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As we wind down from a very exciting 2016 with the Olympics and Paralympics, we are getting ready for as fully an exciting 2017. The World Archery Association has held some of its World Cup events in Marrakesh, Morocco and Nimes, France prior to the Las Vegas, Nevada USA event to be held the end of January. The Hyundri Archery World Cups are on schedule next. Recognition of the 2016 World Best Archers is featured on page 12 of this issue. Our own Brady Ellison was voted #1. Congratulations Brady! April and Joey Garvin bring us the final 2016 ASA event from Phoenix City, Alabama. This event also selected the 2016 Shooters of the Year in their proper divisions. Many events have to be attend to qualify for these special titles and are much deserved. Congratulations to all of you. This issue our California contributor, Roy Villasor, brings us a special report from John Binsford covering what fine young archers the Vanguard Archers are by shooting for a cause, Shoot Out Cancer. Thank you for your recognition of this group. Our friends to the north, British Columbia Archery Association held the 2016 Americas Masters Games in
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Dec. 22, 2016 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - After a selection camp November 8-13 th, sixteen archers were selected to join the Com pound Junior Dream Team (CJDT) and an additional four were named as alternates. Coach Jesse Johnson also joined the CJDT coaching staff. The CJDT, which consists of 35 of the most promising bowman, cub, cadet and junior compound archers in the country, participate in training camps and receive on going assistance from advanced level coaches throughout the year. This self- funded program was de veloped to help young compound archers to focus on technical and mental skill development, with the ultimate goal of developing future international success at the World Championship and World Cup levels. “The depth of high perform ing youth compound archers across all divisions is simply amazing,” commented CJDT founder and Level 5-NTS Coach Linda Beck. “Every year the scores continue to climb. CJDT started in No vember 2014. This year at JOAD Nationals CJDT archers brought home eight medals. Seven mem bers of 2016 CJDT were named to the 2017 senior, junior and cadet US AT teams. On behalf of CJDT coaching staff; Jim Pruitte, Lar ry Wise, Steve Yee, John Fleury and myself we welcome our new and returning members. We look forward to helping each of you achieve your goals in 2017.” Go to www.usarchery.org to learn more about CDJT camps and the team selection process. USA Archery congratulates the following archers on their re cent selection to the CJDT:
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The IOC President, World Archery President and Cantonal and City authorities participated in the opening of the Centre. The World Archery Excellence Centre, a stateof-the-art sports facility dedicated to the development of archery, has officially opened in the Olympic Cap ital of Lausanne. IOC President Thomas Bach, World Archery President Prof Dr Ugur Erdener, Cantonal and City authorities, esteemed guests and numerous Olympic Champions participated in the opening ceremony. Attendees heard speeches from dignitaries and witnessed a pair of live archery matches. One was a mixed team recurve contest featuring double-Olympic Champion Ku Bonchan, team gold medallist Choi Misun, Rio fourth-place finisher Sjef van den Berg and four-time Olympian Naomi Folkard.
2 December 2016 Lausanne (SCI) Archery Excellence Centre, he said, continued the tradition of impressive venues. President Bach added that the opening of the new facility was a proud moment for World Archery, a high-flying idea that had come to fruition, before presenting the World Archery President with a special award. World Archery President Prof Dr Ugur Erden er said: “Opening this Centre is a dream come true. It will become key to World Archery’s development efforts around the globe and, while we have now seen Olympic gold medallists compete between its walls, we hope for many more current and future champions to make use of this dedicated space.”
“I would like to thank all who have contributed to and supported this project, especially the IOC Pres ident, local authorities and the entire World Archery Family.”
between world number one Sara Lopez and Hyundai Archery World Cup runner-up Sarah Sonnichsen. IOC President Dr Thomas Bach back quipped about archery’s familiarity with iconic venues. Af ter Olympic events held in Athens’ Panathinaikos in 2004 and Lord’s Cricket Ground in 2012, the World
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Olympic Champ misses indoor world record by 1mm
The Rio 2016 winner was competing in the first tournament in the World Archery Excellence Centre. Olympic Champion Ku Bonchan shot 598 out of 600 points for the 18-metre ranking round, match ing Brady Ellison’s new world record from the first stage of the 2016/17 Indoor Archery World Cup in Marrakesh, and missed setting a world-leading score by a millimetre in the final end.
“It’s my first indoor tournament,” said Ku. “I didn’t expect to break the world record. I remembered that Brady shot 598 last week and I was thinking about it. 1 tried my best.” Ku had shot 299 out of 300 for the first 30 ar rows then hadn’t dropped another point heading into the final end of the round. His first shot was low and left in the gold on the top face, but he - and most of the onlookers - thought it had clipped the 10. His last two arrows were un questionable. At the target, it was clear. The top shaft was one millimetre out of the 10ring, and Ellison’s 598 - which had broken a 15-yearold mark - would stand for at least another tourna ment. Double Olympic gold medallist Ku, three-time
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Olympic Champion Ki Bo Bae (twice team, once individ ual) and Rio 2016 team winner Choi Misun, along with compound world number one Sara Lopez, as part of a group of top inter nationals, and local European archers were competing in the first tournament to take place in the new World Archery Ku Bonchan Excellence Centre. The facility, based in the Olympic Capital of Lausanne, Switzer land, was officially opened by International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and World Ar chery President Prof Dr Ugur Erdener on Friday 2 December 2016.
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1. Brady Ellison Our round-up of the top moments of 2016 concludes with the best all-round ar chers of the season. In a season dom inated by the Olym pic and Paralympic Games, international archery athletes also took to the field for the 11 th edition of the Hyundai Archery World Cup circuit, the Indoor Archery World Cup and World Ar chery Championships in indoor and field disciplines. This is not a ranking by med al count, nor by number of records broken - but of those archers that, throughout the year of 2016, stood out as simply exceptional. (Disclaimer: the official
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Athlete of the Year trophies are awarded by a public poll and an expert panel that votes ahead of the World Archery Gala in Feb ruary. The public poll closes at midnight GET on 31 December 2016. This is a non-official and subjective list.) It could only really be Brady, who might just look back on 2016 as his greatest year ever. He started the outdoor season by posting the third-highest score in history with a 697 at the Shang hai Hyundai Archery World Cup stage, then won the mixed team final at the same event. Barely a few days later in Medellin, he won his recurve men’s gold stage gold on the circuit in a number of years, beating Ku Bonchan in a shoot-off along the way. Pausing only jn April he got married to Toja Ellison (nee Cerne), and by the time Rio rolled round, Ellison was in top form He left Brazil with a second team silver in a row and then individual
bronze to give the USA its best haul since Syd ney 2000. A few weeks later he took a record fourth Hyundai Archery World Cup Final vic tory in Odense in Den mark, and maintain his unbeaten record as the only recurve man to win the Longines Prize for Precision - and then became World Archery Field Champion a week later in Dublin. (To go with a bronze medal from the World Archery Indoor Championships early in 2016.) He wasn’t finished yet. In November, despite recover ing from surgery on his knee, he smashed the indoor ranking round world record with 598 in Mar rakesh, and went on to win that Indoor Archery World Cup stage, too. “It has been a great year. I don’t know if it’s the best in my life but it has been good. 1 won a few shoots and broke a world re cord and got an Olympic medal,’ said Ellison. He continued: “2017 holds what I hope to be my best yea1' yet and also a new part of my life, as Toja and I team up on a new adventure that we are very excited about. It’s always fun start new things so I am excited for 2017, and the possibilities it might hold.” It’s been a truly spectaculai year for the man from Arizona. U.S. Archer lnc. 34th Anniversary
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Only the second male archer in history to do the ‘double’ of team and individual gold at the same Olympics, Ku emerged from the pack of elite Korean men over the last few years to gain the ultimate acco lade for recurve archers. Off the field, he played the joker of the Korean pack, looking like he was having the most fun of all of them. On the field, he proved to be an aggressive fighter, showing the same kind of steely competitive drive under the surface that propelled Ki Bo Bae to her victories. In Rio, his performance in the men’s team fi nal, as the middle pin between Kim Woojin and Lee Seungyun, was faultless: six arrows, six 10s, and easi ly the most solid and focused of all three of them. Without his teammates behind him, The indi vidual journey was a much bumpier ride, with visible nerves and two narrow escapes against Taylor Worth and Brady Ellison, who both could have sent him to an early bath but didn’t have the one arrow when it mattered. Perhaps the Olympic inexperience showed a lit tle; his coach was seen haranguing him on and off the field. But with luck on his side, he came through and shot well in the final against Jean-Charles Valladont - at least until he celebrated a moment too early before Valladont’s final arrow in the third set was upgraded and he had to shoot again. Ku Bonchan then showed off his impressive fo cus, managed to reset and maintain his concentration, to close the match out and become one of the most memorable and entertaining champions we have seen for a long while.
Finished a third consecutive year as the number one compound woman in the world, winning Hyun dai Archery World Cup stages in Shanghai, Antalya and Medellin with plenty to spare. She seems increas ingly unstoppable at the moment, having not lost a competitive world-level match since the semifinal at the World Archery Championships in 2015, though she unfortunately didn’t compete at the Hyundai Ar chery World Cup Final in 2016. With one of Sara’s biggest challengers, world number two Crystal Gauvin - the last person to beat Lopez head-to-head - moving to recurve from next season, who will emerge to topple her?
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coming the first Iranian woman to win gold at either Games - then in Rio, she competed at both Olympic and Paralympics. At the former she carried her na tion’s flag, and at the latter she won another individual gold. Zahra continues to be an inspiration.
Mike Schloesser: Another year of record breaking and winning performances from the Dutchman, winning the Shanghai stage outdoors, Bangkok stage indoors, and his first Hyundai Archery World Cup Final to boot.
Chang Hye Jin: Five foot two of indomitable will, she had her day in the Sambadromo and took the individual title with incredible confidence. She has also emerged, with style, as one of the stars of the Games in Korea, winning several awards including Female Sportsperson Of The Year - and is planning on taking on Tokyo, too.
Ki Bo Bae: She didn’t manage to take a consecutive individual gold in Rio, but dragged things back into focus enough to come back and take a bronze, before winning her second Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in Odense against her teammate Choi Misun, who was unbeaten through two stages in 2016. Was this her last Olympics? We will have to wait and
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Congraulations to all of the world archers who participated in the Rio Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games
USA Archery Congratulates New Level 4 NTS Coaches December 15, 2016 CHULA VISTA, California - USA Archery recently completed hosting two Level 4-NTS coach certifica tion courses. This weeklong course of twelve-hour days is highly intensive and is only completed when participants pass both a written and practical exam on the National Training System (NTS). The Level 4-NTS courses, which are only of fered twice per year, teach the education of sports sci ence in archery, psychology and biomechanics with a large emphasis on NTS. Graduates of the course become eligible for USA Archery National Develop ment Program and International Team Staff positions. USA Archery Education and Training Manag er Guy Krueger congratulated the recent graduates: “Completing this course is no easy task. We are very proud of our new Level 4-NTS coaches and are ex cited to see the great and growing depth of talent in the U.S. coaching pool. Congratulations also to Gary Yamaguchi, who just earned his Level 5-NTS Coach certification this past month!” Among many notable names in the recent grad uate list is 2016 U.S. Olympic Archery Team member Mackenzie Brown. Brown shared: “1 took the course because I want to be a coach in the future, and I want to be able to inspire other future Olympians. The ex perience was great, 1 had an awesome time learning a few things and getting to hear National Head Coach, KiSik Lee talk is always an honor.” To learn more about the USA Archery Coach Certification Program, click here. To find a certi fication course near you, view the course schedule. For any additional information, please contact Guy Krueger at gkreuger@usarchery.org. Congratulations to our new Level 4-NTS Coaches:
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - U.S. archers topped almost every category of the Third Para Ar chery Mail Match of the Americas, created by World Archery Americas. The event, which spanned results compiled in the last four months, saw record partici pation with 73 archers from 10 countries. Jerry Shields finished first for the W1 category, which was swept by U.S. archers. Just behind Shields was Paralympic Champion Jeff Fabry and in third, World Archery Athlete of the Year finalist, Lisa Co ryell. USA also swept the visually impaired category with Mark Schrand in first and Janice Waith second. Rio 2016 teammates Michael Lukow and Eric Ben nett were first and second for the recurve open men’s division while Jim Vennera finished 11th. For the compound open women, Teresa Wallace took the bronze and Paralympian Samantha Tucker finished 5th. Ben Thompson was the leading U.S. compound open men’s scorer, finishing second, just ahead of Kevin Polish and Matt Stutzman who were 3rd and 4th respectively. Lance Thornton, Richard Burkett and Paralympic Champion Andre Shelby finished in the top 10. Jeremy Velez and Keith Sekora also par ticipated in the event. To see complete results from this event, go to www.usarchery.org. To vote for Lisa Coryell and An dre Shelby in the World Archery Athlete of the Year poll, go to www.usarchery.org
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The Archery World Loses two Legends NORBERT “NORB” MULLANEY
Victor Berger
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Class of 2013 - Competitor - Contributor to the Sport
Norb Mullaney, Bowhunting World’s long-time bow test columnist (1974-2012) and member of the Archery Hall of Fame, passed away in October at his home in Mequon, Wisconsin. He was 94. Norb was a technical consultant to the Archery Trade Association for several years and wrote several technical articles in the late 1970s for Bowhunting World; as well as The Bowhunter, the Wisconsin Bowhunters Association's magazine. He also served more than 20 years on the WBH Board of Directors. In the 1960s he began designing and building his own compound bows, one of which is currently on display in the AHOF Museum in Springfield, Missouri.
Norb was elected to the Safari Club International Hall of Honor in 2001, the Archery Hall of Fame in 2002, and the Wisconsin Bowhunt ers Association's Hall of Fame in 2012. The archery world has lost an archery Icon and he will be missed by all who knew him.
Victor Berger, one of the Professional Archers Associations strongest competitors in the'60s, and 70s passed away recently at the age of 79.
"Vic" won the PAA outdoor title in 1967/69, and 70 as well as capturing the U.S. Open Indoor Limited Championship in 1970
and 72. He also later went on towin the 1984 PAA National Indoor title. In the late 1960's he de signed and invented "The Berger Button." For over a decade the "Berger Button" was the standard name for any plunger made. To know Vic was to love him, until we meet again, RIP.
Mike Anderson and J. D. Anderson induct Norb into the Anderson Archery Hall of Fame in June of 1988.
2014 was a proud year for Victor as he received his Hall of Fame plaque fromAHOF Board of Director, Chuck Jordan.
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Outside the Box by M.J. Rogers total archer became a learning ex perience for me, the father and the archer. At the conclusion of the evening we all sat down as I made amends as best I could. I know I have work yet to do to regain this young man’s trust. When working with adap tive archery outside the normal is normal. Never more true than when 1 was recently helping out at a local Disabled Sports (DSUSA) chap ter archery! program. I made an obvious to me and to the father a draw length correction. An error in judgment on my part because I didn’t think through the reac tion of the young man. He had adapted to the overextended draw length and my abrupt change to his world was debilitating. I knew the young man was prone to over react to noise, strange conversa tion, and other archers standing too close. While thinking as an ar chery coach and not looking at the
My time with this group of archer/athletes has provided an unend ing learning experience as a coach. 1 have been re warded and educated be yond what these individu als knoyv. The following are several insights I wish to share. As above trust between the athlete and coach is non-typical with someone with intellectual or physical disabilities. Over helpful is too often first error when coach ing. It is necessary to understand this person got here without you so wait, watch and when asked assist. Knowing that, often your coach training has not informed
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you about lack of stability when shooting from a chair, seated on a stool, or standing on a prosthetic. For archers to maintain balance a lean, twist, or unusual alignment is necessary. Learn to work with what you have they do. Ask ques tions about mobility and strength. With adults, the answers will give you some insight to any correc tion limitations. With youngsters, your communication skills will be necessary and as the saying goes “listen and watch twice as much as you speak.” In some cases, speed of progression is slower but in most headway, happens faster than you plan. Too often the stig ma of an individual’s limitations cany over to a coach’s expecta tions. Boundaries are exaggerated by incorrect perceptions so coach don't be the limitingfactor. A second and just as import ant insight is a coach’s responsi bility to watch out for the unex pected. By that I mean, watch and care for the adaptive gear, which is often handmade and more frag ile than production. Watch for bumps, stumps, cracks, ledges and gaps whether pushing someone in a chair or general transport from place to place. Too often falling is a regular occurrence and doesn’t need aided by a coach’s hurry or lack of attention a small detail. It is not to be taken lightly when someone has trusted you enough to ask for help. What you see as a small variance in floor level, a cord on the floor, or crack in the side walk will stop the front casters of a wheelchair or catch the edge of a crutch. Practicing your patience skills is necessary when putting equipment together or away, again assist only when asked. The opportunity to expand your coaching skill is just as ben eficial to you as what you are pro viding the archer’s shooting skill. And just as the archer is eager to learn so should you be eager to learn and to adapt while thinking outside the box.
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Record-breaking 2016 ASA Season Comes to a Close By: April Girvin, arcHER
2016 ASA Season Comes to a Close
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the 2016 ASA Classic.. .this is it.. .you’re here.. .you made it!!! Our final stop of the 2016 ASA Pro/Am Tour brings us to the border between Alabama and Georgia. With some of us staying in Phenix City, Alabama and others settling in Columbus, Georgia, we gather on common ground for one last weekend of competition at Fort Benning Army Post. The weather here is always a nice and balmy 96 degrees plus with a heat index of 103, on average during this time of year. The venue is very welcoming with plenty of parking just outside of the sponsor / vendor village. If you’ve never been to Fort Benning, however, let me give you a little advice...wear a wristwatch that doesn’t update to atomic time! Whether you’re on your range, at the campground or in the village, it can be a different time zone wherever you may be standing at that point in time! As the ASA schedule goes, the Zebra Twist Team Shoot took place on Thursday, professionals and amateurs assemble together again to work as a team, strategizing and scoring the best they can to earn cash prizes and a set of Zebra Twist strings. In addition to
Chris Perkins takes aim for his final shot
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April and Joey Girvin the typical Pro/Am Team Shoot, on Friday, thanks to our military venue, the ASA also hosted a Military Team Shoot. Military personnel joined up with the Senior Pros, once they finished their first round of competition, and compete for bragging rights, cash and various prizes. During the Military Team Shoot, amateurs were assembled together for the Am/Am (Amateur/Amateur) Team Shoot, conducted just like the Pro/Am Team Shoot except without Pros. The Open Pro and Women Pros, as well as the K50 class, were out competing in their Round One of competition. The amateur classes started their Is' round of competition on Saturday; some started early in the morning, others started in the afternoon, but all were done and ready to head over to the Columbus Civic Center to witness the final shootdown of the season! The top five Pros & K50 shooters were poised to give us a great show! After the 10 minute judging round, the K50 class started us off... Chris Perkins lead the K50 final five with a six point lead looming over Tyler Marlow, followed by Sam Wolthius, Jesse Broadwater and Buddy Braden, III (making his K50 Shootdown debut). Scratching and scraping to catch Chris and get ahead, 12s and 14s were being shot at and scored from all directions! But, Chris kept it together and continued hitting 12s and a 14 to keep his lead and bring home the win! After five arrows, Sam Wolthius was the closest to Chris with a 12-point scoring difference and there was no need for a “6th and final arrow”...Chris Perkins had won! Just a little Q&A with Chris... AG: How long have you been shooting ASA? CP: I have been shooting ASA since 2014, however I only attended two events in 2014 and two in 2015, winning three out of the four attended. Since 2014,1 have won every single [ASA] Classic. AG: Reflect on your year...how did you prep? CP: Quite honestly this year with attending all of the ASAs, preparation has been slightly different. I bought a full range of McKenzie [targets] last year to prepare for the upcoming ASA season, but found myself busy with target events as well, and never got to spend a lot of time shooting and learning the targets. AG.What was your game plan for the Classic? CP: This year has been a great year for me and U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary
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Rodger Willett 412/11
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Ray Young 412/11
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Eddie Sullivant 411/13
421/13
433/14
443/14
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463/14
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502/25
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Thomas Crowe 410/13
424/14
436/15
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John Clifton 410/12
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Chris Perkins 452/27
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502/30
Tyler Marlow 446/24
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476/25
486/25
Sam Woithlus 444/23
454/23
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Jesse Broadwater 439 / 24
453/25
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Buddy Braden, III 439/22
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Next up...Women’s Pro... Household names Cara Kelly, Sharon Carpenter and Kailey Johnston showed up for their 6lh shootdown of 2016; along with Emily Veyna, after a couple shootdown appearances this year and her first ever ASA Pro win in Augusta, Georgia; and Lara Chenault, leading these ladies in her first shootdown of2016. Throughout the Women’s Pro shootdown, the ladies kept it together and shot consistent, holding their ground, however with a lead change in the 5'h arrow, Emily stands out in front. Down to the “6'h and final arrow”, Cara and Kailey score 12s to make their final move toward lsl, Sharon scores a solid 10, adding some pressure to Lara to shoot for a 14, but she scores an 8, just low of the 14-ring. Emily shoots a safe 10 on her final arrow to secure a solid victory! Final Shooter of the Year standings for Women’s Pro... Target #1
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Lara Chenault410/10
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Kailey Johnston 407/11
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Sharon Carpenter407/9
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1st place - Sharon Carpenter 2nd place — Cara Kelly 3rd place - Kailey Johnston Rookie of the Year - Michele Carver The Senior Pros took the floor next... Rodger Willett returns to the head of the pack with a tie for 1st place with Ray Young, followed closely by Eddie Sullivant, Tom Crowe and John Clifton. The scoring spread...412 for 1st place, 410 for 5lh place; this is going to be a tight one!!! Out of the gate Tom Crowe scores a 14, adding some pressure to the leaders. John Clifton follows up a five scored on the first target with two fourteens and an upper 12 in the “6'h and final arrow”. An exciting match-up with these fine fellows; they put on quite a show! In the end, Tom Crowe was forced to shoot for a 12 to secure the win and avoid a tie...and he got ‘er done! Final Shooter of the Year standings for Senior Pro... 1st place - Tony Tazza 2nd place - Art Brown 3rd place - Brian Barley
And the final competitors, Open Pro... The Open Pros started their shootdown in a pretty tight configuration, as well. Nathan Brooks and Danny McCarthy, tied for 1SI place; Joe Goza in 2nd place; Tim Gillingham and Levi Morgan tied for 3rd place. Nathan showed no mercy by scoring four 12s and a 14 on his first five targets, putting all of the pressure on the rest of the field to catch him! Dan McCarthy takes out a couple of 14s to minimize the gap, while Joe, Tim and Levi follow suit with their own 14s. This one came down to three shooters in the “6th and final arrow”...Nathan, Dan and Levi. Without hesitation in his shot, Levi shoots for and scores a 14, with the intention to push Nathan and Dan. Dan shoots a 10, securing 2nd place and Nathan follows with a 10 to close the door on them both! Final Shooter of the Year standings for Open Pro... Is1 place - Levi Morgan (10th in a row) Open Pro
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Dan McCarthy 432 / 17
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454/ 18
468/19
478 / 19
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502/20
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Joe Goza 430/16
438/16
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Tim Gillingham 428/ 19
442/20
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436/18
448/19
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2016 ASA Season Conies to a Close
my shooting has been solid throughout the year, but [I] always found myself outperforming on one day and falling back on another. My game plan for the Classic was to go and shoot the best I can and just put two decent days together. AG: What is something most people don’t know about you? CP: I’m a pretty open person. 1 don’t think there is much people don’t know about me. Aside from archery, 1 enjoy competitive skeet shooting. I have been shooting skeet for as long as I can remember, but just the past couple years 1 have been shooting registered targets. AG: Now that the Classic is over, what is next for you? CP: Now that the Classic is over, my hunting season starts. The Classic was my final tournament for the season, and finishing off with a win is a great confidence booster coming into the next season of events. Final Shooter of the Year standings for K50... Is1 place —Jesse Broadwater 2nd place - Chris Perkins 3rd place - David Houser
2016 ASA Season Conies to a Close
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Emily Veyna shoots her 6th and final arrow for an ASA Classic Victory U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary
2016 ASA Season Comes to a Close
2016 ASA Championship Shootdown
Senior Pro John Clifton takes his place in the shoot down line up
Cara Kelly in the zone while judging the final 5 targets of 2016
Lara Chenault takes a deep breath in hope of keeping her lead.
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2nd place - Tommy Gomez 3rd place - Tim Gillingham Rookie of the Year - Justin Hannah What a great showing at the 2016 ASA Classic!!! With a record turnout for most of the tournaments this year, the season closes with outstanding performances by outrageously talented archers! For the upcoming 2017 season, ASA will return to a seven tournament tour. February 16 - 19*, 2017 = Hoyt Pro/Am in Foley, Alabama March 9 - 12*, 2017 = New Breed / Black Eagle Pro/Am in Ft. Benning, Georgia April 6 - 9*, 2017 = Easton Pro/Am in Paris, Texas May 12- 14, 2017 = Leupold / AAE Pro/Am in Appling, Georgia June 2 - 4, 2017 = TRU Ball / Axcel Pro/Am in London, Kentucky June 23 -25, 2017 = Mathews Pro/Am in Metropolis, Illinois August 3 - 6*, 2017 = McKenzie ASA Classic in Cullman, Alabama *PRO Classes (Open Pro, Women Pro, Senior Pro and Known Pro) will shoot Friday and Saturday with a Pro Team shoot on Thursday. In 2017, ASA will also introduce the new McKenzie Lynx target; you’ll see the return of the McKenzie Warthog and Large Alert Deer. I would like to take a quick moment to extend my deepest thanks to all of you who “tuned in” to my ramblings! Archery is a great sport and past-time and I am tinly grateful that I can share it with anyone who will listen. Also, thanks to the ASA Staff for all that they do for us and the
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K50 and 2016 SOY Champions U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary
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Senior Pro 2016 SOY great tournaments that they organize; my husband, Joey Girvin, for taking fabulous photos and learning more tricks each tournament; and arcHER for allowing me to represent such a fine organization that fosters growth, friendships and competition among all archers, especially women! 1 hope to see you all here again in 2017! If anyone has any questions or would like to see any additional information covered in these articles, please feel free to contact me at girvinarchei-y@comcast.net The season will be here before you know it! Good luck to all the hunters; be safe! And have a wonderful holiday season!!! Gfe-
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THE INSIDE OUT OF THE SHOOT OUT Article by John Binford
Vanguard Gregory Danz, Encino CA wins the biggest prize of all.
It was advertised as the Grand Finale, it was that and more. In number speak 68 archers, 8 JO AD Clubs, 4 sponsors with over S500 worth of prizes and a total of SI384 donated to the American Cancer Society. More than the numbers, it’s the inside story of organization, charity on many levels and later the final act in an outstanding venue.
South Bay Archery Club emerges from the Olympic Gate.
American Cancer Society. This was composed of Vanguards Roy Villasor, Liz Nahmias, Roseanne Tenenbaum, Andrea Foster, Ilene Morgan, Amy Klosterman, Easton’s Fran Bliley, Eva Saletta
and Rene Paguia, ACS-Relay for Life’s Kimberlee Smith. Technical Consultants: Wendy Whalen and US Olympian Janet Dykman. Much would be required from these individuals to deliver a fund-
Initiated by Wendy Whalen, the Shoot Out series has raised funds to find a cure for Diabetes, Leukemia, Autism and Auto Immune Disease over the years. Now cancer research just got a boost when the Vanguard Archers decided to host the last tournament in the series. Selecting the American Cancer Society (ACS) as beneficiary was an act of appreciation for everything the ACS had done for survivors among the Vanguards. A Joint Task Force-Shoot Out Cancer (JTFSOC) was formed between members of the Vanguard Archers, the Easton Sports Development Foundation and the
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The Joint Task Force Shoot Out:Cancer presents the check. L-R. Vanguard President Roy Villasor, Fran Bliley-ESDF, Vanguard Liz Nahmias, Vanguard Treasurer Roseanne Tenen baum, Kimberlee Smith-ACS, Vanguard Andrea Foster, Eva Saletta-ESDF, Vanguard Ilene Morgan. U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary
The Easton Center in Van Nuys hosts its last major event, the Shoot Out:Cancer to a full house. raiser, a raffle and a tournament with a slight departure from the usual format of the series.
By applying to the Easton Sports Development Foundation, they were granted use of their indoor archery range in Van Nuys. Good relations provided prizes and target faces from Hi-Tech Archery located in Fullerton and Victory Archery. The US & International Archer Magazine advertised the fund-raiser and spread the word that every archer could make a difference to find the elusive cure for cancer. Many responded to the call. Rick McKechnie of Hi-Tech stated that the store fully supported the fund-raiser for cancer research and it was a great way to give back to the archery community. On C-Day itself the doors opened early at 7:50am and we were welcomed with the colors of the Rio Olympics with the addition of the color purple for cancer awareness. Looking downrange at
all the sponsor streamers behind and above the line of targets, the semblance to the Vegas Shoot was unmistakable. The excitement in the air was punctuated by music from a DJ. Participants dropped their raffle stubs in a large gold drum with much hope. The production design came from Vanguard Liz Nahmias. Her vast experience setting up events for churches and schools were successfully applied here. More would be seen during the parade of athletes giving it much pageantry'.
The opening ceremony began with the introduction of the pretty host Lindsey Leino, a Vanguard alumna who won numerous State JOAD medals and now goes to USC. Co-host was Roy Villasor an archery coach trained in the east and west. His students have gone on to the United States Archery Team Juniors as well as Collegiate All American. He is the 2016 Bronze Medalist at the California State
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President Roy Villasor at the mike. Presidents Terry Mcquire PRA and Kurt Hoberg Conejo Valley at the VIP Table. Games and 2015 Gold Medalist at the 2015 Desert Open (Masters). The archers assembled by club now made their entrance through the Olympic Gate with John William’s Olympic Fanfare playing in the background, After the National Anthem, the hosts called on up and coming Vanguard archer Jenny Foster to lead the Oath of Sportsmanship in keeping with Olympic tradition.
Welcoming everyone to the Easton Center was Olympic Coach Don Rabska, who is also Vice-President of the Foundation. He reminded the young archers about the importance of school and academics. Next to be introduced was Kimberlee Smith of the American Cancer Society/Relay for Life. She expressed ACS’s appreciation for all the young men and women who raised funds and thanked everyone especially the Vanguard Archers for hosting the event.
It was at this juncture that hosts requested Kimberlee to draw the winning raffle ticket for a gift basket especially prepared by the ACS for this event. Holding the winning ticket was Greg Danz. Together with his father Steve, a licensed private pilot who has logged more than 1000 Angel Flights. This free program brings patients including those diagnosed with cancer to doctors or facilities across the country. Their generosity was recognized by the National Aeronautical Association with the 2016 Pilot of the Year award in Washington DC. The angels probably guided the gift basket to Greg.
This was followed by the presentation of the initial check for SI 000 to Kimberlee Smith representing the American Cancer Society by Vanguard Treasurer, Roseanne Tenenbaum, accompanied by members of the Joint Task Force. The audience showed their approval with a thunderous applause. An inspirational message from 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist and Archery Hall of Famer John Williams was read by Roy Villasor to the audience.
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Archers participating from Fullerton CA
This was timely as the program moved to the Jeopardy portion, which also requires the correct response in the form of a question. The winner from OC Archery correctly responded “Who is John Williams” and took home a gift certificate for a dozen Victory Arrows of his choice. More prizes were drawn and awarded including a surprise gift of the Olympic Issue of the US & International Archer under the seats of several lucky archers. Free one-year subscriptions to the foremost archery magazine celebrating it’s 35lh year were raffled off throughout the day. Special guests Kurt Hoberg, President of Conejo Valley and Terri Mcquire, President of Pasadena Roving Archers were called upon to draw more prizes including gift certificates from Hi-Tech Archery.
Shoot out originator Wendy Whalen was introduced and spoke from the heart. She never expected that an idea would become a series that would benefit so many. Wendy thanked everyone for their participation especially those who attended all 5 events. She then proceeded to declare the games open and announced that Official Practice would begin in 10 minutes and thus closed the opening ceremony with so much excitement and anticipation of the shoot out that would follow. The first round of 30 arrows went on without a hitch as expected with Eileen Raycroft serving as Director of Shooting. Vanguard Archers had arranged for a food truck outside for the convenience of everyone. As the lunch break was coming to a close, it was time to play “The Price is Right”. An Easton Shooting Visor, a one-year free subscription to the US & International Archer Magazine and One Dozen Victory Arrows went to a lucky young lady from Pasadena. The second round ended with Wendy Whalen assisting the Yeomen complete the square boxes. Scorecards were submitted and tabulated. In an act of U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary
solidarity, all the coaches present helped to set up and break down the podium for the awarding ceremony. While waiting for the results, the Archery Moms of Vanguard continued to draw and give away Team USA prizes donated by Liz Nahmias. During the medal ceremony Coach Art of OC Archery lent his voice announcing names. After the medal ceremony, the coaches were called front and center to receive a special gift for leading and coaching their respective clubs at this grand finale. With that the Shoot Out:Cancer came to a successful conclusion. Charity existed on many levels that day. Two young archers almost missed the shoot out due to financial set backs. They received the kind assistance of James Kim from West LA and Capt. Bob Long, Venice PD. None of whom came from the same club or had previously met but the assistance was quietly arranged. One of the archers would win a silver medal that day. Among the youngest participants, Yeoman Chloe Curtis from Pasadena raised $85 on her own and made a personal donation at the booth of the American Cancer Society.
The medals came with a purple ribbon molded into it. Drew Shinozaki from South Bay won her first medal ever in competition. Her 84 year old grandfather, Ted was previously diagnosed with cancer. It was a touching moment when Drew presented her medal to Grandpa Ted to encourage him not to give up the fight.
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There was one young archer, Evan Akers from Conejo Valley who was waitlisted but emailed Vanguard Board member Andrea Foster every day. He made it to the event. As it happens, Evan wanted to participate and give in memory of his Aunt Michella who had recently passed away from cancer the weekend before the Shoot Out. A week later, with all bills paid, the Vanguard Archers would send another check for $384 to the ACS, raising the total donation to $1384. The ACS placed the Vanguard Archers in the event gold sponsorship category along with companies such as Northrup Grumman.
Rabska, Rene Paquia and Roy Villasor would place in State, Nationals and JDT. The loss of the Center would impact the supply of potentials for the national youth pool. Not all is lost, with the as sistance of Easton, a determined transition team of Roy Villasor, Jeff Klein, Roseanne Tenenbaum, Andrea Foster with Coach Rene Paguia and the dedicated parents, the Vanguards will live on.
Quite an achievement for the Vanguard Archers, the youngest among the clubs that hosts the Shoot Out: Series. It was an event like no other with all the trimmings of a major fund-raiser resulting in a lot of happy contributors bringing home medals, prizes and great memories. When asked who put all those talents, famous people, Olympians, generous sponsors, participating clubs, Vanguard alumna, ESDF and the ACS together to form a new standard the name that kept coming up was Roy Villasor. Although he declined to be interviewed, we may be looking at a Peter Ueberroth of archery, in reference to the President of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. Like Peter after the Games, Roy is moving on to a new job demanding more of his professional time.
No doubt the Venue added to the success of the Shoot Out:Cancer. The Center established by Jim Easton was a busy hub for ar chery in LA. Regretfully this Easton Center will close its doors permanently on Feb. 1, 2017. At it’s peak operations many young archers under Coaches: Don
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Once a tournament begins, most archers find that trying to get their nerves under control is like shutting the cage door after the guerilla gets out. Their mind becomes goal oriented as they view the event in terms of points or winning. By the time the first scoring end arrives, uncontrollable anxiety dominates the situation. From the beginning, don’t ever allow the point count or tournament rank to capture your attention until after you have released the last arrow of the competition. Instead, keep your entire focus on what is important, which is maintaining the good form you developed in practice. If you concentrate only on producing your best form, there will be no room for anxiety to build and control your destiny. If most archers would give form as much emphasis as they do achieving a top score, the results would be much more gratifying. During your practice routine, simulate the start of an important tournament. Think about score and winning. Then force yourself to focus on creating an effective shot. Shooting every arrow from the conscious mind following a simple two-to-four step procedure will give your mind and body a pattern that can be repeated. The steps should be straightforward, such as I) let the pin settle in on the dot, 2) execute pressure at the target with the bow arm, and 3) pull the bow apart. Talk yourself through the sequence and follow
your commands. Learn to trust your form and ignore over-aiming. In order for this procedure to work, the execution of every tournament and practice arrow has to follow the same format. The most significant part of your archery game that you can control is your ability to produce the same form that you develop on the practice range. You cannot have power over your score, but if
you shoot the same good form that you rehearse regularly, the points will take care of themselves. Lock that gorilla in the cage before you go to your next tournament. [For more tips on shooting and controlling tournament nerves see Terry’s book, Think and Shoot Like a Champion, at wunderlearchery.com. To schedule Terry for archery classes at your local range, call 217-482-3670.]
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able to be purchased separately. Dr. Tommy Floyd, Vice President of NASP® said, “We are following up on information gathered from our 2016 post-con ference. From this information, we learned what attendees really wanted in training opportunity like this. Beyond the obvious network ing opportunity, attendees were very descriptive in the types of sessions they wanted to improve their archery coaching capacity. We plan to provide these very in formative and specific sessions as a result. As a matter of fact, we are in the process of contact ing successful NASP® coaches from across our jurisdictions that have proven coaching strategies for teaching students proficiency
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Louisville, KY - S3 DA Coordinators from Kentucky, Florida, Oregon, Michigan, and California received Advanced Instructor Training at Pape’s Victoria Crossing Farm in Reynold’s Station Kentucky on Dec. 1-2. Classes taught by Dee Falks, are the highest level of training available through the S3DA program. This training will allow Scholastic 3-D Archery to effectively expand the organizations reach across the Midwest and West Coast. Advanced Training makes it possible for these coordinators to train new coaches and create new clubs for the S3DA program across the country. “The S3 DA Advanced Instructor Trainer Course that we conducted at Fred Pape’s ranch was a resounding success,” states Dee Falks, Curriculum Writer for Scholastic 3-D Archery. “The group of highly qualified Advanced Instructors who attended the course will now be able to train other instructor trainers. A huge thank you to Fred Pape for opening his ranch to us for this course.” “1 would like to thank everyone from S3 DA for the fantastic training at Fred Pape’s amazing Victoria Crossroads,” said Nick Di Cresce. “Everything was top notch. From the beautiful location and Southern hospitality, to a great coach and mentor, Dee Falks. This experience was second to none. Jennie Richardson did a great job making everyone feel welcomed and I would like to personally thank Mr. Fred Pape for his continued sponsorship and dedication to the future of our sport and youth archery. It was a pleasure spending time with all the participants from across the U.S. in such a great setting. Sharing our
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collective experiences in archery, bowhunting, and how each of us are reaching the youth in our communities. The ideas we shared and the vision of how to continue the momentum S3DA is creating makes me very proud to be a part of it all.” “It was a pleasure and exciting to be invited to the first annual leadership conference for Scholastic 3-D Archery,” added David and Karin Holder of Raised At Full Draw Bowhunting Camps. “It was an honor for Karin and I to be in a room filled with so many people working so hard to secure the future of our youth and their participation in archery and bowhunting. Raised at Full Draw Bowhunting Camps and the Holder family, are looking forward to working with Scholastic 3-D Archery (S3DA) to secure that future.” Started in December 2012 by the Scholastic Archery Association, S3DA has grown exponentially as a next step
program to follow introductory programs offered as part of 4-H or the National Archery in Schools Program. S3DAaddresses the need for a program to bridge beginning target archery experience and more advanced activities such as 3-D shooting and bowhunting. The program currently operates across the United States with hundreds of certified coaches serving thousands of young archers, grades 3-12.
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Louisville, KY - Scholastic 3-D Archery will be partnering with NFAA to help spread the S3 DA program into the western United States. S3DA will host a Western U.S. Indoor National Championship in conjunction with both the NFAA Vegas shoot and the Western U.S. 3-D National Tournament. The tournament site is yet to be determined. “NFAA and S3DA’s partnership is a step towards advancing archery’s
future,” said Bruce Cull, President of NFAA. “The NFAA has always been committed to strong youth divisions, as evidenced by our scholarship program. It is clear to me that S3DA shares the same vision as we do of advancing competitive youth archery. I am proud to partner with S3 DA and look forward to working with them to grow our sport.” This partnership will help to bridge the gap between S3DA students and the NFAA program. Our Indoor format is a modified version of the NFAA 5 spot format with a 30 arrow round instead of a 60 arrow round at the same distance as NFAA. NFAA has thousands of clubs and members across the United States that will now have the opportunity to embrace the S3 DA program and increase the opportunities for the youth in their existing clubs. This will help to extend
their skills into Scholastic 3-D Archery. This partnership will also provide an avenue for S3DA to host national events in the western United States. Started in December 2012 by the Scholastic Archery Association, S3DA has grown exponentially as a next step program to follow introductory programs offered as part of 4-FI or the National Archery in Schools Program. S3 DA addresses the need for a program to bridge beginning target archery experience and more advanced activities such as 3-D shooting and bowhunting. The program currently operates across the United States with hundreds of certified coaches serving thousands of young archers, grades 3-12. For more information on S3DA membership go to: WWW.S3DA. ORG or email: S3DArchery@gmaiI.com Check out S3DA on Facebook
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Scholastic 3-D Archery (S3DA) Holds Inaugural National Coordinators Conference
Pape’s Inc, in Louisville, Kentucky was host to Scholastic 3-D Archery’s inaugural National Coordinators Conference. Louisville, KY - Pape's Inc, in Louisville, Kentucky was host to Scholastic 3-D Archery’s inaugural National Coordinators Conference. Hosted by the National S3DA office, the conference was attended by state and regional coordinators from 22 different states. Coordinators were able to gain insight on the best practices for running their programs, leant about new developments in the program, review the rules and rules changes for 2017, familiarize themselves with the new Outdoor Target format for the 2017 season, and much more. Sponsors, partners, and select manufacturers provided some incredible gear for the conference attendees. Gear included gifts from Tru-Ball/Axcel, Bohning, Wildlife Research, Bear, Extreme Archery, USCA, ASA, NFAA, Raised Hunting, US International Archer Magazine. The Pope and Young Club. Pearson, and Lancaster Archery Supply. “It was a tremendous opportunity
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for all of those in attendance to network and share best practices,” said Derek Marshall, Outreach Coordinator for Scholastic 3-D Archery. “S3 DA has a tremendous set of volunteers that are rapidly advancing archery and bow hunting.” “Driving home from the National S3DA Leadership Conference and I can’t help but think how blessed 1 am to be part of such an incredible organization,” said Jason Minnamon, New York State Coordinator for Scholastic 3-D Archery. “I was able to meet and network with 48 State and regional coordinators representing 22 states and it was such a humbling experience to see all of the effort and dedication that is going into our sport of archery and into our youth. If you don't know about this organization please take a minute or two and visit www. s3da.org . Also, if you are interested in starting up a school, club, team or being a part of the program in NY or know of anyone that would be please pass along my contact information jminnamon@
pinnacle-athletic.com. Special thanks to Jennie Richardson, Dee Falks and the whole crew at S3DA for allowing me to present and for entertaining us all weekend. 2017 is going to be a great year for the program.” Started in December 2012 by the Scholastic Archery Association, S3DA has grown exponentially as a next step program to follow introductory programs offered as part of 4-H or the National Archery in Schools Program. S3DA addresses the need for a program to bridge beginning target archery experience and more advanced activities such as 3-D shooting and bowhunting. The program currently operates across the United States with hundreds of certified coaches serving thousands of young archers, grades 3-12.
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Focus by Rick McKinney, President of Carbon Tech Arrows and U.S. Representative for Win & Win Archery Focus is a key ingredient for successful competitions. I am sure we all focus to some ex tent but do we focus too much or too little or just right. How can you focus too much? We know it is easy to focus too little since our brain is not very disciplined so it bounces all over the place over a small time period. Let’s say we focus (or pay attention) to the wind while shooting. All of a sudden your mind wanders to that bird that flew in your periphery causing you to break that focus or maybe a bee is flying around your sight pin. Maybe a car horn sounds in the distance or you hear mom or dad or wife or husband talking with a friend behind you. Just at the moment in time that your broke your focus the clicker clicked! You can be assured that arrow will not hit what you had planned for it to hit. You might even be lucky to hit the target. One of the biggest challenges an archer has is to do is focus on the right thing at the right time. Dar rell Pace used to say you only had to be good for about '/z second and that meant being focused at that time when it was most important. But what should you be fo cused on? How can you be too focused? These issues crop up at some of the most inopportune time. There are certain things to focus on and there are certain things that will interfere with that focus, thus you have to train your mind to stay focused for a longer period of time. Usually your brain can stay focused for about 1 -2 sec onds then it will start to wonder on to focus on something else. Pay ing attention to what you focus on can be difficult but you can learn
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to find out what you are focusing on by just observing. Just because you are looking at something doesn’t mean you are focused on it either.
One of the reasons coaches like to get you to have a specific routine is that you can channel that focus on the right things yvhile other and simpler things can be “subcon scious ” actions. Let’s start with items to fo cus on. First of all as a recurve shooter, you focus on things such as bow hand tension, draw finger tension, moving through the click er by reaching or pulling or both, while the sight pin is positioned on the target. You might be focus ing on the wind flag or the change in cloud positioning which could cause your pupil dilation to devi ate, which will change your string alignment. You might be getting ready to come through the clicker making sure your aim is just right while the wind is blowing thus analyzing the amount to aim off. You could be focusing on the fin gers that might be slipping a bit more than you want on the string. You could be checking your in hale or exhale that allows you to be fully aware of the strength you are using to stay solid. You might be focusing on where you think the arrow might go, but more im portantly you are preparing for the “click” in order to execute that super smooth follow through to achieve your goal of a solid shot. All of these items could be what
Rick you are focusing on within the few seconds it takes to pull up, aim and execute. Unfortunately you could be focusing on what’s for dinner, what plans you have for tonight, what your coach is thinking (will you disappoint or satisfy), what your parents or thinking, what is your best friend doing, the sound of the camera going off, the car moving back behind the targets at a distance or just plain thinking about anything other than what you should be focusing on and then the clicker clicks! A lot of times there is a fear of not putting the shot where you want, thus fo cusing on trying “not” to shoot a bad shot. There are many individ ual items you might focus on. The key is to focus on the right amount, training your brain to fo cus and stay focused for at least 5 seconds. This is a big challenge but can be accomplished by prac ticing the art of focusing. If you focus too narrowly then you might do something that could hurt your performance. One guy used to focus so intensely that he would shoot the wrong target. It did not matter on the right side or left, he just could not keep all of his ar rows on his own target. He was aiming good and executing great shots (most of the misses were 9’s or 10’s on the wrong target!). His field of view narrowed too much and forgot to either line up on his target thus picking any “gold” out there! Another issue that archers U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary
Most of the time your mind will wander off and it could get frus trating in the beginning but if you continue practicing looking at the target and focus on your archery thought process, eventually it will become easy. Is it boring? Yes. Is it a motivator? No. However, if you want to be good you must learn to focus. This process has helped me in so many ways. You learn to block out noise, visual and tactile issues and shoot a shot like nobody else. Once you get past this practicing of 15 minutes, then play with it every chance you get. If you are standing in line for something and it is going to take a few minutes, then whip out the target and focus. Try to stay fo cused with all of the things going on around you. You continue this and you will see a difference. As like all other mental training, it takes time and you must have patience. It will pay off in dividends. Do not be frustrated
in the beginning. It takes practice and patience. Next time we will discuss visualization, which will help your focus even more! Good shooting! Rick
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Focus by Rick McKinney
narrowly focus is when they do not pay attention to the wind and the many different variances of the wind patterns. It is interesting to listen to them complain that they are just off and keep shoot arrows just out of the gold to the right and to the left, not realizing that the wind is causing them to drift out just enough to hurt their perfor mance and their confidence. The key to focus is finding what gives you the better perfor mance. 1 know it appears as a “cop out” explanation, but most archers need to find what gives them the consistency they are looking for. It might be just fo cusing on a relaxed bow hand and then “pulling” through the clicker with the secondary observation of wind/wind flag. It could be the breathing while coming through the clicker. It could be the “reach” of the bow arm while aiming. You will have to find what makes you consistent and deadly accurate. If you develop a routine that you fol low each time you load your bow, it will allow you to become more consistent and easier to focus on what is most important. How do you learn to fo cus? I used to use a small target face and look at it at all times of the day. However, I would first start in a quite place and look at it and try to imagine what to fo cus on. I would spend about 15 minutes practicing this each day to learn how to focus. It is not easy.
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British Columbia Archery Association Americas Masters Games - Vancouver 2016 by Wesley Wilhelm
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The inaugural Americas Masters Games archery competition was held at the University of British Co lumbia (UBC) Point Grey campus in beautiful Van couver, Canada. UBC is nestled at the tip of the Point Grey peninsula, a picturesque costal and metropolitan location. The archery competition started with official practice on Saturday, August 27, and ran through the medal rounds on Tuesday, August 30. The shooting venue was on UBC’s Arthur Lord and Frank Buck fields adjacent to the Thunderbird Arena. From all appearances, UBC allowed us to compete on their two very best rugby fields. The fields were immaculate, firm as a golf fairway, and so level there was no no ticeable crown to the grass. Many thanks are due to the UBC “Ruggers” for sharing their fields with us. The Vancouver 2016 Americas Masters Games, organized by the International Masters Games Asso ciation (IMGA), was the largest sporting event held in British Columbia since the 2010 Winter Olym pics. The competition attracted approximately 5,000 Masters competitors from 49 countries. Enthusiastic congratulations go to IMGA, the Province of British Columbia, the Provincial Sport Organization (British Columbia Archery Association, BCAA) and Sport BC for putting on a world class event. The archery tournament chosen by BCAA con sisted of one day of official practice, two 72-arrow qualifying rounds shot over two days, and an elimination/medal round shot on the final of four days. The recurve archers shot at the standard 122cm target
from a distance of 60 meters, while the barebow ar chers shot the same target from 50 meters. The com pound archers shot the standard 80cm 6-zone target from a distance of 50 meters. The practice day and two days of qualifying were a nice treat for the ar chers who travelled long distances, as it ensured they would get to shoot for at least three full days. There was some discussion among the archers about add ing an indoor round (18m or 25m) and a field round (marked or unmarked) to the next Americas Masters Games. Many archers were excited about the pos-
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sibility of extending their “Archery Vacations” next time. The added competitions would provide a full week of archery, certainly fulfilling the shooters quo ta of arrows, not to mention providing the opportunity for multiple archery rounds, saving the elimination/ medal rounds for the very end and ranking archers based on all the different rounds. If this is of inter est for 2020, be sure to let the 1MGA know at www. AmericasMastersGames2016.com so they can tell the 2020 organizing committee. The archery competition featured archers from seven countries: Argentina, Canada, Germany, Mexi co, Trinidad & Tobago, United States and the U.S. Vir gin Islands. In all, there were 57 archers competing in the Recurve, Compound and Barebow categories. The youngest archer competing was 50 years old and the oldest was 84 years young. The 84-year-old was none other than the famous Mr. 10-9-8 himself, Ron Boorman. To elaborate, Ron is a bit of an archery ce lebrity up here in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Ron’s support for archery through Boorman Archery spans many decades and archery up here would not be the same without his support. When asked about the source of the “Boorman” (10-9-8) and “Double Boor man” (10-10-9-9-8-8) scoring ends, he responded that it began because he used to shoot many 10-9-8 scores and you can’t win very often shooting them. Ron com peted this year with seven other archers in the Men’s Compound 70+ category. Ron has been shooting since before they thought to put wheels and cables on bows. As for this author, 1 have been shooting for over 50 years now and a score of 10-10-9-9-8-8 has been, and will likely always be, a “Double Boorman”. That is, when 1 am fortunate enough to shoot one. The tournament kicked off on the practice day with high overcast clouds and light winds, not much more than a breeze. All in all, wonderful shooting weather as the clouds hid the sun to a certain extent and kept the temperature nice and cool. Day two, the first day of the scored ranking rounds, was a bit differ
ent with increasing and lower clouds, and the breeze turning into light but inconsistent winds throughout the morning. Not horrible shooting weather but defi nitely different enough from the practice day to chal lenge each archer’s ability to adapt to changing con ditions. On day three, the second day of the scored ranking rounds, the weather was again a bit different with clear blue skies, bright sunshine and very lit tle breeze. The bright sun changed the visuals the archers needed to contend with, and required them to adapt. Many of the archers wore tinted shooting glasses in the bright sun with Decot (www.sportglasses.com) and Pilla (www.pillasport.com) glasses being represented. For the recurve archers, the aver age arrow for the first round was 7.5 and the average arrow for the second round was 7.3. For the com pound archers, the average arrow for the first round was 7.4 and the average arrow for the second round was 7.6. For the barebow archers, the average arrow for the first round was 5.3 and the average arrow for the second round was 5.2. Interestingly, twelve of the recurve archers, seven of the compound archers and eight of the bare bow archers shot better on day one. in the light wind and overcast skies, than they did on day two in the bright sun and calm winds. Eight of the recurve ar chers, ten of the compound archers and eight of the barebow archers shot better on day two. Two recurve archers and one compound archer shot the same score both days. All combined. 27 archers did better on day one while 26 did better on day two, and three shot the same both days. The archers who adapted best to both sets of conditions came out at the top of the qualifying brackets. The elimination/medal rounds on the fourth day were shot in weather that had elements from the first two days of shooting. The winds ranged from medium to light to still, while there were periods of bright sun and overcast clouds. If the archer pre ferred different weather, all they needed to do was
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wait a few minutes and it would change. The con ditions, while diverse and changing, were quite nice and comfortable to shoot in. The second qualifying round had the archers shooting on the same targets from the same shoot ing positions. Medals were awarded for the top three scoring archers in the two combined ranking rounds. In the Men’s Recurve 50-59 division, Wyndell Wil helm extended his 9-point day one lead to capture the gold by 15 points. Dean Darcy took the silver by 38 points over Gunter Naumann who earned the third place bronze. In the Men’s Recurve 60-69 division, Wesley Wilhelm and Ramon Campos Frias, who were tied after the first 72 arrows, won the gold and the sil ver respectively. Hans-Joachim Dehn improved over his day one score to secure the bronze. Herr Wolfgang Peeck won the gold unopposed in the Men’s Recurve 70+ division and would join the “youngsters” in the 60-69 age group for the elimination/medal rounds. In the Women’s Recurve 50-59 division, Cathy Relf increased her score by 20 points from day one to win the qualifying round gold by one point over Angela Cramer who earned the silver. Angela main tained her 14 point cushion over Monica YQ Young who won the bronze. In the Women’s Recurve 6069 division, Anne Abernathy extended her first round lead to win the gold. Anne shot the third highest re curve score of the tournament across all recurve ar chers. Jill Fraser and Karen Kroll both increased their scores on day two and won the silver and the bronze respectively. In the Women’s Compound 50-59 divi sion, Dawnel Scott and Marsha Quan won the gold and the silver respectively, while Lucille Gale and Pa tricia Myers won the gold and the silver respectively in the Women's Compound 70+ division. In the Men’s Compound 50-59 division, Phil Sinclair won the gold and Glenn Cheddie won the silver, both improving their scores on day two. In the Men’s Compound 60-69 division, Richard Scammell won the gold by 27 points over silver medalist Al Campsall, while Randy Granbois won the bronze. In the Men’s Compound 70+ division, Alexander Wat son won the gold by 15 points over Skip Mathewson who won the silver by 13 points over bronze medalist Donald Williams. The Men’s Compound 70+ divi sion tied with the Men’s Recurve 50-59 division as the largest group of archers. In the Women’s Barebow 50-59 division, Linda Price won the gold, Suzette Warren earned the silver and Angela Foley took the bronze. In the Women’s Barebow 60-69 division, Sue Palsbo won the gold and Ida McClellan earned the silver. In the Men’s Barebow 50-59 division, Bob Roe earned the gold. In the Men’s Barebow 60-69 division, Michael Poole won the gold, Roger Walker earned the silver and Gord Stone took the bronze. In the Men’s Barebow 70+ division, Frank Perry won the gold, Daniel Stew art earned the silver and Ralph Clark took the bronze. The fourth day of shooting brought the contes
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tants to the elimination/medal rounds. Scores from the two qualifying rounds were combined to deter mine the archer’s ranking for the elimination/medal rounds shown in the pairing chart below. The stan dard World Archery recurve and barebow elimination round was utilized, where the highest ranked archer was initially matched against the lowest ranked, second highest against the second lowest, and so on. The matches were shot in 3-arrow sets with a maximum of five sets. The sets are scored by adding the amows together for each archer and the highest scoring archer being awarded 2 set points. If there was a tie, each archer would receive 1 set point. If you see an odd numbered score 1, 3, 5,... it means at least one end (maybe more) resulted in a 3-arrow tie. The first archer to 6 set points wins the match. If the match is tied after five sets, the archers shoot a sin gle-arrow shoot-off with the closest arrow to the cen ter determining the winner. There were a surprisingly high number of 1-arrow shoot-offs with one archer, Hans-Joachim Dehn of Hamburg, Germany, compet ing in three separate single arrow shoot-offs. For the compound contestants, scoring is cumulative and the archer with the highest score after five ends wins the match. If there is a tie after five ends then a single arrow shoot-off is used to break the tie. In the first round, the Women’s Recurve 50-59 archers all started with a bye. Cathy Relf won her second-round match over Lucie Filion 6-0 to advance to the gold medal match, while Lucie Filion moved to the bronze medal match. In the bronze medal match Filion met Angela Cramer who lost to Monica Young 6-2 in the second round. Filion won the bronze med al match over Cramer 6-4. In the gold medal match Relf and Young were tied after five sets with a score of 5-5. Cathy Relf won the gold in a one-arrow shoot-off. In the first round, the Women’s Recurve 60-69 archers also began with a bye. Anne Abernathy won her second round match over Cecelia Ross 6-0 to ad vance to the gold medal match while Ross moved to the bronze medal match. In the bronze medal match, Ross met Jill Fraser who lost to Karen Kroll 6-0 in the second round. Fraser won the bronze medal over Ross 6 to 0. In the gold medal match, Abernathy beat Kroll by a score of 7-3. In the Men’s Recurve 50-59 eliminations, Wyn dell Wilhelm had a bye in round one and Larry Moy er met Martin Schwertmann with Larry winning 6-4. Gunter Naumann met Ronald Graham, with Graham winning 6-4. Darcy Dean met Edgardo Munoz Codazzi with Dean winning 6-0. This pitted Wilhelm against Moyer, and Graham against Dean in the sec ond round. Moyer won 6-4 and Dean won 7-1 to pro ceed to the gold medal match. Wilhelm beat Graham 6-2 to win the bronze medal. The gold medal match finished 7-1 with Dean winning the gold and Moyer taking the silver. In the Men’s Recurve 60-69 eliminations, WesU.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary
Women’s 50 to 59 medalists L to R Monica Young, Cathy Relf and Lucie Filion ley Wilhelm had a bye in round one, and Urs Geiger met James Porter with Porter winning 6-4. Hans-Joa chim Dehn met Bob O’Brien with a 5-5 tie requiring a one arrow shoot-off which Dehn won. Wolfgang Peeck met Ramon Campos Frias, with Campos Frias winning 6-2. This set up a second round pairing of Wilhelm and Porter, which Wilhelm won 6-0 to ad vance to the gold medal match as Porter moved to the bronze medal match. Also in the second round, Dehn competed against Campos Frias with Dehn winning in another one-arrow shoot-off. This put Campos Frias up against Porter in the bronze medal match which Campos Frias won 6-0. Wilhelm and Dehn competed in the gold medal match which resulted in another 5-5 tie. Wilhelm narrowly won in the one-arrow shootoff, with both archers shooting 9s. In the Women’s Compound bracket, all the archers had a bye in the first round. In the second round, Dawnel Scott met Patricia Myers with Scott winning 113-74. Also in the second round, Marsha Quan met Lucille Gale with Quan winning 123-120. This set up a bronze medal match between Gale and Myers which Gale won 104-50. In the gold medal match, Quan competed against Scott. The final score was 133-113, with Quan winning the gold and Scott the silver. In the Men’s Compound bracket, the 50-59 and 60-69 groups were combined. In the first round, Rick Scammell beat Kirk Porayko 130-103; Phil Sin clair beat Ken Cameron 106-84; Randy Granbois beat Andy Plumridge 133-120; and Al Campsall beat Glenn Cheddie 132-100. This created second round matchups between Scammell and Sinclair which Scammell won 127-104, and between Granbois and Campsall which Granbois won by a single point 129128. This put Campsall and Sinclair in the bronze medal match, and Scammell and Granbois in the gold
Angela Cramer and Lucie Filion on the shooting line medal match. Campsall won the bronze out-scoring Sinclair 142-102. In the gold medal match, Granbois earned the silver and Scammell earned the gold with a score only 10 points from perfect: 140-129. In the Men’s Compound 70+ bracket, Alexan der Watson had a first round bye. In the rest of the first round, Brien Gallagher outscored John Miller 120-109 to advance. Also in the first round, Ron Boorman met Don Williams with Williams prevail ing 117-84; and Donald Leslie versus Skip Mathew son resulted in Mathewson advancing as a result of a forfeit. In the second round, Watson shot against Gallagher with Watson winning 139-111, advancing Watson to the gold medal match and Gallagher to the bronze medal match. Also in the second round, Don Williams faced off against Skip Mathewson with Skip winning 134-131 to advance to the gold medal match. The bronze medal match featured Don Williams against Brien Gallagher, with Gallagher winning the bronze with a score of 132-128. In the gold medal match, Alexander Watson faced Skip Mathewson. The score was 138-128 with Watson taking the gold and Mathewson earning the silver. In the Women’s Barebow division, all the age groups were combined. There was one first-round match that pitted Sue Palsbo against Ida McClellan with Palsbo winning 6-0. In the second round, Linda Price prevailed over Sue Palsbo 7-1 and Angela Foley won her match with Suzette Warren. This set up the bronze medal match between Palsbo and Warren, and the gold medal match between Price and Foley. War ren won the bronze by out shooting Palsbo 6-2. In the gold medal match. Price took the gold 7-3, with Foley winning the silver. In the Men’s Barebow division, the 50-59 and 60-69 age groups were combined to create a nearly-full bracket. In the first round. Michael Poole had
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Men’s 60 to 69 medalists LtoR Hans-Joachim Dehn, Wesley Wilhelm and Ramon Campos Frias
Men’s 50 to 59 medalists LtoR Larry Moyer, Darcy Dean and Wyndell Wilhelm
a bye and awaited the winner of Colin Campbell and Bob Roe’s first-round match. Roe made it through to the second round with a 6-0 win. Also in the first round, Gord Stone beat Barry O’Regan 6-0 while Roger Walker won his match with David Conery 6-0. In the second round, Roger Walker beat Gord Stone 6-2 to make it to the gold medal match. Also in the second round, Michael Poole and Bob Roe battled to a 5-5 tie, with Poole winning the one-arrow shoot-off to make it to the gold medal match. Roe and Stone competed in the bronze medal match with Stone pre vailing 6-4. In the gold medal match, Walker took the gold 6-4 with Poole winning the silver. In the Men’s Barebow 70+ bracket, all the archers had a bye in round one with round two pit ting Frank Perry against Andrew Reeve, and Ralph Clark against Daniel Stewart. Perry beat Reeve 6-0 and Stewart beat Clark 6-4, setting up a bronze med al match between Clark and Reeve and a gold med al match between Perry and Stewart. In the bronze medal match, Clark prevailed with a score of 6-0. In the gold medal match. Perry took the gold in a one-ar row shoot-off with Stewart winning the silver. The volunteers, coordinators, sponsors and vendors collaborated to stage a world class archery competition. At the end of the competition, Angela Cramer thanked the coordinators and volunteers for their hard work tremendously successful efforts, the archers felt the same way as witnessed by a roaring 50
applause. The British Columbia Archery Associa tion (BCAA) www.archeiyassociation.bc.ca deserves high praise for coordinating a smooth-running and well-organized archery tournament. Special thanks go to Rick Scammell and Sonia Sehina for their efforts in pulling off a professional tournament the culmina tion of more than twelve months of hard work. Mur ray Peacock, Field Coordinator; Al Wills, Technical Director; and Darcy Falk, Head Judge and Director of Shooting are also due high praise. While there were to many volunteers (over 20) to name individually, their contributions were noticed and appreciated by all in attendance. Along with BCAA, Maple Ridge Archery Club, (www.mapleridgearchety.com) Boorman Ar chery (www.boormanarchety.com) and Maple Leaf Press (www.mapleleafpress.com) provided much-ap preciated resources and support. Maple Leaf Press provided discounts on dozens of high-end waterproof targets -plenty to keep the compound archers supplied with fresh 80cm and the recurve archers with fresh 122cm targets throughout the final medal rounds. We fondly look forward to the next Americas Masters Tournament in 2020 and the next tournament hosted by BCAA. I would like to thank Sonia Sehina for her assistance and support in producing this article, as well as Elizabeth Wilhelm for her editing assistance. I can be reached at WilhelmArcheiy@gmail.com. Good Shooting everyone, and I’ll see you next time. U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary
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RM50 RM50 RM50 RM50 RM50 RM50 RM50
Wyndell WILHELM Darcy DEAN Gunter NAUMANN Larry MOYER SCHWERTMANN Martin Ronald GRAHAM MUNOZ CODAZZI Edgardo Durval Roberto
1st round 2nd round 619 614 610 608 582 598 541 598 562 562 489 521 413 365
Total 1233 Gold 1218 Silver
1st round 2nd round 585 600 585 569 550 561 575 505 565 510 535 515
Total 1185 Gold 1154 Silver 1111 Bronze 1080 1075 1050
1st round 2nd round 508 508
Total 1016 Gold
1st round 2nd round 548 568 578 537 564 537 492 472
Total 1116 Gold 1115 Silver 1101 Bronze 964 0
1st round 2nd round 615 587 508 527 454 502 367 197
Total 1202 Gold 1035 Silver 956 Bronze 564
1180 Bronze 1139 1124 1010 778
Archery - Mens - Recurve - 60-69
1 2 3 4 5 6
RM60 RM60
WILHELM CAMPOS FRIAS
RM60 RM60 RM60 RM60
DEHN PORTER GEIGER O'BRIEN
Wesley Ramon Hans-Joachim James Urs
Bob
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Wolfgang
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RELF CRAMER
RW50 RW50 RW50
YOUNG FILION KLEINKONIG
Cathy Angela Monica Y Q Lucie Astrid
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RW60 RW60 RW60 RW60
ABERNATHY FRASER KROLL ROSS
Anne Jill Karen Cecilia
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CW50 CW50
SCOTT QUAN
Dawnel Marsha
1st round 2nd round 569 557 599 195
Total 1126 Gold 794 Silver
1st round 2nd round
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PETERSON
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Gail
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1 2
CW70 CW70
GALE MYERS
Lucille Patricia
335
Total 973 Gold 539 Silver
1st round 2nd round 602 553 479 532
Total 1155 Gold 1011 Silver
1st round 2nd round 678 663 657 657 631 645 552 559 530 563 507 492
Total 1341 Gold 1314 Silver 1276 Bronze 1111 1093 999
1st round 2nd round 646 649 642 638 640 627 581 604 542 442 256 443 0 104
Total 1295 Gold 1280 Silver 1267 Bronze 1185 984 699 104 0
1st round 2nd round 492 481 204
Archery - Mens - Compound - 50-59
1 2
CM50 CM50
SINCLAIR CHEDDIE
Phil Glenn
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1 2 3 4 5 6
CM60 CM60 CM60 CM60 CM60 CM60
SCAMMELL CAMPSALL GRANBOIS CAMERON PLUMRIDGE PORAYKO
Richard Al Randy Ken Andrew Kirk
Archery - Mens - Compound - 70+ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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CM70 CM70 CM70 CM70 CM70 CM70 CM70 CM70
WATSON MATHEWSON WILLIAMS GALLAGHER MILLER BOORMAN LESLIE GREGORY
Alexander Skip Donald Brien John Ronald Donald Geoffrey
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Archery - Mens - Barebow - 50-59 (shot at 50m) 1st round 2nd round 448 401 Bob BM50 ROE
1 2 3 4 5 6
Archery - Mens - Barebow - 60-69 (shot at 50m) 1st round 2nd round 487 528 Michael BM60 POOLE 504 453 Roger BM60 WALKER 438 429 Gord BM60 STONE 337 349 Colin BM60 CAMPBELL 316 276 Barry BM60 O'REGAN 115 108 David BM60 CONERY
Total 1015 Gold 957 Silver 867 Bronze 686 592 223
1 2 3 4
Archery - Mens - Barebow - 70+ (shot at 50m) 1st round 2nd round 429 391 Frank BM70 PERRY 365 363 Daniel BM70 STEWART 348 285 Ralph BM70 CLARK 176 233 Andrew BM70 REEVE
Total 820 Gold 728 Silver 633 Bronze 409
1 2 3
Archery - Womens - Barebow - 50-59 (shot at 50m) 1st round 2nd round 528 531 Linda BW50 PRICE 483 535 Suzette BW50 WARREN 447 435 Angela BW50 FOLEY
Total 1059 Gold 1018 Silver 882 Bronze
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Archery - Womens - Barebow - 60-69 (shot at 50m) 1st round 2nd round 399 443 Sue BW60 PALSBO 266 286 BW60 MCCLELLAN Ida
Total 842 Gold 552 Silver
Archery Hall of Fame www.archeryhalloffame.org Archery Shooter Association www.asaarchery.com Christian Bowhunters www.christianbowhunters.org International Bowhunting Assn www.ibo.net
International Field Archery Assn www.ifaa-archery.org National Field Archery Assn www.NFAAUSA.org National Archery in the Schools www.archeryintheschools.org
Total 849 Gold
Regions Archery www.regionsarchery.com Scholastic 3-D Archery www.s3da.org USA Archery www.usaarchery.org World Archery Association www.worldarchery.org
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New for 2017 from T.R.U. Ball Archery www.truball.com
T.R.U. Ball® Release pairs with Jesse Broadwater to intro duce the New Micro-Adjustable Fulkrum Flex and Abyss Flex. A perfect matched set of tournament releases, that provides an archer with an easy transition between back tension and thumb activated models. Both the Fulkrum Flex and Abyss Flex feature micro-ad justable finger grip locations, where each individual finger posi tion can be adjusted up to fifteen degrees in a forward and back ward direction. Both Flex mod-
el adjustments can be made with a special tool designed to allow the tool to remain with the han dle at all times. The Fulkrum Flex has two options for sears, a click version and a non-click ver sion. The thumb activated Abyss Flex incorporates a micro-adjust set screw with lock for sensitiv ity adjustment, and a separate travel adjustment screw allows the archer to personalize the feel of the release. Both Flex models are available in a medium or large handle size. The Fulkrum Flex and Abyss Flex provide Accura cy-Busting Technology with the exact same impact points. Retail $274.99-5294.99
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Flukrunt Flex 3 Hero els have multiple head locations in the Lever Alignment System “LAS”, designed for different an chor point styles. Three options for handle configurations exist; a three finger, four finger and three finger claw. Both Flexes are pre cision CNC-Machined out of solid brass with aluminum finger pieces and polished hardened stainless steel internal mechanisims. The Fulkrum Flex is the back tension model that features an all new micro- adjustable sear. The trav
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T.R.U. BALL® Release continues to Lead by Example with the 2016 mid-year introduc tion of the New Blade and Blade Pro Target Release handles. The Blade features an all-aluminum body creating an unbelievable
trigger feel coupled with an ex tremely light handle weight. New for 2017 will be multiple Tactical Side Plate color options, which can be purchased on the release and are also sold separately for in dividual customization for archers that require their equipment to not only perform the best but to do it with style in mind. The Blade Pro features a half brass, half alumi num body for added mass weight demanded by the #1 Archers in the World. Both Blade and Blade Pro models feature all hardened stain less steel internal components and jaw. The new cocking mechanism allows for ease of cocking the re lease and a super quiet, crisp trig ger to make this not only a supe rior target release but also a lethal hunting option. The Blade models have a cocking feature that will not allow the release to set i f any part the jaw contacts anything in its closing path. All Blade models have an individual trigger trav el adjustment screw with a lock, and an individual trigger sensitiv ity adjustment screw with a lock. Add a rope to any Blade model for security in target or hunting situations by using the machined channel on the back of the release. All Blades are now available in both three finger and four finger options. Retail $299.99-$349.99
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New for 2017 from T.R.U. Ball Archery www.truball.com AXCEL™ Sights Reveals Latest Target and Hunting Scope models: The New AccuView and AccuView Plus Series of Scopes are Brighter and more versatile than ever! Available in three sizes, The AV25, AV31 and AV41 housing sizes offer a choice for every shooter on the line or in the field. The AV25 provides a 1” diopter, sought after by the #1 Target Archers in the World. The AV25 features the new FirePin specifically designed with bright ness in mind. The AV31 provides
a 1 3/8” housing that is optimal in both 3-D and Target Archery. The AV31 takes the same AX CEL™ 1 3/8” accessories as the original AX31 Scopes. The Pop ular Hunting choice is the AV41, it provides a 1 %” housing and the widest field of view among all models. The AV41 takes the same AXCEL™ 1 %” accessories as the original AX41 Scopes. All AccuView models come standard with the housing color of choice, “T” Connector, stainless-steel 10-32 threaded rod and the high
ly sought after In-Line large sight bubble. The popular AccuView Plus models include all of these standard pieces, with the addition of the new Rheostat Fiber Cover, Crosshair Insert, and Torque Ring Indicator. All three models can be assembled with the archers choice of multiple pin colors and size options, as well as other custom izable viewing options like a new sunshield or hooded lens retainer to aiming options such as decal reticles and CrossRings (AV25), sold separately. Retail $89.99$139.99 “When you set your sights, Take aim with AXCEL™” www. axcelsights.com
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AXCEL™ Sights drops a bombshell on the competition with the introduction of the new AccuHunter and AccuHunter Plus single pin slider sight featuring the AV Hunter Scope. With a price aimed at the mid-level hunters, high quality remains consistent to AXCEL’s™ toughest standards. A sleek and solid mounting bracket and elevation bar make the Ac
cuHunter a dependable choice among the hardest of hunters. Superior features include that of Individual Elevation and Wind age Locks, an Adjustable 20 Yard Dead Stop, Green Accents and a new AV Hunter Scope, specifical ly designed for the AccuHunter Sight. The AV Hunter Scope fea tures our new FirePin and a new method of fiber wrapping technol
ogy, creating one of the brightest fiber optic pins to hit the market. The AV Hunter Scope has a 1 %” sized housing and accepts all the same AXCEL™ scope accesso ries available for the AV41 sized scopes. The AccuHunter Plus contains the new “Plus” scope options: containing the Crosshair Insert, Rheostat Cover and Torque Ring Indicator; which is in addi tion to all the standard parts on the AV Hunter Scope. All Ac
cuHunter, AccuHunter Plus, and AV Hunter Scopes can be transformed into right or left hand dexterity with no additional parts. Retail $ $239.99
“The Most Dependable and Affordable choice among the Hardest of Hunters” AX41 Hero Scope
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Archery Trade Association Contributes $50,000 to Build First Archery Park on Oklahoma’s Tribal Lands NEW ULM, Minnesota - Labor Day weekend marked a milestone for Cherokee Nation and the Oklaho ma Department of Wildlife Conservation. With help from the Archery Trade Association (ATA), the state opened the Joe Thornton Archery Range, its third public archery park, and the first range built on the state's tribal lands. The range opened just in time to welcome thousands of visitors to Tahlequah for the 64th annual Cherokee National Holiday. The ATA contributed S50.000 to the Tahlequah, Oklahoma, range, which is named after Joe Thorn ton, a Cherokee Nation citizen, 1961 World Archery Champion and 1962 British National Champion. Thornton, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday, gave the order to fire the inaugural arrow, a bull’s-eye shot by his son Ken. “I’m very happy to see a good archery range here and would like to see other archers come along and be world champions,’’ Thornton said in a Chero kee Nation press release. “1 believe it is a possibility.” Built on Cherokee Nation tribal land and fund ed in part by the ATA, the park features a 3-D range, an elevated shooting tower and a 70-meter, Olympic-style range with a 125-foot awning to shield ar chers from inclement weather. “The ATA is dedicated to growing archery and bowhunting at the grassroots level,” said Jay McAninch, ATA president/CEO. “By providing op portunities for people to try archery in their local com munities, we can recruit new archers and bowhunters, re-engage those who haven’t tried shooting in awhile, and strengthen the archery industry as a whole.” Cherokee Nation’s 14 counties include 109 schools offering the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP), making the Joe Thornton Archery Range an ideal location for future NASP competitions. Colin Berg, information and education section supervisor for tne Oklahoma Department of Wild life Conservation, alluded to the community’s efforts to grow archery in a Cherokee Nation press release. “We’re putting money into schools in this area to give them an opportunity to shoot at the range,” Berg said. “One of the popular features is a tower stand. A lot of hunters like to hunt off the ground, and finding a place to practice in Tahlequah is not always easy. Climb ing onto a 12-foot stand to shoot at targets instead of hanging one in your backyard and worrying about whether an arrow will go across the fence is a great thing to offer the community.” “The Joe Thornton Archery Range represents a strong partnership between the Tahlequah community, the archery industry, and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation,” said Mitch King, ATA’s di rector of government relations. “Ranges like this one are where youths and first-time archers can tiy the sport while bowhunters and more seasoned archers practice. Our experience confirms that a communi ty’s level of dedication to developing and maintaining archery programs and facilities assures residents will utilize those facilities once they are built.” 56
FIVE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION JESSE BROADWATER JOINS TEAM MATHEWS
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Sparta, Wisconsin - Reigning World Cup Champion, Jesse Broadwater, has made the decision to join Mathews Pro Staff. “I’m excited to hit the tournament trail with my new Mathews TRX,” said Broadwater. “Confidence in yourself and your equipment is everything in com petitive archeiy. 1 have put these new bows through the ringer, and 1 have to say, I’m impressed! 1 have 100% confidence in the equipment, so the rest is up to me.” Broadwater is a five-time World Champion and two-time Vegas Champion based out of Ellenton, Florida. This world-renowned archer travels the globe shooting in highly competitive ASA, NFAA, World Archery events. Broadwater will kick off his 2017 season with Mathews at the Iowa Pro AM, one of the premier archery tournaments in the country, with over 600 participants. “We couldn’t be more proud to welcome Jesse Broadwater to our superstar team,” stated Mathews Pro Staff Manager, Derek Phillips. “His commitment to excellence both on and off the range makes him a world-class competitor.” Follow Broadwater and the rest of Team Mathews through the 2017 tournament season on Mathews Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. About Mathews Archery. Mathews Archeiy has been committed to ele vating the archeiy experience for over 25 years. All Mathews bows are designed and built in Sparta, Wis consin, U.S.A, and distributed through independent retailers around the world. Experience the full line of premier target and hunting bows at mathewsinc.com.
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MATHEWS® INTRODUCES 2017 HUNTING LINE speeds up to 320 feet per second (IBO speed at 30” draw would be 340 fps). Its CROSSCENTRIC cam and AVS technology produce a smooth draw and con sistent accuracy while delivering massive downrange energy. The 2017 STOKE is the most advanced youth bow ever created. Like the HALON 32 and AVAIL, the STOKE utilizes CROSSCENTRIC cam and AVS technology to provide unmatched accuracy and ki netic energy down range. At just over 27 inches axle-to-axle and speeds up to 314 feet per second (IBO speed at 30” draw would be 344 fps), this compact and lightweight bow offers young archers high per formance and top-of-the-line craftsmanship.
“With the high efficiency of the CROSSCEN TRIC cam technology, the opportunity to create the highest performing youth bow was right in front of us, and we had to do it,” said McPherson. “This is the finest youth bow archery has ever seen.”
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Sparta, Wisconsin - After an extremely successful year with the 2016 HALON®, Mathews introduces its 2017 hunting line with three new offerings featuring the highly efficient and powerful CROSSCENTRIC™ cam: HALON® 32, AVAIL™ and STOKE™.
For 2017, Mathews is also offering new finish es, including GOREa Optifadea Elevated II and Open Country, as well Under Armoura Ridge Reaper Bar ren. Go to Mathewsinc.com for full specifications, finish options, and more information on the 2017 hunting line, and experience them at your local Mathews Retailer.
“This year is all about expansion of our CROSS CENTRIC cam technology,” said Matt McPherson, Owner and CEO of Mathews Archery. “We want to make this extremely accurate, high-speed system available to all archers seeking a premium shooting experience.” The new HALON 32 is a longer version of the award-winning HALON, providing an enhanced string angle and superior stability, while still de livering speeds up to 350 fps. Like its predecessor, the HALON 32 is powered by the highly efficient CROSSCENTRIC cam, which employs a partially concentric string payout and AVS® technology to produce a stealthy draw and consistent accuracy. Its true-center nocking point ensures straight and level nock travel, enhancing shot-to-shot consistency. Out fitted with the FlatBack Grip™ and industry-leading Harmonic Damper® and Harmonic Stabilizer®, the HALON 32 is rock solid and deadly quiet.
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U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary
Arlyne Rhode 7315 N. San Anna Dr. Tucson, AZ 85704 Phone 520.742.5846 Phone 520.405.9331 Email: arlyne.rhode@gmaiLcom Email: usamag@aol.com www.usarcher.com
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Dear Potential Client, Please let me introduce myself, Arlyne Rhode, publisher and editor of the target archery magazine the US & International Archer Magazine. The following is a brief update on the U.S. Archer magazine: 2016 marked our 35th Anniversary. We continue to serve the target market with additional emphasis on ASA, IBO, Regions 3-D plus the kids organizations of in JOAD, NASP and S3-DA. The target market seems to have steady growth with the ever expanding World Archery Association formerly known as FITA. Your potential customers include members of the ASA, IBO, IFAA, NASP, NFAA, RA, S3-DA, USAA, USIAC and WAA. The members of these organizations constantly volunteer their participation and time in the field which greatly impacts the tackle used by bowhunters and recre ational archers. We send comp magazines to 400 United States Archery Association (USAA) Clubs, over 500 S3DA Coaches and over 700 Archery Trade Association (ATA) Retail Members. Last July we started offering all Wounded Warrior archers, active and retired military, free subscriptions. Our subscription base continues to be between 5,000 and 10,000 for 2016. The numbers vary due to NASP programs starting and stopping. Because many issues go to schools and shops we estimate our readership to be about 30,000.
Sincerely,
Arlyne Rhode
We are proud to have served the Archery Community' for the past 35 years! January-February 2017 www.usarcher.com - email: arlyne.rhode@gmail.com or usamag@aol.com
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2017 Ttentattve Editorial Schedule January-February 2017-Given out at the Las Vegas World Festival and the National Archery Show 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
2017 New Products Champion Biographies NASP News S3DANews 2017 Tournament Schedules
March-April 2017 - Given out at NFAA Indoor Championships and the NASP Championships 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Las Vegas World Festival Championships National Archery Show - Las Vegas, NV S3DA News NASP News Promotions in the Archery Industry
May-June 2017 - Given out at the ASA, IBO, Regions 3-D & NFAA 3D Championships 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
JOAD National/Regional Indoor Championships USAA National/Regional Indoor Championships NASP News S3DA News Press Releases on New Products
July-August 2017 - Given out at the ASA, IBO & Regions 3-D 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
US Intercollegiate Archery Championships USAA National Field Profiles of Champions S3 DA News NASP News
September-October 2017 - Given out at the ASA, IBO & Regions 3-D 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
JOAD National Outdoor Championships USAA Target Championships NFAA Outdoor Championships NASP News S3DA News
November-December 2017 Given out at the ATA Show 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Profiles of new leaders in the archery organizations S3DANews NASP News ASA Championships 2018 Tournament Schedules
Our regular reports include the Archery Shooters Association, College Division, FITA, International Bowhunting Organization, International Field Archery Association, National Field Archery Association, National Archery in the Schools Program, Regions Archery, Special Seniors, U.S. Archery Association, U.S. Archery Team and the U.S. Collegiate Archery Association. Foreign reports and special news add to our archery coverage. Call 520-742-5846 or 520-405-9331 email us at usamag@aol.com, arlyne.rhode@gmail.com to receive a complimentary issue if you aren’t currently getting one.
Sincerely,
Arlyne Rhode
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