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On this issue’s cover: Indonesian Archery Performance at the Third World Archery Festival Yecheon, South Korea by Kay Koppedrayer 8 Editorial by Arlyne Rhode 9 Good-bye Ruth Ragsdale 10 Schlosser wins his first indoor event of the season Courtesy of World Archery 10 Former Mexican head coach Jose Almanzor dies at age 87 Courtesy of World Archery 12 Nemati’s Worlds Victory 25th in IPC’s top Moments of 2017 Courtesy of World Archery 13 USA Archery announces Lineup for 2018 World Archery Indoor Championships Courtesy of USA Archery 14 USA Archery Presents 2018 Dream Team Rosiers Courtesy of USA Archery 15 USA Archery Proudly Introduces 2018 US AT Courtesy of USA Archery 16 USA Archers take Top Honors in World Archery America’ Para Mail Match Courtesy of USA Archery 17 Easton Foundations, Coach Rogers and Recurve Women Honored at 2017 Team USA Awards Courtesy of USA Archery 20 Archery Intentions by Debbie Crews Ph. D and 2X Olympic Archer Judi Adams 22 Are You Wasting Practice Time? by Terry Wunderle 23 My Favorite Hunting Season by B. Howard Coffey 24 Two Realities by MJ Rogers 26 Who’s the Best Archer to ever Shoot a Bow? by Rick McKinney 28 The Third World Archery Festival Yecheon, South Korea by Kay Koppedrayer 35 Meeting Two Archery Legends in Beijing by Kay Koppedrayer 38 Flight Archery 2017 on the Bonneville Salt Flats, UT by Kay Koppedrayer 42 S3 DA National Shooter of the Year 2017 48 S3DA Announces 2017 Leadership Conference at Barren River State Park 49 S3 DA introduces New Board Members 50 S3DA S. Illinois hosts 1st tournament at SE Illinois College 51 S3 DA USA Archery & ASA partners with Alabama S3 DA 52 S3DA NC holds Indoor State Championships in Statesville, NC 53 Dave Keaggy, Sr. Master Coach, Retired , The Two Finger Release 54 News & New Products - Texas Archery Club, Bearpaw USA,Trueflight,ATA Chooses Matt Kormann as President/ CEO,NASP Charity Navigator Awards NASP Highest Awards, OnCore Targets, Hawk Associates Rich Walton to Retire and Goat Tuff ‘GT Arrow Fletcher’ now for Cross Bow Arrows. 60 US Archer Magazine 2018 Tentative Editorial Schedule 61 US Archer Magazine 2018 Advertising Schedule and Rates 63 Archery Hall of Fame - Introducing New Board Members

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Page 26 Who’s the Best Archer to ever Shoot a Bow? by Rick McKinney

Page 28, World Archery Festival, China’s Legends & Flight Archery by Kay Koppedrayer

Page 42, S3DA Sh ooters of the Year Leadership Conference New Board Members Regional News by the S3DA Staff

Page 23 My Favorite Hunting Season by B. Howard Coffey

Page 24, Two Realities by M.J. Rogers Paralympic Coach

Page 22 Are You Wasting Practice Time? by Terry Wunderle

Page 63 Introducing New AHofF Board Members by Diane Miller

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Happy New Year! Thanks to a wonderful photographer, writer, and flight shooter Kay Koppedrayer, we bring you some fascinating photos of the Third World Archery Festival in Yecheon, South Korea. Thanks also to Adam Radzuin for his photos. We have always admired the shooting skills of the Korean archers. On page 35 you will meet two archery legends from Beijing. They are Mrs. Li Shu Lan and Mr. Xu Kai Cai. Kay’s flight report starts on page 38. Many records were broken on the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah by archers from the States and abroad. This issue features the USA 2018 Dream Team rosters, the 2018 US Archery Team and the 2018 World Archery Team Trials. Congratulations to all of you who made the Teams! Also very active in the off season are the young people in Scholastic 3D Association. See pages 42-47 for their comments on making the National Shooter of the Year 2017. Congratulations Everyone!

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Schloesser wins his first indoor event of the season 3 DECEMBER 2017 ARCHERY WORLD CUP

BANGKOK (THA) The winner of the Ve gas Shoot in early 2017 Mike Schloesser said, “his outdoor sea son brought less than expected.” World number three Mike Schloesser converted his top seed ing into the compound men’s gold medal at the second stage of the 2017/18 indoor archery World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand - his first major win of this indoor sea son - off the back of three consec utive perfect round. He beat Yup Pui Lam, Span ish archer Alberto Blazquez and David Houser each with 150-point 15-arrow match scores. Mike then beat Tate Mor gan, 148-147, before taking out second-ranked archer Kris Schaff in the gold medal match, 149-147. “I was pretty sure when

Mike Schloesser wins over Second Ranked Archer Kris Schaff

1 came here that my shooting was good and this proves it. I’ve been shooting pretty good this in door season already and this is a nice win to add to the list,” said Schloesser.

“After a really good last in door season I went outdoors and things didn’t go my way. I expect ed way more than 1 got. I think I had a bit of bad luck and I’m hop ing 1 don’t have it next year.”

Former Mexican head coach Jose Almanzor dies aged 87 12 DECEMBER 2017 COURTESY OF WORLD ARCHERY

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Professor Jose Ruben Almanzor Martinez, an Olympian and then success ful archery coach, passed away on 10 November 2017 at the age of 87. Almanzor competed at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games, and won a bronze medal at the 1979 Pan Ameri can Games in San Juan, Puer to Rico. He was head coach of Mexico’s archery team for many years, leading the

squad at the Central Amer ican and Caribbean Games, Pan American Games, World Championships and Olympic Games. In 1996, he was induct ed into the Mexican Sports Confederation’s hall of fame and, among other awards thoughout his long career, re ceived Mexico’s National Sport Award in 2003 in rec ognition of his achievements. World Archery offers its sincerest condolences to his family and friends, World Archery Americas and the entire Mexican archery communityU.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

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Mike goes into the year-end break with a house to decorate and a few days of rest on his mind with over a month before the in ternational circuit picks up again for stage three in Nimes, France. He’ll arrive at that event as a top ranked archer on the road to the indoor World Cup final in Las Vegas, as will Paige Pearce-Gore in the compound women’s event after adding victory in Bangkok to the silver medal she earned in Marrakesh at stage one. Pearce-Gore and Sarah Sonnichsen were neck-and-neck until the last arrow of their final. The former shot a 10 to finish, the lat ter a nine. Matteo Fissore made his second consecutive recurve men’s final on the tour, but lost gold in Thailand to Korean pro Kim Bongman, 6-4. The Italian indoor specialist maintained his lead in the rankings, though. The recurve women’s final came down to two athletes from professional team Hyundai Mobis in Sim Yeji and Kim Surin. Sim shot three of five perfect sets to take the match, 6-4. Sim and Olympic Silver Medallist Aida Roman, stage one’s victor, share the pole posi tion in the leaderboard after two stops. The second stage of the 2017/18 Indoor Archery World Cup took place in Bangkok, Thai land on 1-3 december 2017.

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Zahra at the World Archery Championships Lausanne (SUI) Zahra Nemati won gold at two consecutive Paralympic Games in London and Rio. Zahra Nemati’s second world championship gold medal has been named number 25 on

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the International Paralympic Committee’s list of the top 50 moments in para sport in 2017. The Iranian recurve archer united the Paralympic and world titles with victory at the 2017 World Archery Para Championships in Beijing in September. In 2017, the two-time Paralympic Champion reclaimed the world title she first won in Bangkok in 2013. Shortly before her individual gold medal match in China, Nemati also won bronze in the mixed team open with Pouriya Jalalipour. Nemati has made a name for herself both as a talented athlete and as a rolemodel for women’s empowerment through sport. At London 2012, she made history, becoming the first Iranian

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woman to win gold at either the Olympic or Paralympic Games. She won the hearts of the local crowd in Rio in 2016, competing in both events, and won gold at the Paralympics for a second consecutive time. Nemati’s amazing story, from taekwondo champion to archery double gold medallist, was drawn further into the spotlight when she was chosen to carry the flag of Iran during the Olympic opening ceremony. The United Nations named Nemati as an ambassador for women with disabilities in sport and she addressed a United Nations committee in New York in June 2014. Congratulations, Zahra!

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USA Archery Announces Lineup for 2018 World Archery Indoor Championships December 17, 2017 NEWBERRY, Florida - The World Archery Indoor Championships - U.S. Team Trials concluded today with round robin match play for the top eight archers in each category. The final top three will represent Team USA at the World Archery Indoor Championships in Yankton, South Dakota in mid-February 2018. Archers were awarded points for placement in qualification and bonus points for reaching certain scores. Points continued to accumulate today for matches won and each archer’s three arrow average score. With bonus points, the best possible trials point score an archer could achieve was 26. The selection procedures can be read in full here. Brady Ellison (Globe, Arizona) continued to lead the recurve men in competition play today, the only archer in any division to earn the full perfect score of 26 points, winning all seven matches today with the highest arrow average on the field. Ellison punched his ticket to Yankton with Jack Williams (Irvine, California) and Vic Wunderle (San Antonio, Texas), who scored 20 and 16 trials points respectively, far ahead of the rest of the men. Mackenzie Brown (Flint, Texas) was also a significant standout in the recurve women’s competition, finishing the day with 24 trials points after winning all seven matches, ahead of Tatyana Muntyan (Delray Beach, Florida) who had 17. The third spot came down to a dead tie between five time Olympian Khatuna Lorig (Denver, Colorado) and famed compound shooter turned recurve Crystal Gauvin (Dayville, Connecticut). Gauvin, shooting to make her first international team on the recurve side, and Lorig went to a tiebreaker shoot off match and Gauvin destroyed in a 6-0 shut out to take the last spot on the team. After setting a world record in qualification yesterday (pending verification) Paige Pearce Gore (Red Bluff, California) continued her dominant reign over this year’s indoor season taking the top spot with 25 trials points. Joining Gore in Yankton will be Mary Hamm (Florence, Texas), who scored 21 trials points today and was the only archer to upset Gore in matchplay, and Breanna Theodore (Hibbing, Minnesota), who was part of the junior world championship team earlier this year. The compound men’s bracket was incredibly close, with many of the top archers tied for much of the day, or just one or two trials points apart. In the end, a shoot off 10 gave Broadwater the last big win he needed to finish on top with 21 trials points. Tate Morgan (Billings, Montana) was just behind, finishing with 20 points, and the final spot goes to Kris Schaff (Billings, Montana).

The final top three will represent Team USA in the World Archery Indoor Championships in Yankton, SD After crushing qualification yesterday, Cassidy Cox (Albuquerque, New Mexico), who competed on both thejuniorand senior outdoor World Championship teams this year, neatly wrapped up the tournament today with 25 out of the maximum 26 points available to seal the top junior compound woman’s spot. Joining Cox in Yankton will be reigning Indoor world bronze medalist Athena Caiopoulos (Irvine, California) and Anna Scarbrough (Arnoldsville, Georgia), who finished with 22 and 16 points respectively. Ethan King (London, Kentucky) also solidly locked up the top compound junior men’s spot with 25 trials points, followed by Curtis Broadnax (Social Circle, Georgia) and Zachary Harris (Loganville, Georgia). On the recurve junior range, Trenton Cowles (Tarzana, California) and Seth McWherter (Central City, Iowa) came in close yesterday but held their first and second positions to score a total of 22 and 20 trials points each and will be joined in Yankton by Adam Heidt (Springfield, Georgia), who scored a total of 16 points. The recurve junior women’s bracket was even more stratified as Inga Pever (Houston, Texas) was the standout performer, taking 23 points after winning all matches today. Also headed to Yankton: Jennifer Kim (Santa Ana, California) and Katherine Wu (San Francisco, California), who finished with 17 and 15 points each. Complete results from qualification, match results from the round robins and final poit totals can be found on the website. USA Archery on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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USA Archery Presents 2018 Dream Team Rosters DEC. 14, 2017, 4:30 P.M. (ET) COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO - USA Archery is proud to introduce the rosters for the 2018 Dream Team Programs. USA Archery's Regional and Junior Dream Teams are programs designed to identi fy talented young archers and bring them together for training camps, exposure to advanced coaching and competitions. At the end of each calendar year, a vary ing num ber of open positions become available for new, qual ified archers on the Recurve and Compound Junior Dream Teams (JDT) and the Regional Dream Teams (RDT). Athletes are selected based on a wide variety of criteria, and selection this year was incredibly com petitive as more and more talented young archers are emerging around the nation. Selection Camps are held as needed toward the end of each year to select primary and alternate team members. Alternates may be placed on teams official ly if and when additional openings become available beyond the initial selection process throughout the Recurve JDT Men’s Team Trenton Cowles Andrew Furst Ara Hekimian Brogan Kent Naogi Nitta Devin Oblander Josef Scarboro Nikolas Swidryk Adam Valera Adam Whitlach Noah Won Galvin Yuan New Members Beniamin Hur Dallas Jones Women’s Team Mina Bums Olivia HufTer Nidhi Kanchumarthi Minseo Kim Leila Kim Christina Kwak Ramsey Lechner Elizabeth Lee Songhee Min Rowan Phlieger Dorothy Vassantachart Savannah Ward Erin White Katherine Wu

next calendar year. For 2018, the Recurve Junior Dream Team will split into a men’s and a women’s team. National Head Coach KiSik Lee will oversee the men’s team along with coaches Steve Cornell, Steve Caufman, Jim White, Terry Laney and Holly Stover. National Wom en’s Head Coach Songi Woo will be the head coach of the women’s team assisted by coaches Doug Ludwig, Eric Tollefson and Linda Beck. Linda Beck will also be the coordinator for the Regional Dream Team program and will be supported by coaches Doug Ludwig, Eric Tollefson, Victor Chia, and Mike and Teresa Perrego. The head coach and co ordinator for the compound junior dream team will also be coach Linda Beck, accompanied by coaches John Fleury, Jim Pruitte, Lany Wise, Steve Yee, Jesse Johnson and Lee Hetletved. For more information on the Dream Team Pro grams go to www.usaarchery.com The complete 2018 Team Rosters are as follows:

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USAArchery Proudly Introduces 2018 US AT Nov. 22, 2017, 1:26 p.m. (ET) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - The United Slates Archery Team, “USAT,” consists of the best master, senior, para, junior and cadet archers in the country, selected based on performance in several na tional events over a yearlong season. This year, USA Archery’s national events series saw record shattering combined participation of over 8,000 archers, aiming for gold and national recogni tion. As the level of competition in the U.S. continues to rise, earning a spot on the USAT is a prestigious honor and USA Archery applauds those who have worked so hard to deserve this recognition. Beyond the prestige of making the USAT, archers earn the right to wear USA across their backs on a special team jersey, and are provided special benefits and gifts from generous USAArchery Sponsors. Paige Pearce Gore (Red Bluff, California) took the top USAT ranking for the compound senior wom en. For the seniors, top national rankings lead to spots on the World Cup circuit. Gore commented: “1 am so thankful that I was able to make the 2018 USAT! Representing our country is something that means so much to me, and it’s an honor that not many peo ple around the world get to experience. I realize how lucky 1 am to be a part of Team USA, and 1 am beyond excited to be back for the 2018 tournament season.” In 2017, the biggest and most competitive field was the cadet archers, especially the recurve shooters. As USA Archery continues to grow its athlete devel opment pipeline with the success of new initiatives including the Regional Dream Team and Compound Junior Dream Team, youth archers set several new world records at the World Archery Youth Champion ships and brought home eleven medals. A strong standout in the cadet recurve division was 13-year-old Casey Kaufhold (Lancaster, Pennsyl vania). On finishing first in the Cadet USAT rankings, Kaufhold commented: “It is such an honor to actually be on the United States team and I was very grate ful all my hard work had paid off to make this team. I’m very thankful for everyone who has supported me through all of my tournaments, especially my parents for taking me there and letting me shoot. I’m grateful to be able to do what 1 do and to have all the support that I have.” In the Para USAT rankings, the compound open men’s division is by far the largest. Taking top honors this year was Benjamin Thompson (Ladson, South Carolina). Thompson shared: “Being able to repre sent team USA is such an honor and to finish on top against some of the best talent in the world is an abso lutely amazing feeling!” USA Archery congratulates our archers on an other amazing season, especially those who excelled to the highest level and made the USAT selection.

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Greg Easton accepting the Building Dreams Award City, Utah) and the Easton Sports Development Foundation with the Building Dreams Award, present ed by USG, which recognizes an individual, group or community that has gone above and beyond in its support of Team USA. The Easton Sports Develop ment Foundation has been a ma jor contributor to USA Archery’s high performance and grassroots efforts. After the construction of the Easton Archery Center of Ex cellence in 2015, the foundation was key in helping Team USA win two medals at the Olympic Games Rio 2016. In 2017, the foundation supported many USA Archery ini tiatives, giving nearly $1 million to promote long-term program sustainability in efforts nationwide and helping Team USA reach the tops or major international po diums. In 2017, ESDF also took steps to return the Archery World Cup to the U.S. with plans to host stops in Salt Lake City' in 2018 and 2019, giving American athletes the chance to compete on home soil while enhancing international ex posure for the sport. USA Archery is incredibly grateful for the generous contri butions o f the Easton Foundations and decades of passion for and dedication to developing the sport of archery. We also congratulate Coach Rogers on his selection as a finalist and thank him for his endless efforts to support the Para archers of the United States and share our congratulations with our recurve women’s team on their ac complishments this season.

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indoor championships, due to take place on home soil in Yankton, South Dakota on February 1418, 2018. The 24-athlete strong senior and junior squad includes outdoor legend Mary Hamm, compound-turned-recurve archer Crystal Gauvin, and four-time Hyundai Archery World Cup Champion Brady Ellison. Hamm, whose maiden name was Zorn, became the first com pound woman in history to score more than 1400 points on the 1440 round when she shot 1401 at the US Nationals in 2003. She won the outdoor World Archery Championships that same year in New York, and was indi vidual indoor World Champion in 2001,2005 and 2009, the latter being the last time she competed internationally. Crystal Gauvin was silver medallist at the outdoor Worlds in Copenhagen in 2015 as a com pound archer. At the end of 2016, she made the switch to recurve - and Yankton will be her inter national debut with her new bow style. “My number one goal for the year was achieved tonight,” Gauvin wrote on Instagram. “It was definitely not easy but I fought until the final arrow to earn my spot.” World number five Brady Ellison, who was third at the world indoors in 2016, qualified as the top recurve man at selections in Florida, dropping just two points through 25 sets (75 arrows) of matchplay at the tournament. Jack Williams, Vic Wunderle, Mackenzie Brown, Tatya na Muntyan, Jesse Broadwater, Tate Morgan, Kris Schaff, Paige Pearce-Gore and Breanna Theodore complete the USA Senior team for Yankton 2018. Cassidy Cox, Athena Caiopoulos, Anna Scarbrough, Ethan King, Curtis Broadnax, Zachary Harris, Trenton Cowles, Seth Mcwherter, Adam Heidt, Inga Pever, Jennifer Kim and Katherine Wu will shoot in the junior events. www.usaarchery.org U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

2018 Collegiate Archery Program and JOAD Committee Members Announced December 15, 2017 COLORADO SPRINGS,CO - The results are in and new committee members have officially been named to USA Archery’s Collegiate Archery Program and JOAD Committees! These committee makes recommendations regarding relevant program and event administration to USA Archery StafF. Regional representatives also serve as Regional Coordinators for the programs, while the Athlete Representatives represent the student-athlete and youth archery populations. These membership-elected committees are selected after a nomination process where clubs are eligible to submit one nomination, and ultimately one vote, per category that applies to their region. Committee members serve two-year terms with a

maximum of three consecutive terms allowed. For the Collegiate Committee, Glen Bennett (Michigan State University) was re-elected to the north region representative seat. UC San Diego’s Jason Tong, who was serving as the athlete rep, was elected to the west region representative seat for 2018. New this year, instead of one athlete representative position, there are now two: the south and east athlete rep and north and west athlete rep. Anna Miscione (James Madison University) and Geun Woo Kim (Claremont McKenna College) were voted to each position respectively. Rodney Estrada (Emmanuel College) and E.G. Le Bre (MIT, Wellesley, Brandeis University) will continue in their roles as south

and east region representatives as regions are staggered on voting for continuity purposes. For the JOAD Committee, Amy Francka (Springfield, Missouri) of the Greene County Park Board was elected as the north region representative and George “Woody" Walters (San Leandro, California) of Ohlone JOAD Club as the west region representative. Compound Junior Dream Team athlete and 2015 Jack Kelley Fair Play Award winner Miles Gould was elected as the athlete representative. Rodney Estrada and Andy Neville will remain in their respective positions as the south and east representatives. Committee members play a vital role in USA Archery’s organization and USA Archery staff appreciates all who were involved in running and the election process. We appreciate you sharing your voice on matters that you care about and are looking forward to a great year ahead.

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Debbie Crews, Ph.D., Sport Psychology and Judi Adams, 2 X Olympic Archer (1980, 1996)

Which do you prefer? 1.

When you walk off the range at the end of the day do you feel more successful if you shot the way you prefer to shoot (great feel) or you score higher? Shot OR Score

On the line which would you rather feel?

Comfortable OR

Confident

In archery, which would you prefer to be?

Consistent OR

Adaptable

During a tournament which would you prefer to be?

In Control OR

Would you prefer to:

Regulate Your Emotions

If you had a choice would you score better if you felt

When you compete do you prefer to

Use Your Emotions OR

Lead OR

Angry OR

In Charge

Anxious

Come from behind?

How you set yourself up for each practice or competition will influence every event that happens during the practice or tournament. This is called” Schema Theory” and it says that we all have “pre set cognitions” about an activity. Thus, if you think it will be hard, the experiences you have will be perceived as reinforcing the per ception of it being hard. In turn, if you perceive it as easy, the ex act same experiences will be per ceived as “easy”. Changing your preset cognitions about an activi ty will change the outcome of the activity and improve your enjoy ment of the journey. Shot or Score We often play sport for that great feel when we synchronize

the total, smooth motion through the draw, release, and to the finish of the follow through. For many archers success is that wonderful feel associated with great shots. For others, it is achieving the score you desire or exceeding it. For those who prefer the score, the good feel becomes a bonus. There is no good and bad or right and wrong. However, the sport is designed for score. So if you value feel more than score, perhaps you could score feel as well as score points to be able to feel success ful. Simply use the scale of 1 - 10 with 10 being a great feel and 1 being “not like you”. Comfortable or Confident It is easier to perform when we feel comfortable; howev

er, there are days when nothing feels comfortable. Can you still be confident when you are not comfortable? Of course you can. Confidence is a choice. So confi dence with comfortable is a bo nus. We often think that if we are comfortable we will be confident, but we have never seen the writ ten guarantee. Therefore, choose confident and comfort may come. But regardless of whether com fort shows up, performance will be better. It is important to note that we grow from discomfort - a certain amount of risk/challenge is necessary to create the rich envi ronment needed to enter the zone. So, feeling uncomfortable may be an indicator of great things to come!

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Consistent or Adaptable The nature of archery breeds consistency. We stand on a line and attempt to create one great shot after another. However, it is actually our ability to be adaptable that makes us consistent. The real ity is that everything is constantly changing. So the harder we try to be consistent, the less likely it will come. When we are adaptable, we trust our system and we know we can handle anything. Knowing we can adapt to whatever condi tions present themselves, enables an attitude of “Bring it on”. The attitude of “Bring it on” has a for ward focus and points us in the direction of our vividly imagined future. Take your best shot! Be adaptable! In Control or In Charge While we inherently know to control the controllables and let go of the rest, there is another way to look at that feeling of influenc ing our world. It is not “control” but the perception of being in con trol that attracts most of us. How ever, could there be a day when everything is out of control: in clement weather, unlucky draws, not feeling 100%, etc., and we still shoot arrows. On those day we may not feel like we are in con trol of anything, but could we still be in charge. Of course we could. What would we be in charge of? Ourselves! We can always be in charge of ourselves and we can still perform great! We can be in charge of choosing confidence, of responding to challenge as op posed to seeing a threat, of how we respond to both good scoring ends and lesser scoring ends, of chang ing our expectations knowing it is not our best day. Take charge! Use Your Emotions or

Regulate Your Emotions Spending time regulating your emotions is the last thing we want to be doing on the line. We came to shoot arrows! Instead of working to regulate the emotions that come from good or not-so-good shots, we could learn to use our emotions. Whatever emotion comes today could be channeled into the next shot. It is turned into focus, motivation, intention, persistence, determination, etc. Emotions are not turned up or down (regulated), they are recycled and serve as your greatest source of energy. They fuel thoughts, intentions, focus, commit ment and many factors associated with success. Angry or Anxious The physiological response to anger and anxiety is the same: increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, etc. However, the psychological component of each is different. While it is possible to leverage the energy of anger and direct it toward your purpose, it is not the same with anxiety. With anxiety comes worry. This worry component of anxiety causes the most disruption to performance. It is possible to perform with a rac ing heart, shaking legs or hands, but it is nearly impossible to per form with a question mark in your head (doubt or worry). It is best to

take the worry thoughts out and throw them in the closest trash can. Every archery range has them available! Lead or Come From Behind Shooting from the underdog position is preferable to many ar chers. It seems that it is easier to chase someone since the only di rection we see going is up. It helps us to have a forward focus. How ever, when we are in the lead, we often fear losing something (even though we have nothing to lose) and look for something or some one to chase. Our system (mind and body) is built to strive for better performances and we can lead by choosing to chase our po tential. In other words, you can al ways shoot to Better Your Best®, whether it be feel or score. It is not healthy to look behind, only for ward! Leading is a skill that can be learned and the first person you can learn to lead is yourself! If you like this article and want to find out more about creat ing your own mental performance program, check out Debbie and Judi’s new book, “Archery: En ergy in Motion”. It is available at Amazon.com in the Kindle ver sion or you can order the print copy from their website at https:// www.optiinternational.com/product/archery-energy-in-motion/

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Are Yob Wasting Practise Tta®? By Terry Wunderle

ne of my more accomplished target archers was on the practice range preparing for an upcoming championship. Observing a difficulty in his shot process, 1 commented, '‘Didn’t you feel your form breaking down and the shot going down the pipes?” “Yes, but I thought I could save it,” he replied. “Why didn’t you let it down?” I inquired. “1 should have. I would have let it down if 1 were in the tournament,” he concluded. I countered that he probably would have continued with the shot in competition. When bad habits and lack of self-discipline are reinforced on the practice range, they unfortunately become patterns that are repeated on the tournament field. Practice is the main foundation that any athlete has to build upon in order to be a successful competitor. An archer has to be able to repeat each shot with precision. This means that the same amount of back pressure and the same degree of muscle tension must be executed. The only way that they can be consistently duplicated is by practicing and shooting the same shot that you will use in a tournament. A good form of practice is blank bale shooting, where there is no target at which to aim. The archer strives to shoot each shot with perfect form. At the moment of release, the feeling of the shot indicates whether or not you’ve been successful. Blank bale practice provides you with the 22

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opportunity to identify the muscles and muscle tension needed to execute this perfect shot. Since there is no target present, your concentration is directed only toward being able to duplicate the shot. This form of practice is very important when you are starting a new season after a break. It is also an excellent way to start and finish every practice session. When using blank bale shooting, do not be concerned where the arrows are hitting, other than staying on the practice butt. Be very aware of what your bow arm is doing. Over 90% of the bad shots by an archer can be contributed to the bow arm. Make sure it goes through the shot and finishes in the same place every time. The bow arm is controlling and guiding the path of the arrow until it leaves the bowstring. Make sure you finish your shot so the arrow will continue straight at the target. Also be certain you shoot every shot with the same degree of backpressure. I f an archer fails to maintain back tension, the bow arm will break down. When the muscles producing back tension to the string are relaxed, they will automatically relax the muscles to the bow arm and cause pin movement. A good way to find out if you are losing backpressure is to have someone watch your arrow on the rest. If the arrow creeps forward, you are losing the backpressure and probably will not shoot a consistent group. Be aware of your rhythm. Nearly all of the top archers release their arrows at approximately the same time during their rhythm. Some archers may shoot a fivesecond shot, while others may use ten or twelve seconds. Whatever their rhythm, the shot is usually released within one second of this time frame. If the shot is held much longer than the normal shooting rhythm, the form begins

to breakdown and a bad shot will follow. Once you are satisfied with your form, put up a five-spot target at ten yards. Shoot the same shot as you did when blank baling. If it is not the very same shot, then shoot one arrow at the target and the next at blank bale until the two shots are identical. Many times the presence of the target “shortcircuits” the brain, because there is too much emphasis placed on aiming. Let the pin float on the target and execute the same shot as you do while blank baling. When the shot is the same, back up to twenty yards and repeat the process. The only really important thing is to shoot identical form with every shot. Let the pin float and it will hit the mark. Practice is also the time when you learn to develop your mental control and concentration level. Treat every shot as the most important shot you will shoot that day. If you think the shot isn’t there or you have negative thoughts, let it down, refocus, and start over. Do not shoot shots in practice that you would not want to shoot in a championship. Practice is where you teach yourself the required discipline that you will need in a tournament. You only have one chance with each arrow in a competition. You owe it to yourself to make sure you shoot it with the best form that you are capable of shooting. Fifty quality practice shots are of more value than five hundred undisciplined shots. [For more of Terry’s shoot ing tips, see Archery: Think and Shoot Like a Champion at wunderlearchery.com]

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My Favorite Hunting Season

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Ecclesiastes 3:1, “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven. ” Modem gun season is over in Kentucky. The late black powder season ends this weekend, December 16. For me, the real deer season begins next week. The temperatures in Kentucky have fallen, and soon the deer will move into their winter routine of searching for the best food supplies. My son and 1 spent four days hunting during the modern gun season. We saw several deer each day, but we only saw one buck that was a shooter. However, it was too far away. In Kentucky, bow hunting for deer and turkey began on September 2, and it runs until January 15, 2018. A hunter can take as many doe as he wants in certain zones; however, only one buck with visible horns may be harvested. Two deer can be killed on your first tag, but then you can buy tags that will allow you to kill other deer. Please contact The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife for all the details. License can be purchased online from their website, and a printable game log can be found there as well. From now until the end of the bow hunting season, is my favorite time of the year to hunt. I love it because there are no ticks and bugs. The western end of Kentucky is infamous for its BPSI, “bugs per square inch’’ syndrome. I know that more biting, stinging and blood-sucking insects live here than anywhere else in the whole world—I’ve never been to

South America. Another reason for this time frame to be my favorite hunting season is the deer are easier to pattern. The rut is over, and the deer out of necessity must find a good food supply. Therefore, their days are spent sleeping and going back and forth to their food sources. Not only this, but when the guns begin, the good bucks go nocturnal. Now, they begin to form a daily routing that can bring them in front of your stand or blind if you position either of them correctly. Besides, there are few if any hunters to contend with. Most hunters do not hunt after the black powder season ends. Each year, there are getting fewer and fewer hunters who hunt during the late black powder season. With these thoughts in mind, deer hunting becomes easier and more predictable. For bow hunting, knowing where a big buck travels on a routine basis makes for great expectations. You can hunt knowing that for the past several days, the deer you want to take has been following the same pattern from bed to food source. Also, as the food supply dwindles and the colder temperatures increase, the deer must eat more to survive the cold. Therefore, when the herd finds a good food source, they will be there every day. On the route to this source of food is where you can locate a stand or blind. The rest is magic!

As always, shoot straight: in life and with your bow!

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Two Realities by M.J. Rogers Paralympic Coach

M.J. Rogers his is about two realities. One of which I am very familiar and one I can only give you my experienced point of view. As many know 1 have been work ing with Para archers for last few years. Recently along with Jose Santa-Cruz and Larry Wise com pleted an Adaptive Archery Man ual. This work was collaborative effort between Disabled Sports USA (DSUSA), USA Archery and underwritten by US Dept, of Vet erans Affairs. In addition, 1 have been assisting a Missouri Chapter of DSUSA, DASA Disabled Ath lete Sport Association’s archery program. This is, as all DSUSA

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programs, an all-inclusive archery program and from this involve ment 1 have the afore mentioned viewpoints. To provide a clear under standing of these realities and for you to best understand I offer these clarifications. Disabled is the label attached to this group of people, but is not accurate. These are, in this case, athletes, and com petitors with abilities outside of society’s “Normal.” So, having a “disability” is really just in fact a different “ability”. My experi ence has been so and I am hum bled by these individual’s skills being beyond my own. Because of this label 1 am sharing this and as an attempt to clarify the reality. It is not my intention to put these in dividuals up on a pedestal for their accomplishments but just a way to explain how I have gained new awareness as a coach and more importantly as a fellow human. The reality 1 know is from the coach view and how I have needed to expand my capability in adapting to unique needs. These needs range from variances in balance, physical strength, intel lectual, and mobility. It is nec essary to always think outside of my perceived box and thus tests communication, observation, pa tience and coaching skills. Com munication is most valuable be cause literal definitions are part of most of these individual’s life. Thinking twice before speaking out or trying to complete their conversations with what I think they want to say. Communicating with and to the individual, making any changes known, and OK’d be fore proceeding. Observations of what is necessaiy to safely accom plish successful shooting. Seeing a need beyond the norm and be willing to venture outside of my comfort zone. Watching for ob stacles, off-sets in flooring, deep

padded carpet, loud locations and instructional commands all can create hindrances for a success ful program. Patience because there may be more modifications required and you may need to ad just directions numerus times. Be willing to experiment in providing the correct adaptation. Coaching skills become flexible, each arrow may become thought-provoking for all sorts of reasons. A noise, lighting, conversations, spasms, and other matters you will not know until they occur. Always being aware of these changes that are opportunities to become a bet ter skilled coach in so many ways. It is also essential to keep from pitying the person or the occur rence. They expect your best help in archery nothing more or less. Tendency is to be too helpful, learn to help as you would anyone to understand the sport. This experience has made me a better archery and life coach. Taking nothing for granted and making every effort to touch all the bases before time runs out. Suppling the individual or team my all and providing scenarios for success. The reality I can only imag ine is the individual’s. The label “disabled” and its unwitting defi nition as it sets up a life that fol lows which can be ugly. I can’t imagine the life but I have seen too often the stares, behind the back conversation, thoughtless ness of design, signage, and more. Imagine the feelings of someone, young, or old coming to this la beling reality and knowing for the rest of your life it is ever present. A very graphic example happened during the Paralympic Games in London, as I was returning to the Village a young man was exiting. A warm enough day yet he had a jacket and as he walked out the jacket was used to cover his left U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

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arm stump. It is impossible to comprehend such a circumstance, of always on guard for untoward looks. While the opposite was true within the Village, in that envi ronment 1 was the oddity, the not normal. The athletes were in their element and not having to be ever aware. Reflecting on that, I later wondered what or how I would re act if my failings were as exposed as theirs. If 1 had the sign around my neck that displayed me as afraid snakes, spiders, dark plac es, crowded places, and car repair (true). Empathy not pity creates better understanding and a better coach. Coaches need to afford this understanding when working within the sport activity. Where and when parents, spouses, and caregivers are all dedicated to the singular effort of an inclusive set ting. The role is to provide guid ance and information about shoot ing a bow and all the life learning that goes along with. The win ning, skill development challeng es, losing, competitiveness, and more. All this shows a respect for the person and the willingness to express that with hard work and actions. Then seeing that anything is possible. My hope in writing this is to encourage others to explore coach ing in such settings. Learning as I have how to be better at coaching and as a teacher. How to develop your own exceptional abilities as a provider to those with unique abil ities. There are DSUSA chapters in almost every state with chances to introduce archery to a new cli entele for archery clubs and rang es. There are all sorts of resources available for special equipment and may just energize you to cre ate something new. I continue to learn and devel op an admiration for those willing to venture into new sport and allow me to assist in some manner. It is for this opportunity and for these individuals I am most grateful. Shoot Well M.J. Rogers

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Who’s the Best Archer to ever Shoot a Bow? by Rick McKinney, President of Carbon Tech Arrows and U.S. Representative for Win & Win Archery ver the course of the last several years I have been reading many comments on the “who is the greatest archer” posts and am amused at all the statements that say one person is better than the other. 1 find it fasci nating that everyone is the expert when it comes to who is the best. You will notice that most will state that the greatest person just hap pens to be during their time period. First of all, how can you compare with yesterday’s champions and today's champions? In my opin ion, it cannot be done in fairness. Today’s equipment, knowledge and education are far superior than

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in the past. As a matter of fact, it is the past that has given the ed ucation and advancement that has helped today’s champions. Some of you have stated that the hu man body has not changed all that much and that is true. Yes, it prob ably is a smidgen better due to the understanding of what to eat and how to stay healthier. However, if you look closely, the poundage that most top archers shoot today has not changed all that much over the past 50 years. Let’s look at what is so dif ferent in today’s round versus 50 years ago. The archer had to mas ter 4 distances. Thus, there were choices to be made. You could not find one setup that gave you opti mum for all 4 distances. You had to play around with different set ups and find the one that gave you the most for all, but in reality, it did not give you the best for each individual distance. 1 recall some archers using different arrows, different fletchings, and even dif ferent poundage for the different distances to get the optimum for the round. It’s a lot of work mas tering 4 distances compared to 1. However, if you can focus on 1 distance then you can master that distance with no sacrifices given. Thus the scores are definitely su perior due to that one distance. Equipment. The superiori ty of what was used 50 years ago compared to today’s equipment is incredible. The one-piece wood en bows that had a set tiller and set poundage. In other words, there were no adjustments. So you used what you had and tried to fit the string and arrows to the bow. Center shot bows were just being introduced and the clicker was discovered to be the savior of target panic. The string mate rial was all Dacron and the stretch was extreme. The plunger was just around the comer to being invented. Stabilizers where just

Rick beginning to make their mark on the sport. The sights were mount ed on the front or back of the bow. There was no side mount and no extensions. This is just some of the major changes, not to mention just wood and glass was the only flavor you got when it came to limb design. The adjustments re quired to make on each arrow end compared to today’s reliability is unfathomable unless you lived it. Have you noticed that the re curve bows being shot are longer than yesterday’s recurve bows? That is because the efficiency of the bow was very important at 90 meters. At 70 it is not so much, thus allowing the bows to be lon ger and a bit slower, thus allowing better stability. The focus today is on that one distance allowing you to master it far easier than yester day’s 4 distances. The equipment advancements have been astound ing. String material, carbon com posites, limb and riser adjustments as well as other major advance ments have helped grow the sport. Quantity of arrows shot. In 1959 at the World Champion ships, there were no warm-up ar rows allowed. You started scoring with the first shot. That first arrow could be a winner or a loser, de pending on how lucky you were. In those days, you shot 144 arrows per day. At the 1975 world team trials, we shot 2 F1TA rounds total to determine who would go to the World Championships on a week end. OneFITAaday. The amount of mental toughness required over the long haul of 288 arrows was taxing to many, thus the stronger U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

mentally controlled archers al ways prevailed. Today, the men tal toughness is entirely different because each arrow can be a deal breaker. There is no forgiveness in today’s round. Fewer arrows shot and yet each arrow counts a whole lot more! Can you really compare the two entirely different rounds? I find it hard to believe. In the 1980’s we had a ma jor revolution of the sciences. The focus was on biomechanics, phys iology, nutrition, and psychology. Extensive research and articles were published which caused a new round of archery improve ment to advance. More nations than ever have caught up with the more advanced nations thus equal izing the field. Let’s move on to individual archers. I will mainly talk about those that have impressed me over the years and only US archers. One of the people that comes to mind as to great performances over a long period of time is Lida Scott Howell. She won Olympic Gold at the St. Louis Olympics in 1904. She won 17 USA Archery National Target Outdoor titles and held a national record for over 30 years. That is saying something! The argument is that she must have been rich and there were a lot fewer women who shot back then. This might be true, however, when you set a record and it lasts for over 30 years, that should give you a good indication as to how far advanced she was when it came to shooting. If you add up 30 years worth of women archers in that time period, it would probably be far more than today’s 1 one years worth, thus it could be a defensible argument for her. Yes, back in the day, only the rich could have the money and time to shoot a bow. Again, think of the billions of people that have not shot a bow to day. Does that argument hold up? You can always say there is some one better out there that has never had the opportunity to shoot let alone set records. I guess we have to just go with who has the oppor tunity to shoot and the desire. What about Terry Ragsdale?

He won multiple pro Vegas Cham pionships, National Field Titles, USA Archery National Target Ti tles, World Championship titles. He dominated for years. Should he be considered? He was one of the first to shoot the 2 wheel com pound concept. Before that time, the compound bow had either 4 or 6 wheels attached to it. How about Katie Smith? She won tons of Vegas Champi onships and National Field Titles. John Williams won the Olympics, World Target and World Field in less time than any other person. Dee Wilde was the first to win the World Target, World Indoor and the World Field as a compound shooter. Of course, Darrell Pace won 2 Olympic Gold Medals, 2 World Target Titles, 1 World Field Title and multiple national titles as well as owned the overall World Record for nearly 15 years. What is it that one can say the greatest ever is someone that can not be compared to the next gener ation? Could today’s archers have

achieved what they have without the advancement of the archer be fore them? I see the Lida Scott Howell’s, Terry Ragsdale’s, Katie Smith’s, John William’s, Dee Wil de’s and the Darrell Pace’s as the Pioneers of archery. They blazed a new path that had not been ac complished before. It might have been equipment that they were willing to use or experimented on a new form technique or just trained more than ever before. All of these ideas where passed on to the next generation of archers who could start instead of from the be ginning, some where farther down the line in order to take it to the next level. So when you think about who is the greatest archer, keep in mind it took all of the champions before them to get them to the lev el they are at today. All of them are truly great champions and they should be appreciated for not only their titles but for their ability to take archery to a level just a bit higher than ever before.

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Walkway at the festival grounds (photograph by Adam Radzuin) t started with a dream. The site was Yecheon, a municipality in South Korea, about one hundred miles south of Seoul, the dreamer the Hon. Lee Hyun Joon, the mayor of that municipality. He had a vision of people coming, laughing, enjoying themselves in the sports part along the city’s river front. He saw them coming because of archery. The mayor saw his vision come to life, first in 2014 with the initial Yecheon World Archery Festival. It was a grand success, so much so that again in 2015 the city hosted a second festival. That, too, was a success. So once again in October 2017, the Hon. Lee Hyun Joon welcomed archers from all comers of the world and invited people from near and far to come to Yecheon for four days of entertainment, education, and enjoyment. And this time, the Mayor’s vision was even grander. He had in his sights the creation of the World Traditional Archery Organization (WTAO), an international association dedicated to the preservation and continuity of traditional archery. That, too came

to be, reminding us all that if you are going to dream, then dream big. The event was a gala affair. Typical of Korean festivals, Yecheon’s festival included entertainment and activity for everyone. With traditional archery its theme, shooting lanes were set up in open pavilions where anyone, young and old, experienced archer or absolute beginner, could try out a bow. In another area, you found versions of a survival game where groups of archers sought to eliminate their opponents one-by-one with their arrows-all done safely, of course. Elsewhere a mechanical horse was ready for anyone who wanted to experience what it is like doing horseback archery. Several venues offered entertainment. With dance, song, and more, international as well as Korean artists performed. Festival goers could enjoy Andean flute music in one venue, watch an African dance troupe at another, see an acrobat from Krygrystan, demonstrate just how flexible the human body can be, U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

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and at yet another venue enjoy a classical Korean dance or a ritualized performance by Indonesian archers. In keeping with an international focus traditional archers from some twenty different countries were invited to demonstrate their different expressions of traditional archery. Europe (UK, Germany, Austria, Poland, Spain, France); Asia (Mongolia, China, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey, Bhutan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, Krygystan, Thailand); North and South America (USA, Bolivia, Peru) were all represented. Wearing traditional garb and equipped with all manner of bows from all manner of materials, these archers represented a veritable cross-cultural history of archery. The festival’s final day included a morning seminar with presentations on traditional archery by the invited foreign delegates. These presentations and the discussion that followed then led to the festival’s capstone event, the creation of the World Traditional Archery Organization (WTAO), a UNESCO-affiliated non-governmental organization. Delegates in attendance then elected the Hon. Lee Hyun Joon, mayor of the municipality ofYecheon, as its first head. His hope for the WTAO is ambitious, to create an archery center that would include facilities for research, a museum, conferences, and athletic training. For more news on this front, keep your eyes on the WTAO website, <http://www.wtao.org/. In the meanwhile, plans are afoot for next year’s archery festival. For traditional archers, and indeed, anyone interested in archery, come October, 2018, Yecheon is the place to be. U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

Jiro Watanabe, Makino Yohta, and other members of the Japanese delegration (photograph by Adam Radzuin)

Bridge in the shape of a how in Yecheon (photograph by Kay Koppedrayer)

Murat Ozveri of Turkey (photo by Kay Koppedrayer)

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Boldbaatar Sukhbaatar of Mongolia (photo by Kay Koppedrayer)

Makino Yohta of Japan (photo by Kay Koppedrayer)

Richard Hornsby and Hilary Greenland of the UK doing a comedic mime (photo by Kay Koppedrayer)

Jorge Perales of Bolivia and Patricia Olivos of Peru (photograph by Kay Koppedrayer)

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Jaap Koppedrayer (photo by Kay Koppedrayer)

Mohamad Akmal Mohamad Dahalan\ and Masnah Mohamad Ramli of Malaysia (photograph by Kay Koppedrayer)

Dorji Wangchuk of Bhutan (photograph by Kay Koppedrayer)

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Meeting Two Archery Legends in Beijing by Kay Koppedrayer

Mrs. Li Shu Lan, the author, Jaap Koppedrayer and Mr. Xu Kai Cai with a calligraphy done by Mr. Xu Kai Cai. It expresses the Confucian expression, M (she yl guan de), central to the practice of Chi nese archery “Through archery, you can observe their virtue. ” It can also be translated, “By devoting yourself to sincere archery training, you polish your character. ” reat archers are the stuff of legends. Ask any archery buff in America, and name after name will follow—Fred Bear, Saxton Pope, Howard Hill, Stacy Groscup, Hany Drake, and moresome with bigger reputations, others less known, but still great. The same goes for other countries. Korea honors its many archers who have won Olympic medals. In Bhutan, a small Himalayan country, songs are sung about its greatest archers. In China, likewise, great athletes, archers included, are held in high regard. On a recent trip to Beijing my husband, Jaap Koppedrayer, and I had the opportunity to visit with two such legendary

figures, Mr. Xu Kai Cai and Mrs. Li Shu Lan. We had met them previously on several occasions at international archery gatherings in Asia. These meetings were in more formal settings. Now, by visiting them in Beijing, we were able to deepen our friendship. We could do so thanks to Guo YiQin (or Jake Guo as he known to English speakers). With ease, he translated back and forth allowing for fluid conversation. Husband and wife, Mr. Xu Kai Cai and Mrs. Li Shu Lan have left their mark on (he development of target archcry as a competitive sport in China. They have done so together as well as individually from the 1960s onwards as

competitors, coaches, and champions. They have dedicated their life's work to this sport. As an archer who set new world archery records repeatedly in the 1960s, Mrs. Li Shu Lan is revered as one of the greatest athletes of the Peoples Republic of China. In 1960 when she was just 16, she was chosen to train as an archer at the PLA Institute of Physical Culture in Guangzhou. At the time, the government in China sought to showcase its athletes on the international stage. In the tunnoil of the civil war and other events leading up to the creation of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949, sports training had lapsed. By the 1950s the

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Jaap Koppedrayer presenting Mr. Xu Kai Cai with a horn composite bow government sought to make up for lost time, and by 1959 archery was included on the roster of sanctioned sports. Li Shu Lan was thus hand-picked as an individual with the potential to succeed in international competitions. That she did. By the mid1960s she was soaring. She broke eight women’s world records seventeen times, including several 6-member team records under her leadership. Her hard work at training had paid off. In a 1975 article (in China Reconstructs: Sports in New China), Li Shu Lan described her regime, one hundred push-ups, one hundred and fifty draws of her bow daily. She put up targets in her room to practice whenever she could. And then there were other exercises. She kneaded sand to strengthen her fingers and used the wall for strength training. Mental discipline was equally important. She learned not to let thoughts of success or failure distract her. Her task was to bring honor to her country. She knew each arrow

bore the responsibility she carried. Li Shu Lan had met her mark. She also met her husband, Xu Kai Cai, a fellow archer at the training center. In 1972 they were appointed to a leadership position at the Beijing Institute of Physical Culture. Together as coaches they were responsible for rebuilding the men’s and women’s national archery teams. Under their guidance the next generation of archers did well, scoring high and setting numerous new records. The career of Mr. Xu Kai Cai parallels that of Li Shu Lan. When a teenager, he was called to Guangzhou’s Institute of Physical Culture, the same training center as his future wife. Good upper body strength, superior vision, and a cool demeanor were among the traits authorities sought in their athletes. At his first international competitions, he proved the authorities right with his fine performances. A champion in national and international competitions, soon, Xu Kai Cai was promoted to coach, serving

as head coach of the Chinese National Archery Team. Other positions he has held include terms as vice-president of the Chinese Archery Association. It is the Chinese counterpart of USA Archery, the national organization affiliated with World Archery. Its mandate is to “unite all Archery members, enthusiasts and staff nationwide, and to promote the development of Archery in China, to strengthen close relations and cooperation with international Archery organizations, to enhance friendship and exchanges with all archery associations of the world.”

The archery careers of Mrs. Li Shu Lan and Mr. Xu Kai Cai span more than a half century.

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Since their retirement, Xu Kai Cai and Li Shu Lan are spearheading a movement seeking to promote and develop traditional archery in China. To that end they have been active in the organization of large gatherings that have brought traditional archers from the many different ethnic groups in China together, along with traditional archers from many nations worldwide. At present Mr. Xu is honorary chairman of the traditional bow division of the Chinese Archery T3E

craft of bow-making using natural materials. The careers ofXu Kai Cai and Li Shu Lan span more than a half century of significant change in China. They have played major roles in the history of archery "over that period. But their interest in ferchery looks to more than the past. They have set their sights on what conies next. Our visit with this remarkable couple in October 2017 was filled with conversation about the future of traditional archery in China. We were joined by Jake Guo who facilitated the ChineseEnglish exchanges, and also by Wang Gang, the individual • behind the Chinese Traditional Archery Association. Together, the commitment these individuals have to traditional archery( bodes well for its future January-February 2018 www\usarchencon^^>niau^irlyne^hoa<^gni(iiLconi or usaniagftVaoLconi

Hungarian archers and supporting family member Edit Sods Kovdcsne, Kiara Prokaj, Ldszlo Montis, Anna Mbntisne Ruszin, Jozsef Montis very year over Labor Day weekend a group of committeed individuals gather on the Bonneville Salt Flats to compete in a flight archery tournament. A event sanctioned by USA Archery (formerly NA A) and World Archery (formerly F1TA), the competition attracts archers from as far afield as Hungary, Taiwan, England, Australia, and Canada. There even has been interest expressed by traditional archers from Mongolia, China, Turkey, and elsewhere in Europe

in this annual competition. In other words, appreciation of the sport of flight archery is on the rise. Flight archery is all about distance. Its objective is simple, to cast an arrow as far as possible. However, like so much else that seems simple at first glance, much more is involved. Bow design, efficiency of the arrow, skill of the archer, and more all matter, and that is where competition and the urge to do better and better and even better come into play. Likewise, perhaps the call of wide

open spaces has something to do with its attraction. You stand at the shooting line, bow and arrow in hand, looking out into empty space. You have only your skill and sense of timing, the best equipment you can muster, and perhaps, God willing, good shooting conditions. You let loose your arrow and hope it flies true. If you lose sight of it, you know you’ve made a decent shot. Current regulations at the US Flight competition allow you six arrows per round, two rounds U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

James Martin drawing an unlimited poundage Modern American Longbow while his son, Kyle Martin, watches (photo taken by Louise Martin) per day. Twenty-four arrows. You exert all you have to make each count. And for what? What is the prize? Possibly a new distance record, one that might be bettered the following year-if not by you, then certainly by someone else. Maybe that’s why the diehards return year after year. It is like a siren call, compelling you to come back. More than a few archers do. They come from all corners of the US, Oregon, Washington state, Georgia, Missouri, California, New Mexico, Michigan, and many more states. As for archers from abroad, Jozsef Monus of Hungary, a world champion in his own right, has been a regular this past decade, coming with his wife, Anna and son, Laszlo. In the past couple of years, Kiara Prokaj, a young Hungarian champion archer, has accompanied them. Bede Dwyer of Australia has been a regular even longer. His participation goes back to the last century-the 1990s, that is. And then there are the folks from Taiwan-Yang Yuhua, Jack Hsu,

War bow shoot in honor ofAlicia Salazar, a flight archer who died last year the result of a car accident (photo taken by Louise Martin)

Yi-Fan Hsiao-and from the UKMike and Janice Willrich, as well as Tony Bakes. Many more names can be added to this list. Why come to the US for flight shooting? In part, the answer to that question is space. You need lots of unobstructed space with as little vegetation as possible. Farmers’ fields don’t cut it. The Bonneville Salt Flats in far-west Utah, right on the Nevada border is a fine location. Flat, virtually devoid of any vegetation, and with forgiving ground, readily accessible, with motels and other facilities close by, it has the right balance of what is needed. Other good sites in the US include the dry lake beds you find in Nevada and in other places in the West. Another reason that international competitors come to the US relates to official recognition. Flight Archery as a competitive sport dates back to the very beginning of the National Archery Association (NAA) in America (now USA Archery). At its earliest tournaments in the latter part of the 19"' century, the

NAA held flight along with its target competitions. From then on, flight archery competitions have been held in America. At present the only competitions recognized by the international organization. World Archery (formerly FITA), take place in the UK and the USA. Other national archery' associations affiliated with World Archery can hold flight competitions, but to date, none has. Hence, archers from abroad who wish to see their distance records officially recognized by World Archery' come to the US to compete. Also important to note is that a broader range of bow classes are included in the US flight competitions. In addition to the bow classes and draw weights such as conventional flight bows, compound flight bows, English longbows, American longbows, and so on that are sanctioned by World Archery, the US Flight Committee includes other divisions, such as the several ’’primitive” divisions (self bows, simple composite

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Anna Monusne Ruszin being coached by her husband, Jozsef Montis, as she draws her longbow (photo taken by Louise Martin)

Kyle Martin unlimitedfield bow by Predator (photo taken by Louise Martin)

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David Lynn Hayes, former chair of US Flight Committee with Charlie Johnson in background (photo taken by Louise Martin)

Tony Bakes from the UK competing in the compound target division (photo taken by Dan Layng)

bows, complex composite bows, Turkish flight bows), and a wider range of draw weights. A complete listing of the competitive bow divisions governed by the US Flight Archery regulations can be found in a .pdf file posted on the US Flight website, <http:// www.usflightarchery.com/pdf/02_ US A A-2017-Update-Flight%20 Equipment. pdf>. The webpage, <http://www. usflightarchery.com/>, includes information about the annual competition, current distance records, and the regulations governing flight archery, equipment, and the requirements of broadhead flight. Though only the US and UK hold competitions sanctioned by World Archery, the interest in flight archery is growing worldwide. The past several years have witnessed numerous flight shoots organized in more than a few countries in Europe as well as Turkey and beyond. A group of archers in Poland have convened a competition now for three years running. Lukasz Nawalny, its organizer has commented about how much the interest has grown, remarking that two years ago, it was just him and a couple of friends who would go out and shoot in the field near his village home. Now, however, archers come from all over Europe to shoot flight. Eighty archers from

ten different countries participated in 2017. The competition was held on the grounds of a castle. Indeed, interest is growing. Just recently (October 2017), Jan van der Veen of the Netherlands has started a flight archery association. Fie has been in contact with members of the US Flight Archery Committee for support. In the same vein, Jozsef Monus of Hungary, flight archer extraordinaire, has proposed the creation of an international flight

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Jaap Koppedrayer competing in the Japanese how class (photo taken by Louise Martin)

Flight range, with Alan Case, current chair of US Flight Committee, in foreground (photo taken by Kay Koppedrayer)

archery association to provide a forum where information can be shared. Work on that front has begun. Meanwhile, back in the USA, the tradition of flight archery continues. At the 2017 competition, fifteen new distance records were set in regular flight, plus five in the broadhead competition. Archers from the Hungarian contingent had the best showing, setting eight new records. Also of note is the number of junior competitors, archers under the age of twenty. Two of them, Kyle Martin and Braylen Martin, had impressive showings, each setting two new records. To the right is the listing of new records. The 2018 US Flight Competition will be held once again on the Bonneville Salt Flats over the Labor Day weekend. For more information, check out the US Flight Archery webpage, <http://www.usflightarchery. com/>., or contact Alan Case, phone 971.998.5782, email avcase@yahoo.com. Information is alsoavailable on the US Flight Archery page on Facebook.

2017 Flight Records Bow Division Regular Flight. Men English Longbow, Unlimited weight Jozsef Monus English Longbow, 50# Laszlo Monus Primitive Simple Composite, Unlimited Jozsef Monus

Pam Layng competing with crossbow made by Dan Layng (photo taken by Dan Layng)

Yds/ft/in

451-1-5 | 325-1-3 403-1-1

Regular Flight. Women Modern American Longbow, Unlimited English Longbow, Unlimited Modern Asiatic, Unlimited Modem Asiatic, 70# Modern Asiatic, 50# Yumi (Japanese bow), 18 kg Primitive Simple Composite, 35# Crossbow Pam Layng

Kiara Prokaj Anna Monusne Ruszin Anna Monusne Ruszin Anna Monusne Ruszin Kiara Prokaj Kay Koppedrayer Candace Sall 452-1-6

399-2-9 300-2-5 449-2-8 456-1-3 435-1-3 202-0-11 219-1-5

Regular Flight. Junior Modern American Longbow, 70# Field Bow, Unlimited Primitive Simple Composite, 35# Primitive Complex Composite, 35#

Kyle Martin Kyle Martin Braylen Pawluk Braylen Pawluk

399-2-9 629-0-7 239-2-9 229-0-7

Broadhead Flight Juniors Conventional 50# Modem American Longbow 70#

Braylen Pawluk Kyle Martin

186-0-0 306-1-1

Broadhead Flight, Men Modern American Longbow, 50# Modern American Longbow, 70# Modern American Longbow, Unlimited Primitive Complex Composite, 50# Primitive Simple Composite 70#

Arvid Danielson Robert Wood Jozsef Monus Jozsef Monus Jaap Koppedrayer

240-1-2 301-0-9 366-2-3 233-2-8 225-2-4

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Scholastic Archery National Shooter of the Year 2017 by Stacy Groce and Amanda Long

he Outdoor Target Nationals were held on the campus of the University of the Cumber lands in Williamsburg, Kentucky on July 21st-22nd, which marked the end of the 2017 Scholastic Ar chery season. Thirteen Scholastic Archers earned the title of 2017 National Shooter of the Year for their class of competition. In or der to be eligible to win national titles, archers had to compete with other archers from across the Unit ed States in three venues at three different levels. The three venues included Indoor 5-Spot, Outdoor 3-D and Outdoor Target. Each ven ue also included Regional compe tition where archers competed at a local level, State competition which included competitors from across the archer’s home state and the Nationals included archers from twelve different states across the US. At the end of the season we inter viewed these thirteen national title holders to find out a little more about them and their archery jour ney. This is what they had to say:

Archer: Brandon Whitt Shooting Class: High School Male Fixed Pins Team: Boyd County High School, Kentucky Equipment: Bow: Elite Energy 35 Sight: Extreme Sniper 2000 Release: Tru Ball Ultra 3 Stabilizer: Extreme 360 Arrows: Black Eagle PS23’s Other Equipment: Rest: Trophy Ridge Smackdown Rangefinder: Nikon Binoculars: Brunton Q: How long have you been in volved in archery? A: I first got involved in archery when I was in the 5th grade.

Q: What got you involved in ar chery? A: My Dad works in the archery industry, so I’ve been around ar chery for as long as 1 can remem ber. I saw my friends shooting on the archery team, and the first time I shot a bow myself, I was imme diately hooked! Q: Are you a bow hunter? If so, have you had success? A: 1 am a bow hunter. I have killed one buck so far, a nice 125” 8-point, it’s unique in that its main beams almost touch each other. Q: Do you have a favorite Hunt ing Story? A: I had been hunting at a friend’s house and I hadn’t seen anything in a few days. It was right in the middle of the rut and I was be ginning to lose hope, so 1 wasn’t paying half attention. The next thing 1 knew, a 140-145” 9-point buck walked up and was only 23 yards away from me, a shot I eas ily could have made if I had been paying attention and gotten my bow in time. I reached for my bow as carefully as I could but I wasn’t careful enough; I looked down and he was looking right in my eyes. He waited for a few seconds, blew, and fled as quick ly as he could. 1 tried as hard as I could that evening to get him to come back by rattling and using my grunt call but he never came. I learned from that experience to always be alert no matter what when you are hunting because you never know when you could come across the buck you’ve been look ing for. Q: Why do you enjoy archery? A: I enjoy archery because 1 love how anyone can do it and no one is excluded. You don’t have to have a certain amount of athletic ability to be able to shoot a bow.

1 also love it because it is a sport for all ages; 1 shot archery with both my Dad and grandfather all the time. Archery is also a hobby that can be used for recreation and it doesn’t have to be competitive. I have also gained a lot more con fidence in myself and my abilities since I started shooting a bow. Q: Which venue do you like best and why? (Indoor, 3-D, Outdoor Target) A: I enjoy 3-D archery the most because it requires more strategy than any other of archery disci pline. A person has to know when to play it safe and they also have to know when to be confident enough in their ability to shoot at a 12-ring. I also like shooting on a nice 3-D range in the woods. When the weather is just right, nothing beats shooting a beautiful 3-D course with your friends, it is so much fun.

Brandon Whitt Male High School Fixed Pins

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Archer: Kynsley Ayn Redmon Shooting Class: Female High School Fixed Pins Team: Daviess County High School, Kentucky Equipment: Bow: Mathews Halon X Comp/ Mathews Chill SDX Sight: TruBall Axcel Pro Release: TruBall Fang 4 Stabilizer: AEP Arrows: Black Eagle PS23’s Other Equipment: HeDog Cam Protector QAD Patriot Rest Steel Force Saber Tooth Fixed Broadheads-hunting Nocturnal nock-hunting Q: How long have you been in volved in archery? A: I have been participating in archery since the 5th grade, so it would be 6 years now. Q: What got you involved in ar chery? A: I started shooting archery in grade school. I went to a 3-D practice and the very next day I had my first Mathews Craze com pound bow and have been shoot ing ever since. Q: Are you a bow hunter? If so, have you had success? A: I am a bow hunter now!! My head coaches Mike and Kristi Wil son and their family got me started this season. My first time in a deer stand I downed a doe within the first hour. I also bow fish with my cousin and have been very suc cessful. Q: Do you have a favorite Hunt ing Story? A: My favorite part of hunting was sitting in the stand with my guide, Lane Wilson and the hilarious trek out of the woods with my hunting partner, Harley , as we struggled to cany out the deer 1 harvested. Also the pride in my coaches face when he saw that I had made a fantastic shot. Q: Why do you enjoy archery? A: I enjoy archery for two rea sons. I have never been an ath letic person even though 1 tried several sports. Once 1 started archery I discovered that I have a true talent for it and worked

very hard to get to the level that I am at now. It gives me a sense of self confidence as I work and succeed toward my goals and gives me a huge sense of respon sibility for helping the team score. The second reason is it gives me a team and a group of people who have the same interest as 1 do, the ability to work and play together. I. love being part of a team and 1 love that we are really a family. The feeling I get when I know that my accomplishments help the team be successful has boosted my self-confidence. Q: Which venue do you like best and why? (Indoor, 3-D, Outdoor Target) A: Outdoor 3-D is my favorite by far, which is strange, because before archery I hated being out doors in the woods and especially in the mud. Now that is where I spend most of my free time and I love it! It has really helped me prepare for hunting and knowing exactly where to aim in each sit uation.

Q: What got you involved in ar chery? A: My Dad always shot and 1 loved watching him shoot so I wanted to shoot too. Q: Are you a bow hunter? If so, have you had success? A: Yes, I am a bow hunter and I have been successful. Q: Do you have a favorite Hunt ing Story? A: My favorite hunting story is about the first time I killed a buck with a bow. Q: Why do you enjoy archery? A: I enjoy archery because no matter where you go you always meet new people and I’ve always been able to have a good time. It also is almost like a stress reliev er too. If I’m ever in doubt about something or just need to get away, I can always just shoot my bow and it calms me down. Q: Which venue do you like best and why? (Indoor, 3-D, Outdoor Target) A: I like 3-D because it is always something different and the course is never the same as before.

Kynsley Ayn Redmon Female High School Pins Archer: Jase Boils Shooting Class: Male High School Open Team: Lake Cumberland Arrow Slingers, Kentucky Equipment: Bow: Elite Victory 39 Sight: Axcel Sights Release: TruBall Fulkrum Stabilizer: Bowfinger Modkings Arrows: Black Eagle PS23’s Other Equipment: Q: How long have you been in volved in archery? A: I have been involved in ar chery for about 7 years.

Jase Boils Male High School Open Archer: Natalie Brockman Shooting Class: Female High School Open Team: Green River Archery, Ken tucky Equipment: Bow: Elite Spirit Sight: Axcel Achieve, CBE and Extreme Scopes Release: TruBall Ultra 3 Stabilizer: Bee Stinger Premier Plus 43

Arrows: Gold Tip Ultra-Light for 3-D and Indoor/ Gold Tip Pierce Tours for Field Other Equipment: Vanguard Binoculars Nikon Rangefinder LP Light Sweet Seat Stool Q: How long have you been in volved in archery? A: I have been shooting archery since I was 4 years old, when I got my first bow, a Mathews Genesis Mini. Q: What got you involved in ar chery? A: My brother Tyler shot archery with the 4-H shooting sports. From the time 1 was a baby, I trav eled to every shoot he attended. My dad got me my first bow and I couldn’t wait to be able to shoot with him. Thanks to Joe Johnston, Papes’ Archery, my dream came true at the age of 7, when I got to shoot my first archery shoot. Q: Are you a bow hunter? If so, have you had success? A: Yes! I began bow hunting at 10 years old. I have been blessed to harvest a 7-point buck, a doe and my most recent, a 10-point buck. This year’s buck is my largest to date. Q: Do you have a favorite Hunt ing Story? A: This year’s harvest is one of my favorites. I had my dad help me hand my stand and clear lanes so 1 could have clear shots, but af ter that it was all me. This harvest was the first I had ever made while hunting all alone and it resulted in a very nice deer that 1 am very thankful for. Q: Why do you enjoy archery? A: Archery is my life. Archery gives people of all ages the chance to show their skills and meet so many new people. 1 truly live and breathe it. There is just something about being able to stand on the line and tell yourself that you are going to hit that 12 or X, and then do it. There is a sense of pride that comes with knowing that you have done everything in your power to prepare yourself for competition and you are just waiting for your 44

time to shine. Q: Which venue do you like best and why? (Indoor, 3-D, Outdoor Target) A: That is a very hard question to answer because I love archery, all kinds. If I had to choose I be lieve that I would say outdoor tar get because I really enjoy shoot ing long distances. 1 don’t care for the wind that comes along with it, but that is one of the factors that makes it so challenging and fun (and occasionally aggravating) !

Natalie Brockman Female High School Open Archer: Clay Dempsey Shooting Class: Male Middle School Fixed Pins Team: Blackhawk, Indiana Equipment: Bow: Bear LST Sight: CBE TEK hybrid Pro Release: Stan Perfex Stabilizer: AEP Arrows: Black Eagle PS23’s Other Equipment: Q: How long have you been in volved in archery? A: 1 have been shooting archery about a year and a half. Q: What got you involved in ar chery? A: 1 really like shooting sports and archery seemed like something different to try. Q: Are you a bow hunter? If so, have you had success? A: Yes, I am a bow hunter but I haven’t been successful yet. Q: Do you have a favorite Hunt ing Story? A: Once while bow fishing we got caught in the worst thunder storm I’ve ever seen! Q: Why do you enjoy archery? A: I like the feeling of success but

even more 1 like being with my teammates. They have become my second family. 1 also enjoy meeting people while shooting events with S3 DA and ASA tour naments. Q: Which venue do you like best and why? (Indoor, 3-D, Outdoor Target) A: Hands down 3-D is my favor ite. Being outdoors in a laid back environment but being challenged by the different yardages and strat egies makes 3-D my favorite thing to do. Archer: Brianna Shofner Shooting Class: Female Middle School Fixed Pins Team: Blackhawk, Indiana Equipment: Bow: Elite E35 Sight: Cabelas Instinct Release: Stan Element Stabilizer: Bee Stinger Arrows: GoldTip 22’s Other Equipment: QAD HDX Rest Q: How long have you been in volved in archery? A: I’ve been involved in archery since 1 was 3 years old. Q: What got you involved in ar chery? A: Archery is a passion in my family. Q: Are you a bow hunter? If so, have you had success? A: Yes, I am a bow hunter but I haven’t been successful yet. Q: Do you have a favorite Hunt ing Story? A: My dad and I were walking to the tree stand and it was super dark. We could not see very well because the flashlight stopped working. We decided to just sit next to a tree. My dad kept telling me to pull my bow back but I just kept asking why. I soon learned why, what I thought was just a bush was a deer walking away. Q: Why do you enjoy archery? A: When you talk about archery products and scoring with your archery friends in front of non-archery people the look of pure con fusion on their faces is worth it all.

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and why? (Indoor, 3-D, Outdoor Target) A: I prefer 3-D the most because I like changing targets each time you move.

Clay Dempsey Male Middle School Fixed Pins Brianna Schofner Female Middle School Fixed Pins Archer: Trey McDonald Shooting Class: Male Middle School Open Team: Fairfield Sportsmens, Ohio Equipment: Bow: Mathews Chill X Pro Sight: CBE Vertex Release: Tru Ball HBC Stabilizer: Shrewd Arrows: Black Eagle PS23s / X Impacts Other Equipment: Pure Perfexion strings and Cables AAE Freakshow pro drop rest Feather vision 4 power lense Specialty Peep sight Q: How long have you been in volved in archery? A: 1 started shooting a bow when I was 3 years old and shot my first 3-D tournament when I was 6 years old. Q: What got you involved in ar chery? A: My dad and hunting. Q: Are you a bow hunter? If so, have you had success?

A: Yes, I killed a deer with a muz zleloader when I was 7 but I still want to get one with my bow someday. Q: Do you have a favorite Hunt ing Story? A: Not at this time.

Q: Why do you enjoy archery? A: I enjoy the sport of archery because I am responsible for my own success. I really like all the people and families I have met through the tournament circuit. I am often sad after tournaments are over and can’t wait to see ev eryone again at the next event. I have archer friends from all over the United States. Q: Which venue do you like best and why? (Indoor, 3-D, Outdoor Target) A: I like shooting Outdoor Tar get archery at 50 meters. I enjoy shooting long distance and feel more confident shooting at a bull seye target. I like the challenge of beating the wind on known dis tance and shooting lots of arrows.

was 5 years old. This will be my third-year shooting S3DA. Q: What got you involved in ar chery? A: Shooting with my dad and shooting NASP. I also like a chal lenge. Q: Are you a bow hunter? If so, have you had success? A: Yes, I am a bow hunter but no I haven’t been successful yet. Q: Do you have a favorite Hunt ing Story? A: This is a gun hunting story. When I killed my first deer it was awesome! My dad and I were walking out the field and we saw a deer about 200 yards away. We just stopped and the deer came running straight at us. It stopped about 75 yards away from us broadside so I shot it. It was only a spike but it was my first deer! Q: Why do you enjoy archery? A: I like the individual part of ar chery. You don’t have to rely on anyone but yourself to be good and win. I also like going to dif ferent places to shoot archery. Q: Which venue do you like best and why? (Indoor, 3-D, Outdoor Target) A: I like 3-D archery the best be cause I get to shoot different ani mals.

Trey McDonald Male Middle School Open Archer: Elijah Cook Shooting Class: Male Elementa ry Open Team: JC Nock High, Kentucky Equipment: Bow: Elite Spirit Sight: CBE Vortex Release: TruBall Boss X Stabilizer: Dead Center Arrows: Gold Tip Other Equipment: Q: How long have you been in volved in archery? A: I have shot archery for six years total. I started with a small bow I got for Christmas when I

Elijah Cook Male Elementary Open Archer: Addyson Fluster Shooting Class: Female Elemen tary Open Team: Lights Out Archery, MO Equipment: Bow: Diamond Prizm Sight: Sure Loc Release: TruBall Ultra 3

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Stabilizer: Doinker Arrows: Gold Tip/ Black Eagle Other Equipment: Specialty Archery Peep Ziess Lens Avalon Quiver Q: How long have you been in volved in archery? A: 1 have been shooting archery for about three and a half years. Q: What got you involved in ar chery? A: My dad introduced me to ar chery and I really enjoy it. Q: Are you a bow hunter? If so, have you had success? A: No, I’m not a bow hunter yet. Q: Do you have a favorite Hunt ing Story? A: Hopefully 1 will next year! Q: Why do you enjoy archery? A: I enjoy archery because it is a very mental game unlike other sports. Q: Which venue do you like best and why? (Indoor, 3-D, Outdoor Target) A: I like indoor archery the best because 1 feel like 1 am able to fo cus more. There are less distrac tions.

Shooting Class: Male Elementa ry Fixed Pins Team: NAK, IN Equipment: Bow: Elite Tour Sight: Trophy Ridge Fix 5 Release: Tru-Fire Hurricane Stabilizer: Bee Stinger Arrows: PSE Carbon Force Q: How long have you been in volved in archery? A: 1 have been shooting archery for 3 years. Q: What got you involved in ar chery? A: I got involved in archery through NASP in school. Q: Are you a bow hunter? If so, have you had success? A: Yes, I am a bow hunter but I only got to go a couple of times last year. Q: Do you have a favorite Hunt ing Story? A: Not yet Q: Why do you enjoy archery? A: I had a lot of difficulty with my eyes and have overcome a lot. With archery you get to meet a lot of people from all over and it is always great making new friends. Q: Which venue do you like best and why? (Indoor, 3-D, Outdoor Target) A: I like shooting all archery, but my favorite is 3-D because I like being out in the woods.

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Archer: Becky Heavner Shooting Class: Female Elemen tary Fixed Pins Team: Bronze Archers, Kentucky Equipment: Bow: Bear Arena 30 Sight: Trophy Ridge H 5 Release: TruBall Stabilizer: AEP Arrows: Carbon Express Other Equipment: Q: How long have you been in volved in archery? A: I have been involved in com petitive archery for 1 Z years. Q: What got you involved in ar chery? A: My dad got me involved in archery. He shoots for Bear Ar chery. Q: Are you a bow hunter? If so, have you had success? A: Yes, I am a bow hunter and yes, I shot my first deer this sea son. Q: Do you have a favorite Hunt ing Story? A: No favorite yet. Q: Why do you enjoy archery? A: Archery is something 1 enjoy doing because I can do it with my family. Q: Which venue do you like best and why? (Indoor, 3-D, Outdoor Target) A: 1 don’t really know why but 1 like indoor archery the best.

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Archer: Natalie Cash Shooting Class: Female Middle School Olympic Recurve Team: Pinehill Prodigies, IN Equipment: Bow: SF Riser and Hoyt Limbs Sight: SF Sight Bar with Shrewd Scope Release: Black Mamba Venom II Finger Tab Stabilizer: WIN WIN Arrows: Carbon Tech McKinney II Other Equipment: Bieter Plunger and Clicker First String Bow String Q: How long have you been in volved in archery? A: I started shooting archery when I was nine. I have been shooting for 6 years. I have only been shooting Olympic recurve for one year. Q: What got you involved in ar chery? A: I was inspired by Katniss Everdeen and the Hunger Games. I started archery in 4-H shooting sports. I started with a Genesis Bow. My next bow was a Diamond Infinite Edge Pro. After watching the 2016 Olympics, I was inspired to shoot Olympic Recurve. It is my favorite style. Q: Are you a bow hunter? If so, have you had success? A: I have gone hunting on public land with my dad. We saw a deer while we were walking, but I have not gotten a chance to take a shot. Q: Do you have a favorite Hunt ing Story? A: I like being in nature and spending time with my dad. Q: Why do you enjoy archery? A: Archery is a challenging sport. I really enjoy seeing my self-im prove. Most importantly, I like making new friends. Shooting in S3 DA, I have met people all over the country. I keep in contact with several people all year round. Q: Which venue do you like best and why? (Indoor, 3-D, Outdoor Target) A: I like outdoor target the best. It is the most challenging for me.

Q: Do you have a favorite Hunt ing Story? A: Not yet. Q: Why do you enjoy archery? A: I like going to practice and tournaments with my friends. I like being part of the school ar chery team and it is helping me get ready to go hunting someday. Q: Which venue do you like best and why? (Indoor, 3-D, Outdoor Target) A: 3-D archery is my favorite. I really enjoy being able to shoot at the different animals.

Mary Jurus Female Elementary Traditional Natalie Cash Female Middle School Olympic Recurve Archer: MaryJurus Shooting Class: Female Elemen tary Traditional Team: St. James, Kentucky Equipment: Bow: Mathews Genesis Sight: NONE Release: NONE Stabilizer: NONE Arrows: Easton 1820 Aluminum Arrows Other Equipment: Q: How long have you been in volved in archery? A: I have been involved in ar chery for a little over a year. I started with my school. Q: What got you involved in ar chery? A: It was one of the few sports that I could participate in at my school in the third grade. 1 thought it would be fun. Q: Are you a bow hunter? If so, have you had success? A: No, I’m not a bow hunter yet.

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S3DA announces 2017 Leadership Conference at Barren River State Park

Louisville, KY - The Scholastic 3-D Archery (S3DA) 2017 Leadership Conference was held at Barren River Lake State Resort Park in Lucas, KY, on October 13‘h-15"'. S3DA holds a Leadership Conference once a year to provide state and regional coordinators the opportunity to ask questions face to face, as well as learn new information on how S3DA is progressing from state to state. This conference consisted of over 20 different state and regional coordinators being present. S3DA looks to have even more state and regional coordinators present for the 2018 Leadership Conference. “I am very excited to see how many states and countries will be on board with our program by next October 2018,” states S3DA Executive Director, Jennie Richardson. “Our rapid expansion and the explosive growth of this program is remarkable. 1 am

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extremely pleased to have an office staff that is working hand in hand with our states to provide them what is necessary to grow our program”. S3 DA hosted a two-day Advanced Coach InstructorTraining in conjunction with the Leadership Conference on October 12th-13‘h. ASA National Director, Laval Dee Falks was the instructor for this course. S3DA National Outreach Coordinator, Jim Reeder set in on the training course and stated, “What a great opportunity for the S3 DA leadership to obtain USA Archery Level 3 certification. Coach D, is a great instructor and everyone came away with a better understanding of teaching youth archery”. The 2017 Leadership Conference covered a lot of different topics. Information included: S3DA partner reports, state presentations, 501c3 state affiliates, grants & funding, establishing S3DA in local schools, high school sanctioning

of S3DA, S3DA rules, QDMA’s How to promote S3DA to Hunter Education and R3 programs, Cabela’s representative discussion on rewards, outfitting and incentives, encouraging growth through the S3 DA program and into the professional organizations, how to break the barriers of aging archery programs, S3 DA membership services presentation, and S3DA presence in social media and marketing. The highlight of the conference was the raffle provided by Lancaster Archery Supply. Dan Schuller, S3 DA Pennsylvania State Coordinator, brought a new line of Galaxy bows from Lancaster to the leadership conference. These bows were given out to state and regional coordinators whose names were drawn from a hat. The lucky winners were then able to take the bows back with them to use for their respective archery clubs/teams. Check out S3 DA on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram

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Louisville, KY-The mission ofthe Scholastic 3-D Archery program is to foster, educate and guide youth in the areas of 3-D, indoor target and outdoor target archery as well as safe, ethical bowhunting. S3 DA is comprised of a group of members that is called the “Board of Directors”. The Board of Directors consists of members that have strong backgrounds in archery and bowhunting as well as contacts with archery shops and manufacturers all over the world. S3 DA is proud to announce Hank Forester and Chesley Riddle as New Board Members for the S3 DA program. Hank Forester says “The Quality Deer Management Association is proud to join an outstanding group of passionate advocates for archery and hunting on the S3 DA Board. With the continuous declining in hunter numbers, S3DA has uniquely positioned their program to recruit new archers and hunters, ensuring the future of hunting and conservation. QDMA is dedicated

to helping all S3DA participants take their skills from their targets to the field”. S3 DA recognizes that archery education is about much more than how to shoot. Archery education includes teaching youth about the community they are involved in, as well as the responsibilities that come with membership. This is especially important as many students involved in the S3DA program soon move on to bowhunting. “S3DA is guiding students into hunting and building mentors,” says Jennie Richardson, Executive DirectorofScholastic 3-D Archery. “New board members will positively impact every level of our organization. From operations to even better opportunities, our new board members will provide S3 DA resources and experience that our program needs. We are very honored to have Flank Forester and Chesley Riddle on our board”. Chesley Riddle says, “I have been a part of the school

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competition archery community for the last 7 years. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time

working with the program and kids. My competition archery carrier started in 2010 working with Kentucky NASP. I was the president of that board prior to stepping down. Working with Scholastic 3-D Archery is like coming home to me. I have built strong friendships with many of you over the past 7 years and am honored to be on the board of directors”. Started in December 2012 by the Scholastic Archery Association, S3 DA 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. S3D A 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: infos3darchery@gmail.com Check out S3DA on Facebook, Twitter. & Instagram

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Southern Illinois S3DA hosts 1st tournament at Southeastern Illinois College

Louisville, KY- Southern Illinois S3 DA hosted their first Indoor 5-Spot tournament in this brandnew facility at Southeastern Illinois College. Sixty-one student archers participated in the Illinois S3DA Regional in Harrisburg, Illinois. There were seven S3 DA clubs and teams that participated in this event. The S3DA clubs and teams that participated included: Southern Illinois S3DA, NCOE School, Hardin County School, Carmi White County' School, Edwards County School, Pana School and Wabash Bowhunters. Scholastic 3-D Archery, in association with the NFAA, has added indoor 5-spot to their archery program. This new element was added to S3 DA to provide its students with tournament opportunities during the winter months. S3DA families want an archery activity between bow season and the first 3-D tournament. It is encouraging to be involved in a sport where parents and other spectators care about all the participants and openly encourage and support their children year-round. Participation for this first tournament exceeded expectations and showed the phenomenal growth of S3DA. All the kids enjoyed the competition and the event went smoothly! “I am very excited for Illinois S3DA this year,” says Ricky Sauls, Illinois S3DA State Coordinator. “This program is growing every year. I enjoy watching the kid’s confidence and ability to grow. The first Illinois Regional started with over 60 kids participating and 1 expect the rest of the season to keep getting bigger. If Illinois S3DA stays on this track, we will have to go to two-day events or hold the Indoor Tournaments in gymnasiums”.

Results: 8-11-year-old Male traditional: Is1 Hunter Smith, 2nd Wyatt Wells 8-11-year-old Male fixed pins: Is1 Blake Landingham, 2nd Gabe Wyatt, 3rd Hunter Robinson 8-1 l-year-old Female fixed pins: Is1 Brooklyn Campbell, 2nd Liviah Wyatt, 3rd Braelyn Troyer 8-1 l-year-old Male open compound: lsl Hayden Sauls 12-14-year-old Male traditional: lsl Layton Sauls 12-14-year-old Male fixed pins: Is’ Jacob Weber, 2nd Hunter Sarver, 3rd Wyatt Landingham 12-14-year-old Female fixed pins: 1st Aubrea Rhodes, 2nd Alyson Williams, 3rd Brooklyn Yon 12-14-year-old Male open compound: 1st Drake Barnett, 2nd Nate Garner, 3rd Layne Whitley 12-14-year-old Female open compound: Is1 Jerzi Sharp

15-18-year-old Male traditional: Is1 Brody Oxford 15-18-year-old Male fixed pins: Is1 Christian Ray, 2nd Jacob Quillen, 3rd Blake Stokes 15-18-year-old Female fixed pins: Is1 Haley Lange, 2nd Emily Dilly, 3rd Kaley Surratt 15-18-year-old Male open compound: Is1 Sean Neal 15-18-year-old Female open compound: lsl Jalyn Sharp, 2nd Zeppelyn Fiala

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Louisville, KY - ASA hosted the USA Archery National Collegiate 3-D Championship at the ASA Pro/Am site in Foley, Alabama on October 2729th, 2017. ASA and USA Archery graciously partnered with Alabama S3 DA to provide S3 DA members an opportunity to compete on Saturday, October 28th, 2017, during the collegiate championships. Over twenty colleges were represented with information on admissions, archery programs and scholarship opportunities. College coaches had the opportunity to scout potential S3 DA archers for their programs during the S3 DA competition. This event allowed S3 DA kids a chance to see collegiate shooters in action and gave the collegiate coaches an opportunity to see S3DA kids in action. S3DA kids were able to get advice and mentoring from some of the best collegiate shooters in the nation. S3 DA had a great turn out of sixty-three (63) participants from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. Alabama State Coordinator, Charmen McAlpine stated, “Alabama S3DA would like to thank Omega Archery Products for providing the awards. We would also like to thank all the participants, parents, sponsors and volunteers that made this

no child should have missed. We event successful. S3DA sends had some children that could not a special thank you to ASA and participate make the trip just to USA Archery for letting us be a part of this event and we look get the college information. It is amazing to see what this program forward to this being the first of many Collegiate Exposure is doing for children’s lives and I am excited to see how much tournaments for S3 DA to be a part Alabama will grow just within of. This was an opportunity that Results: this coming year”. Elementary School Division • 8-11-year-old Female Olympic recurve: Is' Jennabeth Childers • 8-11-year-old Female fixed pins: Is' Brynley Lewis, 2nd Ashkia Weaver • 8-11-year-old Male fixed pins: 1st Jordan McCloskey, 2nd Daygen Slate, 3rd Major Thomsas Middle School Division • 12-14-year-old Olympic recurve: 1st Jordan Roberts • 12-14-year-old Female open compound: Is1 Hailey Wilson, 2nd Allison Roberts, 3rd Samantha Roberts • 12-14-year-old Male open compound: Is' Luke Bell, 2nd Dyllon McFadden • 12-14-year-old Female fixed pins: Is' Lauren Jordan, 2nd Brynna Smith • 12-14-year-old Male fixed pins: Is1 Braylin Lewis, 2nd Riley Baggett, 3rd Dakota Joiner

High School Division • 15-18-year-old Female open compound: 1st Mia Lee, 2nd Delaynie Childers, 3rd Dakota Lee • 15-18-year-old Male open compound: lsl Ethan Johnson, 2nd Jeb Bowman, 3rd Chase Bell • 15-18-year-old Female fixed pins: Is' Heather Strickland, 2nd Gabriella Colbert, 3rd Grace Magnusen • 15-18-year-old Male fixed pins: Is1 Jacob Rogers, 2nd Trevor Carpenter, 3rd William Boozer • 15-18-year-old Female traditional: 1st Wanya McMillan, 2nd Elijah Parden

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North Carolina holds Indoor State Championship in Statesville, NC

Louisville, KY - On Saturday, December 2, 2018, North Carolina S3DA hosted an Indoor State Championship at the Great Western Motorcycle, in Statesville, North Carolina. Four teams competed in the Indoor Championship. There were over 60 competitors for this year’s Indoor State Championship, which was the largest turnout to date.

S3DA National Outreach Coordinator, Jim Reeder states, “We are excited to see the growth that is happening in North Carolina. Renee and the rest of the volunteers continue to show excitement and an eagerness to help children. We look forward to continued growth of the S3DA program in North Carolina.”

North Carolina State Coordinator, Renee Griffith said, “We are so excited about the growth of S3DA in North Carolina. From July to December, our program was able to give over S2 million away in college scholarships. I am proud of the opportunities that are available to competitors with the S3DA program. We would like to thank Sam Prouty and the team at Great Western Motorcycles for their partnership and support.” 52

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Dave Keaggy Sr. Master Coach, Retired The Two Finger Release One of the biggest problems target archers have dealt with over many years is the interference of the top draw finger with the arrow upon release. For at least the past ten years 1 have been using only the two lower fingers, combined with the “deep hook” to shoot my bow; and even at my age it works fine. I started using the deep hook in the 1960’s, and my son Dave K. Jr.; (two times National Target Champion), has done the same. Best discribed, the “Deep Hook”, is placing the middle draw fin ger further around the string until it touches the tip of the thumb. This set up allows the middle finger to better clear the string upon release with less wear and tear on the fingers. This will work best by cutting off the top finger portion of a tab and removing the wedge. The wedge was developed to elimi nate the interference of the top finger pinch. Start your set up as shown in the photographs, with the middle finger touching the tip of the thumb. Point the top finger straight out but keep it relaxed. At full draw the thumb should come to rest under the chin and up snug to the jaw bone. Set your draw tension in the back muscles and release when ready. Your middle finger may experience somess in the tendons around the middle joint so start out just shooting a few arrows at a time,

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Introducing the Super Spine Tester Arrow Analyzer - from Bearpaw USA! Brighton, MI, 11-11-2017 — Bearpaw USA now of fers a Super Spine Tester called the Arrow Analyzer that allows you to quickly and easily match al! your arrows. This tool does it all. It’s an electronic spine tester, an electronic grain scale, and it even measures arrow straightness! Works on wood, aluminum, and carbon. It’s perfect for sort ing and matching wood arrows. (Even aluminum and carbon arrows need to be sorted and matched so you can shoot your best.) The Arrow Analyzer can be attached to your laptop or tablet. Your data will show on the screen and you can save the information on any set of arrows in a text file or even an Excel spreadsheet. “This is an amazing tool. It makes matching arrows so easy. We’re excited to offer the Arrow An alyzer to the target archery community. It’s the only tool of its kind!” Jim Belcher, Owner of Bearpaw USA For more information; visit: www.BearpawUSA.com or call: 1-810-299-2850 Bearpaw USA 3513 SOld US 23, Unit D Brighton MI 48114 810-299.2850 info@bearpawusa.com

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That’s the vision of the largest archery club in the state, the nonprofit Texans Archery Club and its community outreach Texas Archery Academy, together leading the effort to raise public awareness of the need for permanent infrastructure to support sustained participation in archery. Why? There is barely any ACCESS. Archery is the largest emerging sport since soccer and the best recruiting tool for youth organizations. There are school archery teams all over the U.S., including the successful National Archery in Schools Program (NASP) in Texas. In archery competition, participation numbers rival Little League! Youth get a taste at summer camp or a school program, but then what? Archery is missing from city and state parks. Retail bow shops cater mostly to bowhunters to test the latest gear. The few private archery clubs are limited in public outreach. It’s illegal to shoot in your backyard in most municipalities! So where are our children going to shoot? Imagine playing tennis without any tennis courts. Texans Archery Club has the ambition to build permanent access, 24-hour Shooters Clubs, urban indoor archery facilities in partnership with parks or by land acquisition; and a network of Archery Barns, outdoor ranges on land in regional growth patterns. These facilities will support a network of instructors to teach out of, teams to practice in, and safe family-friendly community access. We are looking for corporate and community sponsors who recognize how inexpensive ($50,000 for Archery Barns, $250,000 for Shooters Clubs) and beneficial to our state this effort is.

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NEW ULM, Minnesota The Archery Trade Association has chosen Matt Kormann of Marietta, Georgia, as its next president/CEO, after a nationwide hunt led by an executive search firm. Kormann will succeed Jay McAninch, who announced in March that 2017 would be his last year as ATA’s president/CEO. Kormann expects to begin his ATA tenure on October 16. Kormann is currently senior vice president of corporate account sales for the Freeman Co., a S2.4 billion world leader in event marketing. His 17-year career at Freeman helped Kormann learn the best practices of hundreds of businesses, industries and associations while becoming a business leader and passionate team coach. Kormann also learned grassroots politics while serving as a trustee for the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, Texas, and as a member of its budget and finance committee. Kormann stood out to the ATA Board of Directors’ CEO search committee for his business acumen and diverse experience, and for his passion for archery. Kormann’s daughter is a compound-bow archer who competes nationally and internationally in 3-D and target archery; and Kormann is a certified archery instructor and judge who traveled over 4,000 miles in recent months to support his daughter in competition. Kormann’s archery fervor guided his decision to apply for the ATA’s CEO position. “Opportunities like this are exceedingly rare,” Kormann said. “The ATA has an incredible foundation. Expert leadership and a culture of collaboration between members and staff have allowed it to thrive. I’m confident we can bring this great sport to even 56

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more bowhunting and tournament participants, while strengthening the industry as a whole. While all of that is exciting for me, this role is really unique. It blends the things I've been most passionate about in my professional life with what I’m most passionate about away from work. Our family fell in love with archery almost five years ago. Since then, it’s taken us throughout America and as far away as Argentina. When I learned of Jay’s retirement, I knew I had to take a shot.” Board members wereequally enthusiastic about Kormann after reviewing the qualifications of several outstanding candidates. Kormann’s most distinguished professional experience includes expertise in sales, customer service, business development, strategic planning and event management. “Matt was the clear finalist to take to the full Board for approval,” said ATA Board Chair Ben Summers, vice president of T.R.U. Ball/AXCEL. “Rather than depending on the information given to candidates during the hiring process, Matt drilled down and talked to several dealers. He knew intricate details about our

industry, and had great ideas to fix important problems. It was easy to see that Matt understands business and cares about the people he serves. Most importantly, however, Matt clearly knew archery and bowhunting like a seasoned professional. I believe he will care about our retail and manufacturing businesses like they are his own.” Kormann said he is excited to combine his work ethic and love of archery to serve the ATA’s membership. “My first responsibility is to listen and learn,” he said. “I’ll be doing just that, beginning Day One. The Board, Jay and our incredible staff have helped build a map that ensures success. It’s focused on time in the field. I’ll be meeting with members, both virtually and in person. I’m eager to hear what’s working, and how we can work together to improve. I’m eager to listen, so that we can design a strategy that will support our members’ goals while continuing to strengthen the ATA.” ATA Board members are confident in Kormann. “I am very pleased to have Matt joining the ATA,” said Greg Easton, president of Jas. D. Easton Inc., and a member of the ATA Board’s executive committee. “We had a large pool of candidates, and the finalists were all well-qualified, but the search committee was unanimous in our selection and support of Matt. Matt brings some exciting skills, experience and interest in archery to the ATA’s CEO position, and 1 look forward to working with him.” Mark Copeland, store director for Jay’s Sporting Goods in Michigan, and a member of the ATA Board’s executive committee, agreed. “Matt brings a level of enthusiasm for archery that was palpable in his interviews,” Copeland said. “His travel this U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

About the Archery Trade Association The Archery Trade Association is the organization for manufacturers, retailers, distributors, sales representatives and others working in the archery and bowhunting industry. The ATA has served its members since 1953. It is dedicated to making the industry profitable by decreasing business overhead, reducing taxes and government regulation, and increasing participation in archery and bowhunting. The organization also owns and operates the ATA Trade Show, the archery and bowhunting industry’s largest and longestrunning trade show worldwide. For more information, like the A TA Trade Show on Facebook, follow @ATATradeShow on Twitter, or learn more about archery and bowhunting at Archery360.com and Bowh unting360. com. Toll Free: (866) 266-2776

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year alone with his daughter’s competitions is a testament to his dedication to our sport. 1 am very confident in the skillset he brings to our team. I look forward to seeing Matt in action as he guides the ATA into the future, with fresh ideas and outside-the-box thinking.” McAninch will remain engaged in his current ATA responsibilities to help Kormann transition into the president/CEO role. The “changing of the guard” will help foster strong relationships while building on McAninch’s 17 years of success in the position. The 2018 ATA Trade Show is expected to include a celebration of McAninch’s ATA career, and meetings between Kormann and industry stakeholders. McAninch plans to spend more time afield bowhunting and bowfishing with his grandchildren, but Summers is confident McAninch will “continue to be a force for good in the conservation community.”

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National Archery in the Schools Press Release: “Charity Navigator Awards NASP® Highest Ratings!” By: Brittany J Jones The National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP®) has had much to celebrate over the years, since its inception back in 2002. Not only is NASP® the largest non-profit student archery organization in the world, it has also long been recognized for afford ing youth a new sport and hobby to enjoy, the ability to work as a team, build confidence, and enhance ac ademic performance. As if this archery program didn’t already have enough to celebrate, it now has another arrow in its quiver. NASP® was recently awarded a 4-star rating, the highest achievable, from Americas largest inde pendent charity evaluator, Charity Navigator. NASP® has always long enjoyed high ratings, but this is the first time that it’s held this top distinction! Founded in 2001, Charity Navigator is an American independent charity overseer that evaluates and measures a multitude of charities over the United States. Using a specific methodology, it measures or ganizations according to its governance, ethical prac tices, transparency, as well as its financial responsibil ities. If a charity measures high on all these factors, it’s awarded with the highest ratings. As of today. Charity Navigator tracks over 1.5 million charities and only a quarter of them meet the highest standards. Roy Grimes, President and CEO of NASP® said, “This is terrific news! It demonstrates our dedi cation to best practices for non-profit organizations!” Every year NASP® receives donations from medal level sponsors such as Mathews Archery, Gordon Composites, Morrell Targets, Plano, Saunders Ar chery, The Block, BCY, NAP, Lancaster Archery, NEET, Easton Technical Products, Academy Sports and Outdoors, National Wild Turkey Federation, Cabela’s Outdoor Fund, Easton Foundation, American Whitetail Targets, Plano Synergy, SCI Foundation, Pope & Young Club, and others. What sets NASP® apart from many other organizations is it spends do nated funds on events that are the target of the orga nization such as training teachers to become archery instructors and conducting national and world level youth archeiy tournaments. Charity Navigator says that 50% of its overall ratings are a culmination of Accountability and Trans parency, and NASP® excels in both! Congratulations to NASP® on all its past, present, and yet to come achievements!

OnCore Targets OnCore Targets, a division of Sadlak Manufacturing of Coventry, CT, is happy to announce the naming of William (Bill) Flail as their new National Product Manager. OnCore targets are the affordable alternative to 3-D. Our targets are lasercut from 5/8” thick, self-healing foam. They are impervious to weather, and will withstand over 1000 shots. There are over 60 different targets to choose from, consisting of North American large and small game animals, Bill Hall as well as novelty targets, like dinosaurs and zombies. Our targets, which are designed to fit on your existing target matt, give depth and feel of a 3-D target, with the same universal scoring rings, but at a fraction of the cost of a full 3-D target.

Mr. Hall brings with him a lifetime of experience in the archery industry. Aside from being a highly successful tournament archer, archery coach and bowhunter, Bill has logged years of service behind the counter at one of the countries largest archery retailers. He has also worked with other product manufacturers and importers over his 20+ years as an archery professional. Bill brings with him great knowledge and enthusiasm, and is here to provide great customer service, assist in building product quality and recognition, and to help the company better understand and serve the needs of its customers, particularly our dealers. Please feel free to contact him with any and all questions or concerns at bill.hall@ sadlak.com U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

Hawk Associates owner Rich Walton announced that he was stepping away from the company he started in 1986 and retiring Jan 1, 2018. “1 came into this great industry April 1, 1977 as Director: Marketing/Advertising for PSE in Mahomet, IL Rich Walton and then Tucson, AZ. After a brief stint with Barnett International I returned to Tucson and started Hawk Associates Marketing/ Advertising. It has been an incredible journey and I relish the friendships Tve made and the companies I’ve had the honor of helping. From Pete Shepley at PSE to Sam Topel at Fine-Line, Gary Todd at Pro Release, Kent Southard at Loc-On Stands and Carolina North/Liberty Garden Products, LeRoy Young at NEET, Dan Nigro at Ridgeline, Jim Crumley of TreBark, Jerry Smith of Goat Tuff, the Barrie’s of Rocky Mt. Broadheads, Bill Robinson and Scott Schultz of Robinson Outdoors and the Musacchia’s of Muzzy and so many more. I’ve worked with some of the best in media from M.R. James, Don Clark, Fred Wallace of Bowhunter Mag. Sherry and Bill Krenz, Tim Dehn, Arlyne Rhode and true greats like Dave Staples, Fred Bear, Tom Jennings, Ann Clark, Earl and Ann Hoyt, Bill Gartland and my good friend and partner Robert Hoague ofBowhunting.net and the list goes on and on. Like all things, it’s time to turn out the lights, close the doors and spend more time with my wife Sue. Thank you for a great ride and the privilege of knowing you all.”

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Goat Tuff Products is well known for its superlative Cyanoacrylate archery glues, shaft cleaners, Opti-Vanes and their popular GT Arrow Fletcher, the only fletching tool that brings the arrow shaft to the vane as opposed to the old fashion way of bringing the vane to the shaft. Now they are proud to announce this innovative fletching tool is available for crossbow arrows. The GT Arrow Fletcher for Crossbow Arrows features a special Indexer designed expressly to accept the crossbow’s nocking system. The Crossbow Indexer is a friction fit part made to fit shafts with .325-355 outside diameter and will work with all nock ends or bare shafts. Like the standard GT Arrow Fletcher, this model is compact, easy to use and features Goat TufTs ‘True Contact Design’™ (TCD) that ensures the shaft and fletching mate together consistently and accurately for a maximum bond regardless of the vane’s offset or the shaft size. Kit comes with everything needed in a small, portable unit including: Base, 2 V-blocks, Friction Fit Indexer, 2 lockdown clips and 4 vane nests for 'A, 1,2,3 degree offsets. The Crossbow Indexer is also sold separately for those who own the standard GT Arrow Fletcher. The GT Arrow Fletcher is available at most Archery Pro Shops and on-line at www. goattuflproducts.com.

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Jahna Davis Jurenka, John Kiernan and Chuck Nease were recendy elected to serve on the AHOF Board of Directors for a three year term. They will be replacing Jane Johnson, Ann Clark and MR James whose terms expired this fall. James will continue to be involved as President Emeritus. The new Board members will join President Rick McKinney, and current members Joe St. Charles, Dave Gordon and Chuck Jordan.

Jahna Davis Jurenka who hales from Jefferson City, MT brings business experience as well as on 70’s.the HeArchery has also served youth to die Manufactures jboard. ---\ tides during the 60 ’s and She has been shoot Assoc. Board of Directors and was jf Jj ing professional since one of the original members of the captured manyisarchery 1995his and Fred Bear Sports Club. During 20 a World Field Champion as years in the industry he was affiliated well as a NF/VA and strong competitor USA Nationalwho Cham pion. She is also a past recipient of die USA Archery Athlete of die Year Award. “Good Guy in Black “ was a John Kiernan, a past PAA National Champion who many will remember as the

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with companies such as Jennings, Bohning and Darton. To quote a line from his bio, John said, “ I bare been awayfrom archeryfor awhile, but the romance o/ archery was never out of my heart and sole. Chuck Nease will bring over 50 years of archery experience to the Hall of Fame Board. As a Mar keting Engineer, in 1973 he designed die first Bear Archery Compound and the same year he won the Mid-Adantic NFAA Out door Tournament shooting Freestyle. A competitive archer in target and 3 D, Chuck has won over 50 national and world tides in the amateur and pro class since 1960 and has also taken over 300 big game animals with his hunting skills. In Talking with Chuck he said, "Archery taught me at an early age, if yon »'ork at something long and bard enough; yon can make dreams andgoals come true. Even be come a World Champion on a blessed weekend. ”

The archery Hall of Fame is happy to welcome our new board members.

January-February 2018 www.usarcher.com - email: arlyne.rhode@gmail.com or usamag@aoi.com

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