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‘Editorial Report It's att about the Xids! 1 have made several trips to Louisville, KY while attending the NFAA National Indoor Championships, NASP events and an Archery Trade Association show. Little did I know I was about to experience/witness one of the most impressive and exciting five days of my life. Arriving on Friday June 8th to help set up the for Saturday’s NASP Championships was just the start. Where I would get to meet some of the most exciting and passonate people in the world, leaders and volunteers for NASP. Afternoon on Saturday the NASP students started arriving for the National Championships. Now these students were really up beat. Laughter, talking and cheering would continue until Saturday night when the Championships were over, the awards were given out and the last student excited the tournament site, for me, that is, but not for the coaches and parents who had many miles to go home. Sec page 210 for the coverage. The three days of meetings began Sunday morning. State coordinators and NASP leaders were introduced and I was in for a wonderful three days of witnessing how NASP was working. All of these leaders must have read the book, Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. As the powerful message is stated in his book, Ephesians 1:11. “It’s in Christ that wefind out who we are and what we are living for. Long before wefirst heard of Christ,...he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.” NASP President Roy Grimes started off the meetings. Roy had these comments about the program. “The NASP State Coordinator’s Conference was initiated last year in an effort to improve communications, idea sharing, and cooperation among the coordinators in each NASP state. The conference was scheduled to immediatelyfollow the NASP National Tournament so state coordinators could attend the tournament to learn how they can replicate the event for students in their states. I was very pleased to see coordinators from 27 of42 NASP states and Australia participate in the conference." Chief Academic officer for Madison County Schools, Tommy Floyd gave us the following comments: “After 5 years of in­ volvement in the National Archery in Schools Program as an educator, I am still amazed at the success NASP is having in reaching students and providing them with a wonderful plat­ form to become better people. I know ofno other activity which seems to appeal to such a variety of students as NASP. Ask a parent ofa student that has participated andyou will likely hear a success story. I challenge any administrator anywhere who wants to make a positive difference with the students in his/her district to investigate NASP. Simplyfind the most “kid centered” educator(s) in your district and send them to a NASP training

and support them. Help them get NASP going in your school system. Your students, parents and teachers will thank you. You will soon discover a program in your schools where positive things are happening and smiles are breaking out all over. NASP is not just about archery, it is about confidence, re­ sponsibility, self-esteem, pride, growth and most ofall it is about FUN! It crosses lines ofgender, race, size, socioeconomics and physical limitations. The only students who cannot benefitfrom NASP however, are the ones in school districts where it does not exist! Get involved; get informed, Get NASP going in your school district today!” To add to the success of the NASP program, well known competitor and coach Tim Strickland has been added to the NASP staff. When I asked Tim what he thought of what happened at the three days of meetings, he said,” It has been quite a experience watching the NASP program grow to what it is today. It was a real honor to be asked to help write the teaching corriculum. Getting started correctly in archery with the teaching principles centered around learning how to shoot rather than worrying about where you are hitting is unique. The positive affirmation principle is something the students can use in everything they will ever do. The teachers even get a benefit in learning how they should be teaching. It is amazing to see how archery has literally changed kids lives for the better. The NASPprogram is the best thing that has ever happened to archery in the United States. Getting behind it is the smart thing to do. This is not only to help archery but the benefits which archery gives these kids has proven to be almost unbelievable. We don’t need to explore why this happens we only need to get behind it and shove.” We have lots of cooordinators and volunteers shoving and leading. No one could be leading with more inspiration than the Kentucky Coordinator Jennie Richardson. Her comments regard­ ing the state coordinator’s conference. “First of all I want to say, The tenacity and dedication that Roy Grimes has approched NASP has been a keyfactor in the successful implementation in over 40 states in the United States. As an 8th Grade math teacher with an after school archery program in Whitley County, Kentucky to have a simple call from Roy Grimes in September 2001 was unbelievable. This call, initiated by Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Tom Bennett was based on an article he read regarding our school’s archery program. The call was simply asking how we, in Whitley County, were able to break the bar­ riers to offer archery after school and even during school. The U.S. and International Archer, Inc. - www.usarcher.com

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This contact led to my career movefrom teaching to admin­ Kentucky Dept, of Fish and Game Commissioner, Tom ister the Kentucky Archery in the Schools program in January of Bennett is really behind NASP. His comments on NASP are as 2002. To see the overwhelming growth from the 22 pilot schools follows: in KY to over 700 and 46 states and 3 countries, is inspiring. “NASP is a simple program. Kids ofall sizes, genders and As an educator it has been very rewarding to hear all of athleticism participate on a level playing field. For many of the life changing stories that we are hearingfrom our teachers them it’s the first time they can experience success and have and principals regarding kids. Through archery, many of our the opportunity to excel. The simple principles of NASP con­ children are given a chance to excel in the classroom and in nect students with each other and their teachers. They learn their social interactions with their peers and teachers. Many of focus, concentration, discipline and can measure their success our students now have a chance at a fulfilling life. instantly. ” Jon Gauthier put his feelings about NASP this way, “I feel In January of 2002, there were skeptics who thought this very fortunate that I have been blessed with the opportunity to this program would not work and that going into the classrooms be a part ofthe National Archery in the Schools Program. The would never happen except in the most rural communities. However, I continued to believe as I knew it would work - I had National Archery in the Schools Program would not be what already saw what it didfor that 75% ofmy students that were not it is today if it were not for all of the Coordinators. To witness engaged in any other extra-curricular activities. I personally first hand the passion that they have is contagious. NASP is sur­ saw how test scores increased, attendance improved, self-esteem rounded by really “good people". Without that network of “good and peer acceptance was enhanced. I still remember the smiles people" NASP would simply bejust another “Archery”program. from children that never smiled before archery and that stu­ NASP works, first and foremost by giving the youth of today a dents that were lookingfor a way out ofschool were changed to chance to succeed. They can find success. Finding success is students that were engaged with school. Ifit worked in Whitley a very important part ofgrowing up and this program delivers County - it would work across the state of Kentucky and yes, if like no other. Realistically, this is just the beginning of all of it worked in Kentucky it could work anywhere that teachers are the good things to come and I am proud to be a part of it. ” trying to educate and motivate students to excel. These are just a few of the leaders/volunteer’s comments I To see the program where it is at this time is very rewarding heard when participating in the NASP’s most memoriable con­ to me as an educator and as a professional archer. Being able ference. to see the students coming to the National Events that shot their Check their website www.nasparchery.com for a full list first arrow in a gym class is phenomenal - for myself, for the ofstate and international coordinator plus how to get archery in your schools. organizations and the archery industry as a whole." Jennie also participates in the 3D circuit. Watch for upcoming Don’t forget, it is all about the Kids! reports on her in that field of archcry. July-August 2007

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Archery News from Down Under by Roy Rose the barcbow classes, while Deonne Bridger won the ladies’ recurve convincingly, Michael Naray taking the men’s title by a mere point over Andrew Jenkins. Australia’s World Cup efforts have been somewhat affected by selection dif­ ficulties, and the unavailability of some usual members of the recurve squads. The Archery Australia National New comer to the recurve ranks Owen Championships headed west to Perth for Van Aker performed strongly in the men’s 2007. conducted at the Perth Archery recurve qualifications in Korea finishing Complex. The considerable distance from 13th, losing out to team member, Olympic the Eastern States precluded some archers bronze medalist, Tim Cuddihy in the head from attending, but in general, the chief to head eliminations. Top compounders protagonists in each division were pres­ Clint Freeman and Pat Coghlan finished ent, the recurvers in particular, anxious high in both qualification, and the final to enhance their Olympic prospects with assessment and obviously have the class a good showing, to be a force come finals time. In the target events, world recurve Aussie archers were impressed by the junior champions Jane Waller and Ryan magnitude of the Korean archery scene, Tyack had convincing wins, as did Brendan the splendid stadium and the organization Wallace in the Junior compound. The Open which went into this first 2007 World Cup classes were hotly contested. Pat Coghlan event. shot the high F1TA, 1373, just ahead of Once again in 2007, the National Clint Freeman and Robert Timms, on 1370 Indoor Championships will be a postal in the men's compound. Erica Anear with a shoot, with archers nation wide, competing 1350. led the ladies compound, while David on July 25 and 29 in their home state ven­ Barnes was the high men’s recurver on ues. The response in 2006 to this format, 1326, and west Australian Deonne Bridger was extremely positive, with big entries in shot an impressive 1307 in the ladies’ all divisions. division. Olympic bronze medalist Tim The National IFAA titles are sched­ Cuddihy is still fighting to regain top form uled in early June in the country city of while Michael Nary impressed once again Sale in Southern state of Victoria. Always in top company taking out the silver medal a well attended week of competition, field, ahead of Sky Kim the Korean youngster animal and hunter rounds which attract the now resident in Australia. nations leading field and bow hunters with In the field, veteran Dennis Carson first class camping and catering facilities with 709 points, won narrowly from Pat available at Bungarra Park, organized by Coghlan and Zoran Singerov on 708, and the host club, the Phoenix Field Archers. Clint Freeman 707. On the distaff side, The nation’s finest lady compounder, Erica Anear, with 694 captured gold, the Madeleine Ferris continues to set the bar ageless Madeleine Ferris once again medal- high, despite being now in the Master’s ing after leading on Day one with a 347. age class, in which, incidentally, she holds Trudy Scott and Michael Turner re­ a considerable bunch of World FITA re­ peated their previous national victories in cords.

Newest contributor to the U.S. Archer magazine, Eric Griggs! Eric is a professional archer who competes in both 3D and Target archery. He has been competing professionally since 1999 and has dozens of top 3 finishes to his credit. Eric is a pro staffshooterfor PSE, Scott Archery, Easton, BCY, Sure Loe, Bohning, Lancaster Archery and Alpen Optics. Eric lives in Shirley, Massachusetts with his wife Jennifer, daughter Jillian and son Dylan. 200

During her now extensive career, she has annexed gold, silver and bronze at World IFAA field championships, and both FITA target and field World titles, and in the process, established world re­ cord scores. Her list of State and National championships stretches back 2 '/z decades and would number close to the century. Madeleine shoots a Hoyt Protec set at 45 pounds, a Sure-Loc sight, a 4 power Specialty Archery Scope, and a Genesis 5 Star stabilizer. Her arrows are Easton 670 ACE’s and 660 Navigators (Easton 2312 X7’s indoors) and her launcher is a Trophy Taker drop away rest. She also utilizes a Carter 4 release. She also is a conscientious worker on the management and committee side of the sport in her native Queensland and an affable and helpful advisor to any ar­ cher seeking her advice. Her archery career has already been of immense proportions, but with her constant search for improve­ ment, consistent practice and tournament experience, the final chapters of success at the highest level may yet to be written. One equipment item making a no­ table impact with Aussie compounders is Carter’s Evolution release. Which provids both an innovative and effective training tool for those in need of help with aiming dramas, as well as becoming, for many their number one choice on the tourna­ ment line. Equipment rundown from the Nationals. ■ Compounders: • Erica Anear-Bowtech ■ Madeleine Ferris - Hoyt • Pat Coghlan - Hoyt • Dennis Carson - Mathews ■ Clint Freeman - Mathews ■ Zoran Singerov - Mathews ■ Brendan Wallace - Bowtech • RECURVERS: • Tim Cuddihy - Hoyt ■ David Barnes - Sarnick ■ Michael Naray - Hoyt • Sky Kim - Hoyt • Jane Waller - Hoyt •East XIO’s and ACE’s were the pre­ dominant choices for the top finishers in the major divisions both compound and recurve, with a minority opting for Cartel Triples. Carter was the leading release of choice, while Sure-Loc dominated the sight situation.

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World FITA Cup Round 2 by Roy Rose Varese, Italy, turned on near perfect weather for Day 1 of the second round of FITA’s World cup, and superlative scor­ ing was the inevitable result, with a new women’s compound world FITA record, and virtually the whole ladies contingent over 1300, while in the men’s recurve, the top 22 men attained the same level of excellence. Star of the day was undoubt­ edly Frances’s Amandine Bouillot, who established her world record 1404, with a 353 60 meter tally, and a perfect 360 at 30 meters. Belgium’s Gladys Willems also hit the magic 1400 mark, with Swedish star Petra Ericsson, and the USA’s Jamie Van Natta, close by on 1395. Round out the top 5 was her teammate Jahna Davis with an impressive 1387. The Russian duo Anna Kazantseve and last year’s champion, Sofia Goncharove, finished 10 and 11, and are sure to continue to make their presence felt in the head to head eliminations. In the absence of the Korean stars unheralded Italian, Mauro Nespoli, with 1353, including an imposing 359 near perfect 30 meters, led his more illustri­ ous teammates, Michele Frangilli, 1348, and Ilario De Buo, 1344 in the men’s re­ curve. A host of big names lurk in the top 20, including Olympic champ Galiazzo, Ukraine’s Ivashko, Ruban, and Serdyuk, and young American contender Brady Ellison. Less impressive, but still capable of improved performances in the elimination series arc Great Britain’s Terry Wills and Godfrey, Aussie stars David Barnes and Tim Cuddihy. While Germany’s world field and indoor champ Sebastian Rohrberg,

Author Roy and Italian’s Michele Frangilli (file photo) Sweden’s Petersson, and Dutch champ, Van Alien, along with Russian aceTsyrempilov are also still in contention. Day 2 saw the men’s compound and women's recurve qualifications and tor­ rential rain necessitated the shortening of the FITA to an Olympic 70 meter contest. Despite the non appearance of the top Korean ladies Yu Mi Kim still upheld the Korean dominance with a 645 with China's Juan Juan Zhang and Dan Guo in the minor placings. Evergreen Italian Natalia Valeeva made a welcome return in 5th place while Jennifer Nichols at 25th was the best for the American team. In the men’s compound another new name emerged atop the leader board in the shape of Holland’s Rob Polman. Denmark’s

Martin Damsbo on 690 tied Polman’s tally, closely followed by the USA duo of Logan Wilde and Braden Gellenthien just one point adrift. Last year's finalists Reo Wilde and Jorge Jimenez both finished well down the list, as did Clint Freeman and Morgan Lundin. Day 3, and the head to head elimina­ tions provided the usual combination of ex­ ceptional 12 arrow scoring and the demise of many of the favored few, and the top qualifiers, in the early confrontations. In the men’s compound defending champion Reo Wilde shot an outstanding 118 in his first match, and an equally impressive 117 in his second, only to lose out to Israel’s Franck Karsenty. Top qualifier Polman fell at the second round while Braden Gellenthien consistency saw him through to the gold medal match against the ever consistent Jorge Jimenez whose 119 was the high score of the day. In the women’s compound, the new world record holder Amandine Bouillot won her first match with an impressive 116 only to lose in the second to Shabani Akram. Star of the day was Belgium's Gladys Willems with dual 119 scores only to lose her semi final to the evergreen, and ever consistent, Swede Petra Ericsson, who had previously eliminated top Russian, Goncharova. The USA’s Jamie Van Natta moved methodically through her matches to reach the gold medal shoot off with Ericsson. The men’s recurve was highlighted by the impressive return to form of two

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veteran competitors, Russian’s Baljinima Tsyrempilov and Italy’s Michele Frangilli. The Russian’s 118 was the day’s high score, while the Italian joined him in the final with a series ofsolid wins. Top qualifier, Nespoli, did well to reach the semi finals but last year’s world cup finalist Ilario De Buo, who had qualified third, lost his first round match to a fellow Italian, who had qualified 62nd, almost 100 points behind. Such is the unpredictability of the match play system. In the ladies’ recurve division, Korean Lee progressed strongly to the final where Russian’s Natalya Edyniyeva awaits. While Italy's Valeeva continued her good form to reach the bronze medal match after quite a lengthy absence from the International scene. Day 4 saw the individual medals matches, and some inter­ esting contests eventuated. The men’s recurve provided a close encounter with Michele Frangilli’s return to top form compete, with a 109 to 107 victory over his many time opponent, Russia’s Tsyrempilov. France’s Thomas Aubert, who qualified 38th did surprisingly well, to take out top qualifier, Nespoli for the minor medal. The women’s recurve gold was won by Korea’s Hye Yeon Lee with Russia’s Edyniyeva going down by a single point, 112 to 111. Valeeva didn’t quite round off her return in the way she might have hoped, a 105 to 102 loser in the bronze medal match. Braden Gcllenthien of the USA shot a near perfect 119 to capture gold in the men’s compound over the well performed Spaniard Jorge Jimenez, who shot equally strongly with 118. Brazil’s Roberval Dos Santos outlasted Swiss champ Hofer 117 to 114 to annex bronze. The ladies’ compound final proved a conclusive victory for evergreen Petra Ericsson, defeating Van Natta 116 to 110. The Swede seems to move effortlessly from recurve to compound with equal precision. Gladys Willems rounded off a high scoring week, with a bronze and another very solid 115 point effort. Finally, the team results produced abundant surprises with Great Britain taking the men’s recurve gold over an unexpected finalist, Australia, with the USA third. In the women’s recurve it was China, Poland and Korea on the podium. While in the compound, the French women beat out Russia and the USA. The USA took gold in the men’s compound against a valiant French challenge. There can be no denying that the absence of the Korean, Indian and Taipei recurvers from this stage of the World Cup program allowed other challengers, in particular, the talented Italian team an opportunity to shine and the imminent World Target Championships tournament in July and the third World Cup event preceding it, should give archers, coaches and observers a clearer picture of the likely medalists in Bejing. For the compounders, of course, World Cup and World Championship successes remain their pinnacle of achievement, and for them, the next few months will be crucial. The depth of quality archers in both disciplines, coupled with the undeniable lottery aspects of 12 arrow shoot outs, almost cer­ tainly guarantees many more surprises in the World Cup, World Championships and Olympic events, yet to be determined in the months ahead.

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The World Cup third round competitors were greeted at Turkey's Antalya archery field with some friendly weather for the FITA qualification round, and superlative scoring was the order of the day. Spain’s ever consistent Jorge Jimenez was the first to shine with a monumental 347 at 90 meters and only a very average 335 at 70 meters, robbed him of a 1400 plus total. The USA’s youthful Braden Gellenthien, the premier compounder in 2007, headed up the leader board with a 1399, a mere point in front of Denmark’s Martin Damsbo, with the giant Englishman, Chris White, also close by on 1394. Among the numerous 1380 plus scorers were highly rated contenders. Genet of France, Boe, Norway, Pagni, Italy, Hofer Switzerland and the ever threatening Morgan Lundin of Sweden. The USA’s Logan Wilde with a 1382, joined that group along with the 2006 silver medalist World Cup recipient, Peter Elzinga of Holland. Four of the top 5 women recurvers almost predictably were Korean, with 1374 the brilliant high round by Eun Young Choi. World record holder Sung Hyun Park’s 1368 was equally impres­ sive as was the effort of Japan’s Nami Hayakawa on 1363. Korea also dominated the men's recurve with Ji Wan Im and Yeon Chui Kim, unfamiliar names internationally just in advance of the well established Kong Hyun Im. Great Britain’s returning star of the Barcelona Olympics back in 1992 Simon Terry again impressed with a 1339, a mere 19 points arear of the Koreans. The cream came to the top in the ladies’ compound with American Jamie Van Natta 1393 a point in advance of new world record holder Amandine Bouillot with the equally talented Gladys Willems of Belgium, and round 2 champ Petra Ericsson, in close attendance, on 1389 and 1388. As always, the 12 arrow head to head eliminations produced their usual mixture of upsets and superlative near perfect scoring. In the men’s compound. European champion Sebastien

Brasseur of France shot superby all the way to the gold medal racking up scores of 118, 118, 117 and finally 116 to edge the USA’s Braden Gellenthien by a single point. The American had a equally impressive passage to the final with a near perfect 119 in the quarter final. Germany’s Thomas Hasenfuss annexed bronze with a sudden death first arrow victory over Brazil’s Robertval Dos Santos. Last year’s World Cup final runner up Anna Kazantseva went one better taking out the women’s compound gold 112 to 108 over Jahna Davis of the USA, while the very much in form Belgian, Glady Willems, triumphed in the bronze medal confrontation. Top qualifier Jamie Van Natta shot the high score of 116 in her 1/16 match but fell at the second hurdle. The men’s recurve was a strong victory for Korean Yeon Chui Kim defeating fellow countryman Ji Wan Im, 113 to 111, the bronze Mexico’s Juan Rene Serrano edged out China’s Hai Feng Xue 110 to 107. Russian star BaljinimaTsyrempilov was the consistent high scorer with 112 and 115 in the early eliminations, but previous victor Frangilli of Italy lost out in the 1/16 round as did fellow archer Ilario De Buo. Korea’s Eun Young Choi with 113,113 and 116 on herjourney to the gold medal match appeared a strong favorite but had to settle for silver beaten in the final 109 to 107 by Russian’s Natalya Erdyniyeva. Italy’s Natalia Valeeva showed excellent form in her return to major competition but lost the bronze medal match at the first sudden death arrow after a tied 110 match with Korea’s Sung Jin Lee. The World Cup protagonists now focus on the World FITA Target Championships and predicting likely champions for 2007 is fraught with danger under the head to head 12 arrow elimina­ tions which afford a considerable cross-section of competitors a real chance to medal. On 2007 form so far, Korea should annex the bulk of the recurve medals with a seemingly endless production line of 1350 plus, men's and women’s contenders, with Sung Hyun Park in the women’s and Kyung Mo Park in the men’s. The likely favorites, Italian duo Ilario De Buo and Michele Frangilli can never be discounted for the male medals, but Korea will almost certainly clean up on the distaff side. The compounders are even more closely bunched at the top end, with the USA’s Braden Gellenthien the form archer so far in 2007, but with a host of quality competitors all capable of mak­ ing the podium. For the ladies, on present World Cup form, one could fairly confidently pick the gold medal winner to come from an elite group namely, Jamie Van Natta, Amandine Bouillot, Gladys Willems with Russia’s Goncharova and Sweden’s Ericsson also in the mix. Once again with the compounders so close in talent and scoring potential, in a 12 arrow contest, a wide cross-section of competitors both male and female can potentially make the medal matches. We all look forward with anticipation to the shoot out in Leipzig, Germany.

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Focus For Life ‘Archers from the Past” by B. Howard Coffey ”He was a mighty hunter in the Lord’s sight. His name became proverbial, and people would speak of someone as being “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter in the Lord’s sight” (Genesis 10:9). Since the dawn of history, people have wanted to be associ­ ated with a professional bow shooter. Nimrod not only was a good bow shooter, “hunter,” he was a great warrior, too. Nimrod carved out an empire in Babylonia for his family. He built the city of Nineveh which would serve as a major city in the Babylonian Empire later. It’s obvious that Nimrod had a great following because his name became a proverb. Anyone who could shoot a bow and make war well was said to be like Nimrod. Today we are still fixated by professional athletes. Even in our 3-D shooting sport, people are drawn to the professional athletes. There are several reasons why we are drawn to the profes­ sionals. One reason might be because we want to be seen in their company. The professional shooter has the eye of the public; therefore, we think that it could be good for our public image to be seen with him/her. Another possible reason to be in the com­ pany of a professional could be to gain some tidbit of advice that he/she might share. We could put the advice to good use in our own efforts to become better shooters. Finally, warriors and professional athletes of old gave gifts to people when they returned. These gifts were spoils that they had

taken during their battle efforts, or the gifts consisted of food for the people to eat if his hunt had been successful. One such hero has been written about and is the topic of our time together this month. History has provided a prolific account of this professional athlete. While he lived, not many people knew or cared much about him; however, by his death, he gained such acclaim that even today some men and women want to be counted as being in the presence of this professional. One historical account says of this hero, “When he ascended to the heights, he led a crowd of captives and gave gifts to his people.” Sounds as though this professional was a mighty warrior and hunter, doesn’t it? That’s right. He was. “He's the one who gave these gifts to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists and the pastor/teacher” (Ephesians 4:7b; 11). Since Jesus died on the cross, he has become quite a conquer­ ing hero to a huge crowd of people. He set up his kingdom here on earth, and he makes it easy for men and women to become a part of his great kingdom. Seldom is Christ recognized as a hero. but to some of us he truly is a professional in whose company we prefer to be seen. Yes, professional athletes have always enjoyed a special place in our societies. People want to be seen in their presence. For some it is merely enough to say, “My brother has a sister-in-law who knows a professional athlete.” However, and when this life is over, it will be good to say, “I know one professional athlete. His name is Jesus. He gave me the greatest gift of all, eternal life. Is he your goal? Is Jesus the target at which you aim? He doesn't promise that you will shoot a perfect score the next time out. but he does promise that you can’t miss the mark when you choose him. Shoot straight, and run straight to him, the source of life. H. C.

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2007 AAE Arizona Cup team competition had to be suspended for 15 minutes to let a quick storm pass, Otherwise the weather was quite pleasant with little wind. The high scores in the FITA portion of the competition were: Women’s Compound

Jamie Van Natta 1362 Jahna Davies 1338 Diane Watson 1332 The highest scoring Arizona Archer was Ashley Vortruba with a 1287. Women’s Recurve

Lady Recurve Champions Bronze - Jennifer Nichols, Gold - Karen Scavotto & Silver - Khatuna Lorig

By Barbara Noblet The 2007 AAE Arizona Cup opened at noon April 11 with official announcements, practice and equipment inspection. Sergio Font of Cuba served as the Technical Delegate and Chairman of Judges. Also judging were: Tom Green, Linda Cockrell, Christina Murphy, James Ashton, and Tem Mills. All 250 archers came together for the first time on April 12 to begin the long distance ends. Thursday had the strongest winds and a high of 74 degrees. Shooting was completed by mid afternoon which allowed archers time for sight seeing, visiting with the other archers or just plan resting. Archers returned April 13 for the short distances followed by the open team rounds in which 45 teams competed. The

Men Recurve Champions Bronze - Dan Schuller, Gold - Brady Ellison & Silver - Vic Wunderle

Khatuna Lorig 1296 Karen Scavotto 1296 Marie Pierre Beaudet 1279 The highest scoring Arizona Archer was Lindsey Pian with a 1227 Men’s Recurve

Vic Wunderle 1312 Brady Ellison 1285 Shawn Rice 1274 The highest scoring Arizona Archer was Brady Ellison. Men’s Compound

Braden Gellenthein 1378 Tim Gillingham 1357 Dave Stepp 1350 Dave also had the high Arizona Score. The entire Olympic Round was held on Saturday. Only the recurve men had a cut to 64 archers, with the cut off score being 1084. In the Women’s Coumpound Bronze match, Brittany Lorenti defeated Danielle Brown 109 to 101. In the Gold Medal match Jana Davis defeated Jamie Van Natta 110 to 109. The Women’s recuve bronze match was won by JenniferNichols who defeated Phyllis Shipman 106 to 91. The Women’s recurve gold was won by Karen Scavatto who defeated Khatuna Lorig 101 to 99. In the Men’s recurve bronze match Dan Schuller defeated Tyler Domenech 104 to 94. Brady Ellison defeated Vic Wunderle 112 to 105 In the Men’s Compound Division Roger Willett defeated Dave Stepp 110 to 106. Braden Gellcnthien defeated Tim Gillingham 114 to 112. Sunday was the final day of the Cup with 11 National Teams competing in the morning. 208

Lady Compound Champions Bronze - Brittany Lorenti, Gold - Jahna Davis & Silver - Jamie Van Natta The Women’s Compound team from Great Britian defeated Mexico 200 to 192 USA’s Women’s Recurve Team de­ fated Canada 192-181. Great Britian took home the bronze. In the Men's Recurve competition Team USA defeated Canada 211 to 201 and Mexico took home the bronze. In the Men’s Compound competition Team Mexico defeated Great Britain 210 to 188. And Team USA took bronze. Of the 250 archers compet­ ing, 6 countries were represented (BAR,CAN,ESA,GBR,MEX, & USA), 33 US States, 10 universities and colleges were represented, 21 juniors competed and 19 AR archers from 3 countries par­ ticipated. Editors note: Barbara Noblet’s complete report may be found at www. arizonacup. com

Men Compound Champions Bronze - Roger Willett, Jr. Gold - Braden Gellenthien & Silver - Tim Gillingham

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Men’s Recurve Team Champions - Bronze - Mexico, Gold - USA & Silver - Canada

Third place Compound Team

Third place recurve team Second place recurve team

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5th NASP National Tournament RRTIORRL ARCHERY mute SCHOOLS PROGRnm

June 9, 2007 Louisville, Kentucky

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Scholarship winners: 4th Greg Geary - SI,000 (also 1st Overall Male Champion), 3rd Kohl Oettle - SI,500, 2nd Matt Good - S2,000, 1st Chad Leigh, presenter Matt McPherson of Mathews and Sheri McPherson presenter to 1st Rachel Roberts - S2,500, 2nd Meagan Parcell S2,000, 3rd Amber Abate - SI,500, 4th Morgan Floyd - SLOOO (also first Overall Female Champion)

Elementary School Female Champions

Elementary School Male Champions

Middle School Female Champions

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High School Female Champions

High School Male Champions

Individual Awards

Elementary

Ran Score TenCnt ID Name

Grade SCHOOL -NAME

CITY

STATE

Female 1 2 3 4 5

280 278 275 273 271

16 13 19 12 13

1115 2813 2794 1530 1497

RACHEL ZORSKY MICKAELA HUDNALL LAUREL REGAN KENNEDY MCALPIN GEORGIA KARR

6 6 6 6 6

OXFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL HENDERSON COUNTY SOUTH HENDERSON COUNTY SOUTH NORTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL PAYNEVILLE ELEMENTARY

OXFORD HENDERSON HENDERSON SOMERSET PAYNEVILLE

NJ KY KY KY KY

19 13 14 11 12 12

2196 2793 3012 2429 2334 1900

TAYLOR CUNDIFF ZACK EUNICE JACKSON GROOMS MICHAEL MCIVER TYLER WOOD NICHOLAS SALYERS

6 6 6 5 6 5

SOMERSET SOMERSET HIGH SCHOOL HENDERSON COUNTY SOUTH HENDERSON ARMSTRONG ELLIS GRADE SCH ARMSTRONG FRANKFORT CHRISTIAN ACAD. FRANKFORT LEWISBURG ELEMENTARY LEWISBURG ISONVILLE ELEMENTARY ISONVILLE

KY KY IL KY KY KY

Male 1 2 3 4 5 5

288 278 275 275 273 273

Individual Awards

Middle School

Female 1 2 3 4 5

287 281 275 275 273

20 17 11 10 12

2394 2120 1136 2431 2139

AMBER ABATE KENDRAHARPER KAITLYN ISCHINGER MARIANNE ARNOLD RENEE FULTZ

8 8 8 7 7

TRIGG COUNTY MIDDLE SCH. CADIZ ELLIOTT COUNTYMIDDLESCH. SANDYHOOK OXFORD OXFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL MAYSVILLE 6-12 SCHOOL MAYSVILLE ELLIOTT COUNTY MIDDLE SCH. SANDY HOOK

KY KY NJ OH KY

16 16 14 18 16

1117 2407 2132 2820 2886

NATHAN PARCELL DEVIN OSBORNE SAMUEL HOWARD JUSTIN JACKSON BILLY BENSON

8 8 8 8 8

STUART PEPPER STUART PEPPER MAYSVILLE MAYSVILLE 6-12 SCHOOL ELLIOTT COUNTY MIDDLE SCH. SANDY HOOK MCCREARY COUNTY STEARNS SUPERIOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SUPERIOR

KY OH KY KY WI

Male 1 1 3 4 5

284 284 282 281 281

Individual Awards

High School

Female 1 2 3 4 5

288 287 286 285 285

RICHMOND MEADE HENDERSON HENDERSON WHITEBEAR LK

19 18 18 17 16

2595 1342 2478 2458 1851

MORGAN FLOYD MEAGAN PARCELL RACHEL ROBERTS RAVEN KRAMPE CHANTELLE SKARDA

10 MADISON CENTRAL HIGH SCH. 11 MEADE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL 12 HENDERSON COUNTY HIGH 10 HENDERSON COUNTY HIGH 9 WHITEBEAR LAKE HIGH SCH.

27 26 26 24 22

1334 2465 2624 2641 2642

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12 MEADE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL MEADE HENDERSON 12 HENDERSON COUNTY HIGH 11 MAYSVILLE 6-12 SCHOOL BLUE MAYSVILLE 11 PULASKI COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLSOMERSET 11 PULASKI COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLSOMERSET

KY KY KY KY MN

Male 1 2 2 4 5

297 296 296 293 291

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2007 NASP National Team Champions

Elementary School Champions Lewisburg, KY Elementary School with a score of3062 with 91 10’s

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Second place Elementary Team Champions Paynesville Elementary Score 3003 with 79 10’s

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Third place Elementary Team Champions Maysville Elementary Score 2993 with 80 10’s 212

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2007 NASP National Tournament by Presient Roy Grimes While this was our 5th NASP National tournament, it was our first “stand-alone” event held sep­ arate from the Kentucky State Championship. We were gratified to see state participation increase 3-fold as teams and individuals from 133 schools in 20 states par­ ticipated. We were most gratified to see NASP’s co-gender appeal demonstrated as more than 40% of the participants were young ladies. Again, the NASP students did us proud in terms of sportsmanship and good behavior. The scholarship shoot-off was a popular event again as 8 boys and girls received $1,000$2,500 college scholarships thanks to the generosity of the following scholarship-specific donors: July-August 2007

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2007 NASP National Team Champions

High School Team Champions - Henderson County High Scoring 3422 with 215 10’s

Second Place Team Champions Maysville 612 School Blue Scored 3334 with 169 10’s

Third Place Team Champions Meade County High Scored3328 with 176 10’s

Individual Awards Over-All Score TenCnt ID Female 288 19 2595 1 2394 287 20 2 1342 287 18 3 2478 4 286 18 2458 285 17 5

MORGAN FLOYD AMBER ABATE MEAGAN PARCELL RACHEL ROBERTS RAVEN KRAMPE

Male 1 297 296 2 2 296 293 4 5 291

GREG GEARY MATT GOOD KOHELOETTLE CHAD LEIGH BEN BLEVINS

27 26 26 24 22

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Grade 10 8 11 12 10

CITY /STATE

SCHOOL

MADISON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL RICHMOND KY TRIGG COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL CADIZ KY MEADE KY MEADE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL HENDERSON KY HENDERSON COUNTY HIGH HENDERSON KY HENDERSON COUNTY HIGH

MEADE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL MAYSVILLE 6-12 SCHOOL BLUE HENDERSON COUNTY HIGH PULASKI COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL PULASKI COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL 214

MEADE KY MAYSVILLE OHIO HENDERSON KY SOMERSET KY SOMERSET KY

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HENDERSON COUNTY S. MIDDLE SCH HENDERSON KY

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2

CHARLES HENDERSON MIDDLE SCH

TROY AL

3203

111

3

TRIGG COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL

CADIZ KY

3158

112

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Morgan Floyd reports on her journey to the NASP Championships

Morgan Floyd being recognized at the Madison County Board meeting with two of her coaches. She was recognized by the Board of Education for her National NASP Title.

Archery has been a big part of my life since the 6th grade. My school system, Somerset Independent, was contacted by Jennie Richardson. Jennie is the Kentucky National Archery in the Schools coordinator... and one of the greatest people 1 know. After that visit, Somerset decided to begin their NASP program. My dad, who was principal of the high school at the time, volun-

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teered to be the archery coach, along with our very good friend Joel Zimmer. Dad and Jennie were the ones who got me into it. You can say that it’s their fault I like it so much... ha ha. I shot for the NASP program at Somerset for 4 years. 1 went with my school to compete in the 1st ever NASP State tournament at the Kentucky Horse Park. When I saw the awards ceremony at that first competition, I immediately had the dream of standing on the podium one day. I started pushing myself to improve so I could live that dream. Archery was something I enjoyed doing and 1 really wanted to be good at it. Every year, I could see myself getting better. 1 knew it wasn’t by much, but it was still better than the year before. Then, during my Sth grade year, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. It changed my perspective on a lot of things. Archery took the backseat in my life for awhile. Twenty chemo treatments and hundreds of prayers later. Mom finally beat cancer. It was really a blessing from God. It made me look at my goals differently and what I really wanted to do. Out of everything 1 was involved in, I found that archery was one of the things that mattered most to me. I knew that it wasn’t going to be easy, but I wanted to be on that podium more than ever. During my freshman year, two very important things hap­ pened. First, for my 15th birthday 1 got “My Baby”, my pink Genesis bow. The second was that Mr. Curtis Beverly became my archery coach. He was the one who really developed the form I have now. He told me what 1 was doing right and also what I needed to work on. I know I wouldn’t be shooting like I am now without him. He always reminded me to keep my form, and because of that I became more consistent that I ever had been. Curtis not only helped me on form, but on the mental aspect of archery as well. There are not many people out there who are more positive and reinforcing as he is. I’m lucky to have him as my coach. After he worked on my form, I was ready for competition my freshman year. When state rolled around, however, I put too much pressure on myself. I ended up 7th at state, which wasn’t bad, but I wanted to do a lot better. I promised myself that my sophomore year I would practice until I was where I wanted to be. A month before my sophomore year, my dad became Assistant Superintendent for the Madison County School System. That meant that my family had to move and I had to leave the school and all my friends that 1 had grown up with. In the midst of all this, 1 had to leave the archery program that I had been involved in since its beginning. Moving was the hardest thing I ever had to do. I ended up going to Madison Central High School, which has around 1,700 students where Somerset High School had around 500. However, there were some really positive things about mov­ ing to Madison County. The volleyball program was excellent, and there were more classes to choose from. There was one thing though that was awfully hard to take. They had never heard of the NASP program. I was certain that for me, archery was over... Around November, Dad said he had good news for me. He told me that Madison Southern was starting NASP at their school. I was so surprised 1 didn’t know what to say. Southern’s archery coach, Coach Carter, had asked my dad if I wanted to shoot with them. I took up his offer in a heartbeat. I had been shooting with Southern for almost two months when Madison Central decided to start a NASP program as well. Kim Riggs, Tracy Poff, Jerry Petry, and Daniel Rogers were going to be our coaches. It was the greatest thing I had heard all year. Although I was on Central’s team, I practiced with both teams for the remainder of the year. It was cool to see a new archery program start from the beginning. It reminded me of 216

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when Somerset started. The students from both schools worked hard, and both teams improved faster than I ever had. Southern housed the Regional NASP tournament in their gym. I ended up 1st overall. At state, it was a different story. 1 did the same thing I did my freshman year. I put too much pressure on myself and didn’t shoot well. I even shot the same score I had the year before and ended up 9th. Individually, 1 couldn’t go on to nationals, but both Central and Southern qualified. Without Central’s archery team qualifying, I would never have had the chance to compete further. It was such a blessing. I was so proud of both teams. I was grate­ ful to have a second chance, and I promised myself that I would take advantage of it. About a month before nationals, I was taking to Curtis one night. He said something that changed my view point about archery again. He said that no matter how I shot in nationals that he, my dad, my mom, my little brother Jon, and Jennie would still love me. It sounds like a common sense, but it opened my eyes. When I talked to Jennie the next day, she said the same thing. When I told my dad what they all had said, he just smiled and told me, “Archery is something you do, not who you are.” Through their words, I finally found the confidence in myself to not be wound up in winning or loosing or pleasing anybody. I realized that I shot archery for myself because I loved it. At nation­ als, that’s all I thought about. I liked being there with all my teams: Central, Southern, and Somerset. I got to see all my friends that I had known from archery since my 6th grade at the Horse Park. It was kind of like that 1st year for me all over again. When I was shooting, I was relaxed and enjoying myself. It was on my last round when coach Riggs came up to me and told me if I shot a 48,1 would be tied for 1st, with a 288. Any other year and I would have panicked, but I remembered what my coaches and dad had said. If I won, sweet! If not, everyone was okay with it and so was I. My first arrow was a 9. Then I shot and 8. I was okay with it, and the pressure was off because there was no way I could win. I relaxed and shot three 10’s to end that round. As I walked to the target I noticed that my 9 was extremely close to the ten ring. When my partner and I knelt down and looked at it, we saw it was touching the line. I had my 48! During awards I was afraid I would have to do a shoot out to break the tie, but then Mom reminded me that the amount of 10’s we both shot might break it. The announcements for shoot outs came and went and my name was never called. I had either got­ ten first or second. The PA announcer, my dad, declared that the scholarship shoot off between the top 8 male and female archers was starting. I was among the list. While we were waiting for the shoot off to start, we talked about our scores. I was waiting for one of them to say 288, but it never came. That’s when 1 first realized that I had won overall! I tried to forget about it for awhile and focus on the shoot off, but it was difficult to say the least. In the shoot off I tied with three other girls in the 1st round July-August 2007

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and then lost the tie by one point. I ended up with a S1000 scholar­ ship. I had finally won! AU I originally wanted to do was be on the podium, maybe 3rd or 4th, but this was such a blessing! The awards ceremony followed after the shoot off. I sat with both Southern and Central teams. The coolest thing was it was my dad who got to announce the winners. He called my name for both high school female champion and overall female champion. It was awesome! As I walked up in front of everybody there, I thought back to that first awards ceremony at the Horse Park. It was what I had wished for. I finally had done it! As I stepped onto the podium I smiled up at my dad in the announcer's booth and prayed, “Thanks for this, God! Blessed be your name!” The only thing left to do was to smile, and try not to drop the trophy on someone! Watch for more NASP stories and photos in the next issue.

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row Kwikee Combo, the 6-arrow Kwikee Kompound, the little Kwik-3 or the Lite-4. Mossy Oak fans will find those same quivers in New Break-Up and Obsession. Additional Realtree offerings in 2007 include Hardwoods HD and Hardwoods HD Green. All quivers also come in black at a lower cost, plus you can get the Kwikee Kompound in olive drab. Those nine color choices help explain why the Michigan manufacturer calls the 6-arrow Kwikee Kompound “The World’s Most Popular Bow Quiver.” Bow companies work closely with the leading camouflage firms to obtained scaled down versions of upcoming patterns for camo clothing, so that they can test them out on new bow models. They may decide to stay another year with a long-running pattern, like Mossy Oak Obsession, or switch to a pattern that seems to be gaining momentum in the industry, like the Max-4 that was originally introduced as a waterfowl pattern. Kwikee Kwivcr’s Shirley Gelinas stays in touch with camo firms, bow builders and her camo finisher as she makes decisions each fall on what pat­ terns to offer each year. “It was Mathew’s decision to use Max-4 on it’s new mid-priced Mission line of bows that convinced us to add that pattern for 2007,” Gelinas said. “Our quiver components are injection-molded at a plant our founder, the late Robert Stinson, invested in in northwestern Michigan,” the Vice-President and General Manager explained. “The process starts when we send an order to Grand Traverse Plastics. That firm produces the shields or hoods and ships them to The Color Works in Greensboro, North Carolina. There they receive a base color through an electrostatic powder-coat, and then are dipped through the remaining colors in the pattern. After a wash tank removes the residual starch that had carried the pattern minus the base color, quiver hoods are blown dry and then receive a final baked-on clear coat to provide added durability." “While the hoods are in transit and receiving their camouflage finish, Grand Traverse Plastics is working on the stems, hood lin­ ers, arrow holders and reinforcing plates needed to complete the quivers,” Gelinas said. “The plant handles the final assembly, then ships the completed quivers to our warehouse in Acme, Michigan for packaging and sale to our dealers and distributors.” It’s a complicated, costly process for Kwikee Kwiver and its manufacturing partner to build the right quantity of quivers in so many patterns, but Gelinas said it’s the only way for the company to offer accessories that complement the bow they’re on and the camo the customer is wearing. The film dip finish used by Kwikee Kwiver is the exact same finish applied to bow risers, limbs and selected accessories, and that’s something no sprayed-on or stickon finish can duplicate. “There’s a limit to how many patterns we can inventory, so along with additions we have to retire some patterns,” Gelinas said. “For 2007, we’ll no longer be building quivers with the Realtree Xtra and Timber patterns. The previous year, we retired the Advantage Classic and Superflauge patterns. It’s really the bowhunter who decides what patterns are popular and how long they stay that way, and it’s exciting trying to stay one step ahead of that process here at Kwikee Kwiver Company.” Check with your retailer to see what patterns in “Kwivers” they’ll be stocking for 2007, or check out the company’s web-site at www.kwikeekwiver.com. You can also call (231) 938-1690 to request a catalog showing all the quivers plus mounting acces­ sories that can keep your arrows within the profile of today’s shortest bows. Kwikee Kwiver Company 7292 Peaceful Valley Road, Box 130, Acme, MI 49610 Tel: 231.938.1690 Fax: 231.938.2144 Email: shirley@kwikeekwiver. com

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New Foam Formula from DANAGE of Scandinavia

The new AXCEL AX Tournament Sights by T.R.U. Inc. At the 2007 ATA Trade Show, T.R.U., Inc. and AXCEL Sights will introduce the most innovative tournament sight in archery. One of the most innovative SIGHTS features of the new AX Tournament Series of Sights is the use of a heavy duty stain­ less steel acme thread which provides the sight with the BESTACCURACY(.OO156 inches per click) with MORE TRAVEL per revolution (.0625 inches per revolution). Combine this accu­ racy with a RAPID TRAVEL mechanism that provides a smooth, hydraulic feel for unmatched sight adjustability. On most other tournament sights, the rapid travel mechanism

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The new DANAGE foam is manufactured from foam of different densities where most of the foam has a relatively low density reducing the friction between the foam and the arrows - and this way also reducing the wear. The idea is allowing the arrows getting a longer “stopping length” passing through the target. Many archers believe that the arrows have to be stopped “as hard as possible” and a target where the arrows are passing through is not OK. The DANAGE PowerStop is the part of the DOMINO CONCEPT which really helps “saving” arrows (and archers). The DOMINO Targets based on the new Foam Formula have reduced the friction which will not only reduce the wear on the arrows it will also result in an easy arrow extraction, and that is nice to archers. The risk of bending the arrows is also reduced a lot as the arrows are easy to pull out. A greeting from Australia (Patrick Coghlan, he got his first DOMINO Target 8 month ago): “I still have the same XIO’s I had 8 months ago and the spine and weight are the same.... I appreci­ ate your support it has helped my shooting and saved me a lot of time in broken arrows”. DANAGE of Scandinavia’s DOMINO concept is based on the principle ’’The right target simply for everyone”. The DOMINO targets are used all over the world for outdoor and indoor tourna­ ments as well as in the clubs for training, archery demonstration etc. - you will be able to get just the right target for your needs. The latest development is foam especially designed for wooden arrows. The traditional archers know how difficult it can be to get 12 nice straight shafts - and everyone know how tough it is shooting on hard targets, e.g. straw targets or hard foam targets. The new foam from DANAGE is designed in such a way that the impact of the arrows hitting the target is reduced to a very low level which again means a minimum of wear on the arrows = a longer “lifetime”. Look at www.domino-target.com for further information or contact: DANAGE ofScandinavia, Industrivej 13, 6310 Broager, Denmark Tel.: + 45 74 44 26 36, fax: + 45 74 44 26 24, e-mail: danage@danage. dk

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Hand Held Scoring System for Archery Erik Kornbek from DANAGE of Scandinavia in Denmark has for many years invented different electronic sys­ tems for quick results in connections with archery tournaments. Erik is still the only person that has managed to make an Instant Scoring System for Archery - he has actually made two systems the latest back in 1996. The systems where tested in many countries including U.S.A, at the Shot Show in Las Vegas. The new invention from DANAGE is not new as there are similar systems in use for major tournaments like the Olympic Games. World Championships etc. - but the system is still unique compared to all the existing systems - first of all, the terminals will have intelligence, it will suggest your next score making the key in of the new series of arrows very quick. The terminal will have more new functions e.g. a possibility for info to the archers about e.g. lunchtime - there will also be possibilities for advertisement in the display. The most important and interesting “feature” is the price level - DANAGE or Erik Kornbek believes that much in this “set-up" that the company has invested in such a big number of ter­ minals, that the price level will be something like USS 125.00 each terminal - surely there will be extra cost for cables, and the basic software for results and communication for large score displays. Erik Kornbek being the Public Relation Manager for the Danish Archery Federation for many years back in the 1980’s knows all about how its having shot e.g. a FITA tournament and being tiered has to wait for one hour or more for the final results - the hand held system will show all the results before the archers has got the bows etc. in the bow cases. The ar­ chery sport need instant scoring-or as close as pos­ sible. The sys­ tem will of course be com­ patible with the DANAGE TIMER and SCORING Systems al­ ready sold to many countries all over the world. For more info, get in contact with DANAGE of Scandinavia, Industrivej 13,6310 Broager, Denmark. Tel. +45 74 4 4 26 36, fax +45 74 44 26 24, e-mail danage@danage.dk or go to www.domino-target.com

Toxonics Develops Metal Optic Sight With Fine .019 Fibers

Toxonics is introducing a new series of Metal Optic Sights for 2007 that offer the experienced bowhunter the ability to draw a finer bead on a game animal or target. The most popular of the new Metal Optic .019 sights is expected to be the five pin model, the MO519. At the heart of this model are thinner Metal OpticTM pins (hat combine a tough steel blade with a brilliant fiber optic tube fully supported in a channel along its entire length. The half-moon-shaped pins are no wider in the hunter’s view than the thin rods used by other manufacturers, yet they are far stronger. “The .029 Metal OpticTM pins we invented for 2006 solved the weak link in fiber optic sights,” designer and President Scott Slates said. “They eliminated the fragile

exposed fiber optic loop. The new .019 Metal OpticTM pins provide our dealers and customers an even greater advantage over competitive sights, because rod style .019 sight pins are generally weak enough that one encounter with a twig can bend them over.” Slates and his father, company founder Roger Slates, have been inviting trade show and sport show visitors at the Toxonics booth to jam their fingers inside the round machined pin guard on Metal OpticTM sights, so they can understand how the revolutionary machined steel pins can be “brush-busting” tough. The large pin guard allows the florescent green aim ring to be visible through a peep on the shorter bows popular today, where the string is farther from the eye. The guard has an integral level and is scalloped to lighten it, then tapped to accept an optional light. This sight collects natural light with the best of them because the red, green and yellow aim points are each fed by 14 inches of fiber optic, coiled in a spool protected within the body of the sight. “Our 2006 Metal OpticTM sight line was a huge hit for Toxonics,” Slates said, “but many people asked whether we’d be offering the sights with smaller aim points. Because of how the Metal OpticTM blades fit in our conventional, toolless and micro-adjust models, we couldn’t simply offer the option of a thinner fiber and a thinner blade-style pin.

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We had to go back to the drawing board and redesign our rattle-free spool and sight body to accept the thinner Metal OpticTM pins. We stamp each of those pins with a .019 so people know they are looking at one of our new .019 sights.” Out West, where hunters may be taking longer shots on bigger bodied game like elk and moose, .019 fibers are growing in popularity because they cover up less of the animal and allow the proficient shooter to hold a finer bead. Many 3-D shooters in the bowhunter classes are also interested in using .019 sight pins so they can hold on the 10 or 12 ring at longer ranges. Finally, Scott said .019 pins may appeal to young hunters with excellent vision who find .029 pins brighter than they want on a hunting sight. “Hunters and 3-D shooters looking for a really fine aim point should know our .019 Metal OpticTM pins offer a finer bead than you can get with other brands,” Slate said. “Because the fiber is supported in the groove of the pin, we don’t have to flare the end of the fiber as much as you would with an unsupported fiber. That’s just one more reason why we believe Metal OpticTM sights represent such an advance over conventional fiber optic sights.” You’ll be able to see these new sights for 2007 at major archery retail­ ers, at your favorite pro shop or on-line at www.toxonics.com Toxonics Manufacturing, Inc. 10121 Business Park Dr. Mineral Point, MO 63660 Phone:573-436-5130 Fax: 573-436-5131 www.toxouics.com

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Henderson, NV -May 3. 2007— Arthur Lansky LeVine, founder and president of Lansky Sharpeners, announced that the company has retained Images Group Inc., of Easton, Pennsylvania to provide public relations and marketing communications support in the promotion of Lansky’s complete line of innovative sharpening products and accessories. Additionally, Images Group will consult on brand building strategies for new product introductions in targeted niche markets. In making the announcement, Lansky stated, “In searching for ways to broaden our brand message across the many markets we serve, we found that Images Group possesses a wealth of cutlery knowledge. They also have the experience and expertise to promote a diverse range of consumer products. Their understanding of the functionality of our products will assist us in delivering a focused message to better support our marketing objectives.” Dave Staples, president of Images Group added, “We look forward to working with the Lansky team in promoting their

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Bear® Archery Names New Marketing Manager EVANSVILLE, IN MAY 17, 2007—Bear® Archery has announced Ross Rinehart as their new Marketing Manager. This is one more sign of Bear® Archery’s continued team build­ ing efforts. Rinehart previously worked for Indian Industries/ Escalade® Sports in Marketing and Customer Service for Xi Archery and then continued his career with Gray Loon Marketing Group. Most recently, Rinehart worked in utility management at Environmental Management Corporation (EMC). Rinehart's new role for the Bear® Archery team involves public relations, product catalogues, electronic and print media, tradeshows, and all other advertising and promotional activities. Jack Bowman, Director of Business Development for Bear® Archery commented that, 3We are thrilled to have Rinehart back on board and part of our Bear® Archery team. His extensive marketing experience and his passion for the sport make him a great asset.2 Bear® Archery manufactures and distributes a full-line of archery products including compound bows, traditional bows, quivers, arrow rests, fiber optic sights, stabilizers, arrows, and related accessories under the Bear® and Trophy RidgeD brands. For additional information regarding Bear® Archery, please contact Larry Gajderowicz, Marketing Manager, Bear® Archery, 817 Maxwell Ave., Evansville, IN 47711, 812-467-1250 or www. beararcheryproducts.com.

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Miller and Kaufman named to the Archery Hall of Fame and Museum Board of Directors To educate and inform those persons wishing to pursue their inter­ ests in the sport, the Hall seeks to establish, maintain and operate a museum and library as a repository for memorabilia, literature and research materials on the sport and industry of archery. The Archery Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) corpora­ tion. Formore information on the Hall and its programs, contact: Diane Miller-Executive Director, Attn: AHF&M, 58 North Main St., Union City, PA 16438 (P) 814.392.8901, (F) 814.438.1053

Easton, PA - The Archery Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., board of directors recently named Diane Miller of Corry, PA and Steve Kaufman of Waunakee, WI to the Hall’s board. Miller was named Executive Director of the Hall in September 2006. Her long history of involve­ ment in the archery community as a competitor, tournament di­ rector, editor and publisher, as Diane Miller well as her work with the Hall make Diane a valued asset to the board. Steve Kaufman leads one of the industries top ranked sales representation firms - representing archery and outdoor related products. Kaufman also served as a consultant to several archery companies bringing his 25 years of industry knowledge into the marketing mix. Steve’s interest in archery began in 1960’s, where he spent his free time at Lucky’s Archery making bowstrings, cresting and fletching arrows. In 1976, he began with BS1 where he assisted in the rapid growth of that firm, as they became a major distributor utilizing both catalogs and telemarketing. He later acted as a disS)eve Kaufntan trict manager for Bear Archery prior to joining Sherwood Schoch Representatives. He formed Steve Kaufman and Associates in October 1990. Since that time Kaufman and Associates have received a significant number of sales excellence awards. He’s an active hunter having taken antelope, black bear, elk and whitetail deer. Bowhunting is his primary form of recre­

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In making the announcement Hall President Dave Staples said, “ Adding Diane to the board is a natural fit that blends well with her other responsibilities. The addition of Steve Kaufman is significant, as Steve not only brings his sense of dignity and knowledge of history, but his working knowledge of today’s archery industry which moving forward will be a viable part of the Hall’s direction”. It is the mission of the Archery Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., to honor those outstanding members of the archery commu­ nity through the process of induction into its Hall of Fame. As an integral part of its existence, the Hall seeks to preserve the history and traditions of archery and bowhunting for future generations.

Easton, PA - June 15,2007—Dick Holcombe, Sr. of Dushore, Sullivan County, PA became the 10th recipient of the Karl E. Palmatier Award of Merit presented by The Archery Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc, (AHF). Board member Sherwood Schoch made the official presentation of the award plaque to Holcombe on be­ half of the organization. The AHF and the Professional Archers Association partner to present this award to individuals in the archery community in recognition of their career achievements and leadership roles. Holcombe co-founded the Pennsylvania Bowhunters Festival in 1956. Celebrating its 51st anniversary, this event is the corner­ stone in the foundation of archery festival gatherings throughout the U.S. In 1954, Holcombe and his brother Vel first produced three-dimensional, game animal targets from styrofoam. The life-size and hand-painted forms became the favorite practice targets for local archers. Holcombe also designed and built the first known running deer target—motor powered and driven by a 1956 Oldsmobile Hydromatic transmission and still in use today. Over 150,000 archershave registered and shot at Dick’s running deer in the past 50 years. The idea for the Bowhunters Festival grew from the camaraderie of the Sol-Bow-Buc Archery Club and their local shoots to evolve into a 3-day community event and fundraiser, drawing archers and their families from across the U.S. Holcombe at age 92 is still involved in the Bowhunters Festival and is still creating and inventing all forms of moving objects. He recently completed a moving target mechanism for the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS). During last year’s festival, Holcombe received a state citation from Tina Pickett representing the 110th legislative district in Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives. Dates for the 51st annual Pennsylvania Bowhunter Festival are September 14-16, in Forksville, PA. For more information on this year’s event, please contact: Bill Feese, Chairman, PO Box 52, Dushore, PA 18614, (T) 570.525.3635. Or contact via e-mail on the Festival website at: www.pabowhunters.com

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The Karl E. Palmatier Award ofMerit hon­ ors the late Karl E. Palmatier of Kalamazoo, MI—one of the original seven inductees into the Archery Hall of Fame. Recognized as one archery’s greatest administrators, officials and tournament managers—Palmatier played a unique roll in the development and growth of the sport. During his archery career, Karl served as president of the National Archery Association, the National Field Archery Association and as executive director of the Professional Archers Association. The Archery Hall of Fame and Museum is located in the Wonders of Wildlife Complex in Springfield, Missouri. The Hall’s business office is located at 58 North Main St., Union City, Pennsylvania. It is the mission of the Archery Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., to honor those outstanding members of the archery community through the process of induction into its Hall of Fame. As an inte­ gral part of its existence, the Hall seeks to preserve the history and traditions of archery and bowhunting for future generations. To educate and inform those persons wishing to pursue their interests in the sport, the Hall seeks to establish, maintain and operate a mu­ seum and library as a repository for memora­ bilia, literature and research materials on the sport and industry of archery. The Archery Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) corporation. Visit the website at: www. archeryhalloffame.org for more information on the Hall, or www.wondersofwiidlife.org for information on visiting the Hall and hours of operation.

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COACH'S CORNER Starting Off on the Right Foot (Even If You Are Left-Handed)

by Bernie Pellerite © 2007

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Bernie’s book, “IDIOT PROOF ARCHERY". This “tell-it-like-it-is, no-holds-barred” approach is what makes Bernie so popular with his students. This 300+ page book, now in its 4th printing, is illustrated with over 350 photos and diagrams and has already proven to be the best and most comprehensive ever written for the competitive archer! For those of you interested in more personal instruction, or wish to become an advanced level archery instructor, you can attend one of Bernie’s shooter’s schools (see schedule on page 237) or call 614-322-1038 or go to www.robinhoodvideos.com for more.

Compared to other aspects of the ar­ chery shot, adopting a proper stance and posture sounds elementary and relatively unimportant. In fact, it really has more to do with proper shooting form than we think. We’ve all been told that there are three basic foot positions (you should assume I’m talking about a right-handed archer): 1. The straight or square stance (see Fig. 1), which is to stand toeing a straight line that points to the target; 2. The open stance (see Fig. 2), which requires the front foot back somewhat and the body is turned slightly (15-30 degrees) toward the target; and 3. The closed stance (see Fig. 3) which is when your back foot is behind slightly, and your body is partially turned away from the target. Unfortunately, most archers just step up to the shooting line or stake without paying any attention to ex­ actly where their feet are from shot to shot, which ultimately cost them points. In the shooter’s school I teach, which is available on both DVD and video, we do a demonstration to show how important stance/posture and foot position really are. Four or five student “volunteers” get their bows and stand at the 20 yard line like they are going to shoot at the targets. I have them get ready to come to full draw, and then have them turn their heads and look behind them, at me. (This disorients them.) Then, I tell them to close their eyes and turn their heads back around toward the target and draw to anchor with their eyes still closed. Once at full draw, they are told to open their eyes, memorize where their bow is aimed, and then let down, without shooting. The results are usually very interesting! Most

shooters are usually off to the right (and occasionally to the left) anywhere from 12 inches to 12 feet! What this proves is that people have a predetermined idea of where their feet should be planted without regard to which is the most natural or comfortable and, therefore, the easiest to duplicate for their bodies. Most people think they should be toeing a line that is pointed straight at the target (the straight stance). That is usually not the case. Our “natural body position” at full draw, should dictate where our feet should be. We should not plant our feet and draw the bow, using muscles to push or pull the bow over or distort (twist) the trunk of the body to get the bow on target. If you stand on the shooting line or by a shooting stake and look at the target, you will draw toward the target, without being aware of how much you are twisting your hips, torso, or shoulders. The torque or ten­ sion you load into your body doing this can guarantee lower scores. By drawing with your eyes closed however, you are “tricked” into drawing the way your body wants you to draw and hold the bow, because it’s the most natural and, therefore, the steadiest for your particular shooting form. Simply keep drawing and moving your feet more open or closed, until your sight is pointed at the target every time, when you open your eyes. Here is an example: You are a righthanded archer standing on a direct line to the target (straight stance) and, after draw­ ing with your eyes closed, when you open your eyes, your sight is aimed 3 feet to the right, at 20 yards. This means that if you

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had drawn with your eyes open, you would be unconsciously twisting or torquing your body around unnaturally to get your sight pointing toward the target. This builds in tension and/or pre-loaded torque that will cause unwanted movement, thus making aiming more difficult and take longer. This tension or torque can be responsible for over-holding, because of an unsteady sight picture. This can violate your physical comfort zone, which is usually 7-8 seconds to execute a shot. It can also cause some unexplained lefts and rights. In this ex­ ample you should open your stance slightly, which will bring your alignment around to where your sight is pointed toward the target naturally. You will be able to get into the center with your sight quicker, with less effort, and hold steadier, enabling you to aim sooner, hold longer, and to release the arrow when the sight is at its steadiest. Whichever way your bones are lined up and your natural body position allows you to point the bow, is the most “idiot­ proof” way for you to stand and to aim. You shouldn’t have to recruit any muscles to get your sight lined up on the target.

Stance Most shooters assume a stance or posture that is too rigid, preconceived, totally artificial, and that eventually breaks down like a “high wrist grip" can during the competition. Your body should be erect but relaxed. Don’t stand “at attention.” If you do, here is what can happen. When you first start shooting at a tournament, you’ll be standing up straight and stretched to your tallest for the first 10 to 15 shots. As the day goes by, and you aren’t paying attention to your posture, or as you begin to tire, you will automatically start to relax or slump a little. Your body slowly assumes your natural “at ease” position.

Finding Your Correct Foot Position Once you have your draw length adjusted properly, learned to use back tension, and you are holding with a low, down, and relaxed shoulder, only then can you identify your correct foot position. To find your correct foot position, as described previously, disorient yourselffirst, and then close your eyes and draw the bow. Don’t try to look at the target before you close your eyes and draw, as this causes your body to subconsciously point the bow toward where you were looking or to where you pre-aimed. Once you establish which foot position you should be using, practice it by putting markers on the floor or the ground, until it becomes automatic.

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"Stand erect, but stay relaxed, and good form will last all day!

This is one of the reasons that some shooters have severe differences in their scores between practice and tournaments, or between the first and second half of a tournament. When you are “psyched up” for a tournament, adrenaline is coursing through your bloodstream and that gives you energy to “stand up tall." Then, as you start to relax and you aren’t as nervous or revved up, the adrenaline leaves your system and you relax further. You may even slump a little. When you are at home 227

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counterbalance the bow’s mass weight. Leaning back also happens when the draw is too long, which contributes to the inability to hold steady. Holding steady is impossible now because the bow arm is tense, which causes movement! You see, everything is tied together! One thing causes another to happen and then that causes something else to happen, etc. If your “shooting platform” is not in alignment or not relaxed, why would you expect the shot to happen naturally, or your body to repeat it over and over again naturally? On the other hand, for those “true athletes” and professional archers out there that practice 2 to 4 hours a day, 7 days a week, any form works well, because it’s practiced and reinforced mentally and physically every day. Remember we said . . . you don’t have to do it right . . . just do it the same way every shot! Having said that, how many true profes­ sional athletes do we really have, with practice regimens like the Korean Olympic team (45 hours and 6 days per week)! No matter what form they use (which happens to be bone-to-bone which I also teach), they practice it so much it always happens the same way, each and every shot. Sometimes though, there are champi­ ons who succeed with very odd shooting forms. Unfortunately, when most people try to copy a great shooter with unorthodox form, they fail! The reason is that most people don’t or can’t put in that much effort. That’s why, for people who have real jobs, 1 teach “idiot proof’ archery, which is naturally repeatable. My entire coaching philosophy is adapted for the “nonprofcssional” archer to shoot “professional scores” . . . sort of “Better Archery Through Idiot Proof Execution!”

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Feel the Shot! By Terry Wunderle

At the Las Vegas shoot, one of my good archers was having some problems and his arrow group was opening up well past the acceptable range. I went up to him and said, “You aren’t shooting your normal shot.” He replied, “I know. Nothing feels right.” I then suggested, “Go to the back of the room and start shooting the shot without the bow in your hands. Concentrate and try to duplicate the feeling of the per­ fect shot.” He did and his group tightened up. To shoot a tight group, an archer must shoot every shot and with the same form. Quite often it is easier and more successful to be able to duplicate the feel­ ing of the perfect shot than it is to duplicate the form. Sometimes you shoot an arrow and you know that it is in the ten-ring the instant you shoot it. The shot just felt perfect. That is the feeling that you should try to duplicate in practice. If you can learn to duplicate that feeling, then you have duplicated the best form that you are capable of shooting. Blank bale shooting is the best place to start mastering this process. Stand close to the target butt and shoot with your eyes closed. Stay relaxed and focus on the muscles used to execute the perfect shot. As the feeling of the shot becomes stronger, focus on duplicating the feeling. Once you are comfortable with your ability to duplicate the feeling, start shooting with your eyes open. When you have mastered that step, then put up a target and see if you can do it when attempting to hit the mark. If you have trouble, shoot one arrow at the target and one arrow at the butt. Keep going back and

forth until the two shots feel the same. Once this is accomplished, try to get the same feel­ ing when shooting without the bow in your hands. Feel yourself pulling the imaginary bow apart and the explo­ sion of the shot. Being able to duplicate this feeling of the perfect shot without the bow in your hands will be a very valuable asset to call upon when you find yourself tensing up. The next time you are having difficulties shooting, shoot without the bow in your hands to get the good form back. This not only improves your form, it redirects your focus toward perfect shot execution.

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There is no doubt that one of the coolest things about archery is watching the arrows fly and find their mark. When I first started shooting 1 remember my uncle getting mad at me for taking a shot at a target at 30 yards. Maybe he wouldn't have been mad hadn't I missed the bale and accidentally shot a hole in his new pressure tank. (True Story!) But back when I was ten years old, that 30 yard shot seemed like a mile. No here I am twenty years later having to compete at distances at up to 101

yards at certain tournaments like the Redding Trail Shoot. It seems like the longer 1 have been shoot­ ing the more I have improved my long range accuracy. There are many things I need to credit that for including a lot of trial and er­ ror. I think this is a good time of year to talk about several ways to improve your long range accuracy. No I will say that most importantly to all of this is having a good foundation and good shooting form. The further you shoot the more you magnify your imperfections. But for this article I am not going to focus on that part of it because 1 have written several articles in the past about proper form and shot routines to help you with that. What 1 want to talk about today is some equipment changes that I think you can make to start you in the right direction. To start off you will need to evaluate what arrows you are using. That was one of the biggest changes I had to make when

I changed over from 3D to target archery. It has taught me a lot, and should I choose to go back into 3D some day, I think that 1 will focus more on the size of my groups then the size of the shaft diameter. The bottom line is that long range accuracy will require a more arrow dynamically designed shaft. Mainly because the longer that arrow is in the air obviously the longer it has time for the conditions to affect it, such as wind and rain. I am not saying that a 3D arrow can't be affective at longer ranges, because in the right conditions they are equally accurate. But if there is any variance in the condi­ tions then it has been my experience that 1 would have rather had an arrow designed for long range shooting. I have found that when it comes to wind drift, the Easton A/C/C type shaft will have about half the drift of an aluminum arrow. An A/C/E will have about half the drift of an A/C/C, with the best of all being the Easton X10 which will have half the drift of the A/C/E. It re­ ally all boils down to the mass weight vs.

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the surface area of the shaft and the F.O.C which I will talk more about later. The same rules apply when 1 select a hunting arrow. I have found that the smaller diameter shafts with heavier mass weights have provided much better long range groups with my hunting gear. Arrows such as the Easton A/C super slim and FMJ tend to be more accurate than my all carbon lighter shafts 1 have shot in the past. I know a question I get asked a lot is “how do 1 know what shaft size to get in these kinds of arrows?” To be totally honest the Shaft Selector program you can download from the Easton website or the Archers Advantage program are very accurate in selection. I refer to them all the time for my own selections and have had no problems. Once you have selected an arrow shaft that is going to be better for long range shooting then you will need to think about the Front of Center or F.O.C. of your ar­ row. This will come down to what weight point you have in the front of your shaft. 1 had FOC explained to me one time and it was easy you relate to so I will explain it the same way. An arrow should be like a string that has a rock tied to the end of it. When you throw the rock the string will follow where the rock goes. That is what you want to happen with your arrows and more so at extended distances. When you shoot the arrow you want the shaft to track behind the point. In windy situations when you have a arrow combination with good FOC you will see the back of the arrow laying over to the side from the wind but the point still tracking to the target. Where as if you had a low FOC the arrows would appear that the shaft is flying in line but just having substantially more overall drift. I will again refer to when I shot 3D. I shot whatever point weight I could to get 280 fps and still shoot descent groups. Which for me was 80 grain points in my 2312’s. That arrow is almost all 1 ever used and it shot great for all my 3D situations. However, when I started shooting out of the woods past 50 yards, there was no chance of being competitive with them. Not only was the diameter and drag too great, but the F.O.C. was only about 5.9%. The current outdoor arrows that I have shot my highest scores with were arrow shafts that would combine with a 120 grain point and have an FOC of nearly 13%. This same rule applies to trying to shoot broadheads out of a hunt­ ing bow. If you are planning on extending your hunting accuracy then you should seriously look trying a heavier broadhead July-August 2007

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and see how much better it will shoot if there is any wind involved. Keep in mind that it will be beneficial to know what grain point you want to shoot before selecting the shaft size or shaft style that you want. It will aid in assuring the selection programs are accurate for you. After you have your arrow situated I think you should take a good look at your bow stabilization and mass weight placement. Once I stepped on a target line I realized that a heavier bow made it easier to hold solid when aiming at targets further away. When you look at a shooters stabilization set up there are thousands

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your bow to hold the steadiest. The most common things to try for stabilizing the bow are going to be V-bars and side weights and back weights. This will aid in the ability to keep your bubble level and also keeping your pin on the target. Now like I said, everyone is a little different. I personally use the Doinker sys­ tems and 1 prefer one side rod that goes out at almost a 90 degree angle opposite my sight. I also have a lot of weight located on the lower part of my riser and virtually no front weight. Where as Reo Wilde shoots almost as much weight as I have on my bow all on the front of his stabilizer. Dan McCarthy likes a V-bar set up with a ton of weights stacked on the V-bars and also on the riser near the bottom limb cup. Like I said, weight placement is all about preference but I will encourage you to trying different length rods, front and back and also different mass weight to see what helps you hold that much steadier at long range. Remember the further out you go the more you magnify everything include your movement. That is why it is important to make sure you are holding as steady as possible. When shooting max distances 1 can safely say that what you see is what you get. With that said there are a few other things to consider. The first being the scope you are using. If you can’t really see it then you probably aren’t going to hit it. Make sure that you

invest in a high quality scope that has a high quality glass lenses. Make sure you keep it clean as well. I don’t know how many times I have worked with students that aren’t shooting well at long range and 1 don’t really know why because as I am watching them, the form and execution is good. Then I look at the poor quality scope they have and realize they aren’t seeing the target clearly. After a quick change to a better piece of glass then they start shooting much better. 1 have found that I prefer a higher magnification for shooting 70 meters and beyond. For example I shot a .55 diopter lens for 3D and Fita Field. But for Fita events 1 prefer a .70 diopter. Be conscious of the aiming device you put in your scope as well. 1 don’t like to see these systems that are very cluttered and pre­ vent the archer from being able to see the target clearly. Equally important to the lens is also the peep size. I think it is safe to say that the smaller the peep the tighter the groups you can shoot. However, be aware that if your peep is too small it will make it harder to see well in low light conditions and also sometimes it makes it hard to center you pin in the peep. I like to select a peep size that matches the size of my scope housing when I am looking through it. Kind of like an eclipse so to speak. It is helpful in making sure that things are lining up correctly and everything is centered. Also keep in mind that the smaller the peep the clearer it will make the scope when shooting higher magnifications. Shooting at lon­ ger distances will be a great way to really evaluate what mis­ takes you may have in yourself and your set up. These four

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From Championships to future champions By Peter Bourke

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From the sweltering heat of tropi­ cal Australia to the snow covered peaks of Germany's Black forest was 40 hours travel and worth every minute of it for my wife Heather and me. We arrived at Erika and Bill Kulls home in Doornstatin as old friends after sharing a Camp at the 2006 1FAA World Field Championships in Australia for a couple of weeks. Bill’s club the B.l.G. Glatt club allowed us to use their indoor range for training over the four days leading to the IFAA World Indoor Archery Championships at Mannheim. And four days is only just enough time to work the jet lag out of your system and start to hit the target. As we travel to have fun as well as the more serious business of competing and coaching we spent a lot of time visiting castles, eating out, drinking very large beers and seeing the sights of the Black Forest in winter. The World Championships com­ menced with a full opening ceremony that included a concert orchestra, choral group and gymnasts with the flags of the

competing countries bourn in by children accompanied by the orchestra playing the national anthem of each country in turn. The organizers had truly outdone themselves with a spectacular befitting the World Championships. Through the night, wine tasting and massive steins of German beer kept us true athletes lubricated and cheering each act as the evening rolled on. During the festivities we were able to catch-up with many old friends from around the world and get news of other in­ ternational tournaments and friends in the archery fraternity. What a wonderful sport this is when the fiercest of competitors can remain such close friends. One of the outstanding features of an IFAA event is that it is open to all archers not just the cream of the crop athletes, yes the elite archers of the world were there but so were those who had just started in our sport. Day two signaled the start of the com­ petition with a totally different atmosphere in the hall with the stage gone and targets in place. We made ready for four days of

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concentration and steady shooting. The shoot was much like other major tourna­ ments with a mixture of elation, tears and building new friendships. The host club managed the event very well and the venue worked fine allowing plenty of time to take in the highlights of Mannheim and generally enjoying much of what Germany has to offer. Children from local schools were brought in every day to watch the tourna­ ment and to give them a taste of interna­ tional competition. This was an excellent idea as today’s youth are tommorw’s archers and what better venue to use as an introduction than a World Championships. The tournament was marked by some memorable events like Erika Aya LaBrie shooting a new one day record of292(20X) in Adult Freestyle Recurve on her way to winning gold and giving the USA another World Champion. Germany as the host nation not only gave us all a tournament to remember but finished with 27 new World Champions and a plethora of silver and bronze. My personal battles were fought in the Professional Freestyle Unlimited division with Istvan Side from Hungary beating me for gold by 2 points and Steve Kendrick from England taking bronze. From an Australian point of view it was an excellent shoot with all three members of the Aussie team taking home medals, my wife Heather winning bronze in Freestyle Limited, Mike Cowie winning silver in Veteran Freestyle Unlimited and my silver in PFU. As all good things must end so it was with the 2007 World Indoor, like all else concerning this championships our German hosts gave us a finale befitting an International tournament. Dozens of dishes where laid out for the banquette, from the obligatory schnitzels to massive joints of roast meats and more steins of lo­ cal beer. The medal ceremony concluded with an invitation to all archers to meet again in 2009 for the next IFAA World Indoor Championships to be hosted by Argentina.

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U.S. Team - Record holder Aya La Brie (secondfrom right) Keeping to our policy of having as much fun as possible, Heather and 1 toured Germany and Austria for a week visiting more castles and Spanish dancing horses in Vienna before returning to work. In my case work may not be a correct descrip­ tion of what I do, probably having fun and meeting people would be a better descrip­ tion of my profession. In any case going to work involved flying from Frankfurt to Singapore where 1 was asked to give advice on coaching matters for the Singapore national FITA compound team. This team has a lot of potential and may just make their mark in international tournaments in the near future. The Singapore archery Association has just moved to new grounds with excellent target ranges and access to a state of the art gymnasium close by. The new grounds are right next door to a MRT Station (Mass Rapid Transport) allowing easy access to the grounds for the team members, this is a bonus in a country where owning a car is a rarity. For an Island 24 kilometers long with a population around 4.5 million people it is quite an achievement for the archery association and President George Loh to have secured these grounds as any vacant land is scarce in Singapore. This is also a reflection of the Singapore government’s policy of encouraging sporting activities for its citizens and gaining a toehold in the i nternational sporting arena. My main reason for this visit to Singapore was to work with a group of archers who have to overcome many more obstacles than most of us to achieve their goals in archery; they are archers with a disability. I am fortunate to be able to call some of these archers my friends as well as being students I train, the main groups they fall into are severely Vision impaired archers, blind archers and wheelchair ar­ chers. For those of us living in countries with a good social security programs like Europe, Australia, England and North July-August 2007

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Entertainment for the archers America taking up a sport like archery is relatively easy. If you are blind and live in many Asian countries just surviving is hard work, let alone taking up a sport. In the case of the blind archers I work with employment is limited to giving massage and similar forms of work if they can get any at all. We are endeavoring to setup a league in Southern Asia for archers with a disability so they can compete on a level playing field through their region and internationally. The aim is to base it on the divisions used by the British Blind Archery Association and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). For the vision impaired archers their sight ranges from being able to sec a FITA 40cm indoor face at 18mt as a blurred im­ age to the more severely affected who can barely see 10cm white spot on a contrasting background. The shots are aimed using a variety of aids from lenses to single pin sights with large balls on the pin. The totally blind archers use tactile sighting arrangements set up on tripods so their bow hand touches a pointer at full draw and their feet are positioned with wooden chocks. The accuracy achieved by these archers is astounding given the hurdles they overcome to shoot; just retrieving their arrows is fraught with danger as they must approach the target with care so as not to run into a shaft. The simple action of mak­ ing it to the Tuesday training session is a major obstacle for some who have recently lost their sight, to assist them Jim Bee who is close to totally blind, assists them from their door with the use of his white cane. The trip is undertaken with Jim leading and his fellow archers following behind with a hand on the shoulder of the person in front of them. Sighted archers can learn a lot from the blind archers about consistency in our shot cycle as they shoot as well as they do

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because of consistency of feel for the shot. As archery is a sport that is practiced by feel more than any other of our senses I have always stressed the importance of feel for the shot and learning to feel your shot through blind bail shooting among other training drills. This lesson was driven home to me while watching these vision impaired archers who achieve marvelous results through consistency ofshot achieved through feel. Each of these archers has de­ veloped their own form style and built it through the sense of feeling. Through this sensitivity to the feel of the shot they have learnt to shoot extremely well when you consider that aiming plays such a small part in their entire shot cycle. The sighted archers with a disabil­ ity and wheelchair archers have no less of a battle to compete in this wonderful sport, however, they do have a goal for some in that the International Paralympic Committee allow them to compete in the Paralympic Games if they qualify. This is a closed door to visually impaired and blind archers. To this end we need to do something in the future to widen the cri­ teria for selection to the games as it is far two narrow at the moment. 1 was first introduced to these dedi­ cated archers by Mr Tang Chang Poh who is the Manager of the Potong Pastr Community Club and former President of the Singapore Archery Association. Mr. Tang works with many disadvantaged groups as well as man­ aging the community center and training young archers across Singapore. He also or­ ganizes small compe­ titions to give his stu­ dents some direction for their training. Through Mr. Tang, it was bought 236

home to me, that those I work with make up a very small percentage of people with a disability who would like to take up this sport but are unable to do so due to mon­ etary constraints for the most part. I would like to make a call for spon­ sorship from individuals, small and large businesses to assist these athletes with a disability to achieve their goals. For these archers to compete outside of their local club it is a major exercise in logis­ tics involving costs that are beyond their capabilities. I assist these archers with free coaching while in their countries and work with them over the internet to some extent but 1 am afraid this is all 1 can do without help. What we need in assistance is archery equipment and assistance with transport for coaching and competition, so if an airline boss is out there reading this dig deep and see if you can help these people to achieve their goals in life. If you are in a position to help please contact me through my website www.archeryfix.com Last and far from least I would like to thank my sponsors who help me to as­ sist others in this wonderful sport, Vortex Optics, Ontarget2 Software for archers, Shibuya sights, Tailor Maid Strings, Tru Ball releases, Trophy Taker rests, ASTAR Learning Systems and the US archer magazine for publishing my ramblings. Peter Bourke Principal Coach for wwyv.archeryfix.com

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at ways to revive it and bring it back up to at least the break even level. I’ve heard that the profits they make in Vegas and Louisville are used to keep this shoot alive. There are new venues being looked at as well as new formats. The room needed to Hello, and welcome once again to host a shoot indoors with a 60 yard round, the Senior Corner. For once I’m writing limits the number of sites they can look at the news without a deadline staring me and the cost of booking these large conven­ in the face. I’m on my way back from the tion centers requires bigger registrations 1BO in Bedford, In. and I have a two and than they’ve been getting. They held an a half hour layover here in Baltimore so extra money shoot this year, using a new I thought I’d beat the game and get this 40 yard target, like a Vegas face but bigger, done on time. I was supposed to lay-over and that will be in the mix when they make in Chicago but I was lucky enough to get a their decision on which way to go with this bump to another flight at the gate next door, final leg of their Archery Festival. going to Baltimore instead. 1’11 get home Once again I had high hopes of doing fifteen minutes later but I got a voucher well in the tournament and once again they from Southwest for $177, which comes out didn’t pan out. Such is life. I did run my free to about $10 a minute for my trouble. Their release offer again this year but 1 changed vouchers used to be a pain to use, requiring it around a little. Last year the high senior a trip to the airport or a mail in request with flight shooter, of those who registered at the a completed itinerary but now they come booth and posted two complete scores, won with a number and a code that you can the release of their choice. I was hoping plug into an on-line booking session as a to get a complete list of the senior scores partial or full payment. You can also give for the article that way but the guys who it to someone else to use and they’re now knew they didn't win, never came back and good for two years. Southwest, to me, has posted a second score. This year the release a very user friendly ticketing system. I can was destined to go to the lucky winner of a book a flight early and if I see a better deal drawing. The entry into the drawing came later, I can make the change without pen­ with the posting of two complete scores alty. Any excess is held in my account for at the booth. “This year I’ve got them” I future travel. If I have to cancel, the price of thought to myself. Once again I over-esti­ the ticket goes into my account in the same mated the attention span of the average se­ way, no fee involved. I’ve also been doing nior archer and wound up with a grand total really well booking cars through their of only six archers who remembered to web site. The latest deals I got with Hertz, come back and post their second score. As one of their partners, averaged about $65 it turned out the winner of the release was for a Thursday to Monday booking with also the high senior scorer, Gary Sanders. unlimited mileage, plus they were offering who was looking to get another release double Rapid Rewards credits. One of the anyway. So, congratulations to Gary and Hertz check-in workers asked how I got the thanks to those of you who remembered low rate. Even as a Hertz employee, it was to come back. Next year, NOT. Two other better than she could do. high lights I should mention, were a visit This year’s shoot in Pittsburgh fol­ to Lydia’s, a great Italian restaurant by the lowed the downward trend it's been on famous TV chef and the travel to and from since leaving Atlantic City, smaller regis­ Pittsburgh in my new Toyota Prius hybrid. tration and less vendor participation. It’s At $3.15 a gallon every one of the 51 miles one of my favorite shoots and I’ll continue I can go on one gallon, is a pleasure. The to go but the WAF is taking a hard look car is great and I highly recommend it to July-August 2007

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Beautiful Mount Shasta! Yes, that is snow on the mountain. anyone; more room than you’d expect and enough power to travel comfortably on the Interstate system. One final bit of good news was that I finally got Tim Austin to agree to a poll of the archers at the Senior Olympics, on the question of changing the rounds to a double 600 rather than a double 900. Shooting times for the 900 have been in the order of 6 to 8 hours due to the need to shoot 3 arrow ends at 40 yards and that’s a long time to be out in the sun and wind at that time of the year, especially since many of the archers are in the 70 years and up age brackets. Those of you who have shot the 600 round at Atlantic City or Pittsburgh should be aware of how much faster it goes and with the 5 arrow vs. 6 arrow ends, it may also eliminate the need to do double duty at 40 yards as we now do in the 900 round. Add to this the extra time it would give us to enjoy some of the other scheduled events and things to see around town and I for one would vote for the 600 in a minute. If you’re going to Louisville, be sure to ask Tim about the poll and vote for the shorter but still competitive 600 round. This year marks my return to the Western Trail Shoot in Redding, CA. after a lapse of seven years. A change in the shoot­ ing format prompted me to start going again and the trip turned out to be better than I could have hoped for. The previous shoots in Redding, used only Saturday and Sunday to shoot the entire seventy targets, with Saturday consuming most of the time. An average of eight to ten hours on the range on Saturday left every­ one exhausted and ready to head back to the motel for a shower and a beer. Not a good thing for the vendors and Sunday, being a get away day, also made for limited time. Add to that the fact that there only seem to be two weather conditions in that part of California in May, cold and rainy or scorching hot and the trip just didn’t seem worth the effort. This year, however, the format was changed to spread the shooting out to 25 targets on Friday and Saturday and a final 20 on Sunday. Coupled with superb weather for the second year in a row, a new level of fun was reached in what was already one of the high lights of the archery year. Each day we finished by 1:30, with fewer back-ups on the range. I was in a group headed by Bob Deston of BCY and most of the shooters in the group were in the archery business. Gordon Glass, Mathews, Lancaster, Saunders, Tailor Made Strings and AEP Stabilizers 238

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than I've ever seen them at this shoot. The 1BO also has a looser tournament policy that gives the archers the option of shooting all 40 targets in one day and many of those with limited time and funds take advantage of it. The ASA structure of three starting times on Saturday and shooting over a two day span, provide a much better flow of traffic in the vending area. The later shoots have always been slower in sales and with the cost of travel going up so fast, it’s only going to get worse. I’m going to have to

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re-evaluate my schedule and put more em­ phasis on the earlier shoots and the grand finales and use the middle months to shoot more myself. I’ll be reporting in on the ASA in London, KY, the Mid-Atlantic sectional and the Senior Olympics in the next issue, so be sure to stop by at the corner for the latest observations. Joe Bauernfeind www.zenitharchery.com

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IBO National Triple Crown Bedford, Indiana by Eric Griggs yardage 1 still picked the right number and when we got to one of the more difficult targets it wasn’t my turn to lead. Everything just came together”. Chance used the following equipment: PSE Mojo SD 30" draw 65pounds Easton Fatboy 400 Scott Longhorn 4 Sure-Loc sight Classic Scope America’s Best Bowstrings Alpen Binoculars 1. Chance Beaubouef 22 420 2. Tim Gillingham 20 416 3. Dan McCarthy 411 19 4. Nathan Brooks 411 17 4. Eric Griggs 411 17 In the Women’s Pro Division Kelly Ward of Greensboro, NC had a 10 point lead after the completion of Saturday’s competition. Kelly held on Sunday for an impressive win with a final score of 390. Susan Davis of Hopewell, VA shot strong on Sunday as well to earn second place honors with a 383 while last years IBO National and World Champion Alicia McHenry finished in third with a 381.

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May 18th - 20th marked the start of the 1st Leg of the IBO National Triple Crown in Bedford, Indiana hosted by White River Bowhunters. Archers this year were presented with a wonderful weekend of weather. A pleasant surprise considering inclement weather has been a part of this tournament in most recent years. The 4H grounds in Bedford as usual was the host site for this event, but the Pro Archers found themselves once again competing over at the White River Bowhunters club. Most pros have said that the target layouts and terrain over at White River Bowhunters typically present a larger challenge than those at the 4H grounds. The terrain and tricky target placement might have fooled some, but PSE Pro shooter Chance Beaubouef wasn’t fooled at all. After the first day of competition Chance shot a blistering 30 target score of 315 with 17 H’s to best all competitors in the Pro Male Release division. Tim Gillingham was in second followed by Bob Eyler and Eric Griggs tied for third. On Sunday all pros returned to the 4H grounds to complete the last 10 targets of the competition. Range assignments were given and all four pro divisions shot on a different range. Chance Beaubouef continued his mastery of the ranges that weekend finishing with a 420 and taking first place honors. Gillingham held on for second with a 416 and Dan McCarthy came from behind to take third place with a 411 by shooting a 10 target Sunday score of 106. “It was just one of those weekends when everything came together, I caught all of the breaks” said Chance. “When I had a close arrow it was in. When I really wasn’t 100% sure on a

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“To me Bedford has been tough since they moved us to White River Bowhunters” said Kelly. “I have shot some of the worse scores I have ever shot on those ranges, so to have a 10 point lead after 30 targets was monumental. I expected it to be challenging and it was just one of those weekends that I was up for the chal­ lenge. It isn’t often anymore that I can get away on a Friday to have some time to acclimate to the terrain, but I was able to slip out of the office early enough to make it to Bedford with some daylight left over, maybe that was the confidence booster I needed. The numbers came very easy and my shot process was doing its job, it was just a great weekend.” Kelly used the following equipment: Mathews Prestige 24 ’A” draw 53 pounds

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Pro Male Fingers Division Rodney Huffman “The courses here are the same as the ones around home” said Rodney. “This is the stuff I practice on. The longer and hillier the courses are the better it is for me.” Rodney used the following equipment: Mathews Apex 28” 60pounds Easton ACE 430 Duravane Predator vanes Easton stabilizer with AEPside rods Sure Loc sight and scope 1. Rodney Huffman 387 13 2. Larry Goza 379 6 3. Shawn Earl 377 8 4. Thomas Blanton 376 9 5. Jesse Lane 375 6 Les Bressler of Waterville, PA look first place in the Pro Senior division with a 40 target score of 408. Thomas Crowe finished second with a 405 and Dan Renner finished in third with a 402. “3D archery is and up and down game” commented Les. It just so happens I’m up right now. Shooting and judging well combined with a little good luck helps to get wins.” Les used the following equipment: Mathews Apex 7 29” 61.5 pounds Gold Tip Pro 22 series arrows Custom Bow Equipment sight New Dead In Stabilizer 1. Les Bressler 408 16 2. Thomas Crowe 405 15 July-August 2007

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Levi Morgan picked up the first win of his professional career by hitting fourteen 14 rings back on March 4,2007 at the Hoyt USA Mississippi Pro/Am. Morgan shot a staggering 462 on a relatively short 40 target course. So what would happen when Morgan came to a long course? Could he win without the 14’s? Morgan answered that question with a resounding “Yes” as he won Men’s Open Pro at the Easton Augusta, Georgia Pro/Am on April 27-29 2007 with a two day score

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.evi Morgan of 425 and zero 14s. Morgan of Rosman, NC entered the Pro Pressure Point Shootdown with a seven point lead over Jeff Hopkins of Clayton, Delaware who shot a 418. Thomas Gomez, Del Valle, Texas shot a 407-12, Lester Hall of Stanton, Kentucky was at 403-14 and Colin Boothe of Harrisonburg, LA at 402-8 Morgan hit a few 8s in the shootdown but went on to win by the same seven point margin. The order of finish did not change during the shootdown. “I started to freak out there but I talked myself through it,” Morgan said of the 8s. “I over-judged a couple just trying to play it too safe. That wasn’t what got me here. I gunned for them pretty hard this weekend.” Morgan shot a 207 on Saturday and was in fourth place. On Sunday he got hot. But not because of 14s this time. He felt the course was too long to allow shooting at 14s. “I looked at the range and I knew it was going to be tough.” Morgan said of his Sunday round in which he shot a 218. “I just ended up scoring high. My equipment is shooting real good right now.” Morgan shot the following equipment: Mathews Conquest 4, 70# 31” draw Gold Tip 30X, 460 grs, Bohning 2" Blazer Trophy Taker spring steel Copper John sight Classic scope no lens Shrewd Stabilizer Stan Super X Release Ben Rogers of San Jose, California came into the Pro Pressure Point Shootdown in fourth place in Senior Pro. The good news for Rogers was that his 399 score had him only three points out of first. 242

Ronnie Smart of Enid, Oklahoma led going into the shootdown with a 402 and nine 12’s and 14 rings. Les Bressler of Waterville, Pennsylvania was in second with a 402 and seven 12s. Joel Lecker of Troy, Virginia was in third with a 400 and twelve 12s followed by Rogers. The final spot in the shootdown was held by Randall Jones of Lula, Georgia with a 397. Because of personal commitments Rogers had not been able to make many shoots prior to this one. “I hadn’t been able to make the first two,” Rogers said. “I made Paris, TX and this is only my second one. I’ve been build­ ing a house.” _________

Ben Rogers winner ofMen’s Senior Pro Rogers picked a fine time to come back to the ASA as he got the chance to compete on two of the harder courses ever set by the ASA’s range staff. “I think that is the way all the courses should be, very challenging,” Rogers said of the difficult nature of the Augusta, GA courses. “Kind of take the fourteen out of play and make everybody judge yardage. Rogers was able to come from the fourth slot to win but it wasn’t without a little tension. At one point all five shooters in the shoot down were within one point. How did Rogers handle the nerves and fight his way through for the win? “I tell you what, it’s hard,” said Rogers. “You just get up pull your bow back and hope your hand is not shaking too bad.” Jones came from fifth to finish in sec­ ond. Bressler finished in third, Smart and Lecker rounded out the top five. Rogers shot the following equipment: Mathews Conquest 4, 28.5” draw, 67 pounds, max cam Gold Tip X-Cutter arrows- 336 gr.total, 90 gr. points, pin nocks Duravane fletching

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“Long normally works into my favor,” Owens said. “Long targets mesh with my shooting and my shooting style kind of from a F1TA or target background. That does seem to help there when they get stretched out there. Pure form and making good shots.” Owens definitely had something go­ ing for him as he entered the Pro Pressure Point Shootdown with a thirteen point lead in Limited Pro. Owens had a few bobbles in the shoot­ down and saw his lead dwindle to only five points. On the final target Owens needed only an eight to win so when he came to the McKenzie large alert buck he shot it for 39 yards and drilled the 12 for the win. Gene Curry of Brownwood, Texas finished in second followed by Larry Goza of Crossville, Alabama, Tom Blanton of Ashland, Ohio and Brian Goza of Bryant, Alabama. ”My Easton arrows were working awesome,” Owens said afterwards. “I thank those guys for sponsoring this tour­ nament. There is nothing like an ACE.” Owens shot the following equipment: Mathews Apex 60 lbs, 29 3A” draw Easton ACE 430, 100 gr. points Duravanefletching Brownell string Angel Tab AEP stabilizer Sure-loc sight and scope, no lens Alicia McHenry of Orangeville, Pennsylvania followed the sentiments of Owens. “I prefer long,” McHenry said. “This is kind of my game because we had a lot of dips and dives things that were just over hills and you couldn’t see ground. I use a July-August 2007

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After winning two Pro/Ams. the Realtree Classic and the Shooter of the Year title in Women’s Pro in 2006 Alicia McHenry of Orangeville, Pennsylvania hadn’t won a single ASA event in 2007 until the Easton Augusta, GA Pro/Am held April 27-29, 2007. She quickly backed that up with her second straight ASA win by taking home the title at the Limbsaver Kentucky Pro/Am held in London, KY on June 1-3, 2007, After a tame course on Saturday the la­ dies were treated to harder work on Sunday with some very dark ranges due to cloud cover and an 8AM start time. “I think yesterday was fairly easy,” McHenry said of Saturday’s round. “Today we had quiet a few dark, long targets. I think a 393 leading it in the women’s kind of tells you everything.”

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shot down. I shot good and judged good.” Curry shot the following equipment: Mathews Conquest 3, Sure-Loc sight and scope, no lens Shrewd stabilizer system Duravane fletching Carbon Express CXL 150 with 100 grain point. Homemade leather tab With only two groups left to complete the shootdown, Senior Pro and Men’s Open Pro bad weather began to loom over the tops of the tall trees surrounding the horse arena where the shootdown was contested. These groups were appreciative of Mr. Curry wrapping up the shootdown in Limited without a sixth round of shooting. The Senior Pros went next and Les Bressler of Waterville, Pennsylvania had the same game plan as he entered the Pro Pressure Point Shootdown with a score of 418. His next closest competitor was Burley Hall of Kendallville, Indiana with a 408. Thomas Crowe of Umpqua, Oregon and Derry Null of Zanesville, Ohio were tied for third with scores of'406-10 followed by Jackie Caudle of Gadsden, Alabama with a score of 402. Bressler built such a substantial lead by staying in the 10 ring with only two 8s all weekend. 247

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“I judged well and kept it in the 10 ring,” Bressler said. “Saturday 1 shot quiet a few 12s. Sunday 1 didn’t shoot quiet as many 12s but I stayed in the 10 ring. It was enough to do it I guess.” Bressler improved on his lead in the shootdown by shooting 12s on three of the five shots. A sixth arrow was not required as no one was within ten points of him. Caudle’s shootdown didn’t begin ter­ ribly fast but picked up some drama late. After a 10, 8 start Caudle had moved into fourth place. Caudle then went 14, 10 and 14 on his final three arrows to jump all the way to second place. Hall finished in third followed by Crowe and Null. Bressler shot the following equipment: Mathews Apex 7, 62 tbs, 28.5" draw Mathews Rest with lizard tongue launcher CBE sight bar and scope- 2X lens Goldtip X-Cutter arrows, pin nocks, 90

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Morgan, McCall and Boothe all shot 12s while McCarthy shot an 8. The second had Morgan and McCall nailing 12s while McCarthy, Likens and Boothe shot 10s. On the third shot everyone but Boothe shot a 10. Boothe had nailed a 12 and was tied with McCal 1 for second three points behind Morgan. McCall and Boothe continued the charge on the fourth shot with each hitting a 12. Morgan and Likens had 10s while McCarthy shot his second 8. Only leading by one Morgan shot another 10 on the fifth. Boothe shot his fourth 12 in five shots to overtake Morgan and move from fifth to first with only one shot remaining. McCarthy and Likens got 8s and McCall slipped with a five. Boothe’s charge knocked McCarthy out of the sixth arrow. Likens led off the final arrow withan 8. McCall followed with a 10 Morgan now trailing Boothe went next and nailed a 12. Boothe needed a 10 to tie or a 12 or 14 for the outright win. Boothe shot for and drilled the 12 completing his fifth to first victory. Boothe said he never considered a full out charge at the 14s in the shootdown. “Basical ly try to make a good shot on the first target,” Boothe said of his strategy. “Most of the time coming into a shoot off we’re on different ground than we shot on all weekend so you want to make sure you’re judging right. So always try to make a really good shot, a really good judge on the first shot and then just pick up from there. I 12d the first target the hardest target and 1 said Okay my numbers are on let’s roll. 1 just shot 12 rings from then on. Being in fifth means you can't finish any lower than you started the shootdown but what about when you’ve climbed to the top; do you change your strategy now?

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1974. It was the first year of the Big Sky Open and the first time we had the honor of meeting John Chesnick. He and Don Johnson, both from Colorado had committed themselves to supporting the newly found NFAA Professional Archers and money tournaments (there were three) that had sprung up. Before and after that, John was always a strong advocate of archers who wanted to shoot for money, instead of trophies. John helped form the Colorado Professional Archers within the Colorado State Archery Association and helped pro­ mote professional archers through his own PAPeep Company, which manufactured peeps, armguards and accessories. John was in the Army Air Corp, in World War 11 where he learned to fly C47's and 3-ton cargo gliders. After the war, he earned a degree in Banking and remained in that field until his retirement. One thing many of us who knew John may not have known, he was not only just an archer. John was an avid sportsman -a Champion Skier, tennis player, bowler, golfer, hunter and fisherman. John was very active in the Colorado State Archery Association as a “behind the scenes” player. He promoted target archery immensely and participated in many tour­ naments because of his love for shooting and the friends he had acquired. John was also an avid hunter. Jerry recalls the time John, his son and Roland Haggard came to over to Grand Junction to bow hunt in the book cliffs with he and Randy. John was a “stickler” for image and appearance and after a morning of hunting, John rigged up a shower to get rid

of camo makeup and earthly smells. After his shower, John appeared before everyone in hunting camp wearing a fluffy robe and smelling of his favorite colognes and per­ fumes. One look, one whiff and everyone were yelling, “What are you trying to do, John? Scare away all the animals?” After more comments and insults, John headed back to the woods for a second shower leaving all the guys hooting and howling. Everyone in archery, as well as Jerry and I, were so lucky to be friends with John and his wife, Courtney. They are a fine example of those involved in ar­ chery — who they are, what they stand for and how hard they work for the sport they love. John was one in a million! Tootie & Jerry Brabec FRED MARKS 1920-2007

Fred Marks, Wyoming archer Doing what he loved best (2005), Doing what he loved best - Shooting Archery! If there ever was an archer more dedicated to the sport of archery you would have to look long and hard to fi nd one more so than Fred Marks of Cody, Wyoming. Fred was in the Marine Corp and a WWII Veteran. After the war, he came back to Wyoming and somewhere picked up a bow, did some hunting and started shooting targets. As his roots were be­ coming firmly embedded in the different aspects of shooting archery, Fred then helped others in founding the Wyoming State Archery Association in 1952. Jerry & I met Fred Marks at a local tournament in Montana somewhere around 1963. Fred shot barebow, as so many did back then. We became friends, and as 252

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248 Target Communications 7626 W. Donges Bay Rd. Mequon , WL53097 www.deerinfo.com

218 Ragsdale & Associates Archery Consultants 14230 Shadow Bay Dr. Willis, TX 77318 Phone: 936-856-0928 archerysleuth@wmconnect.com

235 Tim's Archery 35450 Golden Eagle Court Whitewater. CO 81527 Phone: 970-245-9666 www.timsarcheryco.com

229 Ram Products 1220 S. Mountain View Road Moscow, ID 83843 Phone:208-882-1396 Fax: 208-882-2634 www.ram-products.com 232 Range-O-Matic Archery Company 20625 30 Mile Road, Ray Ml 48096 Phone: 586-749-8622 Fax: 568-749-6721 www.rangeomatic@comcast.net

245 Robinhood Video Productions 1600 Reyn.. New Albany Road Blacklick, OH 43004 Phone:614-322-1038 Fax: 614-322-1039 www.robinhoodvideos.com

251 Trueflight Manufacturing Company, Inc. PO Box 1000, HWY 51 S, Manitowish Waters, Wl 54545 Phone: 715-543-8410 Fax: 715-543-2525 www.trueflightfeathers.com 201 U.S. Archer Inc. 7315 N. San Anna Dr. Tucson, AZ 85704 Phone: 888-250-3321 Phone: 520-742-5846 Fax: 520-742-0027 Email: usamag@aol.com www.usarcher.com

207 Whole Life Planner B.C. Ministries, Box 915 Eddyville, KY 42038

204 Saunders Archery Company PO Box 1707, Columbus, NE 68601 Phone: 402-564-7176 Fax: 402-564-3260 www.sausa.com

237 Winner's Choice Custom Bowstrings Phone:541-575-0818 www.winnerschoicestrings.com

201 Shibuya Archery www.shibuya-archery.com

245 Zenith Archery Products Phone: 631-929-3223 www.zenitharchery.com

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205 Win & Win www.win-archery.com

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