 209

Inside this issue... U.S. Olympic Team Announced IFAA World Indoor Championship NFAA Indoor Nationals

Las Vegas ‘96 All Japan Championships N.A.A. Indoor Nationals

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THE WORLD'S HOTTEST ARCHERS CHOOSE PSE ’

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■ NAME: Rod White ■ ACE: 19 \Sj* ■ BOW: PSE universal™ I LATEST FEATS: • Shot a I world record tying score I of 175 at the Atlanta I Grand Prix • Earned a spot I on the US Archery Team I for the summer games ' • Shot a 1344 at the US trials in Dallas, Texas • Won the recurve class at Atlantic City on April 20

Olympics Competition ... On Fire By Arlyne Rhode

Here we are getting ready for another Olympics to be held in the U.S headed up by FITA President Jim Easton. Just a few years ago, 1984, we were getting ready for the Los Angeles Olympics. Will this be a more spectacular event than in 1984? Guaranteed it will with the Elimination Round instead of the Double FITA

In 1984, Darrell Pace won with a pair of fine FITA’s of 1317 and 1299 for a total of 2616 to Rick McKinney's 2564. They were our best men FITA archers. Korea’s Hyang Soon Seo shot 1275 and 1293 for a total 2568 over China’s Linguian Li at 2559 Very good shooting for both men and women Now we have a different competitor, one who can perform excellent shots at 70 meters for both men and women at the height of competition Over the past few months I'm sure you have been following the Elimination Qualifying process reported on the National Archery Association Reports Both Darrell and Rick were in there trying to win that coveted spot on the team Rick advanced the farthest to the 8th place ranking Neither made the team In the process we hope we have our strongest men’s and women's teams ever. The following are the best U S. women and men archers today Congratulations to Justin Huish, Richard Johnson, Rod White and alternate Jay Barrs for making the men's U S Olympic Team Lady Olympic members are Judi Adams, Janet Dykman, Lindsay Langston and alternate Jessica Carlson This is a very elite archery competition and is seen around the world. Many world and international events are held yearly in field and target The International Field Archery Association

(IFAA) headed by President Ken Rogers just hosted the 1st Indoor IFAA World Championships. Mr. Rogers’ report starts on page 162. August 12-16, the IFAA under Ken Rogers direction will host the IFAA World Outdoor in Darrington, Washington. National Field Archery Association (NFAA) President Chuck Crowell and staff are organizing the U.S. World NFAA Team. Please check with the NFAA Office at (909)794-2133 if you want the requirements to qualify for the NFAA Field Team These are just two segments of organized archery in the U.S Of course every weekend you can find fine competition and valuable prizes given in 3-D archery, crossbow, traditional archery, and the newest of all the “S.T.A.R.S" events to be headed up by Jack Lyons and Bob Ragsdale. For the latest schedule call 1-800-477-7789 ext 2530 or write to S.T.A.R S. Shootout, P O Box 5487, Tucson, AZ 85703. PSE President Pete Shepley is backing the S.T.A R.S. so if you want an event in your area call PSE STARS at (800)477-7789 ext. 2530 for the event nearest you This couldn't be a better time for competitive archery worldwide. Please send us your photos and a report on what is happening in your country

See you on the range, Arlyne Rhode

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However, all these terrific TV shots will be go into the Olympic Team Round, 2. A TV camera will be put on a track 3-4 meters 6. I hope you all get a chance to see our new wasted in the USA if US archers and teams are in front of the shooting line on the ground and competition on TV or in person in Atlanta. We not in the Medal Finals. The USA network, will move remotely from archer A to archer B. NBC, will not show the archery Medal Finals want to be a sport that is fun to watch and ensure The camera will show a great view of the archer unless an American team is participating. Each our place in the Olympics Games program. coming to full draw, holding and releasing. country’s TV broadcaster makes up its own Countries with full rosters (3 men and 3 women): 3. A camera will be pul on the ground 3-4 meters program, usually to highlight its own athletes. If our archers do as well as they did at the test Russia, Sweden, Italy, Ukraine, Korea, USA in front of the target and will show a close up of tournament in Atlanta, we will see Olympic Countries with full roster for men only the arrows in the target. We hope to use this archery on TV in the USA. If not, some other (not including above full teams): signal to help score the arrows quickly by the countries will see their archers performing on Finland, Netherlands, France, Slovenia, Judges in the scoring blind. TV in the Finals. Kazakhstan, Australia Countries with full roster for women only 4. This camera position is a great one but We have had tremendous cooperation with (not including above full teams): controversial. Some archers will agree to use it AOB and NBC and we expect to see some Germany, Poland, Turkey, Taipei, China, and others won’t. It is a micro TV camera that archeiy' competition from Atlanta. I would like Indonesia, Republic of South Africa fits on the end of the stabilizer and looks directly 2 Men Qualified: to thank ACOG, Sheri Rhodes, Don Lovo and back at the archer’s face. It is a spectacular shot Klaus Schulz for their effort and dedication Belarus, Great Britain, Chinese Taipei, Japan, that TV would love to have. We will furnish which was needed to make Atlanta successful. China, Mexico, Rep. South Africa dummy cameras of the same size and weight to 2 Women Qualified: FITA has an exciting, short and understandable a few of the top archers and let them practice competition for the Olympic Round and we arc with it to become comfortable. The camera Netherlands, France, Belarus, Hungary, anxious to debut this new field and competition is the size of a tube of lipstick, but does have Kazakhstan, Australia, Zimbabwe a small cable about 1/16” diameter that format in Atlanta in July. 1 Man Qualified: A list of countries that won full Olympic comes from the camera to a power source on Norway, Bulgaria, New Zealand, Germany, the ground. If some archers don’t want to Qualification places are shown. Currently we Poland, Estonia, Czech Republic, Canada, have 13 women’s teams qualified and 12 men’s use it in competition, maybe we can convince Zimbabwe, Israel, India, Guam teams. If a few countries drop out of the TV to shoot some shots in advance with the 1 Woman Qualified: Individual Competition, we could have several Norway, France, Great Britain, Rep. de stabilizer cam. more teams entered. There are only 16 team Moldova, Georgia, Japan, Mongolia, Mexico, 5. We have been promised a giant screen TV places in the Olympics. If more than 16 Kenya countries earn the 3 places needed for a team, for the last two days of our competition. It will These are places earned. Several spots are the top scoring teams in the Ranking Round will show a split screen of the archer and the target. pending participation.

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THIS MONTH'S COVER: The U.S. Olympic Team....See article on page 211.

Editorial By Arlyne Rhode................................................................................................ 157

NFAA Awards Program................................................................................................... 159

ARCHER

I FA A News By Ken Rogers.............................................................................................. 162

IFAA World Indoor By Ken Rogers................................................................................ 164

NFAA Indoor By Arlyne Rhode........................................................................................ 170 Las Vegas By Arlyne Rhode............................................................................................ 182

Sth Trans Tasman Junior Archery Test By Alison Hutton.........................................188 IBO National Indoor Scramble.......................................................................................189

Oregon Shoot-Up By Ray Carroll....................................................................................190 ARCHERY MANUFACTURERS & MERCHANTS ORGANIZATION

Published and Edited by ARLYNE RHODE

1995 All Japan Championship By Masatoshi Seki..................................................... 192

Checkpoints for Winning Archery By Freddie Troncoso........................................... 193

The British Long Bow Society.......................................................................................195 New NFAA Shooter School By Bernie Pellerite...........................................................196

Editorial Assistant DIANA LaBEAU

Bernie ... Insights By Bernie Pellerite.......................................................................... 197

Elite Archery Clubs.......................................................................................................... 199 Archers Who Care By Jim Schultz................................................................................. 203

CONTRIBUTORS

U.S. Archer Subscription Form ................................................................................... 204

KEN ROGERS ALISON HUTTON RAY CARROLL MASATOSHI SEKI FREDDIE TRONCOSO BERNIE PELLERITE JIM SCHULTZ

North American Bowhunters, Mesa, AZ......................................................................205 NAA Indoor Nationals.................................................................................................... 209 NAA News

‘96 Olympic Team Named............................................................................................ 211

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

The 2000 A.D. Olympic Games By Robert C. Balink.............................................. 212

Olympic Team Capsules ............................................................................................. 213

JAMES STARKEY

Coaching Coarses........................................................................................................ 214

Bidding of ‘97 Tournaments......................................................................................... 214

U.S. Men Capture Grand Prix Gold............................................................................. 215 NAA NEWS SENIOR EDITOR EDITORIAL DIRECTOR MANAGING EDITOR COLLEGE DIVISION FITA NEWS IBO

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EUROPE DENMARK PHILIPPINES NEW ZEALAND ROMANIA MALAYSIA

‘96 Junior Worlds.......................................................................................................... 216 ROBERT C. BALINK christine McCartney COLLEEN WALKER MAR MARION RHODES DON LOVO JOHN SIELICKI LES MANESS MASATOSHI SEKI JOHN & GRETEL DABOVICH EDDIE PARSONS STAN PATTERSON ERIK KORNBEK ROY MANUEL VILLASOR JESSIE HENWOOD VICTOR STANESCU JAMES LEONG

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JUNIOR IFAA WORLD CHAMPION GOLD MEDALISTS WITH KEN ROGERS (FAR LEFT)

IFAA News By Ken Rogers, President 391 archers participated in the first IFAA World Indoor Archery Championship which was hosted by the NFAA (USA). The NFAA, while conducting their own 17th Annual National Indoor Championship and accommodating well over 1,000 archers, did their usual professional job while handling the world tournament at the same time. The inaugural IFAA World Indoor was held at Tulsa, Oklahoma, over the weekend of 29-31 March. It is my opinion the tournament was a success. Input received from the archers appears to bear that out. When previously asked how many archers were expected from outside the United States, I had replied I only expected a few The reason for that of course, is the IFAA World Field Archery Championship to be held in the U S at Darrington, Washington, in August. Some may be expected to attend one tournament in the U.S. But not both. As it turned out, we ended up with quite a number of archers from Canada, three from Germany, two from Australia and one from Costa Rica. All of these are planning to return for the World Field in Darrington The use of the NFAA Flight system in the world tournament seemed a simple decision

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when made In reality, it proved to be not that simple after all This came about because archers in one flight with one tournament were not necessarily in the same flight in the other. This, of course, was due in part to the difference in numbers of archers in each tournament and the different number of styles. This led to manually working the IFAA flights from the computer run out and the whole award process was slowed down. The double awards added to that delay. Even so, the award ceremonies went smoothly though a bit longer than normal. The NFAA holds three award ceremonies, one after each shooting line on Sunday, which moves the process along extremely well This method certainly aided in reducing the delays caused by a double tournament All things being considered, I find myself well pleased with the first IFAA World Indoor. I expect it to become a regular IFAA championship and through rotation, provide all archers of the world the opportunity to participate We now have the data to place before the IFAA World Committee for their consideration in August. I take this opportunity to thank all those who shot in the WIAC, especially those who came from other countries. Also, to thank the NFAA for hosting this first WIAC I have been associated with the NFAA for nearly 30 years, most of that as a NFAA Director, Sectional

Councilman, President and now as the Immediate Past President and again, Councilman. Therefore, it was a source of great pride to me, for my association to accept the task of hosting this event. To all of the first UIFAA World Champions", my sincere congratulations along with those of the IFAA and the archers of the world. Before closing, let me address a couple of questions regarding the IFAA World Field Archery Championship scheduled for Darrington, WA, August 12-17th. The awards ceremonies for both WFAC and NAFAC (North American Field Championship) will be held on Saturday the 17th of August. It is normal in the IFAA World/ Regional to have the awards ceremony the day after the closing ceremonies Make your plans to include Saturday, 17 August. Another item is age. The ages in NFAA Cub, Youth, Young Adult and Adult, and those of IFAA Cub, Junior and Adult are not the same For example, the common error is a 17 years of age archer registering as a Junior in IFAA. A person 17 years of age as of the first day of the tournament is an Adult in IFAA. Please consult your IFAA registration forms for this information. The IFAA World Indoor results and pictures will appear in this issue. See you in Darrington.

Until next issue — Ken

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The 1st IFAA World Indoor Archery Championship March 30-31,1996 By Ken Rogers, President • Photos by James Starkey

IFAA WORLD GOLD MEDALISTS

What a joy it was to return to Tulsa. I had been there the two previous years for the NFAA Annual Indoor tournaments, once as NFAA President and last year to take shifts on the podium as a worker. This time was different This time I was representing the IFAA as its President and eagerly looking forward to the 1 st IFAA World Indoor Archery Championship. This inaugural tournament was being hosted by the NFAA along with its 17th Annual National Indoor Championship. Tulsa has always struck me as a friendly town and nothing changed that opinion on this trip. From the airport, where I registered my lost luggage, to the van top into the city and the Downtown Doubletree Hotel, the hotel desk and staff, the restaurant staff and the Convention and Visitors Bureau staff, the archers of the Tulsa Archery Association and everyone else we came in contact with, you get the feeling everyone is happy to have you there. Friday was check-in and late registration. Practice targets were available all day and the archers couldn't seem to get enough practice. The shooting line was set up different this year. Added to the main line of over 100 stands containing four butts each, were two wings extending back from both ends which provided for approximately 100 additional archers. The podium controlled all three lines at the same time and had each archer in visual contact. The clocks were all run from the central timer control. In addition to this, line judges controlled each sector and no shooting took place until all line judges had signalled their sector safe and clear. The room was set up this year to handle 1560 archers and I am told that figure can be expanded in the future if required Saturday morning the race for victory began. The opening ceremonies were scheduled for the period between the first shooting time and the second. This was the time most of the archers

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and spectators would be present either coming, going, observing or visiting the NFAA Trade Show going on across the hall. After the National Anthem and introductions of the NFAA and IFAA Officers and all the tournament personnel, and a few brief opening remarks of welcome by NFAA President Chuck Crowell and myself, the second line of archers got their chance to go to work. While they were carving out their niche, I took a walk through the trade show area Manufacturers and representatives from most of the major bow companies and many of the accessory manufacturers were present. Arlyne Rhode took over responsibilities of the trade show at the end of the 1995 show The difference amazed me. No one had a bad booth location, all booths were readily accessible from wide aisles that had no dead ends Until Sunday afternoon when the trade show started winding down, the aisles were packed with archers and non-archers alike. In my opinion the 1996 NFAA Trade Show was the best yet. In speaking to a large number of the manufacturers and representatives, I found them in agreement with my opinion At the registration area the lines were pretty long most of the day, people checking in and those registering late I was amazed to find some who had no idea there was a world tournament going on or, that they could participate. For a while it was a balancing act — cancelling registration for cubs with releases (IFAA cubs shoot fingers only) and reregistering those who hadn't registered for the IFAA tournament, but, the numbers kept increasing throughout the day. On the shooting line Pros Terry Ragsdale and Kirk Ethridge had given the edge to Dave Barnsdale and Marvin Batliner by dropping one X a piece. All but three of the professional men's freestylers had shot perfect 300's. Deeper in the pack, the sole foreign pro, Sean McKenty of Canada, got his 300 but in the process had

dropped ten X's. On Sunday Terry would shoot 300-60X to take control for good and leave Dave Barnsdale tied for second with Kirk Ethridge as Marvin Batliner dropped three X’s to finish third. Professional women’s freestyler, Glenda Penaz took charge on day one but was tied at the end of the tournament with Nancy Zorn who won the tie break finishing first, followed by Glenda in second and Paula Weissend in third. Carolyn Elder controlled pro women's freestyle limited from the first and never relinquished her top spot as did Randy Holland, her couterpart in men's freestyle limited. Over in women's bowhunter unlimited, Rita Lee banged out a pair of 300’s leaving no doubt who would carry home the world championship patch and medal Jim Metzger established a solid lead Saturday in men’s bowhunter recurve. On Sunday Bob Johnson shot consistently while Jim dropped 6 points over his Saturday score His large lead on Saturday maintained Jim's first place standing. Women's freestyle unlimited Linda Owens from Mississippi put together back to back 300-54X to clinch her championship Following Linda were four other back to back 300's. On the men's side the entire championship flight of 24 shot back to back 300's with Tim Sewieja winning the shoot off with second place Darrin McCutcheon. Junior women's barebow compound Kendra Schaub found herself in second place Saturday. On Sunday she fought back to win over Jenni Jost. Jenny Sands in junior women freestyle unlimited and Caleb Heller in junior men’s freestyle unlimited shot back to back 300’s to win their styles. Cub lady freestyle recurve saw Stephanie Miller establish her lead early and maintain it throughout. Veteran men barebow recurve Richard Womack from Texas stayed out of Georgia’s Monty Heishman's CONTINUED ON PAGE 166

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