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On this issue’s cover: Bob Eyler wins the 39th Vegas Shoot and goes home with $52,000.00 8 Editorial by Arlyne Rhode 9 13Year-old Casey Kaufhold breaks the Adult Archery National Record with an Olympic Bow and Arrow 10 2018 Lancaster Archery Classic by P.J. Reilly 15 World Championships leave lasting legacy for Mexico City and Archery Courtesy of World Archery Association 17 Vegas Shoot Awards it 36 titles to Junior Shooters Courtesy of USA Archery 18 Eyler, Ruiz take Championship Titles at Vegas Shoot Courtesy of World Archery Association 19 SchafFs 598 leads US Compound Men to top Yankton Qualifications Courtesy of USA Archery 20 Juniors win 1st medals of Yankton World Indoors Courtesy of USA Archery 22 Mike Schloesser completes major Trophy Collection Courtesy of World Archery Association 23 Natalia Avdeeva wins Compound Gold Courtesy of World Archery Association 24 USA Tops Yankton Medal Table after securing team titles Courtesy of USA Archery 25 Cox wins Gold as USA takes 3 Compound Junior World Crowns Courtesy of World Archeiy Association 26 Dane Simon Olsen takes Compound Junior World Title Courtesy of World Archery Association 26 Double Gold for Richter as German Women Triumph Courtesy of World Archeiy Association 28 Archery Hall of Fame by Diane Miller 32 Be Confident, Believe, Trust Yourself, Have Faith by Debbie Crews Ph. D and 2X Olympic Archer Judi Adams 35 A Trip Down Memory Lane by B. Howard Coffey 36 Do you Need Stronger Mental Control by Terry Wunderle 38 The Three C’s: Commitment, Composure, Confidence by Lany Wise 40 Coaching for the Long Hall by Rick McKinney 42 S3 DA News 53 NASP News 55 The Horace Eckman Archeiy Center “A Dream Comes True in Jersey” by Gene Grodzki 60 News & New Products - Carbon Express, T.R.U. Ball/Axcel, Easton, ATA & Ripcord 62 Advertising and Press Release Directory Deadlines for Ads and Articles: Magazine Issuedfor January - February March - April May - June July -August September - October November - December

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Page 10 Lancaster Archery Classic by P. J. Reilly

Page 28 Remembering Ann Clark by Diane Miller

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Page 36 Do You Need Stronger Mental Control by Terry Wunderle

Page 38 The Three C’s: Commitment, Composure, Confidence by Larry Wise

Page 40 Coaching for the long haul by Rick McKinney Page 53 NASP News by Brittany J. Jones

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A Great Year in the Making! What an exciting beginning to 2018 tournament archery! The Lancaster Archery Classic started the year with a record attendance of 1,093 archers. Here the Bare Bow Division increased from 51 archers in 2017 to 125 contestants in 2018. Most of us have fond memories of shooting Bare Bow many years ago but it is still alive and competition is strong. PJ. Reilly brings us that report on page 10. Then came the famous Vegas Shoot that draws archers from around the world. This combined World Indoor Championships and Vegas Shoot drew almost 3500 archers. The big prize was $52,000 for the one who shot perfect and came out the winner in the shoot off. Eight men shot perfect 900 scores during the first three days of competition. World Archery’s report of the finals is on page 18. Bob Eyler and Lucky Dog Christopher Perkins shot their final arrows with Bob going home with the $52,000 top prise. Alexis Ruiz won the top prize for the women compound archers.

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Full details may be found at www.worldarchery.org or www. NFAAUSA.org. This year the professional and amateur archers will be traveling to the following World Cup events: Stage LShanghai, China 23-29 April Stage 2:Antalya, Turkey May 20-26 May Stage 3: Salt Lake City, USA 18-24 June Stage 4: Berlin, Germany 16-22 July Final: Samsun, Turkey 29/30 September On the left side of this page are websites where you can find a place to shoot your bow and arrows. Have a wonderful summer,

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LANCASTER, PA - At the U.S. National Indoor Championships in Lancaster, Pennsylvania last weekend, 13 year-old Casey Kaufhold shot the highest score of any woman in U.S. history at any age, breaking the senior, junior and cadet national records with an outstanding 1162 out of 1200. Her best half tied the national record out of 600 with 584, and then the next day in practice, she beat that with a 586. “I had shot that score before in practice so I knew I could do it, I just had to keep my head in the game to finally get it,” shared Kaufhold on her record performance. “It’s pretty crazy and hard to believe. I was just so happy. I got off the line and I knew I did it so I just burst into tears and hugged all my friends. They were so happy for me and 1 was just so gratefill they were there to experience it with me.” The young teen, Casey Kaufhold, comes from quite the archery legacy, with parents Rob and Carole Kaufhold, the owners of Lancaster Archery Supply, and her brother Connor is also a highly competitive archer. However, Kaufhold is blazing her own trail in the sport, making the World Archery Youth Championships team last summer and finishing first in the cadet rankings for the 2018 U.S. Archery Team. Next up for Kaufhold is

likely the U.S. National Indoor Championships Final. While several locations still must compete before invitations are finalized, Kaufhold is currently in first with her national record score and she is looking forward to the competition. This would not be Kaufhold’s first time on a major senior archery stage as she has had top finishes at the Lancaster Classic the past few years. “It will be kind of like the Classic all over again, which is really exciting because I always love shooting at the Classic up on the big stage and the adrenaline rush you get because you know you want to win. You just have to work for it so it would just be such a cool experience to do that again,” commented Kaufhold. Long term, Kaufhold is looking ahead to Tokyo 2020 with ambitious Olympic dreams. To get ready, Kaufhold plans to compete on the senior stage much more this year. She added: “I’ll be starting with Arizona Cup as a senior. It's a goal of mine this year to make World Cups because then I cotdd potentially be on the same team as Brady [Ellison] and Mackenzie [Brown], which would be such a cool experience to have.” Kaufhold shared that Olympians Brady Ellison and Mackenzie Brown are her biggest role models in the sport: “They are Continued on page 14,

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2018 Lancaster Archery Classic by P. J. Reilly

The 2018 Lancaster Archery Classic Jan. 26-28 was bigger and better than ever. With 1,488 compet ing archers and tens of thousands of people following the Classic broadcast all over the world, the 15"’ ver sion of the competition was far reaching. The number of registered competitors shattered the 2017 attendance record of 1,093, demonstrating the drawing power of the largest indoor archery tour nament on the East Coast. “This is the best indoor venue in the world,” said 2018 and 2017 Men’s Recurve champion Brady Ellison. “Between the lighting and the stages and how close the crowd is - it doesn’t get any better.” The biggest payout of the event went to Paul Tedford, who took home the top prize of S15,000, plus thousands more in contingency money, in the Men’s Open Pro Division. Other notable winners were Women’s Open Pro Champ Sarah Prieels, Wom en’s Recurve champ Mackenzie Brown and Masters Open Pro champ Benton Christensen But there’s no question the two main storylines of this year’s tournament were the participation of 235 young archers, who competed in the first-ever Victory Youth Trophy Tournament, and the growth of the barebow division. YOUNG ARCHERS COMPETE The Victory Youth Trophy Tournament was a special “tournament within the tournament,” which allowed young archers under 21 to experience a

world-class archery competition for a fraction of the cost and a fraction of the time commitment. Competing in the full Classic can be taxing on young people and their parents, since it can require ar chers to spend two or three days at the event, between registering, practicing, qualifying and competing in eliminations and finals matches. And it can be fairly expensive when you factor in travel, lodging and en try costs. The Victory Youth Trophy Tournament featured a lower entry fee, and the competition was limited to one day. That format drew 235 young archers divided among 12 divisions based on age and shooting equip ment - compound, recurve and barebow. Those young archers got to compete on the same range as the top archers in the world, and they got to meet and shoot with those archers as well. The value of that experience cannot be measured if they intend to continue with competitive archery, because there is no way to recreate the pressure and nervous ness that naturally comes with shooting in the Classic. BAREBOW AVALANCHE The world barebow community took it upon themselves over the past year to make the 2018 Lan caster Archery Classic a premier competition for their discipline. In the weeks preceding the tournament, many barebow archers circulated a logo one of them created calling this event the “Lancaster Archery Barebow Classic.” Last year’s barebow field had 51 archers. This year, that number exploded to 125. And the growth in interest was not only among competing barebow ar chers. The video of the 2017 Lancaster Archery Clas sic barebow finals in one year has become Lancaster Archery Supply’s most-watched YouTube video since the company created its channel in 2010. Lancaster Archery Supply took notice of the in-

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creased interest among the barebow competitors and the viewing public. The company increased its pay outs and created special trophies for the top barebow finishers, including awarding a trophy to the top-fin ishing female barebow archer - Fawn Girard. The company hopes to one day soon have two barebow divisions - one for men and another for women. With all that support and hype behind it, the 2018 barebow finals did not disappoint. Before a standing-room-only crowd Jan. 27, Rich Barker, who had never before qualified for the Classic finals, en tered the finals seeded last among the four qualifiers. Thanks to the Classic format, Barker had the opportunity to work his way up through the field to compete for the title. Under Classic competition, di vision finalists are ranked, and then the competition begins with two lowest seeds shooting head to head against one another. The winner of that match advanc es to shoot against the next ranked archer, and so on until the top seed shoots for the title against whoever is left. Barker shot his way from the bottom up. He first defeated veteran competitor Bobby Worthing ton 100-98, before toppling the equally experienced Dewayne Martin, 106-97. That victory earned Barker the right to shoot for the championship against one of

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the world’s best barebow archers, John Demmer, who was the 201 7 Classic defending champion. Though he was on his first finals stage, com peting against a man he says he has looked up to for years. Barker was fearless. He took an early lead over Demmer and he never gave it up. In the last end, Bark er shot an 11, followed by an arrow that glanced off

his first and landed in the 8 ring, and then he finished with another 11. That’s incredible shooting for an ar cher slinging arrows from a recurve bow, at a target 18 meters away, with no aiming sight. Those three arrows gave Barker the win over Demmer, and the crowd erupted into a standing ovation. “1 didn’t shoot too well in qualifying, but I

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guess I got on a hot streak at the right time,” Barker said. In typical barebow archery fashion, Demmer took the loss in stride. “Sometimes you’re the windshield and some times you’re the bug,” he said. “Today, I was the bug.”

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NEW CHAMPIONS The rest of the Classic featured some surprises and some expected results. The USA’s two top Olym pic recurve archers - Mackenzie Brown and Brady Ellison - each repeated as champions of the Women’s and Men’s Recurve Divisions, respectively. New champions were crowned in, among others, the Men’s Open Division - Brad Baker Jr. Youth Male Recurve - Alex Gilliam - Youth Female Open - Gracie Detamore- and Bowhunter - 20-yearold Zach Prugh. Thanks to a generous contingency from Bowhunting.com, plus the SI,250 paid out by Lancaster Archery, Prugh took home S2,000, which is the most a Bowhunting Division champ has ever won at the Classic. PRO ERROR The Men’s Open Pro shoot-up featured some tight competition, and included one of the most shock ing events of the tournament. Chance Beaubouef, who was seeded second, opened his match against Paul Tedford with two perfect arrows, before his third arrow prematurely flew off his bow as he was drawing it back. The arrow sailed over the target backstop and stuck into the venue wall. A collective gasp of shock

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rippled through the crowd as Beaubouef stood on his platform and shook his lowered head. Even with flaw less shooting from there against Tedford - Beaubouef otherwise never dropped out of the 11 - he couldn’t recover. “My heart’s in my stomach right now,” said pro archer Nathan Brooks, who was providing commen tary on the match alongside Lancaster Archery Sup ply president Rob Kaufhold. “Nobody likes to see that happen to any archer in a competition like this,” Kaufhold added. Here are the top-three finishers in each of the 15 Classic divisions: Men’s Open Pro - Paul Tedford, Sam Wolthuis, Chance Beaubouef Women's Open Pro - Sarah Prieels, Tanja Jen sen, Jillian Ballengee Masters Open Pro - Benton Christensen, Scott Starnes, Kent Stigall Men’s Open - Brad Baker Jr., Junior Sizemore Women’s Open - Katie Roth, Ashley Ensley, Jamilee Moore Masters Open - Wayne Johnson, Daniel Deter line, Bryan Caton Senior Open - Dee Wilde, Glenn Talley, Benny Parenteau Youth Male Open - Derek Ballengee, Ethan Merrill, Tyler Heritage

Youth Female Open - Gracie Detamore, Megan Rivera Ena Walker Bowhunter - Zachary Prugh, Perry Hapring, Charles Hunnell Men’s Recurve - Brady Ellison, Crispin Duen as, Richard Butch Johnson Women’s Recurve - Mackenzie Brown, Casey Kaufhold, Crystal Gauvin Youth Male Recurve - Alex Gillam, Dallas Jones, Benjamin Hur Youth Female Recurve - Alyssa Artz, Kather ine Wu, Brianna Laux Barebow - Rickard Barker, John Demmer III, Dewayne Martin For a complete listing of winners of the Victo ry Youth Trophy Tournamen go to LancasterArchery. com. LancasterArchery Supply thanks its 2018 Clas sic sponsors: TRU Ball/Axcel, Hoyt, Dead Center, Carbon Express, Victory Archery, Mathews, Black Eagle, Carter, Bloodsport, Doinker, BCY, Scott, CBE, Easton, Shrewd, SKB, Shibuya, Gold Tip, B-Stinger, Vortex Optics, American Whitetail, Top Hat, Stan, Win&Win, Cartel, Prime, Elite, Leupold, PSE, Gate way, Last Chance, Limbsaver, Neet, Beiter, Big Shot Targets, Speciality Archery, Bowtech, Yeti, Rogue Bowstrings, Gas Bowstrings, No Limit Archery, Competition Archery, Zbros Archery, Brownell and Gillo.

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probably the most inspiring archers out there and they always have a way to them that they’re confident and ready to go.” On being able to compete at the same level as her role models, shooting scores near identical to Brown’s on several occasions, Kaufhold added: “It means so much to me that I’m at that skill level and I know that 1 can do it. It’s a big confidence booster for me to know that I can achieve what they can.” Kaufhold is great at keeping herself motivated and passionate about growing in the sport: “1 just love having goals to work towards and the motivation of the competition; everyone who is trying to shoot new national records just like I am and who is working just as hard for it.” One big lesson Kaufhold has already learned at such a young age is to respect the achievements of her role models, but to be her own person and look up to who she wants to be: “When there is someone who I admire, I always used to try to be like them, but J realized that I don’t have to be exactly like them, I can still be myself and still accomplish everything that they can do and it’s always good to have that as motivation.” The future is bright for Kaufhold! Follow her archery journey in the U.S. Indoor National Championships. The Final, which was held on March 9th, will be available on a Live Stream presented by LancasterArchery Supply. 14

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Mexico City (MEX) The 2017 Hyundai World Archery Championships took place in Mexico City on 15 to 22 October 2017. World Archery President Prof Dr Ugur Erdener presented a cheque for USDS57,000 to Mexico City Director of Sport Horacio de la Vega at the close of the 2017 Hyundai World Archery Championships as a small contribution from the archery community to wards the rebuilding of stricken areas of the city after the recent earthquakes.

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France’s Sebastien Peineau, Song Yun Soo and im Dong Hyun of Korea, and Russian woman Ksenia Perova claimed world titles at a championships that saw 14 nations put athletes on the podium in the indi vidual, mixed team or team events. It was the second time that the famous square in the centre of Mexico City had hosted a World Archery event, after the Archery World Cup Final in 2015, and for a second time the free spectator stands were packed from start to finish. More than 50,000 people visited the Hyundai Archery Fan Park and finals venue, with 4,000-plus individuals making use of the archery experience and over 10,000 watched competition from the bleachers. As well as three national broadcasters carrying over 20 hours of footage, international channels in 14 territories - including Korea, USA and Italy - showed the live signal. Highlights and news brought the total number of channels to nearly 200 worldwide. Live footage was streamed on the Olympic Channel, Facebook and Youtube with additional be hind-the-scenes content available on demand to ar chery fans. The championships reached over 6.4 million in dividuals on World Archery’s social media platforms, signalling an 85% growth in followers compared to the previous edition in 2015. At the end of the 2017 Hyundai World Archery Championships, World Archery’s Facebook page had nearly 250k likes, Twitter over 46k fans, Instagram over 53k followers, and nearly 100k subscribers on YouTube with over 44 million views. World Archery President Prof Dr Ugur Erdener said: “The organisation, atmosphere and athletic per formances of these world championships combined

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“It is our hope that the inspiration gained by those who attended and our small donation towards the rebuilding of a city that welcomed us so openly, so soon after dealing with disaster, marks these world championships as an example of the positive impact that international sport can have.” Organising Committee President Horacio De La Vega said: “During these championships the peo ple of Mexico City proved, once again, their passion for archery.” “We are proud to have delivered another suc cessful international archery event and look forward to the positive legacy this will leave for the sport both in Mexico and abroad.”

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Twelve divisions finished after competition day two at The Vegas Shoot 2018. Junior and cubs divisions competing at the Vegas Shoot 2018 decided their medalists after 60 aiTOws and two days of com petition. “This is my first experience at The Vegas Shoot and it was a bit different for me because of the whole environment, but I came here, shot very well and won,” said Dallas Jones, recurve young adult male Champion, who posted 584 out of a possible 600 points. “It’s been a great experi ence, so I’m definitely expecting to come here next year again.” The youth and cub divisions shoots 30 arrows each of the first two days of competition. Winners are decided based on scores, but if there’s anyone tied at the top, they go into a shoot off to decide the positions.

Sebastien Huynh, recurve cub male champion, added: “I feel great about winning today. It’s my second time getting gold at The Vegas Shoot, so what can I say? It’s been a second good experi ence.” Perfect score After day 2 of competi tion finished, only 19 men in the compound open division and one compound women were still clean after 60 arrows. In The Vegas Shoot’s 52year history, Mary Hamm, Sarah Lance and Tanja Jensen are the only three women to ever have shot a perfect 900 points. The Lucky Dog and the Championship shootdowns all take place at the end of day three of competition.

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The open final shootdown came down to Eyler versus the Lucky Dog. The compound open championship shootdown came down to a face-off between Bob Eyler and Lucky Dog Christopher Perkins, as US archers Eyler and Alexis Ruiz took the top two titles at the 52nd edition of The Vegas Shoot, which concluded on 11 January 2018. “Dream come true. Archery-related, that’s my dream come true,” said first-time winner Eyler, who hadn’t shot the event for six years. “If there’s any tournament 1 could choose to win, this would be it.” Eight compound men shot perfect 900 scores over the three days of competition. Federico Pagnoni was the first of those to drop out in the sudden-death shootdown, posting a nine on the first scoring end on the big, recurve-10. With scoring moved to World Archery rules (using the small, compound 10), Lewis Holmes III fell out with two nines in end two. Indoor and outdoor World Archery Champion Sebastien Peineau, Richard Bowen, Jacob Marlow, Paul Tedford and Kris Schaff all fell out over the next series - leaving just Eyler and Lucky Dog Perkins left in the running. The Lucky Dog, the top 899 shooter who wins a one-arrow eliminator, can only win or finish last in The Vegas Shootdown. Perkins and Eyler went head-to-head. It came down to one arrow - after Perkins dropped his third shot of the end low, in the bottom right face, and nearly touching the line to the red, for a 29-point total. 18

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Eyler was left on the line, two 10s banked and with one more required to secure the S52,000 top prize. He nailed it. “This is the culmination of my archery career. But I’m gonna keep shooting, because I love to shoot,” said Eyler, now the 39th Vegas Shoot compound (or freestyle) championship men/open’s winner.

Alexis Ruiz shot one perfect end on big-10 scor ing and one perfect end on small-10 scoring to win the compound women’s championship shootdown, ahead of Colombia’s Nora Valdez - who finished third - and Mexican archer Linda Ochoa-Anderson. Keith Trail took the compound senior champi onship, Dane Johnson the young adult event. The re curve championship winners were Steve Wijler, Lisa Unruh and Andrew Park, and David Machart won the barebow open title. U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

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The USA compound men’s team shot a combined score of 1792/1800 points. “I’m feeling okay. Had a good first half out there but 1 don’t know, I’m thinking about all that’s going on in Florida, my home state, and 1 just can’t get that off my mind,” said Jesse, referring to the tragic school shooting. “Maybe that’s a good thing to keep me from getting nervous, but I have young kids of my own so I feel bad for them.” Schaff, Broadwater and Morgan ranked first as a team with a combined score of 1792 points, 11 more than Italy in second and 18 ahead of France in third. “We all shot really good as a team, so I feel confident that we are going to have a good show here and we all should be pretty good individually, too,” added Jesse. All of the top three compound women - Linda Ochoa-Anderson, Tanja Jensen and Sarah Prieels - finished with 594 points, shooting 54 10s and six nines, leaving the coin toss system to automatically decide the ranking positions between them. In the end, it was Linda, who finished second at The Vegas Shoot only four days ago, who came on top. “In Vegas, the last day I felt great and that gave me confidence coming here. I was only one X away from winning, but 1 didn’t let that affect me because I Landing a pair of 299s, Schaff was followed in knew I had this event,” said Linda, smiling. the ranking list by teammates Tate Morgan and Jesse “I always Broadwater with 597 each. Mike Schloesser, of the expect to go Netherlands, also had 597. from less to “Feeling good about it [this week]. Just trying more. I try to to keep it rolling! Anyone here is capable of shooting shoot a good •150 points at any time,” said Schaff. q u al ifi cation Reigning Indoor Archery World Cup Champion and then focus Broadwater was the only compound man to shoot on the rounds a perfect 300 points through the first 30 arrows of because they qualification, but then dropped three in the second half. matter a lot. Qualification is the warm up and my goal is to make my shooting stronger in the elimination matches. 1 think 1 need to be more aggressive and confident in matchplay.” Linda, Jensen and Prieels all received a bye into the second round. Italian archers Jesse Sut and Elisa Roner led the compound junior men and women’s ranking rounds, respectively. The 2018 World Archery Indoor Championships takes place in Yankton, USA on 14-19 February. March-April 2018 www.usarcher.com - email: arlyne.rhode@gmail.com or usamag@aol.com 19

Indoor Archery World Cup silver medallist Kris Schaff scored 598 out of a possible 600 points over the 60-arrow 18-metre ranking round to lead the compound men’s field at the 2018 World Archery Indoor Championships in Yankton, South Dakota, and a US trio that dropped just eight points between them through qualifying. “It went really well. The first half 1 shot a 299. The one 1 missed kinda just woke me up a little bit. I was kinda on cruise control,” said Kris.

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Juniors win 1st medals of Yankton World Indoors 18 February 2018 Yankton, SD (USA) Recurve junior women’s team Fourth seed Ukraine, represented by Orysia Didych, Kateryna Mazorchuk and Zhanna Naumo va beat Valentina Vazquez, Alexa Rivera and Sandra Vanessa Garza from Mexico in a five-set match for the bronze.

Four bronze medal matches were contested at the end of eliminations at the NFAA Easton Archery Centre. The USA recurve junior men’s team, Ukraine’s recurve junior women’s team, Canada’s compound junior men’s team and Italy’s compound junior women’s team secured bronzes, and the first medals awarded at the World Archery Indoor Championships on Saturday morning in Yankton. All junior gold medal matches will be held on Sunday morning.

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Recurve junior men’s team Adam Heidt, Trenton Cowles and Seth McWherter from the USA met Russian men Buianto Tsyrendorzhiev, Sandan Namsaraev and Erdem Irdyneev for a shot at bronze in Yankton.

“It was a hard but very interesting match at the same time. We had a good team and we tried as hard as we can to win,” said Kateryna, smiling at her team mates. Before meeting Mexico, Ukraine first beat the USA in the quarters and then lost to Russia in straight sets, 6-0, in the semis. Compound junior men’s team After losing to Australia in a shoot-off in the semis, Austin Taylor, Tristan Spicer-Moran and Cole Beres from Canada beat Denmark by one point, 232231, to secure compound junior men’s bronze. The Canadian men were behind by one over the first three ends. Then, in the fourth end, they scored five 10s and one nine against Denmark’s trio each of

The year’s host world indoor nation scored a pair of 58 and 57, over Russia’s pair of 57 and a 54, to take the match, 5-1 - and claim the first official medal awarded over the juniors field. “It was really exciting. I know we all worked very hard for this and it’s really nice to see the pay off,” said Adam. 20

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10s and nines to take the win. “It was good and stressful, but that’s normal, 1 guess. We shot well and we pulled it all together at the end which is the best we could ask for,” said Cole. “We were down for most of the match, so all we were thinking was about putting the next arrow in the middle and not about the score at all. It was a good comeback.” Compound junior women’s team Elisa Roner, Sara Ret and Elisa Bazzichetto of Italy beat Great Britain’s Layla Annison, Ella Gibson and Bayley Sargeant by two, 233-231, to collect the compound junior women’s team bronze. “We were leading, then lost our advantage and then came from behind to win the match. Knowing we were losing pushed us harder to shoot stronger shots and win,” said Elisa, who also shoots for gold individually. The Italian trio opened the match with a perfect 60, then a 59 in the second before dropping five in the third, which Britain’s girls used to take a one-point lead. It wasn’t enough, though. Italy, coming from behind, landed another 59 against Great Britain’s 56 to secure the medal. “1 think we are a great team and we shot very

well today. We love this team. I love my teammates,” said Sara, who switched from recurve to compound two years ago after winning gold with the recurve ju nior women’s team in Ankara 2016.

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Mike Schloesser completes major Trophy Collection

The 2013 World Archery Champion added his first world indoor crown in Yankton.

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Mike Schloesser beat Sergio Pagni, the 2014 world indoor champion, to compound men’s gold at the 2018 World Archery Indoor Championships in Yankton, USA, going one better than his silver from 2016 and collecting the last major international tar get archery trophy available from World Archery that had previously eluded him. (He has not yet taken the World Games, either.) The final finished at 146-145, just one point in Schloesser’s favour. “I’ve now won the indoor world cup, outdoor world cup, the finals from both, and now the world championships from both,” said Mike. “I’ve had this one on the list for a couple of years now, and I finally

20 February 2018 Yankton, SD (USA) can tick it off the list. It’s really awesome.” It was Schloesser’s fourth attempt at the world indoors since his international debut in 2011. “1 guess I’ll have to win everything twice, now, 1 think,” he added. Neither Sergio or Mike shot at their very best on the stage. On the final arrow, the Dutchman needed a nine to win. The nerves were obvious, with Mike’s thumb visibly shaking on the trigger. His final dart was a bad nine, right on the eight line on the left of the gold - but it was enough. “To be honest 1 was happy with it, because I still shot it technically pretty well,” said Mike. “But I was kinda nervous, yeah, I was aiming left, aiming left and couldn’t move it. I’m just happy I could finish it.” Mike’s crown campaign in Yankton almost came to a disastrous end during the semifinals - when he shot 14 perfect arrows and then a rotten seven, leaving him needing a shoot-off win to advance to the final. He recovered, emphatically winning with an inside-out 10. “Of course it can always be better, but I’m hap py with the steps I’ve taken, and my performances throughout the tournament. I’ve gotten better and bet ter,” he said. Pagni, who also lost the team gold medal match to the USA in Yankton said that it was not his day: “I think my teammates may not want me to say, but I was the one who made the mistake that meant the team lost. And when it was just me, I didn’t shoot good.” “I don’t like losing this way. But this is my job, so 1 continue to compete. I am coming back to the USA for the indoor nationals next month. It’s really been a very good week for me, just today I wasn’t so good on the target.” It was the fifth time the two had met, and Mike now leads Sergio 4-1 in international head-to-head matchplay. In the men’s bronze match Kris Schaff and Jesse Broadwater of the USA>s mens team both returned to the stage to fight for third place. With the pressure off a little, both put on a masterclass, with Jesse shooting clean to beat Kris by two points, 150-148. U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

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Natalia Avdeeva wins Compound Gold at Yankton 2018 20 February 2018 Yankton, SD (USA)

Yankton, SD (USA) The Russian archer also won a silver medal with the compound women’s squad. Natalia Avdeeva scored 145 out of a possible 150 points to beat Turkish compound woman Yesim Bostan’s 141, to take her first-ever individual world ti tle at the 2018 World Archery Indoor Championships held at the NFAA Easton Archery Centre in Yankton, USA. “It’s strange! 1 want to cry, jump, run around the world... Tomorrow I will know what I’m feeling,” said Natalia, emotional after receiving her gold medal. The Russian athlete opened the match with a perfect 30 points to take a two-point lead over Bostan. Despite landing a 28 and a 27 in the second and third ends, Avdeeva finished strong with a pair of 10s to finish four points up on Bostan, who scored four 28s and a 29. “When I shot the three 10s in the first end, 1 thought ‘maybe this is the first time I get to shoot 150’, but no, I had a 27 and a 28 afterwards. 1 didn’t know what to do, but my teammate encouraged me to shoot in the middle, 1 shot in the middle and it was wonderful.” Canada’s Dawn Groszko faced world num ber one Sarah Sonnichsen for the compound women bronze medal match. Starting two points behind, 27-29, Dawn cut one point in the fourth end, to set the match at 113 to 114, in Sarah’s favour. Sonnichsen, with her last three arrows, scored three nines; Dawn: two 10s and a nine, winning the match by one point, 142-141. “It’s absolutely amazing. I came in with a dream and had no expectations but everything fell into place. My qualification round wasn’t at all the best 1 ever shot, so I thought that it was going to be a bad tourna ment,” said the 50-year-old Dawn, who also claimed bronze with Canada’s women’s team.

“Before I came to do my [bronze medal] match, they announced Sarah was world number one and that’s only when 1 realised it. I relaxed a little bit but I did get nervous when I was shooting and I was amazed that the arrow even get to the target sometimes.”

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USA tops Yankton medal table after securing Team Titles

All four States compound teams - junior and senior - won gold. The USA topped the medal table at its home World Archery Indoor Championships in Yankton, South Dakota, with five gold medals, one silver and two bronzes, ahead of the Netherlands on three gold medals and Russia and Germany on two each. All four of the States compound squads, junior and senior, took world crowns - the ninth time each of the senior teams has taken gold at the world indoors. Paige Gore, Breanna Theodore and Mary Hamm beat Natalia Avdeeva, Alexandra Savenkova and Viktoria Balzhanova of Russia by a seven points, 233-226, in the compound women’s final. “We all had a great attitude; shots were going where they needed to be. Couldn’t ask for anything better,” said Breanna. The USA women scored 119 out of a possible 120 points over the back 12 arrows to secure the win. Kris Schaff, Tate Morgan and Jesse Broadwater beat Italy’s Sergio Pagni, Alberto Simonelli and Viviano Mior, 235-234, in a tight compound men’s team gold medal match. “We had that one end where we all missed one, we shot three 10s and then followed up with three nines, and you know, that’s not like us,” said Schaff.

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“We shot 239 to get here and I figured we were a good enough team to shoot a 240.” The States started with a perfect 60 before those three nines dropped things level. Two closing 59-point ends were enough to take the match. “I had total confidence that we would come away with the gold medal. When we shot our trials and figured out that this was the team, I thought: these guys shoot good,” said Jesse. “We were working well as a team and for a first time together, 1 think we did great - and it'd be cool to do it again someday.”

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Cox wins Gold as USA takes 3 Compound Junior World Crowns 19 February 2018 Yankton, SD (USA)

Cassidy Cox upset top-seeded Italian archer Elisa Roner in the final. The USA junior compound squad took three World Archery Indoor Championship titles in Yank ton, USA, as Cassidy Cox - the silver medallist in the event at the last world indoors - beat top-ranked qualifier Elisa Roner of Italy in the compound junior women’s gold medal match. “I guess my hard work has paid off and I’m re ally happy with my progress over the last two years,” said Cox.

Cox also collected gold with the US compound junior women’s team at the 2018 World Archery In door Championships, as did their junior men’s coun terparts. Although Curtis Broadnax couldn’t add the in

“I started off from behind, and then I also shot an eight somewhere in there. I was pretty nervous, and shaky. I thought, there’s nothing I can really do now except make good shots, that’s all I can really do.”

dividual indoor youth title to his outdoor crown won in Rosario, Argentina in October 2017 - losing the final to Danish archer Simon Olsen - he did take team gold with Zachary Harris and Ethan King. “The team match was fun. You weren’t under such a whole lot of pressure because you had a team mate to back you up if you made a little mistake,” said King, who finished fourth individually. “1 felt it was important the person leading off [each end] made a good strong shot to keep the mo mentum of the team going.” Both USA senior compound teams also shoot for gold in Yankton.

Cox had two arrows on the edge of the 10-ring nearing the end of the match. Both required a call by the target judge - and both were called in. That secured the two-point win, 145-143, and Cassidy’s first individual world title at the age of 19, three years removed from the outdoor crown gong she won at this very same venue in Yankton. Continuedfrom page 26 -USA tops Yankton medal table

Both the USA’s compound men and women are the most winning squads at the World Archery Indoor Championships in its history, each taking nine of the 12 available titles since the team event was intro duced in 1995. (Neither team, though, arrived in Yankton as the defending champion.) To complete the USA’s medal haul, Athena Caiopoulos, Cassidy Cox and Anna Scarbrough took compound junior women’s gold ahead of Canada, and Curtis Broadnax, Zachary Harris and Ethan King be came compound junior men’s world team champions

over Australia. The USA’s fifth and only individual gold medal came courtesy Cassidy Cox in the individual com poundjunior women’s event. Curtis Broadnax won compound junior men’s individual silver, Jesse Broadwater also took com pound men’s bronze and the States’ recurve junior men’s team of Trenton Cowles, Adam Heidt and Seth McWherter also finished third. The 2018 World Archery Indoor Champion ships took place in Yankton, USA on 14-19 February.

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Dane Simon Olsen takes Compound Junior World Title

Double Gold for Richter as German Women Triumph

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The 18-year-old Danish archer beat the host’s Broadnax in the final. Denmark's Simon Olsen took the compound junior men's gold medal in a shoot-off at the 2018 World Archery Indoor Championships, beating the USA’s Curtis Broadnax with a better nine after the scores were tied at 145-points apiece at the end of regulation.

Despite illness, the German women’s team secured indoor world gold in Yankton. Elena Richter of Germany became World Archery Indoor Champion in Yankton, USA, beating Aida Roman of Mexico, 7-3, in a five-set classic at the NFAA Easton Archery Centre, just a hour after she and her teammates took team gold by beating Russia.

“When I came out there 1 was just shaking like hell. I couldn’t really stand still. 1 really felt the pressure. It’s not my first finals, but it’s the first time I’ve been on a stage this big,” said Olsen. After Broadnax’s low nine, out wide in the yellow in the central target on the triple spot, Olsen stepped up. It was only a nine - but it was better. “I was just focusing on my own shooting. I didn’t even look at his arrows. My coach was just telling me to concentrate on my own shooting, to calm me down,” he added. Broadnax, in his second year as a pro and four months removed from winning the World Archery Youth Championships, was calm about the result. “I’ve had to do shoot-offs in gold medal matches before in national tournaments and at matches in general. I have a lot of experience, I just didn’t put it there when it counted today,” he explained. “I talk to myself the entire time when I’m up there shooting. I just tell myself to put it right in the middle and make the best shot you can. Today it didn’t quite happen, but that’s okay, some days are like that. My opponent shot great.” In the men’s bronze match, Remy Leonard beat the USA’s Ethan King to snatch another gong to add Australia’s medal haul for the week. “The match was pretty stressful. I managed to put in a lot of good shots, but I’ve never had anything like that [finals stage] before,” he said. “But it was fun, was good to see all the Australians cheering for me.” “I’m going to take away a couple of medals, and probably the motivation to train a bit more. 1 haven’t been doing as much as 1 should’ve in the last year or so.” 26

“It was a really tough match, I was very weak, 1 was shaking. Aida is a very strong opponent. I tried to just focus on my shots and it went pretty well,” said Elena. “A double world champion? I can’t even describe the feeling. It’s amazing.”

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Richter’s former German teammate Karina Winter won the world indoors in 2009 and Lisa Unruh, Germany’s Olympic silver medallist from Rio, was the defending champion arriving in Yankton. The dominant squad of Richter, Unruh and Michelle Kroppen, who all suffered from flu since arriving in the USA, won team gold despite Unruh only being well enough to shoot one end of the ranking round early in the competition. The headline women’s match saw an incredibly tense battle with the Germans against the number one seeds Russia although the latter was without their talismanic captain Ksenia Perova. After four dozen shots under immense pressure, Germany emerged the victor after staying entirely in the gold ring; shooting ends of 58, 59, 59, and 58 points to beat Russia, 5-3. Three of the sets were won by just a single point. “At the moment it doesn’t feel like winning the gold. It may take a while to sink in,” said Unruh. Second-shooter Michelle Kroppen said: “I’m a little bit sick but I’m the happiest girl in the team.” The win was Kroppen’s first senior gold medal at international level. Richter’s individual win marked her second world title; she was world field champion at Vai D’lsere in 2012. She also won the Shanghai stage of the Hyundai Archery World Cup in 2014, among many other team medals. “I hope to go on performing well, out in the summer,” said Richter. “I am going to continue on until at least Tokyo. And after that - we’ll see!” France’s Audrey Adiceom showed strength and poise to beat out Japan’s Fumiyo Miyaki for the individual bronze, giving France a little more to cheer about after Ukraine had beaten the French women’s recurve team, also featuring Adiceom, in the bronze medal match.

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Heavm gams smotheir shtarwig staur | Arm Clark passes at the age of 92 Until we meet again Wcbsicr defines the wi ml Legend as an exrrcmelv famous or notorious person like celebrity, superstar, phenomenon, leading light and giant. Ann was all of these and much much more.

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As I sit here today thinking of * •SKv'it the good times, and trying to find “Awe the right words to say, I recall so i ____ I many memories we shared over the years. I met Ann back in 1969. I knew then she was a ven’ special lady. She was fun to be around, she wasn’t afraid to speak her mind and if she thought she was right she would go to the ends of the earth to prove it. She was a giant of a person in this tiny little body and I was so lucky to have known her.

She spent her lifetime promot ing the sport she loved so deeply. No one had more passion for the sport than she and it showed ev ery day of her life. Probably the only thing she loved more than archery was her family. In 1984 she became the 30th person to be inducted into the Archer}’ Hall of Fame and later spent over 30 years as a member of the Board of Dircctors. It was only last year at the age of 92 that she chose to step down from that position. Not __ because she couldn’t do the job but because she thought it was time. jt.

I am sure right now she is busy greeting old friends and catching up on a lot of stories. If you see a bright shooting star in rhe sky tonight chances are it is Ann letting us know she is ok and reached her destination safely.

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I’ve lived my life to the fullest, made the most out of every day But now the time has come to go, God said I couldn’t stay I’ve started on a new journey, it is something meant to be Don’t cry or be unhappy, only smile when you think of me I’ve got a lot of tilings to do, and so many friends to see Until be meet again, for ole time sake, I lift my glass to thee.

Tribute to Ann Clark: “Goddess of the Modern Era of the Sport of Archery” By Ben Pearson Jr. On August 30, 2011 I received an email with the subject line, “Matter of Interest from the past.” Wow—“what in the world is this?” I asked myself. Hie email body read: Hello Ben, I really don’t expectyon to remember me, yon mere vetyyoung all tbeyears I represented Ben Pearson Company. I am presently the Hall oj' Fame, rice president. My name is Ann Clark; I repre sented Ben Pearson Arcbetyfor over twentyyears......

Thus began my re-acquaintance — with one of the most remarkable dm “ individuals I have known, and anyone who met Ann will most likely voice the same sentiment. As a matter of fact, Dad and company officials would often receive letters following Ann’s archery exhibition—an example being tlie following excerpt from a letter by sportscaster jimmy Crum in 1962 to Jack Witt, who was a 2016 Hall of Fame Inductee and marketing

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director for Ben Pearson Co.: May I take this opportunity to tell you that the Ben Pearson Company is indeed fortunate to have a woman like Ann Clark as a representative. Her ingratiating personality; poise, stage presence, charm and deep warmth, not to mention her excep tional ability as an archer, can lead to nothing but the finest of publicity for your company where Mrs. Clark is concerned. In 17 years of sports casting, I have had the opportunity to meet and talk with many champions, but in mv book, Jack, Ann Clark is in a class by herself.

Ann truly is in a class by' herself.

Her incredible journey in the world of competitive archery includes the following achievements: •Only person to win the big three: National Target champi onship (1955 and 60), The Ben Pearson Open (1960) (she narrowly missed winning the 1963 Open with a mis-shot on the last end), and die National field Championship (1961). •She placed second in rhe 1957 World Championship held in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and her USA Archery' team fin ished with Gold -Silver -& Bronze medals for both men and women’s team—a feat unmatched by’ any other USA team to date. •She won or placed second in many state—local—PAA events thru at least 1961. I did indeed remember the legendary Ann Clark upon receiv ing her email in 2011. Even as a child, I consid ered her among the top rung of my archery heroes. Since that time in 2011, we corre sponded often and it was a liigh honor to receive Ann and her close friend, Marilyn Ann Clark, with Bill Petrus and Ben |r. Benz, as our guests here in Arkansas in November of 2011. Mother was here and we had a wonder ful time sharing memories. Ann returned with daughter Debbie in 2015. Ann, at age 91, hunted deer with her Ann Clark, with daughter Debbie cross-bow for three days in our rock clad canyons and rolling hill pastures. No luck but what fun we had.

The last correspondence from Ann was a letter dated January 17, 2018, which read:

Dear Ben & Family, Sorry I’m so late saying thank you for Paulette’s very lovely card. So beautiful makes me feel good, just to look at it. I have been down with severe arthritic shoulder and back pain for months. Feeling better today. Had a shoulder injection cortisone and Friday an epidural in lower back. I feel almost hu man today. Did not get any cards out this year, also did not run for rhe HOF Board again. I’U miss putting my two cents worth at meetings. I have had a very long run and have enjoyed my many years of as sociation on die board.

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I hope you are all doing well, Mary included. It’s been a dreadful cold winter.

Take care dear ones; I love you all very much. Ann “The Goddess”

Diane Miller, executive director AHOF, wrote beautiful words for Ann on the front page of the Archery Hall of Fame Website, which ends with: “If you see a bright shooting star in the sky tonight chances are it is Ann let ting us know she is ok and reached her destination safely. God Speed, until we meet again.” At times such as these, it seems that archers look to the heavens to express a feeling or event, just as Maurice Thompson penned years ago: “So long as the new moon returns in heaven a bent beautiful bow so long will the fascination of archery keep hold the hearts of men.”

I could not help but notice that Goddess Ann passed in the waning hours of a “Blood Moon,” the last phase of a rare astrological event not seen in 152 years. The event featured a trilogy of events including a Blue Moon (when the moon is 14 percent larger at moon rise), followed by a lunar eclipse, and then an amber-colored moon known as a “Blood Moon,” happening all in die same night. To me, that echoes Ann’s life: The larger, closer Blue Moon symbolizes her disposition as ingratiating, poised, with deep warmth and a superb stage presence affecting all with her light—before, last week, she eclipsed in a final colorful farewell on her journey to the heavens. Was this timing just a coincidence? We all love you, Goddess!

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of “that era,” that era before the concept of equality began leveling the playing field between the sexes, she said, “I was my husbands dog.” After he shot, whether he hit anything or not, it was Ann’s job to locate the arrow or to find the game bird if he was carrying a shotgun. It was her job to clean and cook and scrub and perhaps entertain, in good humor so as not to embarrass her husband, when the day afield was finished. That snippet of a quote said a great deal about the era, about human relationships, and about Ann because she accepted her role, learned through it, and succeeded on her own beyond all expectations. No one who knew Ann in later life would ever believe that she might be someone else’s dog.

Ann Clark, at 89 years of age. stands between wildlife artist Chuck Denaull (on her right) and archery business entrepreneur Bob Eastman at Eastman's hunting camp in Michigan in 2014. Everything Ann Clark did. she did with gusto, charm, and humor.

My friend, Ann Clark, has passed. I will never see her, will never hunt with her again or enjoy her wry, forthright sense of humor.

I do not recall when I first met Ann Clark. We knew each other for half a century, though. And I will miss her.

Ann’s archery accomplishments, her National Archery As sociation championships, her field archery victories, her skilled approach to coaching young archers, her enthusiastic, life-long promotion of the sport, 1 will leave to the better informed about such matters. Ann was much more than a remarkable woman with a bow and arrow. She was a remark able woman. A remarkable person.

And perhaps that was what, in part, made Ann Clark a great woman. Held down or knocked down, she would soon enough stand on her own feet and exceed every calculation. She might fetch an arrow that missed its target, but she would become a professional archer who rarely missed. She might even smile as she fetched an errant arrow or a downed game bird, but soon enough - in the manner of another famous Ohioan, Annie Oakley - you would be fetching hers, and thrilled to do it. One of her finest achievements was recruiting women into archery. She did it in style, the style of the day, whether it was the big hair and tiny shorts, high heels and tight shirts of the 1960s or the camouflage of the 1980s. Whether her lips were brilliant red or her cheeks daubed with green, brown, and black face paint; whether her hands were clean and soft on the dinner table or were dabbed in dirt and blood from the game animals we often hunt but rarely kill, she was never embarrassed, never at a loss, never again willing to be someone else’s dog.

Ann teamed up with myself and our late friend George

It was not that Ann was simply a fine craftsman, a special ist who could place an arrow inside a gold circle from any Olympic distance. Almost anyone, given a little time, a little patience, a little talent and luck, can learn to do that. It was that she lived qualities of good-will, tenacity, and giving more than she took, or even wanted.

In a famous interview with, then Archery World magazine in the mid 1980s, Ann described how she discovered her special gift for archery, and it was a gift. Her husband, Jack, it seems, took her hunting and, in the way of married men and women

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to pull a bowstring to tull draw. Gardner to promote the First All-Ladies Bow Hunt at my West Branch hunting camp in Michigan in 1986. The women named themselves “Tire Dianas” after the Roman goddess of the hunt.

In the 1980s, my GameTracker was a novel and popular device for locating an arrow whether it was embedded in a deer or bear, or flung errantly into the woods. It was a simple concept, a long white thread between the bow and the arrow which could lead the bowhunter to a lost arrow or downed game.

Ann and her daughter, Deb Ohl, faithfully used a GameTracker and one year at my camp Deb arrowed a fine whitetail buck. She was as excited as only a young person experiencing a great thrill can be and decided to pick up the thread - occasionally, a thread would break after a shot, with a deer bounding away and the thread perhaps snagging on a bush - before racing back to camp and telling us the news.

Bob and Ann with the Diana's at last years AHOF Induction Ceremony in Springfield The Ladies Bow Hunt was not just a weekend of camaraderie for the dozen women who participated as guests each year. It was Ann’s special talent to recruit women who could at tract other women to the sport, role models, whether it was competition or hunting or only enjoying the thrill of arrow flight. Ann promoted women, believed in women and argued that the distaff half of the population could multiply and strengthen the sport at every level, even hunting, because in those days bowhunting was wildly growing in popularity.

Women would love to hunt, Ann said, would love the fel lowship, the challenge, the excitement, as long as they were not expected to fetch and clean and carry. And so, driven by her vision and energy and raw passion for the sport, 1 hosted The Dianas at my camp and we had fun with energetic lady archers who would preach the gospel of stick-and-string.

One very excited archer had decided not to leave the string in the woods, perhaps thinking of it as litter ... but the string, though snipped on a branch, had marked the trail to her deer. That night a dozen of my hunt ing camp guests, including Deb and Ann, spent hours searching for Deb’s buck and eventually located it barely 150 yards from her blind. She had made the perfect shot and, in this regard, was clearly her mother’s child. Ann found the episode to be hilarious. She never ceased to tease her daughter who, it must be said, took it with a spirit of fun, the ty^pe of fun that only hunters after a long and difficult track understand when unwinding around a campfire.

So Ann Clark has passed, has died. My friend is gone. Her delightful and energetic spirit will be missed, but she lives on in the many women - and not a few men that she taught to love archery and that perhaps is her greatest tribute.

But Ann was not all business, not all inspiration and dedica tion, not just the big words we use to describe something or someone who is quite remarkable. Ann possessed a deep sense of calm ... and humor. And she passed those qualities to her children, her grandchildren, her great grandchildren, and yes, even her great, great grandchildren. It is altogether possible to excel at many things when one lives for 92 years.

Although Ann enjoyed bowhunting, I believe she thrilled in a secret competitiveness when hunting with a group of men, all of whom would be larger and stronger than her petite lady’s size, and many of whom might - incorrectly - be inclined to dismiss her as “a little gal” or a “target shooter,” and she was those things and so much more. Secretly, I think, Ann enjoyed the solitude of the blind, respected the still loneliness of the forest, thrilled to observe deer as much as she liked

Photo taken at Bob Eastman's hunting camp in Michigan in 2014, Ann Clark sat at dinner after a day in a hunting blind. With her (R.-L) are artist Chuck Denault, Ann. free lance writer Rick Sapp, businessman and bowhunter Bob Eastman, a hunting guide. Beacon & Bridge vice president Scott Nelson, and Michigan State Senator |im Barcia.".

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Be Confident. Believe. Trust yourself. Have Faith. by Debbie Crews, Ph.D., Sport Psychology and Judi Adams, 2 X Olympic Archer (1980, 1996)

“If you just believe in yourself, the arrow will go in the middle.” “You need to trust your shot.” “Confi dence is the key to winning.” “If you have faith, it will all turn out okay.” How many of us have heard these words from our coaches, parents, and teachers? And how many of us answered, “But 1 am not confident, 1 am not sure how to believe, how can I trust myself when 1 keep messing up?”

What do these words really mean? The dictionary' describes these words this way:

Confidence • belief in oneself and one’s powers or abili ties; self-confidence; self-reliance; assurance: • certitude; assurance: • full trust

Believe • to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although with out absolute proof that one is right in doing so • confidence, faith, trust

Trust • reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, sure ty, etc., of a person or thing; confidence. • confident expectation of something; hope. Faith • belief that is not based on proof: • confidence or trust in a person or thing By looking at the definitions, you begin to see a pattern. Each word uses one or more of the other words as description and a common theme emerges.

None of these words brings a feeling of certainty. Trust is described as Confidence; Confidence is dependent on “belief which does not require proof’ which is the exact definition of Faith. All these words are vague descriptions that we readily understand when applied to others we have observed, but we stress ourselves trying to inculcate them into our own being. And so it should not surprise us that the very struggle with attaining these concepts is linked to the fact that the words themselves are intrinsically plagued with doubt (a feeling of uncertainty). We recognize that champions are confident and we want to be confident. We certainly can mimic the actions of those we feel are confident in the hopes of “faking it until we make it” but does that change the fact that we are not certain of our competence and we consistently doubt our ability to trust ourselves and our performance? We can say we believe, but what does that look like? Do our self-talk and actions indi cate true faith in our potential for success? Our greatest goals represent the vividly imag ined future, a future of infinite possibility. As archers aspiring for the highest level of achievement, be it an Olympic gold medal, World Cup Champion, or suc cess on the professional tour, this vividly imagined future is all consuming and we dedicate significant time and effort toward the pursuit of attainment. And yet, there is no guarantee of this vividly imagined fu ture — we must believe we can achieve it in the ab sence of any proof that attaining it is a real possibility. It is an all-consuming goal and yet it comes with a significant amount of uncertainty, doubt. In our book. Archery: Energy in Motion, we use a muscle test to show how the energy of doubt nega tively impacts performance. In the test, the archer is

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shown a variety of emoticons depicting, happy, sad, neutral, and a question mark, while at the same time the coach pushes down on their side-extended arm. The archer is asked to resist the downward pressure and will be strong or weak for each test. Their ability to resist represents the energy they take to the arrow. The mind/body is not strong with negative thoughts and/or questions (doubt). Doubt is inherent in goals of this magnitude. It affirms that the goal is important, a vividly imagined future of possibility. Possibility, not certainty. To un derstand and accept this concept takes an act of cour age, a consequence of the risk of our dream. We must be willing to live in the tension created by doubt and invoke the courage to act in spite of the uncertain ty. To overcome doubt, we must be willing to take risks. In this way, courage is a daring affirmation of our willingness to be present in the arena regardless of the outcome. Given the significance and uncertainty of our goals, the risk taken is enormous for if we don’t reach our goal, the meaning of our life in pursuit of that goal breaks down and we potentially surrender our self to despair. This is the risk of having the courage to go “all in.” (And yet, going all in is much more likely to produce the achievement we desire more effectively and with less effort.) So how do we address the doubt? Doubt is a consequence of the uncertainty inherent in the pursuit of our goal, our vividly imagined future. This doubt is the doubt that accompanies risk. It is the doubt of he who is ultimately concerned about an outcome. It is an awareness of the element of uncertainty and insecuri ty that exists on our path to the goal. At the same time, the doubt implied in this endeavor invites insecurity and the opportunity to respond with an act of courage. Doubt calls on courage to make the creativity of the game worthwhile. We overcome doubt by increasing our awareness in the performance itself. As we dig deep into the certainties of our ability, we assert what we ‘know’ to be true. ‘Know’ has no doubt.

What better way to reinforce confidence than to real ize you know? How often have you shot an arrow that you just knew was going in the middle? When did you know? How did you know you knew? Is there a common moment in those shots where you knew? The “know” can be measured in the brain. When working with archers, we found that the shots where the archer was confident the arrow was going in the middle, had high brain activity especially on the right side with a significant decrease in activity in the left front brain. At the same time, the synergy score (from previous articles, synergy is a measure of a balanced pattern across the brain) was high and the archer rated the “feel” of the shot as a 9 or 10. See below for an example captured using the Opti Brain training system*. Given that there is a measurable pattern in 0 OuV MB

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the brain when we know, how do we strengthen the “know”? To know is at the center of Confidence, Be lief, Trust and Faith. It is clear that we are more confident, and have stronger belief, trust, and faith when we know. To know, assumes no uncer tainty or doubt. What do you know? The more you know, the less doubt you have. When you know, Know: how much do you need to think? If you could set up • To understand or perceive as fact or truth, to ap the shot such that you know, how much easier would prehend with clarity and with certainty. it be to give up control and take charge of letting it • To understand from experience or attainment. happen? In working with an archer recently, 1 asked him If confidence is a state of “1 know”, then it is to focus only on how the shot felt in comparison to possible on any given day to determine an “I know”. the image he had of a great shot. In other words, using On a GREAT day, I know that the arrow is going in a 1-10 scale where 10 feels like an amazingly awe the middle and life is great. On a good day, I may some shot, score the feel. Each time he said a shot know with reasonable confidence where the arrow is scored a 10 for feel, I asked him when he knew it was going and that my form will be close to what 1 choose. a 10. After a good number of 10s for feel, we realized On some not so good days, it may be that I only know there was a specific action within the shot that when 1 can breathe today. Focusing on my breathing (that it happened he knew it would be a 10 for feel. He which I know) may be sufficient to reinforce that 1 knew! And in knowing this, he can now be in charge know and regain my confidence. of including that action in the set-up of the next shot. March-April 2018 wwyv.usarcher.com - email: arlyne.rhode@gmail.com or usamag@aol.com 33

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To be in charge of “I know” requires a problem solving process for when things are not going so well. Every error has a physical (mechanical) and psychological (mental and emotional) compo nent to it. If we can define what these are and determine an order of priority for checking them, we can service ourselves effectively. Of the two components, physical and psychological, the physical one is probably the easiest one to fix. If we have a physical (me chanical) problem and know the solution, use it. However, in mean ingful competition, it is probably not the physical component that is causing the problem. The phys ical component is simply a result of the psychological state. For example, ‘Tension in my hands, group expands’. Therefore, if we know our psychological tenden cy toward anxiety produces ten sion in our hands (the physical or mechanical manifestation of that tendency), we can develop strat egies to solve the psychological issues before we shoot the arrow. In other words, address the anxi ety by focusing on what we know in order to decrease the tension in the hands which will allow a tight group. This in turn will affect the mechanics of form, and ultimately, performance. When you go to the grocery store, you do not make a list of the items you don’t want. You make a list of the items you want. In the same way, when you are strug

gling with doubt, making a list of all the things that are uncertain, that you don’t know, will only serve to affirm and increase the doubt. Conversely, if you focus on what you do know, the intersec tion of Confidence, Belief, Trust and Faith gets larger and there is less room for doubt. When you truly know, and you are aware you know, you can feel it in your center. Thus, focus ing on what we know diminishes the doubt that impedes our perfor mance by aligning the conscious (know) with the subconscious (feel). In 1980, I knew' I would make the Olympic Team. I knew my plan, I knew' my training, I knew from experience what I was capable of, I knew my equipment, I knew I was ready. I knew’ and there was no doubt. “Those who think do not know. Those who know' do not think.” Anonymous *Information about the Opti Brain training system can be found at www.myoptibrain.com If you like this article and want to find out more about creating your own mental per formance program, check out Debbie and Judi’s book, “Ar chery: Energy in Motion”. It is available at Amazon.com in the Kindle version or you can order the print copy from their web site at https://www.optiinternational.com/product/archery-energy-in-motion/ U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

A Trip Down Memory Lane

by B. Howard Coffey

Psalm 37:25, I have been young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken Or his descendants begging bread.

As I think about an article for U S Archer this month, 1 realize it is only a few days from the beginning of the new 3D shooting season. Hopes and long hours of practice, planning and work will soon be coming together. The first shoot this year for the ASA isn’t in Gainesville, FL as I remember them. It is the Hoyt Archery PRO/AM in Foley, AL on February 22-25. The shoots provide answers to many different questions for shooters:

• Is this my year to win? • Am I shooting for the right sponsors? • Have I spent enough hours preparing? • Am I physically fit for the rigors of the shoot? • Can I predict yards to targets well enough? However, the events also provide answers for the sponsor’s questions:

1. How well will my products sale? 2. Will they meet the projections we’ve set? 3. Flave I invented a winning product? 4. Can I attract the distributors and store owners to my table? 5. Have I advertised in the correct venues? 6. Will my product(s) get good results from the shooters? 7. Will my product(s) make an impact on the sport? One major plus of your involvement in the 3D Archery family is all the friends you make. There are great friends that you can call and ask about a problem, how can I fix this or that? Steve Lincoln was such a friend to us. His granddaughter, Taylor, remains one of my fondest memories of the years 1 spent in the 3D family. I can still see her smile and her beautiful eyes in her youth and innocence. My brother, Gary Coffey, and 1 would reflect on the memories and ask the same questions as we became more involved in the 3D industry. We really loved the shooting games. Our primary interest for

beginning our business was that we could shoot 3D targets. However, as sponsors, you must concentrate of production and sales so much, that there isn’t time to shoot. Then one day you wake up, and you have become old. The thrill of attending the shoots still remain, the desire to shoot 3D lasts, however, the physical adeptness has slowly leaked from your body. All these qualities or lack thereof apply to shooting as well as to production and sales. 1 can truly relate to David’s words above. I’m convinced having lived on the earth for 74 years that God looks after fools and kids. At 74 I know into which category I fall! Therefore, as a shooter or a sponsor and as you prepare for this 3D season, put everything you have into the endeavor. If it is worth perusing, it is worth your complete focus and effort. As always, shoot straight: in life and with your bow!

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Do Ym Need Stronger Meatal Coatnd By Terry Wunderle

o you shoot consistent scores in practice, but your performance falls far short of that at a tournament? Are you extremely nervous and unable to control the excessive pin movement? Is your thinking process running rapidly in all directions? When the tournament is over, are you embarrassed or completely disgusted with your performance? If the answers to these questions are “no,” I am happy because I know that you are comfortable with our great sport and will have an enjoyable future shooting. If the answers are “yes,” it is obvious that what you are doing is not working and maybe it is time for a change. I would suggest that you develop a mental program.

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Developing a mental program that will maximize the performance is a challenging endeavor for most archers. Many archers make it appear easy and natural to stand in front of a crowd and shoot a tournament. Most of these people will tell you that it took time to develop such a demeanor. In order to have a solid mental program and maintain it, several facets of the mind have to work in conjunction with each other. First, let’s look at the conscious mind. Il can only concentrate on and handle one thought process at a time. Too often, during competition an archer will let the mind dwell on thoughts that will erode the relaxed, smooth form that is used on the practice range. When the thinking process is directed at concerns of one’s ability to successfully compete, the self-doubt will quickly produce tension and anxiety that will alter the norma! shot sequence. The archer will no longer be in a comfort zone and the performance will suffer. Since the conscious mind can only process one thought pattern at a time, make that thinking a positive influence. Most shots that are missed are due to a breakdown in form. If an archer can eliminate form errors, then he or she should have a good performance. I am not saying they will win. Instead, I am saying they should be able to perform at the same level as they can on the practice range. Isn’t that what you really want to accomplish? To eliminate the form errors, I maintain the archer should focus consciously on shooting the best form possible. If the conscious mind is engrossed in nothing but shooting perfect form, there will be no room for detrimental thinking to hamper the process. In order for this mental approach to be successful, it has to be developed on the practice range. Become completely involved in the shooting process during practice as well as at the competition. Feel your muscles relax as you allow the pin to settle in on the mark. When the pin is floating in the desired location, execute the shot. Feel yourself pull the bow apart. Continuously direct the pressure in the bow arm straight toward the target. Since most breakdowns in form are due to the lack of pressure, make sure you continue pulling the bow apart until the arrow is released. If the mind is totally engrossed in shooting perfect form, there will be no room for self-doubt or other negative thinking to disrupt your consistent form. The subconscious mind processes many thoughts instantly. Let it control the aiming. Stare at the spot you want to hit and allow the pin to float on that area. Let the pin drift in, out, and around the spot. Do not try to guide or correct this movement to hold it on the mark. Instead, let it float and allow the subconscious mind to make the corrections. If the float area becomes too big, this is usually an indication that you have lost forward pressure. Either pull the bow apart with a little more pressure to stabilize the pin movement or let it down and start again. The emphasis on hard aiming is drastically over-rated. U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

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The perfect form is what drives the arrow into the mark. Let the subconscious do the aiming, trust your form, and shoot. Another part of a good mental program is confidence and self-image. If you truly have the confidence that you are the best archer in your division, this is good. Most people look at the situation from the viewpoint that there are many good archers in their division. If this is the case, put your confidence in what you are good at doing and what you can control, which is executing a shot with the perfect form. By placing your total conscious focus on perfect shot execution, you will realize this is the main and only thing that you can control, and this is what allows you to shoot the tight groups. Treat every practice session as if it were a tournament. This will help you build stronger concentration and focus skills, which will build your confidence for competition. The mind will develop a positive picture of your ability to execute perfect fonn. Note, I never emphasized putting the confidence on your ability to score. Score is the result of shooting excellent form; so the emphasis needs to be placed on your abilities and not the results of those abilities. mind, The conscious mind, and subconscious confidence all need to be developed and utilized so that your mental program can maximize your performance. 1 realize this is a different philosophy than most of you have been exposed to in archery. 1 am not saying it is the right way or the only way to shoot. I am saying this is the philosophy that my shooters use; and they have won hundreds of national and world championships. It works! If what you are doing is not successful, then perhaps it is time to make a change. [For more of Terry’s shooting tips see Archery: Think and Shoot Like a Champion at wunderlearchery.com]

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THE THREE C’s: COMMITMENT => COMPOSURE => CONFIDENCE

LARRY WISE, 2018 COMPOUND JUNIOR DREAM TEAM ASSISTANT COACH USAA LEVEL 4 NTS COACH, INTERNATIONAL COACH B. A.; M. Ed., 1986 WORLD FIELD CHAMPION

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The Three C s: COMMITMENT => COMPOSURE => CONFIDENCE by Larry Wise

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High performance in athletics is forged in the smelting pot of the THREE C’s. They are necessary ingredients as high levels of achievement cannot be attained without a liberal applica tion of these three essentials. They are the most important ingredients in building performance success. Yes, there are other ingredients .... like talent. But a high level of talent guarantees nothing by itself. Lots of very talented athletes didn’t make it to first base or win a tournament because they lacked one or more of the three C’s; they remained incomplete and ill prepared without all three. Talent stays in its “raw” and middling state without the proper development of the C’s so read on and I’ll shed a little bit of light on these three performance essentials.

COMMITMENT:

Definition: THE STATE OF BEING DEDICATED TO A CA USE OR ACTIVITY. Synonyms: Dedication, devotion, allegiance, loyalty, faithfulness, fidelity. Of the Three C’s, Commitment comes first. One must have this quality of dedication to learning the skills one needs to perform in a given sport or endeavor. Some of these skills are: proper form, practice, diet, exercise regimen, personal relationship building, sleep, mental game practice and goal setting. Devotion to this skill-building process is how you birth better performance. This is how you build your “house” in which you stand and from which you launch your arrow. Staying loyal to this process is essential to building a solid foundation from which you step to a higher skill level. Your faithfulness to learning new and better skills will cany you through the ups and downs of your early performances. Having faith in your learning process will enable you to honestly review your skill, listen to a coach’s review and make a better path forward. Commitment is exemplified in the simple bacon and egg breakfast: In providing the two ingredients - eggs and bacon - the chicken was involved while the pig was committed! The poker player is committed when he bets his remaining chips and says “I’m all in”! Are you “all in”? Are you committed?

COMPOSURE:

Definition: THE STATE OR FEELING OF BEING IN CONTROL OF ONESELF. Synonyms: Self-control, self-possession, self-command, calm, equa nimity, equilibrium, serenity, tranquility. Being committed leads to being composed. Without the skills mentioned above you will 33

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not ever get to the point where you can experience composure - it just will not happen. To be composed, in control, calm and in a state of equilibrium you must step to the shooting line with all of your skills developed through practice. This includes both a complete physical skill set and a robust mental skill set. With doubts not in the picture you can focus on what you have to do in the present - you can fully engage in your physical actions with your conscious mind assisting simultaneously in that action. A trained and controlled mind does not wonder to the future, to the past or to distractions around you - it focuses properly in the present. Simply stated, you can engage properly in PRESENT PROCESS THfNKJNG while your body actions follow your practiced form sequence. With no judgement thoughts of the past or anticipation of the future you can be calm, cool and collected in the PRESENT. You can expe rience COMPOSURE! When others are wobbling in the swirling winds of competition are you able to remain calm? Are you able to remain tranquil? Have you committed to both physical form and mental game development so you can perform in the present and be composed?

CONFIDENCE:

Definition: THE FEELING OF SELF-ASSURANCE ARISING FROM ONE’S APPRECIATION OF ONE’S OWN ABILITIES OR QUALI TIES; FIRM TRUST. Synonyms: Trust, belief, faith, conviction, assertiveness, self-assurance. When I was shooting my best it was because I had prepared. I had prepared my physical and mental game so that 1 could step to the shooting line and execute a shot with focus on “feel”. It felt good. I felt in control of all that I could control and I understood what I could not control and accepted it. I could then mentally handle the impact point of the arrow - wherever it landed. Good or bad, in or out, made no difference to me because I knew I had controlled all things that were under my control. This serenity birthed faith in myself. I could then begin to believe in myself. My faith in my shot-making process grew. And out of these conditions grew confidence! Do you have faith in yourself? Are you taking steps to build that faith? Are you building your confidence? SUMMARY: Be aware of the three C’s. Foster their growth. Know the order in which you build them: 1) COMMITMENT! 2) COMPOSURE! 3) CONFIDENCE! THIS IS WHAT THEY MEAN:

COMMITMENT => I WILL LEARN TO DO IT! COMPOSURE => I AM DOING IT! CONFIDENCE => I WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT! There is no drive-through window where you can purchase the THREE C’s. You have to build them within yourself. Others, like your coach, can tell you about them, tell you that you need them and provide the opportunity for you to build them. But the fact of the matter is “YOU HAVE TO DO THE BUILDING”. This short essay provides the blue print for you to follow so start building. Start acting now to become committed, composed and confident because that will lead you to success. March-April 2018 yvyvyv.usarcher.com - email: arlyne.rhode@gmail.com or asamag@aol.com

Coaching for the Long Hall by Rick McKinney, President of Carbon Tech Arrows and U.S. Representative for Win & Win Archery ow do you get a young archer to a higher lev el? Why do some improve real ly fast while others languish for a long time. Can you really deter mine a “talented” archer over a “not-so-talented”archer? How do you develop a drive or a determi nation in a young archer? All of these questions are important and it mostly depends on the coach or parent or support of friends and family. First of all, it is very difficult for a parent to coach his or her own child. Some can (a very few). Most only en-

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courage the young archer to con sider another sport. This is due to being “patented” every day during every day life. Telling a child how to shoot can be a quick way to have the child go in another direc tion. So, let the coach do their job and give the child encouragement and very little else. Being there with the child is good and prob ably a large plus, however, asking silly questions as to why they shot a poor shot or lost or anything else that can drive even the coach to madness is not a good thing. Just give moral support. Let them know you love them whether they shoot good or bad. Just ask them to give it their best. Let the coach tell them what they need to hear. The archer is the last person that needs to be told the shot was no good (they were the first to know it) This is called learning. Let them learn. Next, the coach needs to slowly make altered changes in a slow and methodical manner so that the archer can focus on a single change. This is important in order to help the archer learn a conscious effort versus an uncon scious effort. Eventually, most of the effort should be subcon scious except during the learning of change. This may be some thing like anchor or elbow posi tion. It could be changing bow hand position or finger position on the string. Each change takes time and encouragement from the coach in order to keep the focus on shot execution. The more the archer learns about how to focus the easier it is for them to become “robotic”. Physical movement is what we call motor skills. Understand ing motor learning and devel opment is a key ingredient for a coach to work on in order to help the young archer develop the prop er form and technique that will last a lifetime instead of a quick climb

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to the top and a quick burnout. Many coaches are good at helping the archer crash and bum due to improper changes and too many changes at one time. A coach should be working at developing the whole athlete and not just the form. Learning sportsmanship skills, strategy and mental is cru cial to the overall development of the archer. Also, in the beginning the archer has very little expectations, so help them learn about the many different pitfalls while the archer is climbing the ladder of devel opment. I am a strong believer in helping the archer deal with failure (learning), loss (learning), poor shots (learning), choking under pressure (learning). All of these moments are more for learn ing and preparing the archer on how to be a better competitor. Not all archers are created equal in their development. Some may take a long time, while oth ers take a very short period of time. I have always believed that those who climb fast, fall fast, un less there is good guidance. A lot of this is due to them not going through the normal development that is needed in order to get on top and stay there. As a young ar cher, it is important for the archer to learn the many pitfalls while slowly climbing the ladder of suc cess. A few rare individuals will be a “natural” and it is very easy for them to shoot a good shot and win early. However, most will not last long mainly due to not learn ing what to do when they stumble. Most never experience a learning U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

the sport so that they do become an elite shooter. This requires making the learning stages fun. The more the archer enjoys shooting, the more they will want to shoot. Making the archer practice when they do not want to does nothing for their drive. If anything, they get to a point that they do not want to shoot at all. Hard training can come lat er when they are hooked and beg to shoot more. Helping the archer understand what they are learn ing and how they are learning helps them see what is happening to them while they are training. Mixing up the training helps them have fun while shooting and still learn. Having them shoot with friends sometimes is good and sometimes it is good for them to train on their own. I have always believed that eventually the archer should train alone because when they are on the shooting line, they are truly alone. No matter how many archers are shooting, the archer should be focused on their shot process and getting as much feedback as possible during the shot in order to prepare for the next shot. What I mean by this is the archer should feel the shot, look at the placement of the arrow on the target and analyze why the arrow hit in the area it did because of what they felt. This takes time but eventually the archer will be ready for this type of shooting. Just remember it takes time to de velop a good archer and patience is extremely important, not only for the archer, but also for the coach, the parents and other sup port groups. Finally, it is very import ant for the parents and archer to choose the right coach. Some coaches get frustrated when the archer is not learning the way the coach thinks they should. They might have started out good, but in time they are at a loss at what to fix next. The form might look good, but the shot impact is not so good. This makes it very dif ficult for the coach to figure out what is happening. Some will do

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their best to preserver, but some will find ways to escape the prob lem by dropping the archer or get ting the archer to fire them. This is very unfortunate, but it does happen. Many coaches are very concerned about their own reputa tion, so if the slightest feeling of failing an archer starts to happen, the quickest solution for some coaches is to drop the archer and move on. Actually it just might be that the coach is failing the archer. Obviously, this is not good for the archer. That is why you need to spend some time to determine who is the best coach for your archer. Just remember, that it takes time to develop into a top archer. There will be ups and downs during the process. The most important thing to do is to keep motivated and enjoy the learning process. Winning is very diverse. You can win with little accom plishments by working on good form, good shot execution, good mental control. All of these small goals can turn the archer into a champion. Good Shooting!

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moment while they win. Yes, it is nice to win, but if you do not understand how to loose, you will never understand how to truly win. The method of great shoot ing takes time to learn and getting the archer to enjoy the process is important. Explaining to the ar cher that this process is the best way will go a long way for them to understand that it should be en joyed while they learn the process. Is it easy? No. It shouldn’t be. Only a few win and it takes a lot of time and effort to mature into a champion. Don’t get me wrong about the “natural” archers. Some will go a long way and grasp how im portant it is to learn their tech nique and understand it. Most just struggle grasping at anything when they stumble and since it has always been easy, they are not used to working at it. This takes a lot of work on the coaches part in order to explain what is happen ing and if the archer has the desire, they will work though it and be come even better. Just remember, there is no timeline on develop ment and winning. Some of the top coaches only want those who are natural and have good form al ready. That is why you see a lot of burnout from the high-end archers who are close but not quite ready to make it into Gold Medal capa bility. These archers shoot a lot of arrows, which is good. However, it is bad when they struggle and the coach really doesn’t know what to do to help the archer. Since the archer is used to winning they do not do well when loosing. The “average” archer who shows no ability in the beginning has a bet ter mental attitude. They under stand loosing, since they have lost many times, and look forward to winning. During this period, they are learning on how to control their physical shots and learning about the emotional approaches. These physical shots and mental approaches are helping the archer develop into a far better archer if they stick with it. The biggest challenge is keeping the archer in

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Pennsylvania S3DA holds State Indoor 5-Spot Championship

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Williamsburg, KY - On Saturday, January 6, 2018, Pennsylvania S3DA held their Indoor 5-Spot State Championship. Lancaster Archery Supply hosted this event. Pennsylvania S3 DA had 69 archers to compete in their Indoor 5-spot Championship from 5 different clubs. The growth for Pennsylvania S3 DA compared to the numbers from 2017 has already doubled. Pennsylvania S3DA State Coordinator, Dan Schuller said, “I would love to help anyone learn about archery and what S3 DA has to offer. For more information about joining Pennsylvania’s S3 DA program, please get my contact information from the S3DA website, S3DA Facebook page or the S3DA National Office. This is Pennsylvania’s second State Indoor event and we had a significant growth from last year. There are many talented archers participating in this program and I look forward to seeing them progress. I would like to send a special thanks to Lancaster Archery Academy for helping provide staff for this event”.

S3DA Social Media and Marketing Manager, Kayla Bolton states, “I have been with S3DA since July 2017 and I have seen a huge growth in Pennsylvania S3DA. Every club or team is doubling in size and there is many new clubs and teams that are coming on board with the program. Dan Schuller does a phenomenal job as the State Coordinator. Pennsylvania S3DA does a wonderful job of marketing S3DA.

Results: Elementary School Division: 8-11-year-old Male traditional: Ist Luke Furlow, 2nd Denzil Lane 8-11-year-old Female traditional: Is'Aeryn Marks, 2nd Madelyn Kratzer 8-11-year-old Male fixed pins: Is' Cannon Youndt, 2nd Hudson Brown, 3rd Eli Barton 8-11-year-old Female fixed pins: Is' Leah Barnhart, 2nd Erin Hostetter, 3rd Amanda MacLunny 8-11-year-old Male open compound: Is' Evan McDonough, 2nd Aiden Woodie, 3'd Aarian Selby 8-11-year-old Female open compound: Is' Olivia Dean, 2nd Kendall Hohenwarter, 3rd Ava Flugga 8-11-year-old Female Olympic recurve: Ist Madeline Heverin Middle School Division: 12-14-year-old Female traditional: Is'Jailyn Duffy ]2-14-year-old Male fixed pins: Is' Tyler Barton, 2nd Cooper Broughton, 3rd Greg Weidman

12-14-year-old Female fixed pins: Is' Sierra Barnhart, 2nd Mackenzie Broughton 12-14-year-old Male open compound: 1st Colby Weaver, 2nd Eli Bartron 12-14-year-old Female open compound: 1st Kayla Denke, 2nd Rachel Ruggerio, 3rd Sheridan Weaver 12-14-year-old Male Olympic recurve: 1st Nathan Heverin 12-14-year-old Female Olympic recurve: 1SI Casey Kaufhold, 2nd Alyssa Artz, 3rd Sheridan Weaver High School Division: 15-18-year-old Female traditional: Is' Winter Elvin, 2nd Megan Carpenter 15-18-year-old Male fixed pins: I51 Joe Weinhold, 2nd Alexander Edwards, 3rd Colin Schmouder 15-18-year-old Female fixed pins: Is1 Abby Heatley, 2nd Chloe Cornett 15-18-year-old Male open compound: 1SL Holt Albertson, 2nd Tyler Heritage, 3rd Clay Weaver 15-18-year-old Female open compound: Is'Amanda Newland, 2nd Danielle Woodie, 3rd Gracelyn Chambers 15-18-year-old Male Olympic recurve: Is' Conner Kaufhold 15-18-year-old Female Olympic recurve: lsl Sabrina Sison, 2nd Molly Trautman Started in December 2012 by the Scholastic Archery Association, S3DA has grown exponentially as a next step program to follow introductory programs offered as part of 4-H or the National Archery in Schools Program. S3 DA addresses the need for a program to bridge beginning target archery experience and more advanced activities such as 3-D shooting and bowhunting. The program currently operates across the United States with hundreds of certified coaches serving thousands of young archers, grades 3-12. U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

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Indiana Scholastic 3-D Archery (S3DA) Sets Record Attendance at North Regional Indoor Tournament Williamsburg, KY - Indiana S3DA hosted the Indiana S3 DA North Regional Indoor Tournament at Bass & Bucks Hunting and Archery Pro Shop in Wabash, Indiana. Approximately, 256 shooters and 11 teams participated in this Indoor 5-spot Tournament. It is remarkable to see the growth in Indiana over the last year. In 2016, 95 shooters attended this event. The attendance tripled for this year’s North Regional Indoor Tournament. Indiana Scholastic 3-D Archery clubs are having a positive impact on Indiana communities from local pro shops, license sales, and students throughout Indiana.

Indiana State Coordinator, April Girvin states, “Our host club, Bass & Bucks, did a tremendous job welcoming and taking care of our shooters and their families. Looking at how many students competed this year compared to last years numbers show that we are well on our track to having a record year. Our S3DA staff and coaches are always looking to help out any child wanting to get into the S3DA program.”

The National S3DA Office has received feedback from parents, coaches, and participants in the Indiana S3DA. One parent, Laura Getzen, states, “My son has been a part of the S3DA program here in Indiana for about a year now. Hats off to the National program for putting such a fabulous team in place here in Indiana. I could not be prouder to be part of such a wonderful group of people. I know I am not only speaking for myself but many other happy parents as well, when I say, as long as they’re still here, our family will be part of the program here in Indiana.”

Emma Fanner, 3rd Hannah Summers Middle School Open Male: 1st Gavin Vance, 2nd Harrison Milne, 3rd Kegan Clutter Middle School Open Female: 1st Kaydence Stevens, 2nd Summer Cheesman, 3rd Bella Greer Middle School Traditional Male: 1st Bear Geise, 2nd Brock Love, 3rd Logan Dottenwhy Middle School Traditional Female: 1st Brynn Rollins, 2nd Stella Steinberg, 3rd Bella Noe Middle School Olympic Recurve Female: 1st Ashley Virgin High School Pins Male: 1st Chase Meadows, 2nd Clay Dempsey, 3rd Blake Brosmer High School Pins Female: 1st Nikki Bollman, 2nd Brianna Shofner, 3rd Ashley Coffing High School Open Male: 1st Michael Hulburt, 2nd Cole Knox, 3rd Cameron Sesco High School Open Female: 1st Hannah Drudge, 2nd Samantha Strouse, 3rd Asilyn Davis High School Traditional Male: 1st Ben Geise, 2nd Kenny Puckett, 3rd Tait Sucharski High School Traditional Female: 1st Kaitlynn Shull, 2nd Kya Hamman, 3rd Kylie Hathaway High School Olympic Recurve Female: 1st Natalie Cash, 2nd Cassidy Geise Started in December 2012 by the Scholastic Archery Association, S3DA has grown exponentially as a next step program to follow introductory programs offered as part of 4-H or the National Archery in Schools Program. S3DA addresses the need for a program to bridge beginning target archery experience and more advanced activities such as 3-D shooting and bowhunting. The program currently operates across the United States with hundreds of certified coaches serving thousands of young archers, grades 3-12.

Results: Elementary School Pins Male: 1st Noah Coyle, 2nd Logan Vance, 3rd Zander Merritt Elementary School Pins Female: 1st Kirah Klepper, 2nd Bobbie Shofner, 3rd Peyton Hart Elementary School Open Male: 1st Chase Vance, 2nd Braxten Nail Elementary School Traditional Female: 1st Ava Mershon, 2nd Lucy Fritz, 3rd Lily Miskimen Elementary School Traditional Male: 1st Alexander Kilgore

Middle School Pins Male: 1st Jonathan Francis, 2nd Kaden Meredith, 3rd Zane Merritt Middle School Pins Female: 1st Miaka Conkling, 2nd 44

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S3DA Recognizes Regional/State Coordinators for January 2018 “Stacy Groce - Coordinator of the Month” Williamsburg, KY - Scholastic 3-D Archery is starting a new initiative to recognize State and Regional Coordinators that are showing superb performance in growing all facets of the S3 DA program. S3DA is excited to announce a featured candidate each month of the year called “Coordinator of the Month.” This person will be one who has specifically been chosen by showing initiative and a strong work ethic. S3 DA Kentucky Regional Coordinator Stacy Groce is the first candidate to be chosen. Stacy has recently done a phenomenal job sending in information regarding Kentucky S3 DA tournaments, taking pictures at the events, and assisting at the events with State Coordinator Chris McDonald. Scholastic 3-D Archery thanks you for all your hard work and we are honored to put the spotlight on you for January.

Mrs. Stacy Groce has been married to her husband Randy for 22 years and they have two children, Bethany, age 17, and Blake, age 15. In their spare time the family enjoys several venues of archery, as well as hunting, fishing, camping, and outdoor

recreation. She was born in Louisville, Kentucky but raised in East Tennessee. She currently resides in Richmond, Kentucky. Stacy became interested in archery in 2009 when her daughter joined the school archery team. She later became involved with S3DA and ASA around 2012. After Stacy took the position of Regional Coordinator for KY S3 DA she began bowhunting. Most people have a steep learning curve when it comes to bowhunting, but Stacy must have been a natural because she has harvested 2 does and an 8-point buck on her first weekend. Needless to say, after that first weekend, she was hooked. She has had much success since that first time and harvested a large 10-point buck this past fall. Stacy’s involvement with archery basically evolved as the S3DA program grew and changed. She truly feels that witnessing the growth and changes of the program as it has expanded at an amazingly fast pace has been a blessing in her family’s lives. Stacy says, “Archery and bowhunting have played a huge role in keeping our family close and connected. Having that common bond allows us to spend some real quality time and have quality conversation together. If we are planning our archery season, practicing in the backyard, hunting or discussing our equipment we are all involved and that is very important to us as a family. Being a part of S3DA has taken us from being the family just getting started in the world of archery to the family that can now provide that guidance to others who may wish to become involved in the program. It has connected us with so many wonderful people and allowed us to be involved with great archery related businesses such as Xpedition, Extreme, Stan

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Kentucky S3DA East Regional Indoor 5-Spot Tournament

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Kentucky S3 DA hosted their official East Regional Indoor 5-Spot Tournament at J.C. Nock High Club located in Jackson County, Kentucky. Even with negative temperatures, a lot of different teams and clubs competed in the Indoor 5-Spot Regional with a grand total of 175 archers. “We appreciate the J.C. Nock High Club, Bo Morris and his team of volunteers for hosting our East Regional Indoor. Jackson County High School has a very nice facility to accommodate our large number of archers and spectators,” stated Kentucky State Coordinator, Chris McDonald. Kentucky clubs and teams are growing tremendously, and the coaches are seeing an enormous number of students participate. Impact Archery is a club out of Williamsburg, Kentucky and one of the coaches for their club has seen how much S3 DA is growing. Coach Amanda Long states, “Our club started with 3 archers last year. By the end of the season we had grown to 30 archers and 4 coaches. This season we are starting with 45 archers and 10 coaches! We expect to add more archers during the outdoor 3-D season.” Other coaches stated that they are seeing a steady growth in the number of new archers this season as well. College Coaches from four different Kentucky Colleges attended this weekend’s tournament. Colleges in attendance included: Union College, University of the Cumberland’s, Kentucky Christian and University of Pikeville. The University of Pikeville Head Coach, Shane Hurt stated, “As the Head Coach of the University of Pikeville it was an honor to be able to observe such young talented archers at the Scholastic 5-spot tournament at Jackson County High School. The archers 1 spoke with were respectful, articulate and very intelligent. The S3DA program, I believe, is preparing these young men and women for a very successful future in collegiate

archery. The University of Pikeville will be honored when these archers choose UPike for their collegiate and archery careers!” Results:

Teams: High School Teams: Is1 Boyd County, 2nd Daviess County Middle School Teams: lsl Daviess County Middle Clubs: High School Clubs: Is' J.C. Nock Middle School Clubs: Is1 Impact Archery Elementary School Clubs: Is' J.C. Nock, 2nd Impact Archery, 3rd Bluegrass Archery

Elementary School Division: 8-11-year-old Female Olympic Recurve: 1st Anya Carson 8-11-year-old Male traditional: Is1 Addan Witt, 2nd Jonathan Branscum, 3rd Ethan Owens 8-11-year-old Female traditional: 1st Mary Jurus, 2nd Abby Moore, 3rd Kylee Gilbreath 8-11-year-old Male fixed pins: Is' Jackson Cobb, 2nd Zachary Philpot, 3rd Kaleb Lakes 8-11-year-old Female fixed pins: lsl Abigail Aldridge, 2nd Braedyn Strebeck, 3rd Rylee Turner 8-11-year-old Male open compound: Is1 Elijah Thomas, 2nd Elijah Cook, 3rd Caden Ayers 8-11-year-old Female open compound: Is' Brielle Ormes

Middle School Division: 12-14-year-old Male Olympic Recurve: Is1 Ethan Williams 12-14-year-old Female Olympic Recurve: 1st Natalie Williams, 2nd Emma Vicars 12-14-year-old Male traditional: Is1 Tyler Hubbs 12-14-year-old Female traditional: lsl Audrey Routte, 2nd Raelei Wallace 12-14-year-old Male fixed pins: Is1 Hayden Mattingly, 2nd Hunter Smith, 3rd Jason Mattingly 12-14-year-old Female fixed pins: Is1 Savannah Philpot, 2nd Emily Kelly, 3rd Madison Richardson 12-14-year-old Male open compound: Is1 Asa Flowers, 2nd Chase Morris, 3rd Jordan Isaacs 12-14-year-old Female open compound: lsl Allie Riddle, 2nd Serena Witt High School Division: 15-18-year-old Female Olympic Recurve: Is' Olivia Hamer 15-18-year-old Male fixed pins: Is' Bryant Rakes, 2nd

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S3 DA Kentucky hosts Central Kentucky Regional Tournament Williamsburg, KY - On February 3rd, two hundred seventy-seven youth archers met at Anderson County High School to compete in the Central Kentucky S3DA Regional Tournament. With ample space available, range officials were able to utilize an elementary range and a separate middle/high school range with four available flight times. Range space availability was very important as participation in this tournament has nearly doubled since last year. Kentucky S3 DA Regional Coordinator, Dave Frederick had this to say, “We had a great tournament with nearly 300 competitors. For our first indoor tournament in this facility and with our new L.E.D. lights, everyone seemed pleased. The kids really enjoyed the range. Western Hills and Anderson Archery Coaches Kelly Can; Mandy Lewis, John Newby, and myself would like to send thanks to all the shooters, parents, coaches, and volunteers for pitching in to assist in the tournament.”

Results: School Teams: High School Team: Is' Boyd County, 2nd Daviess County, 3rd Apollo Middle School Team: Is' Daviess County Clubs: High School Clubs: Is' J.C. Nock, 2nd Owensboro Archery, 3rd Bluegrass Archery Middle School Club: lsl Impact Archery Elementary School Club: Is' J.C. Nock, 2nd Impact Archery, 3rd Bluegrass Archery

Elementary School Division: 8-11-year-old Male traditional: 1st Avery Wilson, 2nd Tanner Logan, 3rd Ethan Fields 8-11-year-old Female traditional: 1st Mary Jurus, 2nd Abby Moore, 3rd Kylee Gilreath 8-11-year-old Male fixed pins: 1st Jackson Pack, 2nd Jacob Johnson, 3rd Kaleb Lakes 8-11-year-old Female fixed pins: Is'Briley Mattingly, 2nd Abigail Aldridge, 3rd Braedyn Strebeck 8-11-year-old Male open compound: lsl Elijah Thomas, 2nd Elijah Cook, 3rd Caden Ayers 8-11-year-old Female open compound: 1st Kensley Ayers, 2nd Brielle Ormes 8-11-year-old Male Olympic recurve: lsl Michael Curry 8-11-year-old Female Olympic recurve: lsl Anya Carson Middle School Division: j2-14-year-old Male traditional: Is' Mason Hammons, 2nd Blain Desjourdy, 3rd Daniel Cooper

12-14-year-old Female traditional: lsl Madalynn Puryear, 2nd Jenna Diaz-Anderson, 3rd Audrey Routte 12-14-year-old Male fixed pins: lsl Gavin Gilmore, 2nd Rylan Long, 3rd Hayden Mattingly 12-14-year-old Female fixed pins: Is' Savannah Philpot, 2nd Emilee McFadden, 3rd Madison Richardson 12-14-year-old Male open compound: Is1 Chase Morris, 2nd Jordan Issacs, 3rd Landyn Cox 12-14-year-old Female open compound: 1st Tyra McWilliams, 2nd Allie Riddle, 3rd Serena Witt 12-14-year-old Female Olympic recurve: 1st Emma Vicars High School Division: 15-18-year-old Male traditional: Is' Wes Blondin, 2nd Mathew Miley, 3rd Tyler Younger 15-18-year-old Female traditional: Is' Cabron Johnson 15-18-year-old Male fixed pins: lsl, Mason Manning, 2nd Zack Walker, 3rd Brady Huckleberry 15-18-year-old Female fixed pins: Is' Katie Hemmann, 2nd Addy Kaysinger, 3rd Hallie French 15-18-year-old Male open compound: 1st Cooper Jones, 2nd Tanner Barker, 3rd Cody Adkins 15-18-year-old Female open compound: Is1 Natalie Brockman, 2nd Madison Cox, 3rd Meg Curtis 15-18-year-old Male Olympic recurve: Is' Griffan Sayer 15-18-year-old Female Olympic recurve: lsl Olivia Harner U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

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Kentucky S3DA West Regional Indoor 5-Spot Tournament

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Williamsburg, KY - On Saturday, January 20, 2018, Kentucky S3DA held their West Regional Indoor 5-Spot Tournament. Daviess County High School Archery Team hosted the record event at Daviess County fairground. Kentucky S3 DA set a record of 285 participating archers.

3rd Owensboro Catholic Middle School Teams: Is' Bums, 2nd Daviess County, 3rd College View

Mike Willis, Head Coach of Lindsey Wilson College Archery states, “It was an honor to attend the S3 DA West Indoor Regional, the largest regional indoor to date in Kentucky. The tremendous talent and impact S3DA is having on college archery programs is phenomenal. It provides a large pool of archers for recruiting purposes that are prepared and college ready for tournaments. It is a wonderful thing to witness and all of our coordinators, coaches and parents should be commended. I am already looking forward to the next one”. Daviess County Middle School Archer Jacob Higdon held the winning donation ticket for a new Mathews Triax donated by Whittaker Guns/Sportsman headquarters and the DCHS Archery Team. “Hosting our first indoor regional last year was a huge step for us, but this year far surpassed that being the largest indoor Kentucky S3 DA regional to date. We never expected to have this large of a turnout. When you have a program that is this amazing geared toward the youth of today it is amazing to see how fast it is growing. We are truly blessed to have such a strong support group within our team, community and our archery families across the entire state who travel this far to participate in our tournament,” states Daviess County High School Coach and tournament host, Mike Wilson.

Elementary School Division: 8-11-year-old Male traditional: 1st Avery Wilson, 2nd Addan Witt, 3rd Ethan Fields 8-11-year-old Female traditional: Ist Mary Jurus, 2nd Kylee Gilreath, 3rd Kristen Eastridge 8-11-year-old Male fixed pins: Is’ Jackson Cobb, 2nd Tucker Boudro, 3rd Kaleb Lakes 8-11-year-old Female fixed pins: 1st Abigail Aldridge, 2nd Callie Carlton, 3rd Rylee Turner 8-11-year-old Male open compound: I5' Elijah Thomas, 2nd Elijah Cook, 3rd Brennen Upchurch 8-11-year-old Female open compound: lsl Kensley Ayers 8-11-year-old Male Olympic recurve: Is' Michael Curry 8-1 l-year-old Female Olympic recurve: Is1 Anya Carson

Results: Teams: High School Teams: 1st Apollo, 2nd Daviess County,

Middle School Division: 12-14-year-old Male traditional: Is' Blaine Desjourdy 12-I4-year-old Female traditional: Is1 Audrey Routte,

Clubs: High School Clubs: 1st WKAC, 2nd Owensboro Archery Middle School Clubs: 1SI Impact Archery, 2nd Bronze Bow Archers, 3rd Bluegrass Archery Elementary School Clubs: Is1 J.C. Nock, 2nd Impact Archery, 3rd Owensboro Archery'

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2nd Ryan Word, 3rd Whitley Eastridge 12-14-year-old Male fixed pins: Is' Gavin Gilmore, 2nd Hunter Mackey, 3rd Hayden Mattingly 12-14-year-old Female fixed pins: 1st Layla Cecil, 2nd Emilee McFadden, 3rd Becky Heavner 12-14-year-old Male open compound: Is' Asa Flowers, 2nd Chase Morris, 3rd Jermiah Foster 12-14-year-old Female open compound: lsl Tyra McWilliams, 2nd Allie Riddle, 3rd Serena Witt 12-14-year-old Male Olympic recurve: Is' Collin Montgomery High School Division: 15-18-year-old Male traditional: Is1 Wes Blondin, 2nd Logan Luong 15-18-year-old Female traditional: 1st Geneva Renshaw 15-18-year-old Male fixed pins: 1S1 Shane Truett, 2nd Zach Walker, 3rd Brady Huckleberry 15-18-year-old Female fixed pins: Is1 Dorema Heavner, 2nd Taylor Adkinsson, 3rd Abby Kaysinger 15-18-year-old Male open compound: Is1 Kameron Henley, 2nd Brady Hempen, 3rd Jimmy Gibson 15-18-year-old Female open compound: 1st Natalie Brockman, 2"d Bethany Groce, 3rd Meg Curtis 15-18-year-old Male Olympic recurve: 1st Griffan Sayre 15-18-year-old Female Olympic recurve: Is1 Olivia Harner, 2nd Manon Georges For more information on S3DA membership go to: WWW.S3DA.ORG or email: infos3darchery@ gmail.com Check out S3DA on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram

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On February 8"' 2018 S3DA students from 17 different states met at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada all vying to be awarded a Nation al Championship. Held in conjunction with NFAA’s Vegas Shoot, the 2nd ever S3DA Western U.S. Indoor Championship saw registration nearly triple over last year with a total of 93 archers in attendance. “1 am continually amazed at the un precedented growth of the S3DA program. Last year only 10 different states were represented at this tournament and today we had archers from 17 at this event,” said Jennie Richardson, Exec utive Director for Scholastic 3-D Archery. “We look forward to further developing our program in the Western United States and growing this S3DA event as we have in the Eastern United States.” S3DA Western Indoor U.S. Championship Results are as follows: Middle School Female Fixed Pins: Elementary Male Open: 1st: Baylee Deer, Archery World USA, 274/2X 1st: Wiley Long, Three Rivers Archers, 264/2X 2nd: Rhyan Turner, Benton Bowmen S3DA, 249/2X 2nd: Easton Whicker, Archery of Forney, 254/3X 3rd: Randi Turner, Benton Bowman S3DA, 240/IX 3rd: Aiden Woodie, Lancaster JOAD Team, 251/2X Middle School Male Olympic Recurve: 1st: Ryan Derby, ASR-S3DA, 187/IX

Middle School Female Olympic Recurve: 1st: Amber Long, Hoot & Holler Training Acad., 231 2nd: Sheridan Weaver, Lancaster JOAD Team, 211/2X 3rd: Antasia Robinson, Hoot& Holler Training Acad. 105 High School Male Open: 1st: Tyler Heritage, Lancaster JOAD Team, 300/26X 2nd: Alexander Lavan, 300/2IX 3rd: Cooper French, 299/2IX

Elementary Female Open: 1st: Rendyn Brooks, Archery of Forney, 281/8X 2nd: Abigale Staton, Archery of Forney, 274/4X Middle School Male Open: 1st: Colby Weaver, Lancaster JOAD Team, 284/9X 2nd: William Morrison, Hoot & Holler Training Academy, 283/6X 3rd: Ryan Booth, Archery of Forney, 281/8X

Middle School Female Open: 1st: Morgan Rives, Pine Belt Archers, 297/1IX 2nd: Sydney Sullenberger, Shell Pond Outdoors, 296/17X 3rd: Ella Fisher, 293/17X

High School Female Open: 1 st: Raegan Bender, Golden Arrow Archery C. 297/16X 2nd: Isabel Hansemann, ASR-S3DA, 296/19X 3rd: Danielle Woodie, Lancaster JOAD Team, 295/16X High School Male Fixed Pins: 1st: John Barnwell, 295/16X 2nd: Slaine Miller, Lodi Bowmen S3DA, 277/5X 3rd: Skyler Hoeke, Lodi Bowmen S3 DA, 276/3X

High School Female Fixed Pins: 1st: Parker Bennett, 287/1 OX

Middle School Male Tradi tional: 1st: Layton Sauls, S. Illinois Ar chery S3DA, 200 Middle School Male Fixed Pins: 1st: Dakota Wilson, Three Riv ers Archers, 230/2X March-April 20IS www.usarcher.com - email: arlyne.rhode@gmail.com or usamag@aol.com

High School Male Olympic Recurve: 1st: Conner Kaufhold, Lancaster JOAD Team, 275/3X 2nd: Aidan Haire, Hoot & Holler Training Academy, 258 3rd: Alexander Klinger, ASR-S3DA, 225/IX High School Female Olympic Recurve: 1st: Casey Kaufhold, Lancaster JOAD Team, 286/7X 2nd: Brianna Laux, West Michigan Archery Center S3 DA, 280/8X 3rd: Holland Linterman, Lodi Bowmen S3DA, 268/4X Started in December 2012 by the Scholastic Archery Association, S3 DA has grown exponentially as a next step program to follow introductory programs offered as part of 4-H or the National Archery in Schools Program. S3DA addresses the need for a program to bridge beginning target archery experience and more advanced activities such as 3-D shooting and bowhunting. The program currently operates across the United States with hundreds of certified coaches serving thousands of young archers in grades 3-12.

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Archery Trade Association (ATA) Provides Scholastic 3-D Archery (S3DA) Certification Trainings at 2018 ATA Trade Show

Williamsburg, KY - Since announcing their partnership, The Archery Trade Association and Scholastic 3-D Archery have worked diligently to expand the horizons of the youth archery initiative. The Archery Trade Association (ATA) is an organization for manufacturers, retailers, distributors, sales representatives, and others working in the archery and bowhunting industry. The ATA’s coordinator of archery and bowhunting programs, Jennifer Mazur stated, “S3DA’s connection to bowhunting resonates with our members and makes this a natural fit for a partnership with the ATA. We are excited to work together to provide additional opportunities for participation in the sport.” New for the 2018 ATA Trade Show, was the incredible opportunity to obtain a Scholastic 3-D Archery Instructor certification for a very affordable price. On Thursday, January lllh and Friday, January 12th, Archery Shooters Association (ASA) National Director, Laval Dee Falks instructed two courses and

certified a total of 42 new S3DA Archery Instructors. Obtaining this certification is a great way to facilitate the diversity of emerging clubs and assist in enriching the opportunities available for archery manufacturers and retailers. ASANational DirectorLaval Dee Falks stated, “This was a great opportunity to meet and work with some Archery Instructors who are already making a big difference in our industry and our sport. Most of the Instructors who attended the S3DA Advanced Instructor workshop are already involved in other archery programs. Many of them own archery shops and conduct archery trainings in programs like 4H, Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) and NASP. Adding S3DA to their list of programs will strengthen their overall program and help advance S3DA.” S3DA Executive Director Jennie Richardson stated, “This partnership with the ATA is the ultimate example of how we are furthering our goal to bridge the gap between beginning youth archers and archery retailers far

and wide. There are numerous opportunities for advancement in this sport and the ATA is helping us to not only grow archery as a sport but create bowhunters, conservationists, and outdoor enthusiasts one community at a time.” Started in December 2012 by the Scholastic Archery Association, S3DA has grown exponentially as a next step program to follow introductory programs offered as part of 4-H or the National Archery in Schools Program. S3DAaddresses the need for a program to bridge beginning target archery experience and more advanced activities such as 3-D shooting and bowhunting. The program currently operates across the United States with hundreds of certified coaches serving thousands of young archers in grades 3-12. For more information on S3 DA membership go to: WWW.S3DA.ORG or email: infos3darchery@gmail.com Check out S3DA on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram

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“Not Your Average Archer” By: Brittany J Jones January 12, 2018

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Since the National Archery in the School’s Program inception, back in 2002, thousands of kids from all over the world have flocked to this unique and competitive sport. Not only has NASP® given students a new sport to enjoy, but it’s also been recognized for building confidence, improving academic excellence, and allowing students to make long-lasting friendships. The program has truly become the largest non-profit and equal opportunity archery program in the world. Kids from different backgrounds, ethnicity, and physical abilities are all able to participate in this program, and one student archer in particular is creating quite the buzz in the archery world! Faith Oakley, a junior at Bethlehem High School in Bardstown, Kentucky is not your average archer. She began shooting with NASP® in the fifth grade, but actually got her first taste of archery at summer camp the year prior. “At summer camp, my cabin would to go to the archery range once a day. The coach there asked me if I wanted to shoot. 1 was hesitant at first, but she offered to hold the bow for me while I drew back the string and aimed. When we went to shoot with the team, my first arrow was a bulls-eye.” Oakley says, “I was so proud of myself, that I immediately wanted to shoot again. When I got home, I told my parents I wanted to shoot archery in the fifth grade.” Oakley’s determination and dedication to this sport over the years has earned her many achievements like attaining ninth place at the 2017 NASP® World Tournament, and she has been named,

Faith’s arrow flying

“One of the World’s Top Teen Archers”, but it has not come without challenges. Oakley has a birth injury known as ERB Duchenne Palsy. It is a condition that causes nerves to be pulled away from the spine. For Faith Oakley, it makes it impossible for her to use her right arm. Since it is impossible for her to pull the bowstring back with her arm, she uses a rectangular nylon mouthpiece to pull back the string. As you can see from the achievements above, Oakley does not let her physical challenge define her. Faith’s coach of three years, David Carrico, can also attest to her determination. “Faith is like any other teenager. She has her good days and bad days. When it comes to archery, she has the drive to be the best!” According to Carrico, when Faith was in middle school and when she found time, she would often participate in the high school archery practices. It’s no wonder she has achieved such high honors and titles with her history and continued tenacity for the sport.

Faith at full draw

When Ms. Oakley was asked if she had any advice for other youth contemplating archery, her response was nothing short of inspiring. “If you are a student who is thinking about starting anything, especially NASP®, but feel like it might be too difficult for whatever reason, I beg of you to take that dream and run with it.” She also added, “I was scared out of my mind to start a sport where the majority of people competing were able-bodied, but I am so glad I did. If I had given into that fear, I wouldn’t be where 1 am today. 1 am no different than you. If you have a dream, go for it!” For Faith Oakley, archery is a sport that has “grown it’s roots deep in to her core.” Not only has the sport increased her patience, discipline, strength, and stability, it has given her numerous opportunities for the future. After graduation, she plans on attending a college that has an archery team and possibly trying out for the USA Para-Olympics Archery Team, as well. She also plans on pursuing a degree in Education. According to Oakley, no matter where the future takes her, archery will always play a role in her life.

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It’s been an age-old tradition and common practice among many popular sports to retire the jerseys of exemplary athletes. From Lou Gehrig in 1939 to Joe DiMaggio in 52’, and Michael Jordan in 2003, players have been honored by having their numbers on display for spectators like you and I. Of course Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) were the first organizations to have started this tradition, but many new sports have followed, not only in the professional leagues, but in schools and colleges, as well.

Henry Thompson’s 15K Scholarship

Since the National Archery in the School’s Program's (NASP®) inception in 2002, over 18 million youth have participated in the archery program in more than fourteen thousand schools across the world, including in the USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa, and from these schools have come many outstanding student archers who have already, in the their young lives, obtained titles such as “State, National, and World Champions.” One archer in particular not only has received these titles, but recently had his jersey retired, like so many phenomenal athletes before him. Henry Thompson, a ninth grader, who attends Anderson County High School in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, began shooting NASP® archery in the fourth grade. Over the many years of shooting, Henry’s hard work and dedication has paid off with eleven state, national, and world NASP® bullseye and NASP®/IBO 3D Challenge titles from 2015 through 2017. Along with all of these titles, he has also been awarded thousands of dollars in cash scholarships to use at any secondary or higher education institution, after he graduates High School in four years! 54

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The hard-work and perseverance that Henry has put in over the years not only earned him these titles, but has also landed his very own jersey a place of honor within the Anderson County Middle School. “I'm very proud and honored that they chose to retire my jersey. It meant so much that all the blood, sweat, and tears that went into practice and tournaments are getting recognized. It makes me feel good to know that everyone from here on out gets to see my jersey, and let it be a reminder to them that they can do what I did too, with a little hard work. This is also exciting to me to know that my kids could maybe one day see my jersey at their school.” NASP® not only produces amazing and talented athletes, but it has long been recognized for aiding students with their academics and social skills. Through NASP®, students have learned focusing techniques that have not only helped them on the archery range, but in the classroom as well. Students like Henry have also said it has encouraged them to become more sociable. When asked how archery has impacted his life personally and academically, Henry had this to say. “I believe shooting has personally made me more sociable because I’ve gotten to talk to more people, and it has helped me academically because it has taught me to be more focused.” Of course Henry isn’t the only one over the moon about his retired jersey! His parents have been with him since day one of this amazing journey! Holly Thompson, Henry’s mom, had some kind and encouraging words for what this road has been like for them. “As parents, we have seen all the hard work and dedication that Henry has put forth with archery as well as keeping up his schoolwork and grades. The NASP® and NASP®/ IBO Programs have provided an opportunity for our son to flourish in an activity that he loves as well as provide scholarship opportunities for his education. It has been a joy for us, as parents, to be along on this journey with Henry and watch him grow in this sport. We’ve seen Henry make friends with archers across the country that he keeps in contact with on a regular basis! When we saw his jersey hanging in the middle school, it was such a proud parent moment for us. Archery sometimes doesn’t get the recognition it deserves in relation to other school sports so we not only felt this was a huge honor for Henry, it was a milestone for the archery program as well.” NASP® is the largest archery program in the world, offering youth from all over the opportunity to excel in a sport different from the traditional ball sports. It has helped students maintain and improve academic excellence, enhance self-confidence, and afforded youngsters with life-long friendships. Congratulations Henry on all your amazing accomplishments. Q U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

The Horace Eckman Archery Center “A Dream Comes True in Jersey” by Gene Grodzki

Thank you, Horace Ecktnan for your generosity! Author Gene Grodzki

Horace Eckman!

Gentleman Horace Eckman standing in front of the Horace Eckman Indoor Archery Center he made possible for New Jersey

Good News from New Jer sey! Thanks to one man’s unself ish generosity and a lot of sweat equity from members of two great clubs, archery in the New Jersey just took a major leap forward. On January 13th- 2018 the first arrow flew to its mark in the brand-new Horace Eckman Indoor Archery Center. A special man shot it! New Jersey is a small state but has the largest population per square mile in the USA. In 1971

Horace Eckman and crew standing in front of the Archery Center

New Jersey had 24 archery clubs and today we have less than 10. Despite those numbers archery is alive and well in New Jersey. Two central Jersey clubs have managed to not only survive but to thrive. For nearly 60 years, the Garden State Archers (GSA) in Wrightstown and nearby Black

Knight Bowbenders (BKB) in Jackson have been friendly sister clubs. Both GSA and BKB boast beautiful 56 Target NFAA Field ranges and small club houses. Each club owns their respective properties, which is key to surviv al here in NJ where open afford able land is at a premium.

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Horace Eckman approving progress every step of the way.

With Jerseys brutal win ters both clubs each dreamed of the day that they could afford to build their own indoor ranges. It looked like that day would nev er come....... Then along comes a Hero! Horace Eckman, a member of both clubs, shared in that very same dream, a year-round facility where all GSA and BKB members could comfortably shoot indoors. At a monthly club meeting in 2016 Horace made a jaw drop ping announcement. He would donate money equally to both Gar den State Archers and the Black Knights to be used exclusively for the construction of an indoor range. Because both clubs are less than 10 miles apart and GSA prop erty was more conducive for con struction, the decision was made to pool the money and build one large indoor range on GSA prop erty for use by both GSA & BKB. The dream was about to come true. Architectural plans were drawn up and ground was broken in the summer of 2017. The result is a breathtaking 50’ x 150’ indoor archery complex featuring radi ant heat in the floor, LED light ing, Big Shot target butts and 22 56

shooting lanes. Mark Machulsky, GSA President took point on con struction and enlisted enthusiastic members from both clubs to do much of the labor. Horace stayed on top of every detail and logged more work hours on the construc tion than any other member. It was a massive undertaking with hundreds of hours work of sweat equity. The result is nothing short of fantastic. At the ripe young age of 89 Horace has shot a bow for 65

years. Maybe that is why he looks 60 and acts like he is 21. Horace always has a smile to share and his humor is legendary. We laugh at his jokes more for his delivery than his punch lines. He’s got a million of them. Horace is still an active shooter who puts many of us to shame with either a compound or traditional bow. He is a kind man who has devoted much of his life to quietly promoting the sport and helping anyone anyway he could, especially youngsters and novices. Horace’s shooting partner for 65 years was his beautiful wife Julia. I was with the two of them on their 50th Wedding Anniversa ry where they celebrated by doing what they both loved, shooting their bows and sharing cake with the rest of us. After serving in the Army, Horace became a master machin ist and consultant. He worked at Princeton Forestall Labs and then at RCA Astro Electronics Aero space machining parts for space craft and satellites, many of which are still in orbit. Elis position re quired a high-level security clear ance and he was present and part of some very historic launches. He helped on site with the assembly of satellites and launch compo nents, many of which carry parts he personally machined.

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Horace has machined cus tom parts for race cars, shotguns and everything else imaginable. He especially enjoys design ing parts for wheelchair bound and special needs archers many of which shoot at another great central Jersey club, the WaXoBe Archers of Monmouth Junction. WaXoBe boast a 28-target field course and a beautiful indoor range. They host many youth pro grams including the NJ Naviga tors Wheelchair Athletes, JOAD, Boy Scouts etc. At his first field archery tournament at age 24, Horace showed up with 12 arrows and went home with 3 and he said he never had so much fun in his life. He was hooked. His first bow was a Damon Howett - Mamba but his favorite bow back then was his Hoyt Pro Medalist which he still occasionally shoots when he wants to give his current favorite, a Mathews compound a break. When asked Why Archery? He responded that maybe it’s be cause my Great-Grandfather was a full blooded American Indian, but more than likely it was sim ply the feel of a good shot and the hundreds of friendships I devel oped over the years. The Eckman Range will be run by both GSA & BKB mem bers and will host nightly leagues, open shooting nights, introduc tion to archery classes, JOAD, F1TA, NFAA and Traditional Shoots and In door 3-D shoots. FI o r a c e said that “My wish is that this building will serve as a hub that will help keep archery alive and grow ing in central New Jersey. It will be a place where children, youth, sports-

Inside the Eckman Archery Center

men and women, some not even born yet, will pick up a bow and get the archery bug. He said, “Children and youth are the future of our sport and this building and archery will help keep their minds focused and their bodies strong and healthy. I’ve been lucky enough to have seen archery grow, from when your only choice was a longbow to today’s marvelous compounds and I’ve loved every minute of it. Archery has changed in many ways but in many ways, it is still the same. Traditional or compound, it’s still an arrow in flight.” Horace Eckman is the man

who shot the very first ceremonial arrow in the range he alone made possible. It was a special moment. That arrow will be mounted over the front door at the Grand Open ing. I asked Horace what his most enjoyable archery moment was af ter a million arrows and a lifetime of shooting. He smiled and said, “I guess it was the day they broke ground.” Visit www.gardenstatearchery.com or www.blackknightbowbenders.com for range or club information. Editor’s Note: Thank you Gene Grodzki for sharing this happening with our readers. G-

Horace and grateful friends at the ribbon cutting

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CARBON EXPRESS REVOLUTIONIZES COMPETITION ARROW SHAFTS WITH NEW TANK 23D AND 27 SERIES ARROWS CARBON

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Flushing, MI — Revolutionizing the performance of carbon competition arrows, Carbon Express® an nounces the new TANK series arrows. Competitors seeking elusive bonus rings who expect an arrow built with the durability of an M4 Sherman, with laser-like accuracy need to look no further than their new TANK series. The TANK 23D™ is the most accurate and durable performance arrow ever to hit the 3D scene, while the TANK 27™ combines an ultra-heavy build with consistent 360-degree spine resulting in the most precise and forgiving 27 series arrows on the market. For archers competing on the 3D course, the new TANK 23D provides peace of mind that their quiver will be fully stocked with arrows through the entire season. Industry-leading front and rear end durabili ty ensures the resilience to endure rear impacts when competitors target your nocks, and state-of-the-art car bon technology utilized by the leader in carbon com petition arrows, Carbon Express, virtually guarantees stellar performance. The TANK 23D is offered in three spine sizes to accommodate archers of all sizes. Years of dedication to research and design in arrow shaft has led to development of the TANK 27 arrow. Seemingly endless trial and error builds, by countless shots out of shooting machines culminated with field testing by the Carbon Express Factory Pro Staff shooters. Their consensus? The TANK 27 is the most tunable and forgiving 27 series arrow, and de livers the ultimate in a performance indoor arrow for champion and amateur archers alike.

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Join us on Facebook and Twitter. For more information about Carbon Express arrows, vis it CarbonExpressArrows.com or phone 800-2414833. About Carbon Express: Carbon Express is committed to consistent ly delivering innovation to help hunters Shoot Better™. Through extensive product lineups of power-packed arrows, arrow accessories, cross bows, crossbolts and accessories, Carbon Ex press leads the industry in innovation. At Car bon Express, performance is delivered through precision manufacturing processes and propri etary design that produces consistent results, all well above industry standards. For more information, visit CarbonExpressArrows.com or 800-241-4833. U.S. Archer Inc. 35th Anniversary

T.R.U. Ball/Axcel Names Lancaster Archery Supply 2017 Domestic Distributor of the Year

Roh Kaufhold, left, and Steve Yoder hold the award Lancaster Archery Supply received from T.R.U. Ball/Axcel at the 2018 ATA Show.

At the Archery Trade Association (ATA) show in Indianapolis last week, Lancaster Archery Supply was presented with a plaque by officials with T.R.U.

Ball/Axcel naming LAS as the 2017 Domestic Dis tributor of the Year. The award was received by Rob Kaufhold, founder and president, and Steve Yoder, vice president of purchasing. This is the sixth year in a row that T.R.U. Ball/ Axcel has given LAS this award, indicating that LAS was the leading U.S. distributor of T.R.U. Ball/Axcel products. T.R.U. Ball/Axcel is a Virginia-based compa ny that manufactures an innovative variety of archery releases and sights for bowhunters and target archers alike. Founded in 1983 in Lancaster, Pa., Lancaster Archery Supply, Inc., offers the world’s largest selection of 3D, target, bow hunting and traditional archery equipment. For more information on T.R.U. Ball/Axel contact Brandon Reyes, reyesbr@Truball.com Phone: 434-929-2800 Fax: 434-929-5630 www.Truball.com TruBall Archery 131 Crennel Dr. POB 1180 Madison Heights. VA 24572 USA

NASP® selects Session Titles for 2018 Educator and Coaches Conference NationalArchery

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The National Archery in the Schools Program is proud to present the topics that have been selected for concurrent sessions at the 2018 NASP® Educator and Coaches Conference. These sessions were selected based on survey feedback from the attendees of the 2016 NASP® Educator and Coaches Conference. For more information and to register for the 2018 conference, please visit: http://www.naspschools.org/ about/news/event/2018-educators-conference

NASP® 11 Steps Mastery Shooting the bow, String Bow & Target Panic Conditioning/Health/Fitness Equipment Maintenance Running an effective tournament Coaching the beginning archer Coaching the advanced archer Home and back - traveling tips to and from tournaments with teams Grade level specific coaching techniques Coaching mixed groups of archers - age/experience Coaching common shooter mistakes Coaching kids prior to & during a tournament

Effective practice techniques From the scoring room - Tech tips for a smooth tournament Academic Archer in your school/district Post-secondary archery opportunities Introducing the NASP® IBO 3 D Challenge Team building tips Honest Archer - Coaching tips on integrity, honesty, and sportsmanship Tips on working with parents, administrators. and volunteers Adaptive Archery tips Round Table Discussion - Q & A from the floor to panel of presenters 59 March-April 2018 www.usarcher.com - email: arlyne.rhode@gmail.com or usamag@aol.com

EASTON 2318 Size Joins World’s Most-Accurate Arrow Line-up New Size Added to Tournament-grade X2 Series

Salt Lake City, UT -The Made-in-the-USA X27 &

X23 are, hands-down, the most precise arrows ever made—featuring the highest standards for worldranked tournament archers. With the most exacting spine, weight, and straightness of any arrow, the X-2 Series has the precision that gives competitors an edge to pick up the few extra points needed to win at the highest levels of tournament competition. The high-sheen anodized arrows give archers a scoring advantage and are designed for maximum line-cutting on the unstoppable X7 platform. The X27 is the perfect teammate where regulations allow a maximum diameter 27-class shaft. The X23 sizes, including the new 2318, are World Archery compliant where 9.3mm is the maximum allowable shaft diameter. The X-2 Series is available in five line-grabbing large OD sizes (2312, 2314, 2315, 2318 & 2712). For more information on the Easton X-2 arrows see your local archery pro shop or visit www. eastonarchery.com

2018 New Products for RipCord Rests

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Ripcord’s line of rests for 2018 are loaded with innovative features that deliver the best accuracy and performance possible. The new Ripcord Max delivers unmatched accuracy with a precision ball bearing drive mechanism, and a vault lock cord drive that makes set up easier than ever. Our limb driven Ripcord Drive combines simplicity with versatility, allowing set up to the top or bottom limb. It also features the precision ball bearing drive, and allows you to change the launcher angle for ultimate tuning. The X-change target rest can be taken off the bow for travel or switching set ups, and features the only micro adjustable blade angle. All of these rests are available with micro adjust to fine tune accuracy even more. All come with a lifetime warranty. All made right here in the USA. Whatever style of rest you prefer, we’ve got you covered!

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ATA Promotes Dan Forster to Vice President and Chief Conservation Officer NEW ULM, Minnesota The Archery Trade Association has announced the promotion of Dan Forster to Vice President and Chief Conservation Officer. Forster, formerly the organization’s Director of Government Relations, was previously the Director of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, and has nearly 30 years of professional wildlife management and policy experience. In his role with the ATA, Forster serves as the chief conservation advisor to the organization’s Board of Directors and CEO, and works with state agency leaders and other partners to implement policies, strengthen relationships and programming, and develop plans to expand archery and bowhunting in the United States. Forster also provides insight and counsel on state and federal agency policies, and develops and assists with legislative efforts at the federal level on issues that involve conservation funding and regulatory issues. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies are some of the agencies Forster works closely with to advance the ATA’s memberfocused agenda, which includes the promotion of conservation issues and the oversight of federal excise taxes paid on archery equipment. Well-respected for his exceptional leadership skills, Forster has served as a past President and Executive Committee Chair of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. He has also chaired the Council to Advance Hunting and Shooting Sports, and currently serves as its vice-chair. Forster has served on the Boards of Directors for several other conservation and wildlife organizations, including the Atlantic Flyway Council,

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the National Fish & Wildlife Committee, the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, and the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. “In a very short amount of time with this organization, I’ve seen tremendous talent throughout our staff,” said ATA CEO Matt Kormann. “A shining example of this is Dan, and this has never been more apparent than last week in Indianapolis. While he had a huge impact with nongovernmental organizations, Dan’s ability to represent our industry with the Department of the Interior’s Rick May - our nation’s first Recreation Czar - makes this such an easy discussion and decision. We want to make sure Dan is carrying the authority that he’s earned - that’s why we’re making this move.” “I’m excited for the opportunity to further advance our members’ agenda where conservation and government relations efforts are concerned,” said Forster. “The ATA plays a critical role in advocating for the needs of businesses in the archery and bowhunting industries, and I’ll continue to work hard as our voice on Capitol Hill and with state agencies and NGOs nationwide.”

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