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8 Editorial by Arlyne Rhode 10 Meet Seven U.S. Archers headed to the Paralympic Games by USA Archery 13 USA Paralympic Archery Team for Rio 2016 decided by USA Archery 17 British W1 Women sweep Paralympic Podium by World Archery 18 Britain’s Frith “comfortable” in Paralympic Archery Arena by World Archery 20 China 1 st Paralympic mixed team Champions by World Archery 21 Australia’s Milne take Paralympic Bronze by World Archery 22 Walker wins Gold, Drahoninsky wins Wife by World Archery 24 China 2 for 2 in Gold finals as Brits take Silver by World Archery 25 Coryell and Fabry Finish Fourth in Paralympic Mixed Team Event by World Archery 26 Rezende’s 4th place finish at Brazil’s home Paralympics by World Archery 27 Compound Open Mixed Team makes Paralympic Debut at Rio by World Archery 28 Huntsman World Senior Games 37 Mistakes can make You a Better Archer by Terry Wunderle 40 NASP News by Brittany Jones & Staff 44 S3DANews 46 Self-Talk: Another Mental Training Solution by Rick McKinney 48 An interview with John Williams by Roy Villasor 47 Archery Icon by Diana Miller 61 Mathews introduces 2017 Target Bows 63 Advertisement and Press Release Index Deadlines for Ads and Articles: Magazine Issued for Submissions Due: January - February December 15"' March - April February 15"' May - June April 15"' July -August June 15"' September - October August 15"' November - December October 15"'

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Thank you to my Archery Family for coming to my rescue Arlyne Rhode Editor/Puhlisher I always look forward to the Huntsman World Senior Games held in the beautiful city of St. George, Utah. So November 2nd 1 rented a car from Enterprise here in Tucson and drove 10 hours to St. George. It was a beautiful un eventful trip. Monday through Fri day I spent time on the range and seeing the tourist sights. Friday the Awards Banquet was held for the 3D competition. Half way through taking photos of the awards I passed out and hit the floor. Lucky me! My archery fam ily was there to take care of me. Diana LaBeau was on my left and Rita Saunders was on my right. Two tables away was a lady who said she was a physician’s assis tant. She was right there in a min ute, asked someone for an aspirin, Rita handed her an aspirin and she put it in my mouth and said, “Chew it”. Diana said it just took a min ute or two and I woke up. They had called 911 and I spent Friday night in the Dixie Medical Center. Everyone one was just wonderful.

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Paralympics in Rio a wonderful success! Archers of all ages made up the Paralympic Teams from around the world. No one country doninated the Paralympic Games like the Koreans did in the previously played Olymic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. China did win a number of gold medals in the Paralyinics. We are pleased to bring you sixteen pages of inspiring stories about those champions. The city of St. George, LIT was host to the 30th Anniversary of the Huntsman World Senior Games. The following is the final report coming from the Huntsman World Senior Games. “The Games Come to a Close Sat Oct 15, 2016 The last volleyball has bounced to the floor and the fi nal toss to first for the third out has been thrown. The crack of the starting pistol and the splash from the starting blocks are now a memory. The thunk of the ar row finding the heart ofthe target and the crash of the bowling pins won’t be heard at the Huntsman World Senior Games for another

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A few short weeks stand between Olympic ath letes and the much-anticipated opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Olympics begin Aug. 5 and the Paralympics begin Sept. 7. The official torch lighting will usher in 29 days of nail-biting head-to-head and team-to-team action. These every-four-year extravaganzas also showcase Paralympians’ inspiring stories of courage, strength and determination. Seven athletes earned spots on the U.S. Paralympic Archery Team during a three-part trials process consisting of qualifications, team-round sim ulations, and round-robin matches. Team selection of ficially concludes at the end of July. Let’s look at the seven archers who are jump-starting their Paralympic preparations.

Lisa Coryell, Wisconsin: W1 Women Lisa Coryell is facing a terminal illness, but that hasn't stopped her from fighting her way onto the Paralympic Team. Photo Credit: World Archery Lisa Coryell hails from La Crosse, Wisconsin, and is ranked No. 10, despite the fact she didn’t start shooting archery until 2015. Fourteen months later she traveled to Germany to represent the United States at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. It was her first international competition, and her first trip outside her home country. “Not in my entire life would I think 1 would be wearing the colors of the United States with my name on the back,” Coryell told World Archery. “The whole flight, getting my equipment and then getting accli mated to new surroundings was a big thing for me.”

Lisa Coryell, Wisconsin: WI Women

June 29, 2016 About nine months later, she earned a bronze medal at the 2016 Parapan Am Championships. Coryell has used a wheelchair since around 2011. Although she’s battling a terminal illness caused by an anthrax vaccine, she inspires others with her bravery and determination. “(The virus) caused an anthrax reaction, which is similar to ALS or MS, and I’m terminal,” she said. “It will continue until I can’t breathe anymore, but that day isn’t today, and I’m not going to worry about it. That arrow hasn’t been shot.” Coryell ranks No. 10 in the world, and joins Fabry in the W! division.

Kevin Polish, Pennsylvania: Compound Open Men The newcomer: From 3-D archery to the Paralympic Games, Kevin Polish proves that archc s can move from one game to another. Photo: USA A chery Pennsylvania native Kevin Polish, 32, won the men’s compound division of the Paralympic trials m punch his ticket to Rio. Polish first shot archery at age 3 and began competing in 3-D archery at 11. A car ac cident during his teens paralyzed him from the che t down, but Polish proved to be a formidable comp< itor. He took a break from competition the past fi years, but his recent performance in the trials proved his world-class talent. “1 had some people tell me I probably couldn't come back and do it since I’d been out of competing for so long, and so it is a really big deal,” he told USA Archery. “It means a lot to me to make the team.”

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Matt Stutzman, Iowa: Compound Open Men Matt Stutzman clinched the third spot on a highly competitive team, and hopes to add another Paralympic medal to his silver from London 2012. Photo: World Archery Matt Stutzman, the “Armless Archer,” joins Polish and Shelby on the U.S. Men’s Compound Open Team for his second Paralympic appearance. He earned individual silver at the London 2012 Paralym pic Games. Stutzman was born without arms, and learned archery when he took up bowhunting to feed his fam ily. How does he do it? Easy. He holds the bow with his feet and uses a shoulder aid to draw the string, a technique that’s paved the way for two Guinness world records. Stutzman set the record for the farthest accurate archery distance in 2011, arrowing his target from 210 meters (230 yards), which snagged the re cord from an able-bodied archer. Four years later he did it again, breaking his own record and arrowing his target from 280 meters. That’s about three times the length of a football field, and six times the standard Olympic compound distance of 50 meters. Stutzman is ranked No. 11 in the world. He boasts a silver medal from the London 2012 Paralym pics, and gold medals from the 2016 Arizona Cup, 2015 World Archery Para Championships, and 2014 Pan American Championships.

Andre Shelby has been the very face of de termination for the past four years, fighting his way on to a highly competitive Paralympic Team. Photo: World Archery Andre Shelby of Jacksonville, Florida, served in the Navy for 18/2 years, and will now represent his country in the Olympics. He began competing inter nationally in 2013, and is known as a fierce competi tor in compound archery. Shelby is No. 11 in the World Archery rank ings, and boasts gold medals from the 2015 World Ar chery Para Championships, 2015 Parapan American Games, and 2016 Parapan American Championships in the team and individual categories. Shelby ranked fifth going into the Trials’ final round, but a strong mental attitude catapulted him to the silver medal. Coach MJ Rogers said in a 2015 interview that Shelby’s attitude is one of his best assets. “He maintains his composure and intensity throughout the competition,” Rogers said. “This allows his shooting to shine.”

Eric Bennett punched his ticket to Rio 2016. marking the first Games where he’ll shoot a recurve bow using his teeth. Photo: World Archery It’s no “surprise” that this Surprise, Arizona, na tive earned a spot on the Paralympic team. He sealed the deal when taking gold at the World Archery Para Championships in August 2015. Despite his bye for the 2016 Olympic Games, Bennett gave his all during the Paralympic trials, and walked away with the gold medal in the recurve division. “It feels really good to win the Trials,” Bennett

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told USA Archery. “1 had a goal going into today to win it, regardless of the fact that I’d earned my spot already.” Bennett got his first bow, a fiberglass model, at age 7 and accompanied his dad on practice shoots to hone his bowhunting skills. At 14, Bennett owned his first compound bow and bowhunted with his dad. Bennett lost his right ami above the elbow in a car accident when he was 15, and didn't shoot archery again until he was 20. He has bowhunted with a footheld bow and a mouth tab, but now competes with a recurve bow and a mechanical release that fits on his shoulder. Bennett ranks No. 3 in the world, and has his sights on a gold medal at the Rio 2016 Games. “It’s important to me to win the Trials and to always be shooting my best,” Bennett told USA Ar chery. “1 want to be on top here and in Rio, I’m look ing to bring home the gold this year.”

Michael Lukow, Utah: Recurve Open Men Michael Lukow, a U.S. Army veteran, battled with friend and teammate, Tim Palumbo, for his spot on the Rio squad. Photo Credit: Kristin Murphy/Deseret News Michael Lukow of Salt Lake City joins Ben nett on the men’s recurve team. Lukow began shoot ing archery in 2008, shortly after losing his left foot to an explosive while serving in Iraq with the Army. Archery coach and Vietnam veteran Michael “Skip” Dawson helped Lukow rehab at Brooke Army Medi cal Center in Fort Sam, Texas. “Learning archery, getting a prosthetic and learning to walk again all served to reinforce prog ress,” reported Chris Larson, correspondent for KSL. com. “Archery and rehab helped Lukow regain his balance, which was difficult due to the loss of some sensation in his badly damaged foot and his prosthetic foot.”

Lukow has a prosthetic foot and si ots stand ing up. A natural with a bow and arrow, Lt: ow earned a spot in the Army’s World Class Athle Program, which helps athletes achieve their Olympic dreams. Lukow won an individual bronze at the 2016 Arizona Cup, gold at the 2016 Parapan Am Championships, and silver at the 2014 Pan American Championships. He finished second to Eric Bennett in the recurve di vision of the Paralympic Trials.

Jeff Fabry, California: W1 Men Jeff Fabiy is a Paralympic champion and a world-class archer - but will he be able to defend his gold medal at Rio 2016? Photo: World Archery Jeff Fabry is a three-time Paralympic archery medalist and will shoot for a fourth in the men’s W1 division in Rio. He lost his right arm and leg in a mo torcycle accident at 15, and started shooting archery about nine years later. He shoots his compound bow using a mouth tab. He holds the bow in his left hand and uses his back molars to bite down on a nylon strap and draw the string with his mouth and jaw. Fabiy’s mouth-tab technique has inspired ar chers like Paralympic hopeful Samantha Tucker to try archery. Meanwhile, his gold medal at the Lon don 2012 Olympics has U.S. archers craving even more and hoping for a winning streak. Flis 2012 win was Team USA’s first Paralympic title since 198-1, and USA Archery’s first Olympic or Paralympic gold since 1996. Can the world’s No. 11 para archer keep tl? Olympic winning streak going? We think so. Paralympic team selections conclude at tl end of July. Watch the full team chase their Olymp dreams at the Rio Paralympic Games, Sept. 7-18.

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Front row L-R Lia (Lisa) Coryell, KJ ( Kevin) Polish, Jeff Fabry, Andre Shelby, Back row, Eric Bennett, M.J Rogers, Sam ( Samantha) Tucker, Matt Stutzman, Michael Lukow and John Stover. USA Archery’s three-leg trials for the Paralym pic Games began in September 2015 and finished on 27 June 2016. The USA won seven Paralympic quota plac es at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships in Donaueschingen, Germany - one W1 man and one W1 woman, two compound men open, two re curve men open and one recurve woman open. Matt Stutzman then added one at the continen tal qualification tournament with a third-place finish at the 2016 Para Pan American Championships in Costa Rica in May, making it a hill compound men’s team for Rio. Natalie Wells also picked up a quota for the USA, by winning the recurve women’s open continental title. So far, the nation has no quota for the compound women but might get one, pending the outcome of a bipartite decision. Sam Tucker won the national trials for this division and would attend if the application succeeds. “It was a long and hard trials process. 1 am so proud of the level of talent each competitor brought to

the field. We have a really strong and awesome team together for Rio and we’re going to bring home some medals,” commented national para head coach Randi Smith. Leading the most competitive division on the field - compound men open - Kevin Polish won the trials and sealed his spot for Rio. “I had some people tell me I probably couldn’t come back and do it since I’ve been out of compet ing for so long and so it is a really big deal, it means a lot to me to make the team,” Polish said. He will be joined in the Rio by Andre Shelby and “Armless Archer” Matt Stutzman, with Jonathan Mize staying home as the team alternate. Shelby was emotional after making his first Paralympic team: “I don't actually have a lot of words for how it feels right now because I’ve been working on it so hard and for so long. I’ve really come a long way and my wife has sacrificed a lot for me to do this, I can’t describe the feeling. It’s unreal really.” Shelby climbed from fifth to second place in the process to get his ticket for the Games.

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“The second trials really put me way down there, so 1 came here with the mindset that I’m going to shoot, have fun, and let it fall - and it all came to gether,” he said. World Champion Eric Bennett locked up his third Olympic team spot when he won the world title last year in Germany. He now also won the trials and locked up the top position. “It’s impoilant to me to win the trials and to always be shooting my best. I want to be on top here and in Rio, I’m looking to bring home the gold this year.” he said. Bennett finished fourth at the London 2012 Paralympics. Michael Lukow edged out teammate Timothy Palumbo for the final recurve open men’s slot with Bennett. Palumobo will stay as team alternate. “At the moment, it’s very bittersweet. 1 would much rather be going with Timmy than beating him out for the slot. But, I am really looking forward to representing the U.S. in Rio; it’s been a long hard road to get here, it’s really just bittersweet at the mo ment,” Michael said.

Reigning Paralympic Champion . ff Fabry will compete in his fourth consecutive Gam s. He locked up a place for the W1 division in Rio at the World Ar chery Para Championships. So did Lisa Coryell in the women’s, and will make her Paralympic debut after only 18 months of training. Jerry Shields was named as the W1 men’s al ternate. USA Rio 2016 Paralympic squad • Kevin Polish • Andre Shelby • Matt Stutzman • Eric Bennett • Michael Lukow • Jeff Fabry • Lisa Coryell • Samantha Tucker The team is subject to approval by the US Paralympic Committee. Editor’s Note: Samantha Tucker was add

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IV1 British Ladies - Vicki Jenkins Bronze, Champion Jessica Stretton Gold and Jo Frith Silver The youngest athlete on the Rio 2016 archery field took gold. Sixteen-year-old Jessica Stretton beat British teammate Jo Frith in the final of the W1 women’s competition at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro by 13 points, 137-124. Vicky Jenkins took bronze in the category, which is new to the Paralym pics, completing a clean sweep of the podium for Great Britain. “It feels just amazing. We’ve had a podium like this in international competition before and it’s just the most amazing feeling ever,” said gold medallist Stretton. “I was pretty nervous, 1 felt like I was taking a step for the youth that can be in para sport and show ing them that it can be done and it will be done.” It is only the second time in history that an archery podium has been swept at the Paralympic Games. The first was in the recurve men’s standing competition at London 2012, when all three medals were won by Russia. Frith added that the trio had hoped to achieve the three-medal feat before arriving in Rio. She lauded the performance of Jenkins, who had been in hospital for the a number of days prior to competition.

“I’ve got a neurological problem. I couldn’t move and I was in more pain than usual. It was real ly chronic pain. The doctors here did everything they could and in the end it was getting pretty serious so they sent me off to the hospital for about two days,” Jenkins explained. And then we came this morning to see whether I could pull my bow back and to see whether I could shoot. It looked okay and not too painful. And so I just went for it really.” Jenkins was seeded fifth after the ranking round and upset China’s Lu Liang, ranked number four, in the quarterfinals. She then lost to Stretton in the semis before taking a dramatic win over Korean athlete Kim Ok Geum for bronze. The Brit was four points up heading into the last two arrows of the matcl she shot a four - which levelled things up and effectively created a tiebreak situation. Kim finished with ai: etgiv Jeni ins shot a nine to take the match and medal, Z4. “It was amazing, the crowd’s be n -.t.r-a <ing cheering and everything. There are ;A people here and I’m really enjoying it.” Jenkins s nd.

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Britain’s Frith “comfortable” in Paralympic archery arena 8 September 2016 Rio de Janeiro (BRA)

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Jo Frith and John Cavanagh on the Paralympic Archery Field Teams had the chance to shoot in the Paralym pic archery arena during familiarisation day. Great Britain’s Jo Frith, a European Champi on in the women’s W1 event competing at her first Paralympic Games, said she felt “really comfortable” in the Rio 2016 archery arena after having the chance to test the field during familiarisation. “It was really great. The last finals field it re minded me of was the worlds in Germany, but it’s

lusher - it’s greener, more compact, very comfort able out there,” she said. Artificial grass covers the concrete floor of the Sambodromo, Rio de Janeiro’s famous carnival stadium, which plays host to the Paralympic archery competition as it did the Olympic event. Fifty-five year-old Frith started archery in 2012, but said she wasn’t phased by the biggest stage in para archery. U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary

“I’m very fortunate that I’ve been to two World Masters Games, which are multisport events, so this kind of scenario is very common to me. I wasn’t wor ried about it at all. For me, it’s just focusing on the archery, not getting distracted by what’s going on around me,” she explained. Frith and teammates Jessica Stretton and Vicky Jenkins are the top three ranked W1 women in the world arriving in Rio. All Paralympic debutants, they’ve been through a comprehensive preparation progress in advance of the Games. British head coach Mike Peart said the squad had even replicated the Paralympic format during se lections. “Normally, we have the competition condensed into a few days but here we have one day, just one discipline. So we’ve done a selection shoot to repli cate that and also we’ve done a training camp where we’ve gone day by day, hour by hour through the Paralympic schedule, so we can best learn from it and be better prepared,” he said. The team also has the knowledge of some of the most experienced athletes on the 2016 Paralympic field to lean on. John Stubbs, a returning Paralympic Champion, and five-time Paralympian John Cavanagh - the oldest athlete in Rio at 60 years of age - of fer a veteran’s perspective in a team that has taken eight total archery medals through the past three editions of the John Stubbs Games. “From London obvi ously we had the home crowd so the home expecta tion. Here it’s all about the heritage of this event, or this carnival stadium - so 1 think from the archers’ perspective, we just want to come here and show the world what the Paralympic archers can do off the back what the Olympic archers did,” said Beijing 2008 winner Stubbs. Since London, changes to the competition have included alterations to the classification classes and the introduction of the mixed team, replacing team events. While early-round matches in 2012 were shot in pairs in the arena, each and every match in Rio will take place separately. “It’s nice that everyone gets their moment in the spotlight. Their fame for 15 minutes, even if they lose their first match, they get the same show as everyone else,” said Cavanagh, who won gold at the Paralym pics in Athens in 2004. Jo Frith hopes her time in the spotlight lasts further than one match. “I’d like to be on the podium. I think everybody’s dream is to win a gold medal, and obviously that’s my dream as well,” she said. “I’d be happy to get a medal. I'd be happy to get on the podi um. That would be a great result for me.” q

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Mixed Team Champions HL I world China 1st Paralympic 12 September 2016 Rio de Janeiro (BRA) 0U archery

Wu Chunyan and Zhao Lixue expressing their excitement for winning the Mixed Team Finals The first of three Paralympic mixed team finals saw China upset favourite Iran. It was a near-perfect run for China’s recurve open pair, as Wu Chunyan and Zhao Lixue took the first-ever Paralympic mixed team gold medal. The cat egory was newly introduced ahead of the Rio Games. “Today I can stand on the tallest medal stand and wear the crown,” Lixue said. “The medal tastes delicious,” Wu added. It is Wu’s first Paralympic medal. She won three golds during the 2015 World Archery Para Championships in Donaueschingen, Germany. The Chinese duo steadily made it through the brackets with three 6-0 victories over the Czech Re public, Thailand and then Mongolia. The other teams struggled with the high winds and there was a number of shoot-offs. “It’s a little hard because of the wind and that has a lot of effect on the match,” Wu said. “We just communicated with our coach and encouraged each other to do better and better.” Zahra Nemati and Ebrahim Ranjbarkivaj fin ished with silver for Iran, after they narrowly edged —Great Britain in the quarterfinals. The match went to a

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tiebreaker, and was decided on a measure of the sec ond arrow. In the final, China and Iran battled it out to the end. The final score was 5-3, and it was only decided with the last arrow. Nemati, probably the most popu lar archer in the Sambodromo, shot two points short of what she needed to secure the title. (The crowd, still, went crazy for her - she developed something of a following during the Olympics in Brazil.) “This is the first day of the championships. Nemati said. “I think I need to do some work in the next few days.” Italy’s Elisabetta Mijno and Roberto Airoldi took bronze with a 5-1 victory over the underdog Mongolia, seeded 11th but finishers in the top four. Mijno was happier with the bronze medal than her silver in the W2 from London 2012. “The bronze medal and the gold medal are very similar because you finish the competition with a vic tory.” Mijno said. “It’s a much better feeling than fin ishing with a loss.” The para archery competition at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games ran 10-17 September in the Sam bodromo. Q;. U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary

Australia’s Milne takes Paralympic Bronze 15 September 2016

He is the first Australian para archer to win a medal at the Paralympic Games in 32 years. Jonathon Milne, Australia’s sole para archer in the Rio 2016 Paralympics, said his focus was on enjoying the sport and bring ing more interest to para archery in Australia. A bronze medal in the com pound men’s open will do just that. “Hopefully with the three Aussie guys [the Olympic team] winning a medal and me winning a medal, hopefully they might re alise there might be a few more medals in it for us,” the 30-yearold archer, who’s been shooting since just 2013, said. “Archery’s not as popular in Australia as it is in the rest of the world.” Milne was the first Austra lian archer in 12 years to qualify for the Paralympics. He’s Australia’s first medal list at the event since 1984, when Ian Trewhalla took two silver medals in the men’s double ad vanced metric round tetraplegic and men’s short metric round team 1A-6 events. (Both are now long retired from Paralympic competi tion.) Milne was seeded ninth in Rio. He’s had limited experience competing against other para ar chers because of his travel bud get, but he finished fourth at the Donaueschingen 2015 World Ar chery Para Championships. He avenged that bronze medal match loss from Germany during the second round of elim inations. It was Great Britain’s

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John Stubbs who beat Milne for the bronze in 2015. In Rio he won, 137-129. “Now 1 have my revenge,” Milne said. “It was a bit of deja vu.” Milne went on to defeat top-seeded Bulent Korkmaz of Turkey, a match that went down to the final arrow. “My last arrow in the match against Bulent was one of the hard est arrows I ever shot,” Milne said. “I knew that I needed a 10 to win.” Milne did his best to stay consistent all day, acting as if he was still practising - and going

though his normal routine. He fo cused on making strong shots, no matter the distractions — and he had given his fan club strict orders to not cheer him on until he was done shooting. His 15 family and friends in attendance obliged. “I can zone out everything,” Milne said. “But if I hear some one’s voice that I know, that will lose my focus, and that could mean the difference between a nine or a 10, a win or a loss.” The focus worked, as Milne finished the Rio bronze med al match with a perfect 30 to se cure his bronze medal. He hopes the result will motivate others to pursue para archery, the sport that gave him focus after a surfing ac cident left him paralysed from the chest down. “The doctors told me when I had my injury that I’d never walk again,” Milne said. “I’ve never been one to just sit down and take what someone says. If someone says I can’t do something, I’m gonna go out there and try and prove them wrong. And I know I can compete with the best guys in the world. I’ve got quite a few years in me left to compete as well.”

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Walker wins gold, Drahoninsky wins wife

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The W1 men’s competition was tight to the final end. Great Britain’s John Walk er beat World Archery Champi on and world number one David Drahoninsky in the W1 men’s gold medal match, 141-139, in the Sambodromo, the Rio 2016 Paralympic archery arena. Then runner-up Drahoninsky proposed to his girlfriend. The final was tight all the way. Walker was a point up after the first end, the Drahoninsky was one ahead after the second. Tied at

nine, then 12 arrows each, the Bi tish athlete unleashed his tightest group of the tournament - a perk ;t 30 - to take the last series, and the match, by two points. “1 just believed in mysell. and all the training I’ve been d< ing. This medal means everythin to me,” said Walker, who starte i archery after watching Matt Stut. man compete at London 2012. “I had a bad motorbike acci dent back in 2012, was hoping to go back to work but 1 couldn’t. I was recovering in bed and 1 watched Matt Stutzman shooting with no

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Congratulations to David Drahoninski and Lida Fikarova arms. I though, I used to be a re ally good shot in the armed forces, I wouldn’t mind giving this a go.” “We are now very good friends and Matt means a lot to me, and Matt knows that.” Drahoninsky took a micro phone after the athletes left the podium. He spoke to the venue and started by thanking the Rio crowd, who had supported him throughout the afternoon’s com petition, and then asked his girl friend, Lida Fikarova, to join him on the shooting platform. “I finished second. Sorry,” he said, with his usual humour. He then brought out a ring and asked her to marry him. “I am lucky at least in Rio I could give a surprise for my girlfriend. I wanted to do this...

and she said yes,” said Drahon insky. “Before this competition I had the ring. After the competi tion 1 had the ring and medal. And now, I haven’t [got] the medal [or] the ring.” Drahoninsky, ever the joker, handed both to his new fiance as he spoke. “The last arrow [of the fi nal] I wanted to shoot 13, but it was impossible. I shot only nine. He won and I wish him good luck. I do not worry, I am very happy,” he said. Slovakia’s Peter Kinik took bronze ahead of Uwe Herter, of Germany, 133-125.

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China 2 for 2 in Gold Finals as Brits take Silver 12 September 2016 Rio de Janeiro (BRA)

Open Mixed Team champions - British Team of John Stubbs & Jodie Grinham, Champions China Team of Zhou &Ai Xinliang and Korea Team of Lee Oak Soo & Kim Mi Soon China’s compound open mixed team won the nation its second archery gold medal of the Rio 2016 Paralympics. After China’s recurve open pair took the first Paralympic mixed team title on archery’s first medal day at Rio 2016, its compound open mixed team dou bled the gold-count on the second. Number two seeds Zhou Jiamin and Ai Xin liang beat Great Britain in the final. The Chinese pair built a three-point lead in the second end, then pulled away with the closing arrows, taking advantage of some loose reds from the Brits with their last two arrows. “In the last match it was very close, but we were very confident that we could achieve the best result,” said Zhou. The silver medal marks a return to the Paralym pic podium for Britain’s Beijing 2008 Paralympic Champion John Stubbs. He was chosen to shoot in the mixed team ahead of Nathan MacQueen, who shot five points more during the ranking round. “This probably means as much as winning in Beijing did to be honest,” said John. “This is a coming together... of eight years of hard graft.” Stubbs switched between his primary and spare bows multiple times on the field. “I’m wildly confident with both the bows and 1 find that obviously with sport it’s all about going with the flow. I live by the sword, for the sword. At the end of the day I’m confident with whatever 1 choose to put the arrows in the middle,” he explained.

His partner, Jodie Grinham, is a Paralympic debutant in Rio. She performed at her best during the semifi nals, as the fifth-ranked British pair upset top-seeded Korea in the by a single point, 144-143. To start the gold final, Grinham drilled three straight 10s - as she out-scored her experienced part ner by five points through the first half of the contest. She was holding at full draw for some time, and by the time she quickened up her shot, the match had fallen just out of reach. “I have been crying already and I was crying when the medal was put around my neck. Obviously 1 wanted to win a medal but never in my life did I think I’d bring home a silver or be in the gold medal match,” said Jodie. When asked what she thought of the noise the medal made, she replied: “It goes with the whole car nival theme. It sounds like a maraca. I’ve never felt one before. And it’s mine!” (The Rio 2016 Paralympic medals each make a noise, differing between colours, when they are shaken.) Korea took compound open mixed team bronze ahead of Turkey. China has two of two mixed team medals con tested so far in Rio, and has a chance to take all three if it claims the W1 gold as well. However, China is seeded seventh in that event, while Great Britain in a prime position to improve on silver - is ranked number one.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Lia Coryell (La Crosse, Wisconsin) and Jeff Fabry (Leemore, Califor nia) made history today as the first U.S. Wl mixed team to compete in the Paralympic Games after Lisa became the first U.S. woman to compete in the WI individual Paralympic archery event in eliminations this morning. Individually, Coryell earned a spot in the quar terfinals, qualifying with a personal best score. She fell to eventual silver medalist, Great Britain’s Jo Frith. Great Britain swept the event podium cleaning all three medals. Fabry commented on social media after her match: “Lia shot a solid match against Great Britain

in the Wl Womens Quarterfinals. Great Britain end ed up on top. Lia shot great at her first Paralympics! Now on to Wl mixed teams!” The third seeded team of Fabry and Coryell opened with a strong 128-113 win in their quarter final match against Spain. Keeping consistent scores throughout the semifinal, the duo scored a 125 to Ko rea’s 137 to advance to the bronze final. Facing individual Wl men’s champion David Drahoninsky and his partner Sarka Musilova of the Czech Republic, USA had an early two point lead. After the second end, the Czech team was up with the two-point lead. In the third end, the U.S. regained one point, but suffered a seven point deficit in the final four arrows, leaving the Czech team with the win. This concludes the archery competition for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Team USA returns home with a gold medal for Andre Shelby’s individ ual compound open men’s podium topping finish. Complete results from the event are available at www, worldarcherv.org. QX,

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Rezende’s 4th-place finish at Brazil’s home Paralympic6 15 September 2016

Luciano Rezende

38 year-old Luciano Rezende was the highest Brazilian men’s finisher at the Paralympic Games. “It’s a very faint line between the satisfaction of finishing fourth and the disappointment of not getting a medal,” said Luciano, who lost to Iran’s Ebrahim Ranjbarkivaj in the bronze medal match, 7-1.

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After winning his first three matches, Luciano said he felt his body had stopped reacting to his or ders. He first lost in the semis to Thailand’s Hanreuchai Netsiri in straight sets and then to Ranjbarki vaj in the bronze final. “That was the hardest match,” he said. “1 forced myself to the maximum and 1 tried the best I could but, at some point, my body didn’t react. I had a moment when I tried to adjust the sight and I asked my coach: ‘what can I do?’ and he said: ‘relax, enjoy, you have done the best you can and that’s what matters’.” “I think that was the best thing 1 could have heard.” For Rezende, a Brazilian lawyer who found in archery the chance to become a Paralympian, there’s no other word to describe the experience of these Rio Games than ‘pride’. “I think that the best part of this experience is to be able to welcome all my foreign friends in Brazil to show that my country is capable to deliver good sport ing events such the Olympics and Paralympics, but especially, to show the best side of the sport,” he said. Born with meningocele, which means that his backbone and membranes around the spinal cord are not completely closed, Luciano trains three to four times per week when his work at Brazil’s Department of Justice allows him to. At the Pan American Games in Toronto, Can ada in 2015, he won gold - his best achievement in archery, the sport he found in 2009 after trying swim ming in a school of physical education for people with impairment in Brasilia, the country’s capital. Back then, he was 29 years old, which would mean he needed to be a late bloomer in the pool to make the Games. He tried archery, liked it - and said he also found himself.

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Kevin Polish and Samantha Tucker RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Samantha Tucker (Nam pa, Idaho) and Kevin Polish (Carmichaels, Pennsyl vania) took center stage this morning as first-time Paralympians competing together in the compound open mixed team event. The 9tseeded U.S. duo faced 8th seeded Korea in their first match. After the first four arrows Tucker and Polish were up by one point. After the second end, Korea moved into the leading position by a point and in creased their lead with just four arrows left. Polish

and Tucker both posted 9s to Korea’s 9 and 8, closing the gap, but then matched arrow for arrow for the last two shots, leaving Korea with a one point win to ad vance. Korea went on to upset the top seeded team from Iran and will shoot in the semifinals this after noon. For complete results from the competition visit www.worldarchery.org. Gy

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Freestyle Limited Recurve Men - Back row - Gregory Brown, Rick McKinney, Michael Wichser, Allen Wald, Steve Coleman & James Shack. Front row - Lowry Wilson, Bill Renshaw & Keith Kemmerer

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Freestyle Limited Recurve Champions - Jake Jacobsen, Ed Eliason, Richard Paschke, Tom Saunders, Herb Powers. Freestyle Limited Recurve Male 65-69 1st, Janice Ruley Freestyle 1st, Lowry Wilson New Braunfels, TX 1473 2nd, Keith Kemmerer Damascus, OR 1371 1 st, Becky Pearson 2nd, Aleta Peterson 3rd, Bill Renshaw Fallbrook, CA 1365 3rd, Cherie Stanley Freestyle Limited Recurve Male 70-74 Linda Latham 1st, Herb Powers Katy, TX 1413 Freestyle 2nd, Thomas Saunders Omaha,, NE 1381 3rd, Richard Paschke Missoula, MT 1378 1st, Rose Dorion 2nd, Jacque Rice Gene Queen Damascus, OR 1361 3rd, Lois Pice Terry LaBeau Tucson, AZ 1131 Myra Dudley Freestyle Limited Recurve Male 75-79 1st, Edwin Eliason New Harmony, UT 1527 Connie Miller Bobbie Moore 2nd, Bob Jacobsen Orem, UT 1433 Freestyle Freestyle Limited Recurve Male 90-94 1st, Maxine Bots Dave Keaggy Mesa, AZ 619/DNF 2nd, Diana Zbornak Freestyle Limited Male 70-74 Freestyle 1st, Alvin Latham Tooele, UT 1468 1st, Jay Benard Freestyle Female 55-59 Dougo Wentzel 1st, Bernadette Diab Toms River, NJ 1719 2nd, Catherine Belzner Apache Junction, AZ 1694 Freestyle 1st, Scott Wilson 3rd,Libby Roberts Snelling,Hamilton, MT 1659 2nd, Steven Belzner Freestyle Female 60-64

Freestyle Limited Alvin Latham Houston, TX 1281

Female 65-69 Saint David, AZ 1725 Monticello, UT 1651 Riverson, UT 1570 Tooele, UT 862/DNF Female 70-74 Wichita, KS 1580 Simi Valley, CA 1572 Siini Valley, CA 1538 Oakland, CA 1516 Lake Havasu, AZ 1504 Bend, OR 1242 Female 75-79 Marthasville, MO 1690 Magnolia, TX 1489

Male 50-54 Bountiful, UT Clifton, CO Male 55-59 Brighton, CO Apache Junction. AZ

1768 1751 1768 1730

Freestyle Women Champions - Back row - Becky Pearson, Aleta Peterson, Cherie Stanley, Janice Ruley, Bernadette Diab, Catherine Belzner & Libby Roberts Snelling. Front row - Maxine Bots, Rose Dorion, Jackie Rice & Lois Pice November-December 2016 www.itsarcher.com - email: arlyne.rhode@gmail.com or usamag@aol.com

Freestyle Men Champions - Back row - Larry Butterfield, Buckey Hansen, Carlos Parada, Scott Wilson, Steven Belzner & David Partlow. Front row - Dougo Wentzel, Larry Guptill, Rob Asay & Tom Cayia

3rd, David Partlow Clark Hullinger

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Sun City, AZ 1 st, Larry Butterfield Northridge, CA 2nd, Carlos Parada 3rd, Buckey Hansen,West Jordan, UT Paradise, UT Oliver Brad Allen Greeley, CO Arthur Pendergraft Layton, UT Larry Smithing Billerica, MA Phil Malonson

Freestyle 1st, Larry Guptill 2nd, Tom Cayia 3rd, Rob Asay Jan Klinger Bob Ackerman Andy Peterson Tom Smith Gary Stanley Fred Jepsen John Dudley

Male 65-69 Fountain Valley, CA Simi Valley, CA Gilbert, AZ Grand Junction, CO La Grange, CA Monticello, UT Layton, UT Riverton, UT Taylorsville, UT Oakland, CA

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2nd, John Martin 3rd, Norm Rice Mark Pennington Gerard Tedesco Chuck McLain James Maze David Burton John Huczek

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Freestyle 1st, Dan Kolb 2nd, Frank Pearson 3rd, James Bots LeRoy Dukes Kaare Haugland Jack Head Layton Kite Steve Price Don Crim

Lake Havasu, AZ New Harmony, UT Simi Valley, CA Prescott, AZ Beech Bluff, TN Pinon Hills, CA Jackson,TN Leeds,UT Rochester, MI

Male 75-79 Sun Lakes, AZ St. David, AZ Marthasville, MO Selah, WA Sebastian, FL Richfield, UT Boise, ID Simi Valley, CA Park City, UT

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Freestyle Men Champions - Dan Kolb, Frank Pearson, Jim Bots, Emery Loiselle, Ken Miller & Norm Rice

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Longbow Women and Men Champions Carrie Olsen, Philip Hardy, Carla Burningham & Sharon Soderlund

Cross bow Men and Women Champions - Stan Pennypacker, Gerald Pylypchuck, Vickie Day and Eileen Pylypchuk

Henry Easley Darryl Terry Freestyle 1st, Ronald Raymond Freestyle 1st, Emery Loiselle

Red Rock, TX Anaheim, CA

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Male 80-84 Prineville, OR Male 95-99 Burlington, MA Female 65-69 Longbow 1 st, Sharon Soderlund Boulder, CO 2nd, Carla Bumingham Sandy, UT Longbow Female 70-74 Houston, TX 1st, Carrie Olsen Male 75-79 Longbow 1st, Philip Hardy Houston, TX International Crossbow Female 60-64 1st, Eileen Pylypchuk Middletown, VA International Crossbow Female 65-69 Vickie Day Montrose, CO International Crossbow Male 65-69 1st, Gerald Pylypchuk Middletown, VA International Crossbow Male 75-79 1st, Stan Pennypacker Montrose, CO

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Overall Target Champions: Vonda Kemmerer, Gregory Brown and Becky Pearson

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Compound Women - Becky Pearson with 1725, St. David, AZ 30th Anniversary of the Huntsman World Senior Games 1987-2016 Fostering Worldwide Peace, Health & Friendship Congratulations to all competitors

Compound Men - Scott Wilson with 1768 Brighton CO tie Compound Men - Jay Bernard with 1768 Bountiful UT

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Barebotv Recurve Women and Men Champions Andrew Lakata, Ray Allen, Kami Horiuchi, Eigoro Horiuchi, William Burningham, Becky Korte, Robert Britton, Gayle Fristoe & Craig White Female 55-59 Barebow Compound Female 75-79 Barebow Recurve Washington, UT 724 1 st, Wanda Newsom Taylor, TX 365 1st, Gayle Fristoe Barebow Compound Male 50-54 Female 60-64 Barebow Recurve Boulder, CO 604 1st, Ivan Thompson Centerville, UT 437 1 st, Becky Korte Female 75-79 Barebow Compound Male 60-64 Barebow Recurve Brighton, CO Martinez,C A 861 291 1st, Bill J. Jorgensen 1st, Kumi Horiuchi

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712 533 328

Barebow Compound Male 70-74 1st, Bill Ruley Houston, TX Freestyle Bowhunter Female 55-59 1st, Jill Lilly Gilbert, AZ Freestyle Bowhunter Female 60-64 1st, Julie Clawson Grass Valley, CA 2nd, Lucy Hullinger Gilbert, AZ 3rd, Chirley Arnold-Rodriguez,Lindon, UT Freestyle Bowhunter Female 65-69 1st, Edith C. Jorgensen Martinez, CA

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Tracyton, WA

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Freesty le Bowhunter Men Champions Back row - Cory Woolson, Jeff Fewell, Bret Moran, Carlos Rodriguez & Michael Cole Front row - Del Moore, Tony DiStefano, Jim Clawson & Ron Kirchen November-December 2016 www.usarcher.com - email: arlyne.rhode@gmail.com or usamag@aol.com

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Freestyle Limited Recurve Champions - Ed Eliason, Tom Saunders, Freestyle Limited Recurve Herb Powers, Bill Renshaw, Eric (Spike) Ford & Gregory Brown Champions - Judith Magras & Martha Padmore Richfield, UT 964 951 3rd, Jack Head 1st, Gregory Brown Rigby, ID Grantsville, UT 829 619 Jay Walk 2nd, Eric (Spike) Ford St. Helens, OR Freesty le Bowhunter Male 80-84 Freestyle Limited Recurve Male 65-69 582 602 1st, Ronald Raymond Prineville, OR 1st, Bill Renshaw Fallbrook, CA Freestyle Limited Recurve Female 55-59 Freestyle Limited Recurve Male 70-74 1st, Martha Padmore Pilgrim Church, Barb. 586 758 1 st, Thomas Saunders Omaha, NE Freestyle Limited Recurve Female 60-64 658 2nd, Herb Powers Katy, TX 1st, Judith Magras St. George, Barbados 689 555 3rd,Terry LaBeau Tucson, AZ Freestyle Limited Recurve Female 65-69 Freestyle Limited Recurve Male 75-79 748 1st, Diana LaBeau Tucson, AZ 874 1st, Edwin Eliason New Harmony, UT

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Freestyle Champions - Back row - Catherine Belzner, Bernadette Diab, Janice Ruley, Cherie Stanley, Aleta Peterson & Becky Pearson. Front row - Myra Dudley, Jacque Rice & Lois Price.

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Freestyle Champions - Back row - Dougo Wentzel, Clark Hullinger, David Partlow, Steven Belzer, Carlos Parada & Backey Hansen. Front row -Andy Peterson, Tom Smith, Tom Cayia & Larry Butterfield Freestyle Female 60-64 3rd, Clark Hullinger Gilbert, AZ 1000 Houston, TX 659 1st, Janice Ruley Freestyle Male 60-64 Freestyle Female 65-69 1st, Larry Butterfield Sun City, AZ 1083 1053 1st, Becky Pearson St David, AZ West Jordan, UT 1041 2nd, Buckey Hansen 970 2nd, Aleta Peterson Monticello, UT Northridge, CA 1038 3rd, Carlos Parada Riverton, UT 766 3rd, Cherie Stanley Arthur Pendergraft Greeley, CO 866 Female 70-74 Freestyle Freestyle Male 65-69 910 Simi Valley, CA 1081 1st, Jacque Rice 1st, Tom Cayia Simi Valley, CA 790 2nd, Lois Price Simi Valley, CA 2nd, Tom Smith Layton, UT 1051 772 3rd, Myra Dudley Oakland, CA 3rd, Andy Peterson Monticello, UT 1038 Male 50-54 Bob Ackerman 1032 Freestyle La Grange, CA 1102 1 st, Dougo Wentzel Clifton, CO Riverton, UT 1028 Gary Stanley Freestyle Male 55-59 Jan Klinger Grand Junction, CO 1018 Apache Junction, AZ 1088 1st, Steven Belzner Larry Guptill Fountain Valley, CA 979 2nd, David Partlow Pahoa, HI 1023 Taylorsville, UT 939 Fred Jepsen

Freestyle Champions - Ken Miller, Gerald Tedesco, Norm Rice, Bob Jacobsen, Frank Pearson & Dan Kolb November-December 2016 www.usarcher.com - email: arlyne.rhode@gmail.com or usamag@aol.com

Longbow Champions Jim Phillips. Philip Hardy, Carrie Olsen, Marie Langness, Sharon Soderhmd & Cara Bruningham 926 Oakland, CA Longbow Female 65-69 John Dudley 594 855 Gilbert, AZ 1st, Marie Langness Washington, UT Loren Lilly 383 Male 70-74 2nd, Sharon Soderlund, Boulder, CO Freestyle 207 Lake Havasu City, AZ 1053 3rd, Carla Burningham, Sandy, UT 1st, Ken Miller Beech Bluff, TN 1045 Longbow Female 70-74 2nd, Gerard Tedesco 166 Simi Valley, CA 986 1st, Carrie Olsen Houston, TX 3rd, Norm Rice New Harmony, UT 928 Longbow John Martin Male 65-69 594 Pinon Hills, CA 481/DNF 1st, Jim Phillips Chuck McLain Craig, CO Jackson, TN 451/DNF Longbow Male 75-79 James Maze 297 Male 75-79 1st, Philip Hardy Freestyle Houston, TX Sun Lakes, AZ 1056 1st, Dan Kolb St. David, AZ 1033 2nd, Frank Pearson Congratulations to the Overall Champions 1005 Orem, UT 3rd, Bob Jacobsen 768 Recure Women Phyllis Shipman Sebastian, FL 997 Kaare Haugland Boise, ID 940 Layton Kite 951 Recurve Men Gregory Brown Red Rock, TX 850 Henry Easley 1053 Compound Women Becky Pearson 844 Simi Valley, CA Steve Price 1102 Compound Men Dougo Wentzel 744 Park City, UT Don Crim 477/DNF Anaheim, CA Darryl Terry www.trueflightfeathers.com

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Ute Cu Make Yo« a Better Archer By Terry Wunderle

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earning is a continuous process we experience in archery and in life. We encounter numerous obstacles on the pathway to any success, but how we handle and deal with these challenges is the key to being an accomplished archer. As long as we can learn and build on our mistakes, success is within reach. No one likes or plans on committing errors, yet they happen. It is part of making progress. People don’t stumble if they are standing still. One thing that has always disappointed me is to see young archers or even veteran athletes make a mistake at a tournament and then quit trying, lose their “cool,” or feel sorry for themselves. A champion takes the blame and the responsibility for the error, tries to learn from the mishap, and becomes a stronger competitor. At one time, I had a young archer who often made excuses and placed the fault on something other than herself when she had a bad tournament. One day in practice, she gave me a series of unfounded reasons for her poor performance. At that point, my excuse quota had been reached. 1 reasoned with her that every time she neglected to take responsibility for her shot execution, she failed to get smarter. We agreed that she would accept the blame for her mistakes, so she could learn. Later that year, she won the Junior World Championship. Undoubtedly, the most common mistake in tournament play is getting too nervous to

perform adequately. As the tension mounts, the unfavorable shots increase. To remedy the problem, begin analyzing what thought process caused the anxiety to build. Most archers find that doing nothing to change the pattern of thinking will produce the same unwanted results. If you shoot good scores in the serenity of practice, but not in competition, you should consider changing your pattern of thinking to one you can use in both situations. Success can be a wonderful learning tool. The next time you have a good tournament, evaluate and determine what you did differently. Did your thinking change? Did you alter your form? Were you more relaxed? Somewhere in the midst of the success lies the answer. Discover what it is and build on it. When 1 explained this reasoning to one of my students, he informed me that he did not have any successes to analyze. I recommended that he use the next tournament to try a simple method of shooting, since what he was doing was a proven method for failure and he had nothing to lose. The suggested shot process was easy. He was to let the sight pin float on or around the x-ring and then pull the bow apart, releasing the arrow in about one second. Trying this technique, he shot the highest tournament score of his career. Now he had a success upon which to build his program. The positive image of him shooting consistent form could be imprinted and replayed in his mind, as he prepared for the next competition. Many obstacles stand in the way of becoming a consistent archer. Archery, like life, is a complex maze of choices. Musician Naomi Judd once said, “A dead end is just a place to turn around.” Successful athletes know the immense effort that is required to reach the top. Often, they must

accept the blame for unsatisfactory results, learn from their mistakes, and strive to increase their level of performance. By maintaining this positive approach to learning, you, too, can discover a path that will be easier and more rewarding. [For more of Terry’s shooting tips see “Archery: Think and Shoot Like a Champion” at wunderlearchery.com]

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NASP® Scholarship Awards Approach One Million, Even More in 2017 By: Brittany Jones August 30, 2016

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L-R Overall Female Champion - Ashlie Garrison - /TV, Overall Male Champion - David Machart - IA, Runner up Female Champion - Rowen McAllister - MN & Runner Up Male Champion - Trevor Wehling - IA Every May, students gath er from around the United States to compete in the National Ar chery in the Schools Program’s (NASP®) national tournament at Louisville, KY. Having spent all year practicing at school and home to hone their craft, they attend this highly anticipated and world’s largest archery tournament hop ing to place with top honors. NASP® has long been accredited with helping students gain confi dence all the while, participating in a sport they enjoy. Additionally, NASP® also aids many students with their higher education goals by awarding cash scholarships to the top teams, and individual male and female winners. NASP® awarded $159,000 dollars of scholarships at this years nationals. Cash scholar ships were given to both teams

and individuals. Each member of the first through third place high school teams was awarded $1000, $750, and $500 in scholarship money. With each team consisting of twenty-four student archers, $54,000 in cash scholarships were provided by Academy Sports and Outdoors, NASP®, and American Whitetail Targets. To be awarded an individ ual scholarship, the top five male and female archers, out of 12,897 competitors in the 2016 nationals, compete in a shoot-off witnessed by an audience consisting of thou sands of parents, teaches, coaches, and peers. Each shoot-off archer launches five arrows for practice, and five for score, from the fif teen-meter shooting line. It is ex pected every year that two or three archers will remain tied after the initial 5-arrow group. This was

the case at this year’s tournament. The “tied” archers then shot a sin gle arrow at the same target for the tiebreaker. Of course, the ar cher whose arrow is closest to the center of the target breaks the tie. Both first place male and female archers were awarded $20,000, second place archers were award ed $15,000, third place $10,000, fourth place $5,000, and the fifth place boy and girl each received $2,500 in scholarship funds. David Machart, a senior at Anamosa High School in Iowa, placed second among male stu dents, winning a whopping $15,000 scholarship. When asked how it felt to win such a presti gious award, he had this to say, “Winning the scholarship is a fi nancial relief. I have been sav ing, but this sure helps out.” Da vid plans on attending Kirkwood U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary

Community College for two years and then transfer to Iowa State University to pursue a degree in Agricultural Business. “1 plan on shooting archery in college, and someday hope to be one of the top shooters in Vegas, at the NFAA’s Archery Festival,” says Machart. Rowan McAllister, another senior who attends St. Croix Pre paratory Academy in Minnesota, placed first among the top five females. “Winning the $20,000 scholarship was incredible. It not only showed me what I could ac complish, but it spoke to archery’s influence on the community.” When asked how NASP® has influenced her life, she said, “NASP® has given me the ability to participate in a unique sport in high school, meet new people, and find a community of people who share my archery interests.” Rowan is set to attend Clark University in Worchester, Massachusetts in the fall. Of course, without donat ing sponsors, NASP® scholarship efforts would be non-existent. Donors of the individual scholar ships include Mathews Archery and Gordon Composite who both donated twenty thousand in schol arship money. Morrell Targets and Plano Manufacturing gave fifteen thousand. Saunders Archery and Field Logic gifted ten thousand. BCY and New Archery Products donated five thousand, and cover ing the fifth place boys and girls, Lancaster Archery and NEET Archery each contributed twen ty-five hundred dollars in scholar ship funds. Since its inception, NASP® has given a total of $926,000 in cash scholarships to deserving archers at national, state, and pro vincial (CA) tournaments. One of the newest and largest donors to the scholarship program is the Cabela’s Outdoor Fund. Schol arship awards are set to increase in 2017, to nearly $1.5 million. These scholarship awards are not dependent upon which institution the student chooses to attend. The money may be used for whatever post-secondary education choice

the student makes. Some have gone on to university, college, fashion, tech school, and even military education. Of course, post-secondary bound seniors are not the only student archers who benefit from these scholarships. Ashlie Gar rison, an eighth grader at Castle North Middle School in Indiana says, “I’m undecided on a specif ic college right now, NASP® has given me something I’m good at, and it felt amazing to be one of the top placers and scholarship win ners at the tournament this year!” Tom Patterson, NASP's coach of the year, with Trigg County High School in Cadiz, Kentucky related how even a $500 scholarship can motivate students. He related how on the way home from a tournament last year one of his students sat next to him on the bus ride home. Tom said, “The student described how he had not even given going to college a 2nd thought. But, after winning a scholarship he wanted to discuss the possibilities.” Roy Grimes, President, of NASP® responded to this saying, “While $500 might not make much of a dent in the cost of higher education, but it can certainly birth a dream.” A big congratulation goes to all the winners at the 2016 NASP®

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NASP® President Roy Grimes recognized by The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agen cies for Special Recognition Award September 14, 2016 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The Association of Fish & Wild life Agencies (AFWA) recognized four individuals, three state agen cies and one private landowner for their dedication to advancing fish and wildlife conservation at the Association’s Annual Awards Ceremony held on September 13, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylva nia. AFWA PR The Association presented a special recognition awards for outstanding commitment to the work of AFWA to Roy Grimes. Over the last fifteen years, Mr. Grimes has led the efforts of the National Archery in the Schools Program, or NASP®. Roy, who had served Fish & Wildlife Agen cies in Indiana, Kansas, Missouri and finally Kentucky was asked by KY Commissioner Tom Ben nett to develop what would later be called “NASP®.” NASP®, an international-style target archery program, was designed to achieve specific and targeted educational and conservation related goals. “Having spent 30 years as a state wildlife agency biologist, I consider members of AFWA my peers,” said Roy Grimes, President of NASP®. “It is a terrific honor to have the National Archery in the Schools Program recognized by AFWA professionals for its efforts to establish millions of student ar chers every year.” “Over the course of its 15 year existence, The National Ar chery in the Schools Program has now involved over sixteen million student archers in 47 states, and 11 other countries,” said NASP® Vice President and General man ager Tommy Floyd. “We believe that NASP® represents one of the most positive forces in archery today. We also believe that it is highly beneficial to the students,

NASP President Roy Grimes educators and coaches that partic ipate.” “Roy would be the first per son to say that it is never about any one person and that NASP® is a team effort involving the vision and hard work of many extreme ly dedicated people over time. He would be the first to credit our NASP® team, the NASP® board, and our many sponsors and sup porters for our success. Howev er, through Roy’s consistent and focused leadership, NASP® has continued to grow and expand at a rate of about 1000 schools per year. It is evident that many lead ers in the archery industry and fish and wildlife agencies agreed with the value of Roy’s leadership as they enthusiastically provided letters of support for Roy’s nom ination. This is yet another ex ample of how exciting it is to be a part of the National Archery in the Schools Program. Congratula tions to Roy and NASP®!” www.naspschools.org

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Louisville, KY - Scholastic 3-D Archery has named George and Angie Whiteman as the new S3 DA Tennessee State Coordinators. As the State Coordinators, George and Augie will oversee all aspects of the S3DA program in Tennessee, including tournaments, training and dividing the state into regions that will allow S3DA participants multiple monthly competition venues as close as possible to their home location. George and Augie will also recruit and hire Regional Coordinators to oversee and manage these individual regions. George and Augie Whiteman were introduced to archery shortly after they moved to Paris, Tennessee in 2010. By the time the second season started, there were four of them traveling together and competing as a family. Two

George andAugie Whiteman of the older Whiteman children took up bowhunting and now the whole family bowhunts. As their love and passion for archery grew, so did their desire to share it with the youth of their community. When S3DA held their national event in London, Kentucky in 2015, George and Augie saw firsthand the level of participation and excitement for the new program. They followed the growth of the program and decided that they needed to become a part of S3DA. George

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and Augie became certified coaches in October of 2015 and together with longtime friend, Jon Paul Moody, launched Covenant Ranch S3DA in February 2016. George and Augie are excited to join S3DA as Tennessee State Coordinators. They will seek to build a strong leadership team through regional coordinators and also plan to team up with coaches that have been trained to build clubs in their local areas. George and Augie will be seek to build relationships with established archery clubs throughout the state, as well as reaching out to schools, churches, archery shops and other youth organizations. “There is an incredible amount of work to be done and building a dynamic leadership team will be key to growing S3DA within the state of Tennessee,” said George and Augie Whiteman, Scholastic 3-D Tennessee State Coordinators. “Along with structuring the leadership team, we are looking forward to introducing the indoor aspect of S3 DA this winter. For both indoor and 3-D, we plan to hold regional and state events in preparation for both S3 DA national tournaments.” “It’s exciting to see enthusiastic archers, parents and leaders in our sport get involved at the administration level in S3DA,” said Jennie Richardson, Executive director for Scholastic 3-D Archery. “Simply because they believe in the program and what it is doing for families. Anyone that has ever worked with George and Augie know their passion for archery is contagious and they have the energy to develop a strong program in Tennessee. It will be fun watching them spread their enthusiasm across the great state of Tennessee.” Check out S3 DA on Facebook Scholastic 3-D Archery 250 Terry Blvd. Louisville, KY 40229 U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary

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Louisville, KY -The Cabela’s Outdoor Fund, with a mission to promote conservation and hunting, fishing,camping, boating and other outdoor sporting and recreational activities, for the second straight year, has awarded a S100,000 grant to the Scholastic 3-D Archery program. S3DA provides 3-D archery opportunities for youth in afterschool settings, as well as with archery-affiliated clubs and businesses in their communities. The Scholastic 3-D Archery program places special emphasis on archery education conservation, and bowhunting. “It is incredible to have this level of support from The Cabela’s Outdoor Fund,” says Jennie Richardson, Executive Director of Scholastic 3-D Archery. “Their generous grant will, once again, positively impact every level of our organization. From internal operations to helping S3 DA establish active programs in every state, this grant will make a real difference for youth 3-D archery and aspiring bowhunters. Cabela’s is one of the most respected names in the outdoor industry and to have the continued support of Cabela’s Outdoor Fund is a huge step forward for S3DA.” Cabela’s Outdoor Fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to efforts that promote and protect hunting, shooting sports, trapping, fishing, camping and conservation. This fund is possible through donations from generous Cabela’s customers who choose to “round up” their purchases to the nearest dollar at Cabela’s stores. The Cabela’s Outdoor Fund contributes to other like-minded organizations across the country working to make the great outdoors even better. “The Scholastic 3-D Archery program has done an incredible job making the link between competitive archery, conservation and hunting”,” said Scott Wanetka, vice president of Cabela’s Outdoor Fund. “We are excited about this formula creating a fun and competitive environment for youth while also putting more hunters in the field.” “Many thanks to Cabela’s Outdoor Fund for this generous grant,” said Dr. Jack Frost, Board Member for Scholastic 3-D Archery and Sr. Member of the Pope and Young Cub. “When a major hunting and conservation organizations such as Cabela’s Outdoor Fund recognizes the importance of a program by making a significant contribution, it shows how good that program is expected to be for the future of hunting and conservation.” “Cabela’s Outdoor Fund’s grant of $100,000 will allow the S3 DA program to stay on track as the fastest growing youth archery program in the nation,” added Fred Pape, Scholastic 3-D Archery Board Member and Owner of Papes Archery. “S3 DA has proven itself to be the premier hunter recruitment program bringing students and families into archery and bowhunting.”

Louisville, KY - Scholastic 3-D Archery is proud to announce Dead Center Archery Products as their newest sponsor. Dead Center Archery Products is located in Pennsylvania and offers 100% USA made archery products that have been precision engineered with the highest attention to detail, integrity and quality control. Whether you strive for the podium or to bag the trophy of a lifetime, the people at Dead Center Archery Products share your passion. “Dead Center Archery Products has been a leader in stabilizer products from the beginning, I am veiy excited they have decided to partner with S3 DA. In our program we have shooters in all kinds of disciplines, and Dead Center Archery Products has a product line for everyone. This will be a great benefit to our entire program and I look forward to this partnership flourishing.” “At Dead Center Archery Products we have always made it our goal to support the sport of archery and work to help protect its future. S3DA is a fantastic organization that shares our goal. We are proud to sponsor and partner with an organization that does so much for youth archers and for the future of our sport.”

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Self-Talk: Another Mental Training Solution by Rick McKinney, President of Carbon Tech Arrows and U.S. Representative for Win & Win Archery Self-talk is one of the more powerful tools to use during prac tice and competition. Although most people use it, they are not organized in order to use it effec tively. It is more like most of the archers’ mental game, it is loose ly structured and helps sometimes and hurts other times. The more time you spend to organize your mental game, the more successful you can be. How do you learn to use self-talk effectively? How do you organize your thoughts so that you can have a process that helps you walk through each scenario so that you can be prepared of what to say and when to say it? How do you keep from falling into the trap of negativity? How can you stay pos itive when you are getting “nega tive” results? These are a few of

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the questions that tun through the minds of archers who are trying to figure out how to deal with com petition stress and even practice stress when shooting for score. What is self-talk? It re fers to the ongoing internal/external conversation with ourselves, which influences how we feel and behave. Most people have a conversation with themselves in ternally and do not think about it being “self-talk”. 1 used to talk to myself on the shooting line where others could hear me. This was not a “mental psych” but more of helping me to hear over the inter nal arguments going on inside my head! Ed Eliason used to talk out loud to himself as well. However, many archers talk to themselves internally, thus not exposing what they are saying or thinking. 1 per sonally do not think either way is better or worse. It is a preference, which you will need to decide for yourself, which is better. Self-talk can help your self-image or it can hurt it. It de pends on what you are saying to yourself and how you deal with the comments you are express ing to yourself. Words are strong tools, whether they are spoken internally or externally. It is said that self-talk is 60 times more powerful than the actual expe rience. Self-image is what you perceive that others think of you. Thus, if you are berating yourself, you are probably tearing down your self-image and thinking that other people believe you to be of lower status than you want to be. When you tear down your self-im age, you start to believe that you are worthless, a looser, not worth much. Since self-talk is 60 times more powerful than the actual ex perience, you can see that this can be very devastating if you are not careful.

Rick Whether you are a coach or an athlete, you need to be careful of how you present yourself and how you think about things. One of the things that Lisa Franseen mentions in the book, “Precision Archery”, is focusing on what is happening right now. The archer should be thinking of a positive image of what to do at this moment, not in the past and not in the future. You already know what can hap pen and there are many outcomes to the future. You already know what has happened, thus thinking in the moment allows you to to tally focus on the right now sce nario. What you think is import ant. For instance, if you shoot an arrow and you drop your bow arm and get a low shot. The self-talk is more of “you know you can do better, focus on keeping the bow arm strong.” Once you have told yourself this, then as you pull up, you think of keeping the bow arm strong. More of a simple thought or statement; bow am strong! Berating yourself is not a good thing, unless it is immediate and telling yourself that you can do the opposite. Such as, peeking upon the shot. When you move your head, it costs you points. You can immediately tell yourself you did it wrong, then tell your self how to do it right and focus on keeping your head from moving during the next shot. Always keep yourself as positive as you can. Remember, the self-image is im portant and the only way you can keep that image up is by talking to yourself in a positive manner. U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary

Cue words can be very help ful. When you are practicing, it is good to say simple words that help you stay focused on the task at hand. Say, you grab the bow when you shoot the shot. Then you think of a way to keep your hand relaxed or open or fingers opened. It doesn’t matter how you do it, but focus on one of these things to make sure you do not grab your bow when you shoot. Thus think, “hand relax” during the shot. This self-talk “hand relax” is positive, simple and effective. Most coaches have a prob lem of telling their archers of what not to do instead of what to do to fix the problem. You can in form your coach to think positive thoughts so you can think positive thoughts. Instead of “try to keep from choking this time”, you might want to think about, “think strong, focus”. This puts the archer in the present task at hand and not to wor ry about choking which is more of the future. As has been said time and again, you can only control the present. You cannot control the past nor the future. So, how do you work on self-talk? The best thing is to lis ten to yourself and the coach. If there is anything negative, then discuss these negative comments and figure out how to convert them over to positive statements. If you are videoing the sessions, you can listen to what is being said. It takes time to turn nega tives into positives, but when you keep practicing it, you will con tinue to improve. This also will improve your self-image. Just remember, it takes about 21 days to change a habit, thus work on this for at least 21 days and you should start to see your negativity change into a pos itive approach. This will improve your shooting over time. Being patient is not an easy task, but it is well worth it once it starts paying off for you.

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EDITORS NOTE: In the course of this coast to coast virtual interview, Hur ricane Matthew hit Florida and our intrepid reporter Roy Villasor lost contact with John Williams. In the meantime, inquiries were coming into our office from here and around the world inquiring how was John Williams? An email arrived inform ing our office that John’s home had been damaged in the path of Matthew and he had been hurt. Our fears were set aside when John reestablished contact with Roy after utilities were restored. It is true that John’s home was damaged and he had sustained injuries to his hand during the repairs. John reports that his hand required stitches but will return to normal soon. He thanks everyone for their prayers and well wishes during the crisis. Speedy recovery John. US & International Archer magazine caught up with World and Olympic Champion, John Williams in Florida after his induction to the Archery Hall of Fame. John surprised everyone on the night of the induction ceremonies by donating his 1972 Olympic Gold medal to the Hall of Fame! 1 asked John his reason(s) for doing so. He responded by stating, that 40 years ago, when 1 was traveling and shooting, there was an opportunity for people to see the first archery Olympic gold medal in the modem Olympics. I have always considered myself the caretaker as opposed to being the owner of this piece of Olympic history. The medal was kept in a secure safe at home and came out upon request. Less people have seen this over the years. With the donation, I can continue to share a piece of history with many more people. I cannot think of a more appropriate or safer place than with the rest of my Munich Memorabilia in the Archery Hall of Fame. It belongs to history then, now and forever. 48

INTERVIEW WITH WILLIAMS By Roy Villasor I did not know that John could be so eloquent. The next question: John, many know of your success as an archer. But not many know of your success as a coach going back to Luann Ryon (Individual Olympic Gold Medalist 1976) and forward to Jake Kaminsky (Team Olympic Silver Medalist 2012 & 2016). Could you share something about Luann and Jake as well as mention other World, Field and Olympic archers that were at one time under your tutelage? Luann was one of the best students 1 ever had the pleasure of coaching. It was not so much her physical ability but her mental ability that made her a great archer. I had just moved to California and Luann took lllh in 1975 at Nationals. She would proceed to win nearly every competition she participated in for the next 3 years including Olympic Gold in Montreal. I feel fortunateand privileged to have worked with so many talented archers over the years. Don Rabska, friend, competitor and now President of Easton Sports Development Foundation was 68'h in the 1972 Nationals and worked hard to reach I4lh in 1975. There was Lynette Edwards, Michelle Edwards, Gary Riley and Scott Page. It is my belief that many of these wonderful archers would have peaked at the Olympic Games in 1980. Fast forward to 2010, I spent a few months working with Jake Kaminsky. Again, more than anything it was what I could see inside his head that made me believe he would be great. After six months, I wrote a letter of recommendation to the National Archery Association in favor of Jake’s acceptance into the Resident Athlete Program in Chula Vista. Coach Lee and the high performance staff did the rest.

As a coach, 1 can only take credit for providing some of the tools necessary for these competitors to become successful. Let me emphasize that it is the archers that must receive the credit for putting all the pieces, mental and physical together. I followed up with the question: Could you mention some of the tools you were able to impart to your students? John enumerated two items: (1) Persistence in the pursuit of the perfect arrow. (2) Positive attitude in all things. In a previous interview with reporter Rob Trucks, Luann on the subject of the pursuit of the perfect arrow was quoted to say: ”... when you shoot that perfect arrow and you see it hit the center of the target, there’s just something about that, you know, to keep shooting that perfect arrow, from whatever distance and see it hit. Boom. That’s a good feeling. You want to keep going until you get that perfect arrow.” In that same interview she acknowledges the coaching of John Williams. These lessons and much more were taken by John to many training seminars and archery symposiums all over the world to establish the building blocks to follow the pursuit of the perfect arrow. In the 70s and 80s, his book “Archery for Beginners” sold thousands of copies and is still available. At the time when biomechanics and photography started playing a large role in hov archers trained, legends: Hardy Ward, Doreen Wilbur and John Williams gave the world a lot of Continued on page 61.

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focus and accuracy rewrote tournament record books. Longtime friend and fellow archer Rick Wray shared memories and handed Pace his AHOF plaque.

OHN WILLIAMS was only 14 when he began shooting in the men’s division at archery competitions near his Cranesville, Pennsylvania home. Between 1968 and 1973, he routinely was one of the top three male shooters in almost ever}7 tournament entered. In 1971, at age 17, John won the World Field Archerj7 Championship and in the 1972 Olympics held in Munich, Germany he captured his Gold Medal. Later in his storied career, John coached teams of America’s top archers to National, World, and Olympic titles. Longtime friend and fellow Olympic medalist Rick McKinney presented Williams with his AHOF plaque.

Rick Wray talks about Darrell's archery journey and their lifelong friendship.

ANDY ULMER has made a lasting mark on the sport of archery as both a . competitive archer and bowhunter. His collection of tournament hardware and record book big game (most notably big-racked mule deer and elk), speaks to his many years of consistent success and personal accomplishments. Among Ulmer’s many achievements are world and national pro shooting titles, including two NABH crowns, two IBO titles, and a WAF title. He has also won an NFAA crown and a Las Vegas indoor title. A talented outdoor writer, Ulmer pens columns in Bowhunter Magazine and Petersen’s Bowhunting

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from his Arizona home. AHOF President Rick McKinney presented his longtime friend with the AHOF plaque. ACK WITT was a champion archer and serious bowhunter from Arkansas who promoted the sport nationwide with shooting exhibitions and his job at Ben Pearson Archery. He also penned magazine columns appearing in Archery Magazine and other periodicals. A founding member of the Arkansas Bowhunters Association and Professional Archers Association, Witt served as Pearson’s Sales and Promotion Manager and was tournament director of the famed Ben Pearson Open, held annually in Detroit’s Cobo Hall. Prior to his death in 1980, Witt also owned and ran The Archery Center pro shop in Little Rock, Arkansas. Friend and fellow archer, H. Keith de Noble presented Witt’s AHOF plaque to Ben Pearson, Jr.

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HISTORY WAS MADE at this year’s induction ceremony. Rock music superstar Ted Nugent, an avid bowhunter and articulate advocate of hunting and hunters, received the first Dave Staples “Golden Arrow Award,” selected and bestowed by the AHOF Board of Directors. Executive Director Diane Miller presented the plaque and I golden arrow. Incidentally, this new honor recognizes lifetime efforts by individual archers whose work inspires others. Nugent’s . strong anti-drug, pro-law enforcement message has reached many thousands of youngsters through his Kamp for Kids. His television shows and concerts, which typically include a patriotic salute to America’s armed forces and our country’s constitutional freedoms, set a positive example for others. After accepting the award, “The Nuge” picked up his guitar and offered a musical tribute to the legendary Fred Bear, earning a standing ovation from the large crowd. He then excused himself to catch a flight to a scheduled concert in Muskogee, Oklahoma. It was my distinct honor to act as ■ Master of Ceremonies for this memorable evening’s program. It’s been 13 years since I experienced my own AHOF induction in front of friends and family at the Pope and Young Club convention in Madison, Wisconsin, but the vivid memories remain. Consequent ly, I was tremendously excited for the j latest inductees.

It’s a humbling and exhilarating moment that will never be forgotten.

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On Friday evening AHOF Executive Director, Diane Miller, presented archery pioneer Dick Mauch with the Archery Icon Award for sixty years of dedication and involvement to the sport of archery. Only two other people, Bob Kelly and Jim Dougherty, both from the Class of 1997, have received this special award since the inception of the AHOF forty-four years ago. Dave Staples devel oped the award for those who have dedicated much of there lifetime to the promotion of the sport we love so much. Congratulations to Dick on this well deserved and long overdue honor. nother person who received a standing ovation while attending this years induction was a young man from Mayville, Michigan who recently won the IBO World title in the physically challenged division held in Seven Springs, PA. Congratulations, Austin Jones, on a job well done. You are an inspiration and make us all proud.

MR James and Austin's dad, Jason, take a minute to smile for the camera.

heers to Down Under Aussie Mate Ian Fenton for traveling over 10,000 miles to

Cshare this historic induction with us and for also donating a special Australian Archery Hall of Fame belt buckle to our Auction. Incidentally AHOF President and Olympian, Rick McKinney was the highest bidder and was person ally presented the buckle from Ian.

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Always a fun event is our Satur day night auction held to raise funds to help carry on the mission that our founder Dave Staples was so passionite about. This year with the help of so many we were able to raise over $16,000. A special thank you to the following who generously donated items for the auction: Jack Paluh, Bass Pro Shops, Joe St. Charles and the St. Charles family, Chuck Jordan, Dick Wood, Ian Fenton, Longbow Resort, Ben Pearson Jr., Dick Mauch, and Ken Beck from Black Widow Bows.

Liz Coombe is the proud owner of the Jack Paluh Fred Bear print.

Congratulations to the following winning bidders whose generous donations also helped make this event a huge success: Liz Combs, Ron Powell, Kathy Bellars, The Gard ner Family, Bob Eastman, Randy Ulmer, Bob Harrier, Tim Donnally, Dave Gordon, Chuck Jordan, Tobi Forbes, Dick Wood, Dick Mauch, and Rick McKinney.

"I've got $500, who will give me six? Going once, going twice, sold to the pretty lady in the third row."

Also a big thumbs up for our one and only favorite auctioneer, Kurt Surber and his lovely wife, Lynn, for all their help.

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Thanks to Dick Mauch for bringing his trusty flashlight so us older folks could read the lettering on one of the special bows.

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Thoughts From the president The Archery Hall of Fame & Museum banquet, held recently at the Bass Pro Shop Outdoor World in Springfield, Mis souri was a huge success in so many ways. We inducted 4 deserving individuals that have accomplished so much with our sport, but even more important was what they have contributed. Each and every one of these individuals promoted archery in their own special way, from being President of an national archery organization, being a writer helping to educate hunters and competitors alike, to coaching individuals to Olympic Gold Medals or to developing and managing major competitive events, all gave back ten fold. This is the essence of what the Archery Hall of Fame & Museum represents. Not only do these indi viduals make a huge impact with their accomplishments, but also helping others to make a huge impact with the sport they love.

successful auctions to date. The items were donated by various individuals and companies. We raised over $16,000 with the help of the donors and the supporters. Many items went way beyond the value of the items, but the individuals knew that what they were doing was helping the Archery Hall of Fame & Museum and it is greatly appreciated. I am hoping that we continue in this direction, the money raised is to help us carry on with our goals. One of these goals is to offer a library of maga zines, articles, thesis papers and other items that show the development of archery through the years. We are receiving a lot of these items from private donors who want to preserve our history. At this time, a lot of these items are in storage. It is our hope that one day, our facility will be large enough to house these items. Individuals can come to this library and do research, write papers and even come up with better ideas for the improvement of the sport we so dearly love. This will take time and money, but I am hoping we can accomplish this goal to preserve and share these valuable items. Thank you all for your continued support.

During the banquet we conducted one of our most

Thank You to Suzanne St. Charles for designing and do nating the "The Dave Staples Golden Arrow Award"

Thank You to everyone who helped to make our 29th Induc tion one of the best ever. To our inductees and their families, and their presenters as well as our board of directors for helping to make this happen, thank you. To the spon sors of our "Friday Night Meet the Inductees Recep tion," Dave and Dawn Gordon, BCY and Tom and Troy Saunders from Saunders Archery. We can't thank you all enough for all your continued support.

A special thank you to Tim Denial (my chauffer and right hand man) who was brave enough to travel over 2,000 miles with two pretty scary women. Also to my photo buddy Jan Bemis for a job well done. They both went the extra mile or should I say miles to help get the job done. Also thank you to Arlyne Rhode and Jason Jones for helping with the photography.

To Chuck and Judy Jordan, Rick McKinney, Joe St. Charles, MR and Janet James as well as Dick Wood who are always there when I need them no matter what the task.

and to her brother, Joe, for his excellent penmanship in his lettering of the special golden arrow.

And lastly I would be remiss if I didn't thank all of you who without your attendance all our work would have been in vain. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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Continued from page 48, film to look at and learn. Look at the classics of yesterday and you can see it imbedded in the form today. Find a copy of Linda Hadas’ book and you can see, step by step the forms of John Williams, Rick Mckinney, Sante Spigarelli and Giancarlo Ferrari. Given his enumeration, I had to ask John the following question, if John Williams had gone to the Rio Olympics, in his physical prime, with the knowledge and experience he had gathered armed with the latest equipment and technology tuned to his approval, how do you think you would have done? With a laugh, John answers that at his age he recently threatened to move into the Olympic Training Center at Chula Vista. I also laughed and reminded him 1 was there when he said it. All who were there could readily see John is still passionate about archery with the confidence that never leaves an Olympic Champion. He humbly remarks that given all the parameters I loaded

into the question, how could he not do well in representing the United States in Rio? But the realist in John acknowledges that it’s been 44 years. It’s a different world and a different round. America has archers that have a venue to traineat-sleep-shoot-archery-repeat. Its their time to carry the flag. Speaking of the future, my next question: What can America do to regain the top of the podium? Without any hesitation, John immediately answers that we need to continue the pursuit of that perfect arrow utilizing the tools and facilities available and to be made available. Asked to elaborate, John says that we took a hit in the late 70s and early 80s when archery was placed on the back burner by many high schools and colleges. That slack has partially been taken up with the establishment of several Easton Archery Centers across the US. However, we are still behind the rest of the world in training our youth. There is a need for a new program for 12-15 year olds separate from the program for 15-

18 year olds. A minimum of 10 young men and 10 young women in each of these developmental programs plus sustainable funding for the program and a staff to train the future members of the United States Archery Team. We need greater depth, greater support and greater sacrifice on the part of our athletes if they wish to stand at the top of the podium. There are no shortcuts to the top. The final question: What pearls of wisdom could John share with our readers? John welcomed the question to emphasize lesson 2. ALWAYS stay positive mentally and physically. My Dad used to say to me...if your competitor knows you shot a bad arrow, it lifts them up. But if he knows you shot a bad arrow and sees you smiling about it, he is confused. I tied the 50 meter world record in Munich with a miss...and I smiled all the way to target. Stay positive friends. With that I thanked John for his time and candid answers which mind you are not only from a World and Olympic Champion but a Hall of Famer.

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