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Time of Thanksgiving
During this special time of year, I would like to thank our writers who have been so faithful in giving us go> information and meeting our deadlines. Our Strength Coai Michael Linsin, decided to just write special articles wh we needed them. Thanks, Michael for your help. Sem Corner Reporter, Joe Bauemfiend has kept us up on all t Senior happenings. Rhonda Campbell keeps us informed “Up-N-Coming Archers”. US! Thanks also to the hard working “how-to” guys, Bob We are winding down the outdoor competition season and “Rags" Ragsdale, Bernie Pellerite, Terry Wunderle and John gearing up for the indoor season in the Northern Hemisphere. Dudley. Archers are either heading for the woods to do some hunting, Mathews staff just taking a much needed vacation with the family or looking shooter Derry Null has over their tackle for the indoor season. A survey done some accepted the years ago reported 70% of our readers are bowhunters. It responsibility to cover wasn't determined how much time was spent hunting but by upcoming I BO events the results of this year’s tournaments, much time was spent and Brian Dansby will training and shooting tournaments. Good attendance was be covering ASA reported in NAA, NFAA and all 3-D associations’ outdoor events for next year. events. USA Archery’s Our first indoor event of the year on December 3-4 is the reporter, Mary Beth Utah Open. Their web address is www.saltlakearchcry.com Derry Null Vorwerk has kept us Check out his ASA win on page 362. jnformed aboul t|lejr All the associations begin their indoor events right after the first of the year. On January 14-15 we go right into the activities. Communications Officer for FITA Ludivine Maitre first event,the Iowa Pro-Am, see page 309 for information. keeps us informed about FITA news. The Lancaster Archery Classic follows on January 20-22, Thanks to our advertisers who support the recreational see page 343 for more information. Check out the association side of archery and thank you to the subscribers. We couldn’t tournament schedules on the their websites on page 352. do it with out each and every one of you. Now we have decided to support the National Archery in the Schools Program(NASP) with complementary one year subscriptions to every student and every coach. We added Benjamin Hight, with over 40 years in the advertising, publishing, about 2,000 subscribers since the last issue. Each of these packaging and printing fields, comes on board with this issue of students and their parents are potential customers for our US Archer. Although very experienced in the industry. graphic fields, Benjamin knows that he has much NASP continues to grow with new states being added each to learn about the special interest of archery. As month. Is your state part of this awesome program? Next issue he puts it, he is working on becoming a novice. we would like to report how many students are praticipating Benjamin, originally from Virginia, comes from a hunting and shooting family. His father, Sam from each state. Is your state the Best NASP State? Check out Roy Grimes’ invitation on page 335 to be part of Hite, originally was a rifle hunter, and later became a bow and arrow hunter in the Virginias the NASP explosion! in the 1960s. Sam manufactured many bows for local bowmen in See you in Atlanta, Georgia for the Archery Trade the sixties and seventies. He also left a legacy of hundreds of Association Show on January 5-7, 2006. custom-made hunting rifles with hunters in Virginia, West Virginia, May God bless you and your family in this wonderful Kentucky and Ohio. A specialty was engraved stocks, made to season. [) Q customer order.
This time of year I always want to reflect on how blessed we have been to be connected with the Wonderful World of Archery. It is truly a whole world of fun and friendships! We have been honored by reports from far away places of Uganda and New Zealand. Our Australian correspondent, Roy Rose,sent us a nice editorial on Mr. Ki Sik Lee the new National Head Coach for the USA Archery. Welcome to the
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Au Revoir, Mr. Lee and Thank You by Roy Rose The departure of Ki Sik Lee from the Australian Institute of Sport’s Archery Program (AIS) will create a number of problems for Archery Australia administration. In the minds of most recurve enthusiasts, replacing the world’s leading coach will not only be a difficult proposition: finding a mentor who can continue a internationally successful, very specialized coaching procedure, but who can do so immediately is a very tough task. Mr. Lee's impact on Australian archcry since his arrival in 1997 has been well documented, but now in his mature years, he must financially consider the future of his family. The challenge of elevating USA recurve standards is one sure to appeal to his competitive nature. The Australian archery fraternity wish him well, and thank him for a job well done. We trust that with his love of the "Land Down Under", he may return in the not-toodistant future to a place where he has many friends. Leading into the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Australia’s stocks internationally may hinge with the future commitments of the trio who have served so well in recent times: namely Simon Fairweather, David Barnes and Tim Cuddihy. Both Simon and David are in semi-retirement; David, still a very young man, is sensibly pursuing a career path in his home city of Adelaide, and Tim has departed the AIS program, and is now back home in Queensland. All three could reappear in 2007 with the prospect of Olympics glory. At this point, there are no stars emerging who arc capable of filling the void. It must be remembered that in Cuddihy and Barnes we have two teenagers who have spent most of their lives as part of a disciplined live-in program. Although that program has its rewards in international competition at the highest level, now they may logically wish to spend time in nearer home and access their future archcry ambitions in the future. Especially since medal success in archery doesn’t provide career opportunities like other high profile sports, Cuddihy and Barnes have long term futures to contemplate. Although many have registered personal bests in the past few years, our female recurvers have not enjoyed the success of their male counterparts, but hopefully new talents will surface in the coming years. On the compound side, Australia is blessed with an already credentialed contingent of archers whose international status and capabilities have been proven repeatedly at the World Championships. Clint Freeman is a recent World Target Champion and a former world record holder, while Patrick Coghlan, Zoran Singerov and Denis Carson are top international contenders. Longserving achiever Madeline Ferris remains a top-shelf performer and a former world record holder and a multi-world title medalist in field events. Most specifically in the recurve realm, the future of Australian archery now rests with the appointment of a new head coach, the on-going guidance of an experienced and dedicated administration, and the desire of emerging archery talents to absorb the principles and work ethic which the Mr. Lee Era has brought to bear. There’s no questioning that the Korean methods initiated by Ki Sik Lee and his contemporaries and their evolvement in subsequent decades have produced results which archers of my vintage would never have envisaged possible. Once only occasionally highlighted by such greats as Hans Wright and Graeme Telford, Australia's place in world archery is now firmly established. Despite a small national population. and even more so in archery participants, we are now a respected and formidable force, Even allowing for the obvious talents of those under his tutelage, the legacy of Mr. Ki Sik Lee will be forever imprinted on the Aussie Archcry canvas. To our departing mentor we say. Godspeed, good luck and not good-bye. Simply “An Revoir”.
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A March Hare in Whangarei, New Zealand by Richard Hardcastle
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Working in the Far East on a regular basis, the possibility of attending the Pacific Field Archery Championships (PFAC) in Whangarei in early October 2005. with a long weekend visit from Malaysia, became a real possibility. My eligibility was established and with the flight and car hire booked and a B&B sorted, my entry’ went in. Whangarei is about 150 km north of Auckland and I arrived there on Thursday evening having flown into Auckland overnight from Kuala Lumpur. Whangarei may be on the coast but this country has hills right up to the coast being volcanic in nature. The archery club Mount Tiger (one of those little hills!) at Parua Bay was easily found that evening before I settled down to dinner in a restaurant recommended and booked for me by the B&B. Within three minutes of entering the restaurant I had been identified as a Pom and had been invited to join a Kiwi couple at their table, as they would not let me dine alone on my first night in NZ! The second bottle of Pinot Noir went down very easily alongside an excellent meal! This level of hospitality was absolutely typical of the friendliness and helpfulness that I met
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throughout my four days in New Zealand. Back now to the archery. The PFAC comprised a Hunter and a Field round. The New Zealand Masters added two twenty single arrow 3D target unmarked rounds to be shot on the Sunday. Some eighty archers entered (about ten Australians, one British with the balance being locals) so, with partners and children, there was a large crowd at the club on the Friday morning. After a bow inspection, arrow speed check and verification of a signed indemnity form for NZFAA, the groups were announced and the shoot began. The Hunter and Field courses were on separate hills/valleys in primary jungle and pine plantations either side of creeks. They were both dark, hilly and, in some areas between targets and at pegs, very slippery. Shades of Fonmon and Red Dragon for those that know those courses but more taxing on the lungs and legs due to the slippery terrain. The views and the trees made for interesting viewing on the way around the course that was shot without a comfort. lunch or cigarette break. On Saturday an intense depression went across New Zealand with gusts forecast to reach 100 kph in exposed places! Not a day to be at sea. Fortunately we were reasonably well sheltered on the east side of NZ in wooded valleys and so we just got most of the rain and only limited wind gusts. I did not shoot well on either day being some 5-7% below PBs but solely through a total lack 312
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The catering at Mt Tiger was different with a barbecued lamb on day one, followed by wild pig on day two and venison on day three. Quite a change from burgers, bacon and egg sandwiches! I left Whangarei on Sunday afternoon to drive down to Auckland for my return flight on Monday to Kuala Lumpur. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the land of the long white cloud (translation of the Maori name for New Zealand) but my body has suffered a bit from five hours ofjet lag on Thursday that was reversed just four days later. For those of you contemplating visiting Brisbane for WFAC in 2006 my advice is to recognize the ten hour time difference between GMT and Brisbane and to get to Australia several days
Beautiful Waterfalls were part of the range.
of competition in my class I was both first and last in PFAC. The Sunday shoot of two twenty target single arrow unmarked 3D animals had me worried as I had only once tried unmarked shooting. Having blanked the first three animals in the morning I was delighted with my first wound and thereafter I began to trust my distance judgement and thoroughly enjoyed the two rounds that made extensive use of the river and waterfalls. The rushing water helped to wash some of the mud off my boots. I scored higher in the second round than the first but that is all I am saying about my scores, save to say that I did come home with all my arrows.
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101
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101
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142
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197
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Commentary by Roy Rose Mr. Ki Sik Lee Archery's Coaching Supremo! Roy Rose
Editor's note: This commentary was written January 2005. Since his initial foray into Archery's Olympic cauldron in 1984, Korean (now Aussie) coaching giant, Mr. Ki Sik Lee. has a record of unparalleled success. In fact, up until Athens 2004. every team he had taken to the ultimate contest had returned at least one gold medal. The bronze medal success of his youthful charge, Tim Cuddihy, may have ended that sequence, but the efforts of the 17-yearold Australian, and his mentor, could hardly be regarded as anything but a major achievement, adding further to the claim of many that he is the finest archery coach in the world. A direct, charming and articulate man (now most proficient in the English language), he had to overcome much more than a language barrier when he accepted his position with the Australian Institute of Sport in 1997. Firstly, and obviously, the Korean program was most reluctant to part with him, secondly, sections of the Australian Archery fraternity were reluctant about his appointment, and thirdly, he was moving himself and his family to a new land with a vastly different culture, which could not only have been challenging in a social sense, but might well see the disciplined coaching program he had pioneered tested in a vastly different environment. To his credit, all these quite daunting scenarios have been overcome to the point now that he is an established Aussie, as highly regarded in Australia as he was in his native Korea. His record of guidance has in no way been diminished; in fact, it has risen to new heights with the success of Simon Fairweather in Sydney, and the subsequent deeds of the teenage duo, David Barnes and Tim Cuddihy, at the highest level internationally. The million plus archery facility at the AIS is a direct result of the work of Ki Sik and the achievement of Simon Fairweather. It is a live-in facility where Australia’s promising youngsters attend on
scholarship, and where their educational, as well as sporting requirements, are addressed on a daily basis, year-round. Under his system, Mr. Lee becomes as much a mentor as an astute archery coach. Also, to his immense credit, he was able to incorporate the disciplines of the Korean system. At the same time, his awareness of cultural differences and his rapport with the archers has resulted in a program second to none, with results to match. The Simon Fairweather saga is well known. At age 21, he was a youthful World Champion, but during the subsequent decade, his performance did not match his latent potential, even though it was far from second class, As Ki Sik recalls, "Simon was a talented archer but his training, attitudes, psychological approval and basic motivations needed a new direction.” The archer and coach revamped his style and his mental approach, with mutual respect carrying them through the early setbacks in such a process, until that final golden day in Sydney when all the hard work came to fruition. For those who saw the event, the rapport between archer and mentor was vividly obvious, and was a team effort in every sense. Simon recalls that tuning, and equipment, though not unimportant ingredients, became less significant with an emphasis on shooting techniques, form and physical fitness, and most critically, the mental and psychological approach of execution under pressure. All this was moulded into the gold medal performer on show at the Sydney Olympics. Readers may not be aware that Ki Sik Lee was himself a superb archer, holding 26 national records and winning his national target title in 1975 and 1979. From 1981 to 1984, he was the national men’s coach. He was the national women’s coach, 1986-1989. In 1990, he was again appointed men’s coach, and the next year, the national head coach, a position he occupied until 1996. During his Olympic years, his archers have 316
won nine of the 18 gold medals on offer leading into the Athens games, where 17year-old Cuddihy, the world junior champion, added a bronze. His coaching philosophy has its roots in the Korean program of which he was a pioneer, with all the technological back up the AIS provides; the funding of archery in Australia, plus a magnificent facility probably unequalled anywhere. There is not specific desire for a particular style of execution. Fairweather. Barnes, and Cuddihy. for example, have quite different form, but certain ingredients, such as bow arm set, in-line performance and scapula tension are integrated and practiced religiously. The mental aspects which come with persistence despite adversities, the ability to handle pressure particularly in today’s head-to-head format and the management of mental energy are all key components of a broad coaching program. David Barnes and Tim Cuddihy are classic examples of young talented archers who retain their Aussie cultural traits are able to absorb the disciplines of the Korean system under a superb coach and reach the upper echelon while still teenagers. David and Tim would be the first to admit their youthful exuberances and more than occasional discipline flaws which all western youngsters exhibit. But in the archery mode, their discipline training regime under a revered coach is focused, and single minded. The theory that a western culture could not be adapted to an Eastern culture of disciple and repetition has been laid to rest. All nations will have young men and women focused and disciplined enough to accept the rigors of the so-called Korean System. Mr. Ki Sik Lee and his immensely successful AIS program have already proved the point. With Mr. Lee at the helm, watch for future international honors. The best is yet to come.
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October 6, 2005
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.- USA Archery, the National Governing Body (NGB) for the Olympic sport of archery in the United States, is pleased to announce the hiring of Mr. Ki Sik Lee, a six-time Olympic Coach, as its new National Head Coach. The National Archery Coach is responsible for the long range planning, development and execution of all facets of the national archery training program. This includes coaching the technical aspects of international level archery skills as well as
the related areas of physical training, mental training and other athlete management. Forty-eight year old Lee, originally from South Korea, brings to the U.S. a tremendous amount of experience as both a competitor and a coach in the sport of archery. Lee was the Korean National Archery Champion in 1975 and 1979 and broke the national record 26 times during his shooting career in Korea. He served as the Korean National Men’s Team Coach from 1981-1984 and again in 1990. He was the National Women’s Team Coach from 1986-1989. Mr. Lee was appointed Korean National Head Coach in 1991, a position he held until 1996. He was an Olympic Coach for Korea in 1984 and 1988 and was Head Coach of the Korean Olympic Team at Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta in 1996. Mr. Lee was appointed Australian National Coach and Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Head Coach in 1997. He coached Sydney Olympic Gold Medalist, Simon Fairweather, and other members of the Australian team at the 2000 Games. Mr. Lee coached the Australian team again in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, where Aussie archer Tim Cuddihy won a bronze medal and set an Olympic record score in the semi-finals. Coach Lee’s archers have won 23 medals in World Championships during the past 15 years. He has never taken a team to an Olympics and not returned with a
medal. His athletes have won 9 of the 22 Olympic gold medals awarded in archery in the past 20 years. This is a more outstanding achievement than almost any coach in any Olympic sport. Coach Lee has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Physical Education. He has served as a director of shooting for major international events, as president, director and chairman of judges for the Korean Archery Association (KAA) and has been a keynote speaker at many archery seminars around the world. Coach Lee is the author of the popular book Total Archery. He has a son and a daughter who have each graduated from dental school in Australia and a daughter-in-law who is finishing law school. Coach Lee will assume his duties as the National Head Coach at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif, on January 3,2006. He and his wife. Ha Park, will reside in the San Diego area. USA Archery is very excited to have Coach Lee join our staff and we hope all of you in the archery community will join us in welcoming him and his family.
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\ PARADISE CAN'T COME I MUCH BETTER THAN THIS
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the cassava, until found, on this occasion on top of its kennel shed, to keep its roof on as the dog jumps around violently. lodged in a stem (see photo). And its agitation is well-founded; recent To the left, near the shooting line are five sheds: three for the dogs, one for goats snake victims include one of the dogs, and and one for chickens. The sun shines on a she-goat. A motherless baby goat follows most days, Margaret around, demanding not arrows and the warm from her quiver, but access to a feeding breeze re bottle. BUTABIKA ARCHERY CLUB: minded me of the Medi Mustafa and Margaret run the Butabika terranean at Archery Club. It meets twice per week for training (Saturday afternoons and all day its best. So does Sunday) al the practice range behind the this Garden bar. The club has 24 registered members. of Eden boast Those with jobs pay an annual membership any negative fee of Ug. Sh.10.000 = (US $6), while features? An students receive free membership. Most archer might members are young, in their twenties. Mustafa and Margaret are the pillars of grumble at the shooting the club. Mustafa, an electrician by trade, line being went for further technical training with the just 25 meters Chloride International battery firm in Jack retrieves an arrow which had lodged itself in a cassava stem from the tar Manchester, UK, in 1983. He “retired There is a little archery paradise in get. For as Mustafa explained, “ideally it three years ago so he can now more fully Uganda. It has no sophisticated would be 30 meters, the shortest concentrate on his archery interests, which equipment. And initiative, not money, competition distance for outdoor/target includes being a national level judge. He shapes its basic facilities. But it is idyllic, archery. But unfortunately, the land area has a small farm on the shores of Lake as idyllic can be. behind the bar and house is not big enough Victoria where he rears goats and grows Olympic archer. Margaret Tumusiime to allow this.” crops such as cassava, tomatoes and (age 42) and her husband Mustafa Also, while a serpent did make a cameo onions. Mwesidge (age 54). own a small bar (the performance in the Garden of Eden, and a His early involvement in sport was with M2 Sports Club) on the outskirts of snake can crawl out of the organizational darts which he coached. But in 1986, the Kampala, not far from Lake Victoria. woodwork to make venomous speeches French Embassy through Developemental Mustafa is Treasurer and Acting General during an Secretary of the Ugandan Archery archery club Federation (UAF). AGM, the Behind the bar is their accommodation. real thing and behind that is, yes. paradise. It is their does make archery practice range. Immediately to its night-time left and right, and within their compound appearances are trees. But these are not the sort of trees behind the found in Boston or Baltimore. They are M2 Sports jackfruit, paw-paw, mango, and orange Club. trees. Nor should I forget the matooke One of the (banana) plants, and the goats and dogs gets so chickens wandering around, which agitated occasionally get underfoot. during these Behind the target is a field of cassava. reptilian raids And when an arrow flies over the target. that Mustafa as it did during my visit, Margaret must has put a lead her trainees in a search for it amongst large old pot Margaret silhouetted against late afternoon sun during practice.
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introducing archery into universities and a r c h c r y some secondary schools and into the inability on police, army and prison services, which her part. She will bring in older people.” observed, And Mustafa, showing a sound grasp “after of the multiplier effect, added: “We are Sydney, the specifically targeting teacher training General colleges, to cultivate a knowledge of Secretary of archcry to be taken into schools.” There the UAF be are disabled archers registered with the came based UAF. For example, a man with one arm in Northern uses a specially adapted bow that has a Uganda with band with which he draws the string back his job. The with his teeth. Although there have been national no Ugandan archers at the Special game deter Olympics, it is the UAF’s intention to get iorated and a team to the next Paralympics. (L to R) Jack, Getu and Hassan during a training session became dis at Butabika Archery' Club All-in-all, there is huge potential for the organized. rapid growth of archery in Uganda, for the But, now, things are looking up.” & Technical Assistance Committee sent tradition is an ancient one. Some Ugandans Not surprisingly, Margaret, is keen to out a coach and provided 12 bows. Mustafa (especially nightwatchmen) still use basic heard about this equipment through a get to the Beijing Olympics, where traditional bows for security. As a sport, contact in a French company. After opponents would find her in a typically however, archery’s development is recent, deciding to get involved, he began archery determined mood: “I believe 1 can beat the but its future in Uganda looks encouraging. training in 1988. The sport touched a others despite all the challenges we face Mustafa and Margaret are impressive and childhood interest in him. Mustafa first here. I don’t fear them at all. I go out likeable individuals, and the President of held a bow when he was around 10 years believing 1 can win, that’s just the way 1 the UAF, Andrew Omara, is an inter old. In his village, he used traditional bow am.” national judge. TRAINING & arrows to shoot at paw-paws or LIMITED RESOURCES My visit to a training session at the pumpkins tied to a tree. Uganda has made huge economic Margaret became involved in archcry Butabika Archery Club took place in progress in the last 20 years, but it is still a typically perfect Ugandan weather, sunny, through Mustafa. She met him in 198! poor sub-Saharan African country, and the while she was a student al the Uganda warm, and with a pleasant breeze. Bui Margaret was quick to add: “We train College of Commerce, where Mustafa ran the senior staff canteen. There was no whether it is windy, rainy or very hot. hiding the enthusiasm behind some We train in all kinds of weather because we have to compete in all sentimental memories when she added: “I kinds of weather .” had been competing al international level The youthfulness of the three in netball and then darts. I knew trainees present that day reflected the immediately I wanted to take up archery. I began training in 1994 and competing in youthfulness of Uganda’s population (the average life expectancy is in the 1996.” mid-forties, compared to over 80 Her first competition was the 1996 African Championships in Kenya where years in USA). And they were an enthusiastic and dedicated trio: she was 4th in the Women's Individual • Jack (26) is studying for a Event. Her major competitions since then diploma in Information Technology have been: • Getu (25) works in catering in •1999 All-African Games (Johan Central Kampala nesburg, South Africa) • Hassan (22) is the eldest child of • 2000 African Olympic Qualifier (Port Mustafa and Margaret and combines Elizabeth, South Africa) working part-time in their bar with • 2000 Olympics (Sydney, Australia) • 2003 African Olympic Qualifiers studying. ARCHERY IN UGANDA There (Nairobi, Kenya) Her happiest archery moment was are seven functioning archery clubs in Uganda, and 85 active archers qualifying for the Sydney Olympics. Conversely, failure to go to the 2004 registered with the UAF. But Mustafa Athens Olympics was her greatest argues that “the number of archers in Mustafa and Mararet next to their homemade Uganda is increasing as we are disappointment. This was not due to papyrus mat and rubber sheet buttress. November-December 2005 Call toll free at 888-250-3321
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resources available to archers reflect this. Thus Mustafa estimates there are only 44 Olympic standard training bows in Uganda (the Butabika Archcry Club has 12, there are 6 in Guhi in Northern Uganda. and 6 in the Western Region. The Saracen Security firm has 12, not for reasons of security, but because one of its top officials is an archer. The remaining 8 were originally donated by the German Embassy and are now held by a leading Kampala school, the Greenhill Academy. Margaret will shortly begin coaching youngsters at Greenhill). Similarly, there are only five recurve competition bows in Uganda. Margaret has one. which was given to her in Sydney by the President of F1TA, Mr. Easton. This followed the comments of an IOC representative that if Margaret could shoot so w'ell using a second-hand bow, she deserved a good one to allow her to reach her potential. She had quickly to become familiar with her new recurve bow in
Sydney, but the result was an increase in her points total from 990 to 1150. Properly manufactured strings are not available in Uganda. The Butabika Archery Club's strings (both the main string and the serving string) are home-made. Mustafa explained: "We buy nylon thread in town. And then spin the threads together. Although homemade, the strings are to international standards, e.g., 12/14/16 strands for the main string.” The UAF wants to introduce compound bows to popularize game as they "are fancy to look at and would appeal to business types. But they are expensive and this is not a priority area.” Buttresses show up Uganda’s resource limitations but also highlight the innovation and ingenuity to overcome lack of funds. The Butabika club’s buttresses are made from different materials. • Rubber sheets, purchased from the Bata Shoe Company. Mustafa observed that “they are good but expensive at Ug Sh 40,000 (£12)
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per sheet. One sheet is needed per target so each club requires two sheets.” • Foam is cheaper, but it is too thin, and the arrow tips get damaged • Eucalyptus bark (see photo on previous page) is frequently used, because it doesn’t damage the arrow tips. Mustafa buys young, newly cut poles and peels off bark when it is still wet. Before drying, the bark is twisted into ropes and then woven into sheets. It takes Mustafa, two days to manufacture one sheet, and as the buttress requires 2 sheets, the entire process takes 4 days. • Papyrus - tied together to form mat' which are placed behind rubber sheets Needs: the UAF’s priority needs fall inti the areas of equipment and know-how. • Equipment: bow kits (bow, quiver arrows, arm guards, string-making materials, fletchings or vanes, nocks and tips). None of these are available in Ugand. Also required are some international level buttresses for competition, and different sized target faces. • Know-how: trainers to visit Uganda and run short intensive courses for coaches and judges. The UAF does receive some limited assistance to meet these needs. The DTAC (continental body) monitors the UAF’s performance (e.g., are archery standards improving?, are archer numbers increasing?). Mustafa added, “depending on this, they determine the equipment that can be sent. For example, last year, before the continental competition in Kenya, they sent us some arrows.” As the development of archery is at such an early stage in Uganda, the UAF is keen to forge links with sister organisations. To this end, Mustafa can be contacted by email on mustafamwesidge@yahoo.com and by telephone at 00 256 77 418856. Fie added that “if there are clubs in the USA that have unneeded second-hand equipment, we’d be delighted if they could donate them." And some of the equipment might further improve this little paradise, and be happily surrounded by chickens, goats, orange trees, not to mention the baby goat seeking out its feeding bottle.
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New FITA President on a visit in Lausanne
Correction, Sorry! Win & Win Archery Press Release
Tuk Young Lee, recurve individual Silver Medalist and recurve Team Gold Medal, shoots the Exfeel riser and XQ-1 limbs.
Dr. Ugur Erdener
The new President of FITA, Dr. Ugur Erdener, was passing through the Olympic capital on Tuesday this week for the first time since he was elected. He took advantage of the opportunity to have a meeting with GAISF President Hein Verbruggen. Later in the afternoon he also met the IOC President Jacques Rogge and the Director of ASOIF Bob Fasulo. Recently elected as President of FITA, Dr. Erdener is the Director General of the Hacetteppe Medical Complex of Ankara, Turkey. He is the first person from Turkey to be appointed as president of a Summer Olympic sport federation. His meeting with Hein Verbruggen, who is also President of the Coordination Commission for the 2008 Beijing Games, took place at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. « It is a wonderful training centre, and Mr. Verbruggen should be proud of it. Dr. Erdener said after the visit. The two presidents talked about the challenges that international sports are facing and about Beijing 2008. Dr. Ugur Erdener is convinced that FITA has to be more active for archery to keep its good position among Olympic sports. Among the new President’s main projects are organizing a World Cup Circuit from next year, developing a new sponsorship program and a better TV policy, as well as creating new publications for FITA members. FITA organizes a Think Tank meeting next weekend in Antalya, Turkey. Its new President wishes to collect some different opinions from its members in order to prepare good strategic plans. FITA President hopes to draw lessons and advice from his discussions with Jacques Rogge, Hein Verbruggen and Bob Fasulo that will help him improve the situation and profile of archery in the world of sports. Ms. Ludivine MAITRE, Communications Officer FITA (International Archery Federation) www.archery.org - info@archery.org November-December 2005 - Call us at toll free 888-250-3321
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Fred Bear Sportsman's Club Raises Funds for 15,000 Venison Meals In Shoot for the Hungry Events at Bass Pro Shops EVANSVILLE, IN—AUGUST 15, 2005The inaugural Fred Bear Sportsman’s Club Shoot for the Hungry archery fun-shoots, held at Bass Pro Shops locations in Hamsburg, Nashville and Charlotte over the past two weekends, have raised nearly $4,000 or enough to process some 15,000 venison meals to feed local individuals and families in need. In addition to raising money to process the venison that will be donated this hunting season by local hunters feeding the hungry organizations, dozens of prizes were also given away at each location, including a grand prize Fred Bear® compound hunting bow. In Tennessee, for example, monies will go to the Hunters for the Hungry cooperative program of the Tennessee Wildlife Federation and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Through this
Check presentation for Fred Bear Sportsman’s Club Shoot for the Hungry at Bass Pro Shops in Nashville. (Left-toRight) Chad Wittenburg; Hunters for the Hungry Coordinator, Nashville; Scott Alread, Archery Product Manager, Escalade Sports; Greg Cole, Manager Bass Pro Shops Nashville; Julie Schuster, Promotions Manager Bass Pro Shops Nashville
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program, hunters and deer processors fight hunger by providing properly prepared venison to food banks and soup kitchens across the state of Tennessee. Donated venison provides families a high-protein, low-fat supplement vital to a healthy diet. Also, venison donated to soup kitchens lowers food costs and puts more meat on the table at a critical time of the year. Chad Whittenburg, Hunters for the Hungry Program Coordinator, was a driving force for the Nashville event. “It takes organizations like Bass Pro Shops and Escalade Sports to take the baton and see the importance in helping out an outdoor cause like Hunters for the Hungry. The program has saved non-profit agencies and organizations in Tennessee more than $366,250 since the program first began.” The Fred Bear Sportsman’s Club has been created to promote archery and bow hunting as a family-oriented sport and at the same time support local hunting organizations through programs such as Shoot for the Hungry'. Scott Alread, Archery Product Manager for Escalade Sports, the parent company for such archery brands as Fred Bear®, Jennings® and Satellite™ praised the efforts of Bass Pro Shops, which provided the venue and helped coordinate a team of volunteers from the ranks of local hunters feeding the hungry organizations in Nashville, Hamsburg and Charlotte. “We think this was a great start and we’re looking forward to expanding the
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Youth winners receive Fred Bear Family Bows at Bass Pro Shops in Nashville. Presenters were (left-to-right) Chad Wittenburg, Hunters for the Hungry Coordinator, Nashville; Scott Alread, Archery Product Manager, Escalade Sports; and Julie Schuster, Promotions Manager Bass Pro Shops Nashville.
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After three years of design and testing work, Pak-Rat ATV Accessories is introducing a lightweight new cart that more than doubles the carrying capacity of today's go-anywhere ATVs. You can carry your buddies, your gear and your game with this new cart, both easier and safer than trying to load them on the ATV itself. The Pak-Rat cart uses a cool expanded mesh bench seat to carry one or two hunters, with optional cushions in black or Mossy Oak camo. The brush guards surrounding passengers are formed from tough, 1/16 inch steel plate. These steel elements and the seamless welded frame then receive a powder coat finish before final assembly. The frame assemblies and panels are hung and given an electrostatic charge that attracts the paint powder, which is then baked on to provide a durable polyester finish that resists rust and scratches. You can choose green to blend into the terrain, or high visibility red. The open mesh where you sit, place your feet and carry your gear both lightens the cart and makes clean up easy. You can pull the cart home on a muddy day and easily rinse it off with a garden hose or pressure washer. The 600-pound capacity cart connects to your ATV with a 1-7/8 inch ball hitch. The tongue is removable for shipment and for storage in tight quarters. (With a mass weight of 190 pounds, the PakRat Cart typically ships on a pallet via Fed-X ground service.)
What makes this new ATV Cart easy to pull and easy to ride on is the suspension system. Pat-Rat designers went to the Dexter Axle Company to have a miniature torsion axle created. Used on premium horse trailers and cargo trailers, these torsion axles use steel and rubber elements to produce a ride smoother than leaf springs or coil springs. The suspension is complemented by durable 4-bolt hubs and 22 inch ATV wheels. If you’ve ever tried riding on the spine-jarring “garden carts with seats” tnat some ATA accessory manufacturers have offered, understand there’s no comparison between those units and these premium Pak-Rat ATV Carts. “The Pak-Rat passenger wagon will allow the ATV owner to share the enjoyment of his investment with the wife and kids or with friends who want to load up their gear and enjoy the smoothest ride in the industry,” designer Scott Slates said. The Missouri manufacturer sells direct to consumers and has begun setting up a dealer network. For more information or to order this premium ATV accessory, call (636) 327-8104 or go on-line to pakratcart.com
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Good Things Come In Small Packages The company that first brought you the Doinker® technology has once again made strides in the field of archery. Leven Industries is proud to present the Doinker A-Bomb 4 inch Shorty Armored Hunter Plus (Model # BA4P). This compact unit is the ultimate bowhunter's tool - not only does it provide the Doinker's signature 360degree active stabilization, but it also features a rugged armor coating that make it impervious to the harshest weather elements. The Doinker A-Bomb 4-Inch Shorty Armored Hunter Plus measures four inches long and weighs only 7.3 ounces. It contains a threaded rod for easy attachment to any hunting bow, and its cylindrical design features the rotund Doinker A-Bomb stabilizer, which is mounted on the device. Utilizing Leven’s proprietary Interrupted Transfer Polymer technology (ITP), the Doinker A-Bomb 4-Inch Shorty Armored Hunter Plus is able to absorb the shock, vibrations and micro-harmonics that are a by-product of today's compound bows. The result is extremely quiet and stealthy hunting — virtually eliminating bow shock, vibration and noise. In addition, it includes Leven’s unique "Doinker" 4-ln-l CamoSkins™ that allow the hunter to customize the stabilizer to match his or her bow. These distinctive
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Sacred Buddhist Temple hosts Archery Festival by Bob Markworth The ancient Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, Sanjusanguen-do was originally constructed in 1164 AD as part of the Imperial Palace of the retired Emperor, Goshirakawa. After being destroyed by fire it was reconstructed in 1266 and has remained unchanged with minor renovations since that time. Located on the south side of Shichijo-dori, midway between the Kamo River and the eastern hills in southeast Kyoto, the temple houses more than 1,030 Buddhist statues, and is 130 yards long by 20 yards wide, the longest temple in the world. Midway through the 16th century, an archery contest was held annually on the west veranda of the temple, where each contestant would shoot as many arrows as possible within a twentyfour hour period. Although the target was a large wall, 14 feet square, (the proverbial "Barn Door”), the arrows had to be shot at a distance of 130 yards, the length of the outside wall of the temple. Because the extended omate eaves of the temple's roof were 14 feet in height, the trajectory of the arrows was limited and had to pass under that
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Each of the 1,001 Buddhist statues housed in the Kyoto temple, Sanjusanguen-do, has an individual facial expression, with no two being alike.
14 foot height. Using the traditional bamboo, recurve horse bow and hollow bamboo arrows, the type of equipment available then and still used today, only the heaviest of bows could cast an arrow with a flat enough trajectory to reach the far wall without falling short or hitting the ceiling because of over compensation due to fatigue. The record was set by a young, eighteen year old boy named Wasa Daihachiro, who in 1686, shot 13,053 arrows in a 24 hour period, hitting the “target” 8,133 times. His missed arrows had fallen short of their mark, or embedded in the ceiling. The amazing strength and endurance of that young Japanese man, allowed him to shoot an average of nine arrows per minute over a 24 hour period, a record that has never been broken. This grueling and enduring archery tournament has since been replaced by the annual temple festival, Yanagi-no-okaji. This event is held on the second Sunday of every January and it features an all day toshiya, (archery tournament), where many 20 year old women join the competition wearing colorful “hakama” dress that they have prepared for their “Coming Of Age Day”.
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ROTARY CLUB OF COLUMBUS PARTNERS WITH THE ARNOLD FITNESS WEEKEND TO CREATE NEW COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS Columbus, Ohio —G. Robert “Bob” Bowers, past President of the Rotary Club of Columbus, and current Scholarship Committee Chair, announced today the establishment of twelve SI.000 college scholarships in partnership with The Arnold Fitness Weekend. The Weekend is a threeday sports festival in Columbus, Ohio that welcomes 120.000 visitors and 15,000 competitors annually. The scholarships will
be awarded to twelve youth competitors by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and a Columbus Rotarian as a part of the Weekend’s festivities. “The Rotary Club of Columbus Scholarship Committee carefully reviewed the partnership with the Arnold Fitness Weekend to create new scholarships,” said Bob Bowers. “Wc concurred that this was an opportunity to further the Rotary Club of Columbus mission to provide exemplary leadership through commitments to youth, and to effect positive and enduring change in the lives of others.” Bowers stated, “We look forward to working with the youth awardees and to encourage their future participation as Rotarians in Columbus and other communities.” Jim Lorimer, Producer of the 30 year Arnold Fitness Weekend, commented, “Governor Schwarzenegger and I originally conceived of The Arnold Fitness Weekend as an opportunity to celebrate excellence through sports performance. Since inception, the Weekend has grown into the nation's largest sports festival, welcoming approximately 14,000 youth and 1,000 adult competitors in 30 events. We are immensely pleased to partner in our commitment to youth by joining with the Rotary Club of Columbus in these important new scholarships.” Kris Wilson, Executive Director of Rotary Club ofColumbus added, “Columbus Rotary members are devoted to being actively involved in a broad array of service projects. We believe we will present a unique advantage to help secure the educational futures oftwelvc youngsters and to instill the critical Rotary message of a lifetime of community, and vocational service.” The Rotary Club of Columbus was founded in 1912 as the 38,h Rotary International Club. The Club boasts 500 members committed to effecting positive and enduring change in the lives of others by conducting service programs, fostering goodwill and peace around the world, and creating opportunities for fellowship and new friendships.
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Gold Tip Acquires Industry Leading Vanetec Orem, UT, October 14, 2005 - Gold Tip, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Vanetec of Myrtle Point, OR. “We have been talking with Vanetec for quite some time and have watched them become a leader in the marketplace”, said Tom Donal, VP of Operations for Gold Tip, Inc. Donat continued, “They have developed a superior product that has caught the eye of many archers because of its’ superior durability and ease of fletching." Both Kody Walker, GT Sales & Marketing Manager and Dayne Lester, Vanetec Sales & Marketing, agree, “It just makes good business sense for the two companies to work closer together. Gold Tip’s superior line of arrows combined with Vanetecs’ innovative vanes gives our customers a win-win situation.” The acquisition took effect October I. 2005. Much of the Vanetec manufacturing will remain in Myrtle Point, OR with many of the back office functions moving to Gold Tip’s campus in Orem, UT. “The same expertise that made Vanetec the superior product it is will remain with the company”, added Donat. “Vanetec customers can look forward to continued fine product with the value of the Gold Tip family backing up the brand and Vanetec continuing as its’ own brand,” concluded Donat.
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Orem, UT, October 14, 2005 - Gold Tip, Inc. today announced the formation of Freedom Home Medical LLC. Freedom Home Medical is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gold Tip, Inc. and represents a move to diversify Gold Tips’ business strategy for the future. Tom Donat, the newly appointed President of Freedom Home Medical said, “Freedom Home Medical will help to strengthen our business opportunities both now and for the foreseeable future.” He continued, “Although a departure from the traditional Gold Tip presence of over eighteen years in the archery industry, our management team has been looking for ways to strengthen the company and position Gold Tip in future growth industries. Because of social demographics and the aging of the population we felt this move to create Freedom Home Medical was a step in the right direction to accomplish our growth goals.” Freedom Home Medical will be headquartered in Orem, Utah, on the current Gold Tip campus. Freedom Home Medical brings together a number of seasoned professionals from the medical equipment industry that will form the nucleus of the new company. The company’s business model includes the sale and support of durable medical equipment including power wheelchairs, oxygen, and CPAP equipment. Operations have already commenced in several large metropolitan areas around the country. Equipment includes offerings from most of the major DME vendors. “The creation of Freedom Home Medical in no way affects the operation of Gold Tip, Inc. our parent company,” said Donat. “Gold Tip will continue to focus on its’ mission to provide creative quality products to the archcry industry and lend its’ expertise of innovation, customer service and a stellar work ethic to the new company”, he concluded.
Dayne A. Lester Orem, UT., October 14, 2005 - Gold Tip, Inc. today announced the appointment of Dayne A. Lester to lead the sales and marketing efforts for Gold Tip subsidiaries Blackhawk Archery and Vanetec. “Dayne comes to Gold Tip from Sportsman's Warehouse where he distinguished himself as an asset to that fine organization”, noted Tom Donat. Donat, Gold Tip’s VP of Operations went on to say that, “We are excited to have such an experienced archery enthusiast and businessman as Dayne on the Gold Tip team. He represents another person of the highest caliber and expertise that embodies the vibrant and creative soul of Gold Tip.” Kody Walker, Gold Tip’s Sales and Marketing Manager added, “Dayne has been involved with archery since his childhood, in various capacities as shooter, competitor, hunter and industry buyer. He will be great asset to our team.” “Dayne, by joining the Gold Tip team represents another move in Gold Tips’ aggressive expansion in the archery industry. Lester will be working directly with the Blackhawk line and other responsibilities relative to sales and marketing of subsidiaries” concluded Donat.
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Aluminum Youth Arrow Orem, UT., October 13, 2005 - Gold tip, Inc. today announced the January release of its new youth arrow, the Genesis by Gold Tip in conjunction with Brennen Industries, a sister company of Mathews Bows, and the highly successful National Archery in the Schools Program. “This arrow represents over a year of planning and preparation aimed at providing a readily available youth arrow to support archery for young people and the N.A.S.P.”, commented Kody Walker, Gold Tips’ Sales & Marketing manager. “Robert Ives, Gold Tips’ VP of Business Development came from the education field and had an affinity for youth programs and education in general”, said Tom Donat, Gold Tips’ VP of Operations, "and has been working on this project for quite some time.” Donat continued, “All the people at Gold Tip were excited to work on this project and bring the Gold Tip reputation and quality to youth archery”. The Genesis by Gold Tip youth arrow has some impressive and proven specifications that comply fully with previous youth arrows and the N.A.S.P program needs in particular. The Genesis by Gold Tip will be available through N.A.S.P and established Gold Tip channels. Specifications: ID: .240” OD: .281” Spine: .600” Weight: 11.5 gpi bare shaft Length 29.5” bare shaft
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Learn to Set Life Goals by B. Howard Coffey So help us use our days wisely, that we may gain Your wisdom (Psalm 90:12). Setting goals is easy! Sticking to them proves hardest. Why? Perhaps the best reason why goals aren't kept is because you set unrealistic goals. In order to be the best archery shooter I can be, 1 must shoot 200 arrows' each day. you tell yourself. However, with school work and the work mom and dad expect you to do along with church and civic activities, you simply run out of time. Where does all nty time go, you wonder. Only you can answer that question, and the following will help you determine just how much time you have. Every person on this planet has one thing in common. Each has a twenty-four hour clock. No one has more; no one has less. All have a clock with only twenty-four hours on it. You, then, must plan your time wisely. Here’s how. On Saturday or Sunday evening, sit down in your room and make a schedule for the next week. Somethings are given: school, work, church, homework, family. Things you can’t move or change. However, you can determine exactly how many hours each unchangeable event takes daily. Schedule the unchangeables into your day. How much time do you have left? You may find you only have one fifteen minute block of time to practice. That’s
how many arrows you can shoot each day. Then, write a goal to shoot for fifteen minutes each day. Schedule that block of time. It’s realistic, and you can keep the goal because you have planned the time. Goals and time management go hand-in-hand. David writes in the Psalms, So help us use our days wisely, that we may gain Your wisdom (90:12). Setting goals is wise. To reach your potential in archery or life, set realistic goals, goals that are attainable. Next, you could write a goal for the end of the year. Since I shoot fifteen minutes each day, I can achieve second or third place in my class in 2006. Now you are ready to make a few long-term goals. Long term goals keep you working consistently at your short-term ones. These long-term goals aren’t just wishes. The long-term goals are based on the realistic achievements of short-term goals. For example, if you can practice shooting your bow for fifteen minutes each day, then how proficient will this make you in one, two or even three years? You can write realistic goals according to your abilities to achieve and the time you can spend shooting your bow. Planning your days is wise. Setting realistic goals fits into God’s plan for your life. Leant His wisdom, and set goals by which you can live. Yours in Christ, Howard Coffey
Editors Note: B. Howard Coffey is a free lance writer and a consultant to education who lives in Eddyville, Kentucky. He can be reached at: hunt4days@yahoo.com.
Whole Life Planner To help plan your days wisely and be accountable, B.C. Ministries offers a daily time management system that is unique. It has a daily devotional! The devotional is taken from the teachings of B. Howard Coffey, and besides planning for each day, the Whole Life Planner helps you plan for life. The day planner and devotional come on a CD; therefore, you can use the Whole Life Planner on your computer and with the right technology download to your palm pilot. The cost for one year of Whole Life Planner is $ 15.50 plus $1.50 shipping and handling. The year runs from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2006. To order your Whole Life Planner, send check or money order made payable to: B. C. Ministries, Box 915, Eddyville, KY 42038.
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Merlin Bows 2006 You might be surprised to hear that Merlin is one of the oldest manufacturers of archery equipment in the world today. In fact, Merlin has quietly been building high quality compound bows for over 30 years, and for 2006 they have introduced a new line up of high-quality Target and Hunting bows, entitled the ‘X-Range’. First up is the XS, a compact 33” hunting bow with a deep 7” brace height. Secondly is the XT, designed for the 3D or Target archer with a longer 38” length and larger 7.5” brace height. Both are available in camo options or silver or black target anodize. Two Hybrid cam choices are available. The Viper cam, and Alpha cam. The Viper has an optimal force draw curve for increased performance, with a rock solid back wall and adjustable 55-65% let off. IBO-legal speeds up to 320fps are possible on the XS. The Alpha cam has a silky-smooth force draw curve, slightly longer valley and a 60-70% adjustable let off. Both cams feature sealed ball bearings and straight and level nock point travel. The new Multi-Core limbs are a 12 piece laminated composite design, complete with reinforced limb forks. These new limbs are perfectly matched and very tough. They are mounted at 32 degrees to the riser in a cushioned, shock reducing limb pocket designed to keep vibration and recoil minimal. The new stylish riser has a hardwood grip, centrally positioned in the bow for superb balance and aiming characteristics, while the ribbed riser design and strategic machining keeps the bow lightweight without compromising rigidity or strength. A special feature of the riser is the ability to customize your own bow with interchangeable vinyl inserts that are available in a variety of colors. Quick Specs—
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Archery coming to a school nearby, DNR announces ’05 school archery grant program (2005-09-20)
Physical education instructors are often looking for new activities that will engage and motivate their students. An increasing number of teachers are discovering archery as a tool to do that. Last year, 50 programs enrolled in a fledging Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) project as part of the National Archery in the Schools Program. Through the program, the DNR provided financial support to purchase state-of-the-art archery gear, trained teachers in archery instruction and gave schools a nationally recognized archery curriculum guide. As a result, nearly 10,000 students were introduced to archery during the 2004-2005 school year. DNR and state archery leaders hope to double that participation in the coming year. The agency is currently taking applications for equipment grants until Oct. 31. An informational DVD and application were recently mailed to more than 600 Minnesota high schools, junior high schools and middle schools. Additional information and a downloadable application form are available on the DNR Web site at www.dnr.state.mn.us To qualify for a grant, school officials must agree to a few conditions. First, the school must raise $1,300 as a match for the grant. Most schools have found private sector sponsors to pay part or all of this cost. Second, teachers must take a one-day archery training course, paid for by the DNR. Third, the school must commit to offering archery for at least two weeks (or 10 classroom hours) every school year for the life of the equipment. Finally, the school must agree to make the equipment available to community
organizationsand after-school programs that offer additional public archery opportunities. According to Ryan Bronson, the program coordinator for the DNR, most schools find sponsors ready and willing to foot the $1,300 bill. “Minnesota is blessed with active archery, conservation and fraternal organizations looking to support educational efforts like this," Bronson said. “When you consider the retail value of this equipment is at least four times the cost, this is a bargain.” Major program sponsors include the National Wild Turkey Federation and the Arrowsport Foundation. Archery groups that have contributed to the program include the Minnesota State Archery Association, SCl-North Country Bowhunters, Minnesota Bowhunters Inc., Minnesota Archers Alliance and countless local organizations. While using up-to-date equipment makes archcry instruction easier, the program places a heavy emphasis on training teachers to conduct classes in the safest and most effective manner possible. “Archery is one of the safest activities a school offers in their gym classes,” Bronson said. “According to statistics from the National Safety Council, archery’s injury rate is half that of golf and is safer than every ball-sport except ping-pong and bowling. In an effort to make the sport even safer, teachers receive extensive instruction in operating a safe archery range, both indoors and outdoors.” By overcoming the main barriers schools experience in offering archery - particularly expense, safety concerns and teacher proficiency - the DNR expects archery to rapidly grow in popularity. That is because archery appeals to young people regardless of gender, athletic ability or academic achievement level. In fact, archery tends to engage kids who otherwise don’t participate well in school. A recent survey of schools participating in the National Archery in the Schools Program found 94 percent of students liked archery, 68 percent liked it a lot, and 66 percent said it made gym class better. Amazingly, 53 percent reported feeling better about themselves when they finished archery compared with 4 percent who felt worse, indicating that archery is having a positive impact on young people’s self-esteem. Archcry’s benefits carry over into the classroom. Half the kids surveyed liked school better because of archery. In Kentucky, where the National Archery in the Schools Program originated, teachers report higher attendance during archery units. The benefits of archery carry over outside of school as well, according to Bronson. Unlike many athletic activities, entire families can participate together. Whether shooting recreationally, for hunting, or shooting competitively, archery has many opportunities for people of all ages, he said. The ESPN Great Outdoor Games featured an archery competition on national television this year. Archery is a long-standing Olympic event. The targets used in schools arc the same style as used in the Olympics. For more information about the National Archery in the Schools program, visit the program Web site at www.NASParcherv.com or contact the DNR Archery in Schools Program at (651) 2960776. 332
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To Whom It May Concern: Ifyou are like me. you are always looking for that magic formula that makes kids want to learn, keeps them out of trouble, increases their attendance, etc. At JHC, we think we have found one such formula. First of all. let me tell you what our formula cures as I retell a real life story' at our school. Johnny's mother called me asking me to let him transfer from our Day Treatment Center to our school. Since he was a fourth grader, all I could think of was how am I going to ever get a writing portfolio out of him. Since I knew the family and the special education coordinator assured me she would be there to help if needed. I agreed. After Johnny was officially mine. I learned the rest of the story. Johnny spent the first few years in a sister school terrorizing teachers, students, and a few principals. Desks had been thrown as often as fists and curse words. One teacher has even been to the emergency room as a result of an encounter with Johnny. Johnny had also been to our Alternative Learning Center. No success there either. No real learning was taking place. Since he was not responding to the ALC, the district decided to try a Day Treatment Center placement. In this placement, he received daily counseling and educational services. Just prior to my call from his mother, the Day Treatment staff suspended Johnny until he was hospitalized to get his behavior medication regulated. Being as positive as I could. 1 greeted him as he entered the school on his first day. He was welcomed by all the students and staff. He made no indication either verbal
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or facial of whether he liked us or not. A blank stare was all wc had for a few days. Soon thereafter, the honeymoon was over. He hit, spit, cursed, tried to bite, (I could go on). He visited my office multiple times each day. I made a promise to him that and I quote “You are not going anywhere no matter how mean, bad, or rude you are. Yu are my student and I am going to keep you here at this school.” I was hoping that just saying those words would make a life-changing difference in his life. No such luck. Our 21s' Century Learning Center was in full swing when our coordinator, Ronda. approached me about starting an archery program. My first response was, “Bows and Arrows type Archery?” I said, “NO! End of discussion!” She passed along a few websites, KDE connections, and reviews from others. When 1 discovered that this was a legitimate deal, 1 discussed it further with her. As the archery program started, Ronda told me she was letting Johnny join in on the team. I, again, said, “NO! End of Discussion!” No way was 1 going to give this guy a weapon and let him shoot it. Who knew what he would do with that thing. I dreamed for a night or two that he was chasing me down the hall with an arrow aimed at my behind. Johnny did start on the team. Archery slowly transformed Johnny not into the perfect child, but into a nice kid. He took pride in himself, behaved better, and talked to other kids. 1 will never forget the first time 1 saw him smile. He was having his picture made with his bow and the target. He smiled! Mrs. Ronda took the picture around to everyone she knew. His mother couldn’t believe that he smiled! Johnny’s former class pictures have a much different appearance. He didn’t look at the camera
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and he surely didn’t smile. He finished his fourth grade portfolio, he completed the CATS test, and he passed all of his classes while at our school. He no longer has the services of our Life Skills program. Is he perfect? He may not even be normal yet, but he has a chance now. He has been at the middle school for one semester so far. He has not been suspended. He has not been to ALC. He has not been in trouble. He has been in his classes. He has come a long w’ay! Archery was a great formula for Johnny. I would like to be able to say, “Wasn’t that a great idea I had?”, but I do take great pride and I love to say, “Isn’t it great that our school made a difference in his life.” Where would he be today without archery? Where would he be today without Mrs. Ronda? Where would he be today without his other archery coaches Mark and Troy? I could go on with another story about a boy who was so withdrawn that he wouldn’t look or talk to anyone when he arrived at our school. He had been home schooled for several years when he joined our school. He couldn’t read. After archery and too many bulls eyes to count, he is now walking as if he was lighter than air. His head held high, spark in his eye, and a smile on his face is all the proof I need that archery changes kids. With the interventions that are allowed, he scored Proficient on the practical living test. He still can’t read, but he is a changed young man. It is such a thrill for him for his school to be proud of him. This young man has a future made possible by archcry. Fie will be successful. He may never be able to write a book, but hopefully he can hire someone to write his ideas for him. I am not one that is all about programs. This program would not have been successful in meeting needs of these and others just like them if it had not been for the people running the program. The encouraging words, risks taken, sacrifices made, and love expressed made this program great and made and continue to make life changing differences in childrens' lives each day. I trust that you will feel free to contact me at any time for more information, would love to share other successful stories about how archery has made a difference with our kids.
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“On Target for Life” National Archery in the Schools Program Foundation 2035 Riley Road, Sparta, WI 54656 roy.grimes@ky.gov www.archeryintheschools.org Dear Friend of Archery: Have you heard about the National Tournament for the National Archery in the Schools Program? Last year almost 1800 students from 4 states came together for the largest indoor archery tournament in the country! And the tournament continues to grow each year as more states embrace the life sport of target archery by introducing the National Archery in the Schools Program. The program is currently in 30 states and plans are in place to be in all 50 states by 2007. As if the thrill of participating in this huge tournament is not enough, we are awarding college scholarships to the best of the best again for 2006. At the 2005 tournament, which was March 16, 2005 in Louisville, KY, we awarded 9 scholarships as follows: (4lh Place tiebreaker in the Girl's Division) Boys Girls $2,500 $2,500 Is' place $2,000 2nd place $2,000 $1,500 3rd place $1,500 $1,000 4lh place $1,000
What a tremendous opportunity for kids! Would you like to help? We are soliciting sponsors for these scholarships and have received very positive response so far. We cordially invite you to participate at any level you desire. Funds will be donated to the National Archery in the Schools Program Foundation, designated specifically for tournament winners' college scholarships. Time is of the essence— the 2006 tournament is only around the corner, and we need to receive the funds in order to be able to award the scholarships. Please send a check to:
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The French Tuning Method by John Dudley
Is it realty possible that something as small as a piece of paper can dictate if we are content with how our bow is performing? Well, sad enough, yes. I know personally 1 have been known in the past to put far too much into getting a perfect bullet hole through paper. Over the years I have found out that it doesn’t pay off to invest too much into this technique. I think for an archery pro shop it is a simple way' to show the customer receiving their new bow that the bow is tuned to be ready to shoot. 1 think for this purpose paper tuning is fine and definitely a good starting point for anyone. However, I would recommend that you don't put all your eggs in this basket and take a look at what matters most to serious archers and that is where the arrows land. What 1 would like to do is let you know about the technique that I have used for the last 7-8 years to tune my bow. The method 1 am referring too is the “French Tuning Method” The French Tuning Method may or may not really be French. That I don’t know. What I do know though is that it works and I owe much of my success to this method. The concept itself is relatively simple but the time involved can sometimes be much longer that shooting through some paper. Although, the time involved will realty be up to you and how far you are willing to go to find your ideal set up. Now 1 want to be clear and let you know that I'm not saying paper tuning is totally taboo now. Paper tuning is a good starting point even for this new method and I have found that if 1 have an absolutely perfect arrow spine that the two methods sometimes work the same. I have had times where I started with a bullet hole and went through the method only to find that the paper test was all I needed. However, more times than not, extra adjustments from the French Method have helped the overall grouping ability of the set up. Start by setting your nock at 90 degrees and your center shot at the position that you know is close to where the factory recommends. Sometimes I use paper first to get this close on bows I’m not familiar with. I know on my Mathews I usually just go with 13/16". Once you have done this, start by sighting your bow in at 3 yards. Yes, 1 said 3 yards! Make a very small spot to aim at
A properly French Tuned bow will have the same horizontal impact at close range as it will at any longer range.
maybe about the size of a pencil eraser. Make several shots and only move your sight until you are hitting the dead center of this small mark. Make sure you are executing good shots and know that they are impacting dead center. Now without moving your sight you will move back to 55 yards. Shoot a 6 arrow group. Again, your ability to know you are executing good shots will make sure this method works. For the average person sighting in at 3 yards should allow them to hit the mark between 52-57 yards. This varies depending on speed of arrow, anchor point and sight length. For me personalty I can hit the spot at about 60 yards the exact same as 3 yards without moving my sight. What you will look for is where your arrows are grouping. Your arrows will be in one of three places. Either, in the center, to the left or to the right of the dot you are aiming at. Once you have determined this you will need to know what adjustments to make. If your arrows are impacting to the left of spot you will need to move your arrow rest to the right. If you are impacting to the right of the spot you will have to move your arrow rest to the left. How much you move the rest will be determined by how far you missed the spot by. It doesn’t take much adjustment to move the arrow a long way at that distance. Now, if you are hitting the center then consider yourself either lucky or good! After, you have moved your arrow rest in the opposite direction of where the arrows were hitting at the long distance you will need to move back to 3 yards and sight your bow in again, moving nothing other that the sight itself. It is critically important that after every adjustment you move back to the close distance and move your sight to make up for you movement to the arrow rest. Once you have sighted in again at 3 yards then you will need to repeat the method and go back to the longer distance and shoot another group. Again, one of three things will happen. You have cither moved your arrow rest too far, not enough or just right. By now I’m sure you understand how this method works. The bottom line is you will need to get your bow impacting the same horizontal line at 3 yards as you have the longer distance without moving your sight. This has always assured me that my horizontal path of my arrow is accurate. If you are comfortable with your horizontal line you can make a mark on your arrow rest and make a few adjustments to your nock height to see if it helps your grouping. I have found that the nock height can have a lot to do with the left and right tune 336
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depending on how the arrow is being driven into the arrow rest. Sometimes I have had bows that work better by going into the arrow rest hard while others have tuned better with the arrow not having much pressure on the arrow rest. I like my Trophy Taker spring steel rest because 1 can easily change the blade thicknesses to try for better groups and also be able to micro adjust the vertical and horizontal adjustment. I usually use the French Method to get a good position for my horizontal alignment on my arrow rest then I try raising the nock point and sighting in at 3 yards then checking my long range mark. If they stay the same then 1 just focus on grouping size. Sometimes I use my tiller adjustment for fine tuning the nock height as well. You can also take this a step farther by doing this with different grain points and different arrow shafts. You will find that different spinearrowswill make your center shot alignment change some depending on if it is stiffer or weaker. After you have been successful with this standard way of French tuning you can also test at 3 yards and then out even further than 55 yards if you are comfortable with knowing your accuracy and realistic range to be accurate. What is critically important is to be conducting this method on perfectly flat ground and be shooting on a day without any wind. This will help eliminate different variables that could alter the correct tune of your bow. You may want to even try using the same arrow shaft but use different vanes, offsets and sizes to see the differences in how they affect your center shot. I know that paper tuning at times is easy and seems logical, but my best shooting bows were not always bows that shot perfect bullet holes through paper. They were, however, bows that had been set up using the French Tuning Method. I hope this works out for you the way it has for me! Good Shooting, John Dudley November-December 2005 - Call us at toll free 888-250-3321
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Coach’s Corner The Importance of Draw Length to Correct Form by Bernie Pellerite © 2005
Bernie Pellerite
In my opinion, this is where most of the archers first start down the road to disaster. Unfortunately, not much has been written about the methods and importance of finding the correct draw length and its relationship to accuracy. It remains one of the unspoken mysteries of correct archery form. At least we now have a standard definition. It is defined by the Archery Manufacturers and Merchants Organization (AMO), as — the distance, at full draw, from the nocking point to the pivot point (or mostforward point) ofthe grip plus 13A inches.
Methods of Measuring Draw Length
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In the past, there have been many methods designed to determine proper draw length. Pro shops have “draw arrows” attached to ten pound fiberglass recurve bows. The customer draws it back and, without formal instruction on where to draw it to, their draw length is determined. This frequently results in a draw length that is much too long, because the customer can and will push the bow arm out as far as possible, lean back, and draw the string almost back to their ear. Another method is to stand straight up. put your fist on the wall and measure from the wall to the comer of your mouth. Unfortunately, this is not accurate either because there are numerous variations on how much the shoulder is rolled. whether the head is upright, whether you are leaning back or forward, or whether you are standing with a straight stance, or an open stance. Draw lengths measured these ways can vary by as much as six inches. Without instruction on proper posture, you will probably end up with the wrong draw length. A third method (passed down through the years by recurve shooters) is to put a yardstick end in the middle of your chest and stretch your arms up both sides of the stick as far as possible. Where the fingertips meet on the stick, is supposed to be your proper draw. There again, depending on exactly where you place the yardstick on your chest, the measurement could vary by several inches. In the ten years I've been teaching our Shooter’s School, we have had plenty of experience in determining draw length. Of over 2,100 students, I would guess that only 250 students had correct draw length. Maybe 90-100 had too short of a draw, which leaves a whopping 1750 students whose draws were too long. This is a critical observation because, in my opinion, draw length is tied directly to form and execution. The following is a formula I created that will determine correct draw length for about 95% of the archery population.
All elements ofgood form can be seen in this photo the archer is erect with his body slightly open to the target because of an open stance. His bow shoulder is low, locked, but relaxed. His grip is low and relaxed and his draw forearm is above the line of the arrow.
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This is what I call “bone-to-bone” form (seephoto). It furnishes a solid base of support and eliminates as many muscles as possible, thus minimizing sight movement at foil draw. This creates the most stable shooting platform for most compound archers (and the majority of recurve shooters, too), regardless of their muscularity.
The Draw Length Formula
AU the elements of bad form can be seen in this photograph - the archer is leaning back. His how shoulder is high, roiled and tense. His grip is high and tense and his draw forearm is below the line of the arrow Notice how “stretched out" he is. This kind of bad form is generated by a draw length that is too long
Defining Proper Form First of all, the correct draw length will only be valid for archers using proper form, so what is proper form? • The archer should be standing straight up, not leaning back, with his aiming eye directly over his belt buckle or navel (for you analyticals . . . yes, that holds true regardless whether your navel is an in-y or an out-yl). • The stance should be preferably slightly open (slightly facing the target 15-20 degrees or so) or square (toeing a line that points to the target) and the feet should be shoulder-width apart. • The bow shoulder should be low, locked, but relaxed in the shoulder joint, as opposed to extended, tense, and/or rolled. • The grip on the bow should be in “the low wrist position,” (in most cases) with the pressure of the bow handle on the base of the thumb and on the thumb side of the lifeline of the hand (lifeline should be vertical 12 o’clock - 6 o’clock). • The string should touch the tip of the nose at full draw (shooters who wear glasses will probably find it necessary to put the string on the side of their nose). • The tip of the draw elbow should be at least as high as the nose and the crease of the elbow is on the same level with, or above, the line of the arrow at full draw.
Understanding that this is the form that we are looking for, we can now use the following formula to calculate draw length. The archer should stand with his or her back to a wall, with arms stretched out as far as possible at shoulder height with his palms facing out (as in photo). We are measuring “wingspan.” Measure from tip of the middle finger of one hand to the tip of the middle finger of the other. (No long fingernails!) Here is a partial chart that you can use to determine correct draw length. I developed this system in 1996 and use it in the shooter’s school. You can complete your own chart based on the following measurements: 69 inches = 27 inches AMO draw 70 inches = 2714 inches AMO draw
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and so on. For every inch of "wingspan" over or under 71" add or subtract a '/i "from 28" of AMO draw, respectively. An easy to remember variation of my formula is: wingspan minus 15” divided by 2. For example, 71” - 15” = 56” , 2 = 28”. These formulas work for about 95% of all archers. However, there are exceptions to this, such as people with shoulder or elbow problems, or people with abnormally long or short fingers or hands. When using my formula, the important thing you need to be aware of is. if the fingers or hands are not normal length, you will have to add or subtract a half inch or so on each hand to make up the difference. For example, if you have short stubby fingers, you might have to add approximately 14" to each hand to get a more correct draw length measurement. People with extra long hands and fingers do the opposite. This formula should get you within 14” to 14” of your correct draw length. Sometimes, compensation for long or short fingers will have to be made. And, if you shoot with a high wrist grip, you will probably have to add up to 1" to the final AMO draw length.
Stretching across a tape measure against a wall will measure your “wingspan." This shooter has a wingspan of 77”. He is 6 ’4” or 76 ” tall. Normally your height is very close to your wingspan.
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"Normal hand (center) - no correction. Shortfingers add/: " to 1" (per hand) and deduct V2” to 1 " for long fingers. "
Side Effects of a Draw Length That is Too Long Since hardly anyone has too short of a draw length (1% maybe), let's look at the consequences of having it too long. If your draw length is too long, your draw elbow will drop down, and instead of maintaining control of the shot with your back muscles, the control will end up in the top of your shoulder and you can't contract those muscles and get your elbow to move (see photos). I'll tell you why that’s critical to back tension later. Also, as a result of your elbow being down, frequently your draw wrist will be bent which causes excessive string oscillation and causes left and right misses.
A high elbow will help you use the rhomboids as the pivot point.
A low elbow will cause you to have your pivot point too high above the rhomboids. The correct draw length will get your elbow in a position high enough to allow your back muscles to be able to move the tip of the elbow when you contract them on the draw side. These muscles are called
the rhomboid muscles which located between the shoulder blades and under the trapezius. Excessive draw length usually causes you to fully extend your bow arm, which in turn causes right handed archers to pre-load and/or push the bow to the left, causing left arrows. Since the shoulder is a “ball joint” and the amt is already fully extended, there is no “slack” in the shoulder unit. Now, the bow has nowhere else to go but to the left upon release. Also, most archers will have a very difficult time keeping the sight from shaking with a fully extended arm. The deltoid muscles surrounding the top of the shoulder will be tense while holding the ann in this position, and tension causes movement. Correct draw length will help you place your bow shoulder in a low and relaxed position in the shoulder joint (bone to bone). Excessive draw length will sometimes cause you to throw your front hip toward the target and lean back with the upper body (especially if you shoot with your feet close together) and sometimes tuck your head into the string. It is nearly impossible to duplicate these angles each and every time, especially if you are shooting up and down hills. This can make your shooting form very inconsistent. Correct draw length will keep you from leaning back. Feet should be shoulder width apart and the feet, hips, and shoulders should line up, one above the other. Your aiming eye should be over the belt buckle and the buttons on your shirt should run straight down when looking at the side profile. The worst “chain reaction” result of too long of a draw length can be very debilitating. The deltoid muscle in your bow shoulder becomes the “pivot point” and the primary muscle holding the weight and controlling the direction of the bow. If you engage the deltoid muscle, this causes tension in your bow arm, thus causing movement of the sight. Because your sight moves, you will try to stop it by using more muscles and/or holding longer. The longer you hold, the more the sight picture deteriorates and more muscle tension and anxiety builds. In an effort to control the exact millisecond of release to coincide with the sight picture “being perfect,” your mind signals your release finger to punch the trigger (or your fingers to release the string), thereby causing you to anticipate “the explosion.” On the other hand, if the draw length is correct, the shoulder will be relaxed and the sight picture will be much steadier. Also, the mind is much calmer because the anxiety to get rid of the arrow before the sight picture deteriorates is greatly reduced, or sometimes disappears altogether. If the shoulder is down and relaxed into the shoulder socket, the bow is being held mainly with bone against 340
Ifyou had to lean against a wall for thirty minutes, you *d figure out how to find this relaxed shoulder position! If you build your form around the skeletal system instead of muscles, you will find that even on tournament day, your sight will be much steadier. This is because when you become nervous (afraid you’ll miss) that shaky feeling and the “butterflies” (anxiety) in your stomach causes the release of adrenaline into your bloodstream. Adrenaline has no effect on bone, but it sure does on muscles! When adrenaline enters the system of a muscle-based shooter, their sight picture will deteriorate a lot faster than a bone-to-bone based archer, who will have less extremes in their shooting performance. Therefore, they will have less of a difference in scores on a “good day” versus a “bad day.” Don’t be afraid to shorten your draw length because you may lose six or eight feet per second of arrow speed. You will lose ten times as many points because you can’t relax and hold steady than you will gain with a “speed burner” setup that you can’t control. Warning! It is not easy for some people to find the "down, back but relaxed” shoulder position without proper instruction (although it should be), especially if you have been shooting with a high shoulder for a long time. (I’m told the Korean Olympic archers spend up to three months perfecting the shoulder position and other elements of good shooting form, before even picking up a bow!) The trick is to raise the bow arm without raising the bow shoulder. If you have problems mastering this shoulder position, you should find a qualified instructor, attend one of our Shooter’s School, watch the Shooter s School video series, or the 44 Form Flaws video from Robinhood Videos. Give this a try and you will find, like our students have, that you will be able to hold at least twice as steady at full draw, because your muscles will be relaxed. When there is fewer muscles involved in the shot, your sight picture will be less shaky, which in turn, will cause less anxiety. You’ll be amazed at how all of this fits together!
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ROBERT’S RULES OF ARCHERY
Bob Ragsdale
1 thought I’d use this article to set the stage for exactly how I talk to people who might seek my opinion or advice. It seemed appropriate that I begin with an explanation of the 10 profound statements which I call “Robert's Rules ofArcher)’". It’s taken me many years to compile these profound statements as precisely as I demand they be. These 10 items, as well as all my articles and responses are carefully worded to reflect either duplicable test results, experiences or simply my opinions. Certainly what I have found to be acceptable and may work for me may not be for you. I also profess that there is never only way to get a job done I often refer to one or more of these rules by number in articles and speaking engagements and I suggest to you that each time you encounter a situation requiring a solution, that if you will search, more often than not you will find a guideline that may help and save you considerable frustration. I also profess that there are no real problems and everything is basically on an oversight, often just something we had not yet learned. When addressing a situation I also suggest you learn to say or think only, “what is it I’m overlooking" rather than the more typical “what is wrong with this pile of junk”? Truth is it’s “always” your fault in some fashion since you are the one that must attend to the bow’s every need, the bow does no more than determine the velocity of you projectile, all the rest is up to the shooter. Don’t let yourself be one those I often accuse of “not looking for information, only for excuses". To immediately put this sport in the proper prospective, 1 also often declare,
“Have fun, and be cautious to not make practice arrow of the day, hold and aim and this any harder than it already is”. I think the shot completely through, then let continually remind archers to keep in mind down and return it to your quiver. Hunters, test your preparedness by that ARCHERY IS A RECREATIONAL SPORT, NOT SELF DEFENSE, so you judging how accurate you are on your very don’t have to take it any more serious than first shot of the day. 4. Work with the attitude that a bow you really want to. The idea is to enjoy your recreational time, so please don’t carry it is not capable of making a mistake on to extremes and make yourself miserable it’s own, but the archer is as well as being and everyone around you miserable, as responsible for attending to every need of some choose to do. We all know someone the bow to create accuracy. 5. Numbering each arrow to keep track who drives themselves and everyone around them crazy, as they continually of which ones don’t group with the invent new excuses and new things to worry others may serve to increase and maintain about. Furthermore, you never have to your accuracy. 6. The most convenient way to develop apologize for shooting well, or even for shooting not so well, this is an individual the best possible arrow spine is to adjust sport and you have only yourself to satisfy. both the bow’s peak weight and/or the These “10 Rules” are offered you in an arrow’s point weight and/or shaft length. 7. If your broadheads are notso sharp effort to help you keep your head screwed on straight in any situation you may that you are afraid ofthem then you surely encounter, particularly when a compound should not be using them for hunting. 8. You will often avoid blaming your bow is involved. You may have seen my "Rules” printed elsewhere over the years equipment unnecessarily by carrying and I only ask that if you reproduce them your bow’s critical setup measurements that the wording remain exactly as is. They with you and checking them before every are specifically written to be totally shooting session and anytime you suspect indisputable by virtue of already being a mechanical problem. 9. Although a faster arrow with a slightly common knowledge or obviously only my personal opinion. I find reciting them by lower trajectory path may, on rare number during a stressful situation usually occasions, add an extra point to your score helps me through the situation with much when you misjudge the distance to the less time and frustration. target, there is much more to be gained Listen to everyone, but believe no one by simply being well prepared and making entirely. Be wary of those who make only no other mistakes at all. 10. Before shooting, declare whether profound statements and imply that their way is the only way you can be successful. you are practicing or whether you arejust Submitted only as a guideline to setting-up your bow, since doing both at success. once may be detrimental to the intensity Robert’s Rules OF Archery needed to maintain your normal level of 1. No other one thing can make a bow accuracy. If your peepsight slips upward you more cooperative than to equip it with the most compatible arrow shaft spine you can will impact high on every shot, low if it manage. moved down. Gauged from a good point 2. Always work with the attitude that in your nocking point area to a sharp “there is no such thing as ‘close enough’ point on your peep will instantly tell you and each is either a hit or a miss with if it is “still where it was. ’’This one is tied nothing in-between.” in securely for safety, but it is -,S, 3. Routinely, DO NOTSHOOT your first still worth checking.
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The Shot Doctor Develop a Consistent Form By Terry Wunderle
A few years ago, I was talking with one of my top-level target archers who just finished the outdoor national championship. He had a middle-of-the pack performance. “Do you need me to work with you on the practice range?” 1 inquired. “No, I didn’t put much preparation into this tournament and I didn’t get much out of it,” he replied. Practice is the main foundation that an athlete has to build upon in order to be successful. Quality practice gives you stamina, muscle memory, confidence, and enhanced concentration level. I prefer to separate practice into two categories, form practice and performance practice. In order to be a successful archer, you must be able to shoot the shot with the same exact form every time. This means with the same rhythm, the same
amount of back tension, and the same explosive force. The bow ami and the release hand should end up in the very same spot at the conclusion of each shot. The best way to achieve this is to start with blank bale shooting. Feel the muscles used in the execution of the shot. Then concentrate on using the same degree of muscle tension to execute each practice shot. If you are starting a new season and haven’t practiced for an extended period of time, you should spend a week or longer perfecting your form and developing muscle memory. Once you feel positive about your form, take it to the next level. Put up a five-spot target at ten yards and shoot at it. Aiming is part of the shot process and needs to be phased into the program. Shooting the target at ten yards requires you to aim, but does not put too much emphasis on the process. This will allow you to focus more on the perfect shot execution. After about a week of shooting in this manner, try shooting the target at twenty yards. If you find that you are not shooting the same shot at the twenty-yard target, then shoot every other arrow with blank bale form and do not be concerned where it hits.
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Try to get the blank bale form to identically match the target shot. Once the two shots match, you will have a form that should put you on the road to success. I cannot stress enough that being able to shoot the same exact shot is one of the most important factors in order to be a good archer. Once you have refined your form, you should have built up stamina and developed muscle memory. Now work on your confidence and concentration. It makes no difference whether you are a 3-D, field, F1TA, or target archer, because all of these require the same main foundation in order to be successful. You must execute the shot the same way every time. Put up a fivespot target at twenty yards and shoot for score. Score is part of the game and you must leant to deal with it. This is the way you develop your concentration level. You must focus and shoot every shot the same and not let your mind float off into Lala Land. As your groups tighten and your scores rise, so will your confidence. You are proving to yoursel f that you are capable of shooting every shot the same. There are many parts to a successful archery program, but one of the most important parts is a strong foundation to start building upon. Start this season by spending several weeks with the goal of developing consistent form. The perfect shot is a feeling. You know it was a perfect shot when it was released. Concentrate and try to duplicate this feeling.
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From the Senior Corner Welcome again to the Senior Comer. I’m home again and settling in to welcome the changing of the season from summerto fall. I’ve already had a taste of fall this year on my Alaskan trip. As you may remember. I was just starting out on it when I wrote my last article from Vancouver. BC. The colors in Denali Park were at their peak and it was quite a sight, although very different from the way we see the fall colors here in the northeast. There are just a few leafy trees that can survive in the cold up there. mostly Aspen and some small Birch. Most of the trees are conifers and they're pretty small as well. The majority of the color came from the ground cover which is abundant but very’ fragile. In the tundra areas of the park, you are wanted not to go off the trails when hiking. The plants can suffer damage from being stepped on and may take years to recover or not come back at all. Of course, the color was secondary. The main feature in Denali is the chance to see wild animals in their natural environment and we did see most of those that live in the park. Watching a Grizzly bear munching on blueberries from 50 yard away is reason enough to make the trip. I'm glad we were safely on a bus and not out there on the ground with him. We also saw moose, caribou, Dahl sheep (white dots way up in the hills) and some other smaller critters. The coastal areas are much different. They get lots of rain, which we saw quite a bit of and the scenery is mostly heavily treed mountains instead of the taiga and tundra seen inland. The major feature of the coastal area is the chance to see the calving glaciers in Glacier Bay. The ship gets within !4 of a mile of the face of a huge glacier which rises about 200 feet above the water. The ice flows from the source of the glacier, far back in the snow fields of the mountains, and grinds its way to the sea carrying with it everything in its path. Great chunks of ice then crack from the face of the glacier, thundering into the bay with a roar. It's really a sight to see. The ice flows are used by seals as a rookery where they give birth to their calves. I guess they figure it’s a good place to get away from the killer whales and other predators who may be hunting them. I would recommend a trip to Alaska to anyone who wants to see the last frontier of the USA. It’s big, wild and wonderful
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but I’d stick to the summer months, unless you’re ready to deal with 50 degree temperatures inland and grey days on the coast. Last month 1 promised you some more reports from the NFAA nationals and a look at this years ASA Classic which was held for the second time in Columbus, GA. Lets start with the NFAA shoot, which was held in Yankton, SD for the first time. As you know, if you read the last article, the ranges were very difficult and presented a challenge to both your fitness and your skill at shooting up and down hill. Ifyou’vebeen reading the SeniorCorner for any length of time, you probably know that these physically difficult ranges are something I don’t think should be set up for a major tournament competition, where people of all ages are coming from all over the USA to compete for a national championship. That being said, the difficulty of finding sites to even bid on hosting the shoot has been a major problem since the 1990’s. The conversion of most of the local field ranges to 3D has played a large role in this. With few or no field ranges left in many states, new archers are getting fewer chances to even try the sport, leaving a graying population of field shooters to handle the load of hosting the sectional and national level shoots. The new site developed in Yankton is certainly a wonderful addition to the few remaining venues which are willing to host the shoot and should be supported by all field archers who are interested in continuing the traditions of the glory years of field archery. A major controversy developed at the shoot when it was announced that next years national shoot would again be hosted in Yankton. Many assumed that the normal rotation of the shoot would put it in Darrington, WA for 2006 but decisions made by the NFAA council concerning the timing of the bid by Darrington led to the award of the tournament, once again, to Yankton. Only those involved in the decision know the whole story and I'm not going to try to go any deeper into it here. The point I am making is that we are all field archers and should be looking to the future of our sport. A tremendous amount of work was done in Yankton this year to get the site ready and I think a second consecutive year will allow the site to be further developed into a permanent
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place in the rotation. I know that many of the archers who came from the west coast were particularly upset about not going to Darrington next year but for the good of field archery, I hope they will not decide to stay home next year. We need every member of the NFAA to get behind this site for the good of the sport in years to come. On a personal level, I once again failed to shoot a complete tournament. Last year a tick bite 1 had gotten at home caused me to spend the last part of the week in the hospital and this year an equipment problem on Wednesday led to an incomplete round. Luckily, I was able to borrow a bow from the local archery dealer, Dakota Sports, thanks to the kindness of it’s owners Bruce Cull and Scott Aase. A very quick transfer of accessories to the new bow, including my sight tapes, found me back on the range for Thursday’s round. Considering all of difficulty of a major switch like that, my score held at 535, which was about average for me. A couple of hours spent after the shoot led to some major changes in the set up before it all seemed to fall into place. I guess I got it right though, as the animal round on Friday was one of those “can’t miss” days. I wound up with 19 spots out of 28 targets for a 579 and a new Masters record. Once again Dean Pridgen dominated the division with Andy Roslewicz and Bill Rucker joining him on the podium. My buddy Larry Hix who is in the Masters age group, dropped down into the Senior division and took the bowl away from the younger free style shooters. I’m sure they’d like to see him shoot with the old guys next year and quit beating up on them. Larry Vs Dean, now there's a match-up I’d love to watch. Not to be outdone, Larry’s girlfriend, ‘Lil Sue Weinstein, made them a winning couple, by taking home the Female FS bowl. From the legends of 2| the past came the names of David Hughes, Lou Rangel E.', p.' U and Bob Bitner, all winning a bowl in their respective divisions. You can see all of the results online at J www.nfaa-archery.org if they don’t make it into this issue. I U • | Pay particular attention to the number ofsenior and master A I archers when compared to the number of cubs and youths MkXwr***' As a wrap up to the NFAA report I have a story which ■' T .'•"■■'mJ I think illustrates the graying of field archery 1 referred ~ to before. On day 1, Mike LePera and I were paired with W T-Js Jim Mackey, who neither of us knew. As we Masters always do, we reminded Jim that the first target was for Ut ‘fejjfl practice and scoring would start on the next target. He acted surprised and said he’d never seen that before at a Nationals. When Mike and 1 asked him when he’d last ~~ shot one, the answer was 19631! Jim was a former state ■p and national champion from PA who was returning to field I after a layoff of many years. Welcome back big guy. SytfC The ASA for the second year held their year ending EV ij Classic in Columbus, GA. This was my first time there i and I like the venue a lot. The shoot site is actually held ' at a campground which is part of a large recreation area < ■ belonging to the U.S Army post at Ft. Benning, GA. In reality the shoot site is in the state of Alabama, just across
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ASA, in one of the fun shoots preceding the main event. It was a team event which was supposed to be marked yardage so I thought I’d give it a try. It turns out that the range I was assigned was unmarked but I relied on the expertise of my team mates so it wasn't too big a problem. The ASA ranges are laid out to be spectator friendly by having the targets on both sides of a road cut into the woods. The shooting stakes are along the road on both sides so you shoot into the woods and walk back to the road for your next target. You shoot the first half on the out bound side and come back along the other side of the road for the second half. This set up makes for great interaction between the spectators and all of the archers shooting the range. It’s lots of fun and you get to meet everyone at one time or another. Of course this was a fun shoot. I would imagine there is not quite as loose an atmosphere when the chips are down. There were quite a number of soldiers from the base on one range, shooting for the base champion trophy, which will be awarded on an annual basis. From what I saw of the base and its soldiers we can be really proud of our servicemen and I hope those at the base can soon be joined by those serving in the war zones. The final shoot-down rounds, which are held for the pro divisions, were once again very tense and I great fun to watch. The ASA seems to be the only organization using this “finals” format. This year’s was held in the Municipal Arena in Columbus and the crowd was huge and very (217)482-3670 vocal in support of their favorites. With the arena For All Your Archery Ailments score boards showing the Shooter schools at your range or club instant totals and announcer Mike Tyrell putting the Private lessons at my residence in Illinois pressure on the shooters, it’s a great example of how archery can be exciting to watch. Well, I’m done at last and I hope that I’ll be meeting some of you at the NAFAC shoot in Homestead, FL on 12/10 - 12/11. That’s providing they don’t get Learn: whacked again by hurricane How to handle pressure Wilma. These hard working The Shot Doctor’s - How to shoot higher scores in guys need a break from Students Have Won: these constant storms. practice and in tournaments Katrina, the last one through - Relaxed, trouble-free form 268 National / World Titles on her way to New Orleans, - Mental control to stay calm caused some major flooding And Set and focused of their range, which they thought would be repaired for 383 National / World Records the shoot but they sure don’t need any more wind or rain - How to judge yardage down there. accurately Thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings, which I hope you get a little chuckle from. Isn’t it time to put together
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Another Side ot'Yankton by Sue Weinstein I arrived in Yankion, SD with Larry Hix (my honey) and Justus Leimbach (my travel partner). As we drove into town, the thermometer in the truck soared past 100’ and 1 knew we were in for a challenge. It was Saturday afternoon and too hot to think about going out to practice. So Larry and 1 delivered Justus to his grandparents (Vicki & Dave Clem) and we decided to relax and have dinner with our friends. Sue & Ron Thompson. 1 was enjoying my Reuben sandwich at the Best Western restaurant when a cap fell off one of my molars. I realized that this wasn't the best way to start a Nationals and 1 was worried that if I let it go till I got home it might be a problem for both my tooth and my shooting, so 1 decided to try to find a dentist. 1 knew that my friend Jim Brown was at Dakota Archery and that Bruce Cull was also there. I called Jim and asked him to ask Bruce to recommend a local dentist. Bruce said that one ofthe dentists in town, Nolan Carson, had an ad in the Nationals brochure. By then it was Saturday evening, but I figured I would try to call Dr. Carson’s office anyway. The office was closed, but there was a message on his machine that gave his home number. I called Dr. Carson’s home number and he answered. I explained the situation hoping that I might be able to get a late afternoon appointment sometime early in the week. Dr. Carson offered to meet me at his office at 8am the next morning. Can you imagine? A dentist offering to come in on a Sunday morning for a stranger from out-of-town for a non emergency procedure? Larry and 1 had scheduled a 6am practice date for Sunday morning with Frank and Becky Pearson in an effort to beat some of the heat, but the opportunity to take care of my tooth took precedence and we backed out of the practice date. At 8am on Sunday morning, Dr. Carson and his wife met Larry and me at his office. He cleaned my cap and replaced it in just a few minutes - good as new, maybe better. And then he refused payment forhis services. Amazing. You just won’t find a dentist like that in very many towns. (After I got home, I sent Dr. Carson some Maryland crab cakes to thank him for his kindness.) Yankton is a special place, indeed.
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This year the NFAA Nationals were held in Yankton. South Dakota! The tournament was held in July at the beautiful Lewis & Clark State Park. The park had steep hills and craggy cliffs surrounding a large lake. There were 6 target courses cut into the hillsides, with 28 targets set on each course. The first weekend of the tournament we shot the unmarked 3-D shoot. It took about 3 hours to shoot 20 targets each day. That weekend it was a 115 degree heat index. Whew! It reminded me of the days I shot 3-D in Flatwoods, West Virginia in August in the sweltering heat! The 3-D
targets were set at distances that were fun for everybody. Even a target shooters could figure out what the yardage was. The average distance was in the mid 30’s. Because they were closer than what most archers arc used to seeing at the 3-D nationals, they were able to shoot at the 12 rings on the targets. Everyone was shooting at the 12 rings! Itwaslikea“12ringshoot!” The Field and Hunter started on Monday and finished on Thursday. The animal round was shot on Friday. On Monday, the first day of the Field and Hunter competition, the weather was starting to get back to normal. After the opening
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ceremony everyone was all fired up and ready to go shoot their best. All of the courses had names (like “The Badlands") and we were provided with maps of the area so we would know where we were shooting the next day. Walking through the courses was nice too. Steps had been dug into the hillsides to make it easier to climb up or down to the next target. And the view of the area was great too! While waiting to take your shot you could watch people fishing and water skiing on the lake. And after a long day of shooting you could go swimming since the beach was right next to the registration area. The townspeople were very friendly. They made you feel welcome everywhere you went. It's nice to know that there are still towns like this in our great nation. Take a ride down south of town and you will come to Dakota Archery. There you will find Bruce Cull and his beautiful wife helping everyone out with their archcry' equipment. It's a very nice archery shop full of bows and guns and just about everything you would need to go hunting. The Field and Hunter courses are all known yardages. When you shoot at 28 degrees down hill at 30 yards you might need to take off up to 4 yards because of the down hill angle. So if you’re planning to shoot the Field and Hunter Nationals next year you may want to think about bringing your Archers Advantage Program ora range a- finder such as Opti-Logic or something
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Most of us can only hope to achieve what Adam Hayden has achieved in his young archery career. From the first day that Adam began shooting, to this day, he knew that archery was in his blood. It all started about five years ago when Adam began competing on the ASA Tournament Trail. He shot Open B, and then moved up to Open A, then onto Semi Pro. It was in the Open A class where Adam started to flourish; having five top five5 finishes that season. In the Semi Pro class, he won the ASA Coushatta Shootout and had three top five finishes in 2004. Adam just knew that if he could keep up his practice routine and stay focused that he could reach his goals for 2005. His two goals were: 1. To make a shoot off on the ASA Trail 2. Win Open Pro Rookie of the Year for ASA Early on in the year, it seemed as though Adam was going to achieve those goals as long as he stayed focused. As most of us know, the competition is stiff in the Open Pro division. You can’t give an inch, if you do, you will loose a mile. Adam took the Rookie of the Year lead on March 2005 and never relinquished the lead again. Further cementing his lead, Adam placed in the top five at the ASA Harrisburg, PA shoot in June and only missed the top 10 by one point on two different occasions. To achieve his goals, Adam stuck to his practice routine. He practices yardage only on Mondays and Wednesdays putting in about 1 to 1 16 hours each of those days. November-December 2005 Call toll free at 888-250-3321
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2005 ASA Classic Columbus, GA Article and photos by Brian Dansby
For 2005 the finale of the competitive archery season was the Archery Shooters Association Classic hosted by the Columbus. GA Sports and Events Council and the Morale, Welfare, & Development (MWR) at Ft. Benning. This was the second year for these organizations to host the Classic and again they hit a home run with the facilities and the event as a whole. The shooting took place at the Uchee Creek Recreation Area of Ft Benning along the Chattahoochee River. The area is relatively flat with ranges consisting of varying terrain and canopy from pine thickets, to mature open pines with sage brush beneath and even some oak flats along the river with dark shadows and very little underbrush. The ASA crew did an excellent job of setting targets deceptively for this unknown yardage event. The Classic was an exclamation point on a very exciting season for ASA. The season began early, late January to be exact in Gainesville. FL, hit horrible weather along the way in South Carolina and Tennessee. But after the downpour during the Friday Team Shoot in Pennsylvania, the sun poked through and shined on the rest of the ASA season. It was a turning point of the season. That was also a turning point in the Men’s Open Pro, a class that had lived under the JefTHopkins regime since he first won the Shooter of the Year (SOY) title way back in August 1998. Since that time Hopkins has had the SOY trophy chained up in his trophy case in Clayton, DE.
Dan McCarthy Open Pro Shooter of the Year
After the first day of competition in Pennsylvania Hopkins led all shooters and had picked up eight points on SOY leader Dan McCarthy of Wazuka, WI. But after the two day event was completed McCarthy had turned the tables and won the Whitetail Journal PA Pro-Am by a score of 486 to Hopkins 484 and increased his SOY lead by three points. McCarthy also went on to win the Mathews Solo Cam Illinois Pro-AM a month later making him 4 for 6 on the year and entered the Classic with a nearly insurmountable lead in the SOY race. In fact only two archers had wins in Men’s Open Pro in the 6 tournament ASA ProAM season, McCarthy in Louisiana, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Illinois and Evan Baize in Florida and South Carolina. Enter the Classic, Eric Griggs placed second in the Open Pro Shooter of the Year McCarthy was able 358
to sew up the SOY race during the Friday and Saturday competition on the ranges, but the Classic title had yet to be decided. Going into the Pro Pressure Point Shootdown held in the Columbus, GA Civic Center McCarthy led with a two day score of 438, followed by Eric Griggs of Littleton, MA with a 436, Justin Martin of Enterprise, AL with a 433, Paul Thompson of Lucedale, MS with a 428, and Darrin Christenberry of Spencer, IN and Dave Tetrick of Monroe, NC both shooting 426. After five shots any shooter within ten points of the lead made one final shot for the title. There were only two archers remaining after the first five shots, McCarthy and Griggs. For the sixth shot, ASA range master Bill Baker chose a short shot to see if he could get the archers to go for the fourteen ring. It worked. Griggs trailing by two points went first and shot for and hit the fourteen ring on the McKenzie Leopard. The Civic Center crowd erupted. It was now decision time for McCarthy. Go for the twelve ring to tie Griggs or the fourteen and the outright win. “I didn’t want to take it into another round because the next round would have been the same pressure,” McCarthy said.
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“I just thought we’ll either win it or lose it on this shot.” As McCarthy drew his bow the crowd fell silent, but not for long. McCarthy centered the fourteen ring and the crowd went bonkers again. “I knew he was going to shoot for the 14,” McCarthy said of Griggs shot. “That was the only play that he had. That is what I would have done if I was in his situation. He drilled it. That was an awesome shot under that pressure.” “It was awesome. To have the crowd react like that to a shootdown, that was by far the most exciting shootdown and win I have ever had,” McCarthy said. “It was exciting for me when I won my first tournament in Gainesville (2004), but it was nothing compared to that. I would not have had it any other way. The way it culminated just made an exciting shootdown and I made the shot. That made it that must sweeter at the end.” McCarthy’s dominating 2005 season came to an end with a Classic title to go along with his four Pro-Am wins and his SOY title. Griggs finished second in both
the Classic and the SOY. Hopkins didn’t win his 8lh straight SOY, finishing third. But he is still at the top of his game after winning the IBO National Triple Crown and World Championships. Is this a dream come true for the second year pro, McCarthy and what does he think of his ability to unseat Hopkins for SOY? “1 don’t think there is an archer that didn’t think I want to be up there with Jeff Hopkins," McCarthy says of his aspirations to be on top. “Jeff Hopkins was the most celebrated archer ever and still is.” “I’d rather shoot with Jeff than a lot of people. There is not a belter competitor out there. He is a good guy. He is really hungry. He wants to win. If he doesn’t he is really sincere, professional and just an awesome guy-”
Trophy Taker Rest Doinker Stabilizer & Counter balance 25 year old Adam Hayden of Bristol, VA won the Rookie of the Year award having been bumped out of the semi-pro class after the 2004 season. “I set two goals,” Hayden said about the 20Q5 season. "The first goal was to try' to make at least one shoot off. The other goal was to win rookie of the year. I’m tickled.” “All in all, the Lord was good to me. I got a lot of good advice. A lot of it is stuff you know to do and you’ve heard before, but you never apply it until you hear those guys say it.” Hayden made the Shootdown in
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ASA 2005 Shooter of the Year NAME NAME CLASS Diane Morris Senior Women Dan McCarthy Sara Heath Eric Griggs Rosemary Shultz Jeff Hopkins Phil Jacobs Women Pro Ginger Morehead Super Seniors Roy Pope Linda Owen Harold Williams Jeanna Allbritain Scott Young Limited Pro Rodney Huffman Traditional Roger Spencer Joseph Goza Josh Thomas Brian Goza Norm Mullins Senior Pro Unlimited Thomas Crowe Luke Parker Richard Freeland Troy Dickens Burley Hall Womens Bowhunter Aime Shieler Hunter Jeff M inyard Mary Haag Kevin Scoggins Kimberly Brinson Jason Ayers Jeanne Trimble Limited Womens Open Gary Rigney Margie Carter Jim Blankenship Veronica Brownell David Leonard Austin McIntosh Open A Lenny Simmons Young Adult Cameron Nicholas Andy Doss Sean Meloy George Hodges Will Jeffries Open B Youth Boys Sammy Shaver Ethan Pickles Roger Almond Wayne Sanders Heath Martin Ashley Goza Semi Pro Youth Girls Aaron Yost Raylene Bradley Loren Robinson Nichole Gauthier Vince Sulfridge Rookie of the Year Senior Open Thomas Thompson Adam Hayden Open Pro Sid Lett Connie Null Womens Pro Jim Booth Tom Blanton Limited Pro CLASS Open Pro
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Pennsylvania and walked away with the Rookie of the Year fulfilling both of his preseason goals.
“When 1 came here I wanted to win the tournament, most importantly,” Goza said. “But I also thought that if I won the tournament I would win SOY because it was just three points. 1 wanted to win shooter of the year real bad because it would have been five in a row. That was a big disappointment and made it real hard forme to shoot the shootdown. If we would have shot it right after the tournament I would have lost.” Instead Goza had a couple hours to regroup from Saturday’s competition round and Saturday night’s Pro Pressure Point Shootdown and did defeat Huffman for the Classic Title. However, it was Huffman who stopped Goza’s run of SOY titles. After a seven month, 280 arrow season Huffman won the SOY title by a mere three points over Goza. Brian Goza of Flat Rock. AL finished third in the SOY race. Tom Blanton of Ashland, OH won the Rookie of the Year award.
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Ginger Morehead’s Equipment Mathews Switchback, 24 3A inch draw. Carbon Express 3D select 100 arrows Sure Loc Sight Bar Classic Scope AEP Stabilizer TRU Ball BT Gold release All four classes of the Pro Pressure Point Shootdowm thrilled the Civic Center crowd. The Senior Pro class was no exception. George Dixon of Magnilise. AR came into the shootdown with a score of 418, four points ahead of Shooter of the Year winner Tom Crowe of Umpqua, OR who was sitting in second. Derry Null of Zanesville, OH came into the shootdown in fifth with a 412. Knowing he could finish no lower than fifth. Null was aggressive shooting two 12 rings and a 14 ring in the shootdown. After five arrows Dixon needed to hit a ten ring to win outright. His arrow scored an eight and extended the shootdown one more target giving Crowe and Null another opportunity. On the seventh arrow Crowe led off. shot for the 14 ring and hit an eight. Dixon followed with the same strategy and shot a five. All Null had to do was hit a ten to secure his come from behind victory. He hit the ten dead center and was crowned Classic Champion for the second straight year. 361
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“I've been struggling the last couple of months,” Null said. “The equipment has been good. The archer just has not had his head working. This was the first weekend that I came into it feeling good. But I didn't have the confidence that I normally have in a shootdown round. I guess I stayed with the shot long enough and it worked. This is probably one of the more special victories for me.” “I would have gone for the 14,” Null said of his competitor’s strategy. "There wasn't any choice. I got a gift being the last shooter. I got to shoot at the center 10 and they did not have that option.” Following Crowe in the SOY race were Richard Freeland of Oak Ridge, LA in second and Burley Hall of Freeland. IN in third.
Derry Null’s Equipment Mathews Apex, 64 lbs Easton Fat Boy arrow CBE Sight Bar Specialty Archery scope Vibracheck Stabilizer Trophy Taker rest Tru Ball Tru Tension release. The final details for the 2006 ASA Pro-Am schedule are being ironed out but the dates have been picked. The opener will again be in Gainesville, FL and it will be moved back to the standard first week of February. The rest of the dates arc as follows:
February 3-5 Gainesville, FL March 3-5 (Site Pending) March 31 - April 2 (Site Pending) April 28 - 30 (Site Pending) June 2-4 (Site Pending) June 30 - July 2 Metropolis, IL August 11-13 (Site Pending) The year ending "Move-up” list has been posted on the ASA web page (www.asaarcherv.com 1. Each amateur class has a money won threshold before a shooter has to move up in competition. Two classes from the 2005 season are interesting. Four shooters from Semi-Pro have to move up and dance with the best in the game for 2006. The top three in the SOY race Aaron Yost, Loren Robinson and Vince Sul fridge as well as Jason Ladd will be in Men’s Open Pro for 2006. The ASA created a new class in 2005, Women’s Unlimited. This is a 40-yard max, pin sight class for women. For 2006 shooters who earned over the dollar threshold in Women’s Hunter have to move to the new Women’s Unlimited or into Women’s Open. Seven women will be on the move next year; Aime Shieler, Mary Haag, Kim Brinson. Cindy Steele, Marcia Falks, Cindy Jordan and Trish Clouds. This time of the year, it always seems February and Gainesville will never arrive. Once it gets here it always seems the season is over in a few short weeks. So start getting ready because it won’t be long before you’re packing to head south for another
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