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Editorial By Arlyne Rhode......................................................................................... 62

Archers Who Care By Jim Schultz.........................................................................68 Atlantic City Archery Classic By Gene Grodzki................................................ 72 International Field Archery Assn. News By Loet Smit.................................... 74

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Elite Archery Clubs........................ ...........................................................................78 Canadian Field Archery Association................................................................... 80 New Zealand’s 55th Archery Nationals By Jessie Henwood........................ 82 1997 All Japan Championships By Masatoshi Seki......................................... 84

Tokyo Indoor Open By Shirayuki Matsuzaki........................................................ 86 Likins and Watson Sizzle at LaCrosse-Red Ball/Easton Texas Open...... 88 NABH 1998 Game Finder 3-D Archery Championship.................................. 90

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1997 3D APA World Rankings .......................................................................... 92 Canadian Field Archery Assn. Results.......................................................... 94

NABH Abilene Tournament Results................................................................ 96 NABH 1998 Tournament Trail Schedule........................................................ 96

New Zealand Archery Nationals Results.................................................... 101 Tournament Trail................................................................................................. 104

World Traditional Archers By Dan Locke.......................................................... 106 Press Releases from the Industry...................................................................... 108

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Atlantic City Archery Classic 1998 By Gene Grodzki

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To many of us archers in the Northeast, winter means one thing. Arrow after arrow, shot at the same old twenty yards. My sight pin has not moved for months. By this time of year my brain is getting numb. I need a change. The walls are closing in on me. Help!

Is this emotional crisis the H'inter Blues or Spring Fever? Whatever it is, I know a sure cure. Right now, fill out your application, for the Atlantic City Archery Classic. Once the application is mailed and you have the weekend of April 17, 18 & 19 circled on your calendar. I guarantee you will start to feel better. Think about it! This is the perfect way to kick off the 1998 season. A mini vacation at the jersey shore combining archery and relaxation. In the comfort and warmth of the hratu! new Atlantic City Convention Center, you will compete at 40. 50 and 60 meters, shooting at the large Olympic target face. That's right, no more twenty yards. If you have never been to AC you are missing a real treat. The S15.000 in prize money is a big draw for many of the top shooters and wanna-bees but most of us go just to have a great weekend shooting and having fun. This event has gotten bigger and belter every year since 1976 and this year the new location will give the shoot a whole new personality. I had reason to spend three days at the new Convention Center and the facilities are breathtaking, the lighting is perfect and there is excitement everywhere. The new building is within walking distance to the Casinos and

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International Field Archery Association News Archery in Africa ...By Loet Smit Over the years that 1 have been involved in archery in South Africa and several other countries in the southern continent, many people have expressed their concern about the way archery is promoted and then later on, supported in Africa. This article has been in the pen for many years. It expresses the viewpoint of these archers and is not intended to criticize those who have tried or are still trying to promote the sport in Africa. Africa has only a few countries where more than 30 people do archery, regardless of level of participation. These countries include South Africa, Zimbabwe. Zambia and Mauritius. The island of Reunion, near Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, probably has the most archers. Although the island is considered to be part of Africa, politically it is a “province” of France and therefore the island cannot be officially represented in regional archery tournaments. 1 hope that in time to come the folly of this situation will be recognized. This situation definitely harms archery in the region. Over the last two decades the most sport codes, especially the Olympic sport codes, have tried to get their sport promoted in Africa. Some years ago the FITA and the IFAA also became involved in the promotion of the sport they represent archery. Two sports codes have been especially successful: Soccer and Field & Track. The main reasons for their success lie in their popularity by both spectators and participants and the minimum amount of funds required to partake in the sport. Many soccer clubs in Africa play their sport on a piece of barren ground and three tree branches to make up a goal. The players wear shorts and a T-shirt but very often play the game without shoes. I still remember the first Ethiopian marathon runner to get gold in the Modem Olympics. He ran the distance bare feet. Kenyan runners in those days were “dressed" in the same manner. Both these sports have an abundance of participants and there is a continued "supply” of good potential. Is it possible that archery can become also a success story? To answer this, some background of African archery is required. In the old days bows of Europe, America and the East were made to kill by impact or internal hemorrhage. Although also used in hunting, they were more and more designed for warfare. The bow and arrow were not as popular in Africa and only few of the old tribes used this instrument. The better known were the men of the Kalahari, the Bushmen. The bow was not designed to kill on impact or through loss of blood. The killing method was with poison. The arrow was equipped with barbs so that it would remain embedded in the animal for some time so that sufficient poison would be taken up, causing the animal to die after some time (sometime days). The bow and arrow did not have to be accurate. As long as the arrow penetrated the skin of the prey the poison would do the work. While in Europe the prowess of the archer was shown in tournaments and competitions and often to the admiration of fellow warriors and to the adoration of women folk, the Bushman showed his prowess by bringing home the meat. Archery as a sport only became known in Africa when it became colonized by the Europeans. With them came the different sports 74

they played, including archery. As with most other sports, archery also was an exclusively White sport. It has remained like that for a long time and several countries still have no or very few African archers. The stigma of being a “White Sport" and therefore a racist sport is well felt by most countries in the southern part of the continent. And although there have been many, mostly unsuccessful attempts to introduce the sport to the African population the stigma still remains. The fact that archery equipment is very expensive in Africa and often unobtainable has not helped much either. The introduction of bow hunting in countries like South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe had quite an effect on the sport as a whole. Hunters from mainly the USA, later followed by hunters from Germany, Italy, Portugal and Australia, brought with them modem equipment, especially compound bows. The demand for bows and bow maintenance increased. Owners of hunting farms and their local clients often bought bows and accessories from the international clients, mostly at greatly inflated prices. The international hunter could in truth ask any price. This increase in demand resulted in an increase in archery dealers. South Africa originally had one archery dealer. He was possibly the only dealer in Africa. In the years to follow this number increased tremendously and South Africa now has some 10 dealers, maybe more. Several other countries now have dealers also. They often combine their dealership with other business. The low archery population in these countries simply cannot sustain them. One problem remained however. Equipment could only be purchased from dealers and not from manufacturers. Their cut in the price, to which was added transportation costs, import duties and further handling fees, made equipment still very expensive. This all changed when local dealers did obtain direct access to manufacturers and local archers were allowed to purchase directly from dealers outside Africa. The price of archery equipment did drop by a considerable margin, when expressed in U.S. Dollars. Current devaluation of local currencies, some of them by more than 1000%, again has placed the purchase of equipment outside the reach of many would-be archers, especially the African population. When we look at the archers in Africa, we can identify the following groups: The bowhunter. By far the largest group of archers in the continent, possibly representing some 80% of the total African archery population. With bowhunting being legalized and actually being promoted nationally and internationally in most countries south of the equator, the group is growing by the day. The Target archer. The sport is growing in countries like Mauritius and Reunion and attempts to promote are made in countries like Kenya, Central African Republic and Uganda. Countries like South Africa and Zimbabwe have a graying population of archers and little new blood comes into the sport. In countries like Botswana and Zambia archery is mainly done by immigrants from European countries who still call England “back home.” THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER

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those two FITA members. For the IFAA, a much smaller organization and not linked to the Olympics. South Africa as their only member in Africa was of less concern, although the 1992 World Field Archery Championship in South Africa was boycotted by some of the IFAA members and South African archers were only allowed to partake in IFAA events as individuals, and not as a RSA Team. This in simplified terms explains the background against which the international archery associations and local archery associations, with or without the help of governments, now try and promote the sport in Africa. To have a self sustaining development programme for any sport, the following problems must be overcome: The sport must be accessible to those who are interested in the sport. This means that facilities to practice the sport must be already there or must be built. It also means that equipment to do the sport must be available. In Africa that means especially cheaper types of bows and arrows. People must be educated as trainers, coaches and administrators. This may well

have to be done outside the continent as facilities and know-how are very limited in Africa. Training and coaching must be sustained and continuous upgrading of knowledge is a prime requirement. National governments must be made aware of the sport and must be made aware that one of the archery disciplines is an Olympic Sport. Many people in Africa do not know that. To get the support of the government is of prime importance as many sports (if not all) are funded by the government through the different Sports Departments and also the army. Participants should be able to achieve a standard (not necessary top standard) without costing an arm and a leg. We must keep in mind that the cost of top equipment used and space required for one archer is practically the same as the cost and space needed to start and dress up a complete soccer team of eleven people. Tournaments must be held national and regional level, taking into consideration the type of equipment used. It is wrong to make Continued on page 76 75

an archer with a wooden 25-30 lbs. recurve bow of some USS50 shoot against an archer with a top bow of some USS600 or more. It is interesting to see how some of these problems were approached over the last few years. With the coming of the 1996 Olympic Games combined with changes within the FITA rules to allow a certain number of archers from the African continent to take part, archers had to be “created" overnight and never have I seen so much trafficking of archery officials and the random donations of bows and arrows. The 1995 Target Nationals in the RSA suddenly saw a team of archers (2 + 1 coach) arriving from the Central African Republic. They had never shot an arrow over 30 meters. The archers were there at the great expense of the CAR government and the local association. The new ruling virtually assured the RSA of all Africa places in the Olympics, even when our top male archer could barely shoot 1280/1110. No one took into consideration that the final decision of the RSA team make-up does lie with the National Olympic Committee of the RSA. They decided that the score was inadequate and rejected the men recurve team. In turn, two archers were elected from Kenya, who both came last in the ranking rounds. A bitter pill for those who can shoot 640 to see their place taken by someone who barely shoots 500.1 can fully understand their thinking: Are the Olympics a development round for our African archers? The establishment of the African Archery Federation was a major step forward. Not only did the Africa Championships change from an all Zimbabwe vs. RSA affair, the inclusion of Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Botswana (there may be more) made the event a more Africa event. Three problems remained, several of the participants from the “new” countries do not qualify to represent

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their country officially as they are immigrants and, to date Africa Archery has never been included in the All Africa Games, the major sport event of the continent. Lastly, the cost. The RSA Nationals will make it clear if the spread archery have had some success. Will the countries from central Africa be prepared to send teams over or will they save these funds for the coming Africa Games. In contrast to the above the Indian Ocean Islands followed a different route. Few will remember the article in The Glade magazine some two years ago where Mr. Philippe Wong Sin, the then president of the Mauritian Archery Federation pleaded for help, both for equipment and expertise. It was the start of a new relation between the RSA and Mauritius. But is was not only the RSA. The Island of Reunion, to be more accurate the French Federation, also reacted. The island of Reunion is now a trainer/technical official richer. He not only supports the sport in Reunion, he also attends to all the other French speaking islands in the Indian Ocean, which include Mauritius (Maurice), Seychelles and Mayotte. Other islands like Malagasy and Maldives may well be included in the near future. Archery is developed at all levels in these islands. During my visit in December last year the first Mauritian Archery Trainers underwent their final exam. On their shooting line there is place for Olympic bows, Standard Bows, Compound bows and others. Mauritius and Reunion have regular competitions against each other with distances varying from the 18 meter indoor to the 70 meter Olympic round. Hopefully the tournaments will be extended to the other islands in the near future. The Indian Islands have their “Indian Ocean Island Championships.” No doubt archery will be part of these events in the near future, if not already so. My complements to those who have pushed and promoted archery on these islands. On an area less then 3000 square miles they have more archers than over the total African continent. Another route was followed by the Field archers in the RSA and Zambia, where the “Development Bow” was introduced. It is similar to the FITA Standard bow, be it with additional limitations like a compulsory wooden handle and a price limit. The same bows are now also used to develop archery with the Physically Challenged archers in two countries and Mauritius. The system has been very successful, not only in introducing the sport in schools, but also in the previously disadvantaged communities of South Africa and I do expect that the first African archers will appear on the local tournaments in the next year or two. The system is not linked to any international association, although distances similar to the indoor tournaments (for beginners) and the Standard Round (FITA) are used in the tournaments. For those interested to compete in IFAA Field archery the cub and junior distances are used. The development bow and rounds are not only used to develop the sport, but also to develop the archer. Once the archer is ready or willing to compete in the longer distances and has decided which discipline to follow *if not both) the association representing this discipline takes over. Until that time it is development, the discipline and the association representing the discipline are totally irrelevant. The system certainly is not without its problems. Certain archers have voiced the opinion that the inclusion of the Standard Round in the FITA tournaments and the Development Bow in the IFAA

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round on the African continent may well reduce the status of the event. It is my opinion that the inclusion of these rounds do not reduce the status. They do not interfere with the FITA Rounds or the Recognized IFAA Field Archery Rounds. They add to them, not only in number of participants, but they also broaden the basis of archery and increase the number of archers from which to select future teams. IFAA (Africa) included development teams in the 1997 World Bowhuntcr Championships. The two teams and their individual members shot against each other together with more experienced archers who competed in the normal IFAA styles. It added to their experience and several members have remained active archers until this day. All three of the above approaches towards development have recorded success and failure. Those who wish status to the sport have difficulty in allowing mass participation through cheap and simple bows. Those who want mass participation can often not accept the term “sport for the elite.” Both have a place in archery and we should never forget that mass participation is required to allow for a broad selection of “elite” archers. Like with most sports. Africa has to offer of the best sports women and sports men in the world. There is no reason why archery cannot also obtain top performers from this continent. My experience in the development of this sport in Africa has told me that there is a genuine interest in the sport but we have to approach the individual and the local governments in a special way. Like in any type of development also here this phrase applies. Give a man a fish to eat today, he will starve tomorrow. Teach him to fish and he will eat every day. Unfortunately, the fishing tools are in the possession of several men. If these men would come together and together would teach how to fish, we all would have a chance of eating fish every day. Even better, we could select the fish we wish to eat. In the near future I will be moving to Beira, a town on the Indian Ocean in Mocambiquc. 1 will take my development bows with and undoubtedly 1 will start teaching archery there. I can never expect “the man in the street" to buy a bow, not even a US$50 bow. He will have to starve for two to three months before he could buy the bow as the salary in this country is about USS 1520 per month. This will not stop me however, for there may be someone there with the potential of a champion. I must however first prove this to his/her rulers, because only they would be able to afford purchasing equipment. In other words I will have to walk the same thorny road 1 walked several years ago in South Africa to get some recognition for the sport. I will do it with pleasure. *

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Canadian Field Archery Association February 14-15,1998 • Windsor, Ontario

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Have you heard of the CFAA Indoor? If you like a warm, hospitable city, you should visit Windsor, Ontario for the CFAA National Indoor Tournament. Be prepared for high scores. The venue is a beautiful sight on the Detroit River across from downtown Detroit. Windsor is called the Rose City because of the many roses grown there. Roses were handed out at the tournament. This is a well-planned tournament with ample facilities including food, entertainment and lodging at very reasonable rates. Opening ceremonies included the Canadian and American National Anthem’s sung beautifully by guest soloist Crystal Gauthier who is only 14 years old. Many of the archers are from the U.S. and enjoyed the friendly atmosphere. There were almost 300 competitors and nine records fell. Twenty-eight pros shot here and were impressive. In male adult pro unlimited, Carl Wenk set a new record with

120x’s. Twelve of 24 pros shot perfect scores with Ken Young’s second place I I9x’s. You may need to retunc your bow and practice for this. In male adult freestyle unlimited, 24 of 67 shot perfect 600’s led by Andy Fochuk with 115x’s. This was followed by Howard Reed and Jerry Nicholas in a shoot-off for 3rd place with each having 11 lx’s. It went to two inside out ends to determine the winner. Thomas Nothhelfer shot a 300 on Saturday in male adult freestyle limited compound but dropped 3 arrows on Sunday to edge out Jack Molenaar 87x's to 79x’s. You have to shoot 588 plus to be in the top five in this class. Finger shooting is alive and well in Canada. Jamie Lee Van Natta and Sandra Crawford, shooting in female adult freestyle unlimited, both shot 600’s with Jamie Lee taking 1st with 103x’s to Sandra’s 96x’s. (This was a new record for Jamie!)

Carl and Martha Boyle coordinated the tournament hosted by Rose City Archers, AMA Sportsmen, and Stoney Point Bowmen who are owed a big thank you for the great success. Next year bring your Valentine's to the Rose City for a memorable weekend, February 13-14. 1999.

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Recurve Men *s Field Under 18: Champion Scott H bodham (C). 2nd Mike Gaston (L), and 3rd Peter Ehden

Non Sighted Compound Under 18 Champion Tangaroa Tihi

The 55th New Zealand Archery Association Nationals and Biannual Oceania Regional Championships were held from the 3rd to 9th January, 1998 at St. Paul’s Collegiate School, Hamilton. 160 entries were received from: Australia, Western Samoa, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Fiji, and New Zealand. Norfolk island and Figi competing for the first time at the New Zealand Nationals. While in Fiji last year Brian and 1 read in Monday's Fiji Times, the results of the archery shoot held at Pacific Harbour Club. It was our pleasure at the Nationals this year to meet Richard and Shanti Cook who featured regularly in those results. They live in Sigatoka, and we look forward to renewing our acquaintance in June/July this year.

It was also great to see Don McLcish from Australia at the Nationals, as usual chatting to judges, competitors, and visitors, dispensing his great fund of "Archery Wisdom" to one and all. “Good one, Don.” The first event, the National Field Championships, were held at the Riverglade Archery Club's course at Pukemoremore 22km East of Hamilton. 60 competitors from the age of 7 to 70 took part with the youngest 7 year old Tangarosa Tihi from Auckland competing in the under 18 section. Tangaroa being the winner of his division. Fred McMillan of Wanganui regained his National Field Title with Bemie Fraser of Randwick giving him a “hurry along.” Alex Irvine and Grant Mason had a good competition for 1st and 2nd with Brian Henwood coming in third. 7!

Recurve Ladies Field Champion Kathry n Faulkner (C), 2nd Kimberlec Hockey (L), and 3rd Jennifer Shawe (R)

Ladies Field Unlimited Compound hit 7 Event: A US Champ Marie Hulbert, (C), 2nd Chery ! McDonald (L) and 3rd Josie Flanagan (R)

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Unlimited Compound Field: Champion Chery! McDonald (C), (2nd) Josie Flanagan (L), and 3rd Barbara Scott (R)

Field Recurve Champ Ken Uprichard (C), 2nd Lindsay Cooper (L), and 3rd Glynn Gaston (R) with Pres. Graeme Waston watching

Men’s Field Unlimited Compound Champ Mark Ives (C), 2nd Trevor Irvine (L), and 3rd Phillip Woodham (R)

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Darryl Henwood and William Williamson had a tussle until the last target with Darryl retaining the gold by 3 points and Adrian Gadsden a close 3rd. Kathryn Faulkner showed her class by winning the gold from Kimbcrlcc Hockey and Jennifer Shawe. Ken Uprichard showed a clean pair of heels to Lindsay Cooper, with Glynn Gaston 3rd and Bruce Hall of Australia a close 4th. It was great to have Marie Hulbert of Australia back with us and she had a close contest with Chery) McDonald and emerged the winner of the gold by 3 points with Josie Flanagan 3rd. Mark Ives and Trevor Irvine had a great battle in their division with another 3 point win to Mark with Phil Woodham 3rd. At the beginning of the last day of the Field Competition it was decided to revive interest in the Flight Section which had not been held for several years. This was held on an area adjacent to the Field Rounds. The next event was the Clout Championships held on Monday. The weather was perfect for this event and some good scores were recorded. Australians, bidding for Sydney 2000 Olympic selection, dominated the F1TA Target Championships. They filled the first four men’s positions and first three women’s in the key recurve bow championships. The competition was shot on official world FITA ranges. Jackson Fear headed his Australia teammate and 1991 Olympic Champion Simon Fairweather for the men's recurve international title by 24 points. Other Australians Matt Gray and Clint Freeman were 3rd and 4th with Christchurch’s Ken Uprichard the leading New Zealander in 5th place. Ken thus retaining his National New Zealand title. Australians Melissa Jcnnison, Dconnc Bridgerand Kath Fairweather filled the first three positions in the women’s recurve. Melissa’s gaining the International Title but Kathryn Faulkner finishing 4th retained her national title. Kathryn was ahead of another Australian, Marianne Ricckmann by 23 points. The compound bow events also produced Australian success with Nicole Bartlett and Marie Hulbert 1st and 2nd the women’s section but Aucklander Robert Henderson bucked the trend by heading off Australia’s Rod Miller for the men’s title. Results on page 101. Friday saw the Oceania Regional Championships underway. This time in the

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recurve open Olympic, Simon Fairweather carried the day from fellow countrymen Matt Gray, Clint Freeman. It was interesting for me to note the Clint Freeman could shoot just as well with a recurve as he did with a compound. Women’s recurve Open Olymipc was another Australian clean sweep with Marianne Rieckman heading off Melissa Jcnnison and Deonne Bridger. Men’s Open Compound saw Andy Lindsay (NZL) on a countback from Mark Ives and Phillip Woodham both also from New Zealand.

Women’s Open Compound Nicole Banlett and Marie Hulbert from Australia were 1st and 2nd and Marissa Hockey of New Zealand thrilled the crowd with her bronze medal win after a great tussle with Caroline Lindsay. While the recurve and compound archers were vying for supremacy the crossbow archers were having their own competition “down the line.’’ With the World Crossbow Championships being

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1997 All Japan Championships November 13-16,1997 • by Masatoshi Seki

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Everybody knows that the most difficult problem in the latest archery is to overcome many matches and reach a center of the podium finally. I am sure an archer who knows it well is Hiroshi Yamamoto. He has been keeping the top position in Japan over last two decades and attending all Olympic Games from 1984 in which he won the bronze medal and all World Target Championships from 1981. So far, he won the national title five times but never won from 1990. The Olymipc round was adopted in Japan from 1993. If the competition was held by traditional double F1TA round, he won the title three or four times more because he was always ranked first or second in the Open round of Grand F1TA or the Qualification of Olympic round. Hiroshi finished second with a 1303 in the Qualification as expected in the 1997 All Japan Championship. He progressed very smoothly in the Elimiations and Finals. He won all matches steadily. I never saw such a stable form of his in the Olympic round competition. He also said later. “It was my best shooting ever.” He regained the national title in seven years with first victory in the major Olympic round. Hironobu Sueguchi, a national team member attended to the 39th WTC held in Victoria, Canada, reached to the Gold final but defeated by 4 points. A semi-finalist of the WTC, Daita Ucmura passed the Qualification by top ranking with a 1307 but lost a semi-final. He won the third place finally. In the women’s field, a defending champion Mayumi Asano who also attended to the 39th WTC shot a match against 1995 champion Ai Ouchi in the 8th Elimination. As Ai lost her form in

the Qualification, they had to compete in such an early stage. Mayumi lost the match by only one point. Her score 158 was the third highest in all 16 archers in this stage. A highlight scene of the competition was the semi-final match Hee-Jong Han from Korea who was a former national team member, and a silver medalist of the 12th Asian Game team competition in 1994. Now, she lives in Japan as a coach for Kinki University archery team. Hee-Jong competed with Miyuki Kuramoto, one of team member to the 38th WTC held in Jakarta, Indonesia. All spectators expected a winner will be Hee-Jong because of her past career and raking in the Qualification. That was really a severe battle. Miyuki's final arrow was not clear so target judges delayed to verify a score. A few moments later, they decided a toal score of 104 for Miyuki that brought her a win by only one point. Miyuki defeated Ai very easily in the final match and took her first national title. Although compound archers are increasing rapidly in recent several years, not so many archers are permitted to participate in the competition. Six men and four women were qualified to compete in this fifth national championship for compound division. In men’s division, Yoshiaki Masujima, a runner up of 1996, beating a defending champion Akira Okuno by 112 to 110. That is a first national title for him. Only two of them shot over 1300 in the Qualificiation. Contrary to the men's field, Yuko Sumiyoshi who has attended World Field Champinoship twice both by a bare and a compound won her second title continuously. The final match was very keen and her margin to Junko Furukawa was just one point.

New Zealand's 55th Archery Nationals Continued from page S3

held in New Zealand in the year 2000, there was plenty of keen competition on the line. BITS & PIECES!! Former Olympic archer Faye Johnstone had a daughter on the 23rd of December and competitiors were asked to sign a card to be sent to the proud parents. Sadly, Vera London, one of our Life Members, missed her first Nationals ever as she collapsed a few days before the event and ended up in a convalescent hospital. A card was also signed to be send to Vera.

Great to sec Judge Diane Hamilton looking well, competing, and judging. The Director of Shooting, Carole Hicks, was her usual controlled self and her handling of the target events was superb. Nell and Tony Kemp and their helpers did a great job of the organization and are to be commended on their successful Nationals.

Wishingall at The U.S. and International Archer a great 1998.

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Left to Right: Hiroshi Tanebe (Compound). Mr. Yoshiaki Masujima is the 1st prize winner of AH Japan Championship 1997 (Compound). Mr. Akira Yamada is the 1st prize winner of Tokyo Indoor Open 1998 (Compound). Mr. Hirokazu Yoshida is the 1st prize winner of All Japan Workers Championship of 1997 in Olympic style. Masanori Aikawa (Olympic Style).

This place is located on a newly human made island, and the buildings are not just a square, but of unique design. It’s a huge, spacious convention center with lots of glass roofs as you walk toward this shooting room. For transportation to reach this place, there are two nice ways other than usual bus or train. There is a monorail which goes rather slowly taking 30 minutes, you can enjoy seeing all the unique buildings built on the way. The boat is also a nice way to get there. 1 am sure you will enjoy the cruise getting on from a new modem port. Anyone from U.S.A, interested in attending will be welcome next year at about the same time, same place. It was sponsored by Tokyo Archery Association.

From Monorail, you see new buildings here and there

Compound results only follow. Compound 1st part Youth Girls 1. Kotomi Mizobe Youth Boys I. Seiich Yokoo Young Adult Girls 1. Koume Tusrumi Men 1. Hideo Yokoo 2. Taisei Aokawa Compound 2nd part Youth Boys 1. Noriosuke Kataoka 2. Hiroamki Nishimura Youth Boys I. Akira Yamada 2. Hitoshi Kondo 3. Ataushi Takatsu Men 1. Kyouji Tsukamoto 2. Akinori Oohama 3. Makato Sakashita Senior 1. Masayoshi Watanabe 2. Fujiyo Obata Young Adult Lady 1. Junko Furukawa 2. KunikoOohara 3. Yumiko Honda Women 1. YokoOoya 2. Sadako Miura 3. YokoAoki

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Likins and Watson Sizzle at LaCrosse-Red Ball/Easton “Texas Open” Romero, Harkins, Stipek and Keener Top Full Field in First-Ever NABH Delta Industries Pro/Am February 13-15,1998 • Abilene, Texas

Abilene. TX — A deceptive course featuring low cedar trees, dense ground cover and rolling terrain brought a host of new challenges to the nearly 1.200 NABH archers competing here this weekend during the LaCrosse-Red Ball/Easton "Texas Open." The LaCrosse-Red Ball/Easton "Texas Open" is the first stop on a grueling fiveevent qualifying tour that brings archers to different locations throughout the continental United States, and culminates with the NABH Game Finder Championship. July 3l-Aug. 2 at Knoxville. Tennessee. This world-class competition, hosted by the Abilene Bowhunters Association, was held at club grounds located near lake Abilene. The competition featured events in six pro and semi-pro classes; including Pro Men's Open. Pro Women's Open. Pro Men's Limited, Pro Men's Senior (50 years and older). Men's Semi Pro and Women's Intermediate (Semi Pro). Hunter Division competitions include Men's Hunter Open, Men's Sr. Hunter Open, Women's Hunter Open, Men's Hunter Unlimited, Men's Hunter Limited, Barcbow. Traditional and several Youth and Cub classes. New names in the winner’s brackets provided increased enthusiasm in all pro divisions, while traditional front runners took a back seat in Texas. Once the final arrow was released, it was London, KY, pro Ken Likins capturing first place in the Pro Men's Open competition. Likins recorded a sizzling two-day score of 496, including 19 shots in the 12-ring. Like many of the other archers competing in the event, Likins experienced some difficulty estimating yardage. The unique terrain and low-lying ground cover made it extremely difficult to accurately estimate yardage to the targets. "The low cedars and other dense ground cover required us to use a different procedure for judging distances." Likin said. "The ground was completely hidden at many of the targets, and the archers had to judge yardage merely by looking at the target."

Harrisonburg. LA. pro Colin Boothe finished second in the Men's Pro competition with a score of 494 and collected winnings totaling SI.856. Shannon Caudle of Wellington. AL, canted 51,255 third-place prize with a two-day score of 483. Veteran women's pro Laurie Watson of Cave Creek, AZ, echoed Likcn's assessment, but also fell the unusually large number of “tunnel shots" brought an additional challenge to the course. Watson finished the event with a two-day score of 416 (including 10 shots in the 12-ring) and earned the 51,411 top prize in the Women’s Pro Division. "There seemed to be no certain terrain on this course," she said. "We were shooting at downhill and uphill targets, over ground that was covered by undergrowth and even at targets that were across valleys.” Phillipsburg, PA, veteran Sherry Bumbarger grabbed second place in the Women's Pro Division recording a final score of 410. and collecting winnings totaling $629. Third place on the women's side went to Joella Bates Presson of McKenzie. TN. Bates fired a two-day score of 398 and collected S310. Randall Jones of Lula, GA, earned a first-place finish in the Pro Men's Senior Division. Ron Smart. Enid, OK, finished second in this division. Cleveland. TN, archer Charles Blankenship finished third in the Pro Men’s Seniors competition. Rodney Huffman, Cape Girardeau, MO, finished on top in Pro Men’s Limited Competition. Nathan Brooks of Sallisaw. OK, won first-place honors in the Semi Pro event. The Hunter Division competitions drew archers from throughout the nation. James Martin of Checotah, OK, earned the top spot in the Men's Hunter Open. Oklahoma archer Floyd Warden of Meeker grabbed the Men’s Sr. Hunter title. Other Hunter Division winners included Dana Phillips, Camdenton, MO, in the Men’s Unlimited class, Steve Gray in Dunkan, OK, in the Men’s Limited Class. Frederick Dean, Spokane, WA, in Barebow and Darrell

Meisel of Linn. MO. in the Traditional class. In the Physically Challenged Divisions. Elmer Leasure, Jr., of Abilene, TX. captured top honors in the Compound Bow competition. Hosted by the Abilene Bowhunters Association, the LaCrosse-Red Ball/Easton “Texas Open” drew shooters from 30 states. The youth divisions drew a total of 73 participants ages 18 and under. Slidelle, LA, pro Scott Romero and his hunter division partners Dale Harkins. Abilene, TX, and St. Louisians Dan Stipek and Donald Keener captured the S1,080 top prize in the first NABH Delta Industries Pro/AM on Friday afternoon. The Pro/Am drew a field of 37 four-person teams. "Our many thanks go to the Abilene Bowhunters Association, the staff at the Abilene Convention and Visitors Bureau. and the fine folks of Abilene for the wonderful hospitality during our stay,” said NABH Shooting Events Director John Newcomb. “They have worked very hard all year to make this world-class event among the highlights of the 1998 NABH season.” NABH. a division ofCabela's/Chevrolct Suburban-Tahoc Sportsman’s Quest. Inc., is sponsored by Starcraft Marine L.L.C.. Kawasaki ATV’s, LaCrosse Footwear Inc.. (to include the brands Danner and Red Ball), Outdoor Technologies Group (to include the brands Abu Garcia. Berkley Trilene and Fenwick), Game Finder, Mossy Oak, McKenzie, API Outdoors, Easton, Hoyt, Pentax, Mathews, Realtree, Bear Archery, Electronic Awards. Browning, Bushnell, Delta, Oneida Eagle, Precision Shooting Equipment, Arizona Archery, Specialty Archcry, Scott Archery, Tomorrow’s Resources Unlimited, Golden Eagle, Wildlife Research, N/R Laboratories, Barnett International, American Recreation (Slumbcrjack), Hunter Manufacturing, Cape Fear Archcry, Beman, Ameristcp, New Archery Products, Muzzy and Toxonics. Chevy’s Suburban/ Tahoe arc the official sport utility vehicles of Sportsman’s Quest.

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Knoxville, TN — Cabela’s Sportsman’s Quest and the North American Bowhunters have selected the scenic foothills of eastern Tennessee’s famous Smoky Mountains as the site for its 1998 Game Finder Championship — the crown jewel of the 1998 NABH 3-D archery tournament tour. The Championship is the final stop. following a grueling five-event qualifying tour that brings archers to different locations throughout the continental United States. Only the nation’s finest professional and amateur 3-D archers are expected to compete in this world-class competition to be held July 31 - August 2. “We're thrilled to bring this exciting world-class event to such a picturesque part of Tennessee," said NABH Shooting Events Director John Newcomb. “Tennessee is truly a sportsman's haven, offering some of the nation's finest and most diverse outdoor recreational opportunities." With the Tennessee championship offering a 5110,000 purse, tournament officials are expecting a large contingent of professionals and hunter division archers at the Starcraft/API Outdoors “Georgia Open” event scheduled for March 14-15 at Mistletoe Park near Augusta, GA. The Georgia competition offers southeastern archers their best and closest opportunity to qualify in the NABH Championship. “Championship berths will go to all pros placing in the top 20 during each of the NABH Qualifiers,” said Newcomb. “Realizing full well that hunter division participants are the foundation of the 3-D archery world, NABH is also extending Championship invitations to all hunter and semipro participants competing in any 1998 NABH Qualifier.” As with each qualifier, the Championship features competitions in six pro and semi-pro classes; including Pro Men’s Open, Pro Women's Open, Pro Men's Limited, Pro Senior Open, Women’s Intermediate and Men's Semi Pro. Hunter Division competitions include Men’s Hunter Open, Men’s Sr. Hunter Open, Women's Hunter Open, Men’s Hunter Unlimited, Men’s Hunter Limited, Men’s 90

Barcbow, Traditional and several Youth and Cub classes. The NABH Game Finder Championship also features six special classes for physically challenged archers. Physically challenged events are offered in crossbow and compound bow classes. Due to input from archers participating in last year’s NABH Physically Challenged Competition, tournament officials have changed the regulations to permit the use of any type of bow sight in these divisions. Call Sportsman’s Quest for more details. Participants registering two weeks prior to the Game Finder Championship, as well as each qualifying event, will be included in the special ycar-end drawing for a 55,000 Nebraska trophy whitetail hunt, hosted by the renowned Johnny Hemelstrand’s “Hunt Nebraska” and Cabela’s Outdoor Adventures. For more information or to register for the LaCrosse-Red Ball/Easton “Texas Open” or other NABH events, contact Sportsman’s Quest at 1-800-2244990. Archers who have not yet qualified to compete in the NABH Game Finder Championship still have time. Openings are available in all classes at each of the remaining four qualifying events, including the Starcraft/API Outdoors “Georgia Open.” Entry fees for each event, including the NABH Game Finder Championship, are 5275 for the Men’s Open Pro division. Entry fees for the Women’s Open Pro and Senior Pro classes are 5250. Participants in the Pro Limited and Men’s Semi-Pro class pay 5125 and Women’s Intermediate, Physically Challenged and Hunter Division classes pay a 530 entry fee. Youths participating in the Cub class pay only a S10 entry fee. Due to overwhelming early interest in the Georgia competition, preregistration is advised for all Pro and Hunter divisions. The “Georgia Open” hosted by the CSRA Olympic Archcry Association, an organization of several separate archery clubs promoting youth participation in the sport, will be held at Mistletoe State Park near Augusta. The park is located on

Mistletoe Road, just off Highway 150, approximately seven miles north of Interstate 20. The Pro division competition kicks off Saturday, March 14, at noon with a shotgun start. Hunter Division competitions begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday. Following the Starcraft/API Outdoors “Georgia Open”, the 1998 NABH tour takes archers to Oklahoma City, April 4-5, for the Kawasaki/Mossy Oak “Oklahoma Open”, and then to Dixon, Illinois, May 3031, for the Danner/McKenzie “Illinois Open." The final event before the Cabela’s/ Chevy Tahoe-Suburban NABH Championship finds archers heading to Warren, PA, June 27-28, for the Outdoor Technologies Group/Hoyt “Pennsylvania Open.” For more information about these or other NABH events, contact Sportsman’s Quest at 1-800-224-4990. NABH, a division of Cabela’s/Chevrolet Suburban-Tahoe Sportsman’s Quest, Inc., is sponsored by Starcraft Marine L.L.C., Kawasaki ATV's, LaCrosse Footwear Inc., (to include the brands Danner and Red Ball), Outdoor Technologies Group (to include the brands Abu Garcia, Berkley Trilene and Fenwick), Game Finder, Mossy Oak, McKenzie, API Outdoors. Easton, Hoyt, Pentax, Mathews, Realtree. Bear Archery, Electronic Awards, Browning. Bushnell, Delta, Oneida Eagle, Precision Shooting Equipment, Arizona Archery. Specialty Archery, Scott Archery, Tomorrow’s Resources Unlimited. Golden Eagle, Wildlife Research, N/R Laboratories, Barnett International, American Recreation (Slumberjack), Hunter Manufacturing, Cape Fear Archery, Beman, Ameristep. New Archery Products, Muzzy and Toxonics. Chevy’s Suburban/ Tahoe are the official sport utility vehicles of Sportsman's Quest. *

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1997 Official 3D Archery APA World Rankings Includes: NABH: Mesa, Augusta, Blule Springs, Oklahoma, PA, Shelbyville IBO: Tucson, Pensacola, McKean, Nelsonville, New York * •• •••

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MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION OR RENEWAL: Please complete and return this application sheet with your check or money order, payable to the Association of the Professional Archers and mail to: 6025 CR 108, Salida CO 81201. Please include a sponsor correct photograph. Pro Renewal S50.00 Associate New or Renewal $25.00

PERSONAL INFORMATION UPDATE Name Date of Birth Home Address: City/State/Zip Code: Phone: Home: ( ) Work: ( ) Other: ( ) Bow Sponsor (use yourself if not sponsored by a bow manufacturer): Other Sponsors: ASSOCIATE MEMBERS ONLY: Please include the following information. In 1997 and 1998 your best finishes and the tournament:

What do you consider some of your greatest archery accomplishments: Pro information should be covered by attached resume I wish to turn pro in the 1998 season. For Associate Members who wish to turn pro, please fill out and attach a resume and forward it with your membership form to the APA and a check for $25. Upon review and if approved by the APA Certification Panel, you will be forwarded a professional certification card and an invoice for $75 for new Pro Certification Fee. In order to become an APA Certified Pro, you must either be a factory-sponsored pro (attach a letter of verification from your manufacturer's bow sponsor) or average at least 375 points in your best 4 PRO Class finishes in the past 12 months. Please attach a listoflhese finishes. NOTE: An APA Certified Open Pro must strive to maintain a scoring average in his top APA Certified Tournaments of 375. I hereby apply for membership in the APA. I pledge to conduct myself in an ethical manner, displaying true professionalism as I strive to promote the sport of archery, my sponsors and the organization.

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Name 1. George Dixon 2. Frank Carr 3. Charles Buhler 4. Charles Blankenship 5. Roger Thibault 6. Frank Russ 7. Gene Curry 8. Oris Hall 9. Sonny Chappell 10. Edward Broyles Women's Unlimited Pro 1. Laurie Watson 2. Joella Bates Presson 3. Darla Owen 4. Denise Boggs 5. Susan Thompson 6. Kathy Caudle 7. Juliet Swanson 8. Rhonda Hunter 9. Sherry Bumbarger 10. Sherry Barnes Men’s Unlimited Pro 1. Randy Ulmer* 2. Derek Phillips* 3. Allen Conner* 4. Larry Weir* 5. Johnny Heath* 6. Pete Works* 7. David Stepp Jr.* 8. Mike Braden 9. Bobby Ketcher 10. Bart Larson* 11. Jackie Caudle* 12. Todd McKenzie* 13. Dave Kerg* 14. Jack Wallace 11* 15. Randy Chappell* 16. Thoms Crowe* 17. Scott Romero* * 18. Jeremiah UppI 19. Billy McCall* 20. Dale Keene* 21. Rodger Willett** 22. Randy Hendrix* 23. William Pellegrino 24. Bill Sennick** 25. JeffAulik* Men’s Limited Pro 1. Tony Conques IV* 2. TonyConqucsIII** 3. Steve Enberg** 4. Buddy Durr 5. Bryan Marcum 6. Steve Gibbs 7. Edward St. Armand 8. Randy Owsley 9. Eric Hall* 10. Donald Henry Jr.

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A.I.S. Holds Second Annual National Interactive Archery Tournament Tukwila, WA, February 19, 1998 — Advanced Interactive Systems™ (A.I.S.), developers of TechnoHunt, the most advanced system made for interactive video archery, has announced its second National Interactive Archery Tournament, the 1998 TechnoHunt National ShootOut. The dates for the tournament are set for April 1 - May 15. The 1998 TechnoHunt National ShootOut will be held at approximately 190 TechnoHunt ranges throughout the United States and is open to all archers — regardless of age, skill or equipment — with a suggested entry fee of $5. Contestants will compete for thousands of dollars in prizes in one of three classifications: Adult, ages 17 and above; Youth, ages 16 and younger; and a Pro Class for TechnoHunt range owners, their employees, and families. The grand prize winner will receive an all-expense-paid “Guided Hunt” through United Sportsmen, Inc. Alan Davis, Chief Executive Officer stated, “The first TechnoHunt National ShootOut was a tremendous success for us, our range owners and the participants. Everyone enjoyed the tournament, increased their shooting accuracy and the winners took home some nice prizes. We expect the 1998 tournament to be ever better. Flighted classes mean everyone can play and most importantly we have literally structured this tournament so everyone will have an opportunity to win!” For further details contact Linda Hobaugh, Advanced Interactive Systems, 565 Andover Park West, Suite 201, Dept. USA, Tukwila, WA 98188-3321. Phone (206)575-9797, ext. 98, Fax (206)575-8665.1 MARCH - APRIL 1998

YORK COUNTRY BOWMEN

THE SIXTH ANNUAL

Registration Times 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturday July 25th 1998 8:00 am to 11 am Sunday July 26th 1998

Entry Fee Seniors S25.00 Open S40.00 Junior & Cadet SI5.00 Cubs S12.00 40 Target Total (4 loops of 10)

FREE PARKING

& PRIMITIVE CAMPING

CANADIAN FIELD ARCHERY ASSN. RESULTS • Story on page 80 • Indicates record Female Adult Barebow Compound Name / Total Score / X’s 463 1. Kimberly Schaub 435 2. Sandy Dapprich Female Adult BHL Compound 571 1. Pat Smith 550 2. Lynn Taylor 542 3. Lisa Riley 475 4. Laurie Ward 368 5. Shannon MacMillan Female Adult BHU Compound 596 1. Cathy Shortsle 591 2. Heather Whinier 590 3. Crystal Lemp 577 4. Lee Thompson 571 5. Bemadine Davis 558 6. Karen Goulin 553 7. Jocelyn Ogg 528 8. Cheryl Seabrook Female Adult FSL Compound 578 1. Fem Walsh 577 2. Linda Tripncy 572 3. Jennifer Smale 560 4. Timberly Drake 534 5. Nancy LaBute Female Adult FSU >600 1. Jamie Van Natta 600 2. Sandra Crawford 594 3. Shari Struck 4. Bambi Golombisky 593 593 5. Glenis Collins 584 6. Hollic Fouss 582 7. Linda Remus 582 8. Sally Stone 577 9. Judith Busha 577 10. Pat Wickens 574 11. Deborah Zuhlke 574 12. Shirley Parker 573 13. Loraine Tasker 571 14. Joan Drake 567 15. Ronda Phillips 565 16. Colleen Clark 564 17. Jane Nickell 18. Pat Smale 519 408 19. Judy McCutcheon Female Adult Olympic 568 1. Jacquie Saito 556 2. Margaret Cyrzan 534 3. Kim Weiler 4. Leah Watson 518 5. Sandra Thant 361 Female Adult Pro Unlimited 600 1. Theresa Berthold 2. Cindy Clemens-Bailey 591 Female Cubs Sighted 495 1. Brandi Clark 490 2. Sarah Spence 458 3. Holly Beasley 408 4. Becky Seguin 382 5. Rebecca Reed 234 6. Sara Nickell 201 7. Elisabeth Reed Female Junior Barebow Compound

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64 585 22. Joel Stoick 55 577 23. Ken King 45 571 24. Mike Drake 54 563 25. Charlie Duncan 550 31 26. James Krestick 22 520 27. Len Hogg 482 11 28. Scott McIntosh 42 297 29. Todd Boros 296 35 30. Tony Szafranski 296 26 31. Mark Baird Male Adult Freesty le Limited Compound 87 597 1. Thomas Nothhclfer 79 597 2. Jack Molcnaar 596 81 3. Richard Lemastcr Jr. 589 77 4. Hugh Fosdick 588 72 5. Tim Price 62 583 6. Bnan Rozee 59 583 7. Jim Krumcl 53 583 8. Mike Wegener 44 570 9. Jeff Sarson 567 29 10. Robert Smale 564 41 11. Dennie Taylor 555 31 12. Mark Riggs 22 520 13. Robert Kersjcs 19 519 14. Alex Shillinglaw 476 11 15. Andy Huang 459 II 16. Dimitri Haritun 32 17. Phillip Jordan 295 Male Adult Freestyle Unlimited 600 115 1. Andy Fochuk 600 112 2. Jerry Arsenault 600 111 3. Howard Reed (shoot-off) 600 4 Jerry Nicholas (shoot-off) 111 600 110 5. Edward Shortsle 600 110 6. Kim Rossman no 600 7. Doug Monteleone 600 109 8. Mike Toulouse 600 109 9. Jon Gordon 600 109 10. Steve Stone 107 600 11. Robert Hawkins 106 600 12. Daniel Merchant 106 13. Timothy Young 600 104 14. Bill Lackey 600 104 600 15. Chris Wellman 16. Luke Seward 600 103 102 600 17. Jim Smith 600 102 18. Lonnie Collins 99 19. Ryan Parker 600 99 600 20. Chris McCann 600 97 21. Brian Jackson 600 97 22. Greg Phillips 94 600 23. Michael Remus 85 24. GaryTyminski 600 114 599 25. Eric Parker 26. Ronald Herbert 599 111 109 599 27. Tim Watts 107 28. Scott Crosby 599 99 29. Larry Donigan 599 97 599 30. Carl Struck 599 95 31. Jonathon Stephens 94 599 32. Joe Price 88 33. Dennis Mitchell 599 102 34. Terry Hendrick 598 102 598 35. Jeff Morrow 97 598 36. Mitch Mull THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER

CANADIAN FIELD ARCHERY ASSN. RESULTS 37. James Bolay Sr. 38. Donald Sisler 39. Don Erla 40. Dale Baines 41. Lee Harbin 42. John Wickens 43. Dave Hahn 44. Jim Nickell 45. Louis Van Meyl 46. Gerald Busha 47. Tim Tasker 48. Matt McLean 49. John Turcotte 50. Ryan Cullen 51. Stephen Golombisky 52. Jim Beasley 53. Rene Gravellc 54. Rob Lee 55. James Janrahan 56. Adam Jones 57. Keith Darling 59. John Wall 60. James Powell II 61. Donald Nantau 62. Tim Dawe 63. Norm Beaulieu 64. Dennis Duff Jr. 65. Dan Weaver Male Adult Olympic 1. Shawn Riggs 2. Rob Rosnov 3. Kevin Sally 4. Norm Hudson 5. Jeffrey Dean 6. Mike Weiler 7. Hugh Macdonald 8. Eric Savage 9. Kevin Ouellette 10. Troy Robins 11. Arthur Cheng 12. Jon Eden 13. Matt Williams 14. Atri Persad 15. Bruce Savage 16. Alfred Wong Male Adult Pro Limited 1. Larry Zuhlke Male Adult Pro Unlimited 1. Carl Wenk 2. Ken Young 3. Scott TUmcr 4. Arlyn Ritsema 5. Mark Medos 6. Bill Schmidt 7. Todd Olsen 8 JoeAsay 9. Robert Hillier 10. Glenn Campbell 11. Michael Martin 12. Rick Zadorski 13. Rick Hotchkiss 14. Bob Fozio 15. Ron Hardesty 16. Russ Clark 17. Mike Corman MARCH - APRIL 1998

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Bull’s Eye Sights 3-D “Competition Club” is New for 1998 Lawrenceville,

GA — Competitors who are chasing trophies and cash on America's national 3-D circuits will like Clyde Hartsell’s new Bull's Eye Competition Club, because it guarantees that contingency awards will be in place at a host of national events — for all levels of compound bow shooting! “The Competition Club is designed to promote better 3-D shooting (increased competitiveness and more fun) by giving guaranteed incentives for members shooting at all levels,” Hartsell, president of Bull’s eye Sights says. “Whether you are a top professional or a beginning cub, if you are a member of our mascot El Jefe's Competition Club, you are going to win because it's just a touch more incentive to concentrate, relax and shoot well. And it pays down three levels, guaranteed.” Contingency Awards for Competition Club members will be paid for the following national events: Las Vegas Open, NFAA Indoor Nationals and Outdoor 3-D Nationals, all legs of the ASA ProAm and ASA World, all national legs of the North American Bowhunter’s/Cabela's tournaments, IBO National Triple Crown and IBO World Championships. For a small registration fee, Competition Club members will receive a free hat and patch, special discounts on archery merchandise through Bull’s Eye and be eligible for Contingency Award certificates redeemable for product through the Bui I’s Eye catalogs. For additional information about the Bull’s Eye Competition Club, you are invited to contact Clyde or Stephanie Hartsell at Bull's Eye Sights via e-mail at archery@mindspring.com or call toll free at 1-800-497-3755. Write Bull’s Eye Sights & Scopes, 1320 Pinyon PL, Dept. USA, Lawrenceville, GA 30043. Phone (770)822-6868, Fax (770)682-9307. Also on the internet at: www.archerymall.com and www.archerynetwork.com.

NABH Abilene Tournament Results • Story on page 88 Pro McnYQctn Address Ranic Archer LONDON. KY KEN LIKINS 1. HARRISONBURG. LA COLIN BOOTHE 2. SHANNON CAUDLE WELLINGTON. AL 3. CAVE CREEK. AZ 4. RANDY ULMER THOMAS E CROWE WELCHES. OR 5. RANDY CHAPPELL CANA, VA 6. JEFF HOPKINS CLAYTON, DE 7. HORSESHOE. NC JOHNNY HEATH 8. COLORADO SPGS, CO DEREK PHILLIPS 9. SLIDELLE, LA 10. SCOTT ROMERO ATTALLA, AL 11. ALLEN CONNER HAMMOND. WI 12. DAVE KERG HELENVILLE, WI 13. JOHN DUDLEY GADSDEN. AL 14. JACKIE CAUDLE OAK RIDGE. LA 15. R. FREELAND ST. CROIX FALLS. WI 16. BART LARSON LAKELAND, FL 17. DALE KEENE ROCKWELL. NC 18. todd McKenzie 19. MICHAEL BRADEN WEATHERFORD. TX RANDY HENDRIX' CLEMMONS, NC 20. SAN JOSE, CA 21. BEN ROGERS MESQUITE. TX 22. LARRY WEIR N. WILKESBORO, NC 23. RICKY WILSON BARTLESVILLE. OK 24. MILES BLAIR COLORADO SPGS. CO 25. W. PELLEGRINO MANSFIELD. LA 25. FOSTER THIGPEN 27. BILLY MCCALL EAST FLAT ROCK. NC SHARPSVILLE, PA 28. d. McCullough 29. PETE WORKS SOUTHSIDE. AL 30. HECTOR B GOMEZ WINDSOR, CO ONEONTA, AL 31. DANNY HILL 32. TERRY RAGSDALE TUCSON. AZ EL DORADO. AR 33. JEFF AVERY WILBURTON. OK 34. BOBBY KETCHER 35. DAVID RHI A TYLER, TX 36. CHARLES HUNT FRUITHURST. AL 37. WESS FERRIS ROSWELL. NM 38. TODD HOLMAN WOODSTOCK, GA LEWIS CLANTON FT PIERCE, FL 39. 39. JESSE MOREHEAD RYDAL. GA 41. JL CHASTEEN CROWLEY. TX 42. LANCE HEMAUER FREMONT. WI 43. KIP NEM1R HASKELL, TX 44. RON FIRESTONE ALEXANDER. AR 45. LYLE CUMMINGS ORLANDO, FL 46. JAMIE NOGUESS HOBBS, NM 47. LR WALKER CHANNELVIEW. TX 48. LYNN SAXON HOBBS, NM Pro Mtn's Limited 1. RODNEY HUFFMAN CPE GIRARDEAU. MO 2. MICKEY FISHER PINEVILLE. LA 3. RANDY HOLLAND CLOVIS. NM 4. BUDDY DURR ISOLA. MS 5. TONY CONQUES IV BATON ROUGE. LA 6. GUY ROSE KEOKUK. 1A 7. TONY CONQUES SR BATON ROUGE. LA BROADVIEW. NM 8. J PROVENCIO 9. RANDY OWSLEY INDEPENDENCE. MO 10. BRIAN NICELY COLORADO SPGS. CO Pro Men's Seniors 1. RANDELL JONES LULA, GA 2. RON SMART ENID, OK 3. CLEVELAND, TN C. BLANKENSHIP 4. FRANK CARR WILSONVILLE, AL 5. HIXSON, TN BURLEY HALL 6. GEORGE L. PHARIS ORANGE. TX 7. SALIDA, CO GEORGE DIXON 8. CHARLES BUHLER GREENWELL SPGS, LA 9. BROWNWOOD. TX GENE CURRY 10. ROGER THIBAULT TURNER, ME 11. JERRY YOST MORLEY, MI

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Money $3,382.03 1.856.28 1,255.41 919.79 700.24 542.89 423.16 328.15 275.00 275.00 275.00 275.00 275.00

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337 GRAND RAPIDS. MI 12. FRANK RUS 337 13. LARRY D DURHAM DAWSON, IL 333 14. RUSS BOONSTRA COOPERSVILLE. MI 288 ARMADA. MI 15. CARL HICKS ORO VALLEY. AZ 265 16. STEVE GASCA EtSLiYomttiXOotn CAVE CREEK. AZ 416 LAURIE WATSON 1. PHILIPSBURG, PA 410 2. S. BUMBARGER 398 JOELLA B.PRESSON MCKENZIE. TN 3. BREVARD. NC 352 4. DARLA OWEN 344 SUSAN THOMPSON DOUGLASVILLE. GA 5. 344 JEMISON. AL SHARON HAYES 6. GADSDEN, AL 339 7. KATHY CAUDLE 324 GINGER HOPWOOD MARIETTA. GA 8. TUCSON. AZ M RAGSDALE 315 9. MEDINA, OH 282 10. JULIET SWANSON 271 CELINA. TX 11. GENIFER BATES CONWAY, AR 258 12. TONI NOLAN Semi Pro NATHAN BROOKS SALLISAW. OK 401 1. ALPENA, AR 398 2. SHANE AUMAN 395 MIKECHANDLEY CLAREMONT. NC 3. 387 FRED FIELDER MUSKOGEE. OK 4. 383 B. VANDERZANDEN CASNOVIA. MI 5. 6. JERRY W1ETHOP CAMDENTON. MO 382 BILL RUPP GREENVILLE, PA 382 7. 380 8. FORT WORTH. TX KYLE KROMER 377 9. DEL A. SUMMERS SAN ANGELO. TX ATALISSA. IA 372 10. GENE GODDARD 371 11. STANLEY L OWEN BREVARD. NC BAILEY. CO 368 12. TIPTON COOK 13. JOHN HENDRIX ENID, OK 365 364 14. HERSHEL McCOY RISON. AR 15. JOHN WILSON JR NIXA. MO 364 16. JAY FREELAND FRUIT PORT. Ml 361 17. DONALD GILL PORTIA. AR 359 18. R. PUNZALAN LAWTON. OK 359 19. D BIRMINGHAM DERBY, KS 357 20. VAUGHN RADER ALVA. OK 356 21. JASON CASE WEATHERFORD. TX 355 22. MARC SALANDINER SAND SPRINGS. OK 352 WES SMITH 23. 351 SAND SPRINGS. OK 24. DAVE BALES 349 AMERICUS. KS 25. CRJAG SMITH DAVENPORT, IA 348 26. CLIFTON JONES RANDLETTE, OK 346 27. JOEL TAYLOR MONTGOMERY. TX 345 28. KEVIN D. WOOTEN NEW BERN. TN 345 29. RANDY SPRAY PHOENIX. AZ 345 30. BOBBY TEDDER POCAHONTAS. AR 343 31. CHARLES REAGLE TRANSFER. PA 340 32. FAY FRIGON DALLAS. TX 339 32. TOM POLLEI WICKENBURG. AZ 339 DAI 1 AS TY 34. GREG CANO 339 35. RANDY BOATRIGHT WICHITA. KS 332 36. JIM HUDDELSTON LAWTON, OK 330 36. BOB YOUNG DITTMER. MO 330 38. DANNY ROBBINS PLANO. TX 327 39. TIM BROWNELL O'FALLON. MO 326 40. JIM BOWIN OSAGE CITY. KS 322 41. GREG SINN AURORA. CO 321 42. JERRY STEWART PHOENIX. AZ 316 43. RICK HOWELL WESTPLAINS. MO 315 44. H. OOSTERBAAN FREDERICKSBURG. TX 314 45. LARRY STARNS EDMOND. OK 313 46. M. McCORMACK MCKINNEY. TX 312 47. JOE GOA DE CASSVILLE, MO 303 48. THOMAS L. MAFFEI PARSONS, KS 296 49. GREG ANDRADE 294 CLAYPOOL. AZ 50. JACK HODGKINSON NEW CASTLE. OK 289 51. JOHN CHRISTENSEN PHOENIX. AZ 282 52. MIKE DUNN WHITESBORO. TX 136 Mtn'sHimtccAJotii CHECOTAH. OK 382 1. JAMES MARTIN

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$353.27

THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER

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75. DANNY BARNES STEPHENVILLE. TX 76. TOM CROCKETT KEARNEY. MO 76. DANA JOHNSON NORMAN. OK 78. MIKE HIGGINS LAWRENCE. KS 79. ELDON L. MORGAN GARLAND, TX 80. JOHN D. HOF CANEY, KS 81. DON LILLY HEFLIN. LA 82 WILL PALMER OSCEOLA. MO 83. J.WENETSCHLAEGER SNYDER, TX 84. STEVE EVAN BROWNSBURG, IN 85. TERRY SIBIT ENID. OK 86. JOE DON HAMILTON McKINNEY, TX 87. JACOB HUNTER CANUTE, OK 88 CRAIG PULLEN STRATFORD. OK 89. MARVIN TEMPLE NIXA, MO 90. VANIS DAVIDSON GASSVILLE. AR 91. RICKY HOOTER OKLAHOMA CITY. OK 92. CALEB MATOIT MIDLAND. TX 93 BRYAN DEMPSEY BURLESON. TX 94 KEVIN COCKERHAM RANGER. TX 94. FREDERICK CROSS DALLAS. TX 96. DON SMITH TUTTLE. OK 97. DALE OVERSTREET TYLER, TX 98. JOHN FLEMING OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 99. J. HENDERSON ABILENE, TX 99. BRIAN RIDLEY ALTUS. OK 101 DWIGHT L.MEHLIG ENID. OK 102. CARL LUKER OKLAHOMA CITY. OK 103. RICK ARCHER EDMOND, OK 104. KEVIN McLEAREN DESDEMONA. TX 105. MIKE GROVE HOLDENVILLE. OK 106. CHARLES SEAB FORT WORTH. TX 107. KEN GRAY GEORGETOWN. TX 107. GREG MEYER CORPUS CHRIS FY.TX 109. ALLEN WARREN COLORADO SPGS. CO 110. M L. HENRY JR OKLAHOMA CITY. OK III. MICHAEL WRIGHT STILWELL. OK 112. DAVID TERAN BAYARD. NM 113. JACKIE SHAWVER DALLAS, TX 114. TOM WALLEN CORPUS CHRISTY. TX 115. KENNETH AVERS MUSKOGEE, OK 116 MARK BAILEY HAWLEY TX 117. STEVEN DOWDY OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 118. H. VANDERPLOEG POWERSITE. MO 119. D. KIRK SMITH OKLAHOMA CITY. OK 120. NEIL DOSS BEN BROOK. TX 121. JODY BELL ODESSA. TX DESOTO. TX 121. WINFORD CROSS 123. SCOTTEATON COMMERCE. TX 124. JOHN SPENCER ODESSA. TX 125. LARRY GERBER ODESSA. TX HERLEY. NM 125 TROY LANE 127. D. CRABTREE SILOAM SPRINGS. AR STINNETT. TX 128. CHET PHILLIPS 129. R TOQUOTHTY TEMPLE. OK OSAGE CITY, KS 130. BRIAN GIESY 131. BOBBY BELL ODESSA. TX BEDFORD. TX 132. GERRY RISINGER CLOVIS. NM 133. R ALEXANDER SAN ANGELO. TX 134 JERRY REISNER 135. D. BRINKSNEADER PLAINSFIELD. IN ABILENE, TX 136. JAMES JONES 137. JASON BALLIETT COLORADO SPGS. CO MOORE. OK 138. BILLY SPEARS 139 RICHARD MART1NG SAN ANTONIO. TX 140. RON STRICKLAND ENID. OK 141. JACK KISER TULSA. OK 142. TONY HARVEY TULSA. OK 143. PEPPER PULLINS JOPLIN, MO 144. R. UNDERWOOD CASSVILLE. MO 145. CHAD HARRIS MELISSA. TX 146 MANNY OCHOA SALEM. NM CARTHAGE. MO 147. BILL ELLIS

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NFAA Pro Division Sanctioned Tournaments OUTDOOR SECTIONALS May 15-16 Southwest June 20-21 Northwest June 20-21 Mid Atlantic Southeast June 20-21 June 20-21 Midwest New England June 27-28 June 13-14 Great Lakes June 13-14 Southern 3-D SECTIONALS Midwest April 25-26 May 9-10 Mid Atlantic July 11-12 Southeast 3-D MARKED NATIONALS

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Yankton, SD Breese Port, NY Clemson, SC May 2-3 Redding. CA May 22-24 3-D UNMARKED NATIONALS Strasburg. IL July 27-31 NFAA OUTDOOR NATIONALS Detroit Lakes. MN For information contact: NFAA 31407 Outer 1-10 • Redlands, CA 92373 Phone (909)794-2133 • 800-811-2331

North American Chapter British Longbow Society Southwest Traditional Target Championship Williamsburg. VA May 31 Mid-Western Traditional Target Champsionship Brown County. Ml June 20 Northeast Traditional Target Championship Albany. NY August 1-2 NAA Traditional Target Championship, Detroit, Ml August TBA BLBS Nonh American Target Championship Philadelphia. PA For information contact: North American Chapter BLBS, Jack Treadwell 25 Thomas Shilling Ct. • Upperco. MD 21155 Phone (Home) 410-239-7222 • Fax 410-825-1719 __________________ F Mail rclrcad02.^anl enm May 16

FITA CHAMPIONSHIPS V Junior World Target Championships Jul 22-26, 1998 Sunne, Sweden XVI World Field Championships Aug 3-9, 1998 Gurgl, Tyrol, Austria V World Indoor Championships March, 1999 Havana, Cuba XXXX World Target Championships July, 1999 Riom, France XVII World Field Championships July, 2000 Cortina d'Amepzzo. Italy GAMES TOURNAMENTS TBA. 1998 2nd FISU World University Archery Championships Sept. 15 - Oct. 1, 2000XXVII Olympic Games Sydney. Australia

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Kawasaki/Mossy Oak Oklahoma Open Tropser Archery Club. Oklahoma City. OK May 30-31 Danner/McKenzie Illinois Open Sauk Valley Archers, Dixon. IL June 27-28 Outdoor Technologies Group/ Hoyt Pennsylvania Open Elk Town Archers. Warren, PA Jul. 31 ■ Aug. 2 Game Finder NABH Championship Smoky Mountain Archers, Knoxville. TN A special Delta Industries Pro/Am competition will be held at each tournament site the Friday prior to the event. Call (800)224-4990 for more information.

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Houston Shootout James Loesch 281-988-6010, Houston, TX California Cup Brooks Matsuda 916-444-0321, Sacramento, CA Cotton Boll Classic David Hoffman 209-784-0716, Tulare, CA USIAC Lloyd Brown 619-482-6158, Chula Vista, CA 3rd Annual Gold Cup Gerald Taylor 703-263-2894, Bloomfield, NJ Junior World Trials Randi Smith 801-265-0256, Salt Lake City, UT Wooten Cup Shane Parker 919-732-3322, New Bern, NC Brown County Open Dana Florestano 317-259-7400, Nashville, IN Buckeye Memorial Classic Jim Shull 614-786-7710, Lewis Center, OH South Region JOAD Championship Jack Milchanowski 817-236-8720, Fort Worth, TX

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U.S. NAA National Flight Championships Ike Hancock 801-467-3084. Wendover, UT 22-23 MN State Outdoor & Voyagers Cup Richard Cockrell 612-415-3013, Twin Cities. MN 22-23 IL State Outdoor Don Branson 630-682-8488, Naperville, IL 30 28NY State Outdoor Leslie A. Scott 315-598-1586, Fulton, NY 29 VA State Outdoor Gerald Taylor 703-263-2894. Centreville, VA 30 293rd Annual Grapestakes & JOAD FITA David Hoffman 209-784-0716. Tulare. CA SEPTEMBER 5-7 OH State Outdoor Manning Baumgardner 614-854-9016, Columbus. OH 12-13 NJ State Outdoor Robert Montgomery 609-786-1519, Bloomfield. NJ 19-20 Battle in the Bcanficld Ed Nixon 219-726-8516, Portland, IN 19-20 26th Pacific Coast Championships Muriel Erlandson 916-362-1332, Sacramento. CA 26-27 MSU Fall Classic Norm Graham 517-655-4755. East Lansing. Ml 26-27 UT State Outdoor Randi Smith 801-486-8242, Salt Lake City. UT OCTOBER 4 3Duel in the Desert Trials Kathy Greene 520-297-6731, Tucson. AZ 25 24Duel in the Desert Kathy Greene 520-297-6731, Tucson, AZ NOVEMBER 8 7FITA East '98 Skip Phillips 610-777-6306. Reading. PA DECEMBER 6 4Wo-Pe-Na Open Phil Nrosi 201-943-9309. Clifton. NJ 4-6 MA State Indoor Jim Maiellano 508-866-3097, TBD 14-16

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1st Annual Houston Shootout May 2-3, 1998 Star FITA and a special final round. Substantial prize money (amount TBA) will be awarded and guaranteed to 4th place in each of four divisions: Men’s Olympic, Women's Olympic. Men's Compound. Women's Compound. There will also be a beginner's daycamp for kids. For information contact: James or Kathie Loesch, 7715 Valera Ln, Houston. TX 77083 Phone: (281)988-6010 • Fax: (281)988-6107 • E-mail Faithl@wt.net

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World Traditional Archers By Dan Locke, Executive Director WTA

DIRECTORS Mrs. Edith Bain Rt. 1 Box 340 Pickton, TX 75471 (903)439-8626 Mr. Keith Bain Rt. 1 Box 340 Pickton, TX 75471 (903)439-8626 Mr. Edgar Brouillard 2468 Hamkey Hill Rd. Coventry, RI 02816 (401)828-0705 Mr. Richard Glena 9309 Fisk Rd. Akron, NY 14001 (716)542-4136 Mrs. Bet Hill 8409 Spring Way Place Warrenton, VA 20186 (540)347-5894 Mr. Howard Hill 8409 Spring Way Place Warrenton, VA 20186 (540)347-5894 Mr. Arthur Ives 165 Davis St. Youngsville, PA 16371 (814)563-7034 Mr. Andrew Kleya 64 Pond St. Uxbridge, MA 01569 (508)278-6913 Mr. Dan Locke 633 E. Washington #16 N. Attleboro, MA 02760 (508)643-2972 Mr. Tom Mellott Box 89 Clarington, OH 43915 (614)458-1259 Mr. Don Raley 2410 Old Barton Chapel Rd. Augusta, GA 30906 (706)796-2156 106

I would like to take a few minutes of your time, to tell you about a new organization that you and your members will be interested in. As you can see from our logo we are the World Traditional Archers with our main goal to support Youth Archers. We are setting up a program to certify Archery Instructors from the traditional ranks around the world to help teach the basics of Archery to youths at camps such as YMCA, Scouts, and etc. We realize that the NAA has a great JOAD Program, but we feel that more needs to be done, and Traditional Archers would be the best ones to do this, being that most of the camps have recurve bows and longbows. Now in order to do all our programs, we need your help. Our plan is to have a Traditional World Championship each year and we need Traditional Clubs and organizations to run Qualifiers for this event around the world. We at the WTA feel it is time that Traditional Archers get the recognition that they deserve. There is really no organization that we are not, lastly thought of. Traditional Clubs and organizations have in the last couple of years started to pop up all over, which we feel is great. In contrast we feel there is a need for an organization similar to IBO, NFAA, NAA, ASA. We do not plan on competing with these organizations but to join them in promoting our sport of archery. We promote Traditional Archery and support Youth Archers in any manner that we can. A little about the WTA. WE have a board of directors from all around the country to include Don Raley of Alabama; Bet & Howard Hill of Virginia; Andrew Kleya of Massachusetts; Edgar Brouillard of Rhode Island; Art Ives of Pennsylvania; Richard Glena of New York, Tom Mellott of Ohio; world champions Edith & Keith Bain; and myself acting as Executive Director. We have an office set up in Massachusetts with hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday thru Friday, Eastern time. Our Secretary's name is Christine and she will be able to get messages to me at anytime. 1 will be glad to talk to anyone whenever I am available. We are getting a lot of calls so if it is busy, please keep trying. The WTA has 15 classes for Traditional Archers: two men’s recurve, two men’s longbow, one men’s primitive, same for the ladies, two youth, two cubs, one pee wee. Explanation of each class will be in sanction kits sent to anyone holding a sanction shoot. This is how we have it set up, similar to IBO we will support you with all the paperwork, score cards, rule books, and suggestions on running your Qualifier. We will sanction your shoot for a date first come within approximately 100 miles. There is a sanction fee of $50.00 for each event you run. At the end of the event a S5.00 fee for each shooter is required to be sent to the WTA with paperwork completed. Just to let you know, 50% of all money that comes in to WTA goes back to support Youth Programs worldwide. And 50% goes to Administration of the WTA. A little about the World Traditional Championship. First, it will be held in Youngsville, PA, the second weekend of June 1998. There will be two major events, a 40 target 3-D, and 600 Field Target shoot. Shooters will have to qualify for the 3D portion and preregister there will be no qualifying on the target round but preregistration is required. The target round will be shot out to 60 yards on the Olympic size target depending on the shooter. Men 60, Ladies and youth 50, cubs 30, pee wee 15 these are maximum distances. As you all know a lot of shooters at a shoot brings a lot of vendors. Hopefully there will be many vendors, they are already committing. We are still working on a lot of the details such as speakers and demos, but hope to have many. Hopefully, this is of interest to you and your Traditionalist. The Traditional shooters will either make this work or fail. Hopefully we will all come together to support Youth Archers to grow our sport. Thanks for taking the time to read this short note.

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VEG Back to back victories? Sort of. Michelle Ragsdale last won the Las Vegas Tournament in 1979. She’s been shooting it every year since, even placing second eight times. But Michelle is nothing if not persistent. Shooting her 45 pound PSE Mach-7 and Easton 2012 Eclipse shafts she scored 299 the first day and a 297 the second. Leading by a scant 1 point, she knew a so-so day would lead her to another second place. But so-so isn't in her vocabulary. She actually increased her lead against the best shooters in the world and won by two points. Back to back? Michelle won the last major tournament she entered - the NFAA indoor National Tournament in Tulsa. Congratulations!

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The nabh Tournament in Abilene is now histo ry and S.t.a.r.S. was there. For many shooters, the S.T.A.R.S. logo was a familiar sight but the "game within a game” was a brand new concept. It didn’t take people long to realize they could make some serious money simply by signing up - they didn't have to shoot more arrows! The USATC format uses the scores from the hosting tournament to establish winners. Like traditional S.T.A.R.S, twoperson teams sign up to play games defined by their combined ranks. The top winners included a variety of ranks with some well known faces and some new comers. The top money winner was Steve Cray (6) with $477 followed by Terry Cogburn (3), Randy Ulmer (10), Johnny Heath (10), Bill Crum (6), and Curtis Hill (2). Curtis, by the way, is nine years old and is now $231 richer. The ASA tournament on Gainesville. FL was a huge success despite an uncooperative weatherman. The results are being tabulated, posted on the S.T.A.R.S. web site, and checks are being sent to the happy winners.

USATC TOURNAMENTS United States Archcry Team Championships

ASA: • Valdosta, GA Apr 17-19 • Greenwood, SC May 8-10 • Roanoke, VA June 19-21 • Ashville. NC July 17-19 • Championships Aug 13-15

NABH: • Oklahoma city, OK Apr 4-5 • Dixon, IL May 30-31 • warren, PA June 27-28 • Championships Knoxville, TN Aug 1-3

IBO: NFAA • Pensacola, FL April 4-5 • Redding. CA May 1 -3 • Bedford. IN May 15-17 • warren, PA June 12-14 • Nelsonville, OH July 10-12 • Chmpnshps Peek-n-Peak, NY Aug 6-9

Custom Shooting Systems Recognizes Suttons as “Dealer of the Year”

Dick (C) and Tina Sutton of Dick's Taxidermy Studio of Benton. PA, were named the 1998 CSS "Dealers of the Year" at the AMO Archery Trade Show in Columbus, OH. According to CSS President Chuck Nease (R), these are the kinds of committed, grass roofs and hands on archery dealers who are the backbone of Custom Shooting Systems and of the sport of archery and bowhunting. Huntington. WV — The pace of growth at Custom Shooting Systems is entirely dependent upon a strong dealer and customer support network. “In the CSS System line of bows, we have developed a flexible shooting concept that is designed to be custom-fit to a pro shop's archery customers,’ says CSS President Chuck Nease. "Our philosophy is to grow our company at the grass roots, where the independent pro shop is teaching archery and bowhunting, often one-on-one. and thereby creating lifelong archers The backbone of our company is a group of small businesses like Dick Sutton Taxidermy Studio in Benton. Pennsylvania. "Our System series of machined risers have a lifetime replacement warranty, too" Nease says, "an indication that we intend to be here innovating product and. just like Dick and Tina Sutton, building the sport of archery one shooter at a time.’ For information contact CSS-Custom Shooting Systems, 526 Tenth St. Dept. USA, Huntington. WV 25701. Phone (304)522-4659. Fax (304)522-4654.

Elizabeth “Libo” Carr Joins Shannon Outdoors/Bug Tamer™ as Vice President of Sales

Louisville. GA —Elizabeth "Libo" Carr has joined Shannon Outdoors, manufacturer of the patented Bug Tamer™ insect protection garment system, as Vice President of Sales. "Libo will immediately begin making calls and working with our customers," says Bug Tamer™ President Keith Shannon. “Her educational background in marketing and her subsequent sales experience immediately make her a valuable member of our team During the past ten years, our business has grown to the point that we now have need of someone like Libo who can bring us a fresh, outside vision to maintain our position as America s #1 preferred insect protection garment system ... and to grow the business in other areas ’ Libo notes that the ability to wear a Bug Tamer™ comfortably while hunting, fishing. hiking and bird watching, without any recourse to chemical repellents made the sales position for Bug Tamer™ very attractive. "I have already talked to hundreds of customers and they report universal satisfaction with the Bug Tamer™.' she says "Now. that's a reputation to live up to!" For additional information please call Bug Tamer™/Shannon Outdoors, 1210-A Peachtree St.. Dept. USA. Louisville. GA 30434. Phone (912)625-9290, Fax (912)625-9271. Internet: www.archerymall.com.

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Thomasville, GA — Lynch Worldwide used the venues of the AMO Archery Trade Show and the NSSF’s S.H.O.T. Show this January to announce a huge new cooperative partnership agreement with Jim Crumley's Trebark Camouflage of Roanoke. VA. to introduce two exceptionally innovative camouflage patterns during 1998 with additional surprises expected in early 1999! 'Lynch Worldwide has three independent divisions." explains Vice President Bob Stover. “Division #1 is M.L. Lynch Game Calls which has a remarkable 58-year record of producing high quality box and friction calls that really wind up a gobbler and make him come a runnin'. Division #2 is Lynch Specialty Products which is developing unique and innovative specialty products such as the Pac-Mor Sports and Travel Bag which, with its patented 'floating floor,” allows a full 100% uncontaminated use of the bag with any combination of clean and dirty clothing, boots and gear. "Division #3 is Trebark by Lynch, our new camouflage partnership with Jim Crumley We expect to introduce two new camouflage patterns and clothing this year. This is significant for two reasons. First, this will be the first new camo introduction for Trebark since 1992. Second, we plan to be an aggressive partner with the hunter in the field and with the shooting sports retailer with our new hunting camo. Trebark SUPERFLAUGE™ and with our new marsh or waterfowl pattern called TrebarkMigration™. So. all those who say you can not tell one camo from another these days, should get ready for some surprises. We anticipate that cloth will be available for inspection late this month and that clothing will be on the racks by late summer or just in time for the buying season for hunters." For information please call M.L Lynch Co., Inc., (A Division of Lynch Worldwide), 500 W. Jefferson, Dept. USA. Thomasville, GA 31792. Phone (912)226-5793. Fax (912)228-0529. Internet www.archerymall.com.

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An Interview with Dave Stepp By Editor Arlyne Rhode Dave, tell me about your 1997 tournament accomplishments and what led up to them. Well, we started out in Florida and the weather was kind of nasty but 1 ended up taking second place. My goal for the year was to make the top 5 and make every shoot down of every event which had never been accomplished before. After some math I thought ifI did make every shoot-off, I would make "Shooter of the Year. " That s what 1 set out to do and that s what happened. I had one 4th. two 3rd, two 2nd. and two 1stfor a total ofseven tournaments. The points start with the first ASA Tournament and accumulate to the last target ofthe last tournament but do not include the shoot-ojf scores. You still must stay in the top to accumulate enough points to be number one. MARCH - APRIL 1998

Its also great for your sponsors and yourselfbecause it gives you TV time in the shows featured on ESPN. Each tournament is televised for about 15 minutes in Wayne Pearson s Show. 1 won this one by the largest margin of over 30 points after coming in second twice. It was mine to be had! Give me some background on how you used your winning. Well, as lots of people know. I got married to Christine in September. We bought a house and we invested the rest. I won over S120.000 total. S75.000 was from the ASA Tournaments. What are your plans for 1998? "Repeat!" Do you do anything outside of the tournament circuit? Actually, 1 don "t have much time because I travel and practice a lot. One thing I really miss is attending local events to shoot with my buddies. What are your personality traits that take you to the top? / love competition. So the big shoots put on by ASA. IBO and Cabela "s were just what 1 was looking for. Have you had any special training for archery? A lot has to do with natural ability. The rest is mental. It takes lots of mental preparation. There are lots ofguys out there that can shoot great when they are under the pressure and it comes down to it. It proves what you are made of and how you can handle the pressure. That is where the mental preparation comes in. It is notjust how you are going to play the game but what / mean by mental is how you control yourself, your muscles, holding the bow still and make the shot under pressure. That s a really big part of the game. Continued on page lit

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Golden Key® puts the Release in your hand, not in your way Always trying to come up with the solution to a problem. Golden Key now solves the problem of what to do with the Wrist Strap Release Aid when you aren’t shooting. Simple if you are shooting the new Hide-Away™ Caliper Release, you just slide it back into the Wnst Strap where it stays, out of the way until it’s needed. It's still on your wrist, you can still use it if you need to but importantly, it's out of the way so you can actually use your hand for other things. The new patent pending, Hide-Away is a top quality, smooth shooting caliper release aid that features a precision adjustable head that gives the archer a fast, clean, accurate release of

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How did you learn judging distance so well? / used to cut logs. We'd cut logs 30foot, that's 10 yards and I could judge that pretty well. The rest just came from practice. Practice in the parking lot, mall or wherever you are during the day. What advice w ould you give our readers to perfect their archcry game? Equipment is important, practice shooting is important, but I think practicing the mental side is the most important. I sit thinking and daydreaming about how I will make a certain shot. I'd like to say to everyone... “Supportyour local organizations is Number 1. Get in tune with the community so we can continue to have hunting. ” Dave, thank you for your time and we wish you much success in 1998!

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What is the definition of a senior? I f you follow the Medicare rule, you have to be 65. Social Security lets you declare at 62. 40IK and IRA plans say 59.5. NFAA sets the age at 55. USGA (golf) and AARP says you're there at 50. It's all pretty confusing for us “old" folks and it doesn’t get any easier with each passing year. But you're only as old as you feel anyway and most of the 50+ people I know arc still raring to go and can still show the kids a thing or two. Experience does count for something, doesn’t it? • Now that I've rambled on fora while as we have a way of doing, let me get to the point. One of the best kept secrets in sports is the National Senior Games or the Senior

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Olympics as they arc better known. For the last several years I've heard people talk about them but no one ever seemed to know about the age requirements and how to qualify. It seems as though every time I met someone who had gone, they said how great it was but couldn’t supply me with a name or a number to call. Well, last year with the help of Larry Hix from Maryland, I finally got in the loop. Somehow Larry found out about the Garden State Games and gave me a call. I'm from New York but he assured me we could both try to qualify in New Jersey. Well to make a long story short, we met in Clifton, NJ on a sunny Sunday morning at an NAA style shoot and did indeed qualify to go to the Senior Olympics which were to he held in Tucson in May of 1997. The age groups start at 50 and go out to infinity (or older) in 5 year increments. We shot a modified 900 round at 60, 50 and 40 yards, instead of meters, and both NAA and NFAA equipment was allowed. The compound shooters did have to shoot at that little tiny inner 10 ring though, which is not one of my favorite things to do in archery. I got first in the compound unlimited division with Larry a very close second. One more end and I think he would have had me. Larry also qualified in bowling doubles the week before, but before the National Games his partner had some heart problems so he wasn’t able to compete in bowling in Tucson, Our scores were then sent back to our own states and we later received our Senior Games entry forms for Tucson, As it turns out, you only have to shoot above a certain score to qualify in archery. In some sports you have to qualify in the top 3 in your state to get an application for the National Games. Just about every sport you can think of is represented, from badminton to shuffteboard, so don't limit yourself to thinking only about archery. I know some of the running events were open just by completing a local race in your area and that was also true of cycling. Each sport has its own requirements but there’s something for everyone at all age groups. This information will be available to you through your state games association which will be listed at the end of this article.

As 1 mentioned before the National Games in 1997 were held in Tucson in May and it was a great week. Many of the almost 10,000 competitors have been to several of the biannual games and much of the fun was in meeting and competing against friends made from the previous games. The setting was at the Arizona State University campus and the facilities were first rate. The unlimited compound archcry was shot in the first 2 days so we had plenty of time during the rest of the week to sight-see and take in some of the other events. 1 went to the swimming venue one day and watched the 90-95 year old men. They all dove off the blocks although most of them needed help to get up there. They were just great and you could tell most of them were probably swimming since their college days. I also got a chance to see some of the half-court basketball games at the gym. They were really serious and hotly contested games. In archery, I got the gold in the 60-65 group and Larry got the silver in the 55-60 group. He had to go up against Frank Pearson and he gave him a good run for the gold. Frank had the advantage of already being a desert rat so he knew all the tricks to archery in the Southwest. Bobby Hunt from Texas also won a gold medal in the recurve division. For some of you younger folks who might not recognize the name, Bobby was at one time “the man" in the NFAA, setting records which at the time seemed out of reach. Many other famous names from archery's past also competed and it was great fun to mingle with these archery legends. There were activities every night at the campus as well as several trips to take, but the real highlight was the parade of the state teams into the football stadium. It was one of the most colorful and fun-filled events I’ve ever been to, complete with a show from the Young America troop. It was just a super week and I advise anyone who’s reached that golden age of 50 to give it a try. The 1999 Games will be held in Orlando, Florida in the end of October. The setting will be the Walt Disney Sports World and it should offer a great vacation Continued on page 114

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as well as a chance to become a Gold Medal Winner. The list which follows should contain enough information to get you on your way at the state level and from there, who knows. I f you can't find a state contact to call, you can call the National Senior Games Association at (504)379-7337. I spoke to Becky Wesley at that number and she was most helpful in getting me the list which follows. Good luck and I hope to see you in in -99. Be sure to look me up. Joe Bauemfeind Wading River, NY

1998 Member Games Directors (Included are tournaments which have alrelady taken place in order for you to see contacts and actions taken.) ** Open only to in-state residents/ closed to out-of-state residents. ALABAMA Alabama Sr. Olympic State Games Ronnie Floyd or Don Camp (334)242-4496 Montgomery, AL. April 24-26 ALASKA No games at this time. ARIZONA Arizona Sr. Olympics Irene Stillwell, (602)261-8765 or (602)495-5490 Phoenix, AZ. February 21-March 8 ARKANSAS Arkansas Sr. Olympics Gail Ezelle. (501)321-1441, (800)7207276 (AR only) September 17-20 (Qualifying) CALIFORNIA Crown Valley Sr. Games/CA State Championships Cynthia Vaughan, (626)685-6724 Pasadena, CA. June 6-Junc 20 COLORADO Rocky Mountain Senior Games Sheri Lobmcyer, (970)35009433 Greeley, CO, August 4-9 CONNECTICUT Connecticut Sr. Olympics Will Berger, (860)621-4661 Southington, CT, June 5-7 DELAWARE Delaware Sr. Olympics Peggy Yaeger, (302)736-5698 Dover, DE, October 3-11

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FLORIDA Florida Sr. Games/Statc Championships Laura Hallam, (407)943-7992 Sarasota County, FL, December 2-6 GEORGIA Georgia Golden Olympics Vicki Pilgrim, (404)657-6644 Robins Air force Base, GA, Sept. 23-26 HAWAII Hawaii Senior Olympics Mark Zeug, (808)732-8805 Honolulu, Hl, November 28-30 IDAHO Idaho Senior Games Karin Hoffer-Boles, (800)859-0324 Boise. ID, August 5-9 ILLINOIS Illinois Sr. Olympics Sandy Holste, (217)789-2284 Springfield, IL, Sept. 17-20, Sept. 23-27 INDIANA Indiana St. Sr. Games Steve Patrow. (800)253-2188 Evansville, IN. June 1-6 IOWA Iowa Senior Games Cheryl Michael, (515)226-2898 W. Des Moines, IA, June 11-14 KANSAS Kansas Sr. Olympics Marge Rightmcier. (785)368-3798 Topeka, KS. Sept. 24-27 (team), Oct. 8-11 (Ind/Double) KENTUCKY Kentucky Sr. Games Ruth Hudson, (502)765-2175, (800)437-0092 Elizabethtown, KY, Sept. 24-27 LOUISIANA LA. Sr. Olympic Games (504)925-1748 Baton Rouge, LA, Sept. 19-Oct. 3 MAINE Maine Sr. Games, Inc. Anita Chandler, (207)775-6503 Portland, ME, Sept. 9 - Oct. 3 MARYLAND** Maryland Olympics Phil Adams, (410)83-4456 Towson, MD, Oct. 1-3 MASSACHUSETTS Massachusetts Sr. Games Sahler Smith, (413)788-2457 Springfield College, MA, June 12-14 MICHIGAN Michigan Sr. Olympics Carrie Montcalm, (248)608-0265 Frankenmuth, MI, June 23-27

MINNESOTA Northland Sr. Games Chuck Campbell, (218)723-3724 Duluth, MN, July 13-17 MISSISSIPPI Mississippi Sr. Olympics Joyce Anderson, (800)748-8514 Jackson. MS, May 27-30 MISSOURI Missouri St. Sr. Games Jack Miles, (573)882-1462 Columbia, MO. June 25-28 MONTANA Montana Sr. Olympics Don Tavolacci, (406)252-2795 Missoula, MT, June 18-10 NEBRASKA Nebraska St. Sr. Olympics Scott Hayden, (308)237-4644 Kearney. NE, Aug. 20-23 NEVADA Nevada Sr. Games Roger Owen, (702)294-2954 Las Vegas, NV, Oct. 1-11 NEW HAMPSHIRE Granite State Sr. Games Larry Flint. (603)863-6397, (603)332-0055 Laconia, NH, Sept. 25-27 NEW JERSEY New Jersey Sr. Sports Classic/SCAN John Wanat, (732)542-1326 Fort. Monmouth, NJ. June 12-14 NEW MEXICO** New Mexico Sr. Olympics St. Games Cecilia Acosta, (505)623-5777 Albuquerque, NM, Aug. 5-9 NEW YORK Empire State Sr. Games Marty Castle. (315)492-9654 Syracuse, NY. June 4-7 NORTH CAROLINA** NOrth Carolina Sr. Games Margot Raynor, (919)851-5456 Raleigh, NC, Sept. 22-27 NORTH DAKOTA North Dakota Sports Classic Jeff Heisler (701)241-1353 Fargo, ND, May 29-30 OHIO Ohio Sr. Olympics Virginia Neutzling, (330)492-6739 Canton, OH, July 5-12 OKLAHOMA Oklahoma Sr. Olympics Dana Short (918)596-7866 Tulsa, OK, Sept. 17-23

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Toward the Gold with Freddie Troncoso

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Author Freddie Troncoso

It is common knowledge that the rules and format for determining the gold medal winners has changed dramatically. The most impacting changes affect the new "Olympic Round" whose format imposes nerve racking one to one competition and fewer arrows to determine who wins and who loses. Today’s gold medal hopefuls must face the rigors of standing alone on the shooting line with his/her competition to decide who will win and who will ultimately be eliminated or end up in second or third place. Previously, past Olympians vividly recall that if an archer started out poorly, it was possible to make up points by shooting better during any of the remaining distances. This made it possible for archers to play catch up and to remain in contention for the medals. One can not also help to remember that the previous and determining FITA Rounds called for 288 arrows versus the new deciding twelve arrow series that was introduced at the Barcelona Olympic Games of 1992. Yes, today's archery hopefuls have to be “Super Human" and possess exceptional mental control that will allow them to perform and shoot well when the gold is on the line. In addition, we now have screaming and shouting fans, television cameras, and loud speakers projecting ongoing results to add to all the tremendous excitement and unbearable pressures of competition. There arc no contradictions that our sport has changed and that these changes have occurred for the benefit of keeping 116

archery in the Olympic games. Without the excitement of the OR format of competition, archery has been claimed to be a boring sport to watch and one that is difficult for the common layman to understand and become interested in. Equitable or unfair, this is what we, as archers, must prepare for if we arc serious about trying to vie for the gold. While no one has provided a sure fire and instantaneous method of improving our shooting without changing equipment rules, archers must attempt to discover what works best for them. To accomplish these goals, it is necessary to go beyond the basics in an attempt to find a better way to shoot and achieve high scores. This is the way to all winning — there is no other way! Concentration and Winning Archers from around the world continually ask why Korean archers shoot so well. In answer, it is my honest opinion that aside from their near perfect “machinclike” shooting form, their mental composure and high discipline nature certainly has a lot to do with their tremendous prowess with a bow. Asians are known to be a highly dedicated and well-disciplined race of human beings. It is through their diligent training programs and mental disciplinary training that they achieve extraordinary mental control and thus achieve superior performance. In developing these abilities, oriental archers first leant to master the basics of proper shooting form and then learn to focus on the element of aiming and directing the arrow to the very center of the target. Beyond these two requirements they also leam how to use their power of meditation and concentration which is practically a way of life for them. To underline the importance of concentration, I'd like to reprint an excerpt by the great Korean coach Lee, Ki Sik that appeared in 1992. “We have modified our training methods to adjust to the new FITA rules. (Format) Now we aim to achieve total concentration each and every time we shoot an arrow. But, we can not tell you anything about these methods, they are a secret.”

There appears to be some controversy between the above paragraph and over the Korean suggestion of tensing the abdominal muscles that they arc willing to share freely with archers throughout the world. Contradicting this theory, there are several U.S. coaches who disagree with this suggestion and application. With all due respect to the great Korean coaches and to my friend Don Rabska, 1 sincerely believe that both views must be presented and examined carefully. To further shed some light on this subject, let us proceed with an interview with one of our premier U.S. coaches who happens to be the successful coach behind our 1996 Gold Medallist Justin Huish. Perhaps we can get him to share some information about the tremendous success he has had while coaching Justin Huish to the Gold and what he believes with regard to shooting form and other topics mentioned. It is my privilege to present Mr. Lloyd Brown for your good reading, archcry insight and information.

Interview with Lloyd Brown Prominent Archery Coach to Justin Huish Lloyd, what do you teach with regards to archery form and shooting? / believe in good classic form using a square stance, proper alignment, and a solid anchor. Also, the way to exacting archery depends entirely on the execution ofthe shot. We as coaches know what good basicform is. However, we must not insist on imposing set methods on any archer knowing that this will not work for that person. Lloyd, do you teach and advocate the use of the “deep hook” method of holding the bowstring? Although I teach a deep hook to most students, we must not overlook thefact that the three top leading U.S. men archers are still holding and releasing the string in the standard conventional manner. Justin Huish, Butch Johnson, and Rod White all shoot with the third finger barely on the bowstring. They do this because it produces the best results for them. To be THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER

Lloyd Brown (R) coaching Olympic Champion Justin Huish

truthful, I try to get all of my students to use a three-layer tab in an effort to protect theirfingers and to obtain a better release. Nothing can end your shootingfor the day like sore fingers and blisters can. What method do you recommend with regards to aiming and holding? I believe that archers should look at the target or their aiming point through the sight ring. The sight will eventually center itself. Lloyd, Justin Huisli has to be an only child. His super confidence can only come from loads of super encouragement throughout his upbringing. He looked so cool and collected during the gold medal match. He didn't flinch, he didn't shake, nor did he shoot any far out errant arrows. In fact, he performed brilliantly! To be truthful, he was nervous. However, he used his state of being nervous to his advantage. Justin cleverly put his nervous condition to work by encouraging the crowd to cheer for him. Likewise, we tell our archers that they must learn to accept being nervous as an important part of ail archery competition. We tell them they must learn to accept and enjoy the part of being nervous by putting it to work for them. What is your reaction to the criticism slanted toward U.S. coaches and the lack of unity? I believe that this criticism is totally unfounded and without merit. Our U.S. coaches are more unifed than anyone gives us creditfor. The NAA coaching programs are a living example ofthefact that we are indeed saying and doing the same thing with regards to coaching and teaching archery. So far, American men shooters MARCH - APRIL 1998

have won every individual gold medal with you and Justin the best at the 2000 Olympic the exception of 1980 and 1992. That Games in Sydney Australia. Don’t miss "Beyond the Basics" in the should tell us something! However, we do realize that we are going to have to work next issue of U.S. and International much harder with our women shooters so Archer Magazine. that they will stand a better chance of Apologies to Spain winning. In the previous U.S. and International What is your opinion about the tensing of abdominal muscles as recommended Archer Magazine, we forgot to mention the two lovely ladies from Spain who attended by Korean coaches? I don't recommend that everyone our seminar during November 1997. First focuses their concentration on tensing their of all, also present was the very charming abdominal muscles. I only teach this when Maria Ortiz Llamas who coaches archery it works to correct a posture or bow also helps to run archery lanes in the Alcala, shoulderproblem. Infact. Justin Huish has Madrid area. Another great lady who we never given any thought to tensing his forgot to mention was one of Spain’s stomach while he shoots. He believes that premier female archers whose name is he has other more important things to think Fatima Agudo. Fatima finished in 5th place about when he shoots. So far. his winning at the recent World Archery Championships form and present technique seem to be held in Canada in the female Compound Division. She holds seven Spanish workingfor him — as is! What do you think about the use of National titles, and also holds the world meditation and relaxation regarding record Elimination Round for 72 arrows with a 651 total. Her best F1TA rounds archery? / respect the use of any techniques or include a solid 1320 point total on the recommendations that will help the archer reduced 10 ring scoring and a 580 on the to shoot better whatever they may be. FITA 18 meter indoor round. Fatima is a However, 1 believe that the oriental tremendously talented competitor and is a approach to meditation and Zen will not very popular person within the ranks of her work with most American shooters. Our countrymen and ladies. Our sincere entire philosophical approach and way apologies to our two charming ladies of life are entirely different than theirs. who don’t deserve to be forgotten or Again, so far, the American way hasn't overlooked! Freddie Troncoso done too badly. Do you feel that unity and sharing of ideas is essential to coaching archery? Yes, Ido. Here in the U.S. most Level III and Level IV. and master coaches are working closely together in an attempt to unify and standardize our methods of coaching. Presently, we have Dick Tone, Tim Strickland, myself and others who dedicate themselves to archery and toward achieving the common goal of helping to improve our shooting, the coaching of archery, and to raise our standards of coaching. I wish to personally thank Lloyd Brown for sharing his coaching methods and comments with the readers of The U.S. and International i Stve/AC. ruis (zeinjjc UAPpewep Archer Magazine. We wish (IN MV CX2£AM5) '

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Professional Archery Technique By Kirk Ethridge The Arrow and some other Good Stuff I was visiting a friend at a local archery shop recently, when I was asked this seemingly simple question. “What all can I do to make my arrows as accurate as possible?" Fletch really wanted to know what he could do to make his arrows group as tightly as possible. I'll bet the answer I gave him was somewhat unexpected, and more complex than he imagined. There are several parameters that can be manipulated to enhance arrow accuracy. The following text describes how my good friend Clarence “The Predator" Keaton of Keaton’s Pro Shop in Dandridge, Tn. prepares our competition arrows. Spine matching: Arrows of like size and average spine, are not perfectly matched when they come from the factory. Small variations in weight distribution make each individual arrow slightly different with respect to each other. To compensate for this, Clarence corks each end of our new shafts and drops each one individually into a soapy bath. Observing my recently obtained 2613’s perform in the bath was quite a show. These arrows immediately rolled to hide the heavier underside. Clarence now marks the shafts to reflect this heavier side. When the arrows are fletched, this mark allows him to arrange the fletching orientation identically with respect to each arrow. (Since we both shoot Vic Mazza’s 0-T-X arrow rest, the shafts are fletched to allow the heavy side to contact the launcher arms. Cock vane up, heavy side of arrow down. Finger shooters should place the heavy side toward the pressure point of the arrow rest.) Doing this allows our set of arrows to flex as identically as possible when the force of the released bowstring starts the arrow toward the target. 1.

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Total Indicator Readout. The use of the super uni-bushing by Easton has allowed us another variable which we can manipulate to our advantage. Usually, the arrow shafts we are going to use are quite a bit longer than we need. By checking the shafts on a 1/1000 in. indicator 2.

equipped arrow straightner, Clarence finds the straightest portion of the newly bathed shafts. (Usually, one or the other end of the arrow shaft is straighter than the other.) Clarence chooses the straightest part of the shaft to become our tournament arrow. In other words, the crooked ends are usually cut off and the straight middle portion of the raw shaft are used to build the arrow. Obviously, this is not possible with swedged nock end shafts as this end must be preserved for nock attachment.

Weight Matching: If you have access to large numbers of shafts, you can weigh and select bundles that match equally in weight. Normally we do not, so we have to force our arrows to weigh the same. To do this, Clarence weighs the fletched shaft with its components. (Points, inserts, etc.) Out of the set 2613's, the heaviest shaft of the bunch is selected by weighing the arrows on a grain scale and set aside. The rest of the arrows are brought up to the weight of the heaviest shaft by adding granulated (cold), hot melt to the component set until the grain scale reads even with the heaviest arrow. Pour the granulated hot melt into your hollow point. add a little heat and voila!, a perfectly weight matched set of tournament arrows becomes apparent before your eyes. Try this with your next set of shafts if you have the opportunity. I’ll bet a busted nock or two that your groups will improve!

Some New Good Stuff! My good friend Don Kudlacek really has something to offer as an upgrade on your tournament or hunting compound bow. Don has perfected the shoot-through cable equipped shooting system. With this system, Don has eliminated limb twist, wheel lean, and system torque that occurs with cable guard use. This in turn results in a bow that is easier to aim, quieter and even smoother on the draw. For the speed freaks among you, several fps of arrow speed can usually be achieved with the device in place. (I suspect it is a result of the many pounds of cable guard friction that rob THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER

energy from the system.) The components of this system are reminiscent of an extended, outside of the limb, yoke-andhamess system. And that is exactly what it is! Instead of pulling your bus cables aside to allow the arrow to pass upon release, the cables are split to allow a balance of pressure with respect to each side of the limb and wheel. Several large pro target tournaments were won last year with this and I expect the improved steel cable system this year to perform even better. I know my Martin Scepter 11 is a real hummer with Don’s trick. This can be applied to any 2 wheel or cam equipped bow. (You single cam users will just have to suffer...) Don has also patented a new adjustable control peep site. The device basically is a washer shaped holder with a ball in the middle. The ball is available with aperture sizes of .40,50. and 60 thousands. The peep is installed in the split bow string as are many of its older cousins. What's good about this is the aperture equipped ball can be manipulated in any direction at full draw. In other words you align the peep hole to perfectly fit you eye to sight alignment. Also, the peep hole is round and clear as apposed to the fuzzy oval shaped holes of the peeps that were designed when compound bow lengths usually approached 50 inches. Good job Don! Both of these are outstanding advances in archery technology! Good Shooting, and take a lesson. Kirk

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Form Flaws —Part 2

Bow Hand Grip. In this issue we will cover Anchor and the Bow Arm. In the next issue we will cover both the Finger Release and the flaws associated with the Mechanical Release. The assumption will be made that this is a right-handed archer. The opposite will be true for a left-hander. ANCHOR 15. Thumb behind neck. This causes the wrist of the draw arm to kink or bend. Upon the explosion of the release, the wrist relaxes and returns to its original straight position, which in turn causes sideways, pre-loaded torque on the bow string. Putting the thumb behind the neck allows the archer to collapse into the back of the neck, thereby negating any back tension the archer may have had. A straight relaxed and expanded wrist/forcarm/elbow unit (in line with the arrow) is the most forgiving Kirk Ethridge’s good shooting form possible in archery. 16. Head and neck too far forward. As in the “Z formation" mentioned in #4 (last to good shooting and is especially true when issue) when the head and neck are pushed shooting up and down hills. The more forward into the bow string for peep points of reference you might have, (1 alignment, it creates tension in the neck. recommend 4 to 5) the more consistent your This is not conducive to consistent shot shots will be. You scope or pin is one execution. The head should be upright and anchor, your peep is a second anchor. The relaxed and only slightly tilted to tip of you nose is a third and the knuckles accommodate peep alignment. The string of your draw hand solidly touching your should just touch the tip of the nose. jawbone is a fourth. A kisser button is an (Archers that wear glasses may have to optional fifth anchor. *Note: if you have touch the side of their nose in order to see trouble touching the tip of your nose with past the frames.) The peep should not be the string without bending your head tied in permanently at first, so it can be forward, try raising your anchor farther up adjusted easily. This will give you a much the side of your face until the string more natural anchor that is easier to naturally comes up under your nose. duplicate. Try drawing to anchor with your Different shaped faces accommodate eyes closed. Do this until when you pull different anchor points. Find one that is back and open your eyes, you can see comfortable, relaxed and touching at least through your peep without raising or 2 places on your face. lowering your head. Then, tie in your peep 19. Moving lips to touch kisser buttton. sight permanently, if you wish. A kisser button really shouldn’t be 17. String too tight into face at anchor. “kissed”! Moving your lips over to “kiss” Pulling the string into the skin of the face a kisser button is not a consistent anchor or side of the cheek causes left and right because the lips can be moved into almost string paradox and inconsistent anchor. any position. If you insist on using a kisser Adjust your draw length and/or anchor until button, make sure it is anchored into something solid, such as the comer of a the string just touches the face. 18. String doesn’t touch nose at anchor. tooth. A solid and consistent anchor is imperative THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER

bow, exactly the same from shot to shot. The bow wrist should be straight and Also, obviously the bow is once again being relaxed and the bow grip should contact held with muscles, which can cause a shaky your hand at the base of the thumb, right sight picture if the muscles arc not in along the thumb side of the lifeline, but not "Olympic level” condition. To use this crossing it. technique successfully, you must spend 26. Bow arm fully extended. If the bow many more hours, days, weeks, or months is pushed all the way toward the target, then practicing to master it. Shooting with a bent upon explosion, the bow hand and arm unit elbow probably requires twice to three has nowhere to recoil to or expend energy times more practice than an archer that from the bow. This is known as “pro shoots with a straight relaxed bow arm. loading" torque into the bow. What then 24. Bow arm elbow locked and tense. happens is the fully extended bow arm will BOW ARM The opposite of #23 above, if the elbow is kick or torque to the left (right-handed 21. Bow shoulder too high. This is one hyperextended, tense and locked, it also can archer), instead of towards the target, of the most common flaws that we see in create tension in the shot and movement in causing left arrows. As stated in #21 above, the Shooter’s School. One of the reasons the sight. It is important that the elbow the bow shoulder should be down, back and for this is because a lot of us learned archery remain relaxed, but not bent. You may find locked. Then, upon explosion, the bow arm on a recurve bow, or we were taught by a it easiest to pull the bow with the elbow will jump forward along with the bow, recurve shooter and the bad form is passed locked, but once you get to full draw, just towards the target. This allows the arrow down from shooter to shooter. Another "unlock" it... but don’t bend it. All bones to clear the bow before the arm reaches reason is pulling too much bow weight. This from the lower pan of the hand clear up to the “stops" (end of the arm extension) and causes the deltoid muscle in your shoulder the shoulder socket should be relaxed but then swings to the left, which is normal to be tense at full draw, which in turn, causes aligned as much as possible to support the because the shoulder is in a ball socket. This the sight to shake. The bow shoulder should weight of the bow. is part of the follow-through for most be down, back and locked, level with the 25. Bow wrist bent. This is when the advanced level archers. other shoulder. This is relaxed bone-to- archer bends the wrist out away from the I hope these help you identify and bone contact, as opposed to using muscles middle of the bow. sometimes in an attempt correct some of the flaws in your form. In to keep the bow pushed forward toward the to keep the string from hitting the bow arm. the next issue, we will cover the last two target. If it is done properly, the upper arm As in # 12, the grip of the bow is too far out sections of form flaws, the Finger Release bone (humerus) will lock down and into the on to the thumb where only soft tissue, not and Mechanical Releases, which are the shoulder joint and the shoulder blade of the bone, is holding the bow. This shooting last 18 form flaws of the 44 in this 3 part back will actually jut out in most shooters. position will almost always give the right- series. * If all of the bones in the arm, i.c., the hand, handed archer pre-loaded right bow torque. wrist, elbow, and shoulder, all line up, it will give you a much steadier sight picture and be much less tiring because you are For Archers who want the Best. using bones to hold the bow, not muscles. • FLEX-FLETCH VANES 22. 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Multilevel Certified Instructor Program also New Schedule for Shooters School (1st half of 1998)

NFAA Introduces

The NFAA has just approved a new 3 tiered certified instructor program, with 3 levels of achievement for each tier. This new program, especially designed to bring applicants up to date and give them a comprehensive overview of new technologies, was created by a special committee and approved in January of 1998. Bemie Pellerite and his wife. Jan, have signed a contract with the National Field Archery Association to hold NFAA Shooter’s Schools and Certified Instructor Programs for the next three years The committee consists of: NFAA President Chuck Crowell, NFAA V.P. Wally Rueger. George Kong, Bemie Pellerite, George Ossola, Jim May, and Kirk Ethridge. Alternates: Ed Eliason, Larry Wise and Mike Leiter. The following is a brief preliminary outline (all levels require NFAA membership):

Basic level certified instructor Requirements: 2 day school, minimum 18 years old, and one year probation. This program is designed for camp instructors, 4-H, Boy Scouts, public school teachers, etc. For people that teach beginners and youth archers only. Advanced Level Certified Instructor Requirements: 2 day school, 1 year experience in archery, 18 years of age or older, 1 year probation. This program is designed for people who work with all levels of archers but specifically intermediate to advanced shooters. These graduates may teach basic level courses (with committee approval). The NFAA will be offering this level in conjunction with the Shooter’s School for a slight additional fee.

Master Coach Level Requirements: Applicants must attend a 4 to 5 day master coach school, 21 years old or older, 5 years experience in archery, 1 year probation, must be an advanced certified instructor or already be a current NFAA Certified Instructor under the old

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program to attend the master coach school. Master coach graduates may conduct basic level or advanced level courses with Certified Instructor Committee recommendation. Master coach level is for people who wish to teach extensively or as a career. Certified Instructor Committee: A new committee will be formed to monitor the performance of the certified instructor programs and levels of achievement and to develop new teaching programs, etc.

Cl Awards Program: Each of the 3 levels of Certified Instructors’s can earn 3 additional merit level awards , example: when you graduate from the advanced level course, you cam an Advanced Cl Level I status with an advanced level I patch/ certificate and ID card. For those who want to put their new teaching certificate to use they can earn additional merit awards (like extra stripes in the armed forces). Level II, Level III and Level IV patches will be awarded to all three certified instructor categories if and when they reach a particular number of students taught. The more students you teach, the more merit level awards you can earn. Shooter's School Update and Schedule: As of the AMO Trade Show in January, shops and clubs interested in the Shooter’s School came flooding in and within 2 days 11 schools were booked with 7 more on a waiting list for the first half of the year. We will have many more western states on the schedule than ever before. We’ll no doubt have an abundance of requests again this year. The second half of the year is now being scheduled for anyone interested. Please get your reservations in early or the schedule will be full before long. Obviously past graduates are shooting much better and spreading the word quickly. Bill Donk, owner of Bunker Hill Archery in Clifton Springs, NY reports his son-in-law, Terry Milliman, who went through the course in June of 1996 improved immediately. Terry was a 510 field round shooter with a

personal high score of530. After the school. he was given a 21 day program to follow and, unlike most shooters ... he didn’t cheat! He did exactly what the program dictated and he went to the Outdoor Nationals without shooting at a target for 21 days, except to get his 20. 40, and 60 yard marks, and filled the rest in with a computer program. The first day of the Nationals, he shot a 556 out a possible 560. The second day he shot a 554 . .. not bad. huh! There are many, many more success stories out there and we’ll report them as space is available. So send them in to the address listed at the end and we’ll share them with everyone.

This year’s schedule is as follows: April 9-11 at Gator Bowmen, Gainesville, FL. Special hours: Thursday and Friday, 6:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.; Saturday 9 a m. 6:30 p.m. Contact Andie Anderson 904-462-4303. April 18-19 at JR Custom Archery, Ypsilanti, MI. Contact Jack Romeo 313-572-7772. April 25-26 at Echo Valley Archcry, Sugar Grove, PA (50 miles south of Erie). Contact Jeff or Mike 814-489-0270. May 2-3 at Westside Archery, Janesville. Wl, Contact Linda Schmitt 608-752-8564. May 9-10 at Dutch’s Trading Post, Fond du Lac, WI (1 hour north of Milwaukee). Contact Dan Yohann 920-922-0311. May 21-23 (evenings) at NFAA 3-D National Tournament, Strasburg, IL. Contact Marv Waymack 217-352-0790 (5-9 p.m., please) or Bemie 352-237-7614. •Note: Since this is being held at a major tournament, interested parties may optionally monitor course (lecture only) for SI25 (no shooting, personal analysis or coaching) or take full S200 course. Thursday, 3 p.m.-10:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday 6 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. May 30-31 atTiYogi Bowmen. Hyde Park. NY. Contact Bonnie or John Aldrich 914336-8514. June 6-7 at Action Archery, Elmira, NY (45 miles west of Binghamton). Contact Bill or Mike 607-732-1304.

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June 20-21 at Tackle Shop, Troy, OH. Contact Andy Anderson (937)339-4455. July 11-12 at Lincoln Park Archers, Towaco, NJ (30 miles west of New York City). Contact Matt Setzer, work (732)457-0500 ext. 3083. July 18-19 at Doc’s Archery, Niagara Falls, NY. Contact Mark Irlbacher (716)693-2703. Hosting a school: Interested shops or clubs should contact us as soon as possible, so we can put them on the schedule or the waiting list for 1998, as available spots are filling quickly at the present rate. • The logo for the school is available to all students on golf shirts, T-shirts or patches. • The format is as follows: • Friday afternoon or evening - video taping of the students. Saturday and Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. • Curriculum is for intermediate to professional level • Minimum 15, maximum 25 students • $200 per student and NFAA members get one free Robinhood video of their choice. • Second time students $ 100 • Students get a $50 discount on the 6 Shooter’s School videos and people who have already purchased the videos get a $50 discount on the school • 10% goes to the host shop or club. Continued on page 124

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• The New Advanced Certified Instructor Program will be an option in the school for an additional $25. (Must be an NFAA member. You can join at the school.)

This in-depth shooter's school curriculum includes over 200 topics including practice regimen, equipment setup, arrow speed, tuning, holding steady, mental and physical aiming, back tension, professional form and the shot sequence, shot execution, tournament pressure, and judging yardage. Problem solving and question and answer sessions cover punching the trigger, snap-shooting. flinching, freezing and all forms of Target Panic. Also bow torque, comfort levels, personality profiles, and dealing with control, risk taking and analytical types, and much, much more. Each student receives a video to take home of himself or herself shooting before the school, and afterwards with Bernie coaching him/her.

Author s Background: Bernie Pellerite’s past experience and achievements include: 8 state indoor, field and 3 - D championships, NFAA & NAA Certified Instructor, pro staff shooter and coach, seminar speaker. and pro shop owner. He is presently writing articles for several archery magazines. As a bowhunter, he has had 10 animals in the

top 10 of Safari Club International Record Book. He is president of Robinhood Video Productions, the world’s largest and most popular producers of instructional archery videos, which presently has 28 titles marketed into 30 countries. Bernie and his wife, Jan, will be conducting NFAA Shooter Schools, Certifying Instructors, and conducting Target Panic Seminars aimed at the intermediate to pro level archers. This Shooting School is now available on video. See ad on page 125. For more information, cal! Bernie or Jan at Robinhood Videos, Phone (352)237-7614 or Fax (352)237-8775.

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Surprise Muzzy “Tall Man” Award for 1998 Goes to Joella Bates Presson!

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Cartersville. GA — In an announcement as gold as it is surprising. Muzzy Products has selected outstanding Tennessee archer, bowhunter, competitor and shooting sports advocate Joella Bates Presson as the recipients of its 1998 Muzzy “Tall Man" Award for her unstinting dedication to the promotion of archery. 124

‘Joella is one of the hardest working and most dedicated archery promoters in the world and she deserves to be recognized for her accomplishments." says Michele Musacchia Crummer of Muzzy Products. “We have worked with Joella and followed her career since she began shooting 3-D as an amateur on the ASA ProAm circuit. She is an archery dynamo, giving shooting demonstrations to the public and to school groups in addition to traveling for most of the major 3-D events around the U.S. and bowhunting whenever her schedule allows We are extremely proud to be one of her sponsors and to present this award." “Some people do not know that Joella is a biologist by profession and that she gave up her job with the state of Tennessee to follow her dream of becoming a World Champion archer — a dream she has fulfilled — and promoting the sport of archery full-time," notes John Musacchia, Jr. ‘We are very happy to work with her. In addition to all of the above, she's a full-time mom, too!" As a recipient of the Muzzy "Tall Man" Award. Joella Bates Presson joins a distinguished group of people who have been recognized for going the extra mile, for making archery and bowhunting better because of their integrity, dedication and participation.: 1994 recipient Ted Nugent for his outspoken and successful national advocacy of bowhunting 1995 recipient Dan Fitzgerald for his ability to bring young people into the sport 1996 recipient Dick Lattimer for his leadership through the Archery Manufacturer's Association 1997 no award was made in honor of the death of "Tall Man’ Award and Muzzy Products founder John Musacchia, Sr. For information contact Muzzy Products, Inc., 110 Beasley Rd., Dept. USA. Cartersville. GA 30120. Phone (800)222-7769, Fax (770)386-1777 Internet: www.archerymall.com and www.bowhunting.net.Surprise Muzzy “Tall Man" Award for 1998 Goes to Joella Bates Presson!

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With its innovative 1-inch reflex AeroRiscr and original MaxCam™, Ultra Max generates arrow speeds up to *323 fps! Combine this with its compact geometry, lightweight and easy handling and Ultra Max is a bow that's as home on the range as it is in the trccstand. The secret to Ultra Max’s performance is its Perimeter Weighted Technology™, which moves weight to the outside of the cam in the form of a tungsten carbide Inertia Disc™. This results in "two-cam” speed without recoil and tuning problems. For shorter-draw-length shooters. Ultra Max is available with the all-new Mini MaxCam™ which permits draw lengths from 22" to 26" and peak draw weights as low as 35 pounds. With a 65% let-ofT. this combination results in the fastest, smoothest short-draw-length bow ever designed. Additional features include SlimLine laminated limbs with a lifetime warranty and a sealed ball bearing idler wheel. Ultra Max is one of three 1998 models to incorporate a variation of the MaxCam™, along with the Mathews MQ1 and Black Max.

In 1997 the Mathews Z-Max, with a brace height of 6-1/8", was compared to the competitions’ “speed bows” with shorter brace heights. Despite their brace height advantage. the Z-Max still exceeded their speeds ... which made it the world’s fastest bow. For 1998, Mathews has applied a “speed bow" brace height to the new Black Max, along with the new Black MaxCam™. By doing so, they’ve achieved speeds never before seen in the archery industry. However, despite its speed, Black Max does not generate the “kick" commonly associated with two-cam speed bows. In fact, thanks to its Black MaxCam™ and Perimeter Weighted Technology™, which moves weight to a specific location on the outside of the cam in the form of a tungsten carbide Inertia Disc™, Black Max has virtually no recoil. Additional features include SlimLine laminated limbs with a lifetime warranty, sealed ball bearing idler wheel and the radical anodized black Mathews AeroRiser. Black Max is one of three 1998 models to incorporate a variation of the MaxCam™, along with the Mathews MQ1 and Ultra Max.

Mathews wants anyone considering a new bow to stop into a Mathews retailer and try out the new MQI. They feci that firing an MQI is the only way archers can understand the bow’s smooth-shooting sensation and speed. MQI achieves its performance from the new Mathews StraightLinc MaxCam™. With this cam, MQI has the straightest nock point travel of any bow. Like other MaxCam™ models, MQI features Perimeter Weighted Technology™1. By moving weight to a specific location on the outside of the cam, in the form of a tungsten carbide Inertia Disc™, the StraightLinc MaxCam™ generates incredible speeds while virtually eliminating any recoil. Additional features include SlimLine Laminated limbs with a lifetime warranty sealed ball bearing idler wheel and the radical Mathews AeroRiscr. MQI is one of three 1998 Mathews models to incorporate a variation of the MaxCam™. along with the Mathews Black Max and Ultra Max.

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Mathews Archery Inc. Honors Top Retailer for 1997 Jim Morrow of MJC Archery To make this honor possible. Jim has equipped his shop in Royal Oak, Michigan with top of the line products. In addition to that, he has been certified as an NAA and NFAA Instructor plus is a registered NFAA Pro. He believes his success comes with the knowledge he has and the ability to pass it on to the shooters. 3-D is a big part of Jim's business. He was pleased to see the IBO has removed the 12 ring in an effort to bring more fun into archery. Jim sees his position in the archery shop is to service the customer and equipment to make the sport as enjoyable as possible. Jim's tip to the archery retailer. Make sure the bows fit the archer and that the draw length is perfect. Jim was really impressed by the AMO Bowhunting Show because of all the international exhibits and dealers. He is looking forward to meeting many of them next year. Jim may be contacted at MJC Archery, 3001 Rochester Rd., Royal Oak, Ml 48073. Phone (248)589-2480, Fax (248)616-5050. Congratulations, Jimi

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The Women’s Archery Organization Time for just a little busy work, we need to talk about business. Since our beginning last February, we now have almost 100 members, we have held two successful shooter schools, we have acquired at present at least 12 supporters for our organization. Easton donated twenty umbrellas for our ASA range, and to kick off the raffle this year we have already received three bows, a release and a chronograph. Things are looking good for us, and we have only just begun. We have much to do and we have a long way to go. With everyone’s help I know this is going to be a great year for The Women's Archery Organization! These are some of the projects we are working on at present, please give just a little of your time, with all of us working together, we continue to be the best that we can be. Just mark off the one you would like to work on, return it to us with your name and a number where we can contact you. Thanks for your support. Ginger Hopwood President, WAO □ The Constitution □ The Raffle □ The Ladies Fun Festival □ The Newsletter □ The Monthly Booth

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Hoyt USA Targets Youth Archery Development Salt Lake City, LIT — Hoyt USA will hit the streets in April to promote the benefits of the Junior Olympic Archery Development Program and the variety of great youth opportunities available. The goal will be to create additional momentum in youth archery by exposing, promoting, and educating the benefits and opportunities to Archery Pro Shops. Since archery was reintroduced to the Olympic Games in 1972, over 70% of the U.S. Team members have been participants in the JOAD program! This figure alone is good incentive to start now building a program capable of generating the next Olympic Medalist. Hoyt USA will conduct approximately 10 one day seminars across the U.S. discussing a number of topics like: The youth program mission, how to get started, ideas and quotes from the experts of currently operating successful programs, fund raising and promotion, merchandising and inventory, available youth products, instructors programs available, as well as many other inspiring topics. A strong youth program is not only rewarding, it makes good sense for increasing the archery network. What better way to grow our beloved sport? Plan to be at the seminar nearest you. The next U.S. medalist could be a product of your efforts! Contact Hoyt USA to reserve a spot in the seminar nearest you. Seminars will be held on the following dates in the cities listed:

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The Hoard of inductors have selected by ballot two men as their choice for 1998 inductions into the Bowhunters Hall of Fame. Both men need no introduction to the bowhunting world. Both have displayed over the years, their excellence — Matt McPherson for his Excellence In The Design Of Manufacturing Of Bowhunting Equipment, and Pete Shepley for his long time Bowhunling Excellence. Most important, both men have given our sport exemplified recognition world wide through their untiring efforts promoting the sport of bowhunting.

PETE SHEPLEY There is no doubt about Pete Shepley being a world class bowhunter, the NBH F inductors voted for his acceptance into the Bow hunters Hall of Fame under Category A. What the inductors also know is that Pete has also promoted bowhunting and archery worldwide, not only because of his bowhunting expertise, but for his constant promotion for all of archery and through the manufacturing of his archery and bowhunting equipment. His rolling showroom, that has traveled all over the nation, is a good example of just part of his national promotion for bowhunting. Everyone knows Pete loves his elk hunting, but he has also achieved the success of taking such prize record trophies as the elusive desert sheep, American bison and just about every other North American big game animal including many African trophies as well. A quick look at all twelve video products of Pete hunting will tell the story of some of his exciting hunts. Pete also joins the other past bowhunting Hall of Famcrs with his name being prestigiously recorded on NBHF’s "Salute to Bowhunting Legends of the Twentieth Century."1

matt McPherson Growing up in a hunting family. Matt and his brothers learned from their dad the enjoyment of not only hunting, but the great outdoors and the enjoyment of nature. Matt was always a dreamer, and in those young years, he was always making things. Matt says he probably got this from his dad who designed musical instruments and had many patents of his own involving guitars and other components to musical instruments. AU this led to Matt’s high school years on the road where he started building some recurve bows. After marrying his wife. Sherry, and after several years on the road as a singer. Matt played his guitar and Sherry the piano. Matt wanted to pursue his ideas on bow making, and went through all kinds of ideas such as the roller within a cam eccentric which all led to a bow with a 75% let-off. He went on with his adventurous mind and came up with his famous single bottom mounted cam, with his patent approval the rest is history. Matt now joins the ranks of other bowhunters on our very prestigious plaque, "Salute to Bowhunting Legends of the Twentieth Century ”* under Category B for his Design and Manufacturing Excellence that has done so much to advance bowhunting.

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US CLASSIFIED CLASSIFIED RATES: S.75 per word per issue, 20 word minimum. 10% discount if copy is run in three consecutive issues. Payment must accompany copy. Visa and Mastercard welcome. Orders not acknowledged. Send order and remittance to: The US Archer, 7315 N. San Anna Dr., Tucson. AZ 85704. FEMALE ARCHERY INSTRUCTOR. Top Maine Childrens Camp. Indian/Forest Acres, Richard Krasker, 95-U Woodchester Drive. Dept. USA. Chestnut Hill, MA 02167. MA8

American Camping Association — NY. seeks archery instructors for 280 camps. Must love working with children, great salary, room board. Call 1-800-777-CAMP. MA8

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New England’s Premiere Brother/Sister Summer Camps. Archery counselors needed for private summer camps in the beautiful Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts. Top salaries, room, board and travel. June 20 - August 19. Respond today to Mah-Kee-Nac/Danbee, 190 Linden Ave.. Dept. USA. Glen Ridge, NJ 07028. (1-800-753-9118). MA8

Emblems Machine Embroidered, Inexpensive. City Trading Company, Kotli Behram, Sialkot-51330, Pakistan. SOS WANTED Hoyt Pro Vantage Carbon Plus in like-new condition, 29", 50-60 pounds. Phone (209)838-2271. MAS FOR SALE: Archery Magazines from 1945 to 1955, some full sets for a year. Traditional Archery. Sets #7 to #11. Please call Bill Otto (760)354-1646. MA8

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Join legendary bowhunters and champion archers as a member of the Easton Select Archers Club. Are you serious about archery and bowhunting? Do you live and breathe these exciting sports? Would you like to be recognized as one of the Select? Then this is the opportunity you've been waiting for. An opportunity to join the premier organization for serious archers—some 75 years in the making: The Easton Select Archers Club.

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Your Easton Select Member Benefits. This Select club was organized by Easton—producer of the world's finest arrow shafts—to let you associate with other fine archers who want to enhance the sport. By joining now, you'll be recognized as a Charter Member. You'll receive an official Easton Select ID Card, club patch, attractive window decal, shooting hat and issues of Easton InSight to keep you up to date on the latest technical information, how-to's ARCHERS from the pros and the inside scoop on new products. You’ll be eligible to go on exclusive bowhunting trips and to test (and keep) new Easton equipment. You'll identify yourself as an archer who cares about the sport. Best of all, your membership entitles you to enjoy substantial dis counts—up to 20% off—on items in the Easton Outfitters catalog.

Join the Easton Select today. Join the ranks of other Charter Members , bowhunters like Chuck Adams and Jim Dougherty...top target archers like Justin Huish and Denise Parker. For 75 years Easton has produced the finest arrow shafts avail able. Now that same standard of excellence backs the Easton Select Archers Club. Join us, and enjoy the privileges of mem bership today. Chuck Adams

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New OmniBurner™ from Browning® Archery, a Single Cam Pleaser Browning Archery has certainly put together one of the more impressive bow lines of 1998. The entire offering shows great engineering, an eye for aesthetics and the heart and soul of power archery. The rwv OMNI CLASS is Of special interest as this line has capitalized on the move toward single cam bows. One such model is the OMNIBURNER. a smooth shooting bow that drains every inch of trajectory out of every shot but is also loaded with those intelligent design features that make shooting a real pleasure. The OMNIBURNER is designed around the very special AB Forged/Machined Riser that successfully combines strength with exacting tolerances. Everything, from dependability to precision accuracy starts here. Added features include dual Arrow Rest Mounts and two-piece Quiver Mounts. The incredibly smooth TechForce Split Limbs are hand laid, multidirectional, matrix fiberglass works of art. Strong, energy storing, power limbs that are engineered lighter so they return to rest faster for greater arrow speed and less recoil. The OMNIBURNER stands out from the competition for a lot of reasons but one sure reason is the OMNIBURNER Single Cam. This design, by nature, makes the OMNIBURNER simple to keep in tune but is also incredibly smooth to shoot. Throw in the fact that you can order this baby with either 65% or 80% let-off and the question new becomes: when are you going to order one? Don Vallee, VP/Division Manager, Browning Archery said. "The OMNIBURNER, with all of it’s pleasing features has just taken the Single Cam world another giant step toward perfection." The OMNIBURNER is available in a wide range of draw lengths and weights and will accept all AMO spec. Accessories.

Fiber Optic “Ignitor”™ from Browning® Archery, a Visual Statement When one looks through the new Brownin g Archery catalog, it quickly becomes obvious they have assumed the electrifying theme of "lighting Up" the world of archery. When it comes to lighting up the archery level of Bow Sights, the new IGNITOR, Fiber Optic Bow Sight makes its point in bright fashion. The super bright. Fiber Optic Sight Pins require no batteries but seem to channel every ounce of existing light into one single, visible aiming point. Each pin is easily adjusted singularly or as a unit for elevation while windage is adjusted as a unit. The IGNITOR also features a removable dovetail extension bar and clear composite pm guard that protects the pins while also letting in more light The highest priority for any sight is the visibility of the sight pins, regardless of the conditions the archer is shooting under. The IGNITOR, with its state-of-the-art Fiber Optics makes pin acquisition easier and faster even under the low light conditions bowhunters often find themselves in. IGNITOR, secure, adjustable, rugged and exceptionally bright sight pins make the toughest hunt and the toughest shot easier to conquer. While no one can control the weather, IGNITOR can control the light.

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Browning® Puts the “Heat” Back in Performance Archery with Afterburner™! What do you do when you have one of the most technically sound, smoothest shooting rocket launchers in the game? Well, if you are Browning Archery, you just turn up the let-off and crank up the speed. Which is exactly what they did to their High Performance "BOSS CLASS" Top Dog. the Afterburner. Already one of the hottest bows around, the Afterburner for 1998 went through some engineenng changes that saw it fitted with a new 70% let-off module that makes it easier to hold draw longer. As if this wasn't enough to make the heart thump louder, it also increased the overall performance. Great bow, more let-off, added speed. Certainly narrows down the choices when shopping for a new bow. Don Vallee, VP/Division Manager. Browning Archery put it in terms every 3-D shooter and bowhunter can relate to. "The Afterburner was engineered to be a high performance bow with built in reliability to lake everything man and nature could throw at it. For 1998 all the improvements have been made to accent what archers want, more let-off and greater arrow speed. We think this years model is going to change the way people think about performance." The Afterburner features a high-tech riser, forged for strength. then machined to exacting Browning specifications. It is then outfitted with 4 hand-laid TechForce, Split Limbs that lock into Browning's unique sound dampening AccuVent Limb Pockets and topped off with Afterburner Cams. For those who have earlier model Afterburners and want to upgrade, the new 70% let-off module is available from all Browning Dealers for retrofitting.

Browning shooters leave no doubt in 1997 nee again Browning Archery's Pro Staff and team shooters proved in 1997 they are among "The Best There Is."

Randy Ulmer led the way. He won APA shooter of the year, and is the 1BO Triple Crown Champion, NABH National Champion, NABH Shooter of the Year, 3-D and Target Archery Shooter of the Year and is still the number 1 ranked pro shooter. Over the past two years, Ulmer has won 8 of the 14 major titles awarded in 3-D Archery.

Frank and Becky Pearson showed why they are the First Family of Target Archery, with 19 wins between them. Frank's wins included The NAA Indoor Nationals, the IFAA World Bowhunting Championship, the NAA Field Nationals and NAA Target Nationals. Becky's wins included

the NAA Indoor Nationals, IFAA World Bowhunting Championship, and the NAA Field Nationals.

Darla Owen won the Buckmasters Indoor World Championship for the fifth year in a row. She is the first pro shooter to ever to win five years in a row. Her 1997 achievements included 10 top three finishes including first at Buckmasters and second at the NFAA 3-D National Championship. Bart Larson also had a strong year. He finished first on the first leg of the National Triple Crown and ended the year ranked 6th overall in the APA and 4th overall in the 1BO. Youth shooters Randy Oitker and Craig Stanke were both awarded Cub Shooter of the Year honors.

Over the past two years, Browning Pro-Staff Shooter Randy Ulmer has won 8 of the 14 major titles awarded in 3-D Archery.

• News & Facts from

Stanislawski Archery Products • Over the last 20 years and more, Mel Stanislawski has developed several new products for the archery industry. • During this time several archery manufacturers and individuals have copied some of these products. • I guess I should be flattered that the archery release industry uses the Stanislawski Release as the "Standard of Excellence" • However, We feel this is interfering with our livelihood and we will take appropriate measures to AVENGE this practice by producing our version of their products. • Anyone attempting to redesign our product can expect this action in return!!!

“THE AVENGER SERIES RELEASES”

This action will result in a new product line called

* Steel, Double Sear Set-Trigger, Heat Treated and Electro-Nickel Plated

“THE AVENGER SERIES”

*This release is a new concept for Stanislawski Archery Products as we recommend back tension releases. However, some of our competitors have forced us into making a release of this style

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