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News
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200 The IFAA World's Goes
198 Editorial Report by Arlyne Rhode 202 Recipe for a Great Time by Snaron Barnsdale 217 Mimicking a Champion by Steve Cornelius 219 Determined to Keep the Spirit Alive by Joey Girvin 225 Samick - Korean Recurve Excelence by Roy Rose 237 Bowstring Fibers for Mode > Bows - What's Best for Me from BCY 241 The Shot Doctor by Terry Wunderle 242 Coach's Corner by Bernie Pellerite 244 Robert's Rules of Archery by Bob Ragsdale 248 From the Senior Corner by Joe Bauernfeind 250 Focus for Life by B. Howard Coffey 252 What Do the Pro.s Do Wl They're Not Shooting? This issue features: Michelle Ragsdale
"Down Under" by Roy Rose 204 FITA News 206 USA Archery Reports by Mary Beth Vorwerk 212 NASP News 220 New Products 234 ASA News by Brian Dansby 238 Hendrix Wins ESPN Hot Shots! Championships Report Courtesy of the Archery Trade Association 239 IBO News by Brian Dansby 240 The Stanislawski Open by Glen Campbell 243 Tne School of Advanced Archery and Instructor Certification Update
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'%Mo- SwufMe. In this and future issues, you can expect to see more archery event news, less scores, more announcements and tons of exciting new products. We’re even introducing some interesting new ‘human-interest’ sections and we’d like you to help. When you receive this issue, the national championships of many associations will be well underway. For example, the FITA World Cup (Page 205), the IBO Triple Crown (Page 239), the 1FAA World Field Archery Championships (WFAC Australia page 200), USA Archery’s National Target Championships, etc. Every one of those associations have hundreds of volunteers to make each event possible. Without the time and effort of volunteers, these events could not take place. Lets give these people some much deserved and long overdue recognition and appreciation. We would like you to be our eyes and ears. Please send in an article and photo of the volunteer you think is the BEST and why. The most impressive story or stories will be ran in an upcoming issue. As you may have noticed, we have cut back on the running of tournament scores to make room for more articles on ‘how to’, tournament reports, announcements and new products. The attendance at every event continues to hold steady and all scores are available on the organizations’ websites, which we have listed for you right. On page 252, we have added a new section, “What Do the Pro.s Do When They’re Not Shooting". Check out what Michelle Ragsdale has been doing in her spare time. If you’re a Pro shooter and would like the archery world to know what adventures you go on in your spare time, send in your story! The National Archery in the Schools Program is fluorishing, but we haven't received many articles about the activities. If you are a NASP student and would like to write a report from your
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NORTH AMERICAN FIELD ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIP -(NAFAC-2006) -The IFAA, in cooperation with NFAAUSA and its member Florida Archer)' Association (FAA) have approved The Everglades Archer)' Club to host the IFAA sanctioned 2006 NAFAC on 9-10 December 2006. FAA will lend assistance and administration to the shoot. The Everglades Club is located south of Miami in Homestead, Florida. If you have never been to Everglade Archers range, you arc missing a very diverse shooting experience. The venue offers shots over the lake with mild up-hill and downhill settings. There arc no other ranges in Florida like this one. You really do need to be in Florida at some time during the “winter” months. What an excuse to go South with the Snowbirds and enjoy, even for a few days, what they enjoy all winter. Many Canadian archers as well as those from the Northern United Stales will already have made their way South for the winter. We invite you to come on down! The Price is Right - the time is right!! With the normal format of 28 Field. 28 Animal, and 28 Hunter, you will have plenty of arrows to shoot. Everglades is noted for its “Beast Feast" and food will be served both days.
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Article by Roy Rose
Australia conducted the 2006 IFAA World Championship. The host club was the Wide Bay Archers in Hervey Bay, Queensland, which is the nation’s sunshine state in the north. Unlike the nineties when the event was last held "Down Under" and torrential rain greeted the archers, this year’s event was favored with wonderful weather, great Aussie organization and fel lowship, and equally impressive scoring. Sunday, June 11. saw the opening ceremony with competition com mencing on Monday June 12 through ’til Friday June 16 with the usual IFAA Cham pionship format of the Field, Hunter. Animal. Field and Hunter, cul minating in the banquet and medal ceremony on Saturday the 1 Th. As one would expect, competi tion was intense with many of the world’s finest field archers in attendance and a wide cross section of nations represented from Africa, Europe, the Americas and the Pacific. With a multitude of divisions encompassing all facets of field shooting across all ages - from those barely in their teens to veteran archers, some still competitive in their seventies - the picturesque course presented a suitable challenge for all. In the high-profile Men’s and Women’s Open Compound un limited classes, Australia was well represented by former World
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class his 2115 total a top shelf effort for a young guy not a K? regular field competitor. The Professional Men’s Compound Field was a small n contingent with veteran American David Bamsdale, the U 2005 Vegas Champ, edging ahead after a relatively slow start fe to register a very solid 2211 points and annex the title. The Men’s Barebow divisions were hotly contested L-: with Ulf Trabert of Germany taking compound honors and England’s Steve Partridge, the recurve gold, ahead of the SB United States’ Chuck Trafford. Boyd Koehler added to the USA’s medal haul with vic- ’ tory in the Men’s Bowhunter Compound class after a spirited tussle with previous champion, Rhys Aizlewood. One of the real highlights, especially for those like myself that well remember his heroics of some decades ago when he was the bench-mark competitor in the barebow realm, was the performance of the legendary David Hughes who showed, in the veteran division, his superb talents have not diminished. Canadian evergreen, Warren Buck, led the Veteran Men’s Compound Field a merry chase, registering scores any elite professional would settle for. In his wake, also totaling strongly were the United States contingent and Australia’s ageless, Alan Canning. Aussie legends and former World and National IFAA Champi ons, Rhys Aizlewood and Jan Holmes, in the Bowhunter classes and Longbower Daryl Recks again asserted their authority at the highest level. Reeks with gold. In such a throng, as one would expect, ail the major bow manufacturers were well represented with Hoyt, Mathews, Martin, BowTech, Darton, Browning, Alpine, and PSE all an nexing medals. Easton and Cartel shafts were the major players in the arrow stakes. Missing were old Aussie friends of the sport from the USA, the Ragsdales and the Pearsons. Their many fans in this part of the world send their fondest greetings. Memories of Frank and Terry and Michelle and Becky fighting it out for major honors remain great reminiscences for all who witnessed their expertise in the past. IrSCjiF The FITA’s World Cup in Turkey, the NAA’s • Field Championship, and World Team Trial prob- w ■ ' .r ably robbed the Championship of some high-profile IBmWS shooters who, despite the tyranny of distance, may i-j well have made the long journey. ’*'* Nevertheless, it was pleasing for IFAA to have a iZSK
goodly cross section of nations in attendance, including African and Pacific competitors. There were some interesting side lights to the event - like the presence of three generations ofthe Canning
Top: IFAA World Field Archery Championship Top Men’s Bare Bow Shooters. (From Left to Right) Steve Partridge (England) Gold, Skip Trafford (USA) Bronze, and Dietmar Golder (Germany) Silver. Second from top: Uic Matthews (USA), 85 years young and still going strong. Third from top: Paul Kelly (england). Well on line for a medal as of Day 2. Bottom: Day 3 of the IFAA World Field Archery Championships and al!four of the top Unlimited shooty ers get a perfect 560. Paul Malynn (Australia) Clint e r Freeman (Australia) XS1 Cabe Johnson (USA) and Ranald Hutton (Scotland).
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Recipe for a Great Time
and Dave Barnsdale's take ON THE 2006 IFAA World Field archery championships HELD IN MARYBOROUGH. QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA ON JUNE 12-16 2006
Great Time
We arrived in Brisbane on June 6th and were met by our gracious hosts: Randall and Irene Wellings. They drove three hours from Maryborough, their home and the site of the 1) Gather several good friends (number may vary). tournament, to collect us and our massive mounds of luggage. 2) Put them on a Qantas 747 (this size works best). Five “uppers” plus archery gear and two weeks of clothing add 3) Fly 14 hours (not optional). up to a ton of luggage. 4) Land in Queensland Australia (optional, but advisable). Queensland is a beautiful part of Australia. The first four 5) Have Aussie friends meet you, and let the fun begin! days were sunny and warm, and then Dave put his shorts on. This was the recipe Dave and I used to mix together the IFAA This ended the six year drought! I heard someone remark, “Those legs are brighter than the sun.” We had cooler weather World Championships and the vacation of a life-time. and occasional rain for the tournament. In spite of that, everyone had a great time and a lot of world records were set. Our traveling companions, Shelly and Tim Saxwold, Joel Beckman and Dave had a booth at the tournament site. We met a lot of nice people there from all over the world. At the end of five days of shooting. Dave was a World Champion, as well was the American Team! When asked to comment on his experience, Dave had this to say, “After a day of recuperating from the long trip, our group went to check out the venue. What a great place. We got permission to walk a range (no shooting) and found them very flat with slight side hill shots. There were five adult ranges and one cub. Each range had 14 targets on one side of the main trail and 14 on the other side on the way back to the club pavilion. Every target was a walk back. That concerned me, but as the week unfolded. my concerns faded away. The pace of the shooting was relaxed and steady. We had very few waits more than five minutes. All in all, I thought the walk backs worked very well.” “The practice range was a little 2006 IFAA World Field Archery Champion (Freestyle Unlimited), Dave Barnsdale confusing, but early in the week our hosts laid down some chalk lines to keep things more orderly. We spent the few days leading up to the tournament getting our gear ready, shooting on the practice range and setting up our show space.” “Monday was the first field round and the blue course I shot was a little wet. I shot with three really nice guys, Alex, Alan and Peter. We all had a good time slogging around the course. On Tuesday I shot with Chris, Justin and Sean. We were the four pros in attendance, which meant this was our group for European Field Archery Championships: July 31 to August the next four days. I enjoyed shooting with my three friends, 4, 2006. Venue: Siuntio Finland. but I think if you travel that far it would be nice to shoot with Information: http://www.fraa-fin.com/efac2006 people you don’t normally shoot with. All that said, I had my World Bowhunter Championships: July 2 - 6,2007. Venue: second-best five-day tournament score and was very happy with my shooting. I had a fabulous time in Australia. My thanks to Switzerland. Information: www.wbnc.coin the tournament hosts: IFAA, ABA, and Wide Bay Archers for their hospitality and hard work. I would also like to thank my sponsors: Swarovski, Sure-Loc, Carter and Doinker.” Fair Dinkuni Mate. ®
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International Archery Federation FITA President opens FITA's Middle East Archery Center The FITA President, Dr Ugur Erdener, accompanied by the Secretary General. Mr Tom Dielen, and the Development & Education Director, Mr Pascal Colmaire opened the newly established Training Centre in Cairo, Egypt.
the Ministry of Sport, the Egyptian Federation, the Wadi Degla Sports club, the Libyan Federation and the NOC of Sudan. “Egypt has a very long Archery history going and Archcry was the pharaoh’s favorite royal exhibition sport of the 18th dynasty. The composite bows found in Tutankhamen’s tomb show this very well. The Egyptian Archery Federation is quite young, but has already had the pleasure of having archers at the Olympic Games. We are convinced that this centre will help the development of archery in the region and the world and we were very please when Coach Kim Jeong-Ho accepted this challenge to become the coach at this centre. My wish is that this centre will have hosted one medalist at the London Olympic Games which will show its importance to the Archery and Olympic family”. said Dr Ugur Erdener as part of his opening speech. FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE TIR A L’ARC INTERNATIONAL ARCHERY FEDERATION Avenue de Cour 135 • 1007 Lausanne, Suisse Tel. +41 (0)21 614 30 50 • Fax: +41 (0)21 614 30 55 • E-mail: info@archery.org • www.archery.org SPORT AU PROGRAMME OLYMPIQUE SPORT IN THE OLYMPIC PROGRAMME
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FITA World Cup News Qian and Goncharova Win Again! San Salvador - 25 June 2006 After their win in Antalya, Qian (CHN) and Goncharova (RUS) trust the women’s gold medals. Di Buo (ITA) wins the men’s recurve and takes the World Cup ranking lead. Logan Wilde (USA) beat his brother Reo in the compound men final. The team gold matches also took place. The finals of the San Salvador World Cup took place in the Magico Gonzalez Stadium in front a 2000 spectators and a great ambiance. Here is a recap of all matches: Recurve Gold: Italy Men Team Gold: Italy. The Italian Tea m led the last match of the day against the Mexican Team to win the Gold Medal 225209. Mexico goes away with Silver. Recurve Women Team Gold: Turkey. nicuEgan It was a very interesting and Compound Mei ftvrez difficult match shot between Italy and Turkey, where Italy was leading in the first ends, but suddenly Turkey took over the Italians and finally won the match by 2 pts 208206. Compound Men Team Gold: Netherlands. This was a very tied match in every single end, the Netherlands Team led by one point and beat the 24 Arr. Match World Record yesterday finally winning over the Brazil Team after the shoot-off, 9-9-9 against 7-9-10. Compound Women Team Gold: Mexico. Mexico progressively pulled a large victory against Great Britain. The scores were tied a 110 after 1 end. The Mexicans align the 10 and 9 until the end of the game. Final score: 224 -214 pts. Recurve Men Gold: Di Buo (ITA). Wietse Van Alten was leading the first 3 ends 81-79, but in the last end Di Buo shot 8-10-10, while Van Alten only shot 107-8 and made him loose the match by one point 107-106. Gold goes to Di Buo 1 Recurve Men Bronze: Custers (NED). Pieter Custers took the advantage as of the 1st end and continued in the same vein to beat Mexican Magana, who shot extremely well in the Polideportivo Field, 111-101. Recurve Women Gold: Qian (CHN). The match was pretty tied in the 1st three ends, but Williamson (GBR) shot a 5 as final arrow and made her loose the match 106-101. Qian gets the Gold! Recurve Women Bronze: Zhang (CHN). The Bronze final was led by Chinese Juan Juan Zhang till the last end, where she scored 107 pts, while Satir Kcskin (TUR) only shot 104 pts. Compound Men Gold: Logan Wilde (USA). The brothers Wilde met in the Gold Final in a very tied match where Logan took the advantage by shooting 2 perfects ends, his total score is 116, while Reo shot 115 with one perfect end. July - August 2006
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Compound Men Bronze: Jimenez (ESA). Jimenez cheered by his crowed found the strength to beat his opponent Ochoa (MEX) 117-112. Ochoa (MEX) could not follow his opponent’s shoots. Compound Women Gold: Goncharova (RUS). After a weak start Goncharova comes up strong to clinch the victory 114-109. Opponent Van Natta (USA) could not find her rythm. Compound Women Bronze: Ochoa (MEX). Two perfect ends with 30 pts, and two ends with 29 pts gives the Bronze Medal to Mexican Almendra Ochoa, with a total score of 118 pts. US Jahna Davis did not shoot as well as in the Polideportivo Field, shooting 2 8s in the last two ends, with a total score of 110 pts.
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Madison University, Amanda Raffaelli of Texas A&M. and Christensen, Pian, Anna Stratton of Texas A&M. All-American awards were given to the top finishers in each Greshock and Fleury division (the top ten in men’s compound, men’s and women’s and the top eight in women’s compound). All-American Win Collegiate National recurve placement is determined by combining each archer’s score from the National Indoor tournament, which was held in February and Titles; 2006 World March, with their score from USIAC. University Championship All-American Team Team Selected Colorado Springs, CO - The 2006 United States Intercollegiate Archery Championship (USIAC) was held May 19-21 in Los Angeles, California. The event was hosted by The University of California, Los Angles (UCLA) and the UCLA Archery Club. This year's USIAC also served as the team trials for the 2006 World University Championships, which will be held June 12-18 in Vinicne, Slovakia. Brian Christensen (Colorado State University) took the collegiate national title in the men’s recurve category after defeating Dakota Sinclair (Saddleback College) on the second arrow of a tie breaker, shooting a 10 to Sinclair’s 8. They were lied at 105 at the end of the 12 arrow gold medal match. Sinclair took the silver while Jacob Wukie (James Madison University) claimed the bronze after beating UCLA’s Stanley Cheng 10489. In the women’s recurve category, Lindsay Pian (Arizona State University) took home the gold after defeating 2004 Paralympian Lindsey Carmichael (University of Texas) 104-98 in the finals. Carmichael took home the silver and Carissa Dragan (California State University Long Beach) defeated Danielle McCullough (Westminster College) 99-93 to win the bronze. For the compound men, last year’s USIAC silver medalist Jedd Greshock (James Madison University) beat Logan Wilde (Idaho State University) 115-112 to claim the gold. Wilde took the silver, while last year’s USIAC Champion Braden Gellenthien (James Madison University) took home the bronze after defeating J MU teammate Stephen Schwade 117-115. James Madison University’s Joayn Fleury won the collegiate national title for the compound women, defeating her JMU teammate Jessica Fasula 116-113 in the gold medal match. Fasula claimed the silver and Texas A&M’s Cassandra Raffaelli took the bronze after beating Brittany Lorenti (James Madison University) 112-110 The above USIAC National Champions were decided after the conclusion of the Olympic Round (OR) and the 2006 World University Championship Team was chosen from the top three finishers in each category of the FITA Round.
Men’s Recurve: Dakota Sinclair of Saddleback College, Jacob Wukie of James Madison University, Brett Lazaroff of Atlantic Cape Community College, Nathan McCullough of University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Tyler Benner of ClarcmontMcKenna College, Ted Harden of Arizona State University, Kevin Barker of Texas A&M, Tim Meyers of Texas A&M. Brian Christensen of Colorado State University, and Alden Harris of Texas A&M Women’s Recurve: Lindsey Pian of Arizona State University, Lindsey Carmichael of University of Texas, Tina Jeon of Yale. Carissa Dragan of Cal State Long Beach, Danielle McCullough of Westminster College, Robin Liang of Columbia University. Marie DeRegnacourt of Michigan State, Sara Mancini of Columbia University, Ali Wood of University of Arizona, and Katrina Weiss of James Madison University. Men’s Compound: Braden Gellenthien of James Madison University, Logan Wilde of Idaho State University, David Roth of Michigan State University, Jedd Greshock of James Madison University, Stephen Schwade of James Madison University, Joshua Binger of Texas A&M, Michael Ashton of James Madison University, Christopher Glass of Michigan State, Trevor Sicdel ofTexas A&M, and Patrick Parsons of Texas A&M. Women’s Compound: Brittany Lorenti of James Madison University, Anna Stratton ofTexas A&M, Jessica Grant ofTexas A&M, Amanda Raffaelli ofTexas A&M, Cassie Raffaelli of Texas A&M, Jessica Fasula of James Madison University, Joayn Fleury of James Madison University, Michelle Wright of Penn College, Xiao Hui Chin of Columbia University, and Brenda Temperly ofTexas A&M.
The 2006 World University Championship Team Men’s Recurve: Dakota Sinclair of Saddleback College, Brett Lazaroff of Atlantic Cape Community College, and Jacob Wukie of James Madison University. Women’s Recurve: Lindsay Pian of Arizona State University, Carissa Dragan of California State University Long Beach, and Lindsey Carmichael of University ofTexas. Men’s Compound:Braden Gellenthien of James Madison University, Stephen Schwade of James Madison University, and Joshua Binger ofTexas A&M. Women’s Compound: Brittany Lorenti of James 206
Team Round Results Men’s Recurve 1. Atlantic Cape Community College 2. Texas A&M 3. UCLA Women’s Recurve 1. Stanford 2. Texas A&M 3. James Madison University Men’s Compound 1. James Madison University 2. Texas A&M 3. Michigan State University Women’s Compound 1. James Madison University 2. Texas A&M 3. Penn College Texas A&M University captured the national overall team title at the USIAC, while James Madison University took second and California State University Long Beach finished third. © The U.S. and International Archer, Inc. - www.usarcher.com
Gellenthien Wins Gold, Stratton Takes Bronze at World University Archery Championships COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - Approximately 165 participants from 25 countries gathered in Vinicne, Slovakia to compete at the 6th World University Archery Championships this week, with James Madison University’s Braden Gellenthien (Hudson, MA) winning the individual gold medal for the U.S. in the Men’s Compound category and Texas A&M University’s Anna Stratton (Magnolia, TX) taking the bronze for the Women’s Compound category. For the Compound men, Gellenthien beat Italy’s Sergio Pagni easily 117-110 in the finals to take home the gold. Gelienthien’s JMU teammate Stephen Schwade (Summerville, SC) made it all the way to the quarter-finals before falling to Pagni 114-114 in a tic-breaking shoot-off. Josh Binger (Monroe, WI/Texas A&M University) had a good run until the quarter-finals where he was defeated by France’s Sebastien Brasseur 117-115. Brasseur went on to claim the bronze medal in the Men’s Compound category. Binger ended the competition in 5th place while Schwade took sixth place overall. The U.S. Compound women had a very successful showing in the individual competition. Stratton won the bronze medal after a tie-breaking shoot-off in her final match against Slovenia’s Maja Marcen. Stratton’s Texas A&M teammate Amanda Raffaelli (Bartonville, TX) and James Madison University’s Brittany Lorenti (Trumbull, CT) advanced all the way to the 1/8 round before being eliminated. Raffaelli finished the individual competition in 9th place and Lorenti finished right behind her in the 10th spot. France’s Amandine Bouillot took the gold for the Compound women and Korea’s Hyo Sun Kim won the bronze. All three members of the U.S. Men’s Recurve team were eliminated in the 1/16 elimination round. Atlantic Cape Community College's Brett Lazaroff (Bayside, NY) fell 113-107 to China’s Shenzhou Zhao. Dakota Sinclair (Ridgecrest, CA/ Saddleback College) faced Chinese Taipei's Ming-Huang Liu in the 1/16 round and lost the match 113-106. Jacob Wukie (Oak Harbor, OH/James Madison University) fell to Cheng-Wei Kuo (Chinese Taipei) 107-103. Lazaroff finished in 17th place overall, while Sinclair took the 20th spot and Wukie finished 25th. Jong Young Lee from Korea took the gold in the Men’s Recurve category, while Kuo won the silver and Ukraine’s Yaroslav Mokrynsky claimed the bronze. Arizona State University's Lindsay Pian (Scottsdale, AZ) had the best showing for the U.S. Recurve women, advancing to the 1/16 round before being eliminated by Indonesia’s Rina Dewi Puspita Sari in a close 107-106 match. Pian finished the competition in 17th place overall. Cal State Long Beach's Carissa Dragan (Moorpark, CA) also made it to the 1/16 round before losing to Poland’s Justyna Mospinek 107-98. Lindsey Carmichael (Lago Vista, CA/University of Texas), a 2004 Paralympian, fell in the first round to Alla Arinina (Ukraine) 96-88. Dragan and Carmichael finished in 25th and 36th place respectively. Hiroko Taguma (Japan) won the gold for the Women’s Recurve, Ukraine’s Kateryna Ksenofontova took the silver and Mospinek won the bronze. For complete results from the 6th World University Archery Championships, please visit: http://www.vinicneskarchery2006UvodAMS2006_EN.html © July - August 2006
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Nichols lost 105-102 in the 1/8 round to China’s Jialinkg Qian, who went on to win the gold medal. Korea’s Yu Mi Kim and Tuk Young Lee took the silver and bronze respectively. Also competing for the U.S. in the Women’s Recurve category was Khatuna Lorig (Bloomfield, NJ), who lost to Iwona Marcinkiewicz (Poland) 102-98 in the first round of elimination. Lorig finished the competition in 53rd place overall. Mandy Nichols (Cheyenne, WY) did not make the 64 person cut to the elimination round after finishing the qualification round in 79th place. Four-time Olympian Butch Johnson had the highest finish for the U.S. men taking 21st place overall in the individual competition. Johnson defeated Aliaksei Zinouchyk (Belarus) 110-104 in the first round, before falling to Bulgaria’s Yavor Hristov 109-108 in the second round. Jason McKittrick (Holton. IN) fell to Yoann Palermo (France) 107-98 in the first round of elimination. McKittrick finished the competition in 62nd place. Kyung Mo Park (Korea) took the gold medal in the men's recurve category, while Japan’s Hiroshi Yamamoto claimed the silver and Hristov took the bronze. Nate McCullough (Colorado Springs, CO) and current Chula Vista Resident Athlete Guy Krueger (Blessing, TX) also competed for the U.S. in the Turkey Grand Prix, but did not make the cut for the elimination round. McCullough barely missed the cut, finishing the qualification in 65th place. Krueger finished in 78th place. Both the U.S. men’s and women’s teams lost in the first round of the team event. The men’s team of Johnson, McKittrick and Krueger fell to Mexico 208-204 and the women’s team of Lorig, Jennifer Nichols and Mandy Nichols lost to Italy 213-208. Japan took the team gold for the men, while Great Britain claimed silver and Korea took the bronze. For the women, Korea took the gold, China grabbed the silver and Ukraine took home the bronze. For complete Turkey Grand Prix results, please visit www. archeryworldcup.org ©
Meyers, Pian, Cousins, Van Natta Take Tops Spots at 2006 Gold Cup COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - The 2006 Gold Cup, a United States Archery Team (USAT) qualifying tournament was held June 2-4 in Bloomfield, NJ, with Tim Meyers (Fort Worth, TX) and Lindsay Pian (Scottsdale, AZ) taking the championship for Recurve, while Dave Cousins (Standish, ME) and Jamie Van Natta (Toledo. OH) claimed victories for Compound. In the Men’s Recurve category, Meyers beat four-time Olympian Butch Johnson (Woodstock, CT) 109-108 in a close gold medal match, while two-time Olympian Vic Wunderle (Mason City, IL) took the bronze after defeating Canada’s Crispin Duenas 112-111 in the finals. For Women’s Recurve, Pian defeated Lacey Samp (Little Falls, NJ) 103-101 to claim the gold. Samp took the silver and Ashley Kamuf (New Albany, IN) won the bronze after beating last year’s Gold Cup Campion, Khatuna Lorig (Bloomfield, NJ) in a tie-breaking, one arrow shoot-off. They were tied 99-99 and Kamuf shot an X to beat Lorig's nine. Cousins won the Gold Cup title in the Men’s Compound category after beating his 2005 World Target Championship teammate Kevin Polish Jr. (Carmichaels, PA) 119-116 in the finals. Braden Gellcnthien (Hudson. MA), the 2005 Gold Cup Champion in the Men’s Compound category, took the bronze medal, defeating Logan Wilde (Pocatello, ID) 118-116. For the Compound women, Van Natta won her third consecutive Gold Cup title after defeating Joayn Fleury (Westford, VT) 114-109. Brittany Lorenti (Trumbull, CT) took the bronze, defeating Sandra Swirles-Duncan (Romulus, MI) by a final match score of 116-110. For complete Gold Cup results, please visit http://w ww.njarchery.org/usagoldcup/index.shtml or www.usarchery.org. ©
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Miller Takes Highest Finish for U.S. Team at Turkey Grand Prix COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - The Turkey Grand Prix, which was the second leg of the Meteksan FITA Archery World Cup, took place in Antalya, Turkey June 7-10 with the U.S. sending both a Men’s and a Women’s Recurve team under the direction of new National Head Coach, Ki Sik Lee. Stephanie Miller (Naperville, IL) was the highest finisher for the U.S. Team, finishing the individual competition in 13th place. Miller defeated 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist Alison Williamson (Great Britain) in the first round of the individual elimination by a score of 107-106, then went on to beat Barbora Horackova (Czech Republic) easily 102-97, before losing in the 1/8 round to Korea’s Oh Yun 109-103. Jennifer Nichols (Cheyenne, WY), a 2004 Olympian, finished right behind Miller in 14th place in the Women’s Recurve category. Nichols was also eliminated in the 1/8 round, but not before beating France’s Cyrille Dalamare 107-104 in the first round, and Mexico’s Janeth Garcia 105-88 in the second round.
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - The 2006 Mexican Grand Prix was held April 9-16 in Mexico City, with 250 archers competing from 10 countries. Thirteen U.S. Recurve archers competed in the event with the U.S. taking home 19 gold medals, 32 medals total. Brady Ellison (Glendale, AZ) had the best showing for the U.S., claiming gold for the Junior Boy's Recurve category and also finishing the FITA in first place with a gold medal for each distance. Josh Anderson (College Station, TX) finished with a bronze medal for the junior boys in the Olympic Round (OR) and took silver for each distance in the FITA. Mandy Nichols (Cheyenne, WY) took home the gold in the Open Women’s Recurve category and also won a bronze medal at 70 meters in the FITA Round. Nichols’ sister, 2004 Olympian Jennifer Nichols, finished the FITA Round in first place with a total score of 1346 and won a gold medal for each distance. Jennifer finished fifth overall in the OR. In the Senior Men’s Recurve category, two-time Olympian Vic Wunderle (Mason City, IL) finished the FITA in first place with total score of 1318 and won a gold medal for each distance.
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He finished fifth place overall. Rachel Caldwell (Ft. Collins, CO) won the bronze medal in the Junior Girl’s Recurve category after finishing the F1TA in third place and winning a gold for the 70 meters, a silver for 60 meters and a bronze at each the 50 and 30 meters. Brian Brodine (Rochester, NY) took a gold medal in the FITA Round at 50 meters, finishing in fourth place. He finished the OR in ninth place. In the team round, the U.S. men won the bronze medal by defeating El Salvador 223-202. The U.S. women finished fourth after losing the bronze medal match to Mexico. Other U.S. finishers include: FITA Round Senior Women’s Recurve: Joy Fahrenkrog (Castle Rock, CO) - 6th, Kate Anderson (Los Angeles, CA) - 12th, Tiffany Hirano (Irvine, CA) - 29th. Senior Men’s Recurve: Guy Krueger (Blessing, TX) - 14th, Tyler Martin (Montville, NJ) - 16th, Tyler Domenech (Airville, PA) - 28th. Olympic Round Open Women’s Recurve: Kate Anderson - 7th, Joy Fahrenkrog - 12th, Tiffany Hirano - 28th, Rachel Caldwell 40th. Open Men’s Recurve: Guy Krueger - 6th, Brady Ellison 11th. Josh Anderson - 14th, Tyler Martin-31st, Tyler Domenech -45th. ©
104 to claim the gold. Amanda took silver and Khatuna Lorig (Bloomfield, NJ) won the bronze after defeating Kate Anderson (Chula Vista, CA) 108-100. Rco Wilde (Pocatello, ID) took the gold medal in the male compound category after beating TAMU’s Josh Binger (College Station, TX) in a close 114-113 final match. Mexico’s Reuben Ochoa faced Armando de la Garza, also from Mexico, in the bronze medal match and won 114-110. Winning the women’s compound final was Aya La Brie (Aurora, CO). La Brie barely beat out Jamie Van Natta (Toledo, OH) to claim the gold medal with a match score of 111-111 (10-8). Van Natta took home the silver and Amber Dawson (Robesonia, PA) took the bronze after defeating Mexico’s Ana Lilia Morton 108-98 in the finals. The remaining Senior USAT qualifying tournaments include the Gold Cup June 2-4 in Bloomfield, NJ, the National Field Championships/World Field Trials June 8-11 in Spokane, WA and the National Target Championships, which is a World Ranking Event, August 1-5 in Colorado Springs, CO. The first two USAT qualifiers were the National Indoor Championships that took place in ten regional locations in February and March and the Arizona Cup, which was held April 5-8. For complete Texas Shootout results, please visit www. usarchery.org, or the Texas A&M Archery Web site at: http:// recsports.tamu.edu/archery. ©
Wunderle, Nichols, Wilde and La Brie Claim Gold at Texas Shoot Out COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - Over 160 archers from two countries, 31 states and 11 colleges competed at the 2006 Texas Shootout, which was held April 28-30 at Texas A&M University (TAMU) in College Station, Texas. The TAMU Target Archers hosted this third Senior United States Archery Team (USAT) qualifying event for 2006. In the male recurve category, twotime Olympian and last year’s Texas Shootout Champion Vic Wunderle (Mason City, IL) won the gold after defeating four-time Olympian Butch Johnson (Woodstock, CT) 112-107. Joe McGlyn (Floral Park, NY) faced Sagar Mistry (Brigantine, NJ) for the bronze and took the match 105-100. Jennifer Nichols (Cheyenne, WY), a 2004 Olympian, faced her younger sister Amanda Nichols (Cheyenne, WY) in a close gold medal match for the recurve women. Jennifer took the match 105July - August 2006
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Montana NASP State #14 Kurt Cunningham . (406)444-1267 kcunninaham@state.mt.us
Washington NASP State #30 Dave Mack . (360)577-6301 ddmack@adelphia.net
Florida NASP State #24 Alan Busenbark . (850)413-0084 alan.busenbark@mvfwc.com
Nebraska NASP State #18 Jeff Rawlinson . (402)471-6133 rawlinson@ngpc.state.ne. us
West Virginia NASP State #7 Scott Warner . (304)558-2771 swarner@dnr. state, wv. us
Georgia NASP State #4 Jen Bailey . (770)918-6416 Jennifer Bailev@dnr.state.aa.us
New Jersey NASP State #31 Paul Ritter . (908) 735-6826 Paul.Ritter@dep.state.ni.us
Wisconsin NASP State #23 Mary Kay Salwey . (608)685-3744 MarvKav.Salwev@dnr.state.wi.us
Idaho NASP State #26 AlVanVooren . (208)465-8465 avanvooren@idfa.idaho.aov
North Carolina NASP State #28 Chris Huebner . (919)733-7191 chris.huebner@ncwildlife.ora
Wyoming NASP State #5 Patty Stevens . (307) 777-4600 pattv.stevens@wof.state, wv. us
Illinois NASP State #8 David Cassens . (217)785-7742 dcassens@dnrmail.state.il.us
North Dakota NASP State #27 JoeCourneya . (701)231-7251 icournev@ndsuext.nodak.edu
Indiana NASP State #21 Tim Beck . (812)482-3093 tbeck752@fullnet.com
Ohio NASP State #10 Kevin Dixon . (614)265-6334 kevin.dixon@dnr.state.oh.us
If you don't see your state or would like to see the NASP at your local school send Jon Gauthier an email at;. ioauthier@oenesisbow.com or call: (608)269-1779 x205
Iowa NASP State #9 John Carlson of John Carlson Archery (641)592-1991 iohnarch@wctatel.net
Oklahoma NASP State #15 Lance Meeks . (405)521-3851 lmeeks@odwc.state.ok.us
Alabama NASP State #2 Ray Metzler. (334) 242-3620 rav.metzler@dcnr.alabama.gov
Kentucky NASP State #1 Jennie Richardson . (606)549-9918 rich4641 @bellsouth.net Louisiana NASP State #19 John Sturgis . (225) 763-5448 isturois@wlf.louisiana.aov Maryland NASP State #33 Doug Wigfield . (410)713-3852 dwiofield2@dnr.state.md. us
Oregon NASP State #13 Ken Condon . (503)947-6015 kenneth.r.condon@state.or.us Pennsylvania NASP State #22 Denise Raum . (717)201-2039 nasppa@aol.com
South Carolina NASP State #20 Sgt. Dannetta Dawson (800) 277-4301 DawsonD@dnr.sc.aov
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The National Archery in the Schools Program has proven to be one of the most effective and fun ways to introduce hundreds of thousands of kids to the lifetime sport of archery. We ask that you show your support and visit the Online Store today. Proceeds from all Online Sales go directly back into the Foundation to provide more equipment to Schools as well as support the costs of operating and maintaining the National Archcry in the Schools Program.
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The plan is to have the NASP implemented in all 50 states by 2007. The NASP has also successfully expanded into Australia and Mexico. A successful program, such as the NASP, requires good talent to make it grow. The following people have recently been named state NASP coordinators: •Arizona Game & Fish has hired NASP Coordinator, Denise Raum. Denise was formerly the Pennsylvania NASP coordinator. • Michigan Department of Natural Resourses (DNR) has recently hired NASP Coordinator, Mary Emrnons. • Iowa: Departing NASP Coordinator, Laverne Woock, will be replaced with new volunteer coordinator, John Carison. •Minnesota DNR has added Kraig Kriger as NASP Coordinator in that state. • Maine DNR made its state the 37th, joining the NASP family on May 20, 2006. Emily Jones is the Maine NASP Coordinator. • Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has hired Tracy Jonas to be the coordinator of its NASP program which launched June 5, 2006. For more information regarding the National Archery in the Schools Program, contact Jon Gauthier at 608-269-0832 ext. 205 orjgauthier@gcnesisbow.com . See the NASP website: www.archeryintheschools.org ©
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place in 40 states. In presenting the Partners in Conservation Award to ATA, Director Humphries said: "Your association has helped grow archcry and protect bowhunting by connecting to other Contributions from ATA allow Michigan DNR to hire a organizations in the hunting, conservation and recreational statewide school archery coordinator, and create cooperative communities. Your association's gift through the BPA and archcry programs between communities, retailers, schools and ArrowSport foundations has made NASP possible in Michigan. archery groups. Without the dedication and diligence of your association. Michigan’s declining participation in shooting sports would have The Archery Trade Association and its two foundations. ArrowSport and the Bowhunting Preservation Alliance, gone unaddressed, threatening the financial and public support for wildlife conservation." were honored June I by the Michigan Department of Natural Among those Resources for helping the agency present in East promote archery, conservation and Lansing to receive resource management. the aw'ard were Jay Rebecca Humphries, director McAninch, ATA’s of the Michigan DNR, presented CEO and president; the state’s "2006 Partners in Larry Griffith. Conservation Award" to the ATA president of Bohning for helping the agency develop in Lake City, Mich., archery ranges, forge conservation and member of the partnerships, and implement ATA's Board of the statewide school archery Directors; and Jeff program. Poet, president of Since signing a Memorandum Jay’s Sporting Goods of Understanding (MOU) with in Clare and Gaylord, Michigan in September 2004, Mich., and member the ATA’s financial support of the ATA’s Dealer has allowed the DNR to hire Council. a statewide coordinator to “We’re very administer the school archery Michigan Awards Ceremony. The Michigan DNR honored the ATA with a 2006 program, which is currently in 53 Partners in Conservation Award during a June 1 ceremony in East Lansing. Shown excited to see this schools in 27 counties. Michigan here from left are Jeff Poet, president ojfJay's Sporting Goods in Clare and Gaylord. partnership come together here in Mich., and member of'he A TA's Dealer Council: Larry Griffith, president ofthe was the I l,h state to adopt the National Archery in the Schools Bohning Co in Lake City. Mich., and ATA Board member: Michigan DNR Director Michigan.” Poet said. Rebecca Humphries: and Jay McAninch. ATA CEO/prcsident. “Times are tough, Program, which will soon be in July - August 2006
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financially, and talk is cheap, but the ATA put the money behind this to help the Michigan DNR get this program on solid footing. This is a great program for our schools, our state, archery dealers like us, and the many conservation groups that are stepping forward to help. When our educators saw the DNR’s commitment to the archery program, and the grassroots support in all the communities, they realized it's a great system that has instant credibility.” The Michigan DNR hired Mary Emmons in late March to be its first coordinator of the statewide school archery program. Emmons, who has been with the DNR three years, said she's impressed by how much support and cooperation the program is receiving. “The ATA provides instrumental support in developing archery ranges and community archery programs,” Emmons said. “I’m excited to be part of a program that’s creating the next generation of Michigan's target archers. It’s fun to watch kids develop their skills and self-confidence as they learn a new lifelong sport. Our goal, though, is not only teaching target archery in schools, but developing after-school clubs and long term relationships with archery clubs, archery retailers and conservation organizations. We want to find as many ways as possible to link all of them together. The best way to ensure success is by making this a community and statewide effort that involves as many people and groups as possible.” Michelle Doerr, the ATA’s education and research coordinator, said statewide coordinators are vital to the long term success of school archery programs. “It’s too easy for a state to lose control of a program if it doesn’t appoint one person to oversee all the schools and make sure they’re staying true to its long-term mission," Doerr said. “By appointing Mary Emmons to this post, the Michigan DNR is making a strong statement about its commitment to archery and bowhunting.” Michigan’s school archery program started as a pilot program in 2004 with 12 schools. Since then, 72 physical education teachers have been trained and the program has grown to its current level of 53 schools enrolled. So far, more than 400 students have participated in the program, and Emmons expects at least 300 Michigan schools to include the program in their curriculum by 2008. Poet credited the Michigan DNR for making archery and bowhunting a high priority. “It’s great to see the DNR step up and be an active player in this,” he said. “We take pride in that. We’re very excited about participating in it ourselves. The archery departments in both of our stores, in Grayling and Clare, are fired up about the program. We can’t wait to become even more involved in the years ahead.” ©
Program aims to make archery a school sport By Jesse Truesdale, Reporter If Tracy Jonas has his way, public schools across Kansas will offer students the opportunity to learn a new sport. They’ll learn to shoot with a bow and arrow. Jonas, an Edwardsville resident, was hired a month ago as the archery coordinator for schools by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. Last weekend, in conjunction with the National Archery in Schools Program, the department trained 15 instructors to train eight school teachers, from as far away as Pratt, how to teach students archery. “For kids who can’t run the fastest, it’s an opportunity to do something athletic,” Jonas said. “It’s more like learning martial arts.” Jonas said his eventual goal was to have school archery teams form to compete in state and national competitions. The NASP program began as a joint venture between the Kentucky state departments of wildlife and education, and is funded through the Archery Trade Association, the National Wild Turkey Federation, and Mathews, Inc.
Roy Grimes, the administrative coordinator of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife and the resources president of the NASP foundation, said NASP gave $22,000 in gear to every state participating in the program. Kansas is the 38th state to join. Grimes said he hoped to have 5,000 schools eventually signed into the program. By the end of this year, he said, there will be about 3,000. Grimes said the benefits of learning archery are myriad: children feel good about themselves, they “don’t have to be tall or pretty” to be good at the sport, and it can give them a better appreciation of the importance of conservation if they take up bowhunting. Grimes said NASP had been started in 2002 in part because of a perceived decline in “outdoor skills.” Grimes said a survey of students who had taken NASPdesigned had 53 percent reporting they felt better about themselves after finishing the program, and that 66 percent said the archery unit made their PE classes better. The trainers for teachers, or Basic Archery Instructor Trainers, spent Saturday and Sunday in classes at the Bonner Springs High School gym, and on Monday the BAITs trained the Basic Archery Instructors. Jeff Prothe, a wholesale building materials seller from Kansas City, Kansas, believes so much in the value of archery he attended the Basic Archery Instructor Trainer classes — to train those who train school instructors — Saturday and Sunday as a volunteer, and took turns with the other BAITs Monday teaching school instructors. “I’ve been a lifetime archer. I feel strongly about shooting sports,” he said. Prothe said what he wanted teachers to carry away from Monday’s class was that archery is safe and enjoyable. Teachers learn from the BAITs the 11 steps they must teach students in class: Stance, nock (positioning the arrow’s notch in the string, setting the string hand, setting the bow hand, pre-draw, drawing, anchoring the feet, aiming, setting up the shot, releasing, and the follow-through and reflection. The last part, Tim Schaid, a parks and wildlife employee from Hillsdale teaching as a BAIT, said the last step entailed the student’s thinking about not how well or badly the shot went, but how “they feel they did or didn’t do” correctly, and what he or she wants to do differently on the next shot. Safety is a big part of the training, and the layout of the range is a major part of the safety instruction. Included in the teachers' training are lessons on safety orientation, how to run the shooting range, and how to deal with a disruptive student. In addition to the 13 Kansans who came to the weekend training sessions to learn how to teach PE teachers how to teach archery, two men from way down under came. Neil Curtis, leading senior constable with the Melbourne police, came to learn how to train instructors in archery. Curtis said he learned of the NASP program through a link on a Web site. Curtis said archery would benefit Australian children by giving them something they can engage themselves and which provides the same benefits as other, more intensely athletic sports do. “We’re hoping to go state-wide (in Victoria), then countrywide,” Curtis said. Eventually, he said, he hopes to bring teams to the United States to compete. \ Dean Clark, the other Australian in attendance, came as a volunteer. The manager of a manufacturing company, Clark said he wanted to see more children learn how to bowhunt. Midway through Monday’s classes, Curtis presented Grimes with an Australian flag to hang beside the American banner on the backdrop behind the targets. “As a token of our appreciation and of our developing relationship,” Curtis said, and “for all the help and assistance NASP has given us.” Continued on Page: 219
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LOUISVILLE, KY — Pulaski Elementary fifth-grader Begley said. “We worked together as a unit from our elementary Kennedy McAlpin has looked up to two-time national NASP team to our high school team and we set high expectations upon archery champ Ashley Rose and McAlpin has dreamed of being ourselves.” just like Rose. Thursday, March 16, at the National Archery in Besides winning the elementary national team title, Northern Schools Program National Championships, the young McAlpin Middle School would place third in the nation in the middle school did her best impression of her sharp-shooter idol, Ashley Rose, by division and Pulaski County High School had two individual winning the national individual national runner-up winners in title in the elementary female sophomore Ashley Rose and division. sophomore Chad Leigh. Eleven-year-old McAlpin Rose, the defending two-time shot a 265 to walk away with her national female champion, shot a first archery national title to go 289 this year — six points better along with her three gymnastic than her winning score of a year trampoline national titles she had ago. However, Meade County’s already won over the past three Courtney Campbell shot a 290 to years. win the girls national title. But it was her curiosity of “It just goes to show you how watching her older brother, much just one point means in Tucker McAlpin, shooting arrows archery,” Begley said. “I am really in the morning at Northern proud of Ashley’s performance. She did everything she could to Middle School that intrigued Kennedy to try a new sport. defend her national title and she is such a class act.” Tucker McAlpin finished in the The amount of pressure top ten in the nation last year as a sixth-grader. Rose was feeling must have been insurmountable, as she “Kennedy was always in the was constantly shadowed by gym each morning watching Pulaski Elementary fifth-grader Kennedy McAlpin (right) won reporters, photographers and Tucker shoot, and this year she the girls’ elementary NASP national title. McAlpin only began corporate sponsors on her every decided she wanted to shoot as archery this year and was influenced by Pulaski County High move throughout the entire well,” her father Bob McAlpin Scholl’s two-time NASP national champion Ashley Rose (left). competition. said. Chad Leigh’s 294 was just six points shy of a perfect score “I remember we lined her up right beside Ashley Rose and we told her to shoot just like her and maybe one day she could and just two points behind the national champ Graham Cofield’s be a national archery champion, too,” the elder McAlpin said 296 score. Rose, Leigh and Pulaski freshman Samantha Harris all placed jokingly. in the top five of their divisions to qualify for the ‘Scholarship But much to Pulaski archery coach Gail Begley’s surprise, Kennedy McAlpin was mimicking Ashley Rose in every move Shootout’ before a packed house. Rose won a S2.000 scholarship, she made on the archery range. By February, it was evident Leigh won a S2.000 scholarship and Samantha Harris won a to Begley that little Kennedy shot so much like Rose that she SI,000 scholarship. Both Leigh and Rose were contacted by the U.S. Olympic predicted that Kennedy could be Pulaski’s next national archery coach after they competed and were invited to their training champion. “I told Kennedy’s father that she could be a national facilities in California. Somerset High School would take home a third place trophy champion,” Begley recalled. “She mimicked Ashley (Rose) in both her form and technique. But most importantly, Kennedy has in the Kentucky high school division. Hopkins Elementary fifth grader Taylor Cundiff placed always worked hard, she listens second in the nation in the well and she is a wonderful boys’ elementary division with child to work with.” a 277 score. Cundiff won the “Her winning the national elementary national title last year championship, couldn’t have with a 286, which was the third happened to a nicer girl,” best score in the nation overall Begley said with a smile. (male and female shooters from But Kennedy was not alone elementary to high school). in her individual glory as she The first-year team of and her Pulaski Elementary Southwestern High School made teammates claimed the national • Can arrow spine make a difference in your groups?\ an impressive showing with an elementary team title as well. overall seventh place finish. 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Dear Friend of Archery: Have you heard about the National Tournament for the National Archery in the Schools Program? Last year almost 1800 students from 4 states came together for the largest indoor archery tournament in the country! And the tournament continues to grow each year as more states embrace the life sport of target archery by introducing the National Archery in the Schools Program. The program is currently in 30 states and plans are in place to be in all 50 states by 2007.
As if the thrill of participating in this huge tournament is not enough, we are awarding college scholarships to the best of the best again for 2006. At the 2005 tournament, which was March 16, 2005 in Louisville, KY, we awarded 9 scholarships as follows: (4lh Place tiebreaker in the Girls Divi sion) Boys Girls $2,500 $2,500 l51 place $2,000 $2,000 2nd place $1,500 $1,500 3rd place $1,000 4,h place $1,000
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We are soliciting sponsors for these scholarships and have received very positive response so far. We cordially invite you to participate at any level you desire. Funds will be donated to the National Archery in the Schools Program Foundation, designated specifically for tournament win ners' college scholarships. Time is of the essence— the 2006 tournament is only around the corner, and we need to receive the funds in order to be able to award the scholarships. Please send a check to:
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Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Joey Girvin and I am currently a member of the PSE Pro Staff. I have been shooting archery for over 20 years. Approximately seven years ago, 1 entered the world of tournament archery, including the National ASA and IBO 3-D tours and indoor spots for practice in the off season. For those of you who don 7 know me, 1 love to shoot. In my quest to keep the sport alive within our youth, I realized that 1 had overlooked part of my own family: my nephews. Knowing my own true love of the sport, 1 wanted my nephews to experience that same love and the sense of pride in doing something on their own. For Christmas, I purchased four PSE Optima Recurve bows, one for each nephew. I knew my heart was in the right place, but I wanted to make sure that they would get plenty of practice and supervision with their new equipment. The first obstacle I encountered was the long distance between my nephews and me. You see, my nephews live in upstate New York with the rest of my family and I have lived in Indiana for the past fifteen years. We keep in touch at least once a week and I travel back to visit them during hunting seasons. But, how was I going to effectively help my nephews get started? I considered the situation. How was I going to coach our future World Champions? That’s when I realized that I had more than a few extra bows lying around the house. A few extra? Yeah, that's an understatement! My solution was extremely simple. 1 would give my brother, Kevin, my 2003 PSE Nitro hunting bow. My brother-in-law, Franz, would get my 2003 PSE Nitro target bow. And I also gave my son, Chris, my 2004 PSE Primes STL bow, one of my favorite bows, and he’s been shooting it very well. My plan was that if I got all of my family shooting, it would be more likely that the kids would get outside to shoot and have the supervision that they needed. My plan seems to have worked, the kids love to shoot and my brother and brother-in-law are enjoying teaching the boys the love of the sport more than ever. I truly miss all my family back in New York and I hope that every time they take that bow down off the wall to go shooting they think of me and smile. This is my invitation to you. . . challenge even. . . to all Staff Shooters, especially Pro Staffers. Clean out your closets! Get kids shooting! Put those older bows to good use. If you have a family member (hat might benefit from an older starter bow, make their day. The people that you influence will hopefully fall in love with the great sport of archcry, as you have. When they do, they will need to upgrade that older bow that you donated to get them started. © July - August 2006
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Continued from Page: 216 Curtis later said NASP had donated S30,000 worth of archery gear to the program in Melbourne. Although it was largely a review for her, Kerri Jennings, physical education teacher at Bonner Springs High School, was one of the eight teachers taking instruction on how to teach archcry. “I’m almost a beginner,” she said, “but 1 think I got it.” Jennings said she’d always wanted to teach a dedicated archery unit in her PE classes, but the classes were too big for the archery gear the school had. Through the NASP program, the high school will receive 11 compound bows, 60 arrows, five targets, a backdrop to hang behind the targets, two bow stands and a repair kit. As with the other schools’ deals, NASP paid for half the equipment’s $4,800 cost, and the school paid for the other half. The equipment is all the same from school to school, Grimes said, making it easier for students to start teams, and easier for teachers, so they don’t have to become experts on the equipment. The program, including the gear used in it, is designed to accommodate students in fourth through 12th grades. Jennings said the students at Clark Middle School would learn archery in their PE classes through the program. David Cobb, a PE teacher at Wichita West high School who took Monday’s class, said he thought archery could be a “part of lifetime fitness skills” for students, “something kids can do who can’t play football and basketball.” Jonas said the next class for teachers would be organized as soon as he had at least four interested instructors signed up. To reach Jonas or for more information about the program, call him at (913) 486-1558. or e-mail him at ionaselkhunt(<i).vahoo.com.©
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Leading American manufacturer Rinehart 3D Targets’’' new Treestand Buck™ is uniquely designed to provide a truc-to-life practice experience - and that translates into greater accuracy and confidence when your adrenaline is pumping and accuracy counts. This anatomically correct, lifelike buck is designed to shoot from above - for realistic treestand practice. This unique target is also designed for 45-dcgrce and broadside shots, covering the gamut of real-life hunting angles. The Trccstand Buck is so realistic in size, anatomy, coloring and appearance, it can double as a highly effective field decoy. Built in America with Rinehart’s solid “self-healing” foam, the Treestand Buck can take shot after shot from field points. broadheads or expandables without losing its shape or integrity. Like all Rinehart targets, the Treestand Buck is weather proof and resistant to sun, heat and cold - so it’s ideal for year-around use whether in the backyard or in the field. Although this target is built as tough as nails, Rinehart’s exclusive foam design allows for easy arrow removal. Even a child can pull arrow after arrow out of this target with ease, without tearing or damaging the foam. In addition, its lightweight design makes it easy to transport and set up for practice and decoy use. For more information about the new Treestand Buck target for bowhunters - or Rinehart’s full line of premium quality 3D targets for hunters and competitive archers - contact Rinehart at 1029A South Jackson Street, Janesville, W1 53546 • (608) 7578153 • Or visit www.rinehart3D.com. ©
The BowBat is a tree-stand workstation and bow case in one. The foam-padded wings cleverly wrap around your bow to provide a protective case for your sight and arrow rest. The encasement feature is indispensable for hunters that must have their bows secured during transportation. The easy-carry handle allows for briefcase style transportation and the shoulder strap gives hands-free access for walking, climbing and riding. The bow is cradled horizontally—as opposed to the vertical designs of other packs. This gives many hunters a new opportunity for wearing their bows into the woods while riding an ATV. The design eliminates the problem of your bow’s bottom limb bumping into the ATV seat while riding. Once you've settled into your stand, remove the pack from the bow and strap it around the tree trunk. The BowBat instantly transforms into a padded backrest and the first complete workstation ever developed for tree-stand hunting. The pack's gear pockets provide quick access to everything from game calls to headcovers; there’s even a system to attach rattling antlers! Check out the patent-pending BowBat and several other breakthrough products that are shaking up the bowhunting world at www.gamcplangear.com. ©
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Badlands, Inc., long known for their innovative approaches to hunting gear, has crossed the gap between internal and external framed packs. There have always been two camps when it comes by GENESIS to backpacks; those who like the coolness of external • A new unique flotating head design allows the string dump to frames and those who will keep a constant load on the trigger. put up with a little sweating • Allows a finer adjustment for speed control. for the superior center of • Has less feel, or pressure, build-up. gravity and performance of and internal frame. “Several • Can be set up as a years ago, we decided that thumb trigger release internal framed packs were by far the best at carrying heavy by setting the speed loads through technical terrain. However, we also thought control set screw on the there should be a way to increase the trigger to the left side of airflow between the pack and the use the string dump. without disrupting its performance.” stated Badlands President, Bill Crawley. So Badlands started a complete design program based on this principal. What they came up with will revolutionize the way packs • To set up for back are made. This new pack dubbed, tension, adjust speed “The Hypervent”, uses an Aircraft adjustment set screw on grade aluminum internal frame, the trigger to the right which is shaped in such a way side of the string dump as to allow almost nine hundred and remove the thumb cubic inches of air space between trigger extension. © the user and the pack while still maintaining a perfect center of gravity. Kudlacek's Archery Not only does the Hypervent leave everything else in the 3412 Oak Street • Longview, WA 98632 • wHvv.gencsis.com dust with frame technology, it also utilizes state of the art Phone: 360-425-3908 • Fax: 360-425-0753 manufacturing techniques, which dramatically cuts down the amount of sewing needed (less sewing equals fewer P.O. Box 310 Contact: Brian potential blown seams) many 480 Bonner Rd. Bychowski of the zippers in this pack Wauconda, IL 60084 Sales/Marketing Director Pine Ridge Archery have been welded into place Phone; 877-776-3474 Phone: 847-526-1030 Ext. 207 instead of using a needle and www.pineridgearchery.com Fax: 847-526-1604 Fax: 847-526-1604 thread which makes them brian@dubro.com far more waterproof than Guaranteed Not To Strip Out! traditional zippers. Add these Wauconda, IL: features to the usual Badlands goodies, such as the industry’s ____ Archer’s Allen Wrench Set / Hoster only unconditional lifetime The Pine Ridge “Archer’s Allen Wrench” is truly a one-of-a-kind warranty and the highest product; The entire set is made of tungsten steel. That’s why quality on the planet, and it comes with a lifetime guarantee not to strip out or round off you have all the ingredients comers. No serious archer should be without this handy wrench, necessary for a great hunt. © especially those who shoot with fiber optic pins. • Limited Lifetime Warranty. Badlands, Inc. • 9 sizes. 753 West 1700 South • Industrial-strength tool steel. • Wrench sizes: Salt Lake City', UT 84104 .050” - 1/16” - 5/64” - 3/32” - 7/64” - 1/8” - 9/64” - 5/32” Phone: 801-978-2207 Toll -3/16” Free: 800-269-1875 This new Holster stores your Archer’s Allen Wrench and clips *Badlands is a subsidary of handily to a belt or pocket. The Pouch is available separately or Vortex Outdoors. For more with the wrench. Cat. No. 2520 Archer’s Allen Wrench Set information visit: www. Cat. No. 2518 Holster Only vortcxoutdoors.com Cat. No. 2519 Archer’s Allen Wrench & Holster Combo
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The Archery Stand-By from Wildwood Innovations, Inc. A uniquely designed bowstand that works equally as well indoors and outdoors. It safely holds the shooter’s bow while they retrieve their arrows and has a center quiver which holds in excess of a dozen arrows. Being made of highdensity molded plastic makes the Stand-By resistant to all types of weather. Adding sand to the base gives stability while still leaving the Stand-By easily portable with it’s large handle. With the Archery Standy-By the days of laying your bow and arrows on the ground, hanging on a nail, or stuffed in a closet are gone. Archery ranges. schools, summer camps, hunters, backyard archers, target shooters and store owners will find the Archery Stand-By an asset to their archery needs. (The recurve adapter (sold separately) allows the Archery Stand-By to be used with all recurve and smaller kids’ bows.) ©
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Titanium Pin Nock Pins by Archery Technology Arc you tired of bending your aluminum pins? Limited lifetime warranty! Grade C5 Titanium is one of the strongest metals known to man. Guaranteed against bending or breakage. Lifetime replacement! The current sizes in stock will fit all ACEs, Cartel Triples and X-lOs. The screw-in Ti pin will fit any arrow that takes a Super Nock and all of the Gold Tip .246” arrows. The ACE pin will fit most of the Navigator arrows and any ACC that takes a “G” nock. ©
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It was inevitable that the nation at the summit of world recurve in China; and the likely introduction of new 2006 product lines, archery would move into the upper echelon of bow manufacture and including the much-heralded Xtreme limbs. that rise has been nothing short of spectacular. With fellow Korean company Win and Win also enjoying a Samick sports, Korea's premier bow producer has not only rising profile (their endorsees include World Champions MiJin Yun ventured into the upper market so long dominated by HOYT and and Michelle Frangilli), Samick has come a long way in the past Yamaha, but certainly on a results basis now must be regarded the decade, not only on the shooting line, but as world class recurve equal, or even superior to, the best that money can buy. bow designers and manufacturers. ® Samick bows have been around for some time, but their onslaught into the elite market itself, had a dominating impact at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Led by Kim Su Nyung. universally regarded as the world’s finest ever female archer, Samick collected the majority of medals on offer for both men and women, with gold and silver medals to Kim Nan Soon, gold and bronze to Kim Su Nyung and Yang Yong Ho and his Korean men’s team also annexing gold giving them an impressive debut in the market. The bow in question was the Aguila Ultra, developed in consultation with Kim Su Nyung At SCOTT ARCHERY we don't and 1996 Olympic gold medallist Kim Kyung just say we're number one in trigger-less back Wook, is a recurve still favored by a number tension release design - we prove it. With of leading archers despite the advent and archers using Longhorns racking up over 50 amazing success of Samick’s latest model - the Masters. open pro class wins since the Longhorn hit With the retirement of Kim from e A Three-Finger Model the market in late 2002, maybe we don't competition, Samick continued to build its even need to say that anymore. legion of super stars with dual gold medallist T Four-Finger Model and world record holder, Oh Kyo-Moon, enlisted from rival company. Win and Win, to enhance an already stellar line up including Olympic gold medallist Kim Chung-Jae teenage sensation, Choi Yung-Kwang, Park Kyung-Mo, a multi world championship medallist, and now a gold medallist in Athens, Chung Jae-Hun, an Olympic silver medallist, Kim Kyung-ho a dual LONGHORN PRO world champion, Park Sung-Hyun world and Olympic gold medallist, and Im Dong Hyun, Designed by top archery pros, the Longhorn world champion runner up in 2003, and team Pro features an all new draw optimizing Us Vegas Shoot, 04 gold medallist in Athens. stainless steel hook and bracket, auto This roster can be enlarged at least three Atlantic City Classic.^ locking band for quick loading, and a heavier fold by other world-class Korean archers who IB0 World Championship/M, have medalled at international level. handle machined from solid brass for NFAA Ford Mustang, 03 The Samick Masters model, released in ASAWodd Championship, 0’ maximum control. 2002, has enjoyed overwhelming success in And over 40 more wins. the hands of the above-identified team of super achieving recurvers. China predictably was among the first nations to join the Samick band wagon with All the same features of the Longhorn Pro Olympic silver medallist and 2001 World combined with a new tapered handle design Champion. He Ying, adding her name to the make the new Longhorn Pro Advantage the ever expanding list of Samick exponents, world wide. perfect release option for archers who prefer In Athens, Samick enhanced its supremacy more travel in a back tension release, as well as with world records to Park and Im. gold medals A Three-Finger Model for those who want a faster release setting and for both the Korean men’s and women’s teams. the ultimate shot control. with five of the six winners using Samick, the r-Finger Model women’s gold and silver medals, and the men's Tested and endorsed by top professional gold medallist Marco Galliazo of Italy, using archers Nathan Brooks, Chance Beaubouef, a set of Masters limbs. Since then, Ms. Park Tommy Gomez and Eric Griggs! has shot a new world record of 1405. Archers worldwide arc now joining the ranks of their more illustrious Korean counterparts with an increasing number of top-class recurvers switching to both the Ultra and Masters models or incorporating Masters limbs in their set WWW.SCOTTARCHERY.COM | (606) 663-2734 ARCHE RY ups. Samick now has dual production venues with the establishment of a second factory
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30X Arrow. Literally the biggest addition to Gold Tip’s arrow line up is a 26/64 inch diameter arrow. We listened when shooters said they wanted to pickup a few extra points. We responded by creating the largest diameter graphite arrow on the market. Its diameter is maximized to help shooters shoot a perfect 30x. We simply call it the “30x.” The 30x comes in two grades - the 30x Pro and the 30x. The 30x Pro holds a +/- .001" straightness tolerance and is weight matched to +/- 14 grain per dozen while the 30x holds a +/- .003 straightness tolerance and is weight matched to +/- 2 grains. 30x arrows come standard with your choice of press fit nocks or pin nock adapters. Gold Tip also offers shooters three glue in points (50. 100. or 150 grains) which arc all weight system compatible. Inserts are also available. The 30x arrows are available now. Archers can contact local archery shops and outdoor retailers to place orders.
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Pin Nock and Nock Systems. Gold Tip now offers a complete pin nock system. The pin nock adapters are available in four sizes - Standard .246, Series 22, X-Cutter and 30x. To go with the pin nock adapters, Gold Tip offers a new line of pin nocks in a variety of colors, including: orange, flo green, green, yellow, flo red and white. Also, new to the line is Gold Tip’s press fit GT nocks for Series 22, X-Cutters and 30x shafts. These nocks are labeled and packaged by cavity, providing the consistency of single cavity nocks at a fraction of the cost.
Index-able Half Moon Nock Butt. Gold Tip continues to make life easier with new innovations. Gold Tip made a press fit nock butt with a simple 1/8” Allen wrench hole in the rear of the nock so shooters can index the nock quickly and easily without any special tools. The new nock will be available in January.
Gold Tip is a leading manufacturer and innovator of graphite composite arrow shafts. Gold Tip arrows arc manufactured in Orem, Utah and can be purchased at a variety of archery shops and retail sporting goods outlets around the world. Find out more information about our products and where to purchase them online at www.goldtip.com.
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The new Mathews Conquest Apex 7 is the next generation of the winningest bow in history! Sparta, WI. Mathews introduces the new Conquest Apex 7. It’s the latest in a long line of proven Conquest models which have more professional tournament victories than any other bow in history. The Conquest Apex 7 features a new Apex reflex riser design which offers both speed (approximately 320 fps IBO) and forgiveness. The Apex 7 is approximately 38" axle-to-axle a id has a brace height of approx imately 7”. The Conquest Apex 7 also features a machined, built-in Integral Grip that provides a i arrow grip area that looks good, feels great, and minimizes bow hand torque. I Mathews has taken the Apex Cam. the power plant behind the tournament-winning lucaess of the Conquest Apex, and redesigned it for the new Apex 7. This new cam is I both smooth-shooting and extremely fast. I The Apex 7 is available in five can’t miss colors including; Lizard Green. . Dark Shark Red, Black Out Blue, Bold Liquid Gold and Bull’s Eye Black. I For big game hunters, the Conquest Apex 7 is also available in I camo (Realtree Hardwoods® HD™) with a draw weight of 80 lbs. I (approximately). At 30” and 80 lbs. the Apex 7 will deliver in excess of Cj 90 feet pounds of kinetic energy! ■L For more information, visit your Mathews retailer or visit www.mathewsinc.com
Mathews introduces the Prestige — the perfect answer for mid draw-length shooters! Sparta, WI. “Catch us if you can!” is more than a slogan for Mathews, Inc. - lately it is a loudly spoken challenge that leaves competing bow companies in the dust. Mathews does it again with the introduction of an ultra-high performing bow that is a perfect match for the mid draw-length shooter ... the Prestige! Mathews, an innovator of scientifically engineered bow technology, has addressed the need for short draw-length shooters with the Mustang, and also long draw-length shooters with the newly released Switchback LD. But, new for 2006 is the Prestige which is perfect for those shooters who fall somewhere in-between. The Prestige is FAST! In fact, even at 29 inches, which is its longest available draw-length, it still produces approximately 322 fps, IBO! At just 3.9 pounds, the Prestige is lightweight. It measures in at approximately 35-1/2” axle-to-axle and has a brace height of about 6”. We said it was the perfect bow for in between shooters didn't we? Well, with draw-lengths that range July - August 2006
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from 22” to 29" (approximately) and with half sizes between 22-1/2" to 28-1/2” would you not agree? Draw weights are 40. 50. 60, or 70 pounds (approximately). Innovation does not stop short on the Prestige as it too is loaded with features including the Integral Grip, a feature that previously was only available on the Conquest Apex or Apex 7. It also features a perimeterweighted single (Prestige) cam and corresponding ball bearing idler wheel. There are also String Suppressors, the widely-accepted V-Lock Limb Cup System, and a pair of vibration-eliminating Harmonic Dampers found both in the riser and in the bow's Roller Guard. If you are not convinced yet that the Prestige is the perfect mid draw-length bow for you, then stop by your Mathews retailer and try it out for yourself. Or, for more information, visit us at www.mathewsinc.com
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esoiMDe Jennings® Archery Introduces the Strike and the Reliant Smooth Takes a Parallel Turn to Speed Jennings" Archcry created industry buzz with the introduction of its new Carbon Kinetics (CK) generation of bows. Last year the legendary brand upped the ante with the addition of a revolutionary j-REV™ balanced single cam system (patent pending) eliminating shock and vibration. This year, the news from Jennings* Archery is even more impressive with the newest generation's smooth performance now taking a parallel turn to speed with the introduction of the Strike and the Reliant. “With the introduction of these two new bows- the Strike and the Reliant- we’ve fine-tuned our j-REV™ balanced single cam shooting platform to deliver a deeper valley, smoother backwall and enhanced let-off system, while still delivering speeds in excess of 300 I BO fps,” said Scott Alread. archery product manager for Jennings* Archery. In fine-tuning the CK generation bows, Jennings’ has also fine-tuned the price, bringing in both of these superior hunters at just S399 suggested retail. The Strike and the Reliant feature a feather-light riser machined from aircraft aluminum, double taper lock limb cups and TechTwist'" strings- all
proven Jennings*’ components that deliver long run, top-of-tune performance. The bows come with standard factory-installed dampening from the Sims Vibration Laboratory. Both bows also feature patented short, straight and flat compression molded carbon fiber limbs that ensure precision at every pull. And speaking of pull, Jennings® engineers have added another 5% let-off this year, making these bows even more hunter-friendly in the field and in tree stands. The bows are available in the New Mossy Oak® Break-Up camo design, often requested by high-tech hunters wanting to be virtually invisible. The dipped finish is extremely durable compared to painted bows. The Strike and the Reliant are camouflaged in hunter-friendly earthtoncs. All Jennings bows carry a Limited Lifetime Warranty. The dealer-only, premium brand has legions of fans around the globe; those who can appreciate the difference between shooting an engineering marvel and a cookie-cutter type compound bow will understand what owning a Jennings® really means. In addition to its archery product brands" Fred Bear' Archery, Jennings® Archery and Satellite™ Archery- Escalade* Sports also manufactures and distributes a full line of sporting goods products including table tennis tables and equipment, pool tables and equipment, basketball systems, game tables, darting products and fitness equipment. For more information about Escalade® Sports, contact Phil Piccolo, Vice President of Marketing at Escalade* Sports, 817 Maxwell Avenue. Evansville, Indiana, 47711, 812-467-1200 or go to www.escaladesports.com. ©
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esc/MDe The Supremes Make a New Hit with Fred Bear® Montana Longbow, Super Kodiak and Kodiak Magnum Feature New Exotic Woods Often rated a Number 1 Buyer’s Choice for quality and bowycr craftsmanship, the traditional lineup from Fred Bear® Archery has introduced a new Supreme line of longbows and recurves for 2006. Making their debut are the Montana Longbow Supreme, Super Kodiak Supreme and the Kodiak Magnum Supreme. Exotic Rosewood and Zebra- woods have been used to craft these stunning bows that are both superior in the field and certain to be tomorrow’s collectable.
Montana Longbow Supreme Exotic woods highlight this handsome and great shooting longbow. From its Zebrawood core limbs to the solid Rosewood and Zebrawood riser with decorative shims, this beauty stands out in a crowd. Fiberglass overlayed tips reinforce the lowgbow’s exotic wood laminates. Included are a soft leather grip, FastFlight™ String and Original Bear designed brass medallion. Suggested retail is S799. Super Kodiak Supreme This classically designed hunter is enhanced by its exotic wood construction. The solid Rosewood and Zebrawood riser with decorative shims flows into the Zebrawood core limbs and tips, which are reinforced by fiberglass overlay. If the exotic look belies the functionality of this recurve, then be reassured by the Original Bear designed brass medallion. FastFlight™ string is included. Suggested retail is S899. Kodiak Magnum Supreme Sleek and sexy describes this distinctive recurve that is as beautiful as it is functional. As a hunting recurve, this bow has few equals. Exotic Zebrawood core limbs and tips are overlayed with clear fiberglass. This rich look continues through the solid Rosewood and Zebrawood riser with decorative shims. Its beauty extends into its performance, as Fred Bear’s timeless design allows you to reach full draw and release arrows smoothly without the uncomfortable stacking of many longer recurves. Accented by the Original Bear designed brass medallion, the bow includes FastFlight™ string. Suggested retail is S999. ®
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Announcements With Deepest Regret
Archery mourns the loss of Olympian Neroli Fairhall From FITA:
“Neroli Fairhall will be remembered for her outstanding achievements as an archer, as a sportsperson and as a role model for people with disabilities. Her death has left a large hole in the hearts of sports’ lovers everywhere,” said Colin Mitohell, President of Archery New Zealand,
commenting on the death on Sunday June 11, 2006 of one of New Zealand’s most revered icons, archer and paraplegic sportswoman, Neroli Fairhall. Neroli won the Gold Medal on the only occasion archcry has been included in the Commonwealth Games (Brisbane 1982). She was the first paraplegic to compete in the Olympic Games (Los Angeles 1984). She won numerous medals and titles in Paralympics, IPCArchery World Championships and many other tournaments around the world. She regularly competed against, and usually beat, her able-bodied opponents. She was Archery New Zealand’s National Champion for many years and although she was forced to give up archery some years ago, many of her records were unbeaten for a decade or more. “Not shooting did not mean being out of archery”, continued Colin Mitchell. “For many years she regularly coached newcomers at the Christchurch archery club, inspiring all who came into contact with her. "Tributes to Neroli, her sporting ability and her outstanding achievements as a role model for women in sport, and especially for people with disabilities, have been received from the International Paralympic Committec-Archery, from the Grand National Archery Society of Great Britain and the Oceania region. “She was awarded the MBE for her services to archery and is an IOC “Hero of the Olympics”, concluded Colin Mitchell. For further information please contact: Colin Mitchell, President Archery New Zealand, phone +61 27 4180867 (anytime) or Carole Hicks, MNZN, President Oceania Archcry Confederation, phone+61 21 0439771 (anytime). ©
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Fellow Archers,
Throughout the past thirteen years the Physically Challenged Bowhunters of America has helped thousands of people become active in archery and bowhunting. We field hundreds of letters, e-mails, and phone calls every month from people who are cither permanently disabled or have an injury and want to bowhunL We try to help everyone that contacts us whether they become members or not. We are all volunteers and none of us receive compensation for our work. Our success has been phenomenal! Our only source of income, other than memberships, is through fundraisers and auctions. This year, once again, we are going to have our fundraising auction in conjunction with the Kansas Bowhunter Association’s summer rendezvous. Wc have done this a few times previously, with great success.
We know that you receive many, many requests daily for your merchandise and it is very difficult to help everyone. With the PCBA, every time we help get someone shooting a bow and back into the woods they will eventually need to purchase some of your products. Please help us to raise money that it takes to continue our mission by donating to our cause. The auction is scheduled for August 12th outside of Salina, Kansas at the Salina Bowmen Archery Range. Please send your donation to Drew McCartney, 132 Third Street, Gorham, Kansas 67640. We arc a 501c3 organization so your donations arc tax deductible. Enclosed is our tax deductible donation form for your use.
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Donald M. Lovo, FITA Honorary First Vice President and Honorary Chairman of Judge Committee, Passes Away From FITA:
May 30, 2006. FCA is very sad to announce the sudden passing away of Donald (“Don”) M. Lovo. He has been called the father of International Judging in FITA and he participated in very good form at the latest Think Tank Meeting in Antalya only a few weeks ago. On behalf of the FITA President, all the Members of FITA Council, the FITA Judge Committee, all International Judges, the FITA Staff and all of the Archery Family we send our sincere condolences to Lois, his beloved wife. Nancy Littkc his daughter, and the entire Lovo Family. It is a sad day for Archery but the fruits of his work will remain in the Archery family. For more than 40 years Donald Lovo has worked The U.S. and Internationa! Archer, Inc. - www.usarchcr.com
to develop the sport of archcry in Canada and around the world. He has been an athlete, coach and instructor, an official and throughout the entire period a volunteer and executive. He has served in various executive positions at the club level, with provincial organizations and at the national and international levels. During the last two decades, Don has taught Sport Development Seminars for more than fifty countries. For more than 30 years, Don has maintained his involvement in archery and sport in general in the following fields: • Development Missions in Asia, South America, Europe and Africa (South Africa, Egypt, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya) • Conducted Coaching Seminars in Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, South Africa, Mexico, Romania, New Zealand, and several other countries • Course coordinator and lecturer for International Archery seminars in Poland, Spain, Greece, Turkey, France, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, China, Canada • Conducted International Judge Seminars in Yangon, Israel, Cuba, France, Great Britain • Chairman of first and third International Judge Seminar in Turkey • Organiser World Judge Conference (Canada) • Judge at Paralympic Games • Chairman of Judges (Olympic Games, South Asian Games, National Championships) • Technical Delegate for World Indoor and Outdoor Championships, Olympic Games, Pan-American Games, Oceanic Games, Caribbean Games, Canada Summer Games • Senior Technical Official in World Championships and Pan-American Games • International adviser to Organising Committees (Asian Games) • Chairman of Jury (Central American Games, Asian, African, America’s and Oceania Championships. World Championships, Asian Games, Asia Cup, Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games) • Director of Competition (Asian Games) • FITA Council and Executive Committee Member • FITA First Vice President • Member of FITA Technical Development Committee and C&R Committee • Chairman of FITA Judges’ Committee and Field Committee • Senior Advisor to Canadian Federation of Archers (FCA) Official Committee • FCA Vice President and President • FCA Target Vice President and Rule Book Committee Chairman • Canadian Olympic Association Board of Directors Member • World Team coach and manager • Canadian Team competitor and coach (World Target Championships in Sweden) • Elite Canadian archer and national team
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BLAKE SHELBY NAMED AS MARKETING DIRECTOR for PSE Tucson, AZ - Precision Shooting Equipment, Inc., celebrating its 35th year of manufacturing high quality archery equipment, has named Blake Shelby as Marketing Director for PSE Archery, Browning Archery, Archery Research, Top Gun Archery Accessories, and Carbon Force Arrows. Blake will manage all marketing communications functions including direct purchasing, production, placement of all print, co-op, and television advertising and plan all sales support material. Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Jonathan Shepley, states, “Having Blake join our team is a great asset to our company and a definite advantage for our sales team. He will ensure they have the tools necessary to be successful by increasing consumer awareness and boosting market penetration. Blake has over fifteen years experience in the outdoor industry including positions such as Publisher for Petersen’s Hunting Magazine and Marketing Director for Remington Arms Co. and Haas Outdoors (Mossy Oak). Blake and his wife Olivia have two children. His hobbies include bowhunting, turkey hunting, fishing, and spending time with his family. Blake can be reached at PSE Archery by phone, (318) 410-0024, or via email at bshelby@pse-archery.com. For more information, or to request a 2006 catalog, contact PSE Archery at (520) 884-9065 or visit: www.pse-archery.com. ©
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Photo Credit: Bill Cantrell Bottom Row: Scott Buck, Bass Pro Shops® Harrisburg; Julie Schuster, Bass Pro Shops® Nashville; Tim Bloodworth, Bass Pro Shops® Charlotte; Chris O'Hara, Bass Pro Shops® Harrisburg. Top Row: Jaime Brantley, Bass Pro Shops® Nashville; Dan Massimillo, Fred Bear®/Escalade® Sports; Scott Alread, Fred Bear'/Escalade' Sports; Larry Blumer, Bass Pro Shops® Charlotte.
State Farm Insurance Makes $500 Contribution to Maryland Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry Slate Farm Insurance has made a significant contribution ofS500 to Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH) in Maryland. This gift will help the organization provide 500 pounds of nutritious high-protein, low-fat red meat to groups that feed the hungry such as the Maryland Food Bank in Baltimore. “We greatly appreciate this gift from State Farm. Their generosity will help us provide meat for 2,000 additional meals for the hungry this fall,” said Maryland FHFH Director Josh Wilson, who also added that the group provides meat for about 500,000 meals a year in Maryland. Interest in making a contribution originated with Rich Lopez, a claims adjuster with State Farm. “I learned that another company had provided a donation to Maryland FHFH while reading an insurance trade publication. Utilizing available company channels, I informed our headquarters about the opportunity to contribute to the cause. Rapid development - especially in rural areas - has displaced wildlife and led to increases in automobile accidents involving deer. FHFH helps the Department of Natural Resources meet their deer management goals which in turn makes our roads safer. To be able to do this while feeding the hungry at the same time just makes perfect sense,” said Lopez. State Farm becomes the second major insurance company to support FHFH in Maryland. Erie Insurance Group made a contribution last fall. Both companies have indicated interest in continuing their support in the future. Maryland Senator John Astle, a vocal FHFH fan, has been encouraging auto insurance companies to support the organization. It is hoped that the generosity of State Farm and ERIE will serve as motivation for other companies to follow suit both in Maryland and in other states where FHFH is active in the battle against hunger. For more information about Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry visit www.fhfh.org or call 301-739-3000. State Farm Insurance can be found online at www.statefarm.com. 232
LaBelle, FL- Promotions managers and staff members from Bass Pro Shops’" in Harrisburg, Nashville and Charlotte were recently treated to an old fashioned Florida Hog Hunt, courtesy of Fred Bear1" Archcry. This past summer, the three Bass Pro Shops"' locations hosted the inaugural Fred Bear* Sportsman’s Club Shoot for the Hungry archery fun-shoot and raised nearly $4,000 or enough to process some 15,000 venison meals to feed local individuals and families in need. Fred Bear* and parent company, Escalade® Sports, hosted the hog hunt near Lake Okeechobee to thank those key Bass Pro Shops* promotion personnel for making the summer fundraiser a major success. Scott Alread, archery product manager for Escalade* Sports, presented a traditional Fred Bear* bow to Chris O’Hara, promotions manager for Bass Pro Shops* in Harrisburg, for raising the largest amount during the fun-shoot, a grand total of $2,370.22. The Fred Bear* Sportsman’s Club was created to promote archery and bowhunting as a familyoriented sport and at the same time support local hunting organizations through programs such as Shoot for the Hungry. Alread credited the Bass Pro Shops'* team for “a great start" to what the company hopes will be an annual Fred Bear* Sportsman’s Club Shoot for the Hungry event, adding more locations throughout the country this summer. Escalade® Sports, which manufactures and distributes the Fred Bear1*, Jennings® Archery and Satellite™ Archery brands, also manufactures and distributes a full line of sporting goods products including table tennis tables and equipment, pool tables and equipment, basketball systems, game tables, darting products and fitness equipment. For more information about Escalade* Sports, contact Phil Piccolo, Vice President of Marketing at Escalade Sports, 817 Maxwell Avenue, Evansville, Indiana, 47711, 812-467-1200 or go to www.fredbearoutdoors.com. ©
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“We offer clean, quality, well-focused expos with first-class exhibitors, first-class seminars and plenty of activities for the entire family to enjoy,” said expo producer Glenn Helgoland, president of Target Communications Corp. All expos are 2-1/2 days. Hours are 2 pm - 9 pm, Friday; 9 am - 7 pm, Saturday, and 9 am - 4 pm, Sunday. The Sunday closing time is one hour earlier than in previous years. Tickets are available at the door and will be available on-line at www. deerinfo.com. All youth ages 11 and under are admitted free on Friday when accompanied by an adult. All first-year hunters will be admitted free when they show proof of hunter education course completion within the year preceding individual expo dates. Youth ages 12-18 get a ticket discount when they show proof of hunter education course completion at the ticket window. Certified hunter education instructors are admitted free at all times when they show their certification card at the ticket window. “It’s a way to say thank you to a group of hard-working, dedicated people,” Helgoland noted. For details on each of the expos, including ticket prices, seminar topics and schedules, hotel lists, exhibitor lists, and trophy and photo contest information, contact Target Communications, 7626 W. Donges Bay Rd., Mequon, WI 53097 (1-800-324-3337) or visit the website at www.deerinfo.com ®
2007 Target Communications' Deer & Turkey Expos Schedule
The 2007 schedule of five Deer & Turkey Expo public hunting and shooting sport shows produced by Target Communications Corporation is announced. The five expos are in Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. They include more than 40 percent of the U.S. deer and turkey hunting market. A series of seminars and demonstration area on food plot development and management will be a new feature at all 2007 expos. Each expo also will have an optics hands-on viewing area, new products special display area, trophy big game contest/display (100-600 trophies, varying from expo to expo), wild foods cooking demonstrations, venison butchering and processing demonstrations, 2-1/2 days of how-to seminars on a wide range of topics, hands-on shooting opportunities, and 200550 exhibit booths, varying from expo to expo. Byron Ferguson, an internationally known trick archery shot and accomplished bowhunter, will perform on Saturday and Sunday at all five expos. The events: * February 9-11, 2007 MICHIGAN DEER & TURKEY SPECTACULAR (21st) Lansing Center, Lansing, MI * February 23-25, 2007 ILLINOIS DEER& TURKEY CLASSIC (17th) Interstate Center, Bloomington, IL * March 9-11, 2007 ohning anes laim st nd rd MINNESOTA DEER & TURKEY EXPO (2nd) n ens ro lass uring he Four Seasons Centre, Steele Co. Fairgrounds, Owatonna, MN ro m n ugusta eorgia * March 16-18, 2007 OHIO DEER & TURKEY After an exhilarating shootdown, EXPO (15th) Michael Braden walks away with the Bricker Bidg, Ohio Expo Ctr (State Frgnds), Columbus, OH top spot and his first major * Mar. 30-Apr 1, 2007 tournament win! WISCONSIN DEER& As the dust of the shootdown settled, Michael TURKEY EXPO (23rd) Braden, shooting the Bohning 1.8 X-Vane, Alliant Energy Center, claimed his first major tournament victory’. Dan Madison, WI McCarthy, also shooting the 1.8” X-Vane, finished To be sure that young people second and Jeff Hopkins, shooting the 1.5" Mini get continued exposure to Blazer. took third. shooting sports, the events will All three are members of Bohning's Pro Staff and have a kids’ instructional archery are three of the best archery has to offer. range and information on the “We are very proud to have these three National Archery in Schools champions representing Bohning”, says Dale Program (NASP). Instructors Voice, VP of Sales & Marketing. Michael Braden takes aim for die final shot of the will be provided by NASP. shootdown as Dan McCarthy and Jeff Hopkins look on. Trophy contests (whitetail deer, black bear, turkeys, elk depending upon the individual expo) feature new entries every year, keeping the displays eye popping, fresh and interesting. All expos have several hands-on shooting opportunities (archery, airgun, laser firearms, bow tryout area); live wild animal display, including live wild turkeys; outdoor photo contest; Outdoor Village of natural history displays and activities. Jeff Hopkins shooting the 1.5” Mini Blazer Dan McCarthy shooting tit 1.8" X-Yanc
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The ASA Pro/Am season went over the half-way point at the Delta Targets Pro/Am. which was held in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on April 28 through the 30th. The shoot site was at the same location as the 2005 stop, but the weather cooperated much better this time around, allowing all of the archers to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the area a little better. After winning the Limb Saver Pro/Am held in March in Columbus, Georgia. Alicia McHenry of Orangeview, Pennsylvania let it be known that it was her goal to re-attain the Shooter of the Year crown, which she has won five of her seven years shooting in professional ranks. Leading up to this shoot, McHenry finished second in Gainesille, Florida, first in Columbus, Georgia and second again in Augusta, Georgia.
McHenry entered the Pro Pressure Point Shootdown with a score of 404 and eight 12s to lead the Ladies. Lucy Holderness of England followed with a 399. Next was Rhonda Calhoun with a 397, Kelly Ward of Greensboro, North Carolina with a 396 and Annette Pettigrew of Depew. Oklahoma with a score of 392. After shooting tens on the first two targets, McHenry held a six point lead over Ward who scored a 12 on her first target and followed that up with a ten. Calhoun was in third, seven points behind McHenry, as she also had tens on her first two targets. On the third shot, McHenry shot high for a five. Ward's ten pulled her within one point of the lead. Calhoun also gained ground on McHenry with an eight and was only four points out. “1 over judged it by about four yards,” McHenry said of her five in the shootdown. ‘‘1 only shot one eight under the ten-ring today. The rest of them I over judged.”
McHenry and Ward finished the first five shots with a ten and a 12, keeping McHenry one point ahead of Ward. Calhoun had eights on the final two shots, so going into the sixth arrow Calhoun was in third, nine points behind McHenry. Pettigrew claimed fourth and Holderness slipped to fifth. Both archers were more than ten shots behind the leader so only the top three shooters made the sixth shot. Calhoun led off on the final target and shot a 12 fora final score of453 and a third place finish. Ward followed with an eight meaning McHenry needed a ten to win. McHenry’s ten vaulted her to her second win of the season and moved her out front in her pursuit of a sixth shooter of the year title. After four events, McHenry led by 23 points over Linda Owen of Lucedale, Mississippi. Does the pressure of a shooter of the year race hurt McHenry or does it drive her to try harder? “I’ve just always had a real positive attitude,” McHenry said about her mental attitude going into a shoot. “I feel that I am going to be in the shootoff before I even get here. I think that helps a little bit.” Alicia McHenry’s Equipment: Hoyt Pro Tec551bs 28” draw Easton Light Speed 500 arrows, Duravane vanes, 80 gr. points Sure Loe sight Classic Scope no lens Scott Longhorn 3finger release Bodoodle Rest AEP Stabilizer Nikon Binoculars Other sponsors G5 Broadheads Coffee Marketing Schultz’s World " Class Archcry Alicia McHenry
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Darrin Christenberry of Spencer, Indiania worked hard for his first win in Men’s Pro, which he finally took hold of by winning the Limb Saver Pro/Am in Columbus, Georgia in March. People told him that once he got that first win it would be all down hill from there. However, Christenberry will be giving out a little different advice. After his win in Columbus, Christenberry finished a disappointing 35th place in Augusta, Georgia, which made him go back to work. “I went home, made sure my equipment was right, judged my butt off and shot good shots,” Christenberry said of his practice schedule after Augusta. “It doesn’t matter how good you shoot if you don’t know the number. You’ve got to practice that yardage.” “I tell you what, it makes you hungry,” Christenberry said of the first win. “A big weight was lifted off my shoulders when I won the first one. It doesn’t get any easier. No matter how hard the course is, no matter how easy the course is, you’ve got to shoot 32, 34 up to get in here, to put yourself in position.” In Oak Ridge, Darrin did just that. He shot a score of 342 and eighteen 12s to come into the Pro Pressure Point Shootdown trailing Michael Braden of Keller, Texas who shot a 434 and twenty two 12s. Jeff Hopkins of Clayton, Delaware and Thomas Gomez of Del Valle, Texas each shot 428 with Hopkins coming into the shootdown in third with one more 12 ring than Gomez. Evan Baize rounded out the top five with a 427 and nineteen 12s. The field bunched up in a hurry as Braden shot a ten on the first target while all four of the other shooters hit 12s which brought Christenberry and Braden even. Braden 12’d the next shot. Gomez and Baize hit eights and Christenberry and Hopkins found tens again giving Braden a two point lead. Christenberry pulled even again on the third shot with a 12 July - August 2006
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to Braden’s ten. The competition was so close that Hopkins’ eight dropped him to fifth when Gomez hit a 14 and Baize a 12. On the fourth shot, Christenberry again hit a 12 to Braden's ten giving him a two point lead. Gomez and Baize again hit the 12 while Hopkins stayed in fifth with another ten. As crunch time arrived, the Men’s Pros continued to give the Pro Pressure Point Shootdown crowd a show. On the fifth arrow Christenberry again nailed a 12, his third in a row and fourth out of the five shootdown shots. Braden’s ten gave Christenberry a four point lead. Gomez’s ten kept him in third, two points behind Braden. Hopkins nailed a 14 to move into fourth and Baize’s ten kept him within ten points of the leader as he was nine behind Christenberry, meaning all five shooters would shoot the final arrow, a feeding deer approximately 34 yards away. Baize led off with an eight and a fifth place finish. Hopkins nailed a twelve putting some pressure on the other three shooters. Gomez hit an eight dropping him to fourth. Braden needed an 8 to tie Hopkins, a ten to lock up second or a 12 to put some pressure on Christenberry. Braden nailed the 12-ring meaning Christenberry needed at least a ten for the win. Christenberry nailed the ten for the second victory of his career and of the season. 235
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Curry finished in fourth and Stachler fifth. With Saturday’s course being mainly uphill, Goza tried to play smart. “1 shot a real safe game because of the uphill,” Joseph said. “Just try to keep it in the ten. 1 knew the range we were going to shoot (Sunday) would be a little more flat and we could be a little more aggressive. When you’re shooting uphill it is really hard because it makes your draw length longer.”
Joseph Goza’s Equipment: Mathews Conquest 3, 28.5’ draw and 60 pounds Easton 430 ACE arrows, 315 gr. total weight, Duravane vanes, 100 gr. point Sureloc sight Sureloc Scope AEP stabilizers Nikon Binoculars Neet calf hair tab “I hit a bunch of 12’s in the shootdown,” Christenberry said. “I judged well this weekend. 1 shot my bow as good as 1 could and things just went my way.”
Henagar, Alabama had not been able to crack the top three and get up on the platform. All that changed in Oak Ridge as Goza took all doubts out of this one when he shot a 412 with nine 12s entering Darrin Christenberry’s Equipment: the Pro Pressure Point Shootdown. That Mathews Apex 30” draw, 66 pounds. score gave him a commanding 14 point Easton 2412 arrows, lead over Rodney Huffman of Benton, 110 gr. point, Missouri who shot a 398 for the weekend. 2” fletch flex vanes Gene Curry of Brownwood, Texas was CBE Quad Lite site in third with a 388, followed by Chris Classic Scope with 3X lens Stachler of Celina, Ohio and Larry Goza Shrewd Stabilizer and v-bars of Crossville, Alabama each with a 387 Carter Target 3 plus and six 12s. “I’ve put a lot of time into shooting Joseph Goza’s name has been this year because I have not been doing synonymous with the Limited Pro well,” Goza said of his preparation. “It winners’ circle for the past four or has made me practice more, want it more. five years. However, in 2006 Goza, of My yardage was working real well. Just making real good shots and playing it safe all weekend. 1 shot by Coffey Marketing Corporation safe side of the 12 and hit some. I didn’t shoot but WEIGHING MODES: kg, lbs three eights.” WEIGHING AMOUNTS: 220 lbs. HAS PEAK HOLDING WEIGHT In the -HOLDS WEIGHT AMOUNT FOR shootdown, 1 TO 1 1/2 MINUTES Joseph Goza CAN WEIGH LIKE A won by the same NORMAL SCALE fourteen point BACKLIT FUNCTION spread while OPERATES ON TWO Huffman finished AAA BATTERIES in second. Larry (INCLUDED) Goza jumped to HAS TEMPERATURE third by shooting Contact your local Archery Dealer or call two 12s in the Coffey Marketing Corporation (270-369-7323) to get yours today. shootdown.
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Similar to Joseph Goza, Tom Crowe of Umpqua, Oregon had been having a sub par season compared to what has come to be expected of him prior to his win in Augusta, Georgia in early April. However, after a few form changes, Crowe got his first win of the season in Augusta and followed that up with a win in Oak Ridge for two in a row. Crowe, who shot a 426 with seventeen 12s entered the shootdown with a five point lead over Derry Null of Zanesville, Ohio and went on to win by seven points. Dan Renner of Pelzer, South Carolina finished in third. Mike Davis of Hopewell, Virginia entered the shootdown in fifth, but climbed to a fourth place finish. Jackie Caudle of Gadsden, Alabama rounded out the top five.
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Bowstring Fibers for Modern Whnt's "Best for Me? In the early 1980’s the only available bowstring material of any importance was Dacron so the choice was really how many strands to use based on the draw weight. At that time the majority of the bows were recurves. Compounds became more prominent in the 80’s and at that time, Fast Flight bowstring became available. After some initial problems, it was almost an industry standard that the compound bow would be equipped with Fast Flight material and most recurves with Dacron - easy times. Look now at the options. Dacron is still available, but not the original Fast Flight. Now you have to choose from 450 Plus, 452X, Ultra Cam, S4, TS1 Plus, 8125, Dynaflight 97, 02, Excellerant, Fast Flight Plus andprobably a few more. So “Which one is best for me?” Let’s start with recurves No question that Dacron should still be used on older recurves. The number of strands will vary according to the draw weight of the bow. 16 strands is a popular number, plus or minus 2. Newer recurves with reinforced limb tips can be equipped with the latest materials, probably the best recommendation would be to follow the lead of top Olympic archers or top world recurve shooters. Recently many top recurve and Olympic shooters have chosen to shoot BCY’s 8125 material and 452X. The preference for these materials is due to more stability on the bow. The lower the creep, the more consistent the performance. Many modern recurve shooters use Dynaflight 97. It is very tough, very consistent, very durable, and very reliable. 14 strands, plus or minus 2, are normal. A light wax version of Dynaflight 97 is BCY’s 02 material. It has all the same features as Dynaflight 97, just a lower wax, which is preferred by many recurve shooters. It reduces the weight of the string, giving perhaps a faster snot. Confused already? Well,Just to summarize - 8125, Dynaflight 97 and 02 are all made from the top quality SK75 Dyneema material. 8125 is a thinner diameter which generally gives a little more speed. Dynaflight 97 and 02 are a larger diameter strand, extremely durable. The 02 has less wax than the Dynaflight 97. Many recurve shooters prefer the lower wax. Otherwise, these two are basically the same. Flemish stringmakers prefer heavy wax, therefore should not consider 02. For serving material on recurves, the choice now is BCY’s 62 braid. The diameter of the serving depends on the number of strands. For the end serving, normally .018 or .021 is used, or the newer 62XS braid which is more durable. BCY’s Halo serving is preferred by some top recurve finger shooters. A braided Spectra/Dyneema product, it is extremely durable and has the right feel for finger shooters. Shooters using older recurves July - August 2006
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HENDRIX WINS ESPN2 HOT SHOTS! CHAMPIONSHIP North Carolina archer claims his 4th victory in 'Eliminator' competition by blazing past Utah's Tim Gillingham in Hot Shots! final at Dallas.
DALLAS, Texas. - Randy Hendrix ofWinston Salem, NC, raced through the “Speed Challenge” round with four straight target-shattering shots to win the ESPN2 Hot Shots! Archery Championship May 27 at Elm Fork Shooting Park. Hendrix’s 24-15 victory over Tim Gillingham of Provo, UT, in the title round locked up his fourth career victory in this fastpaced, single-elimination competition called “The Eliminator.” Hendrix, 49. won three gold medals while dominating recent Eliminator events at the ESPN Great Outdoor Games. He finished fourth at the 2005 GOG after winning the event in 2004, 2002 and 2001. The Eliminator is a spectator-friendly, made-for-TV archery competition supported and promoted by the Archery Trade Association and its nonprofit foundation, ArrowSport. It features prize money, moving targets, strategic decisions, and head-to-head competition. Targets shatter on impact so spectators know instantly how each shooter is doing, and try to guess how each
hit or miss will affect a competitor’s strategy on the next shot. Hendrix’s victory, along with a win by Des Moines archer Mark Wagner in the consolation round, meant the top three seeds entering the Hot Shots! Championship retained the same three spots at the end. “Hendrix, Gillingham and Wagner were 1, 2, 3 when the day began and they stayed that way,” said Bryan Roc, the ATA’s event coordinator for the Eliminator. “In fact, the only difference in the top five finishes was that Chris Berry (Sarcoxie. Mo.) and Josh Deering (Maple City, Mich.) switched spots. Chris entered as the fourth seed and finished fifth, and Josh entered as the fifth seed and finished fourth.” Hendrix, dubbed the “Quiet Intimidator” by fellow archers, won the championship round in familiar fashion. Fie forced Gilingham to gamble at the third shooting station in hopes of gaining a commanding lead going into the Speed Challenge, the fourth and final station, which Hendrix dominates. Gillingham led Hendrix, 12-9, after the first two stations, and decided to go for a 9-point target when they reached the 40-yard shot known as “Risk.” This station requires each shooter to choose one of four targets, with the largest target scoring three points and the smallest 12 points. Despite winds gusting between 20 and 30 mph, Gillingham went for nine points, hoping to put Hendrix away before they reached the Speed Challenge. When Gillingham missed, Hendrix safely shot the 3-point target to put them in a 12-12 tie. Hendrix then clinched the Continued on page: 247
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This year we were treated to something very rare for Bedford.... Good weather. Wow, that certainly made this shoot much more enjoyable. Although, when we arrived on Friday (a day later than usual for us) it was obvious that Thursday hadn’t been the same nice weather. Several tents in the display area had been destroyed and some of the buildings had the roofs partially blown off. Friday afternoon was a little breezy, but Saturday and Sunday were picture perfect. According to the locals the area had endured seven and a half days of constant rain. With this thought my hat is certainly off to the folks who set the ranges. Setting all these ranges is a great task in itself if the weather will cooperate, but doing it in the rain with slippery footing just adds a new dimension of difficulty to the task and while I’m on the subject of ranges...... This was a series of great sets on the targets. The targets weren’t ridiculously long or hidden. The terrain was used incredibly well to make what would be a normal target one that needed a little more thought in order to shoot a ten or eleven. If you didn’t make this shoot then you missed one of the best IBO shoots I’ve seen in the past ten years, although my score didn’t reflect it. I had to deal with a problem that frequently occurs and I’d imagine that many others have had to endure the same frustration and perhaps were unaware of the true cause of the problem. It’s called ‘Mexican-Jumping-Elevens’. They seem to have the ability to jump out of the way of the arrow, and sometimes this even spreads to the ten also. At least that’s my
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story at this time until I think of a better one. Here’s a little ‘atta boy’ to the pros. 1 say to the pros only because I wasn’t on the other ranges, but I hope this happened there as well. With the several days of rain prior to the tournament, the ground was pretty well saturated and very soft. This makes it difficult to keep the target in the proper position as the shooting and arrow pulling tends to loosen the stakes in the soft soil. We saw where several targets had been straightened and were always careful to make sure the targets were as they should be when we left them. This is called sportsmanship. Keep up the good work. It’s contagious. In the PMR class: 1st Nathan Brooks, 2nd Paul Thompson, and 3rd Richard Leftwich. There was a three way tie for third with Michael Anderson (4th) and Danny Me Carthy (5th). The tie was broken by the number of elevens shot. Richard shot a great eleven count to capture the third spot. In the PWR class: 1st Ginger Moorehead, 2nd Alicia McHenry, and 3rd Tina Huntzinger. In the PMF class: 1st Rodney Huffman, 2nd Joseph Goza, and 3rd Chris Stachler. In the PSR class: 1st Randall Jones, 2nd Tom Crowe, and 3rd Mick Weller III. Congratulations to all of you! But as the looser’s lament goes... Just wait till the next time.. ©
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Stanislaws Open Well it’s getting light out and all the birds are singing. Spring has arrived and it’s time to leave for the Stanislawski Open at the David Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. I’ll be meeting my friend, George Dixon, Winners of the Senior Compound Unlimited there for the third leg of the World Archery Festival 3 Star Tour. Shooters in Championship, L-R front: Steve Boylan (1"), Chris the tour have competed in the World Archery Festival Vegas Shoot, the NFAA Baling (2"‘‘) and Tom Crowe (3r”) with NFAA President Indoor Championship and the Stanislawski Open in order to get the chance to Bruce Cull and Vice President Brian Sheffler. shoot off for a new Ford Mustang! 1 picked up George at the nearby airport on Friday, April 22nd, and we checked into our room. Then we were ready to drive the short distance to the Convention Center to check out the area before the weekend’s tournament. Once we arrived there we looked to see which target bale number we would be shooting on the next day. I like to practice on my target on Friday before a tournament so I will get used to the lighting and the surroundings. There were lots of shooters there for the event. Everyone was charged up for the competition since this is the last indoor tournament. They were talking about getting outside to shoot. I discovered that 1 would be shooting with Chris Beling, Tom Crowe and “Mr. Reflex” (Deny Null) on Saturday. I knew 1 was going to have a good time shooting against these guys! I was scheduled to shoot for score on the 3 o'clock line (great, by then I’m totally awake). Saturday arrived and everyone was at their target and ready for a highly competitive weekend of shooting. At the end of the day, Derry and I had tied. Winners ofthe Compound Unlimited Male So I knew he was going to have to “put up with me” on Sunday too! Championship, L-R front: Shane Wills (3ri), Bob Eyler On Sunday there were storms in the area. The windows in the building (P') and Reo Wilde (2nJ) with NFAA President Bruce would get very dark, making the targets difficult to see. Then the sun would Cull and Vice President Brian Sheffler. come out and brighten up the view. It made for a very challenging competition. Bob Eyler won the Compound Unlimited Male Championship, fol lowed by Reo Wilde and Shane Wills. Steve Boylan won the Senior Compound Unlimited Championship followed by Chris Beling and Tom Crowe. Tiffany Reeves won the Compound Unlimited Female Championship followed by Doris Jones and Alicia McHenry. Randy Brabec won the Freestyle Limited Compound Championship followed by William Boyd and Rodney Huffman. Vic Wunderle won the Clas sic Limited Male Championship followed by Richard Johnson and Jason McKittrick. JeffHuman won the Freestyle Bowhunter Cham pionship followed by Bill Hakl and Chris Berry. After the 3 o’clock line finished, we all got to shoot for a new Ford Mustang. I always sieve noyian wins me senior Ryan phelps shows Ber„ie peuerite get to shoot with Connie Calloway every year. We have a great time (SCU) Championship. Steve his “Robin Hl)0(p’ arrow. trying to get past the 25 yard line without getting eliminated. This has been on fire this year! year wasn’t any different, we got eliminated and Chance Beaubouef won the car! Then they had the shoot-down for the ATV over at the 3-D range. Darrin Christen berry was the happy winner of that! It was an exciting tournament and we all had a great time! If you have any thoughts on how to get even more archers to attend The Stanislawski Open, contact the NFAA or its President, Bruce Chris Beling is all smiles af Cull, and let him hear your ideas. Darrin Christenberry is all smiles after Michigan archer, Andy ter placing 2 ’ " 1 in the Senior winning the 3-D 12-Ring Shoot Down Well, until the next shoot . . . Dayton, won the Cub Male (SCU) Championship! event for the ATV. shoot safe!® Free Style division. 240
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The Shot Doctor Video Your Shot By Terry UUunderle
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All archers would like to improve their shooting skills. Some can afford the luxury of a private coach or attend a good shooter’s school. Others cannot. Any person can become a good archer with or without a coach. The advantage of having a coach is to shorten the learning curve and to get you back on track quickly when you encounter trouble. The whole key to becoming a good shot is consistency. There isn’t necessarily a right way or a wrong way to shoot. The use of certain muscle groups when executing a shot can make it much easier to develop consistency. When I work with an archer, I am looking for inconsistencies in his or her form. Ifthc person is doing something in a different way than the mental picture I have of perfect form, I do not worry about it as long as the individual does it the same every time. This is what you need to look at and evaluate in your own form. The archcry shot is actually relatively simple. The bow arm needs to have consistent pressure towards the target and the release arm needs to maintain consistent pressure away from the target. First, let’s look at the bow arm. The forward pressure should be executed with the same amount of force and in the same direction on every shot Examine your form by shooting numerous shots at a bull’s-eye target at ten yards. Pay attention to how your bow arm reacts. If done properly, it should move to the same position each time the arrow is released. Once you have mastered this, shoot the target at twenty yards for score. Set up a video camera in front of you and film a shooting series. Afterwards, evaluate the reaction of your bow arm and sec if you maintained consistency. A common problem that occurs is when an archer attempts to over-aim the shot. When this happens, the degree and angle of forward pressure is changed and the bow arm reacts differently. With a compound bow, over ninety-percent of the misses come from the bow arm. If this happens to you. strong concentration and form work will help remedy the situation. Next, look at the release arm and hand. Shoot a series of shots from ten yards at a bull’s-eye target and video the process. When viewing the tape, examine it to determine if your release hand took the same path and ended in the same position on each shot. If not, continue shooting at ten yards until you achieve consistency. Ifyou arc trying to maintain backpressure with your arm muscles, it will be difficult to be consistent. The process is much easier ifyou pull with the muscles in your back. Once you have established a good July - August 2006
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release at ten yards, shoot at twenty yards for score. Again, video and evaluate the sequence. A benefit of recording your shots is having the proof that consistency is present. If you are not replicating your shots, you can identify wnere you are having difficulty. Once you have cleaned up both the bow arm and the release arm, it is time to evaluate the whole shot process. Shoot, score, and video a series of twenty shots at the same target, but this time move back to thirty yards. After each shot, call out the score of the arrow, so that it
can be recorded on video. At the longer distance, it is common for an archer to over-aim the shot in an attempt to fine tune the sighting. When this occurs, the shooting rhythm slows and the form starts breaking down. Go over the video and identifv'where your form changed on any missed shots. Once you have identified the problem, you will be able to correct it. By becoming more involved in the shot process and examining it through videotapes, you will develop a more consistent form and successfully shoot tighter groups. ©
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COACH'S COANCR Houj the Pros Do It: Holding Steady - Part 2 biji Bernie Pellerite © 2006
Author’s Bio: Bernie Pellerite is a Professional Level IV Master Coach and has 10 animals in the top 10 of the S.C.I. Bowhunting World Record Book. He’s a leading technical writer and archery analyst, published in many foreign countries as well as several U.S. archery magazines and recently re-published a 2nd edition of his book, "Idiot Proof Archery” (ad on page 245. He is president of Robinhood Video Productions with 37 titles to offer, and is the inventor of three back tension release aids: Bcmie’s Missing Link. Bernie’s Knuckle Under and The Bernie’s Can’t Punch™ which eliminates punching and target panic. Also, he manufacturers “Bernie’s PanicMaster and Bow Simulator”, Bernie’s Laz-Air, which is similar to the once popular air-bow and a line of custom stabilizers called “Bernie’s Control Freak.” As a professional coach, he created the world-famous NFAA Shooter’s School and now runs his own school called “The School of Advanced Archery”, which also certifies advanced level instructors as an option. Bernie and his wife, Jan, will be conducting these exciting shooter’s schools, which are also available on six video tapes. For more information, call Bernie or Jan at Robinhood Videos (614) 322-1038, fax (614) 322-1039 or visit their website: www. robinhoodvideos.com.
Most advanced and pro shooters see a sight picture that is entirely different and is three to five times calmer than yours . . . they see a very slowly floating pin or dot that seldom leaves the aiming area (!%” x-ring at 20 yards) or kill zone and, in some cases, nearly stops for two to three seconds. Ideally, most can hold it there for four to seven seconds without getting much worse, and in the best examples, it usually stays fairly steady day to day in practice or in tournaments. By now, you are probably asking yourself two questions . . . “What’s the secret, and how come we haven’t heard more about this?” The answer to the second question, I think, is threefold. First, as I have said before, most pros (with a few notable exceptions) are better shooters than teachers and the rest of them see no advantage in educating the competition. Second, good coaches and teaching pro shops are not easy to find. Third, most sports writers are usually much better writers than coaches or shooters and don’t know the answers themselves. To answer the first question, we need to look a little deeper into the cause of the problem. In my opinion, the primary reason that most people shake or can’t hold their sight still is they are using muscles to try and hold it steady. To me, the words “using muscles” and “holding steady" in the same sentence is a contradiction in terms. Randy Ulmer points out “. . . any time we recruit muscle fiber, there is tension, and tension causes movement.” The more muscular involvement we have, the more movement we get. At this point, it is important to note that this muscular involvement, so prevalent in beginner through semi advanced levels, can be traced to four primary problems not present at the top shooting levels: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Incorrect Draw Length Bad Form Too Much Draw Weight Not Enough Bow Mass Weight
Because of the length of this subject matter, Incorrect Draw Length and Bad Form were covered in the previous issue. Draw Weight The average shooter shoots ten to thirty pounds too much draw weight at full draw, causing them to have a shaky sight picture. In recent years, bows with high let-offs have claimed to change that somewhat, but because of their huge cam(s) and the fact that they stay at peak weight much longer through the draw cycle, they have actually made it worse for most archers. After muscling past 242
the peak weight, they have all the wrong muscles completely flexed by the time they get to full draw. They do not, and cannot, effectively relax those muscles at this point, thus causing their sight pictures to be extremely shaky. Now that you understand about muscular involvement, it should be easy to grasp why most people don’t have much of a chance trying to hold a 60 to 90 pound bow steady. Give yourself a chance to win! Crank it down to a reasonable poundage, something that your body can handle comfortably, all day! If, when you draw your bow, you have to hold your bow anywhere but on the target, such as pulling into your chest, (see photo), grunt, or change the expression on your face, you are pulling too much weight.
"Skying” (he bow and drawing across the chest to get to full draw is a sign that the archer is pulling too much weight.
Mass Weight of the Bow This brings us to another weight problem — mass weight of the bow. Most of the top shooters have discovered that adding heavier stabilizers, front and/or rear, helps a great deal in holding the bow steady. I’ve picked up several of their bows at major shoots and while doing their videos. Most weigh two to three times as much as the standard 34 lb. factory bow. When I was shooting competitively, I shot a nine or ten pound bow for target and 3-D, and about an eight pound hunting bow. My sight picture became 25% steadier, especially in the wind. That’s why I developed the first shooter-controlled variable internal weight modular Control Freak stabilizer system. Experts know that target pistols and rifles with heavy frames and bull barrels hold much steadier than standard issue weapons. A word of caution here; You can’t change from a four pound bow to an eight pound bow overnight (yes, you do need to use some muscles . . . even with boneto-bone form). You must build up your muscles, your endurance, and increase the amount of mass weight slowly, or you will make things worse and find your bow
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shoulder aching, your elbow quivering, and your sight wanting to “drop out the bottom.” Go slow! An inexpensive way to build your muscles is to use a milk jug (see photo). One gallon of water weighs approximately eight pounds, so calculate how much water to add to make the jug weigh what your bow does . . . then add one cup (14 pound). Practice lifting and holding it 30-50 times per day. Add one cup once or twice a week until you have arrived at the total bow weight you want.
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The School of Advanced Archery & Instructor Certification a.k.a. “A Weekend at Bernie’s” is well into it’s third year. So far, the ever-popular mobile Shooter’s School (formerly the NFAA Shooter’s School) has conducted 27 schools. 336 students have attended with 313 becoming Certified Instructors. Jan and Bernie report that there is still an incredible amount of interest expressed in attending the Shooter’s School, but more people willing to host the event are needed. So, you interested shooters, go after your pro shop owners and club presidents and book a Shooter’s School near you! Remember, the host shop or club receives 10% and the contact person attends for free. The following picture of Shooter’s School graduates are listed alphabtically. (*denotcs Certified Instructor; ** Practice lifting a jug of water to build up your muscles gradually
The Mental Side of Holding Steady All of the above changes along with good muscle tone will add up to a much steadier sight picture, but it evolves into something even more important. This will calm your mind and give you confidence that you do not have to rush the execution. There is no problem then, with concentrating on the center of the target and squeezing the back muscles until the release happens. At this level, your good days and your bad days are also much closer to being the same. When you haven't shot for some time, or are extremely tired, nervous, or anxious about a shot or series of shots, your sight picture always gets worse, regardless of which aiming method you use. The difference is that if your holding or aiming ability depends entirely on muscular involvement, underdeveloped, tired, nervous, or adrenaline-charged muscles will always cause a shakier sight picture. This more rapid movement of the sight increases anxiety, frustration, and panic in the shooter’s mind. This moves the shooter’s concentration from the target (where it should be) . . . to the pin or dot, then back to the trigger or fingers . . . then back to the target . . . and then the conscious mind tells you, . . . “Hurry up! I can’t hold it much longer! I'm going to miss! Hit the trigger. SHOOT! . . . SHOOT! NOW!” Sound familiar? Give yourself a chance to win! Crank your bow down to a reasonable poundage and try adding mass weight gradually to help steady your sight picture. You'll find it’s less painful and much more fun! Editor’s note: The preceding article is an excerpt from Bernie’s book “Idiot ProofArchery’’ (See ad on page 245.) This best selling hardcover book has over 300 pages and 350 photos and diagrams. It is one of the most comprehensive books ever written on archery and the most popular that's available on the market today. © July - August 2006
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label. As you’ll see, bows marked 31 are supposed to be anything from 31 to 31 and 15/16 which accounts for why so many archers are seen trying to use bows that are really too long for them. Truth is that after you eventually settle into the shooting position form you want to use plus decide on the exact model of release There is another side to the term aid you will use it is not unusual to find “draw length" and here it is as I see it. you really need a bow set for 30 and 3/16 Surely if both dealers and consumers inches, nearly an inch SHORTER than the better understood the overall picture of “31” you were told. Most people arc fitted more accurate “draw lengths” for both with bows that are too long for them in the the bow and the shooter there would be beginning and as it is not unusual that as less confusion and less frustration for you experiment and settle in and set your everyone. The situation is quite simple bow to your MOST COMFORTABLE actually, consumers need bows in every DRAW LENGTH you may have altered 1/16 of an inch draw length across the it several times. spectrum but it is just not feasible to Just in case you don’t know it, supply bows in this manner, for several the “REAL” reason so many of us good reasons. As you’ll understand soon. have become addicted to compound since manufacturers simply cannot offer bows is because of the INCREASED bows in every 1/16 increment from 18 to ACCURACY that is possible from 34 inches the owners and the dealers have simply BEING MORE COMFORTABLE no choice except to make bow draw length AT FULL DRAW WHILE AIMING. Understand that whatever the reason is that you bother to shoot arrows at all, the whole idea is TO HIT WHAT YOU ARE AIMING AT, so that is why I continually remark that AIMING IS THE NAME OF THE GAME. CASE IN POINT. Years ago while putting the bow product line together I had access to a one-ofa-kind precision shooting machine that would draw a bow and record the weight at every eighth of an inch and then graph and calculate the stored energy under the draw force curve chart. I had just finished one for the AMO rating on a new 60 pound peak cam model that stored 83.8 foot pounds to shoot the 540 grain AMO test arrow at 230 feet per second. Later, on a Saturday, I used the same machine, which was only in working condition for a few months before being abandoned, to similarly test a homemade longbow for a friend. At the same 30 inch Figure 1. Head erect, how arm extended with hack tension and a how thatfits so well it seems draw length setting it drew to a peak to fall “ker-plunk” into place to hold more steady while aiming. Il has nothing to do with end weight of 86 pounds and stored an ing up at your lowest holding weight “in the valley" hut more often you’ll he slightly past it to a almost identical 83.4 foot pounds. slightly higher weight where you feel more solid. A 60 pound peak being held at a low tension of only 12 to 21 pounds (65 to 80%) simply will not allow holding as steady as possible. Remember, Strangely enough, that same 540 grain test arrow clocked at a nearly the name of the game is “aiming" and not “who can shoot while holding the lightest weight." identical 231 fps. adjustments for each particular shooter. Unlike your adult hat size or shoe size which stay virtually the same, (we won’t mention waist sizes) your “personal compound bow draw length requirements” can change significantly and sometimes quite often for any number of reasons. Your very first draw length measurement may prove to be a “mile” off from what you eventually end up with which is why you hear many people say it “it is very difficult to determine the best draw length of a brand new shooter.” That is, the more experienced you are as a shooter and the more settled you are on the actual accessories you will be using the better chance you have of getting the closest possible draw length setting on your first bow purchase. THE OPERATIVE WORD IS “COMFORTABLE.” Just because several years ago “somebody” told you that you were a 31 inch draw that doesn’t mean that all you’ll ever need to do is buy a bow that simply has a “31” on its
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Weeks later I happened to have the two charts together and noticed the essentially identical arrow weight and speed from the two completely different bow types. There were two things realized that I often make use of. First, is that if these two archers shot at the same target at 50 yards for example, their arrows would essentially take the same trajectory path and then not only arrive at the same time but impact with identical kinetic energy. So in this case, neither bow is “more effective” than the other, so why bother to use a compound bow rather than a nonmechanically assisted traditional bow? The second revelation is that we must consider the projected consistency of one setup versus the other. Think about which of these two archers is more likely to always make a good first shot, much less make four good hits in a row, the one HOLDING 86 POUNDS WHILE AIMING, or the one aiming while holding only 22 pounds? What better example could there be to point out what “the only real benefit” of a compound actually is. Realize also that the compound bow archer mentioned above never had to feel more than 60 pounds and aimed while holding only 22 pounds while the other had to fight and hold 86 pounds during the entire shot. To me, it is only a “fringe benefit” of that compound bow user above wants to hit the target even harder than his longbow counterpart it will happen with every pound of peak weight he adds. Plus, using a lighter and even faster arrow, with increased peak weight it can quickly surpass the kinetic energy impact the longbow and 540 grain arrow is limited to. He can increase his peak weight anywhere up to that 86 pound example and have both a faster and a harder impacting arrow while still remaining quite comfortable while aiming as he holds a mere 29 pounds or less. FITTING A BOWS DRAW LENGTH TO THE ARCHER, A nonmechanically assisted traditional longbow or recurve bow is simply drawn and held and shot from any point the archer chooses, i.e., a bow marked 60 pounds for a 28 inch draw archer will actually be brought up to about 65 pounds when used by a 29 inch draw archer. Since their inception, compound bows have essentially been available in common 1 inch draw increments and 10 pound peak weight increments meaning a 31 and 5/8 inch archer wanting 60 pounds simply orders the 31-60 version of the selected model. In shoes, hats and clothing, you have to select a size to get a useable fit and compound bows are basically the same and as with the others, the closer it fits the better. With hats, shoes and clothing you might use safety pins, staples or newspaper stuffing to improve the fit slightly and all compound bows can be "tweaked” for a PRECISE fit by using whichever string length altering feature that is available July - August 2006
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on that model. From inbuilt methods of relocating string end loop connections to change their effective length or by a few twists to shorten a string a little more, the better it fits initially the easier it becomes touching it up to an “exact fit”. As it turns out, the better solution to help more archers obtain a closer initial fit in a compound bow is by educating both dealers and consumers. As I said earlier, it is quite common to see large numbers of archers struggling while attempting to use a bow that is 2 or 3 or even 4 inches too long in draw for them and wondering why they “can’t hold more still” or are making such slow progress. Draw length modifications of more than about an inch generally call for new eccentric wheels of a completely different basic size. All that can become quite complicated and expensive so it is much nicer to be very close on the first try so that only small draw length adjustments will ever be needed.
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Figure 2. There are extra posts or adjust able posts to effectively alter bowstring and buss cable lengths for draw length changes. Be certain you confirm your nocking point is at the same reference point before trying to shoot again since all end loop relocations will cause the nocking point location to be either raised or lowered.
MANUFACTURING SPECS. There arc no exacting industry standards for the marking of bow draw lengths and each company does it as they think best. That is, there is no Gestapo agency to either inspect or enforce draw length settings. Fact is, any draw length setting from an actual 30 to 30 and 15/16 is actually in the 30 inch increment so it can be marked as a “30” so every 30 inch model by every company might be "anywhere” in that 30 inch increment. Be alert to realize that when you think that brand "x” model in your increment seems to “feel better” or to “hold more steady” than that brand “y” model. Understand that the one that actually fits you the best at that moment may account for your ability to hold it more steady since no design feature can possibly account for that. If you are a release aid shooter realize that you should not judge the way a bow feels when drawing with only your fingers. Be certain you only do draw length fit 245
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evaluations while using the very same release aid or tab that you will be shooting with. Strangely enough, archers are not born with draw lengths exactly on the 1 inch increments. Point is, even if every new bow was somehow marked absolutely perfect down to onesixteenth increments, the odds arc it would serve no real purpose anyway since only a very few consumers would ever be measured accurately enough to match them and would still need small changes later anyway, so it would all basically be a lost cause. Having personally evaluated large numbers of bow brands and models over many years for reports I can only tell you to not be concerned about what the draw length marking is and to expect anything. I’ve found new bows marked 30 that were as short as 28 and 1/2 to as long as 32 and 1/2.1 won’t even mention how bad some peak weight situations were. Therefore, a 30 inch brand “x” bow may truly measure 30 and 1/16 inches and a 30 inch brand “y” bow might actually be a full three quarters of an inch longer at 30 and 13/16 inches and both be offered to the same archer by the dealer simply because both label read 30. Also, a brand “z” bow marked 30 inches may really be 30 and 5/8 which is somewhere between them. As you can now imagine, due to string and cable length tolerances it is not uncommon for two IDENTICAL models with identical markings to measure up to 7/8 of an inch different from each other since both are still within the specified inch increment. Which is fine since people do not “come only in exact one inch increments” there is no real need to manufacture them that precisely anyway. It is normal that most all bows arc not set at the “perfect" 1/2 inch point of that increment which I submit is the most desirable and would call for fewer and shorter alterations. Now that you understand all of this, don’t allow yourself to be obsessed with the label’s marking! Like shoes, hats and clothing, accept only reality and go by the feel, not simply by what it happens to be written on the label. DETERMINING THE DRAW LENGTH OF THE COMPOUND BOW ARCHER. Determining a new shooter’s draw length and getting it right the first time is extremely difficult, if not impossible. For new archers it can easily be only a ballpark dimension at best so the goal is always to get as close as possible on the first try. In my opinion, immediately accepting and then using a bow as it is right out of the box accounts for the reason so many archers arc seen with bows that are either too Jong or too short in draw for them. Some of my most hilarious memories in archery shops involve watching a new archer being “MEASURED” for draw length with a measuring-arrow and a 5 pound measuring stick-bow. Often the customer is never told how, or where to draw the string to and then you see about 6 people all watching the measuring rod to be the hero to call out the number while the new archer is holding the string back 4 inches behind his ear, with his fingers! Many of these thin handled “test units" don’t even allow for the 1 and 3/4 inch AMO offset between the grip pivot point forward to where the draw length is determined. As you can see, under these conditions you would probably get five different measurements in five different archery shops, particularly if you asked for your draw length down to a sixteenth of an inch. When you reach the point where your draw length is set so perfectly for you it seems to just fall “kcr-plunk” into a solid position with your back muscles tensed up solid and you feel like you can just AIM FOREVER, you’ll know it. Contrary to what you hear around the campfire, cracker barrel and rumor circuit, it is not some magical bow design or accessory that makes you feel like you can hold extra still, it has to do with your physical condition and how well the bow fits you while aiming at full draw. You’ve probably drawn some bow somewhere that seemed to be easier to hold steady than your own and maybe someone even told you it was the design of that model but if you then drew back the same model in another draw length you’d see it was only the fit. Or, even drawn back the first one with your release aid rather than your fingers you would notice the difference. Often merely changing your bow’s draw length only a very small
amount can make the difference between it being the bow you hate or the bow you love. Steady aiming is where it’s at and is also one of the basic reasons one good shooter is able to out score another. That is, not working to be as comfortable as possible while aiming serves to defeat the premier benefit of using a compound bow in the first place. As stated earlier, in my judgment a much too large percentage of the world’s current archers are trying to use bows that are really too long in draw for them. Compromising your form by over-extending or scrunching up while trying to fit into the bow instead of adjusting the bow to fit really takes its toll. There is no magic in shooting from the lowest holding weight area and odds are that holding at a more comfortable higher weight at that perfect point just beyond the lowest weight can both serve to create an extremely solid back tension for increased comfort while aiming.
Figure 3. Slot re-locators on matched eccentric pairs. Had these been termed “String Length Positions” in the beginning they would have been more easily understood. Moving only one end of the bow string like this effectively changes the overall string length by that amount and changing both ends doubles the draw length change. Each end does not have to be in the same slot, except when you are too lazy to move the nocking point back to the same reference point. If the bow has the nocking point already set, moving only one end means the nocking point will have to be relocated since the entire string then actually moves only in that direction, but the nocking point reference remains unchanged and the draw length change is doubled when both ends are moved identically. Only altering the buss cable lengths has an effect on eccentric pair timing.
PEAK WEIGHT SPECIFICATIONS. As for the myth about bows “shooting better”, whatever that means, at the high end of the adjustment range” it is just that, yet another phenomenon that no one could ever substantiate. My feelings are that all bows can shoot perfectly even after being spined and aligned while set well below it’s peak rating, provided it stays together for the next shot. In my book, if you can’t point the bow at the target and then draw it while holding it essentially motionless in the same position you are “over-bowed.” Throwing your bow over your head to be able to rip it back is not only dangerous if it were to fire accidentally during that time but all of your wasted motion will reveal your position like crazy when hunting. What I’m saying is that if you are the typical archer you probably have a bow that is capable of much more peak weight than you really need so don’t be afraid of turning it down 10 or 15 pounds to be more comfortable “during the draw” or whatever small amount it takes to make the arrow you have become the correct spine for your particular bow. When you are comfortable while aiming and your spine match is acceptable, then you attend to the many other needs of accuracy and head out to work harder than everyone else. CONCLUSION. On my bow, I have no idea what it’s actual draw length is down to the sixteenth of an inch, but I do know that my bow draw length has been adjusted so that it is exactly where I want it.
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I don’t know what it’s exact peak weight is either, but I do know that it has was adjusted somewhat from the weight I started out with to make it more compatible to the spine of the specific arrow I constructed. The biggest shocker to many may be that 1 ALSO DON’T KNOW HOW FAST MY ARROW IS. Don’t care either, I shoot and it hits exactly there, what else could 1 ask for. When 1 selected my model and my peak weight the arrow velocity was a part of the deal and the deal is over. You may never be correct on your “first try” at an acceptable arrow spine, but don't forget it can be tweaked with cut length or point weight changes, it’s not necessary to buy new arrows to end up with an acceptable spine match. It is SO HELPFUL to increase or decrease you bows peak weight to apply more energy or less energy to make that arrow become the correct
one. Would you believe that even though I don’t know all these figures precisely, I still get to keep the scores I record and the animals I harvest. I love things kept as simple as possible, don’t you?
OOOOOPS: CORRECTION TO LAST ARTICLE. A few words were inadvertently omitted in the middle of the second sentence in the second paragraph just above the bow ad that caused it to not only make no sense but missed the point I was reminiscing about. It read: I remember the days we would shoot 28 — Hunter, have the awards and then drive 100 miles home before dark. It should have read: I remember the days we would shoot 28 Field, have a leisurely lunch, shoot 28 Hunter, have the awards and then drive 100 miles home before dark. ®
Continued from page: 238 victory by cleaning all 8. Marty Chapman; Hendersonville, NC four disks in the Speed Challenge without a miss as Gillingham 9. Jackie Caudle; Gadsden, AL hit only one. 10. Justin Martin; Daleville, AL ATA contracted with Creek Side Entertainment to make the 11. Clyde Huckeba; Oxford, AL Eliminator part of the Hot Shots! show on ESPN2. The archery 12. Wade Gautreaux; Waynesville, OH event featured a 16-shootcr field competing for a $5,000 purse. 13. Cody Walsh; Clever, MO Hendrix received $2,000 for his victory. 14. Sammy Beene; Humble, TX Keith Brown of Greensboro, N.C., finished sixth after winning 15. Justin Ernstmeyer; Reedsburg, WI gold in the 2005 GOG. In addition to the top six archers, others 16. Robby Workman; Hector, AR © in the field with GOG experience were Marty Chapman, Hendersonville, NC; Jackie Caudle, Gadsden, AL; and Wade Gautreaux, Waynesville, OH. “We had eight shooters who hadn’t advanced to the championship before, so that made things interesting,” Roe said. “It’s difficult to make that jump from the qualifying event until you’ve done it once or twice. The atmosphere is much more intense when you’re in front of all the lights and cameras. That’s why we weren't surprised to see the experienced guys take eight of the top nine spots. If the new guys make it back next year, some of them will do much better their second time around. That’s just the way it works.” Hendrix said he takes nothing for granted in the finals. “Everyone who makes it this far is pretty good, no matter STABILIZER KITS how much experience they have,” he said. “I don’t care • 2 Composite who you’re shooting against, you better hit just about Caps & everything the first time. If you miss more than once, Elastomeric you’re probably out.” Counter-Weight ATA and its nonprofit foundation ArrowSport • Hardware contracted with Shari LcGate’s Creek Side Entertainment Included company to produce and telecast three segments of Hot Just Add: Shots! on ESPN2. The three Hot Shots! segments will be • Used Arrow broadcast twice on Sunday, June 25. The broadcast times, Shafts, Inserts all Eastern time, are 3:30 a.m., 4 a.m., 4:30 a.m.; and 1:30 & Glue p.m., 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m. For more information on the Eliminator @ including its rules and regulations @ please contact Bryan Roe at (801) 261-2380, extension 10; or www.bryanroe(q)archervtradc.org.
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Welcome again to the Senior Corner. At the end of our last visit, 1 promised you I’d let you know how my experiments with different types of sights worked against the dreaded rainbow target. In a word, the target won hands down. I wound up deciding on a sight picture patterned after BriteSite's X-View lens which Jesse Broadwater used to win last years tournament. Mine was a home brew version made from a circle cut out of a black NFAA hunter face and glued to the lens of my scope. The only view of the target was through a !4” hole cut in the center of the black mask. Nothing else was working so 1 decided to give it a try. With four targets on the same butt, I worried about target acquisition but it turned out to be no problem, as long as I had both eyes open when finding my target. 1 w'as actually very comfortable with it, right from the start and without my eyeglasses on, the target was very clear and I could see the yellow and about half of the red ring at 40 yards. My major problem was that I still couldn’t hit the center worth a darn and without my glasses, the only thing I could see was the target through my sight. I had to squint to see my D-loop in order to hook the release to it and I had no clue at all as to where the shots were going. When you're shooting well, you can tell by the feel of the shot whether you’re in the middle but when you’re struggling, like I was, you need the binoculars on every shot. I tried this for awhile and then put the glasses back on to at least be able to see where 1 was hitting. The rest of the round played out at about the same mediocre level and my score was 572 at the end. Since there was no senior division this year, except in the Championship division, I put together an informal senior sign up at my booth and offered a Zenith release to the overall high scoring senior in the flights division. Of the 35 who signed up on day one, 32 posted their scores but it took a lot of prodding on my part. I hate to say it but I think a lot of them just forgot. Just joking folks. I’m hoping this will become a traditional thing in the future if the shoot can manage to hang on. The attendance has been dropping and the sales for the vendors have been low as well. NFAA is looking at ways to rejuvenate this classic tournament, which has been around for so many years, and I hope they come up with the answer that will save it. The top scores for the first day were posted by Doug Grade, 584, Doug Joyce and Gary Sanders, 578, Bob Robustelli and Darrel Gehman, 574 and John Davidson, 573. Considering my disappointment in my shooting, I guess it wasn't too bad after all. The next day was a real disaster. I put my bow down in the morning in a place that I shouldn’t have and it got knocked over onto the cement floor. 1 looked to sec if the sight extension had gotten bent but it was fine so 1 figured I was good to go. Wrong again. The first practice arrow was in the blue ring to the right. I cranked the windage in about ten turns over the next two shots and got it back into the middle by the fifth arrow. Then I gave it a good look-see and found that my Bodoodle rest wasn’t doodling any more. The overdraw guard sticks out pretty far on this rest and that’s what hit the floor first, causing the center shot to push to the right and the spring loaded arms to lock in the up position. The last few arrows went OK so 1 just decided I’d leave it where it was. This worked for about 7 ends and all of a sudden I was off the paper low. Now it was time to hit the panic button. The
rest which had been stuck in the up position, somehow was now stuck all the way down but 1 put a couple of more off the paper before 1 picked it up. This situation had to go. I had one of Mike's Pro Tuners in the box and while the ‘B’ end was shooting I stuck it on the bow and eyeballed it in. When it was my turn again my first shot was in the red, to the right and the second one, after a windage adjustment, was back in the middle. This was probably the high light of my weekend. The final score, 526, tells the whole story. Eighteen seniors posted scores on the second day. It’s tough to post a score once you’re out of the running, so I’m not blaming those who didn’t come back after day two. Once again Doug Grade shot a 584 and walked away with a new release for his efforts. Congratulations Mr. Grade for a very nice 1168 total. Doug Joyce and Gary Sanders tied again with 570’s to finish at 1148, Darrel Gehman had a 566 for a total of 1140 and Loren Pagel also had a 566 to total out at 1137. O.J Avery had a very nice 577 on day two to go with a disappointing first day score but at least he finished on the up beat. After all this experimentation with sighting methods, it finally dawned on me what the real cause is for my lack of accuracy at the big, yellow center of the F1TA face. My theory is that we are all equipped with the human version of a fire control radar. You’ve seen enough war film lately to know how it works. The pilot or operator directs the radar beam to the target and locks on it. At that point the weapon is fired and the radar control corrects its flight path to hit the locked on target, dead in the center. We do the same thing. Looking through the scope, our eyes focus on the center of the target, in the case of field archery, the black spot, we lock on it and the shot is fired. Now, as you know once the arrow clears the bow, we have no control of it but in that split second after the release, the little man at the radar controls makes the necessary corrections to overcome the aiming mistakes we’ve made at the time of release and re-directs our arrow to hit the black spot we’re locked onto. If our target is large and has no defined aiming point for the radar to lock onto, such as the FITA face, the little man at the radar controls has no idea what to do and fails in correcting the flight path to the spot. 1 see the same thing when comparing my shooting at the old NFAA animal face, with its large kill zone and the new face with the center spot. Another example would be how your arrows seem to be drawn to any hole shot in a face, even though it’s off center. Your radar locks on the hole and even if you make a sight adjustment you’ll still send most of your shots into the black hole. A third example, and I’m sure you’ve experienced this, is the guy who shoots a lot of those “Oh s___ ” shots which somehow always manage to find the X. Why then, you may ask, don’t the top shooters seem to be bothered by this lack of a center spot and 1 think the answer lies in their ability to make much more perfect shots than us average guys. Their radar man has little to do in the way of corrections, since their shots break more often while they’re aimed at the center. This is not to say that they don’t have a radar guy. I watched Nathan Brooks at the Indoor Nationals shoot off, put arrow after arrow into the same hole, slightly below the center of the X, until one dropped low enough to touch the line and put him out. I have a feeling that even putting a few clicks on his sight wouldn’t have kept him out of that hole. Maybe a fresh target with a hole shot in the center would have helped, I don’t know for sure. 1 also wonder
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if the monster arrows really are helping these super shooters. some insights on the 3 big ones coming up, Yankton (NFAA), How many of them make the shoot-off due to just catching a Snowshoe (IBO) and Columbus (ASA). If you’re going to any of line cutter during the regular rounds? Imagine getting to the them be sure to stop by and say hello. inside out ends in the shoot-off with a set of Navigators instead of2613’s. I usually try to avoid going to shows on consecutive weekends, Joe Bauernfeind but I’d heard a lot of good things about the ASA in Oak Ridge www.zenitharchery.com and decided I’d give it a try, despite all the black tales told about last years mud madness. 1 really did like Eastern Tennessee and with the exception of a few sprinkles, the weather was fine. As always Mike Tyrell's ASA shoots are a pleasure to go to, well set up and run by Mike’s talented crew of regulars. I had figured on staying in Oak Ridge but some of the guys at the local shop said that Lenoir City to the south had quite a few motels and was about the same distance to the shoot site. It was one of those lucky things that happen once in a while when you visit a strange place. 1 found a truly wonderful Econo Lodge in the S45 dollar range that was the equivalent of a Comfort Inn or Holiday Inn. It was run by one of the nicest people I’ve had the pleasure to meet in my travels, Mr. Howard Patel. His attention to every detail, right down to the printed sheet sets which matched the wallpaper border, showed his interest in providing his patrons with a stay they would remember. He also told me his rates don’t go way up for the shoot weekend, like many of the other motels do. Try it next year but wait until my reservation is made. rfiC (217)482-3670 While I’m on the subject of motels, let me give those of you who shop for the bargain rates, like 1 do, a few goodies I’ve come Shooter schools at your range or club across. I feel there’s not much Private lessons at my residence in Illinois sense in going for luxury when you spend very little time using it. In the previous article I mentioned the Micro-Tel in Louisville and to that I’ll add the Econo Lodge I described above, the Motel 6 out toward the airport in Pittsburgh, which was a real saver at S31. and also the Motel 6 in Bloomington if you’re there for the IBO shoot. It’s a little bit of a drive to Bedford but the motel was very nice and Learn: the rates stayed under S40 even -How to handle pressure for Saturday and Sunday. You -How to shoot higher scores in also have a better choice of eating practice and in tournaments places in Bloomington and some nice brew pubs as well. Speaking -Relaxed, trouble-free form 288 National/World Titles of Bedford, they got their first -Mental control to stay calm And Set rain free shoot in eight years and focused this year and as usual they do a 393 National/World Records -How to judge yardage accurately great job, rain or shine. Bedford has probably the best food at the shoot site of any of the shows I do. I had a smoked turkey leg that was really good and the teriyaki chicken at the indoor snack bar had everyone’s attention, kind of like a chicken lollipop. My next stop will be the IBO in Nelsonville, Ohio and I’m hoping the heat stays bearable for the weekend. That’s all for now but 1’11 be back at the corner in the next issue with
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B. Howard Coffey How To Know When You Succeed “I don’t understand myself at all, for 1 really want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do the very thing I hate” (Romans 7:15 NLT). Success in archery is winning the International Bowhunting Organization (IBO) World tournament or Archery Shooters Association (ASA) Classic in your division. You know that you have reached the top as an archer when you have achieved this level of success. But is this the only yardstick by which to measure success? Of course not. On an average, every team in Major League Baseball (MLB) loses at least 60 games each year. Even the teams in the cellar of each division win at least 60 games each year. Therefore, for 120 games of the season, each team in MLB looks the same. That’s nearly 75% of the season. So how does one measure success in MLB? How the team performs in the remaining 42 games (25%) of their 162 game schedule. Since the shooting season lasts all summer, from early February
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What Do the Pro's Do When They're Not Shooting? Michelle Ragsdale Does the Half IRONMAN Race
It all starts with the swim. The temperature outside is a cool 53 degrees and it’s cloudy with threatening rain. Water temperature is 70. Everyone is wearing wetsuits except for one girl I’ll call ’’Doofus”. She was in her pretty pink one piece. They sent us out in three waves three minutes apart. Men 35 and under went first, then men 35 and over. Then came my group... "all the women.” We’re off! - —, The swim went great. The --only hitch was a guy in a bass boat who came screaming up to the end of the swim course and created such a wake we felt like we were swimming in swells in the ocean. 1 finished in 37 minutes. It was a short - ._ run from the water to the ------" transition area where my bike awaited. I was relieved to see my bike was not the only one left on the rack. Oh yeah Terry later tells me that “Doofus” beat all the women and some of the men on the swim. Ouch! Now for the dreaded 56 mile bike race. The time limit was four hours. It seems the Santa Fe railroad was not accommodating in stopping all trains that day and we needed to cross the tracks JUNE 2006 twice during the race. Cut off time was 1 pm after that you became train bait. 1 just wanted to get through it without a flat Hi ya’ll. Yeah I did it! 70 miles in one day! (1.2m swim, 56m (because that could cost me precious time) and with no grease on my calf. bike, and 13.1m run) Here’s how I remember it. A few days before the race, 1 was a little antsy because I The bike course turned out to be very hilly and just as you wasn’t working out. Time to taper and it’s hard to sit around picked up speed, the hill shut you down. If it wasn’t a hill, then a after 4 months of training. I picked up a magazine at work and turn caused you to use the brakes. I was making pretty good time an article caught my eye ’’Don’t look like an amateur”. It was and completed the first 28 mile loop without a hitch. On the bike an article about bicycle riding. It said you can tell an amateur course, you got the feeling you were in the thick of the race (and bicyclist by the telltale smear of grease on the inside of their right I use the term “race” loosely). It was an out-and-back course... calf. They said it takes experience to be able to avoid rubbing so as you were going out, people were also coming in. You never your calf up against the chain when you dismount the bike. Oh felt alone. I was ahead of my schedule and Terry was going to no I have yet to keep from getting grease on my right calf be soooo surprised when I came in early. Note to self. never celebrate early! when I ride. What an amateur!!!! Goals for the day I rounded the last turn and was headed back into the transition 1. Finish Only s>x more miles. I was no longer seeing anyone on 2. Stay out of the Medical tent the out loop and it became apparent I was one of the few 3. No grease on the right calf (little did I know you stragglers making up the tail end of the bike loop. There were must be careful what you wish for) just a handful of people behind me. 1 was at mile 50 when It was no surprise to Terry when we arrived early and were DISASTER struck. the only ones there at 5:00 am. I couldn’t even “rack my bike” PsE;;Pst Pst Pst- That’s what I heard. What was that until six. Races like this seem to always have a way of putting sound. Maybe someone was sneaking up behind me trying to you in your place. They write your age on the back of your calf attention. I looked back... no one there. What could it for everyone to gawk at and you must rack your bike in the row be. Then it hit me. Oh no, I was getting a flat. I looked down designated by your age. For instance 20-25, 30-35 and so on. My and to my horror my back tire was flat. “Don’t panic. 1 can do age bracket was listed as---- 45+. I guess they figure when you this. 1 checked my watch, I still have time. Just stay calm and get to be 45 your just old. get it fixed. I then went into my FULL BORE PANIC mode.... 1
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