May-June 2010 Vol.29 No.3 - The US and International Archer by National Field Archery Association

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Editorial by A rlyne Rhode Team USA Earns 19 Medals at the A rizona Cup by Steve Tee Jim Hamilton, A Lifetime ofA rchery by Diana and Terry LaBeau Selecting arrows for the new FITA compound round by George Tekmitchov Kaminski, Nichols, Beauboeuf and Anschutz win 41st National Indoor Championships by Teresa laconi Erika A nsch utz Biographical brief by Steven Ansch utz US Collegiate A rchery Just Do Something by B. Howard Coffey Kentucky National Archery in the Schools submitted by Christie Parcell Washington State NASP by Linda Parker Archery, Big Red One Style by Sgt. Jason Kemp 1st Inf. Div., USD-SPAQ 2010 Expo and Dinner Australian Archery Hall of Fame by Peter Macey New Products Danage Timer System Rinehart Targets Carter Enterprises Tomorrow’s Resources Unlimited Inc Specialty Archery Mathews National Spotlight on a Southern Treasure Senior Corner by Joe Bauernfeind Focus on Form by Terry Wunderle Choices by Jeff DeRegnaucourt It’s all a Matter of Inches by Spot-hogg Advertisement Index

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Class/Division for Competitions Money Class - This is an open class anyone with any legal equipment can compete. It is shot for a money pot and no trophies or other prizes are usually awarded. Entry fee usually higher than the Trophy Class. Trophy Class - Divided into four (4) Divisions: Trophy Open Class / Trophy Women Class I Trophy Youth Class (15 and younger, if 15 anytime during the year considered a youth) / Trophy Traditional Class (Longbow or Recurve, no sights or releases) Can only compete in ONE competition. If you start in the money class you cannot change, if you start in the Trophy Class you can move up to the money but, you start your scoring over.

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best. (Dropped arrows cannot be shot) Matching Arrows - Helps to identify shooters from each other. (Not required) Additional rounds are inexpensive; bring enough funds to shoot several times.

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Are you ready? The outdoor season is here in the Northern Hemisphere. There are more events than there are weekends so pick your favorite type of competition and keep the economy humming. By time you read this issue, the Big Sky Open in Montrose, CO will be just around the corner. If you haven’t planned anything for the family for the 4th of July, check out the Sunrise Ski Park 3-D event in northern Arizona. It is always family friendly with beautiful fireworks shot over a near by lake. Check out pages 6-7 to see what great things HSO is doing in the world of archery. Archers are good for our economy, they are turning out in record numbers for all events. Check out our report on the Arizona Cup on page 10, 303 archers came from 14 countries to compete.

1 just got back from the National may reach him at flarchery@earthlink. Archery in the Schools Program net Also in January, our Canadian (NASP) Nationals where they had 7,125 shooters. This is up from last year by friend Warran Buck passed away. His about 2,000 and next year they expect wife Helen and he spent many days over 10,000 competitors. Leaders traveling, boating, hiking, fishing of the NASP program, Roy Grimes, and photographing Canada and the Tom Bennett and many others with U.S. This past summer they even all the State Coordinators have to be participated in the World Senior Games commended for their vision and hard in Australia. See you on the range. work toward a goal that was beyond everyone’s expectations. Watch for coverage in the July-August issue. As a closing note, my friend Tim Austin, one of the leaders in Florida and National Archery got sick after the Las Vegas Shoot. He is on the road to recovery but if he is your friend you

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Illlll U JA Earns 19 Medals at the Arizona Cup By Steve Yee

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The final day of shooting at the 2010 Arizona Cup in Phoenix, started Sunday with an awards ceremony for team rounds, which was handed out by title sponsor Arizona Archery Enterprises’ Dan Fisher. The recurve and compound head-tohead set matches quickly began, with temperatures quickly rising from the mid 60s to the high 80s as the harsh Arizona sun began its march across the sky. As the field started winnowing away, archers with the intent of medaling started to come to the forefront. When the dust settled in the archery version of the Old West shootouts, only 16 archers stood at the top, with 12 of them having a chance at a medal. In the male compound brackets, Logan Wilde and Rodger Willett Jr. from Team USA were joined by Jean Pizarro from Puerto Rico and Hernandez Rigoberto from El Salvador. Team USA female compound archers Jamie Van Natta and Erika Anschutz were joined by Crisanto Ana and Felissa De La Concha front Team Mexico. In the recurve brackets, Team USA male recurve archers Brady Ellison and Vic Wunderle were joined by Rene Serrano ofTeam Mexico and Vetle Meland Risinggard from Norway. USA’s own Jennifer Nichols, Canada’s Marie-Pier Beaudet, and Team Mexico’s Itzel Orta and Alejandra Valencia made it a women’s American continental shootout for the female recurve category. The compound bronze medal matches went quickly, with Erika Anschutz taking the bronze medal for the United States. Rodger Willet Jr. dispatched Rigoberto Hernandez in straight sets, sending a 10

blistering series of 10s and Xs downrange to win the men’s compound bronze. In the Women’s compound goldmedal match, Jamie Van Natta and Felissa De La Concha took it to the wire, with Van Natta winning gold by nailing an X for the win; beating out De La Concha’s 10. Logan Wilde beat out Jean Pizarro 6-4 for the compound men’s gold medal as the winds started to become increasingly tough for the archers. Recurve archers didn’t disappoint with the shooting excitement either. USA Archery teammates Brady Ellison and Vic Wunderle squared off in the gold-medal match, with Brady taking the gold in straight sets with a score of 6-0. Jennifer Nichols, in the final match of the day, provided some gasps of horror from the viewing gallery when she started to let down in the final set with only seconds to spare. In a flash, she quickly reset back to full draw, and sent her final arrow downrange to get the win and the gold medal, besting Valencia Alejandra from Mexico. In the end, Team USA scored the highest medal count in the standings, taking home 11 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze medals in both individual and team rounds, for a total of 19 medals. With their excellent performance in the 2010 AAE Arizona Cup, Team USA is poised to have a prosperous run during the 2010 archery tournament season. For the final and official results, please follow the following links: http://www.ianseo.net/Details. php?told=57 . http://www.azioad.com/201 OazcujV WEB/results.htm ©

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Junior Recurve and Compound Champions

Tournament Director: Robert (Bob) Pian (USA) Director of Shooting: Diane Tone (USA) Assistant DOS: Heather Collins-Brunelle (USA) NJc FITA Technical Delegate: Sergio Font (Cuba) Chairman of Judges: Sergio Font (Cuba) FITA IJ Deputy Chairman of Judges: Tom Green (USA) FITA IJ Judges : Ghislain Arsenault (CAN) FITA Judge Emeritus Christiane Murphy (CAN) FITA IJc Robert (Bob) Pian (USA) FITA IJc Robert Pannell, (CAN) Continental Judge Jair Morales (MEX) Continental Judge Celine Gravel (CAN) Continental Judge

20 years of AZ Cup Tournament Directors (L-R) Bob Pian, Mike Koistenan and Terry LaBeau. Not pictured: Sheri Rhodes, Rick McKinney and Kathy Greene.

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Jim Hamilton, A Lifetime of Archery

By Diana & Terry LaBeau

Tournament Director Bob Pian presents Jim Hamilton a plaque recognizing his dedication to a lifetime ofArchery.

About the age of twelve, Jim Hamilton began his lifetime of archery with a classroom demonstration by the renowned archer and bowhunter Howard Hill. Jim listened intently while Hill described the sport of archery and how to build a longbow. After the lecture, Jim approached Hill and asked him question after question with all the excitement of a young man. Howard took the time to draw a diagram for Hamilton explaining how to build his own bow. Following that meeting, Jim made his first bow with the information he received from Hill and the rest is the story of his life. Around 1968, many of the archers in the Phoenix area realized that they needed to continually maintain and improve the outstanding NFAA Field courses at the then Black Canyon Archery Range. That was when Jim began his involvement with the now Ben Avery Shooting Facility archery ranges. With the help of people like John Webster, Mike Koistinen, Fred Grant and so many more, they were able to begin the process of developing a permanent target archery range dedicated to the development of youth archery in Arizona just north of Phoenix. It was through the hard work and dedication by Jim that the current facility has developed. He spent countless hours beginning with the planning process through the proposals to the AZ Game and Fish Department and then, finally, to the actual layout and building of the complex. His dedication has made the field what it is today the internationally-recognized venue for the Arizona Cup. During the 2010 Arizona Cup, Jim was surprised by being honored for his work. Arizona Cup Director, Bob Pian, announced the dedication of the field by announcing the new name to be “The Jim Hamilton Fita Field.” Jim’s focus and future intentions are continued promotion for the growth of youth archery. He is a strong supporter of the NASP and JOAD programs. His dream is to see growth in the field of archery through our young people. As Jim put it... when he gets old, he wants someone out there who loves the sport enough to put on the tournaments so he can relax and have FUN! We were so honored to spend an afternoon just chatting with Jim ... there is so much more that we could tell about his life and contributions to archery but that is for another time. It is our honor to take this opportunity to thank Jim for his ongoing efforts and congratulate him for this honor!! Thanks, Jim, for everything! May-June 2010

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Men Recurve Division in the finals - Brady Ellison (left) and l7ic Wunderle

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1 think we all know someone who has been affected by this disease, whether it’s a friend, co-worker, family member or just an acquaintance. These Women (and Men) show remarkable Strength, Courage and Hope while they battle breast cancer. My mission is to raise funds based on my performance during upcoming archery events that I attend, including all USA Archery USAT events, FITA World Cup Events and any Coparco events. 1 will do nate a minimum of $100 for every podium finish this year, beginning with the AZ Cup. 1 will also pledge $ 1 dollar for every X and 10 that I shoot during the qualifi cation rounds of these tournaments. Some of my sponsors have agreed to match my podium finish donations. I feel that it is important to step out of your comfort zone and step up for oth ers. I hope that people will join with me and pledge their support as I Shoot for The Cure.

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Selecting arrows for the new FITA compound round By George Tekmitchov Editor’s note: George is the Senior Recurve Engineer for Hoyt, Inc. and International Technical Advisor for Easton Technical Products, where he developed the XIO arrow shaft. A four-time member of the US Archery team, George has also represented the United States in the FITA World Field Championships and the World Games. George is also known as the "Voice of Archery" having been the official FITA announcer at World and Olympic events since 1992.

As most competitive compound archers know, 2010 is going to see some big changes in the FITA rules for World Archery events, especially for the compound categories. The purpose of these changes is to give compound a good foundation for the possibility of eventual, future inclusion in the Olympic Games as a separate event from recurve. With all outdoor compound competition eventually moving to a uniform 50 meter distance for qualification and 50-meter hit-or-miss set play for elimination and finals, the question of which arrows are best suited to the new round has become a hot topic. You can bet that the best shooters will be completely ready for the first shots on the new target in competition this spring, and most of them have already answered that question for themselves. Let’s spend a bit of time to look over the options and see what might be the best choices for the new round. But first-just what is the new round? The new FITA compound round will be shot entirely at 50 M. This means there might sometimes be somewhat less wind effect in some situations and venues, but it’s important to remember wind, as always, will still be a big factor for this type of competition. The same characteristics that are needed for high performance at all of the FITA distances apply just as much to the critical 50M distance. Because the new round goes to “sets” with a hitor-miss format for eliminations and finals, it’s expected that the well-known high pressure of the current round will be raised to new heights, because with sets, it isn’t necessarily over with one bad shot from your opponent. When does this start? Starting April 1, 2010, the new rules apply worldwide. Two FITA premiere events for 2010- the World Cup stage 2 event of Antalya, Turkey, and stage 3 at Ogden, Utah in the United States, will serve as the final test events for the new format. This will give FITA a chance to and finalize certain fine details for the full implementation of the new round across all STAR FITA events starting in 2011. However, many clubs and organizations around the world are planning to run the new round as an optional part of their 2010 events in order to provide for better May-June 2010

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familiarization for the new round. So, it’s wise to be ready. So what about the arrow choices? With qualification on a single-spot target (6-arrow ends) and the elimination and finals formats using a hit-or-miss target with a hit zone a little bigger than the current 10 ring on the standard 80CM target used at 50M, some shooters are debating the wisdom of using “line-cutter” shafts. However, testing has already shown that if there’s even a small amount of wind, the advantage of “line-cutters” is instantly eroded by the extra wind drift these shafts are prone to when compared to proven high-performance outdoor target shafts like Easton’s X10 Pro Tour. In addition, when shooting ends of 6 into a single spot at 50M, at a high level, shooters can expect more arrow strikes and therefore, more “kiss-outs” which could cost points. Small diameter shafts reduce the incidence of “kiss outs” and also provide for better impact durability. Pro Tour- perfect for the new compound round With pin nock options, a tough and robust rear half, and a small diameter, combined with the correct mass weight to spine ratios for ultimate performance, Pro Tour is positioned ideally for the new round. In addition, with Pro Tour holding both the men’s and women’s 50M world and countless national records, there’s no question about the performance in this application. As Hoyt and Easton Pro Staff shooter Dave Cousins puts it, “I’m doing this for a living- so there’s no way I would compromise on the arrows I will use for this round. For me there's no question the highest scores will be racked up with Pro Tours, just as they have been in every other style of compound competition”. Pro Tour represents the pinnacle of Easton shaft technology. The reverse-tapered design improves aerodynamics and optimizes the arrow’s dynamic reaction for an ideal launch from a compound bow. The high-precision components allow a wide variety of choices and perfect consistency from shaft to shaft. With the best ballistic efficiency and performance of any compound arrow shaft on the market, Pro Tour is proven as the pinnacle of performance for any target compound application. 19

But, there are thousands of club and recreational level shooters who will also have an opportunity to shoot the new round and also want great performancebut are on a tight budget. For those shooters, Easton has an alternative, lowercost selection that performs nearly as well as the Pro Tour - at a great price. ACG- a great compound choice at a good price The all-new Easton ACG has all of the super-critical spine standards and hyper-weight precision of the Pro Tour. Like the Pro Tour, each and every ACG undergoes multiple spine and weight measurements throughout the production process ensuring the tightest tolerances and repeatable performance from one dozen to the next. Tough, unidirectional high-strength carbon on the proven Easton 1206 high-strength alloy core means total Easton component compatibility (select from pin or g series nocks, and literally dozens of point options), great energy storage for enhanced ballistic performance. slim diameter for enhanced accuracy in windy conditions, and excellent toughness and resistance to kiss-outs from rear arrow impacts. Simpler, parallel shaft construction assures easy tuning and great consistency at a lower price. Conclusion With the set-play aspect of the new elimination and finals rounds, shooters at the highest levels will be feeling unprecedented, new levels of pressure in competition. But in spite of the high pressure and screaming crowds, the best shooters can continue to rely on Easton arrows for the best possible performance and true specification values. Confidence is everything in this new round, and the proven performance and tight, true specifications of shafts like the Easton Pro Tour will continue to be the top choice for shooters looking to make that confident shot required to survive the new FITA compound round.

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The sights and sounds were familiar to archers stepping through the doors of the Andover High School Field House in Andover, Massachusetts, in preparation for the 41" U.S. National Indoor Championships and JOAD Indoor Championships. One could feel the cloud of excitement, tinged with nervousness, immediately upon walking into the Field House, an imposing venue which houses a quarter-mile track indoors. The “thwack” of arrows hitting targets, coupled with the jet-like roar of the heating system, echoed throughout the cavernous facility as archers from the youngest age classes to the most senior aimed and took their best shots during the last weekend of February. This scene, though it may have differed in venue and setting, played out at twelve different locations throughout the United States from February 26lh through March 14lh, combining to create the largest indoor tournament of the year. Notably, several locations saw increased participation, particularly Andover, which was one of the largest locations for this year. Several classes, particularly Collegiate, with over 300 archers, also contributed to an increase 20

in registrations over 2009. These factors combined to make 2010 the largest U.S. National IndoorChampionships in history, with 2,320 registered archers. Fifty-seven different categories were represented at this year’s tournament, bringing together archers of different equipment styles, ages and genders, to celebrate their love of the sport of archery and the thrill of competition as one. National Indoor Championships is unique in that it is held in multiple locations across the United States, allowing most archers to compete in the largest national indoor tournament of the year without having to purchase a plane ticket. At almost every location, archers benefitted from being able to watch some of the top shooters in the country; in Andover, nearly 450 archers, many of them JOAD shooters from across New England, had the benefit of watching U.S. Olympic Team members Butch Johnson and Karen Scavotto, and World Champion Dave Cousins. Archers at the Rio Rancho, New Mexico location were able to watch U.S. Olympic Team member Brady Ellison, while those who shot in Tulare were able to shoot

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alongside eventual National Champion Jake Kaminski, along with the Resident Athletes of the Olympic Training Center. Each location offered regional results and awards for the event, which consisted of two 600 rounds shot at a distance of 18 meters, for a total combined (possible) score of 1200; the JOAD Indoor Championships consisted of a single 600

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round shot at the 18 meter distance. All regional results were then compiled, and national rankings in each of the fifty seven categories were announced by USA Archery. In the Men’s Recurve category, Resident Athlete Jake Kaminski finished the second half of the tournament with a strong 593, to finish in first place with an 1181. U.S. Olympic Team member and Resident Athlete Brady Ellison was a close second with his 1180, and Olympic teammate Vic Wunderle took third with an 1171. For the Recurve Women, Olympian Jennifer Nichols took top honors with an 1161, while Olympic teammate Karen Scavotto was a strong second with 1151. Hye Youn Park rounded out the top three with her score of 1145. On the compound side, Chance Beaubouef captured the gold by just one point (1191 - 1190) in a very tight race for first, edging out current World Champion Reo Wilde, and Braden Gellenthein, who tied for second place. According to USA Archery, just ten points separated the top ten athletes in this division, making for very close competition. For the Women’s Compound category, Erika Anschutz made a strong first-place finish with an 1171, while Christie Colin, not far behind, took

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second place with her 1167. Mary Hamm rounded out to top three with an 1161. Collegiate and youth archers also made strong showings with top scores; for the college divisions, Glen Thomas of Penn College won the men’s recurve title, and Penn College teammate Zack Plannick placed first on the compound side. For the women, Jennifer Nichols of Texas A&M University won the recurve title, while Erika Anschutz of the University of

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youth divisions. Cadet Hunter Davis, with his compound bow, shot a solid 1177, and Kayla Harmeyer won the Cadet Female Compound class with an 1154. Recurve archer Chris Luman took the title for Cadet Male Recurve with his 1133, while LaNola Pritchard shot her way to gold with a 1071. Cub recurve archers Sam Wunder and Karissa Yamaguchi claimed victory for the Male and Female groups, with an 1102 and a 1010, respectively, while compound archers Kyle Preston (H40) and Gabrielle Meylan (I I4l) won their classes. In Bowman recurve, Wunder’s teammate Ben Lewis finished with a 1080, enough to propel him to first place, while Mikayla Venoms emerged at the top of her class with a 981. Bowman Compound winners were Kaden Pearce with an 1106. and Emilee Ney with a 981. Complete results for all 57 categories may be found on the USA Archery website at: http://usarcherv.org/events/3513. The JOAD National Championships were also a major success, with several hundred youth archers vying for gold in each of the eight categories represented. Many JOAD archers posted particularly high scores for this event, including Max Sera, Male Junior Recurve Winner, Glen Brazell for Male Junior Compound, Jack Thomas for Male Cub Recurve, James Rutherford and Molly Veith for the Cub Compound categories, and Ben Lewis for Male Bowman Recurve, who also set four new national records between the JOAD Indoor Nationals and the National Indoor Championships. The winners of the JOAD National Indoor Championships (courtesy of USA Archery) are:

CO^ Nebraska also took the top honors in her division. Youth classes from Bowman through Senior were offered at this event, distinct from the JOAD Indoor Nationals, which also produced its own champions. Notable scores in the youth divisions included Matthew Zumbo in the Junior Male Recurve with an 1158, and Michelle Gilbert, in the Female Junior Recurve with an H29. Junior Male Compound archer Glen Brazell shot an impressive 1182, not far behind the adult men, to take first place, while Kailey Johnston took first place in the Junior Female Compound with an 1165, closing the gap between the adult women and the

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ERIKA ANSCHUTZ Biographical Brief as of 2009 by Steve Anschutz Erika Anschutz of Hamilton, Ohio began shooting a bow at the age of six, and was competing in archery tournaments by the time she was seven years-old in 1996. Since that time, she has compiled an amazing record while winning numerous state and regional championships, along with a total of 41 national championships in indoor, outdoor, and 3-D competition. Beginning in 2002, Erika has been a member of two Collegiate, four Senior, and five Junior U.S. World Archery Teams that have successfully competed in World Target Archery Championships. She has had the privilege of traveling to, and competing in, such countries as the Czech Republic, France, England, Denmark, Spain, Mexico, Germany, Taiwan, Poland, Serbia, and South Korea. While competing internationally, Erika has distinguished herself as being among the world’s best archers by winning a total of 17 world titles in individual and team events, including six gold medals, four silver medals, and seven bronze medals. In addition to her stellar list of archery championship titles, she has also established an impressive total of I6l national record scores, including 21 world records in indoor and outdoor competition. Included among Erika’s notable archery accomplishments is the distinction of being recognized as one of the top-ranked members of the National Archery Association’s Junior and Senior U.S. Archery Teams for nine consecutive years, and also one of the top-ranked members of the U.S. Collegiate AllAmerican and All-Academic Archery Teams during the past three years. Since 2005, when she was 16-years-old, Erika has been a Pro Staff shooter for both Hoyt and Easton, and a member of the National Field Archery Association’s (NFAA) Pro Division. She has been one of the top-ranked professional

female archers in the nation since that time and won the NFAA Pro Female Shooter of the Year Award for 2009. Early in 2009. Erika was elected by a group of her peers from across the nation to serve on the USA Archery Athletes Advisory Council which, in turn, elected her to serve as the Compound Athlete Representative to the USA Archery Board of Directors. In May 2009, she received a $500 academic scholarship from the U.S. Collegiate Archery Program via a grant by the Easton Sports Development Foundation (ESDF). One month later, Erika was further honored as the recipient of a $5,000 academic scholarship funded by the NFAA Foundation and ESDF. In addition to archery, Erika enjoys working out, listening to music, playing card games such as Texas Hold ‘Em, and spending time with her family and friends. She also loves watching and keeping up with everything related to college football (especially the Nebraska Huskers) and such reality television shows as “American Idol” and “The Bachelor/ Bachelorette.” Erika will be a senior during the 2009/2010 school year at the University ofNebraska where she is majoring in Psychology. After earning her Bachelors degree, Erika plans to attend graduate school and study toward a Masters degree. Erika’s sponsors include: Alpen Outdoor Products. BCY Inc., Carter Enterprises, Easton, Field Logic, Hoyt, Leven Industries, Nealy’s Custom Bowstrings, Inc., Premier Archery (Lincoln, NE) Sims Vibration Laboratory, Inc., Specialty Archery L.L.C., Spot-Hogg, and Sure-Loc Archery Products. For more information about Erika, please visit her website at: httn://www.erikaanschutz.homcstead.com/.

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Male Junior Recurve - Max Sera (Iola, Texas), 582 pts.

Female Cub Recurve - Kimie Roop (Monroe, Wash.), 552 pts.

Female Junior Recurve - Megan Carter (Chula Vista, Calif.), 561 pts.

Male Cub Compound-James Rutherford (Glendale, Ariz.), 592 pts.

Male Junior Compound - Glen Brazell (Bosque Farms, N.M.), 595 pts.

Female Cub Compound - Molly Veith (Davenport, Iowa), 592 pts.

Female Junior Compound - Kailey Johnston (Dublin, Ga.), 586 pts.

Male Bowman Recurve - Benjamin Lewis (Burlington, Ct.), 570 pts.

Male Cadet Recurve - Chris Luman (Milton, Ga.), 560 pts.

Female Bowman Recurve - Anushka Hassan (Houston, Texas), 534 pts.

Female Cadet Recurve - Michelle Gilbert (Bethesda, Md.), 551 pts.

Male Bowman Compound - Zachary Lopes (Willington, Conn.), 570 pts.

Male Cadet Compound - Riley Whiting (Logan, Utah), 584 pts.

Female Bowman Compound - Taylor Reynolds (Alburgh, Vt.), 549 pts.

Female Cadet Compound - Paige Pearce (Red Bluff, Calif.), 576 pts.

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Male Cub Recurve - Jack Thomas (Simi Valley, Calif.), 576 pts.

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top honors in the Collegiate, Women’s Known division, while Adam Gallant won the Collegiate, Known 45. Benjamin Miller, Matthew Requa and Trevor Debrecht rounded out the Known 45, with Requa and Debrecht both completing the event with recurve bows. The event, which took place in Paris, Texas, was the third of three sanctioned collegiate events offered by the Archery Shooters Association in conjunction with USCA. “We are grateful to the ASA for offering this opportunity to USCA shooters,” stated Lorretta Sinclair, Executive Director of USCA. “There are so many archers who come to college having got their start in 3D shooting. It’s our responsibility to make sure the USCA provides opportunities for them to compete throughout their college years.”

The Easton Foundations have approved a USCA request for a travel grant, the purpose of which is to help clubs attend the US Intercollegiate Archery Championship (USIAC) and the 3D US Intercollegiate Archery Championship (3D USIAC). The funding for this program in 2010 is $75,000. These grants will help clubs who previously may not have been able to attend, to participate in these important national tournaments, and alleviate some of the financial burden for clubs that receive little, if any, financial support for traveling to major events. USCA Executive Director Lorretta Sinclair, who submitted the grant request, explains further: “The USCA works to provide the resources and infrastructure necessary to support and grow college archery clubs across the nation, as well as working to provide competition opportunities for college archers. In generously supporting USCA athletes with this grant, the Easton Foundations are helping the USCA accomplish these goals.” The grants will be determined based on several criteria, including the size of the club, other funding sources, qualifying scores, attendance at specific events, and association with a college and university. Sinclair states, “USCA thanks the Easton Foundations for its tremendous support of US Collegiate Archery and our members. It is my hope that this important program will increase participation in USCA events, and be an incentive for clubs to grow in size and increase their scores, as well as giving college archers valuable competitive experience.”

The results, in order of placement, are as follows: Women’s Known Mackenzie Trice 348-4 Known 45 Adam Gallant 391-10 Benjamin Miller 373-6 Matthew Requa 307-2 Trevor Debrecht 298-3

WUAC Team Trials to be Held at USIAC World University Archery Championships (WUAC) Team Trials are conducted in conjunction with the United States Intercollegiate Archery Championships (USIAC). USIAC will be held at Texas A&M, May 16 - 18th. The WUAC team will be selected from the Qualifying portion of the USIAC, which is a double 70m round (144 arrows at 70m). The top three in each class (men/women recurve, men/women compound) will make up the team. If someone does not choose to attend the WUAC, then the next qualified person will be offered the opportunity to participate. Athletes must meet eligibility rules, including 2.0 gpa (3.0 for grads), be full-time students at a university/college and be pursuing a degree. The fee is $100 and includes the banquet. The WUAC will be in Shenzhen, China from 23-26 September 2010. All athletes must have current passports at the time of the trials. The passport expiration date must be after 30 March 2011. Athletes must commit to attending WUAC (21-27 September) at the end of the team trials and attend a team meeting and a team training if mandated by the WUAC staff. Athletes will be required to pay a $100 per person damage deposit. The deposit will be refunded when the team returns to the U.S. minus any charges for damage to rooms. This trip is 100% funded by US Collegiate Archery from the USCA grant provided by the Easton Foundations. The staff for WUAC will be selected in June 2010. Applications will be available on this website for staff positions after USIAC. For more information about 2010 WUAC, visit www.fisu.net.

College Archery Workshops Announced US Collegiate Archery is pleased to announce workshop specifically designed for College athletes. The College Archery Leadership Skills and Training workshop, to be held at the University of Connecticut June 3-6, consists of intensive training sessions with the goal to significantly elevate the competitive skills of collegiate archers in the United States. The workshop is a resident program, and will be composed of a combination of practical fieldwork, classroom studies, and biomechanical analysis. Attendance is open to any collegiate archer who wants to participate, up to 30 athletes. All participants must be current USCA members or be joining a current USCA club in the fall. The workshop will include: • Mental management/training • Nutrition (specific to athletes) • Sports conditioning and weights • Leadership • High-speed video • Equipment choices and tuning • String making • Special guest presentations including both recurve and compound • Special demonstrations • And of course shooting! Regional Coach and Olympian Ed Eliason along with Recurve/Compound archer and NAA certified Mike Gerard will be the coaches. Through the generous support of Easton Foundations, a portion of the workshop will be covered. The athletes’ fee includes a double room in a UCONN residence hall, meals, and a gym pass. Travel to and from the CALST is at the expense of the archers.

First-Ever 3D USIAC: June 2010 USCA is pleased to announce the first-ever 3D US Intercollegiate Archery Championships, to be held in conjunction with the Archery Challenge and Expo 2010. This tournament event will be hosted by the Highlander Archery Club of Edinboro University, Pennsylvania. The winners of the 3D USIAC will receive a $500 scholarship! The registration packet is available on the USCA website at www.uscollegiatearchery.org, and archers may also register online at the Highlander Archery Club website, www.highlanderarchery.com.

USCA Archers Shine at ASA Delta Targets Pro/Am Results from the Delta Targets Southwest Shoot-Out, one of this year’s ASA Pro-Am tournaments, show USCA members making a strong showing on the 3D circuit. Mackenzie Trice took 24

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uscn The mission of the USCA is to serve as the governing body for both recreational and elite archery competition in college. Its central purpose and role is to develop and maintain the resources and infrastructure that will support and grow college archery programs across the nation. The program is responsible for conducting the U.S. Intercollegiate Archery Championships, and also responsible for selecting collegiate archery teams to represent the U.S. at international events. The vision of U.S. Collegiate Archery is to establish college archery as an integral part of the campus experience in as many colleges and universities as possible. The USCA works hard to ensure that beginning, intermediate and elite archers can enjoy the sport in college, and we strive to introduce archery to as many college students as possible.

We offer tournament opportunities for all archers, whether their game is target, 3D or field archery. We conduct the U.S. Intercollegiate Archery Championships (USIAC), Regional Championships in the North, South, East and West regions, and 3D USIAC, as well as sanc tioning state, regional and other national events. This year, USCA has worked with the National Field Archery Association (NFAA), USA Archery (NAA), and the Archery Shooters' Association (ASA) to offer USCA sanctioned national events. For specific information on USCA sanctioned events, visit www.uscollegiatearchery.org. We believe in honoring the accomplishments of college archers. The distinctive honors of Archery All-American and the separate All-Academic Archers are the best of US Collegiate Archery. We understand the challenges of being in college, and we know that competing in archery while you excel in school is a true achievement. The All-Americans are rewarded, through the generosity of our sponsors, for the hard work they've done as well as special honors. All-Academic Archery Team members are distinguished with awards identifying them as the top 25% in the Indoor competition and 3.0 or higher gpa's.

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Just Do Something! B. Howard Coffey Therefore, the author wrote them a letter and encouraged these new Christians to continue to practice doing what they knew to be right rather than quit. “The prize you want lies just ahead, so do not give up,” he is advising them in his book. The author tells them to get rid of the big, heavy, concrete track shoes of sin they were about to put on by going back into the old Levitical form of worship. “No one can run a good race with the heavy load of sin you are about to carry,” he explains. Further, the author of Hebrews continues to tell them to watch out for the little sins that so easily entangle them as well. “It’s like watching a wasp get caught in spider webs, these little sins are. You keep fighting them, and the webs tangle you even tighter. All the while, Satan, like the spider, sits and watches you struggle until you can’t fight it any more and you give up. “The spider watches and drools. He knows the wasp will be breakfast, lunch and dinner for a whole day. Then when the wasp can’t struggle any longer, the spider moves in and sucks the very life out of the wasp.” Yes, that is why you need someone to inspire you. You need a mentor who will encourage you to continue to press on toward the mark of your high calling. You need to be coached to do the things you don’t want to do in order to get the very thing you have always desired. So get rid of the heavy weights and the little things that eat at your time. Do the things you know need to be done, and you will be the biggest winner even if you don’t always find yourself in first place!

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Hebrews 12: 1, Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Tom Landry, the legendary football coach for the Dallas Cowboys, once said, “The job of a football coach is to make men do what they don’t want to do, in order to achieve what they’ve always wanted to be.” Do you sometimes feel this way about your role as a bow shooter? Sometimes you simply have to make yourself go practice. You go practice even though you don’t want to, but you know that the practice will achieve what you’ve been wanting, win, win, win! Maybe you feel the same way about your career or your spiritual walk with Jesus. Have you gotten stagnant? Surely you haven’t developed a feeling of apathy toward your sport, your career or your walk with the Lord, have you? Perhaps the author of Hebrews had this very thing in mind when he penned the above verse. The ones to whom he was sending his message were about to slip away from the proven race. They had their church just outside Jerusalem, and the persecutions from the Jews and the Romans were getting so hot, that they were about to give up.

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Deputy Commissioner Hank Patton and Jennie Richardson present Brianne Gilliam (center) with the Girl’s Overall Champion Trophy

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FRANKFORT, Ky. - Brianne Gilliam of Elliott County High School scored 294 points and Keith Northcutt of Harrison County High School scored 293 points to win the overall competition at Kentucky’s National Archery in the Schools state tournament held March 23 in Louisville. More than 2,430 students from 124 schools in Kentucky competed in the tournament. Each competitor shot 15 arrows from 10 meters away and 15 arrows from 15 meters away for a possible 300 points. A bull's eye is worth 10 points. All of the top three finishers in the team divisions for elementary, middle and high schools qualify for the national archery tournament in Louisville on May 7 and 8. The top finishers in the individual awards for each division also qualify for the national tournament. in the cases of ties among top individual archers, a shoot-off was held to determine the lop five finishers. A complete list of all archers and their scores may be found online at fw.ky. gov, the Web site of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.

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Middle School Individual Winners

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Meade County High School - 3394

Madison 2.

Southern High School, Madison

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Middle School Division: J^Bondurant Middle School. Franklin County -3315

Trigg County' Middle School - 3308

Anderson County Middle School - 3293

Third place Adairville Elementary School Winners

Elementary School Division: 1.

Shopville Elementary School, Pulaski

County - 3243 2.

Trigg County Intermediate School - 3238

Adairville Elementary School, Logan

County - 3177

Individual Competition Hinh School Division Girls:

Brianna Gilliam - Elliott County High

Second place Trigg County Elementary School Winners

School - 294

Morgan Whitson - Henderson County High

School - 294

Lindsey Carr - Madison Southern High

School, Madison County - 293 4.

Amanda Hurt - Meade County High

School- 291

Alexis Wiseman - Trigg County High

School - 288

Boys: 1.

Keith Northcut - Harrison County High

School - 293 2.Aaron Daniels - Henderson County High

School - 293 3.

Christian Carter - Madison Southern High

First place Shopville Elemantary Pulaski County Winners

School, Madison County - 293 4.

Justin Mehs - Anderson County High

School - 293

Nathan Parcel! - Meade County High

KY State NASP Tournament

School - 291

Middle School Division Boys:

Skylar Pool - Trigg County Middle School

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Hunter Brown - J.D. Adams Middle

School, Floyd County - 290 3.

Taylor Stevens - Boyd County Middle

School - 290

Connor Patterson - Lincoln County High

School - 289

Third place Anderson County Middle School Winners

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School - 289

Girls:

Kayla Dowell - Stuart Pepper Middle

School, Meade County - 290 2.

Katie Mitchell - Bondurant Middle School,

Franklin County - 290 3.

Shaye Patterson - Trigg County Middle

School - 287 4.

Melissa Martin - Bondurant Middle School,

Franklin County - 285 5.

Jasmine Hall - Stuart Pepper Middle

School, Meade County - 284 Elementary School Division

Boys: 1.

Jeremy Elliott - Corbin Intermediate School

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Colin Crump - David. T. Wilson

Elementary School, Meade County - 284 3.

Alex Hughes - Adairville Elementary

School, Logan County - 283 4.

Austin Rayno - Adairville Elementary

School, Logan County - 282 5.

Colby Hays - Shopville Elementary School,

Pulaski County - 282 Girls:

Sarah Burton - Shopville Elementary

School, Pulaski County - 281 2.

Megan Aldridge - Westridge Elementary

School, Franklin County - 277 3.

Kaitlyn Foster - Lewisburg Elementary

School, Mason County - 277 4.

Christian Lynch - Adairville Elementary

School. Logan County - 276

Elizabeth Wagoner - Trigg County

Intermediate School - 275

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STUDENT ARCHERS COMPETE FOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Lincoln Middle School, Clarkston Highland Elementary, Clarkston Heights Elementary, Clarkston Thomton Creek @ Decatur, Seattle Clovis Point Intermediate, E Wenatchee Three Rivers Homelink, Richland Broadview Elementary, Oak Harbor

List of participating schools:

Ebenezer Christian School, Lynden Deer Park High School, Deer Park Deer Park Middle School. Deer Park Evergreen Elementary, Mead Easton School, Easton Whatcom Homeschool, Lynden

Archery students from around Washington State converged at Ellensburg WA on 20 March 2010 to compete in the Washington NASP State Championship. Site for the event was the Nicholson Pavilion Gym at Central Washington University. Students competed for individual awards for both boys and girls as well as for school team trophies in the competition categories of Elementary School. Middle School, and High School. This year’s event will included 240 students representing 15 schools from across the state. High scoring teams and top five individuals in each division received trophies and awards, and also qualify to participate in the National Championship to be held May 7-8 in Louisville Kentucky. High scoring male and female archer also received a special edition presentation bow donated by Mathews Archery. Top male archer was Cody Sumner, an eighth grader from Deer Park Middle School, Deer Park. Top female archer was Danielle Dykstra, sixth grader at Whatcom Homeschool in Lynden. Results of the team competition are as follows: NASP Washington 2010 Team Scores

Grade Level / Ranking

Elementary 1st 2nd 3rd

Middle School 1st 2nd 3rd

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Senior High 1st 2nd 3rd

School Name

Team Name

Team Score

Evergreen Elementary Deer Park Middle School E Heights Elementary Thomton Creek @ Decatur Highland Elementary Broadview Elementary

Mustangs Stags Hawks

2741 48 2560 43 2551 37 2275 20 1698 9 Less than 12 archers

Deer Park Middle School M Ebenezer Christian School Lincoln Middle School Clovis Point Intermediate Easton Middle School

Stags Eagles Lancers Coyotes Jaguars

2984 64 2816 55 2736 55 2302 29 Less than 12 archers

Easton High School Deer Park High School Whatcom Homeschool Three Rivers Homelink

Jaguars DPHS Battlebows Mustangs

3030 71 3017 80 2907 78 Less than 12 archers

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In individual competition, the top five archers in each category are as follows: NASP Washington 2010 Individual Scores Elementary Female Place / Name Grade School 1st Danielle Dykstra 6 Whatcom Homeschool 2nd Morgan Konynenbelt 6 Evergreen Elementary School 3rd Megan Aliverti 6 Heights Elementary 4th Katherine Dunford 6 Whatcom Homeschool 5th Anna Duman 6 Heights Elementary Elementary Male Place / Name Grade School 1st Christian Skok 6 Deer Park Middle School E 2nd Neil Lockwood 6 Deer Park Middle School E 3rd Shane Sias 6 Deer Park Middle School E 4th Alex Wardian 6 Evergreen Elementary School 5th Zach Sims 6 Evergreen Elementary School 30

Team 10-Count

Score 269 235 235 231 226

10-Count 10 6 5 4 4

Score 255 255 243 240 239

10-Count 10 8 5 7 2

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Grade 8 8 8 8 7

School Deer Park Middle School M Lincoln Middle School Easton Middle School Deer Park Middle School M Ebenezer Christian School

Score 262 251 251 249 248

I0-Count 8 6 5 4 5

Grade 8 7 8 8 8

School Deer Park Middle School M Deer Park Middle School M Whatcom Homeschool Ebenezer Christian School Deer Park Middle School M

Score 275 267 266 260 257

10-Count 11 7 11 7 7

Grade 9 10 12 12 9

School Deer Park Fligh School Easton High School Easton High School Easton High School Whatcom Homeschool

Score 264 263 262 261 253

10-Count 9 7 9 7 7

Grade 11 11 9 10 11 12

School Deer Park High School Deer Park Fligh School Whatcom Homeschool Easton High School Whatcom Homeschool Easton High School

Score 269 267 267 264 262 262

10-Count II 11 11 8 9 9

Full results are posted on the Washington State Archery Association website: www.WashingtonArcherv.org. Students eligible to compete have been participating in the National Archery in the Schools Program “Archery - On Target for Life”. Archers use standardized bows and arrows to shoot at bulls-eye targets at distances of 10 meters and 15 meters. Each archer shoots 15 arrows at each distance, with value of 10 points for a center hit descending to 1 point for a rim shot. Maximum score is 300 points for the round. Contact Linda Parker, (360) 533-4698, email wsaa@olvnet.com for additional information.

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Middle School Female Place / Name 1st Rilee Kemper 2nd Kimmy Henriod 3rd Kristen Kossow 4th Samantha Hoog 5th Mindy Honcoop Middle School Male Place / Name 1st Cody Sumner Connor Simonson 2nd 3rd Ethan Evans 4th John VanDalen 5th Zack Samek Senior High Female Place / Name 1st Sara Cessnun 2nd Kourtney Clark Carolyn Free 3rd 4th Amanda Fitzgerald 5th Molly Honcoop Senior High Male Place / Name 1st Josh Barnard T2 Scott Engeldinger T2 David Whittaker 4th Chris Hannah Taylor Thomson T5 T5 Paul Malo

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A Soldierfrom the 1st Infantry Division band helps set up two bows that were donated to the Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, Archery Range in preparation for a mandatory range certification class in early April 2010. The certification class teaches the basics of the sport, the safety precautions needed to keep the equipment in working order, and avoid any injuries. (Courtesy photo)

BASRA, Iraq - The Contingency Operating Base Basra Archery Range offers Soldiers of all archery skill levels, from beginner to expert, a way to draw an easy breath and release the tension from their duty day. “The range has been open for about three weeks now, and we’ve had 18 users. We also have eight cadre that use the range. Of those 18, 12 are brand new to the sport of archery,” said Sgt. Maj. David Santos, president of the 1 st Infantry Division’s Archery Club and the COB Basra Archery Range. “Out of the 12 new Soldiers that showed up with no archery experience at all, six of them were female. I was pretty surprised to see some of the female Soldiers that excited and that willing to get involved with the archery sport, COB

and that is a very good sign because that is exactly what we want to see,” said the Bradenton, Fla. native. The 1st Inf. Div. Archery Club has a mandatory range certification process that teaches the basics of the sport and the safety precautions needed to keep the equipment in working order, and avoid any injuries. “The biggest part of our certification process is ensuring that all shooters learn the safety aspects of handling archery equipment,” said Master Sgt. Justin Coffey, a cadre member of the 1st Inf. Div.’s Archery Club and the COB Basra Archery Range. When he first arrived, the Dayton, Ohio native said, most of the previously donated archery equipment was in a state of disrepair, partly because of the

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Master Sgt. Michael Barrera, a cadre member of the 1st Inf. Div. ’s Archery Chib and the Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, Archery Range, takes aim at one of the 3-D targets at the range in early April 2010. “Everything oat there on the range now has been voluntarily donated by some pretty big companies, ” said Sgt. Maj. David Santos, president of the 1st Infantry Division’s Archery Club and the COB Basra Archery Range. (Courtesy photo)

extreme temperatures and the sand and dust that permeates almost everything in Iraq. “We are really working on repairing a few of the bows that are not shoot-able right now, putting together new batches of arrows and matching arrows to each bow draw length,” Coffey said. Getting new equipment to Iraq isn’t easy either, Santos said, as it has to come through the regular mail. Santos said the previous division, the 34th Inf. Div., had faced equipment issues as well, but the deputy commanding general for operations, Brig. Gen. David Elicerio, helped to get the word out. “General Elicerio actually had an article that was written about the Basra Bow Club in the Petersen’s Bowhunting magazine, and when

he did that, it really shed a lot of light on the Morale Welfare and Recreation bow range here on COB Basra,” Santos said. When Santos arrived, there were already many donations and letters from individuals showing their support. “Every thing out there on the range now has been voluntarily donated and by some pretty big companies,” Santos said. “Cabela’s has donated some stuff to us; the Maryland Bowhunters Society has done some stuff for us; there are other small shops, like the Kaw Valley Archery right there in our home town of Manhattan (Kan.) has helped us out with some stuff; so that is how we are able to continue with the archery project.” “The bottom line is, it’s just about fun,” Santos said. “Let them have some fun.”

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2010 Expo and Dinner Australian Archery Hall of Fame by Peter Macey

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This year was the first Archery only expo in Australia. The availability of a venue with accommodation was a major draw card. The expo was held on Saturday and was so well attended people were lined up even before opening. With all available stands taken, the doors were opened and the rush started. The crowd was boisterous as each hour door prizes were drawn, from many donations from the sponsors. With many of Australians manufacturers and inporters showing their new offerings the Expo hall was a hive of activity. All the archery organizations were represented Australian Bowhunters Association, Archery Australia, Trophy Takers, 3 D Archery Association of Australia. Other organizations were also there, The Game council of NSW Brian Boyle and Daryl Venables and Action Graphics with the new range of targets, John and Bev URSHEM. Custom bow makers like John Fisk had a great day with many interested in our home grown products. This included the BUSHBOW 3D targets with the new cube target, Keith & Adriana Speight. Importers Eagle archery brought down a truck and six workers for the expo and were run off their feet until well into the afternoon, as was Benson archery warehouse.

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The Game Council ofNSW Brian Boyle and Daryl Venables

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The other conference room was hosting a meeting of all archery organizations to discuss the future of the sport. Durinng the day the main room was being dressed for the banquet that evening. The two hundred and sixty plus guests started arriving and soon the hall was packed as the lights dimmed and the presentation started with a presentation of past and present photos as the dinner was served. The Expo awards were presented Ross Heron Award for bow making Rob Nicholl, and the best stand at the expo went to Lyn Eagles. Lyn Eagles and Ian Fenton presenting who issued a challenge to all manufacturers, importers and retails to support the AAHOF in coming years. As Lyn has been the major sponsor for the last two years the challenge has been set.

The national medals for recognition of individuals of different persttasions of archery went to Graham Foster Tim Stone, Gary Dawson, Mark Pollard, Keith Gainsford, Gretel Dabovich, Casey McAUum, Alan Camp Daryl Venables. These people were recognized by their own organizations for work done in that organization. The Keith Gainsford Trophy for the development of Archery nationally and Internationally and the promotion of the sport went to Eric Creighton. Before the major awards a special announcement was made that from the meeting that day all major archery associations in Australia would work together to promote and defend the sport of archery and Bowhunting. This momentous announcement was

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The other conference room was hosting a meeting of all archery organizations to discuss the future of the sport.

Lyn Eagles and lan Fenton presenting the Expo Awards for Ross Heron Awardfor Bow making to Rob Nicholl and the best stand went to Lyn Eagles

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Trophy Takers 3D Archery Association ofAustralia

Pictured I to r: ABA President Michael White, 3D President Neil Digweed amd AA Presidnt Greg Neilson

Syd Green’s award for International and National Administration and promotion of Field archery and bowhunting was accepted by the Association in Syd's memory

met with a standing ovation by all. This led to the Archery history profiles an award by the AAHOF for those people who have worked and promoted archery in any form but may not have the required points to be inducted as full inductees this in no way diminishes their contribution to the sport. The First in this catagory was Dallas Conway for Bowhunting and an author. Lea Feldt as one of our early Lady Tournament Archers, and George Neilson for Coaching Judge and Archer.. The full inductees were the draw card of the evening. The four inductees each had a short animation or movie of their achievements on the big screen. Grace Drakes Award was accepted by her daughter. Simon Fairweather unfortunately could not attend as Australia’s First Olympian Gold Medallist. The short video of the Sydney Olympics was applauded by everyone. Sid

The final presentation went to Jim Larven for Administration and promotion of Tournament Archery

Green’s award for Administration Internationally and Nationally and promotion of Field archery and bowhunting was accepted by the Association in Syds memory.The final presentation went to Jim Larven for Administration and promotion of Tournament Archery. Due to the success of the Expo and the dinner next year the Expo will be for two days and be twice as big more seminars and stalls with great giveaways. The Dinner we hope to have even more people and are planning for three hundred plus. Look forward to seeing you there. You cannot afford to miss the show. 36

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Considered by many to be Australia’s first lady of tournament, Grace Drake (nee Pantlin) was bom in Sydney in 1907. She married Lawrence Drake in 1931 and 8 years later with two young sons, Barrie and Darryl, moved to Perth, Western Australia. Looking for a sport to participate as a family in late 1940, despite being in the depths of World War 2, they visited and subsequently joined the Perth Archery Club at Lake Monger. (The club later moved to Hollywood near Nedlands and again because of wartime preparations to the grounds of the University of WA.) The only bows available at that time were English “Traditional” longbows which the entire family soon acquired and engaged in club shooting at the weekends Husband Laurie became Secretary of the Archery Society of Western Australia in October 1941, whilst Grace became a delegate of the Society to the National Fitness Council of Western Australia in March 1942 and to the Amateur Sporting Federation of WA in 1943. At that time also being part of the committee of the Archery Society of Western Australia. By 1946, Grace had improved her shooting to become second to Mrs. Eileen Preston who was State and Australian Champion plus record holder. That same year. Grace won the City of PerthChampionships in both ladies target and flight events. The very first Australian Archery Mail Tournament was started by the A.S of WA with the guidance of Lauric and support of Grace that same year. Grace again became champion and similarly in 1947 with entries coming in from all mainland states. Late 1947, the Drake family with the addition of daughter Donnella, moved back to Sydney where they immediately joined the Sydney Bowmen Club. In January 1948 both Grace and Laurie attended the inaugural meeting of the Archery Association of Australia with Laurie May-June 2010

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Biographies of 2010 Australian Hall of Fame Members acting as proxy delegate for Alex Barter of ASSA and Grace as proxy delegate for Charlie Owens of the ASWA. Laurie was elected AAA's first secretary. Apart from the formation of the Archery Association ofAustralia, the constitution was drawn up and the decision to hold the first National Tournament in Sydney in October 1948. Grace became the first ladies champion of the inaugural Australian National Championships held in Sydney in October 1948, winning Target, Clout and Flight titles. Missing out on a clean sweep owing to heavy rain and the Field being cancelled. She went to represent NSW at Australian National Championships on at least 26 occasions winning at least 18 National titles. These were Ladies Target 1948, 1951, 1955, 1957. Ladies Clout 1948, 1963, Ladies Field 1951, 1955, 1971, Ladies Flight Unlimited 1948, 1949, 1952. 1955 and Ladies Limited Flight 1948, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1957. She won her last National Title in Barebow Field in 1971 but continued to compete in Club, State and National tournaments up to the early 1990’s. These are just a few of the many achievements this remarkable lady attained in her tournament career and sadly, space does not permit elaborating further on these. In 1951 Grace Drake was awarded the Commonwealth Government Jubilee Trophy for her overall performances in Target, Field, Flight and Clout. She subsequently re-awarded the Jubilee Trophy as an annual trophy to be competed for at the National Championships for overall performance. Following her husband Laurie’s death in 1959, Grace became even more involved in the administrative side of archery particularly at State and Club level. Becoming Treasurer of Sydney Bowmen and retained this position for 35 years until her death in 1995. She was also Secretary for approx. 15 years from the late 1970’s until 1993. Grace was actively involved with the running of the annual City of Sydney tournament from 19601994 and acted as official scorer at the 29th.World Archery Championships held in Canberra in 1977. Forseveral years she acted as beginner instructor at Sydney Bowmen and taught hundreds of new archers to shoot. At various times instructing school children and disabled people about archery. Grace Drake was awarded Life Membership to Sydney Bowmen, the Archery Society of New South Wales and at her 25lh entry into the Australian National Tournament held in Perth, received Life Membership to the Archery Association of Australia, with Terry Reilly and Hans Wright. 37

Syd Green - Bowhunting Administrator

Sydney Thomas Green was bom 14"'. May 1937 in Toowoomba. Queensland .He became introduced to organised bowhunting and field archery' through a chance meeting in a local hotel which subsequently resulted in his joining the Grange Bowhunters as it was then known, and the South Queensland Bowhunting Society during the mid 70's. Not satisfied with many aspects of the Society’s operations, he nominated at the elections in 1978 and was successful in being elected as President. His first task was to introduce elected representation of all clubs on the Management Committee, the forerunner of ABA's Branch Management Committees. At that time the Society had more members than did ABA. It was his suggestion at a Society Management Committee meeting that there should be a National Bowhunting Body and that the Society should look to expansion in that direction, which brought protests such an action would destroy the established Australian Bowhunting Association. This was Syd’s first awareness of the existence of such a body which was to become such a huge part of his life. It was following a meeting with a couple of ABA executives that prompted the dissolving of the South Queensland Bowhunting Society and the transformation into the first South Queensland Zone of ABA. Now the South Queensland Zone Controller. Syd was approached byABA tostagethe 1979 Safari in South Queensland which was taken up by the Grange Bowhunters. During this Safari. Syd accepted the appointment as ABA’s Vice President of Field Archery. In 1981 he was elected President of ABA and held this position for 12 years. It was Syd Green’s influence and planning that rewrote the constitution, the structure and finances of the Association to increase membership and secure a future for the organisation. It

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was through the resource of field archery and through both the bowhunting and field clubs that he envisioned the future security, expansion and growth of ABA. Recognition of ABA, by governments and others, as a legitimate organisation was a further achievement. Affiliation with the Confederation of Australian Sport and the International Field Archery Association plus recognition by the Federal Government for funding purposes for field archery and as the voice for bowhunting in Australia was achieved in 1982 largely due to the untiring work of Syd. The acquisition of the national magazine publication “Archery Action” in the early 80’s was a major communication coup. The National Bowhunter Education Programme and the Bowhunter Proficiency Certification were again thanks to Syd’s drive and valuable input. The defence of bowhunting is what ABA was founded upon and Syd worked towards Australia playing a significant role in the push to unify bowhunters worldwide with the International Field Association meeting held in Sweden in 1984. While field archery has played a major role in the Australian Bowhunting Association’s development, with achievement of national coaching programmes, development plans, club accreditation, and on-going successes in the international competition arena, it is through the ensuing resources provided, that the struggling organisation of the 70’s has survived and established itself as the ABA of today. Having devoted a significant portion of his life and efforts to the development of ABA, Syd retiredas President of the Association in 1994, confident that ABA was secure and in good hands. He however, continued to be involved as Executive Director until his untimely passing 20,h. March 2008. Syd also served a term as President of the International Field Archery Association and was currently a member of the Technical Committee of that body. A brief summary of Syd Green’s portfolio: Grange Bowhunters Club Executive 1978, President, South Queensland Bowhunting Society 1978, ABA Vice President Field 1978- 1980, National President 1981-1993, IFAA President 1993 - 1994, Life Member ABA awarded 1993,Executive Director 1994 2008, IFAATechnical Committee member 1995-2008 Syd Green’s efforts on behalf of our sport have been duly recognised by the awarding of the Sports Australia Award for Administrator of the Year ; Archer of the Year and Life Membership of the Australian Bowhunters Association.

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Jim Leven Tournament Archer & Administrator

1965 Jim commenced shooting with the Macquarie Field Bowhunters where he met and became very friendly with George Scott, his mentor Championships while at the same time becoming an active bowhunter, accompanying George Scott on many hunting trips. In the late 1960’s his interests changed and he started to move toward competitive archery although his interest in bowhunting did not wane. He entered his first AAA National Championship. Jim became an active archer shooting in many club and local activities including the first Australian Bowhunters championships finishing last. The same event next year he was placed second, becoming the first NSW archer and the fifth Australian to shoot a 1200 FITA Star. Jim Larven competed in his first international event in 1982 at the WorldFieldChampionships inGreat Britain and then went onto represent Australia at 8 World Championships as a competitor. He moved into team management roles holding Team Manager or Team Coach at 6 World Championships. From finishing last in his first major tournament, Jim has since won 40 National medals and over 100 Archery NSW Championship medals. Add numerous local tournaments, a number of international medals plus over 50 State, National and World records and it displays a brilliant tournament career for this talented and dedicated archer. Jim also has been a very active administrator at Club, State Association 38

and at National level holding many positions. For his service to the sport he was honoured with Life Membership to Liverpool City Archery Club and the Archery Society of NSW. He also displayed his extensive knowledge of the sport including event management, being the Operations Manager and later the Competition Manager for the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Para-Olympic Games. He was largely responsible for the operation and management of the games and the success of the archery competition at the games. This experience has now been recognised internationally with him being appointed as a FITA International Judge and Director of Shooting and Technical Delegate to many international events. An internationally recognised coach, having coached many archers to international teams as well as being responsible for the development of the current Archery Australia Coaching program and the Archery Australia Coaching Manuals. As an active archery historian he has collected over 400 bows, arrows and archery memorabilia as well being a craftsman bow maker producing longbows, reproductions of famous recurves plus limbs for modem recurve bows Jim Larven continues to be at the forefront of archery in Australia, working as the Archery Australia Chief Executive since 2002 to date. A brief Administration summary of Jim Larven : -1990 President Liverpool City Archers 19891999 Coach: 1978 Level 1 Coach National Board Member 1986-1989, National Coach 1991-1995, Chief Executive Officer 2000-present. President Archery NSW 2001-2004 Vice-President Archery NSW 1995-1999 Coaching Administrator 1992-1995 Tournament Coordinator 1987-1990 Archery Australia Board Member 1988 1982 Level 2 Coach National Coach 1993-1996 High Performance Coach 1998-present Archery Australia International Team Member World Championships 1982.1984,1 985,1985(China), 1986,1986 (Aust./ China), 1987,1988,1997,1999. International Team Official 1998,1988,199 9,2003,2005,2007 International & National Management and Technical Positions: Includes Technical Delegate, Technical Operations Manager, Competition Manager, Chairman, International Judge. Director of Shooting for 24 major events nationally and international. FITA Delegate 2003,2005,2007,2009,

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Simon Fairweather became the 1991 World Champion aged just 21. As Australian representative. Simon competed in the World Championships in 1989,1991,1993,1995,1997.1999. He competed in Olympic Games in 1988,1992,1996, 2000 and 2004.

It was the Sydney Olympics in 2000 that Simon displayed his great determination and resilience. 9 years separated the World Championships in Poland and the Sydney Games. Being a home Olympics the pressure was building gradually and a high level of skill was needed to be in for a shot at the medals. “ I had decided to retire after the Games and I was very committed to putting a full and positive effort for the space of the Games. It was huge effort and the results were very satisfying.” Simon became Australia’s only Olympic Gold Medallist, stamping Australia's presence firmly on the world archery stage for this country to be to be taken seriously.

Internationally and nationally, he lifted the profile of Australian archery and focused the spotlight solely on a minor sport in this country. Australia had a sporting hero with a name which for the first time was recognised with Australian archery. Television viewers from around the world watched a power play acted live before their eyes and the iron will and determination of the cool headed man who beat the best archers from around the world. Simon Fairweather made Australia proud. A brief summary of Simon Fairweather’s achievements: National Champion 1987, 1988,1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,1994, 1995,1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004. 1991 World Champion, 1999 World Indoor Teams Champions. 2000 Olympic Gold Medallist. His honours include: Young Australian of the Year (1991), The Australian Confederation of Sport’s “Male Athlete of the Year” (1991) Australian Institute of Sport’s ‘Athlete of the Year" (2000) Order of Australia Medal (OAM) (2000) Archery Australia Gold Plaquette (1992, 2000) Archery Australia Life Member (2001) One of the AIS 21 “best of the best” One of the AOC’s “50 of our finest”

Sydney Olympic Gold. The result was very satisfying.

At age 14, Simon read in his school paper of an archery club starting in town. His grandfather, who had instilled into him an interest in shooting sports, took him to the Strathalbyn & District Archers. The year was 1984 in South Australia and it was the beginning of an archery journey which would see the youngster rise to be the very best in the world on two separate occasions as World Champion and Olympic Gold Medallist. Australia’s only World Champion and Olympic Gold Medallist.

What really interested the young archer is that he thought he could use archery to go hunting, being too young for a firearms licence. He did but the target side of archery soon took over and focused his attention. “The thing about archery that I initially loved was the equipment, and also the fact that you could do it on your own and the results were directly due to what you did, not a team mate. As I progressed through my career the point of interest changed-through to competitive endeavour, then to just loving the pleasure of shooting for it’s own sake.” At the age of 18, Simon won the ‘visitors section’ of the USA National Championships- a big event with many foreign teams. The only person there to beat him was the eventual winner of the gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics which Simon finished a credible 16"'. “At that stage of my career, I felt my best years were a long way off, so the result felt a little disappointing. It was close enough to “bait the hook” and I was very motivated to improve.” May-June 2010

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Way back in 1964 at Boynton Beach Florida a young southern gentleman made his way up to the winners’ stage for the first time at a state level tournament. He had taken first place in the barebow division at the State Target. In case you missed him accepting that particular trophy, and you probably did, perhaps you are one of the many who have witnessed similar scenes over the past fifty years, as he has accomplished comparable feats well over one hundred times at the state and southeast sectional level. As it turns out, that championship was just the first step to a destination that might be considered the ultimate honor in our fair sport. That gentleman’s name is Frank Gandy, of Bartow Florida, and it was about 20 years prior when he first

became interested in archery. As a nine year old boy, a bow in a hardware store had caught his eye. He said there was something about that one-piece wooden bow that fascinated him and he simply had to have it. So he cashed in some stamps that were intended for a U.S. Savings Bond, and with a little help from his mom, the bow was his. But for the longest time, archery was pretty much a solitary sport for Frank. He was content to do his shooting in the local country-side as he didn’t realize that archery organizations even existed. It wasn’t till years later that he made a wonderful revelation. His grandson Brent retells the tale. “One day he saw some people shooting their bows at Peace River Trailer park. Mama said he whipped the car around and started talking with them.

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They told him to go get his bow and he did. They were snooting recurve bows and daddy had a long stick bow.” According to tne tale, Frank was able to outshoot his new acquaintances with his lesser equipment, but what really had him excited was to know that there was such a thing as organized archery. Eventually, in 1957, Frank would join the Ridge Archers of Lakeland Florida in what would be his gateway to the tournament archery scene. It’s safe to say that most anyone active in Florida tournament archery today has heard the name “Frank Gandy”. Although he would likely blush to hear it said, he has become a living legend on the southern archery scene, and that legend continues to grow. Just last summer during the Florida Sunshine State Games, at the age of 73 Frank shot another personal best in the “900” round which translated into yet another state record. But Frank’s presence has hardly been limited to the sunshine state or even the southeastern United States. In 1967, in what was arguably his single most impressive win, Frank won the Barebow division at the NFAA Nationals. That win in Jackson, Mississippi would be the first of 18 National and International titles; a run that would span five decades. Ironically, it was a tournament he had doubts about entering, and would have remained at home if not for some last-minute adjustments suggested by his coach. But after some minor corrections in technique, he did enter the shoot and outpaced his competitors in all three venues; the field, hunter and animal rounds. It was a display of precision that seemed to some literally incredible for the barebow division as it even placed him above all but three of the leaders in the Freestyle division. It was his perfect 560 animal round that probably got the most attention. This was a new and unbeatable National record for the Barebow division and it would go unmatched for 33 years. It wouldn't be until 2000 that Brad Marshall of New York would attain the score shooting a compound bow. But to this day, the feat has yet to be repeated at the Nationals with a recurve. His extended career has many highlights with wins at the Atlantic City Archery Classic, back to back Championships at the World Archery Festival in 84 and 85, and a win overseas in Yugoslavia in 88 on the International FITA Field Test Tour. Maybe the most notable though was

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Frank and Margaret at an exhibition at Cypress Gardens in Florida.

when Frank became the first archer shooting a compound to do what only Ed Rhode had done back when recurves ruled as the instrument of choice. He won what was considered all 4 major pro tournaments in a single year. In 1985 he took home the titles for Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and both PAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. As in any sport, one mark of a true champion is when they can excel under pressure. Many an archer has come up short of a championship because, while they have the physical skills and knowledge to be a great archer, they may not have the mental toughness to keep their game together down the stretch. But competition is at its best when the cream has risen to the top and you have more than one such competitor with a single winner yet to be determined. Here, you have opponents that have both proven their skills, but the simple fact is that only one can walk away with the title. This is one area where Frank has repeatedly proven his metal. Three times he has found himself in a national level shootoff and prevailed in all three. The first was in 1974 at the PAA Outdoor in Pinehurst North Carolina, then again in 1985 at the PAA Indoor in Wyandotte Michigan. Ironically, Steve Robinson

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was the opponent in both. While those competition against what he said were rewarding, Frank said what was was not just a high caliber archer probably his favorite championship but simply an enjoyable individual. was when he went head to head with It would hardly be the last time he the future Olympian Richard “Butch” enjoyed shooting against Butch, but it Johnson at the PAA Outdoor in 1985. would be the last time Frank came out These were two highly motivated ahead of this emerging legend. and talented archers. Frank was the While the list of Frank’s established veteran and Butch was accomplishments may paint a portrait looking for his first major title. Both of a fierce competitor, there’s really were in top form for the tournament nothing fierce in his demeanor. and shot phenomenally well. But, at Whether waiting between targets or what would have been the end of the on the shooting line, he has a pleasant tournament, they were tied with a professional mannerism that has a record score of 1199, just one point contagious positive effect on those shy of a perfect 2000. To determine around, and it seems to enable all to the victor, a shoot-off would follow better focus on the game at hand. Just beginning at the 20 yard target. The to watch him is a lesson in grace and late Olympic coach Bud Fowkes composure; even in something as once said of archery “It is a game of subtle as the way he handles his bow technique and tough concentration, before practice. It’s like watching a where the emphasis is on making the concert musician carefully preparing fewest errors.’’ Well, in this instance his instrument for a performance. they took that to the extreme. It was Those who have shot with Frank very few mistakes. As the shoot-off would most likely characterize him as proceeded, Frank and Butch continued a rock-steady master of the sport. His their demonstration of sustained approach to tournaments is low-key, precision and the marathon wouldn’t methodical and meticulous. He has a end until Butch finally dropped just his mindset that focuses on the course as second arrow of the tournament at 50 the challenge, rather than the field of yards. For Frank it was a great victory archers. While there are some in sports because both he and his competitor that use questionable tactics to interfere had made it so. It was an exhilarating or gain an advantage over others, you 46

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will find just the opposite in Frank. He has a professional mannerism and attitude that may in part be attributed to two earlier associations. One was Hugh Blackburn, a barebow shooter and the same Bear sales representative that helped Frank land Bear Archery as a sponsor back in 1967. The other was his idol, Gentleman Jim (Pickering). Both were not just quality archers but unselfish mentors and ambassadors of the sport. Like Hugh and Jim, personal domination, head games and intimidation just aremt in Frank’s character. The only thing competitors might find intimidating would be his scorecard. One quality that may set Frank apart from other champions is that for a person who has spent so much time in the winner’s circle, he remains an extremely humble man. And while it has sadly become common place in America to hear trash-talk by competitors before a sporting event, you won’t hear anything of the sort from Frank. What you are likely to hear is Frank leading the others in a prayer before the start of a tournament. Since Frank began shooting Barebow recurve over half a century ago the sport has undergone a considerable metamorphosis and Frank's proficiency has kept pace with this evolution. He has won championships in categories ranging from amateur barebow to pro compound freestyle. While he has competed for quite a while now in the compound freestyle divisions he says that barebow was probably his favorite. He found it more intriguing with the variations in shooting technique that it took to master that division. As with equipment, archery organizations have changed as well. The sport has seen the birth of new organizations, such as the ASA, the evolution of others with the NAA and NFAA, and even the extinction of the once heralded PAA. As these establishments have come, grown or faded away, Frank has won major championships in all four. Franks ability to adapt was also a key factor in another interesting accomplishment. He may have put together the longest run of any archer as a sponsored shooter under a single bow manufacturer. He was a proud member of the Bear Archery shooting and advisory staff for just over 35 years. His loyalty to this company was inspired by more than just the quality product that once came from the factory in Grayling. It was also the result of sincere gestures of appreciation and personal touches repeatedly demonstrated to Frank by none other than Fred Bear himself. In addition to perfecting his own skills, Frank is equally talented in developing and fine tuning the skills in others. On at least three occasions, by invitation, he coached at the NAA camps for Junior Elite and Senior Elite Archers.

Frank's familytSitting - Grnadson Brent Gandy and Grand Daughter-in-law Terra Dryskell. Standing - Margaret, Frank and Grandson Ryan Dryskell

He has voluntarily performed workshops for local groups, and on several occasions he has selectively coached on a personal level enabling already accomplished archers to take their skills to a higher level. To hear Frank speak on technique and equipment, it brings to mind the expertise and mannerisms of the late Bud Fowkes. But Frank’s forte might well lie in mastering the mental game. More shooters have likely benefited from his coaching on this aspect than any other. A prime example of this would be his very good friend Diane Watson. Another fine ambassador for archery, Diane’s shooting had dominated the Women’s Freestyle class in Florida for an extended period, but Frank saw potential for even more. With his coaching and encouragement she is now ranked 4lh in the country among women compound FITA shooters. Just this past year sne competed on the World stage and was a member

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of the U.S women’s team that brought home the team gold at the World Cup in the Dominican Republic and bronze at the World Championships in Ulsan, South Korea. In Diane’s words “Without Frank and Margaret’s help, love and support I would not have achieved what I have in my archery career. Being around the Gandy Family is much more than sending arrows down to the target, it’s a lifestyle that encompasses integrity, honesty, pride and a profound feeling of accomplishment and joy that is carried through out everything they do.” So who is Margaret? Well it only stands to reason that anyone with Frankes accomplishments must have a quality coach as well, and he does. His coach is none other than his wife Margaret. Her knowledge of the sport, particularly in form and technique has been critical in Keeping Frank fine tuned over the years. It was her last minute adjustments to Frank’s shooting that had him ready for the 1967 Nationals. It was typical of how her keen eye and attention to detail have assisted Frank and others over the years. Reflecting on her value as a coach, Frank said “Margaret watched me so much that she knew everything about my shot. If I got into trouble, she would know within two or three shots of how to get me back into my form”. Margaret’s interest in archery initially came from a desire to spend more time with Frank. While always supportive of his hobby, she wasn’t content to stay on the side-lines or worse yet, stay at home. So she got involved as well. Like Frank, not only did she participate, she excelled. Unlike Frank though, Margaret stepped away from the tournament scene a few years ago, but not before leaving her own mark as she still holds a handful of state records in Florida, a spot in the Florida Archery Association Hall of Fame, and a list of championships that include: Atlantic City Freestyle Limited in 1989 and World Championship Freestyle Limited in Scotland in 1986. Frank says that he has been lucky over the years, and in so many ways. His success in the sport has given him and Margaret a chance to travel much of the United States and even see a few other countries. One trip in particular that made him feel fortunate in a sobering way was when he shot at the International FITA Field Test Tour in Yugoslavia. Both he and Margaret shot well with Frank winning his division and Margaret placing second in hers. But the victories were upstaged by issues larger than archery. A tour of the local area after the tournament made a lasting impression when what they witnessed was, at best, a bleak and severely depressed country and culture. After that, the trip back was saturated with thoughts of how lucky they were that the home they were headed to was in a place called America. In addition to visiting far away locations on this earth, Frank even got to rub elbows with some that have travelled

beyond earth’s bounds. In 1970 the Bear shooting staff was introduced to a contingent of celebrities at the U.S. Indoor Open which included Hollywood stars and astronauts. Among the group was; James Drury, William Shatner, Joe Engle and Neil Armstrong. As it turned out, Frank was coupled with Joe Engle as nis shooting partner. Aside from being an astronaut, Joe was also an avid outdoorsman and over time Frank would end up shooting with him on more than one occasion. While certainly no surprise, Frank said that Joe was an extremely bright individual. And, evidently, Joe seemed to realize that he was also in the company of an extraordinary character. At one point, Frank did Joe the favor of crafting a set of arrows for him. When they later met and Frank inquired as to how the arrows worked out, Joe said he wasn’t about to use them. He considered those to be keep-sakes. While flattered, Frank was still a bit puzzled over it, even though he himself has done similar things. Ironically, his archery collection at home includes bows that have never even been strung because they are keep-sakes that were signed by Fred Bear. Back to being lucky... “Lucky” Can be a funny term. In regards to Frank’s tournament success, he creates his own luck through long hours of practice and preparation. So luck can be what you make it. But in some cases luck can be more a matter of how you view things. Take for example when he was invited to Fred Bear’s hunting camp. While Frank was proud to be a charter member of the Fred Bear Sports Club, he never really considered himself to be a hunter. But an offer to participate in a hunt at Fred’s camp, well, this was far beyond the realm of your average hunting experience and he wasn’t about to pass it up. So, after much anticipation of the event, Frank flew to Michigan, but in a weird twist of fate, the airline sent his hunting equipment to New York. Now, this may sound unlucky, but as it turned out, when Fred learned of Frank’s dilemma, he spent the better part of that first day at the camp giving Frank a guided tour of the preserve; a treat that to this day, he treasures far more than anything a hunt may have yielded. 1 n the big scheme of things, there’s probably nothing that Frank feels luckier about than his own family. Archery isn’t “everything” to Frank and fortunately so. He and Margaret have raised a fine family where the “archery bug” seems to have skipped a generation. They have three daughters, of which Beverly is the oldest. Her profession is teaching school, and away from the job she is more at home in the garden or in front of piano. Trina is their second daughter. She is a superintendent with State Farm Insurance. Away from work you can probably find her anywhere there are pets as she is the animal lover in the family. Judy is their youngest and literally wears many hats. She is a fire marshal, a police officer and a licensed EMT. She enjoys a variety of outdoor activities and is also quite a marksman. Theirkids in turn have raised theirown families. Beverly has one daughter, Alana, who is in Berkeley studying to be an optometrist. Trina has a son, Brent, who is a Master Electrician. Judy’s family is a bit larger. Her first son Ryan is a heavy equipment operator and also the father of two. Her daughter Lindsay is in retail foods and her youngest two, Christa and Miguel, are junior high students. Of these grandchildren, Brent and Ryan have gotten involved in Archery. In somewhat of a family affair in the 1990’s, Frank and Margaret worked with grandsons Brent and Ryan when they were with the JOAD club, the Tampa Bay Hot Shots. This proved to be a winning combination. At the JOAD Nationals, in what was their first National tournament, Brent won an individual gold and Ryan placed fourth in their respective divisions. That would have been plenty to make the grandparents proud, but the icing on the cake was that the team brought home the gold medal as well. After decades of adventures and success, the sport still had another significant role to play in Frank’s life. The age of 68 was something that Frank was somewhat apprehensive 48

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Frank still continues to compete, but naturally in a diminished frequency. He is not about to tempt fate. He says “At this point in my life, Margaret and I want to stay involved in archery, shoot a bit and watch our Grandson’s Brent, Ryan and Grand Daughter-in-law Terra enjoy the same pleasures of archery that we have been so blessed to have.” Incidentally, Margaret has recently been seen doing a little shooting again at the local range. Although his career was hardly over, the Florida Archery Association had witnessed enough and saw fit to induct Frank into their Hall of Fame back in the 1980’s. Of course, his achievements continued to accumulate. So to those who know him best, his recent selection into the National Archery Hall of Fame is likely no surprise. Now this honor would surely seem to be the logical conclusion to a lifetime of achievements in this sport that he has loved so much, except for one significant detail. He’s not through yet. For more information on the National Archery Hall of Fame and Museum, please visit www.archeryhalloffame.org.

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From the Senior CorneR Story and Photos by Joe Bauernfeind Editor’s Note: Joe Bauernfeind, founder of Zenith Archery Products (see ad on page 44 for more information), began competitive archery in 1968, he has won many local shoots and several state and sectional championships in the freestyle division of the NFAA, both in the open class and later as a Senior. He won the gold medal for archery in the 1997 Senior Olympics and the bronze medal in the 1999 Senior Olympics.

Welcome once again to the winter/spring edition of the Senior Comer. This is the time of the year for the spot shooters to duke it out at the major indoor tournaments both here in the States and also on the other side of the pond. The shoot in Nimes, France has become the Vegas of Europe and this year drew over 1200 shooters. The American men did a great job with Jesse Broadwater getting the gold medal and Braden Gellenthien the silver. I haven’t been to this shoot but I’m told that the staging of the finals is like nothing else in archery and as an added incentive, a shoot-off was scheduled to be held this year in Vegas for the top archers from both shoots. Here’s a post I copied about this shoot-off from a web site in the UK. “The Indoor World Archery Challenge 2010 is bom! The archers in recurve, compound men and women who will participate in both the Tournaments of Nimes and Las Vegas 2010 will be able to qualify to this new world class event that will take place in Las

Vegas on 20 February 2010. The Indoor World Archery Challenge 2010 will assemble the first eight archers per category in recurve, compound men and women; that is a total of 32 archers. They will qualify based on their performances at the Tournaments of Nimes and Las Vegas. A combined ranking will be established based on the results of the Tournament of Nimes and the results after the 60 arrows shot on Friday and Saturday at the Tournament of Las Vegas. This combined ranking will only include the archers taking part in both Tournaments (mandatory rule). The IndoorChallenge will be held in the form of quarterfinals, semifinals and finals matches shot on Saturday 20 February 2010 according to the FITA rules for international indoor archery (exception for arrows diameter).With a total value of more than 15,000 USD (on top of the usual awards offered by both tournaments), an attractive prize money will be awarded across the four divisions.”

Unfortunately, the Lancaster Archery Classic fell on the same weekend as Nimes, so a lot of decisions had to be made about that situation. Reo Wilde and Erika Anschutz evidently made the right decision by staying home to shoot Lancaster, taking the top spots in their respective divisions. Luckily for the Iowa Pro/AM, they’re date was two weeks before the others and hopefully these scheduling conflicts can be ironed out in the future More on the indoor scene later. Not all archery is confined to the indoor arenas in January and February however. The ASA kicks off its Pro/Am tour each year in early February in Gainesville, FL and this year was no exception. Despite losing their long term venue at the Gainesville Raceway, the ASA once again started the year in grand fashion at a brand new archery and sports complex built by the nearby city of Newberry in co-operation with Easton Archery. There are numerous sports fields and practice ranges surrounding the central structure which houses a large gym, where the trade show was held, and a fully equipped indoor archery range which was put to good use on Friday when it rained. Archery of all types, from FITA to 3D can be taught and shot at the complex and with the National Alliance for the Development of Archery (NADA) on board, the complex should be a great boost to the town of Newberry which is a very small rural community. Check out the pictures I took of the facility and I think you’ll agree it’s an impressive new site for the ASA Pro/Am Tour

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to kick off their season. Although the drive is a few miles longer from the motels on 1-75 to Newberry, you no longer have to wind your way across the city of Gainesville in the notorious winter traffic in Florida and time wise I think it’s a shorter trip. OK, let’s fast forward two weeks and get out of the Florida wind and into the nice warm convention at the Riviera Casino Hotel in Las Vegas for the World Archery Festival. This shoot just continues to grow and grow and with the link up with Nimes for the Archery Challenge, we’ll probably see an increasing European presence in the future. Once again, I’ve borrowed from a report on another web site to get the results of the Challenge for you and here’s what I got. “The European Indoor Archery Tournament in Nimes (France) and the NFAA World Archery Festival in Las Vegas (USA) are two big private tournaments with a high level of competing archers. 9252km is the shortest distance between the two cities Nimes and Vegas. Travelling with the speed of sound still takes 7 1/2 hours going from one city to another and by that, you will fly over one quarter of the circumference of the earth. So what? Nimes and Vegas just got together this year and became one tournament, the Indoor World Archery Challenge.

Championship shoot-offs after I pack up my stuff though. This year a total of 13 archers hit the magic 900 total to make the finals and a new wrinkle was added to spice things up. The 899 shooters shot off for a single spot in the finals with Jimmy Butts getting the “lucky dog” entry. Sorry NASCAR for borrowing the name. The “lucky dog” can win the big bucks but doesn’t figure in the placing of the other finalists, so once Jimmy went out he took 14lh place. Once again the shoot-off came down to a duel of “super x’s” with Canadian Dietmar Trillus besting perennial shoot-off participant Jesse Broadwater by the slimmest of margins. Dietmar has been able to master the index finger trigger, which is shunned by most other target and spot shooters. Here’s a list of his accomplishments using this style of release. 2007 FITA Outdoor World FITA Championships, 1st Place Leipzig, Germany 2008 FITA World Cup Winner, Lausanne Switzerland 2010 NFAA World Archery Festival WAF, 1st Place Las Vegas 30 Meter World Record Holder, 360/360 32X has just been broken with a 33X Double 70 Meter FITA World Record 713/720 Not too shabby with a release most think is for “punchers” only. It just goes to show you that it’s the archer who wins the tournament, not the equipment. Two archers named Ward took down the other two big Compound Divisions, with Don Ward besting an ever growing number of “old timers” in the Senior Division and old friend Kelly Ward taking down the Female Division. Kelly won her first big 3D shoot with one of my releases and has continued to be a force to

The winner of the Archery Challenge 2010 was Braden Gellenthien (USA) who ranked 2nd and 4th in Nimes and Vegas. The other winners of the World Archer Challenge were Gladys Willems (Belgium, Women Compound), Brady Ellison (USA Men Recurve) and Brandi Mantha (USA - Women Recurve).”

I’m at these shoots all weekend but I really don’t get too much time to be a spectator and track the results. When I’m not working the booth, Mama and I are out enjoying the Vegas shows and food. I do get to watch the May-June 2010

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be reckoned with in any style of archery. Finally we get to the 3rd of the really big spot shoots, the NFAA Indoor Nationals, once again held in Louisville, KY. This was another strong showing for the NFAA, which seems to have mastered the art of promoting indoor archery. I only wish that there was the same level of growth in outdoor archery, namely Field Archery, which we see indoors. As usual there was a shoot-off between the seven 60X-300 shooters in the men’s Pro division with Reo Wilde winning his second major indoor shoot this year. The familiar name of Mary Hamm (nee Zorn) took the big prize for the ladies and Joe Kapp continues to be at the top of his game after a long career in archery. I’m not sure if this was his first shoot in the Senior Division but he will be a force there from now on, I’m sure. Well that’s it for now. I’m heading for Redding at the end of this month and in the next issue I should have something to report on that. Shoot straight and keep them in the spot.

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Competing at an indoor target tournament, one of my students performed well, with the exception of two shots. When 1 asked him if he ran his mental program on every arrow, he replied, “Yes.” His buddy who was standing beside us remarked, “He may have been running his program, but he was flipping the channels.” At that moment, the true problem came to light. The archer’s concentration was broken by something that was going on behind the line. Instead of letting down and starting over, he continued with the shot. Unfortunately, the results were reflected in his score. To produce consistent, tight groups, every arrow must be shot identically. When concentration breaks down, a variation in form often occurs and the arrow will not hit in the same location. 1 believe an archer’s primary focus should be on executing a shot with perfect form, which then allows every arrow to hit where the sight is placed. Permitting the pin to hold on or float around the desired impact point allows the arrow to reach its mark. Conversely, if ones concentration is directed at holding the pin on the bulls-eye, form is more apt to change and inconsistent results at the target are guaranteed. Most shots are missed because the archer had a breakdown in normal execution and form. Rarely is it because the pin was not on the target. This is why you must concentrate and direct yourself through the shot process. The classic complaint from archers is that they do not perform as well in tournaments as they do in practice. Why not? There isn’t any pressure during practice, so they May-June 2010

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do not force themselves to focus on making perfect shots. They are relaxed and naturally produce the same shot. However, during tournament situations, the muscles tighten up and execute a different form. The mind is going in ten different directions; so the attention on proper form is lost. Concentration is learned on the practice field and practiced on the tournament field. Competitions are the only place to truly test your ability to focus. The more opportunities an archer has to practice concentration techniques in tournament play, the better he or she will become. Even on the practice field, every shot that is executed should be done with the same amount of focus and intensity as would be required in competition. If you do not follow the same format in practice, you cannot expect to follow it in a tournament. When I observe my students shoot, 1 rarely watch the arrow fly to the target. Instead, I note the form that launched the arrow. Most of the time, I can tell you where the arrow is going to hit. How? If the archer has made a variation in form, it will drastically affect the shot. Place a video camera on a tripod and film yourself. As you watch the video, observe if you are doing everything in the same manner. Does your release hand finish in the same position? Is your bow arm following an identical path? Is the rhythm or amount of time required the same? If the answers were not a resounding “yes,” then you need to work on your form. Consistency in form produces consistency in arrow groups. The key to a winning performance is to remain focused on form. © 53

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Life is full of choices. If you choose to become a competitive target archer or any other athlete, your first choice should be who will be your fitness trainer to help you get in shape before you even think of buying that first bow. Then commit to that fitness and warm up regime daily before you shoot in a tournament or just for practice. Choosing to become an archer when 1 was 14 years old was a decision 1 made on the spur of the moment. Back then there were no formal archery training programs or mentors available to me let alone fitness training and injury prevention. As time went on and I received some formal archery training I became passionate for archery and bowhunting. As 1 write this article I am currently 59. I am still passionate about archery and bowhunting but now I am equally committed to archery fitness and injury' prevention. My goal is to help fellow archers achieve physical fitness to avoid injury and/or give them hope that through physical therapy and even surgery they may return to this sport we love so dearly. My daughter, Marie, began her quest to try for the US Olympic Team in 2000. Her coaches, Glenn Meyers and Dave Hinkle quickly noticed that I was a very poor spectator. In fact there used to be a bare patch in the grass at the Chula Vista

Olympic Training Center where I paced back and forth while she competed for and successfully made the Junior World Team in 2002. Her coaches “encouraged” me to take up compound target archery as that would put me on the opposite end of the field from where my daughter would be competing in the Female Recurve division. Fast forward 3 years ... The 2005 archery season began indoors and we all shot the Friday night 2005 indoor league at Archery Unlimited in Grand Rapids, Michigan. One evening as I was getting my equipment ready for practice, I attempted to attach my hip quiver on my right side which required me to reach across with my left arm to complete the process. Something went horribly wrong. My left shoulder locked up and the pain was incredible all the way to my finger tips. My first instinct was to bring the left arm back to my left side but the more I tried the more painful it got. Finally it did go back and everything seemed ok. 1 thought I had just had a serious muscle cramp and went through my warm-up exercises and shot that night and didn’t think any more about it. Later that year 1 shot the National Target Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The last day was the Olympic Round. I was looking forward to

that as I would be shooting against Dave Cousins, a world champion. I knew he would win but it was going to be fun to see how close I could come. That morning the left shoulder and arm began to hurt with searing pain from my shoulder to my finger tips. As shooting drew near I couldn’t even lift my lefthand to scratch my nose. I would have to withdraw from the competition. As 1 walked to the Director of Shooting stand to do so, 1 tripped on a clump of grass and my natural instinct to reach forward with both hands to catch myself caused the left shoulder to “pop” and it was loose again. 1 did shoot the OR and Cousins did beat me. I did shoot better than 1 expected with my personal victory coming at the end where my last arrow hit his last arrow in the X and breaking his nock. When I returned to Michigan my primary care physician Dr. Jon Gans referred me to Dr. Thomas Matelic of Orthopedic Associates of Michigan, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports related injuries and a bow hunter (a bowhunter, how lucky was that?). After my initial meeting on August 12, 2005 he put me through a series of tests, MR1, CAT Scans etc .. culminating in an arthroscopic evaluation ofboth of my shoulders one year apart during the off season in archery. The following is Dr. Matelic’s evaluation: “At the time of arthroscopy of the left shoulder on December 22,2005, we found two loose pieces of cartilage along with extensive osteoarthritis ofthe shoulder involving both the ball and the socket of Jeff’s left shoulder. The loose fragments were causing the shoulder to lock when they would occasionally get caught in the joint. One year later, we found similar severe end stage osteoarthritis when we performed an arthroscopic debridement of the right shoulder. While shoulder replacement is more rare than knee or hip replacement, it is becoming more common and has been shown to provide excellent relief of pain and restoration of function

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in the appropriate patient. After seeing the inside of both of Jeff’s shoulders, I knew someday he would require this operation in order to maintain the active lifestyle, including archery, that he desires.” Wow! He wanted to replace my whole right shoulder? This sounded serious. Because the right shoulder felt so much better after the arthroscopic surgery 1 asked him how I would know when it would be time to have the joint replacement surgery. He responded, “Your shoulder will tell you.” He was right. In 2008 barely a night went by that I wasn’t kept awake from the pain. Vicodin was the only medication that could keep it at bay in the evening. During the day regular ibuprofen was sufficient. Then Nationals came around. I finished, shot my personal best but it was obvious to all I was in serious trouble. Every day began with meds, heating pad, and deep heat before shooting. As soon as I was done for the day, it was an ice pack on the shoulder, arm in a sling and back to the RV park to rest. 1 had choices. Continue to sboot in agony? No way. Quit archery? Not an option I was willing to accept. Have the shoulder replacement surgery and trust my doctor and physical therapist to help me recover and be able to shoot archery again? Yes, that was the only choice acceptable to me.

As soon as I could, 1 contacted Dr. Matelic to plan the shoulder replacement surgery. The fear of the unknown of the surgery was overshadowed by the constant extreme pain I was in. The surgery took place on December I, 2009. Here is what took place in Dr. Matelic’s words, “During shoulder replacement surgery, both the ball and the socket of the shoulder have to be addressed in order to obtain the most optimum pain relief and functional improvement. The ball of the shoulder is basically replaced with a metal ball that is secured to the humerus or arm bone with a metal stem that is anchored in the shaft of the humerus. The socket is then resurfaced with a hard plastic like material to provide the lubrication and support of the joint. The surgery takes two to three hours and the patient will usually stay in the hospital for one to two days. A sling is then required for about four weeks doing only small pendulum swings occasionally with the arm, and then formal physical therapy begins about four weeks after surgery. Most patients can feel the difference in their shoulder within a few weeks, but the complete recovery may take three to six months.” Recovery at home was slow at first and pain meds were absolutely necessary and there was swelling which was controlled

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and reduced by the ice machine they sent home with me. Again I had choices. I do nothing and lose range of motion and strength and never shoot again or man up and push through the pain and do the minor physical therapy pendulum swings twice a day until formal in-clinic physical therapy could begin. I was determined, if not driven, to do everything I could to accelerate the recovery. The little physical therapy pendulum arm swings were done every day regardless of pain. Two weeks later, I was introduced to Lindsey Badaluco, a physical therapist with OA of Michigan. The following are her words discussing my initial evaluation the physical therapy regime she designed and the accelerated recovery 1 made. “Jeff came to our physical therapy department for his initial evaluation two weeks after right total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA). At this time I was impressed with his fairly low level of pain as well as his range of motion (ROM) and strength. He was already able to flex his right shoulder 135 degrees (left shoulder measured 165 degrees). Our initial focus was on soft tissue healing, controlling pain and swelling, and passive range of motion (PROM) which consisted of a home exercise program (HEP) as well as manual therapy. The HEP included pendulums, forward wand exercises, body on arm table flexion stretch, and forward pulleys. I manually worked on PROM for shoulder flexion, abduction, external rotation (ER) and internal rotation (1R). At this time we limited ER ROM as well as no resisted internal rotation in order to allow proper healing of the subscapularis muscle. At the end of the second week Jeff was easily able to tolerate a progression to active shoulder ROM all planes (ER to 30 degrees), forward wall walks, shoulder rhythmic stabilization, using the arm bike and scapular (shoulder blade) stabilization exercises. His PROM was full and actively he had 85% full ROM. Each week we expanded his strengthening program as tolerated. Muscle groups that were focused on include the rotator cuff, latissimus dorsi, serratus anterior, rhomboids, triceps, deltoids, and trapezoids. When working on rehabbing a shoulder it is important to address the rotator cuff muscles and the muscles that control the motion of the shoulder blade as these work in a precise pattern together, called scapular-humeral rhythm. Jeff explained to me that he had been following a stretching/strengthening program called Bowfit/ Arrow Fit and he showed me what his regime consisted of. We integrated several of the exercises he had been doing with his tubing from the program with theraband of lighter resistance and then progressed as tolerated. These exercises included shoulder extension, rows, triceps pull downs, and shoulder internal and external rotation. As tolerated I also added exercises using the stability ball in order to work both his shoulder girdle complex and core; i.e.

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straight arm planks on ball, prone on ball “Ys” and “Ts”. Another part of the therapy we needed to consider was specificity of training, meaning that besides just general shoulder strengthening and ROM therapy program that a TSA patient would get, Jeff needed to spend time training his muscles and joints specifically to met the demands of archery. The only way to get these physiologic adaptations was for him to shoot a bow. Initially, he was not ready to shoot an actual bow, so we were able to simulate the motion on our pulley weight machine by strapping a band behind his draw back elbow for resistance as he would simulate drawing the bow back. I remember Jeff mentioning to me that Dr. Matelic had told him that all his muscles were in great shape, and it was just the significant degeneration in his joint that was contributing to his pain prior to the surgery. In looking back at the accelerated rehab that Jeff demonstrated I feel that his dedication to a proper strength/endurance and stretching regime are a significant contributing factor in his accelerated recovery. In doing some reading on the biomechanics of an archer there is an important correlation between both bone/ joint positioning for optimal muscle length-tension relationships and fatigue

rate of muscles. Therefore; addressing flexibility/ROM, strength and endurance of the shoulder is essential in order to give an archer the best biomechanical advantage and to prevent injury'. Also, keeping in mind that addressing the joints/muscles above and below the shoulder is also extremely important: hand and wrist, neck, core, and lower extremities. Weakness in one of these areas can increase forces on the shoulder joint and increase the demands on the shoulder muscles which can contribute to unwanted and unnecessary injuries.” Every appointment with Lindsey 1 had choices. I could whine and not permit her to stretch me out and not do the physically therapy she gave me for homework or suck it up and deal with it. I chose to follow her instructions. Quickly, 1 grew stronger and the range of motion increased. As I could begin to see results when she would send me home with my “physical therapy homework” 1 would push myself and add additional reps to her recommended number as well as archery exercises I found in the Bow Fit hose and Arrow Fit DVD. I was told pain is ok but burning is not. My progress was indeed phenomenal. Even though I wasn’t supposed to even consider shooting a bow again until

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March, 1 found 1 could draw my wife’s 30 lb. compound bow quite easily. Instead of drawing the bow back like 1 used to I began drawing with a high bow and string hand (not a sky draw) and let gravity help as both shoulders began the drawing process and roll into place similar to what I had seen Kisik Lee teach in his seminars (I have to buy his book). The stress on my upper body seemed much less with the new style. I started with only 6 arrows every other day. By mid February I was shooting up to 60 arrows every day and competed in my club’s indoor invitational on February 20th. My score wasn't great but it sure felt great shooting again and there was no pain that day or the next. I should point out that this early return was with the full knowledge of my physical therapist and doctor. Both kind of looked at me with some concern but allowed me to continue. Dr. Brian Giersch, a fellow archer, instructor, and Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) dad, has been watching me to make sure I don’t do something stupid. He is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation whose focus is primarily musculoskeletal medicine. He said it looked like I was drawing the bow much more effortlessly than before surgery. Flere are his words: “Jeff’s shooting form after surgery was not only more comfortable but more efficient as well. Watching him draw his bow would no longer make me cringe. I could tell that he had taken his post-operative rehabilitation very seriously. The shoulder joint is unlike most other joints in the body. The stability is maintained by multiple muscles that surround the shoulder. These include the rotator cuff muscles. These muscles have to work in a well choreographed fashion. If not, the joint will not function properly which can result in loss of motion, abnormal movement patterns, loss of efficiency of movement, and pain. Jeff’s ability to continue in the sport of archery will be dependent on him continuing with his specific shoulder exercise program indefinitely. 1 believe it is in every archer’s best interest to regularly perform a well rounded fitness program including shoulder stabilization exercises and strengthening of the rotator cuff muscles.” Shortly after that little tournament at the club I found I was able to easily draw my regular competition compound bow set at 41 pounds. The training began. The Indoor Nationals we to be held in Lansing, Michigan at the MSU Demmer Shooting Center the weekend of March 5th, 2010. That was only 3 months from the complete shoulder replacement surgery of December 1, 2009. Not only did I shoot the entire tournament, I shot my indoor personal best (with my skinny outdoor arrows). Out of a perfect score of 1200 1 shot an 1103 and finished fourth in the Lansing regional shoot and 26th out of 38th in my division nationally. One of my goals realized

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that weekend was one game with all the arrows in the yellow, all 9’s or 10’s. Most importantly I was able to experience the pure joy of shooting a bow again with no pain during or after shooting. 1 am currently preparing for competition at the outdoor National Target Championships to be held in Hamilton, Ohio in July. My bow is up to 45 pounds and it will most likely stay there but most importantly, a day does not go by without the fitness training I received in my physical therapy, substantial warm up exercises before shooting and icing down of both shoulders after shooting. 1 don’t know if this level of fitness training would have prevented what I have endured but I can assure you that I will not take it for granted from now on. I will continue to shoot low poundage compound for F1TA style target archery as 1 can adequately warm up before taking that first shot. For bowhunting, I will continue to hunt with a crossbow in order to protect those shooting muscles I cannot adequately warm up before the shot and thanks to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources I have that choice as well. Because shoulder replacement is relatively new, the answer to the question of whether or not to continue to shoot with respects to my new shoulder is unknown at this time. Dr. Metalic said if never shot again, the new joint would last a lifetime but there is no track record to know how shooting will affect the new joint. This is a risk I choose to take. As 1 stated to Dr. Metalic, you don’t tell someone who has a knee or hip replaced never to walk again. Life is full of risk and choices. Someday

I probably will have the left shoulder replaced, however, it isn’t “telling me it’s time” yet. I know that when that time comes Dr. Thomas Matelic and Lindsey Badaluco and Brian Giersch will be on my team. I want to personally thank them for all they have done for me and the support they have given. Trust me guys I will protect your work at all costs. 1 also know that while complete shoulder replacement surgery is serious, with the right surgeon and physical therapist, I don’t fear the next one and you shouldn’t either. Just remember DO YOUR THERAPY! Backgrounds of contributing health care professionals: Thomas M. Matelic, MD Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon Specializing in Sports Medicine, Knee and Shoulder Reconstruction Personal interests: Bowhunting Lindsey M. Badaluco PT, DPT Board Certified: Physical Therapist Professional Interests: Orthopedic and Sports Rehabilitation. Personal interests: Exercise, Golf, basketball and travel. Brian Giersch MD Board Certified: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Professional affiliations: American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports, and Occupational Rehabilitation, American College of Sports Medicine, North American Spine Society Professional interests include musculoskeletal, electrodiagnostic, spine, sports, and exercise medicine. Personal interests include exercise and total fitness, target archery, and various outdoor recreational activities.

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Authors’ background: Jeff DeRegnaucourt, ARM Level 2 Instructor and has taught introduction to archery for 13 years BAIT for National Archery in the Schools Program Bowhunter with traditional, compound and crossbow equipment Competitive FITA Target Archer Competitive 3-D archer Certified Treestand Safety Instructor for the National Bowhunter Education Foundation. Works for Burr & Company Insurance and heads up the Archery Department where he writes insurance programs for archery retail shops, archery equipment manufacturers and archery ranges.

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It’s all a Matter of Inches Have you ever had a bow that no matter what you did, it would never hold as steady or shoot as well as your favorite bow? Il just never felt quite right. You’d set it up just like your favorite bow. but it just wouldn't shoot the same. So before long, you’d get rid of the bow figuring that something with it just wasn’t right. You'd chalk it up to a bad bow design, bad cams, bad grip, or one of the many other reasons we’ve all used. We've fought this same thing for years. We never could truly figure out why our buddy could shoot the bow great or ’Joe Pro’ could win big tournaments with it and yet, we just couldn't shoot it accurately. Well, we think we’ve found a key ingredient that’s been missing for some time. We’ve been checking it out for a while and feel pretty confident that there is more to draw length than inches. Everybody knows that draw length is

critical for setting up a bow. Each person has a draw length that is right for them, and once that's determined, their bows need set to that specific draw. Seems pretty straight forward, doesn’t it? Well, we thought so too. However, we'd overlooked and underestimated the value of a proper draw length. We have found it to be the biggest contributor to holding steady. We know now that most people probably have too long of a draw length (THE NEED FOR SPEED!!) and would hold and shoot much better if their draw length was shortened a bit. Shortening the draw length 1 inch roughly equates to 10 feet per second on the chronograph. Would you trade 10 feet per second to change your pie plate accuracy to softball size accuracy? We would, and we did. In an effort to find the perfect draw length we started shortening our draw length a quarter of an inch ata time. (Using

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a bow with a shorter draw length along with an extra long string loop, makes it easier to play with draw length without having to retune the bow and arrows.) In the beginning, we were basically looking for that magic draw length that we could repeal more consistently. Then somebody noticed, oral least thought they noticed that they were holding steadier at a particular draw length. Sure enough, we all started looking for and found a draw length where we seemed to hold steadier. We would shoot several practice sessions at a given draw length and see if we were scoring better than the previous draw length. We continued shrinking our draw length a quarter inch at a time, and then shooting rounds for score. It seemed as if we were getting steadier and scoring higher with every adjustment until finally we would go too far. Too far meant, we started getting unsteady and our scores dropped. Some of us shortened our draw as much as 1 1/2 inches to find the ultimate sweet spot. It took months of avid shooting and a lot of adjustments to do this, but every one of us are better shots because of it. Also, in shortening the draw length we noticed some other benefits, our uphill, downhill, and awkward shots became much more accurate and controlled. Our draw lengths now are so dialed in to that sweet spot, that some of us can tell instantly if the bows draw length has changed even as small as an 1/8”. You laugh, but it’s true. (He has proven it on numerous occasions.) Others have noticed very small changes in the bows draw length settings, and when they would adjust the draw length back to where it was supposed to be, they said their ability to hold steady was like night and day. So you wonder what draw length has to do with the crappy bows? Well, originally we made some monumental mistakes in setting draw lengths. We obviously were very dialed in on our perspective draw lengths for one bow. But it seemed when we would try to set up another bow that we could never get it quite as sweet. We would spend an enormous amount of time shooting the new bow, and would have problems the whole way. And, as mentioned before, it never felt quite right. We would spend months tinkering with

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grip angles of the old and new bow, if they are not close we have to resort to shooting in our draw length making small adjustments and shooting scores with it (the hard way). However, if the grip angles are similar we will move on to looking at the string angles. We measure and mark w-here the string touches our face at full draw on both bows. Then we measure from the mark to the riser at full draw of the favorite bow and adjust the new bow draw until they match. Lastly, we will adjust D-loop length until it matches the physical draw length of our good bow. It is not uncommon for the D-loop on two different bows to be different lengths. P.S. On a related note, over the years a lot oflop archers have promoted tiller tuning as a way to help you to hold steady. In our testing we have found that one thing that tiller tuning does do. is it affects the angle of the riser. And we are very suspicious that the tiller adjustments people are making, is really just a way of micro-adjusting their draw lengths. After all. when you change riser angles, you change the grip angle, which we do know, affects draw length. For some people, as little as one eighth of an inch change in the perceived length of a bow can make a huge difference in shooting accuracy. Good Shooting!

this and that, check the bow's draw length many times and finally we would decide that it must be something we were doing wrong. (It can’t be the bow because physically it checks out great.) So finally frustrated and depleted we would pick up the old tried and true bow that now has an inch of dust on it. and low and behold we can shoot. It's not us! I It’s that poorly designed piece of crap that we thought was going to be the new and improved magic bow. Or so we thought, until we found that even such a simple thing as draw length can get complicated. An individuals draw length is not as straightforward as one would think. There are three factors we found that are huge when it comes to setting the bows draw length; the physical draw length, grip angle, and string angle. Originally the physical draw length is the only thing we took into consideration when setting up the bow. We measured our physical draw from the “V” of the grip to where the release attached on at full draw. We would set the draw length of every bow we shot to be the same draw length that worked so well on our favorite bow. We would not allow more that a 1/16” of an inch variation. We spent so much time finding the magic draw length that we wanted the new bow to have it too. However...

The grip angle we found could add or shorten the perceived draw length considerably. If we normally shot with a high wrist grip and the new bow has a low wrist grip, this would play a huge factor in what the bows draw length needed to be for it to hold steady. If we set the new bow to the same physical draw length as the old bow, they did not hold steady or feel even close to the same. The new bow had to have the draw length custom adjusted to get to the same steady holding and comfortable draw length of the old bow. (Custom adjusted means we shot a lot of arrows at different draw lengths to establish this bows optimum draw length.) We have actually had two bows set up for the same person and when they were both set to the sweet spot, there was as much as 3/4 inch difference in physical draw length. Just because of the different grip angles. Another thing we overlooked for the longest time was the effect of the string angle. Different axle-to-axle lengths create different string angles, which can cause us to anchor very differently leading to different head angles, shoulder alignments. and anchor points causing us to be uncomfortable and not holding steady. For example, one of us shot in such a way that the string just touched the tip of his nose at full draw. He had two bows of the same brand and grip angle, but they had different axle to axle lengths. They were set to the same physical draw length. One bow shot awesome and was very comfortable, and held steady. The other bow felt like the draw was long, he just couldn’t hold steady with it. It wasn't until he marked where the string touched his nose at full draw on each bow and then measured at full draw from the mark to the riser, that he realized they were different. The longer axle-to-axle bow at full draw, measured a 1/4 -inch further from riser than the mark on the string of the shorter axleto-axle bow at full draw. This caused him to change anchor, head angle, and actually stretch out more to accommodate it. He was able to adapt, but lost some of his ability to hold steady on the target. But a little shortening of the bow’s physical draw length and a longer string loop made the bow magic. String angle can affect you if you touch the string anywhere on your face, including your cheek. String angles also affect peep height and the distance the peep is from the eye. To get the same sight picture that we are use to. often requires an adjustment in the peep hole size. The steps we now go through to match the draw length of a new bow to our old favorite bow are as follows. We compare the May-June 2010

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