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Editorial Report by Arlyne Rhode

Up-N-Coming Archer! Nicholas Jones by Rhonda Campbell Kids

We are pleased to bring you many national championship

archery!

results. Congratulations to all the champions and their supporters. This really brings to mind the Junior Olympic Archery

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magazine on all the stories behind this championship. Thanks to a staff writer at the Centennial Citizen Newspaper

for some time. Nicholas Jones is one youn<

of Denver, Colorado we have a story about the event on page 243. Photos were furnished by the Texas State Archery Association. Check out their website www.texasarchery.org. Their

man who is really into archery:

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webmaster is A. Ron Carmichael. It is one of the best! So many people have contributed to this issue. Our hard

one archery team, but he shoots or

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old

two of them! The bright 13 yea from Eubank, Kentuck'

series called “Up-N-Coming Archer”. This is focused on, you guessed it, the young archers. Jessica Mattson and Nicholas Jones

are featured in this issue. I am excited about working with the young people. I think I can relate to them real well because I have helped care for my granddaughter Samantha for the past ten years. Every day we talk about what is happening in her life and mine. In August I was fortunate to be inducted into the Minnesota Archery Hall of Fame. Of course 1 felt I was too young for this honor but it happened anyway.

My daughter Nancy was going to be the inductor so she had been talking to Samantha’s mom, Cindy. I thought they were up to their normal tricks so 1 asked Samantha if they had been talking on the phone about my induction. She said, “Yes.” I then asked her if they were going to “roast me.” To which she replied, “No, Gramma, they didn’t talk about cooking at all.” We would also like to have some good kid jokes in with these articles. So get the reports coming! Some of you could use this as one of your school assignments and “kill two birds with one pen ” Wishing you and your families a very blessed Thanksgiving See you at a show or shoot.

Nicholasfocuses on the X in the target and clears his mind, readying himselffor the shot. learned how to shoot 3 years ago in a local 4-H club. With 10 kids on their archery team, “The Texas Community Shooters”, coached

by Ken Blevins has begun to compete in local tournaments. A great way to get these youngster’s exposed to the sport! Recently the Kentucky Archery in Schools Program was adopted

in middle schools throughout the state. This after-school program

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is rapidly expanding and getting rave reviews from kids, parents, media, archery and other organizations. Nick joined the after-school team at his school, Lincoln County Middle School, in January. “The Lincoln County 21st Century Archery Team” coach, Hank Smith, has helped Nicholas and 10 other kids on the team to learn about this great sport.

In May, Nicholas and one of his teams attended the highly advertised Lexington Horse Park Archery Competition in Lexington, Kentucky. Nearly 700 young archers gathered together at this prestigious 1200 acre Horse Park to compete in the Vegas style event. Nicholas was thrilled to meet Mathews Pro, Jennie Richardson, who is Coordinator for the Kentucky Archery in Schools Program. “She was so nice, and she introduced me to Connie Calloway and some other Pros who were there.” An experience that Nick will always remember! Nicholas may not realize it now, but he is on the road to becoming a Pro archer! He loves archery and he has received help and support from people who genuinely care about archery and kids, and have given their time to help make him a better archer and person. They are his Team Coaches and archery friends, the schools and organizations who support archery and the young people who are learning it, other archers out there like his cousin Glenn Campbell (a Mathews Pro Archer) who has given him helpful hints along the way, and especially his parents, Ron and Carol, and brother Chuck, who have given him encouragement and support throughout it all! Where does Nicholas find the time to be on two archery teams? He makes time! Does he enjoy meeting new archery friends and learning all about archery? He sure does! A Pro archer in the making, Nicholas’ bright personality and great attitude make him a WINNER on and off the archery range!

Editor’s note: Jessica Mattson article was written early in the year. I’m sure we'll get an update soon.

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Jessica Mattson loves archery, and archery loves her too! This talented 15 year old has only been shooting for 4 short years, and shooting competitively for 3 of those years. She attends 10th grade at Salem High School in Canton, Michigan and is also an accomplished pianist of nine years. In between school and piano. Mattson can be found shooting her Martin bow at practice and at tournaments. Mattson’s name can be found at or near the top of the leader board at most all competitions she attends. Recently, she placed first in the Female Cadet Compound division at the prestigious 118th NAA National Target Championships U.S. Grand Prix in Canton, Michigan. She then traveled to Nymburk, Czech Republic to represent the U.S.A, in the Junior World Target Championships, a big responsibility for one so young! Jessica likes to meet other people around the world. She likes the “family atmosphere” of archery, and the way that other archers encourage each other on. Jessica's great shooting talents, great smile and great personality make hera WINNER both on and off the archery range!

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Kirstin Lewis and Nicolette Gammon from South Africa smiling at a perfect score at the Ethnikos Warm Up stadiun..

Olympics’ greatest dynasty aims for perfect 10 Archerv Olympic Test Event, Athens August 8-15,2003 Friday. August 15: Nadia Comaneci, please step aside: now it’s the South Korean women's archery team aiming fora perfect 10 at the Olympics. Twenty-eight years after Romania's Comaneci stunned the world with her flawless gymnastics routines at the Montreal 1976 Olympics. Korea’s women will enter the 2004 Olympics in Athens with the aim of extending their historic streak of gold medals to 10 - and beyond. The Koreans have won every Olympic women’s archery event, both individual and team, since making their debut at the Games in Los Angeles in 1984. That’s nine consecutive gold

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Shooting for the Ranking Round at the Katlithea Stadium, the Archer in the middle is Dennis Bagcr, from Denmark defeated by Michelle Frangilli in the 1/8 elimination round.

medals - a current record unmatched in any Olympic sport. And after this week’s Olympic Archery Test Event ’in Athens, few would tip against South Korea winning both women’s gold medals at next year’s Games. Korea won both titles here, with reigning Olympic and world champion Yum Mi Jin winning the individual event and then leading her team to success in the team event. The Koreans were the top scorers in all four rounds of the team event, ulumaicls beating Poland 245-237 in the 27-arrow final. Great Britain beat Italy 224-217 to win the bronze medal. The Koreans also won the World Championships team title in New York in July. Not to be outdone, the Korean men, the reigning world and Olympic champions. also completed a clean sweep of gold medals by winning the men’s team event today. With 17 year old individual gold medallist Im Dong Hyun shooting strongly. Korea proved too good for arch-rivals Italy 254-249 in the 27-arrow final Ukraine defeated Australia 246-244 for the bronze medal. Terry Reilly, the Executive Director of the International Archery Federation. said Korea's sweep of the gold medals was a highlight of an excellent week al Panathinaiko Stadium. "ATHOC (the Athens Olympic Organising Committee) did a great job. Our athletes and supporters now look forward to doing it all again next year.” Results arc listed at www.archcry.org International Archcry Federation - FITA Media Release

Top 8 Ladies Final Results Recurve Rk. Name Land Quali 1/3 1/16 0I. YUN. Mi-Jin KOR 631 bye 169 02. GUO, Dan CHN 640 bye 162 03. PARK, Sung-Hyun KOR 652 bye 168 04. LEWIS. Kirstin Jean RSA 618 161 158 05. LEE, Hyun-Jung KOR 628 bye 169 06. ZHANG, Juan Juan CHN 627 bye 155 07. GALINOVSKAIA. Margarita RUS 615 148 163 08. GALLARDO VICENTE, Almudcna ESP 613 140 158 Top 8 Men’s Final Results Recurve Land Quali 1/32 1/16 Rs- Name 01. IM. Dong-Hyun KOR 675 bye 170 02. PARK, Kyung-Mo KOR 665 bye 167 03. BARNES, David AUS 654 168 165 04 FRANGILLI, Michele 1TA 662 169 167 05 JANG, Yong-Ho KOR 671 bye 168 06. DI BUO, Ilario ITA 672 bye 163 07. SERDYUK, Oleksandr UKR 661 161 162 08. GALIAZZO, Marco ITA 653 158 163

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119™ TARGET ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIPS Article and photos by Rich Jackson Rich Jackson A welcomed change of scenery this year greeted the participants for the 119a National Target Championships. Everyone found that they were a bit closer to heaven (Pennsylvania writer) after spending many years in the middle of the country. The Championships were held on and off for the last 7 years or so in Canton, M ichigan. Reading Pennsylvania is now the new three-year home for this national event. The Berks County Convention. Business and Sports Committee were in charge of putting together this massive undertaking. The logistics with any event of this size is by far a major task and 1 must commend the efforts of al) those that were involved. From the planning phase through the clean up at the end of the event, the Committee did a fabulous job. I am sure that they found a few wrinkles during the event that none of us were aware of. but they were ironed out quickly and the shoot went on. The facilities were laid out at a beautiful scenic area of West Reading, known as Cacoosing Meadows Park. Cacoosing Meadows Park is nestled just West of the main hub of Reading and as busy as the city may be this Venue was ever so pleasant. Surrounded by lush green vegetation with a perimeter-lined canopy of huge Maple and Oak trees, intersected with a slow flowing trout stream, the park provided an excellent shooting arena. The accommodations throughout the town for the shooters and guests were adequate and within just a few minutes drive of the field. Reading is a very historic city, nestled in the southeastern section of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, feeding off the populations of surrounding metro hubs such as Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Allentown. The town of Reading was laid out from a set of plans drawn up by the son’s of William Penn in 1748. Thomas and Richard Penn had envisioned this beautiful town settled at the base of Mt. Penn and sharing a boundary with the Schuylkill River. Reading was chartered and incorporated as a city' in the year 1847. The surrounding land was great in agricultural benefits as well as the riches from coal and Iron ore. Reading soon became known for it’s

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Rich Jackson Jr. and Rogert Yahner compete in the Junior Divison great coal and steel production and was recognized on the East Coast as a leader in this industry. The city continued to flourish and today its hard work has made it a beautiful place to visit and enjoy. I guess that is why the Target Championships have decided to be here for the next three years. Traditionally the Championships cover a period of time from Saturday thru Saturday. Friday and Saturday usually covers the day when our out of town guests arrive and get setup in their pre-chosen hotels. Friday also marks the beginning of the official practice session for our Traditional Archers. Traditional Archers enjoy a short but eventful two-day period to decide their champion. Saturday morning is the first round of competition for the Traditional and Sunday morning wraps up their Championships with the winner. The traditional competition is a long bow, no sights or aid of any kind. with wooden arrows. An amazing event to watch as these people try to hit that target at 50 meters. Sunday is always the busiest of days for the Recurve and Compound tournament goers. The field is sehip with a large number of practice butts and everyone is busy going at it. Checking in. inspection, practice, shooting the breeze, setting up the tent, shooting the breeze, talking to the coach, shooting the breeze, meeting old friends and did I mention shooting the breeze. This is a busy time but it is also a fun time. The official practice is controlled by the

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N AA with timers and whistles for each end. allowing the archers to get that tournament feel with a regulation clock. You can stand and watch as many archers slip in and out of out of line trying to find that distance where they need to get a correct mark. Spotting scopes are moving all along the shooting line, hand signals from the sidelines; running to the Lancaster trailer between shots for repairs, getting yardage marks. This is all part of getting ready for the big week. After all the hard work of getting the equipment in top-notch shape is complete, everyone gets to relax a bit and have some good old fashion fun. The clout round is always a fun time for everyone involved, giving them all a chance to "play" for just a little while before the stress of competition really sets in. Sunday evening is also set aside for a grand reception, put on by the organizing committee, welcoming the archers and their friends and families to the tournament. This is an excellent time to give everyone a chance to spend a few hours gening to know each other better, making new acquaintances, and renewing old ones. The first day of the competition is usually a tough day to gauge, as this is where most archers are working out the kinks and getting the nerves under control. Archers that are on the leader board this day may not be here by day three and vice versa. The field will usually spread out over the next couple of days and by the third morning, you have a pretty good sense ofjust where the fight is and who are the top dogs going into the final days. Monday and Tuesday is usually the gauge days in determining the leaders for the final F1TA. All archers are required to shoot a double Fita during this event. The NAA uses these final scores to determine the winner of this tournament and the score then is added to the yearly total for the overall champion and selection to the USAT Teams. The youth archers recently held their national championships in Denver, Colorado during the month of June. The young archers shooting in this tournament are shooting for placement on the USAT Teams and not for 1982 - 21th Anniversary - 2003

a National Championship. The NAA has scheduled the Lady recurves and the Gentlemen compounds to shoot together and the Male Recurves and the Lady compounds to shoot together. The archers switched starting times during the week, giving everyone an opportunity to rest in the mornings especially after shooting in the hot afternoon sun the day before The competition was extremely challenging, with some of the anticipated leaders being there at the end of the second day. Day 2 of competition found, 2003 World Champion Lady Compound Mary Zom (Warrenville. Ill) setting a new World record with a FITA score of 1401. Other leaders at the end of the first Fita were Butch Johnson and Karen Scavotto out in front for the recurve shooters and Dave Cousins for the compound male archers. The talk around the tournament was of the success of World Compound Champion. Bronze Medallist. Braden Gallenlhien, (Hudson, Mass). Braden is actually of the age to be shooting in the Junior Division but has chosen to shoot in the senior division instead. Braden is a very talented young archer that has a drive that most archers would love to have. He definitely spends many hours practicing and mastering his craft. He is a well-coached young archer with a very bright future. Another young archer that everyone was keeping their eye on was Marleigh Bogumil Marleigh was a world champion as a junior compound archer. She has set countless national and state records with her compound bow and now has chosen to pick up the recurve. While only having shot the recurve for almost two years, she is becoming very competitive. I had a chance to speak with one of her coaches and he explained to me that she has a love for shooting the bow, which makes his job very easy. She practices hard each day and has a desire to make that Olympic Team someday. Her coach is her Dad, Frank Bogumil. Frank is also the Eastern Region, Assistant JOAD Coordinator for the NAA. Frank has many years of experience in working with the youth and I wish him well. The National Champions were decided on Thursday after the final round of the second FITA. Positions changed everyday in the recurve division and at the end we found three-time Olympian Butch Jolinson holding off last years national champion Vic Wunderle. Rounding out the top three was Guy Krueger. Guy has really been coming on strong and I would not be surprised to see his name at the top in the future. The Female Recurves were Karen Scavotto, Stephanie Miller and Jennifer Nichols. I wish all of them well in the upcoming Olympic trials THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER

The Senior Male Compound shooters were led by Dave Cousins and followed closely by Roger Hoyle and Braden Gallenthien. The Senior Female Compound archers had a great competition with World Record Championship target for the compound holder Mary Zom men. (L-R) Ron Host, Glenn Campbell and taking first. Jessica Stewart Bowman Grant finished second and Aya La Brie holding onto third. I was really surprised to see the scores registered by the Junior Male Compounds. Shane Hamilton shot an exceptional score of 2735 with Jedd Greshock taking second and Eric Miller finishing third. The Junior Compound Females were first place Aprilyn Witt followed by Jessica Mattson and Brenda Temperly. The Junior Female recurve winners were Margot Stuchin in first place, Amanda Nichols taking second and third place belonging to Lynde Vanderstappen and the Junior Male Recurve shooters that placed were Dane Peterson; first, Nathan McCullough; second and Kevin Barker; third. Target archery is by far one of the greatest sports or disciplines that we have to offer to our young people. Take your children to a local pro-shop in your neighborhood and introduce them to archery. Many great opportunities await their success. Rich Jackson

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ARIZONA CUP RESULTS April 11-14, 2003

Compound Female OR Champions Gold - Aye La Brie (R) Silver - Becky Pearson(L) Bronze - Amber Dawson(Not shown)

Compound Male OR Champions Gold - Dave Cousins (Center) Silver - Braden Gellenthien(L) Bronze - Stewart Bowman(R)

Olympic Female OR Champions Gold - Hyo Jung Kim (Center) Silver - Jennifer Nichols (L) Bronze - Karen Scavatto(R)

Olympic Male OR Champions Gold - Dennis Bager (R) Silver- Wietse Vai AIten (L) Bronze - Joe McGlyn(Not Shown) 206

COMPOUND LADIES l. Aya La Brie 2. Becky Pearson 3. Amber Dawson 4. Maxine Botts 5. Sally Wunderle 6. Louise Hauge 7. Mary Zom 8. Dawn Groszko 9. Jessica Grant 10. Megan Bowker 11. Audrey Filteau 12. Katie Kuchenbrod 13.Amanda Raffaelli 14.Lillian Meehan 15.Susan Filipiak 16.Margrett Haggertt 17.Lindsay Kubecka 18.Ann Bakken 19.Vickilynne Schleppe 20.Kristine Ehrich

bye bye bye 163 159 168 bye bye 164 160 156 156 162 151 155 158 155 154 153 153

164 164 170 168 167 156 165 163 163 160 158 156 155 154 153 148

RECURVE LADIES 1. Hyo Jung Kim 2. Jennifer Nichols 3. Karen Scavatto 4. Kathy Loesch 5. Janet Dykman 6. Marie Pier Beaudct 7. Jessica Peterson 8. Stephanie Arnold 9. Jessica Carleton 10. Joanna van Zutphen 11. Ashley Kamuf 12. Marlcigh Bogumil 13. Kendra Harvey 14. Rowena Gerard 15. Femke Boonen 16. Margaret Lyszkiewick 17. Lori Cieslinski 18. Roxanne Reimann 19. Phyllis Shipman 20. Lindsay Pian

160 bye 163 151 147 150 bye 153 153 153 146 150 149 148 146 bye 140 144 152 150

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Recurve Male FITA Champions Gold - Vic Wunderle (Center) Silver - Rod White (L) Bronze - Joseph McGlyn (R) 1982 - 21th Anniversary - 2003

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Compound Male FITA Champions (L-R) Silver - Shane Hamilton Gold - Dave Cousins Bronze - Adam Wheatcroft

Compound Female FITA Champions (L-R)Silver - Mary Zorn Gold - Aye La Brie Bronze - Amber Dawson COMPOUND MEN 1. Dave Cousins 2. Braden Gellenthein 3. Stewart Bowman 4. Shane Hamilton 5. Kevin Eldridge 6 Jake Hall 7. Tom Hendriksen 8. Roger Hoyle 9. JeffCalhoon 10. Jon Brewington 11. Gary Cowart 12. Don Wertz 13. Ben Blosser 14. Ed Mills 15. Brady Ellison 16. Mark Hansen 17. Adam Wheatcroft 18. Jeremiah Iverson 19. Stephan Schwade 20. Jeff Button RECURVE MEN 1. Dennis Bager 2. Wietsc van Alten 3. Joseph McGIyn 4. Vic Wunderle 5. Peter Custers 6. Jason McKittrick 7. Guy Krueger 8. Rod White 9. Staten Holmes 10. Morten Caspersen 11 Chris Shull 12. Jay Barrs 13 Tyler Benner 14. Richard Johnson 15 Ron van der Hoff 16. Ted Holland 17. Brian Funston 18. Hasse Lind 19. Dane Peterson 20. Glenn Meyers

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International Field Archery Association News

IFAA President Ken Rogers

With all of the IFAA World Championships for 2003 having been completed and. most of the IFAA Continental Regional championships also completed - things are rather quiet in the IFAA at the present time. An unexplained glitch in the IFAA website has caused some wrong information to be displayed. Regarding WFAC-2004, original dates were posted for the last week in July, 2004. These were then changed by the host organizer and changed on the website. Somewhere, somehow between there and here, the dates (on the website) reverted to the original dates. Please take note: WFAC-2004 is scheduled for 19 - 23 July 2004. The IFAA website and the IFAA Calendar of Events in this magazine, now show the correct dates. This is a major concern for archers in most of our nations. Planning a vacation around a set of dates generally must be done a year in advance. While we (IFAA) do not know how the dates were changed - we do offer a sincere apology for the problem and the inconvenience. To compound the issue, we also note that the dates for Wl AC2005 were also effected. The correct dates for WlAC-2OO5are 17-20 March 2005. Fortunately, this should not create a real problem due to the length of time between now and 2005. Additionally, these dates have been listed as “tentative dates only”. While most of the North American continent is in the midst of a seriously hot summer season at this writing, please take note of the information regarding the North American Field Archery Championship (NAFAC-2OO3). For the third straight year, this event will be held in the USA at Homestead, Florida (near Miami). The folks at Everglades Archery Club are busy expanding their range facilities. They take seriously their involvement with this event and. it shows. If you arc amongst the few who have not yet taken the trip to Florida during the cold months “up North” - you might want to correct that oversight this year. 13-14 Dec 2003 arc the dates this year. Contacts and websites are listed in the Calendar of Events. It appears that there are no takers for the IFAA World 3-D Championship next year. (W3-DC) In normal rotation, it should be in Europe, however, a bid can be accepted from outside that Continental Region. If anyone is interested, please contact inc ASAP. IFAA Secretary. Loet Smit, has completed his contract in Mozambique and has moved on to another project with the same company. The new project is in northern Mozambique. At last word, he was about to set off on the long road trek from South Africa to his new location. From the road pictures he has sent me, it is not a trip I would relish making. He makes the trip alone this time as the area he will be in is apparently not conducive to normal married life. Should you have a problem contacting him. please let me know. That about wraps it up for this issue. Until next issue Ken

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IFAA CALENDAR OF EVENTS NORTH AMERICAN FIELD ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIP (NAFAC-2003) DATES: 13-14 December 2003 VENUE:USA - Homestead, Florida FLORIDA ARCHERY ASSOCIATION Website: www.floridaarchery.org CONTACT (local): John Laudicina archeryking@mindspring.com

EUROPEAN BOWHUNTER CHAMPIONSHIP (EBHC-2004) DATES: 5-8 Julv 2004 VENUE: AUSTRIA Planneralm Contact & Information: To follow IFAA WORLD FIELD ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIP (WFAC-2004) DATES: 19-23 July 2004 VENUE: USA Watkins Glen, New York CONTACT: GINA - Telephone (NF \ \ Headquarters) 1 (800)811-2331 (ext. 105) Contact (local):archery@localnet.com

IFAA WORLD INDOOR ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIP (WIAC-2005) DATES: (Tentative dates only) 17-20 March 2005 VENUE:USA - Louisville, Kentucky INFORMATION: TO FOLLOW 209

IFAA World Bowhunter Championships 2003 Presolana (BG), Italy 24-28 June Adult Female Barebow Compound DFBV 1 SCHWEBEL PETRA Adult Female Barebow Recurve DFBV 1 STEPHAN ELISABETH DFBV 2 REITH BEATE Adult Female Bowhunter Compound FIARC 1 VALOTTI PAOLA FIARC 2 MASANI CECILIA 3 ARDESIANNA FIARC Adult Female Bowhunter Limited 1 LOCHLEARUTH EFAA EFAA 2 BOYCE TERRI EFAA 3 PEARSON HEATHER Adult Female Bowhunter Recurve FIARC 1 ROSSIGNOLI FRANCESCA 2 GOERTZ ULRIKE DFBV DFBV 3 BISCHOF BETTINA 4 GROSS SABINE DFBV FIARC 5 BASSI ILIANA Adult Female Bowhunter Unlimited EFAA 1 HARGEST MARY 2 PAGNI SONIA FIARC EFAA 3 NAREY MARY Adult Female Freestyle Recurve FABP 1 RIBEIRO MARIA JOAO EFAA 2 COX PENNY DFBV 3 REUSNER CHRISTEL Adult Female Freestyle Unlimited 1 BIANCHI SONIA PAOLA FIARC FAAS 2 BRUDERER ERIKA 3 CENCINI DANIELA FIARC Adult Female Longbow 1 WALLENSTEINER ANDREA OBSV 2 BARBARO GIULIA FIARC 3 STORAI PAOLA FIARC Adult Male Barebow Compound DFBV 1 EITNER MARCEL 2 SCHWEBEL ACHIM DFBV DFBV 3 PETERMANN THOMAS Adult Male Barebow Recurve 1 STEPHAN NORBERT DFBV Adult Male Bowhunter Compound DFBV 1 GOTTHARDT ANDREAS 2 VAIA FRANCO FIARC 3 CARLI CARLO FIARC 4 GAETANI DANIELE FIARC 5 GAUDINO LUIGI FIARC Adult Male Bowhunter Limited 1 FERRARI FABRIZIO FIARC 2 SARTOR GIANFRANCO FIARC 3 DELLA STUA VALENTINO FIARC 4 DI PAOLA ADRIAN EFAA 5 PEARSON JACK EFAA Adult Male Bowhunter Recurve 1 BUCCI PAOLO FIARC 2 HOLMES GRAHAM EFAA 3 DONADONI FILIPPO FIARC Adult Male Bowhunter Unlimited 1 RADICE ROBERTO FIARC 2 BAZZANI DAVIDE FIARC 3 LOVELOCK CHRIS EFAA Adult Male Freestyle Compound 1 GALLO RAFFAELE FIARC 2 CORAZZESI ROSSANO FIARC

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482 472 492

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NEBRASKA Ahamo Archer}' A. Cubrich Jr. 1812 Pelton Ave. Bellevue. NE 68005 WYOMING Cambria Bowhunters Michelle Peele 31 Ridgecrest Dr. Newcastle. WY 82701 Cheyenne Field Archers John Wilson P. O. Box 5747 Cheyenne. WY 82003

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CHILE C.U.E. Rama de Tiro con Arco Calle Condcl #1342 Valparaiso Chile DENMARK Vcd Flemming Jensen Dr. Flemming Jensen Fasanvaenget 135 DK 2980 Kokkcdal Denmark e-mail: fj@dmi.min.dk ENGLAND British Long Bow Society 29 Batley Ct. Oldland. Bristol England BSI5 5YZ FINLAND Archery' Club Arcus Mr. Oiva Ojanen Raadinkatu 5 A 36 20750 Turku Finland Wilhelm Tell RY Anna-Lusa Voudintic 6 B 24 00600 Helsinki Finland FRANCE Les Archers du Donjon Sainte Genevieve Sport rue du jardin public F91700 Sainte Genevieve Des Bois France HUNGARY Elit Hunter/JASZ Club Robert Sarga Szeincs U.22 Budapest 1171 Hungary ITALY Compagnia Arcieri Arco Sport 12/011 C/O Arco Sport Via Prenestina. 252/E 00177 Roma Italy JAPAN Angel Sports Club Toshio Makino 7-12, Higashiueno 1-chome Taito-ku, Tokyo 110 Japan MALAYSIA National Sports Council of Malaysia Peti Surat 10440 50714 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Safari Archers Center Ng Siew Ching. President 56-A. Jalan Molek 2/1 Taman Molek, 81100 Johor Bahru. Johor Malaysia e-mail: ngec@pc.jaring.my

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MEXICO Mexico City Archery Assn. Alfonso Manrique San Lorenzo # 150. Apt. 403 Col Del Valle Mexico City 03100 Mexico D.F. NETHERLANDS Watcrlandschutters c/o N.G.H. Van Bcek Buitengaats 50 1186 MC Amstelvccn Netherlands NEW ZEALAND Auckland Archery Club Peter J. Russell P.O. Box 24-085 Royal Oak. Auckland New Zealand POLAND Archery Club “DELF" ul. Koniczynowa 30 03-612 Warszawa. Poland Phone/fax: (48 22)679 10 28 Tomasz Pec, President Archery Club “DELF" 05-200 Wolomin Korsaka 4, Poland tel/fax: +48 22 679 10 28

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AR Open Compound Male 1. JOSEPH A BAILEY 303 326 343 352 297 341 326 355 2. JEFF R FABRY 300 312 330 343 3. EUGENE MOE ARI Male Compound 298 320 313 338 1 AARON CROSS 266 287 280 320 2. LARRY TOWNES AR2 Male Recurve 1. ROB GILBAUGH 200 268 281 329 2. KEVIN STONE 165 226 236 304 AR2 Male Recurve Guest 1. NORBERT MURPHY 242 254 288 302 234 252 240 314 2. ALEC DENYS 3. M1LLETTE JACQUES 123 210 193 260 Archer Female Compound 1. SAMANTHA MARINO 280 290 280 308 Archer Male Compound 1. MAXWELL BOWMAN 258 223 280 288 Archer Male Recurve 208 254 219 246 1 JOHN KRALL ARST Female Recurve (AR3) 1. LINDSEY CARMICHAEL 271274 278 315 ARST Male Recune (AR3) KARL VINCENT KERANEN 221 219 233 307 Bowman Female Compound 1 MARIE PARSONS 333 348 335 350 2. CORAL MCMINN 350 353 319 346 3. ANNA PARSONS 325 319 316 316 Bowman Female Recurve 1. JULIA K PEARSON 320 332 283 337 2. AMANDA SCHLAGEL 316 325 301 319 3. ANNA L PEARSON 274 297 260 265 Bowman Female Recurve Guest 324 340 321 335 1 Y1-T1NG LI 2. HUI-YUAN KU 319 342 312 334 324 337 307 329 3. LO-TSAI CHEN Bowman Male Compound 1. JOEY HUNT 111 332 335 323 335 304 327 303 334 2. EVAN VEREGGE 3. JAMES WH1SPELL JR 321 305 308 314 Bowman Male Recurve 1. ETHAN PATTERSON 314 340 322 321 2. DANIEL GOSHORN 321 335 323 333 3. ANDREW N HOWELL 311 332 289 314 Bowman Male Recune Guest 1. CHUNG-HAO HSIEH 335 341 327 338 318 336 317 314 2. YU-HUNG HUANG 3. CH1-KUAN CHIU 304 335 319 323 Cadet Female Compound 1. ERIKA ANSCHUTZ 313 336 340 356 2. HOLLY HE1NSOHN 315 326 326 358 314 319 327 343 3. SARAH DEBROAS Cadet Female Compound Guest 1. ANA KAREN NATEREN GUERRERO 233 254 280 236 Cadet Female Recurve 1. LINDSAY PIAN 307 309 310 339 2. KENDRA HARVEY 289 305 303 336 3. SARA GOSHORN 263 284 283 326 Cadet Female Recurve Guest 1. JANETH A GARCIA MONGE 248 259 275 289 Cadet Male Compound 334 349 344 359 1. DAVID ROTH 2. TRAVIS LAFAYETTE 331 340 336 355 312 333 342 355 3. STEPHEN SCHWADE Cadet Male Compound Guest 1. JESSY URESTI 320 319 327 352 2. EDGAR CORONA DEL 3. AARCO 283 312 312 338 214

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Cadet Male Recurve I. JONATHAN K MILLER 289 325 314 342 293 314 310 333 2. TYLER MARTIN 284 318 315 312 3. JOHN K NELSON Cadet Male Recurve Guest 286 305 283 327 1. ROUSSEAU,J D. 275 294 293 328 2. DIEGO ROMAN A. 3. DARCY GRAHAM 274 295 292 325 Cub Female Compound 322 339 319 360 1. JESSICA BUTTON 304 341 328 347 2. ELISSA FALCONER 3. AMANDA SPEAR 335 333 329 354 Cub Female Recurve 295 309 311 325 1. CATHERINE SAH1 300 299 301 335 2. A. SCHULLER 278 301 305 327 3. JULIE BURKETT Cub Male Compound 1. MATTHEW MAMO 342 353 348 357 2. ZACHARY PLANNICK 347 352 351 360 3. SHAUN LARSON 331 350 351 356 Cub Male Recurve 1. DANIEL J SCHULLER 324 329 336 339 2. MAXWELL VAN PELT 304 335 328 336 302 319 329 343 3. JOHN SANGER Cub Male Recurve Guest 1. CHRIST MESTRE 255 280 286 316 Junior Female Compound 324 326 327 355 1. APRILYN WITT 330 329 327 347 2. JESSICA L MATTSON 3. BRENDA TEMPERLEY 331 318 329 352 Junior Female Compound Guest 1. ARMINDA BASTOS 314 320 320 347 SAAVEDRA 318 324 293 348 2. ZENAIDA REYNOSO 3. PAULINA LOPEZ MACHADO 303 291 313 337 Junior Female Recurve 1 MARGOT STUCHIN 312 327 320 348 2. AMANDA NICHOLS 295 302 313 330 3. L. VANDERSTAPPEN 276 299 285 345 Junior Female Recurve Guest 1. M. BEAUDET 312 321 322 348 276 311 290 335 3. LISSETE MEDINA 285 277 282 312 3. STEPHANIE GIRARD Junior Male Compound 324 350 333 353 1. SHANE HAMILTON 325 332 342 355 2. JEDD GRESHOCK 319 338 343 353 3. ERIC MILLER Junior Male Compound Guest 1. ERNESTO OCHOA 300 343 336 354 OROZCO 2. JULIO CESAR 309 332 335 352 RODRIGUEZ Junior Male Recurve 304 329 331 350 1. DANE PETERSON 2. NATHAN 290 326 318 342 MCCULLOUGH 3 KEVIN BARKER 286 299 300 328 Junior Male Recurve Guest CRISPIN DUENAS 279 312 318 343 GUSTAVO LOPEZ ACOSTA 255 304 318 339 Master 50+ Female Compound 1. GWENDOLYN MCMURRAY 299 305 316 334 2. LYNNE PHELPS 147 261 249 321 Master 50+ Female Recurve 1 JULIA BODY 249 284 229 304 2. DARA LYNN MARNER 251 262 252 294 Master 50+ Male Compound 1 RONALD WEST 328 336 341 357 2. GLENN CAMPBELL 313 342 341 357 3. STEWART BOWMAN 329 339 333 352 Master 50+ Male Compnu nd Fingers 1. STEVE GIBBS 230 307 301 314 Master 50+ Male Compound Guest 1. GREG DURWARD 320 336 333 348

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Master 50+ Male Recurve 273 309 305 340 I. PETER L MORELL 263 314 312 343 2. EDWIN ELIASON 259 305 308 338 3. LARRY SKINNER Master 60+ Female Compound 294 317 304 316 1. WANDA MEHAFFY Master 60+ Male Compound 1. DONALD FATH 332 348 339 352 322 334 320 350 2. JIM 1.AM0IN 3. ED MARTEN 313 321 313 335 Master 60+ Male Recurve 290 300 287 327 1. WAYNE CAVINESS 2. DR DAVID BRANDFASS 276 302 300 334 3. RONALD MCPHERSON 277 294 280 318 Master 60+ Male Recurve Guest 1. ALBERT (GINGER) 264 264 253 285 PARKER Master 70+ Female Recurve 1. ANN HOYT 183 239 222 290 170 119 138 120 2. JANE JOHNSON 80 118 86 0 3. ELIZABETH GREGG Master 70+ Male Recurve 280 300 293 322 1.JOHN MCCULLEN 274 297 288 312 2. R WILLIAM BODY 3. BRONISLAW SOLTYS1K249 284 242 297 Senior Female Bareboss 95 131 97 142 1 TANYA SANDERS Senior Female Compound 1. MARY ZORN 340 350 351 360 2. JESSICA GRANT 337 335 337 358 3. ERIKA AYA LA BRIE 336 347 339 348 Senior Female Compound Guest 1. MADELEINE FERRIS 333 340 331 354 2. MARIE HULBERT 318 323 325 338 3. YOLANDA SANTILLAN 279 277 294 324 Senior Female Recurve 314 329 325 339 1 KAREN SCAVOTTO 2. STEPHANIE K MILLER 303 328 310 340 3. JENNIFER NICHOLS 288 325 323 343 .Senior Female Recurve Guest 309 325 301 343 1. ANNA MOZHAR 2. RACHEAL SAVAGE 319 315 312 336 309 314 317 332 3. KHATUNA LORJG Senior Male Compound 1. DAVE COUSINS 339 351 351 360 2. ROGER HOYLE 335 345 351 359 3. BRADEN GELLENTHIEN 340 349 340 360 Senior Male Compound Guest 1 WESLEY JOHN GATES 313 342 341 360 2. EAMONN GAFFNEY 331 342 346 352 3. GERARDO CARDENAS 321 331 328 354 Senior Male Recurve 304 328 329 356 1. RICHARD JOHNSON 2. VICTOR WUNDERLE 307 317 327 352 3. GUY KRUEGER 297 324 327 353 Senior Male Recurve Guest 1. ROBERT RUSNOV 304 328 321 348 2. HUGH MACDONALD 290 308 314 345 3. CLAUDE ROUSSEAU 268 312 302 348

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Organization Addresses ASA (Archers' Shooters Association) www.asaarchery.com FITA (International Federation of Target zXrchers)

svwsv.svorldsport.com/worldsport/sports/archcry/ I BO (International Bowhunters Organization) www.ibo.net 1FAA (International Field Archery Association)

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Savage Founder Dies August 3 Huey Savage, the founder and general manager of Savage Systems, died suddenly August 3, 2003. He had been trimming trees in the yard of his family’s new home in Temecula, California when he suffered a massive heart attack. Along with his wife and ten-year-old daughter, Savage had moved to California from the Oak Grove, Louisiana home of Savage Systems June 1 st leaving the day-to-day operations of the accessory firm in the hands of key managers including Lancer Williams., Teresa Robertson and Emma Jordan. The archery accessory firm is headed by President James R. Savage. Huey’s brother and long-time business partner. Huey and James “Rod” Savage grew up on a farm in rural Louisiana. Midway through earning a college degree in agribusiness, Huey moved to California and took a job in an aircraft factory. He then joined a construction crew, earning his state contractor’s license when he was just 23. He convinced his older brother to join him in the business that specialized in remodeling schools. Profits were reinvested in real estate, and then in a fledging circuit board business. Huey became an expert at manufacturing quality circuit boards, and after winning a number of government contracts for space and military hardware, the brothers sold their circuit board plant in 1969. Rod and Huey Savage became partners in a second circuit board business three years later. Emphasizing “quality work and on-time delivery,” they again became competitive in a field that at one time included over 100 manufacturers within Orange County, California alone. Huey threw himselfjust as passionately

into the sport of bowhunting, taking many record-book animals beginning with his first trip to South Africa in 1981. Frustrated by some equipment shortcomings, he began to use some of the plant machinery to design archery accessories for his own use. After developing and patenting a Torque Sight, he incorporated his hobby as a business in 1990. Pin sights and arrow rests soon followed, then the pendulum sights that most people associate with the brand to this day. Concerned that family should be nearby to assist his aging parents, Huey moved back to Louisiana in 1995, after selling his share of the circuit board business to Rod. He kept up his contacts in that industry, however, and used their expertise in molding and bonding to help develop thecompany’s latest products, nocks and vanes that glow in the dark, and a spring loaded Turbow that replaces conventional cable guards. After his father died last year. Huey began planning a return to California, purchased land and oversaw the construction of a new home. The home included the computer connections he needed to monitor the archery accessory business on a daily basis, as well as a large trophy room to display the mounts that previously filled the lobby of the Savage Systems plant in downtown Oak Grove. The Savage Systems staffand President. James R. Savage, are committed to the founder’s goal of continuing to offer “A Better Archery System.” You can reach Savage Systems at 1 10 North Front St.. Oak Grove, LA 71263, (318)428-7733. “A Better Archery System Savage Systems,! 10 North Front Street. Oak Grove, LA 71263 www.savagearchery.com

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LB.O. Second Gem Draws Shooters, Mud, Bugs! by Rhonda Campbell

In spite of the rain, mud and mosquitos everyone had a great weekend of competition at this year's tournament!

Mud! Rain! Bugs! Slop! What more could a shooter have asked for at this year's second gem of the I.B.O. National Triple Crown series of tournaments! The McKenzie Great Lakes Shoot-out XII was held on June 13-15 in McKean, Pennsylvania by the Gem City Outdoorsmen. A great club that works hard to set up a good tournament for shooters. Their work was cut out for them as heavy downpours throughout the week had made a muddy mess of all the northeastern states! "The whole place was a soupy mess”, described one archer. "There had to be about 3 or 4 inches of rain above ground". said another. “1 saw a tractor pull a Hummer and a motor home out of the mud this weekend", said another! One archer reported that the Bowhunter Defense Course bridge had washed away into the river and several host club members had to go retrieve it and tie it down to make it stay. The practice range was a swampy mess and only a few shooters at a time were able to make shots there throughout the weekend. Some ranges had to be reset to accomodate the changing terrain. Other ranges had to be moved to higher areas of the grounds so that shooters could even walk through them at all! Water holes in the walking paths were the norm and contestants held fast to their equimenl as they slid and fell while making their way to each target. “We almost lost little Jennie Richardson in a deep mudhole out there”, exclaimed one Senior Pro shooter as he described the conditions contestants faced. Conditions were the same throughout all

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the range areas with dark canopies of trees in the woods, hundreds of mosquitos and other assorted bugs and soupy mud covering the area. But as bad as it was. everyone stayed in great spirits, shot their best throughout the weekend and had a great time! The Future Bowhunters event took place on Saturday afternoon. During this event children aged 8 and under gather together at a range set up of 10 targets set at distances up to 15 yards. It is a non competitive shoot and really helps kids interact with other future shooters in an archery tournament-like setting. They get to shoot archery without having the pressures of the competition that will face them as they grow older and move into competitive divisions. It’s a great way to “get their feet wet” and make them comfortable with the sport at an early age. And after each FBH shoot, all the kids receive a handsome award pendant and a bag of some terrific archery accessories, provided courtesy of the tournament sponsors and various archery manufacturers. These kids ARE the future of archery and we're glad they came out and had fun in the mud and slop to be a part of this great series of tournaments. They were Charlie Carver, Katie Cross. Ashton Duke, Shannon Earl, Khila Freeman. Mackenzi Habig, Trace Heffner, Lee Hogan, Kaitlyn Jackson, Taylor Jones, Patience Kasten. Dustin Lykins, Caleb Miraglia, Julie Pace, David Talbert and Tim Talbert. Competition at this tournament was fierce in spite of the inclement conditions.

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Scores had to remain high for a shooter to have his or her chance as overall reigning king or queen at next month's 3rd Triple Crown tournament. Hoyt shooter, Eric Griggs, worked hard to claim the top spot in the Mens Pro division. Griggs ended the tournament with a final score of 41526x. leaving him tied with Darrin Christenberry and Jack Wallace, but beating them by a close few X count. Mathews Womens Pro. Jeanna Allbritain out-shot her competition this weekend. ending the tournament with a smoking 4O4-I6x! Allbritain is no stranger to tournament wins, and comes from a family of archery tournament winners! Mathews Fingers Pro shooter. Rodney Huffman. topped the leader board with a smoking score of391-13x. Huffman appears to be headed toward the overall winning position in this year's Triple Crown Series. A position (with bragging rights) that he has also claimed in years past! Competition is ALWAYS especially fierce in the Mens Senior Pro division! These guys are seasoned archers and when they step onto their ranges, they don’t mess around with their shots! After having equipment problems at Bedford’s I st Gem of the series. Mathews shooter, Derry Null. returned to shoot a 409-22x and show the competition who was “Top-Dog” in their division! “SLOPPY MESS” is a good term to describe the conditions at this year’s tournament. However, shooters took it in stride and shot their best shots and had a great time anyway! Great tournaments like this one are made possible by the efforts

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of many people. Yes, the contestants of course, but also the archery manufacturers and vendors and the organization of the whole thing by the Officers of the I.B.O. But especially by the tireless efforts of the host club members who gave their time to set and reset the courses in this soupy muddy mess so that all could have a great weekend of competition. Thanks to all of you for another great tournament! The 3rd jewel of the Triple Crown will be held next month at the campus of Hocking College in the beautiful rolling hills near Nelsonville, Ohio. We hope to see you all there! Top 3 winners in each class: CUB Jesse Thompson Johnathon Burkhart Billy Altman FBO Judy Blodgett Amber Dawson Katelyn McDonnell FBR Anna Sowards Sandy Trybulski Gwen Ciotti FHC Anne Stevens Christine Goldsmith Talana Collins FSR Peggy Watkins Linda Koris Carolyn McIntyre FTRD Vivian Bryant Diana Smith

HC Dave Brooks Denton Lowe Anthony Feathers HF Mark Cooper Bill Couch Donovan Cullings HR Jason Steele Levy Bryant Michael Caplis MBF Chris Stachler Hershel Holley Joe Gritt MBO Danny Evans Jason Ladd Kyle White MBR Mike Campbell Shawn Naylor Bryon Stevens

Organization Addresses ASA (Archery Shooters Association) www.asaarchery.com F1TA (International Federation of Target Archers) www.worldsport.com/worldsport/sports/archery/ I BO (International Bowhunters Organization) www.ibo.net 1FAA (International Field Archery Association) www.Archery-IFAA.com NAA (National Archery Association) www.usarchery.org NFAA (National Field Archery Association) www.nfaa-archery.org Rinehart 3D Tournaments Susan Schellschmidt at 608-524-6771

MCBH Michael Shepherd Bob Harrell Phil Jacobs MCU Jack Jones Joseph Allison Conrad Jones 111 MSR Bill Campbell Bill Petransky John Johnson MTRD Clem Schneider Bill Leslie Dale McKinley PCBH Wayne Welch Haley Bozarth Betty Adkins PMF Rodney Huffman Pete Works Larry Goza PMR Eric Griggs Darrin Christcnberry Jack Wallace II PRE Jeanna Allbritain Linda Owen Kelly Ward PSR Derry Null Thomas Crowe Randall Jones RJJ Lennie Mayle Francisco Flecha Kenton Steinke SPF Samantha Kline Francine Crowe Martha Lorence

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“LIKE FATHER. LIKE SON” the Big Sky Open By Tootie Brabec

2003 Big Sky Open Winners: Reo Wilde. ID - Mens FSU: Jim Marshall, NV: Mens BHFSU; Becky Pearson,

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AZ - Womens FSU Champion. Every tournament has it’s glitches in winning, but for some reason, the 2003 Big Sky Open had more than it rightful share from start to finish. This has been such an unusual year. Edging ever so slightly away from the drought that has plagued Colorado, the winds played havoc, the skies darkened. rain and lightning ensued. We had not experienced this type of weather since the 1983 tournament and it caused about a 30minute delay in shooting time on the final day. So we start with Friday and the "GoForlt” clay pigeon Team event. No perfect halves this year! The UTAH BOYS (Tim Gillingham and Kevin Wilkey) in the Pro FSU started out in front and stayed that way in two days of competition over HOYT I (Cousins and Clem). Gillingham was also teamed up with Jeremiah McConnell in the Pro/Am for GOLD TIP and they both managed to shatter the clays by three extra points to win over TEAM and A HALF (Rob Morgan and Pat Dorigatti). Saturday’s colored targets brought on a different story. While the team events give the archers time to get acquainted with the range, it doesn’t stop the nervous jitters that can cause concentration to fail. David Cousins was the sure bet to win the Big Sky Open again. This "seasoned” young man has been on every winning leader board since his induction into the sport of archery approximately eight years ago. So when he walked up to me on the 220

first day of competition and said, “You’re gonna love this... I just shot at the wrong target!” “WHAT?” It took a second to comprehend what he had just said. "How could that happen?” “Don’t know," he replied. “I just stepped up to the 40 yard stake and shot the wrong target." Keen concentration is everything. You don’t want to take it lightly and you never want to give it up, not even for a second. In a game that one wins or loses by a mere two-to-thrcc points, it was going to be hard to even come back into the running. While Cousins shot a 578, Tim Gillingham posted top score of a 583. leaving him (Cousins) in fourth place on the first day of competition. Reo and Dee Wilde (enter father and son) both shot a 582 while Logan (other son) came in as fifth. This is the first time in the Big Sky’s history that a father and son in the Championship Division have tied in the top three. Stranger things were about to take place. On Sunday, leaders in the men’s championship division changed places about eight times! The Wilde's were bouncing all over the leader board; Cousin’s was worrying over past mistakes; Gillingham somehow just lost it; and the glitches just kept popping up. Past Big Sky Open winner, Jeff Buttons of Wisconsin, took it on the cuff when he volunteered to shoot the second half with the pro ladies. Always a sport, Buttons took 1982 - 21th Anniversary - 2002

some ribbing, but he still managed to stay within the top ten. Thanks for helping us out in a situation, Jeff. No matter what they say, you still look like a “guy” to me. When the last arrow was shot, Reo Wilde aced first place. Cousins braved the course and ended up in second place-------—losing first by one point! What an archer! Opening the door for Reo and company by shooting a wrong target and still coming in second! Logan and Dec Wilde came in third and fourth, respectively. Tim Gillingham. Martin Lotz, Roger Hoyle, Tim Audus, Randy Ballard and Jeff Button finished out the top ten of this division. Martin Archery was the sure winner of the Big Sky Open. Five out of the top ten. shooting Martin bows, won money from this tournament and they were headed for the U.S. National Team Trials after they left Grand Junction. Reo told news reporter, Dave Buchanan, "The Big Sky Open is a perfect warm-up for the Trails. The best archers are at this tournament and it’s a boost to take this win with me”. He also added, “The Big Sky attracts a great group of shooters!" The pressure is what counts Reo, and you certainly had a lot of that during the two days of competition. Great indeed. Three out of three, the Wilde’s dominated the first four places and in the history of the Big Sky Open, the only father and son(s) to ever do so. Did they have their sights and ambitions set to do this very thing before they came? Or were THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER

the Archery Gods simply smiling on this particular family? (Just a note, Rco and Logan----------- Papa Dec has some awfully big boots, it will take a lot to fill them!) Whatever, Wilde’s rule! Becky Pearson, not up to par in her shooting (so she said) won handily the first spot over Aya LaBrie and Melanic DeBusk. Becky did note that consistency was in her favor and fell good about that. Jim Marshall of Nevada took the Men’s BHFSU Championship title for the second year and Basil Pearson won the Men’s FSL Championship. Don't you just love the line. “The Senior Division is the fastest growing division in archery!" Sure, it’s just great, but what about all the young people coming into archery? Shouldn't that be the fastest growing division? Last year, a bonus was paid to the top three seniors. However, because it is the “fastest growing division in archery". Jim Bath called and said, “To heck with a bonus, why not just honor the division! So we did and the exodus from one division to the other started. A Big Sky archer from the land of the Big Sky came to Colorado to shoot the tournament for the first time. Not even when we held it in Montana did Doug Newberry place his name on the list of shooters, so we felt honored that he came to compete. And Doug Newberry, winner of the Men's compete he did! FSU Senior Division Edging Frank Pearson out of first by one point, Newberry took home the prize money from the seniors. Carl Speakman of Grand Junction, kept his concentration and left Jim Bath. Don Kudlacek, Jerry Carter and Bob Jacobsen, (all very, very good archers), just smiling to themselves. Where in the world did he come from? Lots of sleepers out there that haven't been discovered yet.

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The most becoming sight of four young ladies and eight young men competing in the Amateur Divisions blessed the Big Sky Open. So becoming that time after time an adult walked up to me and said, "Look at the young girls who are shooting. Isn't it great? Who are they?” Don Groctkcn of Royal Archery in the Denver area talked his nieces. Katherine and Evelyn Pickering, into coming to the Big Sky Open. Plus the Cox’s of Cody. Wyoming decided to bring their two daughters. Katie and Elizabeth Crum, to the competition. Perceived to be only a tournament for money-playing adults, the younger set misses the opportunity to “rub elbows" with the best archers in the world and be able to learn and watch them. This tourney is set in a shooter and viewer friendly V-Formation range right on the grounds of a beautiful major hotel, the Adams Mark of Grand Junction. Last years sensation, Justin Howell, moved from the amateur ranks to the open flights. Justin learned his love for archery in the Boy Scouts and was enthralled that he was able to leam more about this sport from shooting the Big Sky Open in the presence of the “Big Boys". Caleb Walker, another Montanan, made his presence known and scored higher than all the amateurs did during the two days of shooting. Shaun Larsen of Utah. Elizabeth Crum. Katie Cox and Katie Crum, were all first in their divisions. More youngsters like these could easily make their ranks the "fastest growing" arena in archery! A hearty thank you to our Gold Sponsors: Sportsmans Warehouse, Golden Key-Futura, Inc. and Mathews, Inc. Everyone, from the archers to the Big Sky Coordinators appreciates your help and support. A big thank you to our Bronze Sponsors: Adams Mark Hotel; Easton Technology: Hoyt USA; Martin Archery; Rocky Mountain Bowstrings; Specialty Archery Products; WestemStyle magazine; and US Archer magazine. The Big Sky Open couldn't have happened without you. Thanks as well to our Signature Sponsors: Royal Archery of the greater Denver area and the Grand Mesa Bowmen of Grand Junction. All who bought bale ads and gave us merchandise for door prizes, a great thank you. This helped to make an even better tournament. And last but not least, thank you to all who worked on the Big Sky Open with us: Ann & Myron Peters. Mike & Bylnda McDonald. Will Dubble. the Frailey's, Tom Younger, the Grand Mesa Bowmen, just to name a few; you help was greatly appreciated. The Big Sky Open is NFAA pro-sanctioned and has been ever since 1974. Winners should receive pro points from this tournament toward their overall. If you are not a pro and are 221

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The Big Sky Open is slated for JUNE 4, 5 and 6. 2004: the first weekend of June following Memorial Day weekend. It is our promise to make it just as fun for everyone. Put it on your “must do” calendar and we’ll see you next year! "GoForlt" Team Event Pro Men Utah Bovs (T.Gillingham/K. Wilkev) 192/85=177 $378 Hovt 2I (D.Cousins/T. Clem) 85/91 = 176 $252 African 3Heat (R.Wilde. M.Lotz) 88/83=171 Xcleviborators 3(L. WlldefT.CIem) 86/85=171 UItra Tech (D.Cousins/K.Wilkev) 593/77-170 Wilde-Wilde (D.Wildc/L.Wilde) 671/94=165 Midwest 7Bovs (R.Ballard/T.Audus) 73/76=149

ERQjyLEJLESl! Webster-Brabcc (R.Brabec. S.Webster) l44/52=96 S90 PRO/AM Gold Tip (T.Gillingham/J.McConnell) 191/74=165 S160 Team & A Half (R.Morgan/P.Dorigatti) 290/72=162-5120 CoIorado Elk Hunters(.Powell/Jones) 377/83-160 S80 Don ’t Matter (L.Ford/J.Reed) 471/71-142 S40 Team Roval (R.Tcnbrook/D.Groetken) 568/70=138 6Bad Gas (R.Tcnbrook/B.Stockton) 72/65=137 Younger-Pcarson (T.Younger/ 7F.Pearson) 71/65=136 Prenio ’s (A.Corona/C.Frigetto) 875/57-132 Speakman 9(M.Speakman/C.Speakman) 89/55=114 Ridge 10Runner (K.Lanc/G.McLean) 32/47=79 PRO MIXED LaBrie Button (?$.LaBrie/J.Button) 183/82=165 S180 MENS FLIGHTS «l Cussin ’ n' Shootin' (Cox/Stockton) 176/89=165 $170 Wvo-Dak (A.Turnquist/D.WoId) 278/75=153 5102 RAM 3(T.Tenbrook/B.Bowers) 74/70-144 $68 Jakc's (B.Jacobsen/J. Marshall) 473/66=139 Good Ol' Bovs (D.Kudlacek/M.Peters) 461/78=139 Carter 6Enterprises (J.Carter/J.Bath) 61/74=135 Wyo-Colo 7(D.Morgan/D.Groetken) 76/54=130 Montana Archery (D.Newburv/ 8C.Walker) 66/61=127 T.D. (T.Youngcr/D.Morgan) 857/70=127 222

M£N5FLlGmS-8.2 Stcadman-McConncII (R.Stedman/ 1J.McConnell) 54/79=133 $170 Black Canvon Bovs (S.Mcinekc/ 2S.Major) ' 50/66=116 5102 Big Elks (K.Barawis/M.Winden) 338/66=104 $34 Old Bull-Young Bull (D.Chipman/ 3K.Barawis) 37/67=104 $34 Team Knock-Knock (J.Rccd/M.Winden) 538/57=9$ Goldcn Key (C.Dick/B.Hoops) 649/31=80 Rcd Neck Pro Staff (J.McConnell/ 7M.Allen) 36/32=68 Tcam Howell (J.Howell/T.Howcll) 826/35=61 MIXED FLIGHTS MoJo (M.DeBusk/M.DeBusk) 181/82=163 $40 OPEN FLIGHTS - MEN 81 MI KE GERARD. UT - 577/576=1153 l$200 Rob Morgan, MT 573/569=1142 $150 23- Andy Turnquist, WY 564/564=11285100 4 Dave Ball. ID-557/554=l 11 l-SSO Jcremiah McConnell, CO-550/559-1109 5Jason Reed, 7-556/552=1108 6Marion 7DeBusk. WY 558/540=1098 8—Adolph Corona. CO 559/537=1096 Michacl Randolph. CO 550/542-1092 9Richard 10Goucher. ?-552/lnc. - INC. 82 1-JASON COX. CO-548/571=1119 - $200 2- Darin Wold, ND-548/547-1095 - $150 3-Jeff Woodrow, CO 547/543=1090 $100 Bob Walters, CO 545/543=1088 - $50 4Stcvc Major, CO-532/539-1071 56-Brian Bowers, CO-545/525=1070 7-Ted Walton. WY-537/532=1069 8- Robert Stockton. CO-541/527= 1068 Charlcs Therit, CO-535/533=1068 9Brian 10Young. CO-539/527-1066 Montv 11Speakman. CO-54l/inc.-INC. S3 1-JACK JONES. Co-519/550-1069 - $200 Lvnn 2Umbarger, KS-519/536= 1055 SI 50 Tom Younger, CO 526/525=1051 $75 33-Stevc Swaeby, CO-524/527=1051 - $75 5- Robert Stedman, CA, 530/514=1044 Scott Meinkc-517/519-1036 6Kai 7Barawis, H1-523/511=1034 Kcnnv Sowell. CO-524/505=1029 89- Ron Linna. CO-516/503= 1019 10-Justin Howell, CO 531/578=1009 Il-Don Ross, CO-516/471-987 84 1-JAKE GOODRICH. UT515/539-1054 $200 2- Doug Pettv, UT-5I4/523=1037 - $150 Wallcy Corlev, C0-506/501 = 1007 - $100 3Mike Winden, 7-496/499=995 - $50 45-Terry Howell. CO-507/486-993 5-Patrick Anderson, CO-496/497-993 7-Larry Phillips, CO-505/486-991 8-Bob Dcston, CT 492/478=970 9- Dwight Kikukawa, CO 489/464=953 10- Chuck Frailey, CO-512/inc. - INC. 11Mark Morgan, CO-508/inc. - INC.

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4Jonathan McConnell, CO-462/516-978 $50 Gary McLean. CO-472/485-957 5Bill 6Rucker, CO 472/465=937 Lou Brozina. CO 455/455=910 7Jim Law, CO 448/443=891 89- Fred Marks, WY 438/421=859 10- Joe Bcrgenheier. CO 408/362=771 11Spcnccr frown. CO-458/inc.=INC. Mvron 12Peters, CO-40l/inc.=INC. Dick 13Schendel, CO (NS) Gary 14Cowart, UT-(NS) Mark 15Hanson, AZ-(NS) Joseph 16Nielsen, ID-(NS) OPEN FLIGHTS - WOMEN 81 1- SHAUNA MORGAN. MT 534/ 526=1060 - 5130 Danielle Faulkner, ND-494/438-932 2$78 Ann Peters. CO-492/387=879 - $52 3Brenda Young, CO-414/429=843 4T-Kay Ivie, UT-339/43l=770 5* No Score AMATEUR YOUTH CHAMPIONS CALEB WALKER and ELIZABETH CRUM AMATEUR MALE INTERMEDIATE ESH I-CALEB WALKER. MT-569/558=l 127 Award Tyler Tenbrook, CO-537/519= 1056 2Award Justin Smith. CO-485/509=994-Award 3AMATEUR MALE JUNIOR FSU 1-SHAUN LARSEN. UT-364/363=727Award Scott Meyers, CO-336/339=675-Award 2Jonathan Smith, CO-293/299-592 3Award Zack Pearson, CO-(NS) 4-

AMATEUR FEMALE JUNIOR FSI. RECURVE l-ELIZABETH CRUM. CO143/I4I=284-Award Katherinc Pickering, WY2114/56=170-Award AMATEUR FEMALE CADET FSU l-KATIE COX. CO209/205—414-Award Evelvn Pickering. WY2151/117=268-Award AMATEUR FEMALE CADET FSL 1-KATIE CRUM. CO-78/72=150

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THANK YOU - to all whom bought bale ads, had a booth for show and donated products. You made the Big Sky Open so much better! THANK YOU - Myron & Ann Peters, Christy Knapp, Mike & Bylnda McDonald, “Papa” Fred Marks, Chuck & Donna Frailey, Bill Umbergcr, Will Dubble & company, for all your good, good help. We couldn't have managed this without you. THANK YOU, archers - for making The Big Sky Open one of YOUR tournaments this season and for helping us make this a successful open. Please remember the arch cry manufacturers and national businesses that have helped The Big Sky Open and make it a point to buy their products. It is a return to you in the long run. It is our sincere hope you can make it back next year - and bring others with you!

*The Big Sky Open, 2004-----will have the same rounds. THE DATE —JUNE. 4.5&6—THE FIRST WEEKEND OF JUNE. FOLLOWING MEMORIAL DAY. This is a set contract with the Adams Mark Hotel. We’ll plan to make it just as fun for everyone. See you next year! Tootie, Jerry, Randy Brabec Ann & Myron Peters

SI7.000 BIG SKY OPEN RESULTS 2003 CHAMPIONSHIP MEN FSU I-REQ WILDE. ID 582/580=1162 SI500; Cold coins/Chest, Silver Goblcl •••Martin Archery Contingency Monev Dave Cousins, MA- 578/583=1161 S750 2Logan Wilde, 10-575/583=1158 3S5I0

4Dee W'ildc, ID-582/575=l 157 $340 5- Tint Gillingham, UT-583/571=l 154 S306 Martin 6Lotz, W'A-573/574= 1147 S255 7- Roger Hoyle, UT -571/575=1146 S170 Tim 8Audus, SD-573/57l = l 144 S140 9Randv Ballard. IA-57I/569=1140 Jeff 10Button. WI-568/566=l 134 I l-Kcvin Wilkey, UT-563/569=l 132 TonvClcm, 11CO 562/570= Lee 13Ford. W'Y-558/568=I 126 I4-Rav Tenbrook, CO-564/558=l 122 Brandon 15Powell. CO-560/559=1119 16- Pat Dorigatti, WY-550/549=l099 17-Jeff Ward. CO-554/538=l092 Tipton 18Cook, CO-(NS) CHAMPIONSHIP MEN BHFS 1 JIM MARSHALL. NV 566/550=1116 S200; S50 Gold Coins/Chest. Silver Goblet Steve Christian, MO-548/554=l 102 2$150 Donald Groetken, CO-553/546=1099 3$100 Clinlon 4Christensen, L'T-549/549=1098 Darin 5Morgan. WY-541/546=1087

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shot under those dusk and dawn conditions when animals are most likely to be on the move. Now the firm has developed vanes and nocks that glow in the dark to help you locate your arrow after you make that allimportant shot. Huey Savage says. “These vanes and nocks will glow all night without any batteries, switches and without the use of a flashlight. The darker it is the better you can find your arrows. Glow Vanes and Glow Nocks are self recharging by natural or artificial light. The gentle glow won't spook game animals, either.” Glow Nocks arc sized for most carbon arrows, use a press-in fit. and are sold by the dozen. Glow Vanes are 4 inches long and will work with any shaft. They are sold in packs of 36. including 12 stamped with the Savage logo for use as cock vanes. Apply them yourself, have your dealer rebuild your arrows with them, or ask for them when you get new arrows. There’s no reason to ever again lose expensive arrows while you're practicing or hunting. Check to see if your dealer has new Savage Glow Vanes and Glow Nocks in stock. You can also find them on line at www.savagearchery.com or can contact Savage Systems directly at (800) 5454868. "Where Quality Meets Innovation" Savage Systems, 110 North Front Street, Oak Grove, LA 71263 www.savagcarchcr_v.com

New Two Shot Release From Carter Enterprises The 2 Shot release was designed to be the ultimate index finger release. From the super smooth cocking mechanism to the velvet smooth trigger. This release was designed especially for clamping directly to the bowstring. It also is a winner with the D-loop or the attached rope. This is the first of it’s kind having a patent pending triple sear which allows the pressure to be spread out over 6 points instead of the normal two. This allows the release to wear longer, adjust finer and gives much more control to the shot. It features a trigger travel adjustment and a very sleek design that is user friendly even with gloves on. It is available with our Velcro wrist strap or our super buckle wrist strap. This is a release that is good enough to instill the confidence for taking that one special shot of a lifetime, but is so nice to shoot that it will even make practicing fun.

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Merlin Bows’ OMEGA Accessory Line Enjoys Successful Worldwide Launch

Leicestershire, England, VK - Jane 9, 2003 — Merlin Bows, Europe’s premier compound bow manufacturer, has announced the successful international release of its OMEGA Systems line of archery accessories. Boasting Merlin’s trademark commitment to innovation and quality, the accessories of the OMEGA line are built to suit the needs of even the most demanding archer, offering the versatile Tri-Axis sight, the Trans-Light Scope, and the OMEGA Systems 3 and 4 Pro Series Release Aids. Internationally recognized archer and coach Larry Wise explains his satisfaction with Merlin's OMEGA accessories: “As a competitor and coach, it’s refreshing not to have to worry about the performance of my equipment. With Merlin’s commitment to innovation and quality, I know my equipment is worry-free, and that allows me concentrate on shooting.” Wise continues, “The Tri-Axis is the first thirdaxis sight that allows me to make lastminute micro adjustments on the fly - and that’s a huge plus when the pressure is on." Featuring a third axis that is native to the sight's design, the Tri-Axis boasts a tenclick micro vertical adjustment that is compatible with computer generated sight markings. The sight is also offered at a price point that is virtually unheard-of for high-end, third-axis sights. Additionally, the product offers no lock, twin button press rapid adjustment, as well as a stainless steel Quad pin windage guide, integrated

for superior accuracy and longevity. Some of the Tri-Axis' other features include double ball bearing click mounting, which offers easy location of the sight stem position in the mounting block, and four separate mounting positions for coarse windage alignment. The Tri-Axis offers a unique comfort level with both small and large diameter scopes, virtually eliminating the need for sight packers. Finally, available in both black and silver, the Tri-Axis may be complemented by the Trans-Light Scope, which may be purchased separately. Comprised of a CNC-machined aluminum body, a 10x32 stainless steel thread and a large, fully visible level, the Trans-Light Scope is left hand reversible, and also boasts an antireflective, water-repellant and scratchresistant resin lens. “As an archer, I can testify to the need for sight and scope products with enhanced versatility and quality,” states Ben Jones, head of engineering for Merlin Bows. “Just as important as my bow is my sight and scope; the products 1 use to see the target must be advanced enough to be versatile in a variety of shooting conditions, yet designed to be user-friendly. Whether shooting indoors or on the toughest field course, I'm confident that we’ve designed products that will be adaptable, yet exceptionally accurate and durable.” The newest offering in Merlin’s line of accessories is the company’s new OMEGA 3 and 4 Pro Series Release Aids. With a four-way adjustable trigger and closed-jaw design, the OMEGA 3 and 4 are compatible with both traditional release rope and DLoop heads. The releases are available in three or four-finger designs, and feature an ergonomic, contoured shape, designed for maximum comfort while shooting. Finally, the OMEGA 3 and 4 are comprised of an

anodized and CNC-machined 6082 aluminum case, and internal parts CNCmachined from anodized steel. “There’s a need for OMEGA Systems’ offerings in the United States,” explains Chris Jones, head of Merlin Bows. “Archers who are familiar with Merlin Bows know that we arc unfailingly committed to innovation and quality when it comes to the manufacture of archery equipment.” Mr. Jones continues, “We’re pleased that many of the world’s most competitive archers are relying on the OMEGA accessories to contribute to their success on the tournament circuit.” About Merlin Bows Merlin Bows, headquartered in Leicestershire, England - just miles from Sherwood Forest - has long been regarded as Europe’s premier compound bow company. Now offering U.S. archers a full range of compound bows for competitive shooting and also for hunting. Merlin has maintained its reputation for producing superior-quality products. Merlin has recently introduced the OMEGA product line, which includes releases, scopes and other accessories to complement Merlin’s hot new bows. The Omega line’s first offerings include a new compound sight, the Tri-Axis, which boasts a native, microadjustable third axis; the Trans-Light Scope; and the OMEGA 3 and 4 Pro Series Release Aids. More information may be found at http://www.merlin-bows.co.uk. Contacts: ArchMedia Group (On behalf of Merlin Bows) (860) 409-9122 clients@archmediagroup.com Ben Jones Merlin Bows 011-44-1509-233555 ben@merlin-bows.co.uk

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Copper John Expands and Improves Its Innovative Eagle Line of Hunting Release Aids ?\uburn, New York: March 17, 2003Copper John is excited to announce the expansion of the Eagle line of hunting release aids. Last year the Eagle Hunting Release was

extremely well received and this year three new handles have been added to this popular product line. Target archers have used back-tension release aids forever 25 years because they help to improve their form with an end result of more accurate shots. Now it is available to bowhunters as well. Each Eagle back-tension release aid offers a natural resting place for the hunter’s index finger and is triggered by the middle finger. The dc-scentable cloth wrist strap is used to provide a means of drawing the bow back without placing tension on the hunter’s fingers. This permits the hunter to achieve a more accurate anchor point by allowing the hand to be relaxed and in a natural position. Improved form and increased accuracy of every shot arc the outcome of these great new releases. The design also reduces the chances of punching the trigger too soon, something every hunter fears when that big buck is walking toward your stand. The Eagle scries ofhunting releases arc quiet and accurate. The hasp and trigger arc machined from hardened stainless steel and can be easily adjusted for tension and travel. The Eagle Hunting Release line comes in three or four finger handles. The four finger handle comes either smooth or with grooves where your fingers rest comfortably. The Eagle hunting releases are competitively priced and will retail from S59.95 to S69.95. Improve your form, increase the accuracy of each shot and never worry again about releasing before you’re ready. Visit your local retailer for the Eagle line of release aids. Copper John Corp, was formed with the express intent to design and manufacture superior archcry products at an affordable price. Its current brands include both the Copper John and Stanislawski lines of archery products. For additional information, contact Copper John Corp.. 173 State Street, Auburn, NY 13021, 315-2589269 or visit the website at WWW,copperiohn.com.

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Edward “Ed” McPherson takes reins as President/ CEO at Pearson & McPherson

Tom McMillan, owner ofBen Pearson Archer)’ and the McPherson Pro Shop Bow Series, welcomes industry veteran Ed McPherson (right) as the new President and CEO.

Brewton. AL - Archery industry insider and marketing veteran Edward “Ed" McPherson is the new President and CEO of Ben Pearson Archery and that company’s McPherson Pro Shop Bow Series. "Ed McPherson has the energy. experience, vision and savvy that we need to leverage the Pearson and McPherson bow brands to the next level," says Pearson owner Tom McMillan, who is stepping away from day-to-day management. "Ben Pearson and its McPherson Pro Shop Bow Series are poised to take the leap into the top tier of US archery manufacturers. Ed’s grasp of the fundamentals and the intricacies of our business makes him the right individual in the right place at the right time." Ed McPherson’s key involvement with other top manufacturers, his personal commitment as an archer and his successful, problem-solving consulting experience with other companies arc important background for his new, full timejob at Pearson. “We have several immediate goals. “Ed McPherson says. "Our first goal is to assure that the foundation will support the growth we anticipate. We’re going to redouble our research and development efforts to provide consumers with archery innovations that have practical, measurable benefits in the field and on the shooting line. Our third goal is to strengthen our ties to archery ’s pro shop base, help them build their visibility with young people and build a program that gives consumers more reasons to go to their neighborhood pro shop and say, I need a Pearson or a McPherson Pro Shop Bow\ At Pearson. we are officially growth-oriented and absolutely committed to innovation and total customer satisfaction.” Ben Pearson Archery 734 Industrial Park Brewton, AL 36426 (800) 441-6734 www.benpearson.com

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Author’s Bio: Bernie Pellcrite is a professional level IV Master Coach who has been a pro staff shooter, pro shop owner and seminar speaker. He has 10 animals in the top 10 of the S.C.I. Bowhunting World Record Book. He’s a leading technical writer and archery analyst who is published in many countries as well as several U.S. archery magazines and recently published his new book. “Idiot Proof Archery" (ad on page 217) He is president of Robinhood Video Productions, which presently has 37 titles marketed all over the world. He is also the inventor of the “Bemie’s Can't Punch™ release which eliminates punching and target panic. He also manufacturers “Bernie’s PanicMaster and Bow Simulator" and offers a series of 9 videos called the Shooter’s School Master Series. He is in the process of introducing 2 new back tension releases and an air bow in 2002.

Compared to other aspects of the archery shot, adopting a proper stance and posture sounds elementary and relatively unimportant. In fact, it really has more to do with proper shooting form than we think. We’ve all been told that there are three basic foot positions (you should assume I’m talking about a right-handed archer): 1. The straight or square stance (see Fig. 1) which is to stand toeing a straight line that points to the target; 2. The open stance (see Fig. 2) which requires the front foot back somewhat and the body is turned slightly (15-30 degrees) toward the target; and 3. The closed stance (see Fig. 3) which is when your back foot is behind slightly and your body is partially turned oiwry from the target. Unfortunately, most archers just step up to the shooting line or stake without paying any attention to exactly where their feet are from shot to shot, which ultimately cost them points.

draw to anchor with their eyes still closed. Once at full draw, they are told to open their eyes, memorize where their bow is aimed, and then let down, without shooting. The results are usually very interesting! Most shooters are usually off to the right (and occasionally to the left) anywhere from 12 inches to 12 feet! What this proves is that people have a predetermined idea of where their feet should be planted without regard to which is the most natural or comfortable ... and therefore, the easiest to duplicate for their bodies. Most people think they should be toeing a line that is pointed straight at the target (the square stance). That is usually not the case. Our “natural body position" at full draw, should dictate where our feet should be. We should not plant our feet arbitrarily and draw the bow. using muscles to push or pull the bow over or distort (twist) the trunk of the body to get the bow

Fig. 1 The Straight or Square Stance

Fig. 2 The Open Stance

Fig. 3 The Closed Stance

Line to the target

"3 footposition " As a professional coach, he created the world-famous NFAA Shooter’s School and also offers the NFAA Advanced Certified Instructor program as an option. Bernie and his wife, Jan, will be conducting these exciting shooter’s schools, which arc also available on six video tapes. For more information, call Bernie or Jan at Robinhood Videos (614)933-0011, fax (614)933-0010 or website www.robinhoodvideos.com. 228

In the NFAA Shooter’s School, I do a demonstration to show how important stance/posture and foot position really are. Four or five student “volunteers” get their bows and stand at the 20 yard line like they are going to shoot at the targets. I have them get ready to come to full draw... and then have them turn their heads and look behind them, at me. (This disorients them.) Then, 1 tell them to close their eyes and turn their heads back around toward the target and

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on target. If you stand on the shooting line or by a shooting stake and look at the target. you will draw toward the target, without being aware of how much you are twisting your hips, torso, or shoulders. The torque or tension you load into your body doing this can guarantee lower scores. By drawing with your eyes closed however, you are “tricked" into drawing the way your body wants you to draw and hold the bow, because it’s the most natural and

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$20,000 BIG SKY OPEN JUNE 4-6, 2004 At the Adams Mark Hotel 743 Horizon Drive, Grand Junction, CO therefore, the steadiest for your particular shooting form. Simply keep drawing and moving your feet more open or closed, until your sight is pointed at the target every time, when you open your eyes. Here is an example: You are a right-handed archer standing on a direct line to the target (straight stance) and, after drawing with your eyes closed, when you open your eyes, your sight is aimed 3 feet to the right, at 20 yards. This means that if you had drawn with your eyes open, you would be unconsciously twisting or torquing your body around unnaturally to get your sight pointing toward the target. This builds in tension and/or pre-loaded torque that will cause unwanted movement that will make aiming take longer and become more difficult. This tension or torque can be responsible for over-holding, because of an unsteady sight picture. This violates your physical comfort zone which is usually 7-8 seconds to execute a shot. It can also cause some unexplained lefts and rights. In this example you should open your stance slightly, which will bring your alignment around to where your sight is pointed toward the target naturally. You will be able to get into the center with your sight much quicker, with less effort, and hold steadier . . . enabling you to aim sooner, hold longer, and to release the arrow when the sight is at its steadiest. Whichever way your bones arc lined up and your natural body position allows you to point the bow, is the most “idiot-proof” way for you to stand and to aim. You shouldn’t have to recruit any muscles to get your sight lined up on the target. Finding Your Correct Foot Position Once you have your draw length adjusted properly, learned to use back tension, and you are holding with a low, down, and relaxed shoulder, only then can you identify your correct foot position. To find your correct foot position, as described previously, disorient yourself first, and then close your eyes and draw the bow. Don't try to look at the target before you close your eyes and Drawing with your eyes closed is the draw, as this causes best way to find your naturalfoot your body to position. subconsciously point the bow toward where you were looking or to where you pre aimed. Once you establish which foot position you should be using, practice it by putting markers on the floor or the ground. until it becomes automatic. Stance Most shooters assume a stance or posture that is too rigid, preconceived, totally artificial, and that eventually breaks September-October 2003 - Visit our website at www.usarcher.com

"not relaxed " Form will break down eventually if

you start out standing too tall.

down like a “high wrist grip” can during the competition. Your body should be erect but relaxed. Don't stand "at attention.” If you do, here is what can happen. When you first start shooting at a tournament, you’ll be standing up straight and stretched to your tallest for the first 10 to 15 shots. As the day goes by, and you aren’t paying attention to your posture, or as you begin to tire, you will

automatically start to relax or slump a little. Your body slowly assumes your natural “at ease” position. This is one of the reasons that some shooters have severe differences in their scores between "relaxed" practice and tournaments, or Stand erect, but stay relaxed, and good form will last all day! between the first and second half of a tournament. When you are “psyched up” for a tournament, adrenaline is coursing through your bloodstream and that gives you energy to "stand up tall.” Then, as you start to relax and you aren’t as nervous or revved up, the adrenaline leaves your system and you relax further and . .. you slump a little. When you are at home practicing, there is little or no adrenaline to effect your form. 1 recommend that you start out. on the very first shot, to stand the way you will be standing on the last arrow . .. erect but at ease! You should be mindful of this and utilize it in your practice sessions. Then, when you do go to a tournament, your “tournament form" should be identical to your "practice form." Your shoulders should be directly over your hips which should be directly over yourfeet (see Fig. 4.) Do not twist your upper body or lean back (usually a sign that your draw is too long). Your weight should be distributed evenly on both feet.

Fig. 4

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important if you want to hold steady. Archers who shoot with their feet together are forced to lean back (away from the target) to get their balance because their bow arm is extended and holding up 5 to 10 pounds of bow. Therefore. they must lean back to counterbalance the bow’s mass weight. Leaning back also happens when the draw is too long, which contributes to the inability to hold steady. Holding steady is impossible now because the bow arm is tense. which causes movement! You see, everything is tied together! One thing causes another to happen and then that "closefeet ” causes something else to Archers who shoot with their happen, etc. If your “shooting feet together are forced to platform” is not in alignment or lean back in order to counter not relaxed, why would you balance the bow's mass expect the shot to happen weight. naturally, or your body to repeat it over and over again. naturally? However, for those "true athletes” and professional archers out there that practice 2 to 4 hours a day, 5 to 7 days a week, any form works well, because it’s practiced and reinforced mentally and physically nearly every day. Remember we said... you don’t have to do it right . . . just do it the same way every

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NFAA Shooter’s School Schedule Jan and Bernie report that there is still an incredible amount of interest expressed in attending the Shooter’s School, but more people willing to host the event are needed. So, you interested shooters, go after your pro shop owners and club presidents and book a Shooter’s School near you! Remember, the host shop or club receives 10%. Due to the overwhelming popularity of the school and the limited number of open weekends, it is recommended that interested pro shops or clubs schedule as soon as possible. Scheduling is well under »’«>' for 2004, Available dates always fill up quickly, so book yours today! You can also be put on the waiting list. The following is a list of the schools presently on the schedule. Additional schools will be posted here, as they are booked. CURRENT SCHEDULE - 2003 August 22-24 - Prairie Archery, Virden, IL (20 miles S. of Springfield) Contact: Bob McCutcheon 217-965-5553 email: prairie I @rovell.net October 3-5 - Buffalo Valley Archers of Hazen. Hazen, ND. (NW of Bismarck) Contact: Vonne Tamasky 701-842-3103 or cell: 701-570-1997 email: tranch@starband.net October 17-19 - Hunter’s Outlet, Suffield, OHIO (Akron) Contact: Joe Sanders 330-425-8400 CURRENT SCHEDULE - 2004 (tentative) February 27-29 - Aspen Archery, Carson City, NV. Contact: Gunny Benson 775-884-1464 (tentative) March 5-7 - Flying Arrows, Victor, MT (50 miles S. of Missoula) Contact: Ronni 406-961-3991 rflvingarrows@aol.com (tentative) April 16-18 - Archery Shack, Neenah, W1 (Appleton area) Contact: Todd Dontje 920-733-6824 (tentative) April 23-25 - Ferari Archery, Watertown, NY (N. of Syracuse) Contact: Judy Pearson 315-688-2527 jpearson@northemfcu.net Any shops or clubs interested in hosting a school should call immediately. Robinhood Videos 1036 Arcaro Dr. Gahanna, Ohio 43230 614-933-0011 fax 614-933-0010 E-mail AskBernic@aol.com www.robinhoodvidcos.com Hosting a school: Interested shops or clubs should contact us as soon as possible,

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COMPOUND BOWS ARE EVEN MORE DELICATE THAN YOU IMAGINE. BUT, PROBABLY NOT IN THE WAY YOU ARE THINKING.

By Bob Ragsdale

Back when we were all shooting recurve bows there was never a doubt that when the arrow missed it’s mark it was simply because we as the shooter didn’t do everything it takes to put it in the middle. We knew the bow couldn’t make a mistake on it’s own even if it wanted to, it has no brain. How could it, "it s only a bent stick with a string holding it that way" we would joke. Attitudes have changed to say the least. Now, on compound bows, there are so

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many things one can put a wrench on and fiddle with that people naturally assume that they’ll never be able to shoot well until every adjustment is at some magical setting. This is really sad when you consider how many archers have quit the sport in frustration because of it. Still others think bows can indeed act as if they have a brain, and they arc just “out to get us" and that’s their excuse for not being able to shoot very well. FINGERS Vs RELEASE AIDS. For example everyone can quickly understand why you can’t setup a bow to shoot perfectly with a release aid and then shoot with their 3 fingers instead and expect it work exactly the same. They know that their windage setting will be off significantly, their yardage sight settings off even more and the arrows will leave the bow a little erratically. They know that the bowstring then has to deflect around the fingers immediately on the shot, that the bowstring is drawn more on one end than the other and that it approached the impossible for the shooter to duplicate the entire release act identically on each shot. Going directly from a release aid setup to using a finger release will even cause a borderline weak spine shaft to then actually be underspined due to now needing more spine stiffness to absorb that sudden extra side deflection at the beginning of the shot. Each of which will cause the bow to start its recovery from a different position at full draw and to also take a new recovery route that will cause the arrow to exit at all new angles and alter their final point of impact. A better example yet of how delicate your bow is, is the old cliche that "no one can shoot someone else's bow as good as they can. " Even with the same release aid just the difference in the sight picture they accept is enough but there is more differences in individuals than that. There may be a very few exceptions to this philosophy but odds are that there will never be an absolute match at all distances. My point is that the every little intricate touch and feel determines how the bow will recover from full draw and how the tail is aligned with the point at the very

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instant the nock leaves the bowstring to leave the arrow all on its own. As I state so often, “at that instant, you have either pointed the arrow in all the right directions or you have not. ” COMPOUND BOWS ARE MORE DELICATE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. So think about it, at “the moment of departure. " the instant the arrow exits the bowstring, the shot is over, like it or not. Al that instant you have either pointed it at all the right angles oryo« have not. You will either hit, or you will miss and the bow had nothing to do with it since it can do no more for you than determine the velocity ofyour projectile. The bow didn't change it’s mind, it didn’t decide to let one eccentric get ahead of the other on one shot and then do the opposite on the next shot for meanness. One limb did not do something weird or any of the many other impossible things people are implying the bow must have done to them when they begin spouting ridiculous excuses. I remember once hearing a service clerk talking to a person that wanted his bow replaced with a new one because “this bow won't group any longer. ” That makes about as much sense as asking Ford for a new car because you can’t parallel park your Ford as well as you used to. 1 also often profess that “there are no "problems, ” only “oversights. ” Some people don’t want to hear the truth, that it might be their shortcoming or oversight, they just want something or someone else to blame. Some don’t want to hear that a bow will always do its job and be consistent without fail. That’s why 1 chose the word “delicate " rather than "precarious "or "temperamental. " I mean that any departure from the norm, the conditions under which the sight settings were made, will cause your bow to recover differently and impact to an abnormal location, or “a miss." MOST OF US LEARN THE HARD WAY. Many years back I had worked hard to be ready for a hunting trip. I like to test my hunting preparedness by how accurate I am on my very first, ice cold, shot of the day. Starting to do just that one morning. THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER

I found my release aid was not with my bow where 1 usually kept it. Not finding it I grabbed my identical model backup release from my backpack. When I stopped the day before I was perfect at 40 yards with my broadheads but now my first shot missed several inches low and off to one side. So did the second shot, touching it. Realizing that the only thing different from yesterday was the release aid, it seemed the logical thing to check out first. I searched harder and found my original release and the next 2 shots with it were dead-center again. Whew! That was faster and much better than starting over, glad 1 was thinking and did not panic and start adjusting everything in town and making new sight settings as so many do regularly. Trying the backup release again. I still missed as before. 1 had learned years ago that the ropes on the matching releases had better be the same length or each will deflect the bowstring differently and each will require different windage settings downrange. The shock was that both parachute cord loops were identical in length! They were different colors, but identical in length. I had replaced one myself years before with a colored civilian cord while the other had the military white cord. Then I noticed the colored one was significantly STIFFER. That was it, no different than when shooting with fingers. it was simply harder for the bowstring to knock it out of the way so the bow recovered differently and impacted differently downrange. In minutes I had found some white parachute cord and

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replaced it and again and found it shot exactly like the primary one. Later, I shuddered to think how many years and how many miles I had carried that backup release with all those automatic built-in misses just waiting to spoil my trip! NOT MANY PEOPLE REALIZE THIS. Another real eye opener can occur when you have set up your bow and made sight settings using a rubber tubing to align your peepsight. After realizing what was happening, whenever helping someone who is saying "yesterday ! suddenly starting shooting low at all distances " my first question was always, "are you using a peepsight alignment tubing " and if a yes answer, "when did the hose break last? " I can’t tell you how many times the answer then was "yesterday." Try intentionally shortening your tubing about 3/8ths to a half inch as we all do when we reconnect it after it rots and breaks off and then notice how you will instantly start impacting LOW at ALL distances! The tubing becomes shorter and therefore stronger than it was when you adjusted your nocking point and made all your sight settings. A tubing with more strength will draw the bowstring in quicker from full draw. When it docs, the bowstring and the tail of the arrow are lifted to exit the bowstring at a point higher than it was originally and result in a lower impact downrange, small as it may be. To play it as safe as possible, since I have taught dealers and technicians to always leave the tubing as long as they possibly could. This way its effects on the bow recovery are minimal and the first

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time it breaks and then shortened slightly it may not change the point of impact at all. This is also the first question 1 ask when someone asks me why their bow still shoots so well when the nocking point has to be set at 'below 90 degrees. " You guessed it. when the tubing is pulling hard enough that the nocking point has to be lowered and lowered to create a point where the nock will be level with the point at the instant it leaves the bowstring. When there is no tubing involved I pursue another virtually identical situation which occurs when your top eccentric is running significantly late on the draw also calling for compensating with a lower & lower nocking point to force the nock level with the point when the arrow exits the bowstring. The dreaded "wheel timing” isn’t so disastrous after all it seems, since in both cases the bow will still shoot perfectly well with this compensation. TOUGH BOW. There are many stories told about bows that fell out of trucks and the like and still shot perfectly, good thing the shooters were determined to do their part correctly during the tests, right? So there it is. a couple of examples of how even the slightest variation from the precise conditions existing when you set up everything and made your sight settings will effect your bow enough that it can’t possibly thrust and then emit your arrow precisely as it did originally. The bow always docs its job. but it is your job to keep the conditions identical ifyou want identical impacts.

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As a Man Thinketh By Roger W. Breternitz Ch.T.

Roger W. Breternitz Ch.T.

As a man thinketh...that’s the title of a very thought provoking book by James Allen, you can buy it in any book store for less than S5. yet the information in it is worth untold benefits, both monetarily and personally. How you choose to apply the concepts depicted are up to you. Since my articles are about using arrows to put holes in pieces of paper, in just the right spots, that when done correctly can win you a new car and much more...let’s talk about how your mind can complete this goal using some of these concepts. I have stated in previous articles that “Thoughts are THINGS", yet nobody really grasps the concept that what you think, and how you think, can actually shape your immediate and future reality. You might say, “Yea, yea, 1 know 1 should be more positive, look on the positive side of events, and situations", and you really do try to be that way...until the teeter-totter of events begins to slide in a direction AWAY from what you had planned. Then the real test of how your thoughts exert pressure on the actual situation at hand will begin to play out. Here is an excerpt from the book: All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts. In a justly ordered universe, where loss of equipoise would mean total destruction, individual responsibility must be absolute. A man’s weakness and strength, purity and impurity, are his own. and not another man's; they are brought about by himself, and not by another; and they can only be altered by himself, never by another. His condition is also his own.

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and not another man’s. His suffering and his happiness are evolved from within. As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.” Like 1 said, thoughts are Things. So, let’s examine how these "Things” affect our shooting and moreover our WINNING! In any competition there are two forces. usually two teams, two competitors, or two opposing forces who arc both trying to achieve the same goal, becoming the victor. In archery, you have many competitors trying to complete the same goal, to put as many arrows as possible in the highest scoring area possible. This is known as non-combative contest as it relates to the competitors, meaning that the competitors have no actual affect of the immediate performance of each other. An example would be. when you shoot one "X" it docs not cause all the other competitors to MISS that scoring circle, as if in a tennis match you hit a great shot into the comer, it would cause your opponent to return a weaker shot that you could capitalize on giving you a greater edge in getting the point. With that in mind, who do you think IS our most feared opponent? Who is the one that keeps us from victory causes us to perform at less than our best level? Why do we shoot great scores in practice, and then when they say. “This is for score” the whole world seems to change? As you may have figured out by now...WE are that worst opponent. WE are the nemeses, that thwarts our winning efforts, and WE are the person who by our own THOUGHTS either walks out the victor or the vanquished. No one else puts us under the pressure that we alone can exert all by ourselves, nobody can whip us like our own hand can , and nobody and stroke us like we like to be stroked and revered like our own inner thoughts, and feelings. So, we have a choice, and it's very easy to see in other shooters how they are punishing or stroking themselves. Watch how these other people deal with adversity and you may learn a lot about your own methods of regulating your thoughts. The really savvy person learns by OTHER people’s mistakes and triumphs. Hc-or-she takes the

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good from each experience witnessed, and applies it to their specific situation, and most of the time benefits greatly from the event and the information gained. WITHOUT having to go through the pain of experiencing the actual results of wrong choices or destructive thoughts on their own. This is called learning by observation. and NOT experience. The first lesson is to NOTICE your thoughts. Take note of what you arc thinking of. in every situation, and look al how these thoughts make you feel... happy, depressed, aggressive, passive, or compassionate. Each thought is energy in itself, and it affects how you feel, concentrate, and perceive your world around you. Feel like a winner, because you think you deserve to win. you deserve to win because you have paid your dues. training, practicing, and tuning your equipment. Your thoughts must be of confidence that you will make the right choices at the right time, and ALLOW yourself to accept winning as a by-product of your thoughts telling you that you will be successful in your goal ofjust doing the best job you are capable of doing. Here are some “Thought exercises” that will improve your entire universe and intern your shooting scores in general. 1. Each day or before going to sleep think of all the good things that happened to you that day. Relive the day from the time you got up until you go to bed. You’ll probably remember many good things that you took for granted. 2. Pick one goal, one area of improvement you want to change in your shooting, your life, your future, and give it your full attention, and imagine it as an already accomplished fact. I guarantee if you were to do this for only one week your scores would improve as well as many other things in your life. Yes, thoughts are things, and these things regulate your life and affect your future, YOU are the only one that controls what you REALLY think. Your thoughts are individual energies shaping your future. use them wisely. Good Shooting Roger

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PSYCHOLOGICAL SKILLS 4 with Jake Veit Editor's note: Jake Veit comes to us with 50 years experience in competitive shooting. He is a world record holder in the International Field Archery Association(IFAA) Recurve division, world record holder of the IFAA Senior Indoor Recurve division, three National Field Archery Association (NFAA) National Championships, one IFAA North American Championship (Recurve), one National Archery Association (NAA) National Championship plus numerous Ohio, Idaho and Georgia. Jake has won numberous NFAA Sectional Championships in the Northwest and Southeast. He has reached the IV Level NAA Coach and is a National Judge. He was an Olympic Scoring Judge at the 1996 Olympics and has reached Master Instuctor at IBEF.

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Editors note of updates: Some of the Mr. Veit's material was written some years ago for a proposed instructor program. All archcry organization divisions and styles of competition change from time to time. During the past three years there have been major changes with FITA and the NFAA. The NFAA no longer recognizes any FITA styles of shooting. But it did add a FreeStyle Limited Recurve/Longbow class. The NFAA divisions arc Adult, Masters (55+), Masters Plus (65+), Young Adult. Youth and Cub for Male and Female. Styles of competition are Freestyle, Bowhunter Freestyle. Freestyle Limited. Bowhunter Freestyle Limited, Barebow. Bowhunter. Traditional and Freestyle Limited Recurve/Longbow for adults, but only Freestyle. Freestyle Limited. Barebow and Freestyle Limited Recurve/Longbow for youth. The NAA does go by FITA rules but their youth shooters go by FITA and NAA competitive classes. NAA divisions are Senior (18+), Masters 50, Masters 60. Masters 70, Bowmen (12 & under). Cub (13 & 14). Archer (15. 16 & 17). FITA Cadet (16 & under), and FITA Junior (17 & 18) for both Male and Female. FITA has a Barebow class but for only Field and Indoor. There is Crossbow and three catigories for the Parapleligic shooters; ARI. AR2 & AR3. If you need the most recent rules and regualtions on any archery organizations, go to the websites listed below:

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Pre-conceived ideas effect our routine and execution of a good shot. Before an archer shoots. I have heard them say, “1 hate 50 yards!"; or “ 1 never shoot good on the Turkey”. They will not have a good scoring target. They have already accepted a bad score, they expect a bad score. YOU MUST CONFRONT THIS NEGATIVETHINKING TO OVERCOME THIS TYPE OF THINKING. You cannot tell yourself to not do something. Your mind does not think negative (and do not give me the -5 thinking). Tell someone not to think; put it completely out of your mind, never think about PINK ELEPHANTS. What’s in your mind, that stupid pink elephant. Do not pluck or do not drop the bow arm, it does not work. YOU HAVE TO CONCENTRATE ON DOING SOMETHING RIGHT; FOLLOW THROUGH, EXECUTE; NEVER TRY TO NOT DO SOMETHING. Your concise mind can only think about one thing at a time. That is why you must leant the shot in sequence, one step at a time and excite that sequence exactly the same every shot. consistently. You can train your sub-concise mind to totally control the shot, you sub-concise can do more than one thing al a time. You have to be careful not to let your concise mind get bored. Il can only think about one thing at a time but it is always thinking, you concise mind can and will override your sub-concise. OOPS, where did that shot come from. YOUR SUB-CONCISE MIND CAN ACT AS A CHECK LIST AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT, THAT DID NOT FEEL RIGHT-DO NOT SHOOT! It is hard enough to shoot a good shot, never shot a bad shoot, practice letting down. So you had a bad shot. Was it poor execution or something wrong with the equipment? How did it feel? Check for a rattle or loose thread. NEVER ASSUME A PROBLEM ON ONE BAD SHOT! HAVE A BOWSQUARE WITH YOU AND CHECK YOUR EQUIPMENT ON THE LINE. YOU MAY HAVE MORE BAD SHOOTS WORRYING ABOUT IT.

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From the Senior Corner By Joe Baucrnfcind Once again, as I do in each issue, I welcome you to the Senior Comer. Since your last visit, which ended with the report on the Senior Olympics. I've been one busy old dog. trying to fill a schedule that may be just a little too busy for my own good. It's hard to stay at home though. when there's action going on in the archery world. The Mid-AtlanticNFAA Sectional came so close on the heels of the Senior games that my wife and I had to bail out of the condo at VA Beach a day early to drive up to Mechanicsburg. PA for the Saturday start. As it turned out though, we

in the clubhouse, so my feet stayed dry. except for the trips to the food booths. I'm not sure if this part of PA is ever dry at this time of the year. This year, the World Target Championships were held in New York City and since I'm fairly close by on Long Island. 1 braved the morning traffic going into the city and spent a couple of days watching archers from all over the world shooting arrows in the Bronx, of all places. Target archcry is not really my cup of tea to watch and the position of the archer's tents along with the security people not letting the spectators stand along the fence behind the archers, made it difficult to see what was going on. The lack of non archery spectators surprised me a little, but the shoot didn't seem to get any media coverage in the New York area at all. Maybe the finals in Central Park fared better. I'm sure the head to head matches in the finals are easier to follow than the FITA round qualifiers. Once again the

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forward to that. Dean once again did clean house in the Master Seniors with Don Kudlacek coming in second. Some of the other Senior winners were Greg Webster. Neil Newkirk. Mike Collins. Dave Clem. Louie Rangel. Bev Kotins and Ellis Gibson. Forgive me seniors if I've left your name out. The Senior Pro Division was once again a tense situation on the range I don't Know if it's the S4000 contingency money or what, but these guys don't seem to be having a lot of fun out there. 1 think we've all been around long enough to be able to enjoy the competition for what it is and not make it into life and death struggle out there. Anyway on a lighter note. 1 was in a beautiful house owned by Mark and Diane

Joe assembling releases. could have stayed the extra day. Heavy rains in PA caused the cancellation of Saturday's Field round but Sunday's weather improved enough to allow the Hunter round to be completed, although a good pair of boots were a definite plus if you had them, to deal with the muddy aftermath of the Saturday's rain. The ranges at the Mechanicsburg club are about as good as any I've shot, so missing one day’s shooting was disappointing but at least we were able to determine the Sectional champs based on a single round. Nick Vickers is once again on top of his game and came away with the win in the Unlimited Freestyle and Larry Hix once again won the Senior Freestyle. This guy never seems to get any older when you look at the scores he shoots but believe it or not he'll be a Master Senior next year. Speaking of the great ranges at this club. there was a rumor going around at the NFAA Nationals that they were going to try to add a range and put in a bid for an NFAA National in the future. Let's hope that this rumor is one that comes true. A week later, after a short stay at home, found me once again in the State of PA, attending the second leg of the 1 BO Triple Crown. This year has been the year of mud and McKean didn’t miss out on their share of it. The first two JBO's always seem to be mired in mud but the 3D guys seem to be equipped to handle it better than my fellow Field archers. They even seem to enjoy it! Luckily I chose to set up my booth

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Bob Deston working the BCY booth. Korean men dominated the recurve division, with their top man shooting a 90 meter round which was only a point or two shy of the compound/release shooters. Mary Zorn won the women's compound and Dave Cousins finished a close second to Australian Clint Freeman in the men’s compound. 1 had given some thought to skipping the NFAA Nationals in Darrington and going to the NAA Nationals in Reading. PA as a vendor but luckily I decided to make the long trip to Washington to try once again to win one of the elusive NFAA Championship bowls. 1 knew my chances of beating the old pro Dean Pridgen in the Master Seniors were slim so 1 decided to go into the Pro Division Master Seniors. which has only one other shooter. When you get to be my age and you've tried to win a bowl for so long, it’s time to get it done one way or the other. So now I'm a Pro and I' vc got a bowl, which 1 feel I shot well enough to deserve anyway. In the next few years I think the division will grow into a competitive place to be and 1 look

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Mark and Diane Meece, with a view of Whitehorse Mountain out the back door. My fellow housemates were Tim and Tobi Rogers, Rick and Heather Peters and Jeff Phillips. The Meece’s moved out to allow us full use of their house, while they honeymooned in their trailer down the hill. I was lucky enough to replace Gene Grodski. who had to cancel at the last minute. Thanks a million Gene for the spot. My housemates were all younger than my own kids and we got along like family. They cooked for me and treated me like I was their age and I loved every minute of it. We had a couple of seafood cookouts with Mark and Diane and some of their family and the salmon, halibut and oysters were out of this world. I was also introduced to the Marguerita. I had tried Tequila once and didn’t like it but I’ve definitely changed my mind on that. I wound up staying two extra days to do some sight-seeing in the Cascades and Mark put me on to the Cascade River road which takes you about 20 miles over dirt roads to the base of the mountains. It was tough going in there so Mark insisted that I take his truck and I’m glad I did. The view of the mountains up close was worth the rough ride. Sunday I took the ferry to the San Juan Islands for a whale-watching trip but unfortunately the whales were out to sea. Tim and Tobi had seen them on Tuesday but my luck was not that good. The trip was still fun though with lots of other things to sec. like bald eagles and some fantastic island houses. Once again I enjoyed the fabulous oysters of the area along with a cold beer. What a life. By the time 1 got back to shore and down to the airport it was too late to rent a room, so I caught 40 winks sleeping on the floor in the “A" group line at Southwest’s gate and was the first one on the plane, where I slept most of the long trip home. It was one of the best weeks I'vc ever had and 1 hope it all comes together again in Darrington in the future. 1 almost forgot to mention the great job done by Marvin and his entire crew in preparing the ranges for us. If you've never been to Darrington’s ranges. you just can't understand how much work is involved in keeping them in the condition that they are. I hope the club was able to make some money for all of the hard work they did.

I know this is getting long but stay with it a little longer, just two more trips to go. The next one was two weeks after Darrington and took place in Anniston. Alabama where the ASA holds its end of the season championships. It’s a long way from Washington and usually a lot hotter. but this year the temperature was not to bad. I had planned on a Thursday arrival but when the sponsors were invited to a round of golf or trying their hand at sporting clays with a lunch included. I did some quick switching to a Wednesday arrival. I decided the golf might be a little too hot for a northern boy, so I picked the sporting clay shooting, even though I hadn't shot a shotgun in 50 years. Honest. Our host was Jackie Caudle who was also nice enough to lend me one of his shotguns. I figured it couldn't be too hard, but I figured wrong. My hand eye

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coordination and quickness of mind has faded just slightly over the years. I’m sure you seniors who have tried to play some of today’s video games know the feeling. The regulars made it look so easy but when those clays started flying my mind went into slow motion. I got the hang of it toward the end and it turned out to be great fun. I couldn’t believe I shot that 12 Ga. over 100 times. Luckily it had a Simms pad on the butt and my shoulder came through just fine. I can't say the same about my thumb. Jackie gave me a defective Browning automatic that kept hanging up on the second shell. You have to reach in to give the shell a push and get your thumb out before the bolt slams forward. Well. I didn't and wound up with a blood blister on my thumb. I got on Jackie’s case pretty hard about that, all in good fun of course. Every time I saw him over the weekend I’d hold up the thumb to let him see how injured I was. It didn’t seem to worry him too much as he shot great and wound up winning the Senior Pro Division. Thanks for a great time. Jackie, but next year have that gun fixed. The ASA also feted the sponsors to a buffet on Friday night, the second one of the year. They sure make an effort to make the sponsors, even the smallest ones like me. feel like an important part of the ASA and we appreciate that. The shoot ran like clockwork and the streamlined shoot down

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their company Robinhood Videos. round was completed on time just as Mike had predicted. Mike and his staff sure work hard to put these tournaments on and as long as the weather cooperates they have it down to a science. Once again, however, at the IBO Worlds at Snowshoe the next weekend, the weather failed to cooperate and the tournament had to be shortened by canceling Saturdays round. This is a massive shoot with almost 2700 archers and requires many ranges spread all over a very fickle mountain. The weather at 5000 ft. can be cool and beautiful or you can be in the middle of a cloud with the threat of lightning being a major fear factor for those in charge of sending the archers out onto the ranges. It's a fantastic venue but at that elevation and with the inherent steepness of the ranges on slopes used for skiing, it’s a risky venture. The storms can come up fast and the lightning can be jumping from cloud to cloud up there making it very dangerous. With the ranges on steep slopes going all the way down to the bottom of the mountain, it becomes a major problem getting people to safety during a storm. It s a shame that those who came from all over the world to attend, were limited to only 20 target on Friday and weren’t able to shoot on Sunday unless they were in the top 5 but safety has to come first. As it turned out, the stonn threat passed on Saturday and the day turned out to be nice but by the time it cleared it was too late to get the archers finished by dark. Later that night after the fireworks, mother nature put on her own fireworks show with lots of thunder, lightning and rain, just to prove she’s still in charge. I hope those who went away mad will look at the difficulties faced by the Snowshoe and IBO staffs and cut them some slack on this one. As nice a site as it is, it probably just is not going to work for a tournament this large. Whew. 1 think I’m almost done. One final word for you seniors out there who may be worrying about filling your time in retirement, find yourself an archery doo dad and come on out and join the fun. You’ll leant a lot and have a blast doing it. See you next time. Joe Bnucrnfeind joefo zcnitharchery.com tvww.zenitharchcry.com 239

Where is “Sports Illustrated” when you need them? By Gene Grodzki

Cousins and Jervis 6x's at 60 yards

Something amazing happened at the and end up tossing their score cards in the 2003 NFAA Nationals in Darrington, trash. What is really cool, is watching the Washington this year, but the story gets its 3-D, dot & traditional guys actually start back in July of 2002, at a little shoot hanging around together, comparing gear and sharing war stories. We are one family called "The BIGFOOT OPEN." In July of 2002 The Black Knight you know. A big part of the entertainment at Bowbenders were delighted to have Dave Cousins come down and join in the fun at Bigfoot is watching a highly visible “Skins the “Bigfoot Open", held at their 40 acre Game” that draws a large gallery of spectators. The eight archers who shoot range in Jackson. New Jersey. The “Bigfoot Open" is a totally unique the highest dot scores on either of the two shoot in that it is designed to be more “Fun" days are eligible to register. The prize than anything else. By design, the shoot money in 2003 was $1600 ($200 each for caters to any type of archer, who shoots 8 targets. 3 arrows per target). This is the any kind of bow, with only one part of the way the “Skins Game" works: i f you shoot shoot emphasizing on “Serious the high score on a single target, you arc Competition". handed $200. It’s that simple. However, The registration is casual. You can shoot if it ties, no one winsand the cash is carried one or two days. You can shoot dot’s or 3- over to the next target, for all to shoot again. D’s or both if you want to, and many do. If someone shoots the high score on the We pit the 3-D guys against the dot next target they win $400 on the spot. If it shooters in a “Top Gun" competition. ties again you are now shooting for S600. There is a wild "Last Man Standing" game and so on, till there is a winner. If you ever especially forthe Traditional crowd. There saw the crowd following the golfers at the is a great "Archery Swap Meet" where US Open, you have some idea of the every imaginable kind of sporting goods atmosphere. The gallery looks like a Zeiss is sold or swapped, from canoes to nocks. or Leica advertisement. There are the usual medals or trophies for So where am I going with all this other all the standard classes, but frankly a lot of than plugging a neat local shoot (and giving the crowd just come to shoot and hang out your club some ideas)? 240

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Let me continue with the story. In 2002 Dave Cousins shows up, qualifies for the Skins Game with a mind numbing 558, wins a couple hundred dollars and has one hell of a good lime. Dave meets and shoots with a young local. Steve Jervis, who shoots an impressive 551. Not bad for a 17 year old. A week later at the 2002 NFAA Nationals in Watkins Glen Dave Cousins and Dougie Williams battle tooth and nail for the Pro Cup. Dave wins by 2 points. Jervis also wins as a Young Adult breaking the double field round record by 11 points and shooting dynamite 555 field round on his first day. A year goes by, the 2003 Bigfoot rolls around and the competition qualifying for the Skins Game is intense. The shooters include Dave Cousins, Steve Jervis, Dave Townsend, Jim Despart. Matt Setzer, Larry Hix, Jay Bradway, and John Byrne. Not a bad line-up for a local shoot! This is their warm up for the Nationals just days away. Cousins qualifies for the "Skins" with a 555 and Jervis qualifies with a 557. Impressive! The "Skins" game begins. On the very first skins target both Cousins and Jervis each shoot all x’s at 60 yards - for

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Perfection is the Goal at Junior Olympic Archery Championships By Shawna Hickman On June 26 when the sun was still at that place in the sky when

driving east requires you pull the visor down, about 300 young

bravehearts and their parents were setting up camp at Arapahoe County Community Park. By 10 a.m. territories were established at the park, the younger Bravehearts toward the center with the

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on the wings. “Especially the older boys, they don’t need the girls around while they are shooting, with their hormones raging,” said

dad Kurt Christensen.The young bravehearts, or archers, were all

part of the 22nd annual JOAD (Junior Olympics Archery

out were made with a cheap S150 bow. Since she began she now

Development) outdoor national championships. By Sunday, June

has some of the best equipment available costing between S1.000

29, at the conclusion of the tournament new champions were

and 52,000 for a bow and about $200 for a dozen arrows. Despite

crowned in several divisions divided by both age and level. On

the cost, which with travel to several tournaments each year can

Thursday morning George Frangos and his daughter/student Mary

add up. archers who hope to land a college scholarship someday

Frangos were busy taking practice shots at the targets to fine tune

are restricted from accepting money from sponsorships, George

Mary's bow at altitude. Even the slightest imperfection such as a

said. However, archers can accept equipment. Steve Ross, who

squint looking into the sun (Mary is a left-hander and is one of

traveled from Nevada City. Calif with his two sons, said the cost

the few lucky enough to look away from the sun in morning

of the sport is significant but he worth it. Luckily, he said, he can

competition), or a sight a hair off can be costly. “A little

pass down bows from his older to his younger son. As an archer

imperfection in your release your anchor (stance) and it will make

himself, practice has become a family outing for father and sons

a huge difference,” George said. “Sometimes something little can

to do together. “1 can’t imagine a better family sport,” he said.

happen and she won’t even know. It’s like a race car. You're

Ross’ youngest son Gabriel, 6. was one of the youngest

constantly doing stuff to keep it working, to keep it from coming

competitors at the tournament. Coming into his first competitive

loose or something.” From Glendale, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix,

experience was a little nerve wracking, his parents said, but by

the two along with the rest of the family including Mary’s mom,

Friday, so far so good. Gabriel started shooting when he was 4,

sister, brother, their Pomeranian and two hermit crabs, were

barely taller than the bow. Sitting in the tent waiting to practice.

thrilled to be shooting in what they considered cool weather, 85

he was calm about competing. “The only thing 1 really like about

degrees. Encouraged by her father who is also an archer, Mary

(archery) is the shooting." he said. “He was a little worried he

started shooting when she was 11. She promptly won the national

might be teased," said his dad. “But so far everyone is treating

title that year followed by another title last year that earned her a

him really well." “He's got a lot of confidence out there so 1

trip to the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. “He

brang home a Wal-Mart bow one day and he said. ‘Hey, why

think he'll be OK," said his mom, Mary. Steve, along with George Frangos are two of the advocates of continuing in archery for a

don’t you try this?’ and I did," she said. “It just kinda came natural

lifetime. Steve still competes, while George has turned his

to me." Two years after her debut in the sport, Mary holds more

attention to his children

than 20 national records, many of which her dad is proud to point

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and son compete as well. George noted that archery isn’t like

aim, and then shoot their three arrows. Then, two more shoot.

other sports that wear your body down; in fact, a 56-year-old

After each pair has taken a turn twice, and each archer has

woman was on the Olympic archery team in the last Olympics. "This is truly the sport of a lifetime," he said. “It’s not like

exhausted six arrows, music pours out from the PA system and

gymnastics where when you're 16 you’re old. You can do this

the kids walk to the target to score. All four kids must agree on the score for each arrow; if an arrow is called into question judges’

forever." Mary competes in the recurve division, which uses a

have the final say. "There’s no room for subjectivity at all," George

long bow. There is also a compound division for compound bows,

which are sophisticated machines featuring pulleys, a level, large

Frangos said. Attire is also strict. Kids must wear either navy blue or white pants, shorts or a skirt with a T-shirt or sleeveless

scope and trigger release. Recurve competitors, whose division

shirt with at least 3-inch straps. Attire also includes modem armor:

is allowed in the Olympics, are punsts and consider the compound

a chest protector, finger protectors, arm protector and arrow pouches swinging from their belts. (The serious archers in the

division lower on the archery food chain. George said he doesn’t see compound bows ever being allowed in the Olympics because the athletes rely so heavily on the equipment. Recurve competitors,

on the other hand, rely on themselves. However, those in the compound division hold out their hope their part of the sport will

make it into the Olympics. George Dennison. 13. said he sees the value of both. “I think if they each have their separate category (in the Olympics), then why not." the Castle Rock resident said.

bunch will proudly show off their tan lines around the arm protector.) The strictness both attracts and yields kids who are well behaved. Those who don't follow the rules won’t last in the

sport, George Frangos said. “You can’t not be well-behaved in

this sport,” he said. “It’s not like in basketball, the jock mentality. There’s none of that here. There's no room for that." A group of local archers — Nathan Meister of Littleton, George Dennison of

In both divisions, rules are strict. Shooting takes place from a

Castle Rock and Kevin Christensen of Littleton, who train at Bear

white line, all at once designated by a whistle blowing. Large

Creek Archery in Englewood — were enjoying time between

traffic lights stand on the field changing from green to yellow to red depending on how much time is left in that round. In each round two archers at a time line up at the white, chalk line, take

rounds on Friday. After shooting in strict silence, they came back to their chairs in the shade, rubbed lucky charms and joked. “We

all have lucky charms," said Nathan Meister, who attends Grant

Ranch Middle School. “I’m a little superstitious, but not really. It’s mostly just for fun and we try to take each other's charms.’’ The joking is what keeps them relaxed when the competition could be intense. Meister said wearing his red visor upside down. "We

usually try to keep it pretty laid back.” he said. “Once you get all serious it gets all messed up." While some of the boys were focused on getting a new high score or improving on a national ranking. Christensen was looking to hook up with friends he'd met at other

tournaments while Dennison said he was just hoping to improve on the last tournament. “Last time I managed to place dead last."

Dennison said. Perfection is the goal in archcry. Each arrow has a potential of earning an archer 10 points, 1,440 points in all over the two days of tournament shooting. To Dennison, 28 or 29 points for three arrows is what he considers “pretty good.” After six

arrows Mary Frangos had 52 points. “That’s horrible," she said.

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To Dennison, and fellow competitor Colin Winter from Grass Valley, Calif., archery has been a godsend. The two had tried

and daughter and coach and student can be tricky. “It’s tough,” he said. “It’s getting tougher. It’s the age. Being a dad and a coach

nearly every sport before they latched onto archcry and

is kinda tough. If it was anyone else, she’d think twice before

experienced a wide variety of failures from tennis to karate and

swimming. “If it’s not archery I’m bad at it,” Winter said. “Yeah,

talking back.” For Mary the hard part to balance is not how she treats her dad, but deciding which hats they are wearing. “It’s

if it’s a sport I’m bad at it unless it’s archery,” Dennison said.

hard because you don’t know what he’s being at different times,"

“You have to stay still instead of moving around and you have to

she said. “Usually when we’re not shooting he’s mostly dad, but

focus.” That focus is what sets the good apart from the mediocre

sometimes he brings in archery." During practice when Mary was

in many cases. Focus leads to consistency. George Frangos said, and consistency is what matters. "This sport is about consistency,”

having trouble getting her arrows in the center, she approached

he said. “Anyone can get three good arrows in there, but you

or the high one? 1 kinda forgot how to set it.” “Put it on the low

have to keep it up over time.” Unlike some sports, kids competing last week in the national tournament had to do nothing else than

one." George answered. “Remember, with the altitude the arrows will fly faster because the air is thinner." Mary sighed with the

attitude only a 13-year-old can muster and before walking off

however kids who placed well in this tournament as well as three other national tournaments throughout the year (senior national

with an air of frustration said, “But then why are they low?" “See, if I wasn’t her dad. if I was any other coach she’d never do that.”

outdoor and indoor, and junior national indoor) will earn a national

The top archers, like in other sports, spend hours into the double

ranking that may earn them a spot on the national team or a college

digits each week practicing and extra time on conditioning and

her dad with anxiety. “Daddy, do I put (the scope) on the low one

scholarship. To George, the lack of qualifying tournaments is what

weight training. But after all the practice and preparation, it all

he really likes. At each tournament his daughter, Mary, has a

comes back to enjoyment for all of the archers. After finding the

chance to show off her best stuff among whoever chooses to show up. “That's the beauty of individual sports,” he said. “How do

sport, each in his or her own way, they keep coming back. “I really can't say (what I like)," Dennison said. “It just feels good.

you get on the Olympic softball team? In an individual sport you

just being out here and shooting.”

just show up, register and if you’re good, you're good. You don't have to wait to be discovered." During the tournament names of

the top scorers in each division were placed on a white board, then rotated after each six arrows. Parents, siblings, friends,

coaches and archers themselves kept their attention on the board to see where they ranked. “This board plays more mind games on them than anything," George Frangos said. "They all want to get

their name up there. The girls who aren't up there right now are

probably feeling pretty bad and giving up." Mary Frangos,

although disappointed with her score after six arrows, relished in the fact that a competitor had just "thrown four 5s.” “She threw four 5s?” her dad asked. “Yeah." “Well, see. she probably saw she was at the top and got cocky,” he said. "It's about consistency.

My daughter is a slow starter, then keeps getting better and better." For both Mary, 13, and George the balance between being a father

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State Fita Rnd 1 Score Archcr-Fcmnlc-Compound 1 Marino. Samantha PA 301 Archer-Fcmalc-Recurvc 1 Schlegel. Jamie KS 288 Archer-Male-Compound 1 Barr. Chris TX 312 Archer-Male-Recurve 1 Sinclair. Dakota UT 316 Bow man-Female-Compound I Christensen. Amber ID 338 2 Heath. Jennifer CO 320 TX 336 3 McMinn. Coral 4 Pickering. Evelyn UT 273 WY 283 5 Fulkerson. Katy Bowman-Fcmale-Recurve 1 Shore. Victoria GA 327 2 Mims. Katie NH 310 3 Butler. Hannah CO 297 Ml 308 4 Pearson. Julia AZ 304 5 Ramirez. Corinna 6 Schlagel. Amanda Ml 302 IL 294 7 Cheng. Whay 8 Kelegian. Nicolette CA 276 NJ 245 9 Sirois. Margot 10 Bernstein. Sarah NJ 256 11 Donathan. Jessica CA 275 12 Baker-Strader. Sarah CA 243 Ml 252 13 Pearson. Anna 241 14 Longman. Rachel IL TX 244 15 Gerla. Laura Bowman-Male-Compound 1 Hunt 111, Joey ME 335 Ml 335 2 Ondusky. Christopher WI 330 3 Vereggc. Evan 4 Whetstine. John TX 328 5 Bruntsch. Christopher CO 331 6 Metcalfe. Jonathan CA 309 7 Dileo Jr.. Robert WY 301 TX 312 8 Lesak. ( had 9 Repp, Rockne AZ 306 10 Walter. Joshua CO 202 11 Ross. Gabriel CA 91 Bowman-Male-Recurve I Goshom. Daniel PA 327 PA 336 2 Patterson. Ethan 3 Janota, Tyler TX 317 4 Noble. Andrew MO 310 GA 309 5 Walker, Joey 6 Cannon. Philip AZ 319 7 Sahi, Alexander CT 303 CA 321 8 Felkel. Dillon 9 Bekal. Neel OH 299 10 Juntuncn. Andrew CA 292 11 Mays. Colin CO 300 12 Buell. Matthew CO 296 13 Huff. Mack AZ 278 14 Conard. Thomas IL 270 15 Hanner III, Raymond PA 225 16 Bray. Shawn OK 201 17 Naturman. Matthew NJ 173 18 Lemberg. Scan 195 19 Hulbert. Eli CO 114 20 Tremblay. Jonathan QU 177 Cadct-Fcinalc-Compound 1 Anschutz, Erika NE 355 2 Raflaelli. Cassie TX 342 3 Heinsohn. Hollv TX 336 4 Debroas. Sarah OH 335 5 Chapman, Jessica KS 324 6 Collins. Jamie CO 305 7 Dalton, Amanda KS 306

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340 334 323 312 305 279 277

327 304 294 295 256 245 255

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CT 295 8 Lorenti, Brittany 9 Fox. Amber CO 264 TX 271 10 Bradley. Jessica Cadct-Fcmale-Recurve AZ 335 1 Pian. Lindsay NM 333 2 Harvey, Kendra 3 Schooley, Sara UT 329 PA 324 4 Goshom, Sara 5 Huff, Maggie AZ 316 6 Girard, Stephanie QU 316 MA 304 7 Jensen, Lauren 8 Taggart, Angela KS 307 9 Alain, Kristel QU 316 10 Rowland. Stephanie NY 317 11 Hirano, Tiffany CA 305 12 Watsky, Sarah MA 299 MA 302 13 Dono, Lindsey 14 Moore. Mollie CA 278 15 Jepson. Katie NJ 300 16 Smith. Amanda MI 266 17 Smith, Angelina WA 269 18 Gillespie. Emma MA 283 19 Ondusky. Megan Ml 276 20 Wiley. Leanne TX 271 KS 281 21 Kjos, Kjcrsti 22 Nakaba. Katherine CA 257 23 Kronenberg, Hilary CA 252 24 Gerla. Andrea TX 194 Cadct-Male-Compound 1 Roth. David Ml 357 2 Schwade. Stephen NY 353 3 Lafayette, Travis TX 357 4 Ellison. Brady AZ 347 5 Broekhuizen. Andrew Ml 339 6 Eller, Adnan OH 348 7 Morris, Jedd IL 350 8 Smith, Cody UT 346 9 Holcomb, Kenny TX 338 10 Mamo, Eric Ml 336 11 Van Haverbckc, A CO 343 12 Bergeron. Todd MA 345 13 Ashton. Michael CT 320 14 Walter, Lane CO 333 15 Hietcr, Nicholas KS 343 16 Stoltman, Patrick CO 333 17 Arin. Bcrkcan FL 327 18 Meister. Nicholas CO 315 19 Anson, Tucker CO 313 20 Ficker. Michael CO 302 21 Korbe. Justin CO 329 22 Tarbett, Jordan CO 288 23 Annis, Nick co 272 Cadet-Male-Recurve 1 Miller. Jonathan IL 338 2 Juntunen, Jared CA 333 3 Martin, Tyler NJ 321 4 Barber, Michael GA 335 5 Vella. Joe OH 318 6 Nelson, John IL 313 7 Pelletier. Christopher CT 319 8 Cornell, Alex OH 305 9 Bilardo. Nicholas PA 323 10 Patterson, Benjamin PA 318 11 Gustaveson, Darren VA 311 12 Walter, Shane CO 305 13 Plaskcr, Michael VA 285 14 Harris. Alden CA 307 15 Dervily. Patrick CA 287 16 Kcsapyan, Ryan CA 304 17 Earring-Rohde. Alex NV 309 18 Bicknell, Richard ME 289 19 Lipsey, David NJ 283 20 Case. Anthony MI 307 21 Brodine, Brian NY 296 22 Cheng, Jian IL 230 23 Czigler, Matthew NJ 286 24 Mills, Michael CA 268

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299 280 300 274 284 276 271 283 238 237 240 222 237 238 241 222 230 233 211 225 214 241 164 202

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25 Dubrowski. Nick WY 284 26 Sliter, Dcrrek CA 275 Cub-Female-Compound 1 Falconer, Elissa PA 344 AZ 342 2 Repp, Robyn 3 Lcsak. Meagan TX 340 4 Casasanta, Kristen PA 346 5 Lorenti. Allison CT 313 WY 319 6 Heinrich, Keshia 7 Wais, Kerry AZ 332 8 Pursley, Madelyn TX 268 Cub-Female-Rccurvc Wl 335 1 Kochi, Heather AZ 333 2 Frangos, Mary 3 Purvis. Amanda WA 325 4 Marzec, Lyndsey TX 327 5 Sahi. Catherine CT 334 6 Schuller, Amanda PA 331 7 Cyin, Barbie CA 306 8 Petrosky, Simone TX 308 9 Burkett, Julie PA 319 NJ 321 10 Harrington, Anna 11 Wiley. Andrea TX 306 12 Holzer, Heather IL 321 13 Bicknell. Chelsea ME 286 14 Stimac, Elizabeth IL 295 15 Stiber. Madison OH 293 WY 282 16 Pickering. Katherine 17 Cardamone, Shelby CA 268 18 Pontrella. Caitlin NJ 282 MA 281 19 Bauer. Hillary KS 257 20 Jones. Enn Cub-.Male-Compound 1 Larsen, Shaun UT 355 2 Mamo, Matthew Ml 358 IN 3 Shipman. Kyle 353 4 Ross, Miles CA 354 5 Guevara, Jacob CA 349 Wl 337 6 Vcrcggc, Chad 7 Metcalfe, Timothy CA 305 8 Wilke, Allen CO 330 9 Bause. Evan OH 310 Cub-Malc-Rccurve 1 Taylor. Chaitanya CA 342 2 Van Pelt, Maxwell CO 341 3 Davis, Ryan AZ 353 4 Proctor. Stephen MA 348 5 Noble, Timothy MO 341 6 Sanger. John VA 336 7 Schuller, Daniel PA 349 8 Bcgenyi, Gregory MD 322 9 Noble. Peter MO 341 10 Burkett. Jason PA 334 11 Winter. Colin CA 324 12 Chnstenscn, Kevin CO 326 13 Baker-Strader, Rich CA 326 14 Essner, Benjamin NJ 333 15 Smith. Kelley OH 340 CT 326 16 Loftis, Richard 17 lozzo, David IL 323 18 Sinclair, Clakc UT 335 19 Pace, Douglass OH 333 20 Nichols. Alex WY 312 21 Meister, Nathan CO 307 22 Walther. Kenny IL 312 23 Dennison. George CO 298 24 Panawa. Christopher AZ 310 25 Gcrla, Kyle TX 312 26 Usherenko. Matthew NJ 304 27 Harris, Nelson CA 312 28 Dubov. Adam NJ 286 Junior-Femalc-Compound 1 Mattson. Jessica MI 348 2 Tcmperley, Brenda IL 347 3 Taylor, Mary MA 346 4 Witt, April AZ 346

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Rl 5 Fasula, Jessica 345 VT 335 6 Fleury. Joayn NJ 347 7 Gallagher. Stephanie 8 Buurma, Megan SD 327 9 Mosko, Monica OH 338 TX 332 10 Raffacilli, Tami 11 Miller, Rachel TX 320 Junior-Female-Recurve 1 Beaudet. Mane-Pier QU 343 WY 340 2 Nichols. Amanda 3 Bogumil, Marleigh PA 338 4 Stuchin, Margot NY 341 UT 325 5 Chicchi, Ginamaric PA 327 6 Mancini, Sara 7 Dcrcgnaucourt, Marie MI 316 8 Carmichael. Lindsey TX 318 9 Vanderstappen, Lynde PA 315 10 Adams. Sage TX 312 11 King. Heather CA 305 12 Kramer, Emily OH 309 NJ 311 13 Kuiper, Kendall 14 Hafkcr. Danika KS 303 15 McDermott. Amanda MA 315 16 Me Cullough. Danielle CO 316 17 Robinson. Kelsey MN 303 18 Hackbarth. Lieren RI 292 MA 288 19 Molina, Fernanda TX 287 20 Miller. Sarah GA 284 21 Brentnail, Kristen 22 Stiber. Michaela OH 295 23 Liang. Robin C/\ 271 24 Stiber, Katie OH 249 25 Fahey. Meagan MA 226 Junior-Male-Compound I Gellenthicn, Braden MA 358 SD 357 2 Hamilton. Shane CA 355 3 Miller, Eric PA 353 4 Greshock, Jedd 5 Yahncr. Robert MI 355 NM 354 6 Taft. Brent 7 Glass. Chns 345 8 Hunt, Brandon AZ 351 MA 343 9 Nolan, Korey ME 341 10 Thomsen, Kaj TX 345 11 Seidel. Trevor OH 342 12 Bays. Bryant OH 339 13 Mosko. Steven Junior-Malc-Rccurve 1 Peterson. Dane IL 355 2 Benner, Tyler PA 340 3 Me Cullough. Nathan CO 340 4 Meyers, Tim TX 332 5 Payton. Jake IL 336 6 Misenheimer. Jake TX 325 UT 7 Schooley. Shay 333 334 8 Pylypchuk. Steve NJ TX 329 9 Krueger, Garrett OH 10 Owens. Christopher 328 11 Barker, Kevin TX 334 PA 336 12 Thurman. Mark PA 339 13 Domenech, Tyler IL 14 Longman. Adam 328 PA 323 15 Mohncy, Brett 16 Christensen, Brian CO 325 TX 320 17 Mody. Sam MA 314 18 Marr, Frank AZ 300 19 Harden II. Ted OH 310 20 Wolke. Mark NJ 294 21 Gold. Jonathan TX 303 22 Rangraj. Vikram MA 300 23 Henderson. Scott CT 266 24 Asciuto. Joseph IL 240 25 Holzer, Christopher OK 88 26 Adair, Brandon

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Twin powers tower over team events Sunday, July 20 - Team Finals

Another day, another dynasty. South Korea continued its record run of success and the United States re-established itself as a major force as they shared the

glory in the team finals of the World Archery Championships in New York today.

The South Koreans won both the men’s and women’s team recurve events, while the US matched the feat by winning both the men’s and women’s compound events. The compound and

recurve bows are differently-designed bows, with the recurve being the bow used in Olympic competition. For the Koreans, it was business as usual. The brilliant Koreans swept both team gold medals at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and

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234 in their 27-arrow final, with Ukraine winning the bronze.

The Korean men beat Sweden 238-234 in the final, with Italy third.

Like the Korean recurve shooters, the American compound

shooters had been outstanding all week in their events. The US women scored a big final win against defending champions France

248-239, with Germany winning the bronze. The American men. led by the father and son Dec and Reo Wilde, beat Italy for the

world title, with Canada winning bronze.

The team finals were the last day of competition at the championships, which attracted a record 500 archers from 70

countries to New York. The US and Korea each won three gold medals, with Italy and Australia winning a gold medal each in

individual events. The next World Archery Championships will be held in Madrid, Spain, in 2005.

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Frangilli Finally is King of the World Saturday July 19 - Men’s Recurve final

Saturday, July 19 Individual Finals

Archery officially went global at the World Archery Championships in New York today as the four world titles decided went to winners from four different continents. The four individual titles were won by archers from the host nation United States, Australia, South Korea and Italy. It was the first time the four titles had been won by four different nations since archery switched to its current World Championships format in 1993. The championships are held every two years. The highlight was a thriller in the men’s compound final between Australia’s Clint Freeman and American Dave Cousins which ended in a dramatic three-arrow tiebreaker. After the regulation 12 arrows, the men were tied on 114-114. This meant the archers went into a single arrow tiebreaker, where whoever shot the higher score would win. Both shot a 10 with their first arrow and a 9 with their second. On the third arrow. Cousins, shooting first, scored 8. Freeman coolly stepped to the line and shot a bulls-eye 10 to win his first world title. "It is just amazing,” said Freeman. 29. “It doesn’t get any better than this.” They were sentiments shared by the three other winners. In the women's compound event, American Mary Zorn, 21, beat her college team-mate Amber Dawson 115-112. In the recurve events - the bow used at the Olympics - two superstars of the sport triumphed. South Korea’s Jun Mi Jin, the Sydney 2000 Olympic champion, won her titanic week-long battle with team-mate and defending world champion Park Sung Hyun 116-111. In the men’s event, two-time Olympic medalist Michele Frangilli of Italy won his first world crown by defeating Korean teenager Im Dong Hyun 113-112. For results and event reports, visit www.archery.org.

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Michele Frangilli of Italy found form early and held on to beat a surging Im Dong Hyun of South Korea to win his first World Championships title. Frangilli, 27. gained a solid lead early but had to hold his form as he watched the teenage Im bring the battle to him in the final end of three arrows in the 12arrow match. The two archers started the match in scintillating fashion, shooting six straight 10s. But Im faltered in the next two rounds, shooting two 8s and only one 10 during his next six arrows for 53 out of a possible 60 points. Frangilli took a commanding 87-83 lead into the last end, but after trading 10s with Im, he shot his first eight of the match with his second final arrow Im capitalised, shooting a second 10 and pulling within two points. However, Frangilli’s lead proved too much for the artful Im, as the young Korean shot a 9 with his final arrow. Frangilli sealed his world title with an 8. For Frangilli, a two-time Olympic medalist, the win capped a remarkable run of success over recent years. This was his third consecutive year winning a world title. He won the world indoor title in 2001, the world field title in 2002, and now has the most coveted crown of all, the world outdoor title. “I feel very good and very happy," said Frangilli said before heading to the medal podium, where he and his fellow medalists sprayed themselves with champagne. “This World Championships feels better than the others." In an all-Australian bronze medal final, David Barnes beat teammate Tim Cuddihy 115-106.

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Mastering the Mental Game with

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can increase the scope of each of these

The use of personal coaches and mental

processes while keeping them in balance.

gurus in many sports has become a common phenomenon and it has quickly

because capacity and balance of these three

is devoted to explaining how the shooter

“Lanny does an outstanding job of boiling down all the mental training

archers utilize personal coaches to maintain

processes is the key to high performance. The conscious circle is critical because it only has the capacity to consider one single

their physical and mental form. As though

thought at a time. The goal, then, is to focus

mumbo jumbo to a form anyone can understand and benefit from. His book is easy to read and understand and 1 recommend it at all my seminars."

on cue. a new mental management expert has arrived on the archery scene with a

on the proper single thought at the right

great deal of fanfare. Mr. Lanny Bassham,

called the Reticular Activating System

—Jay Bars Olympic Gold Medalist - Archery'

whose book, With Winning in Mind, quickly attracted a large audience of

controls what that thought is at any time

spread to archery as well. Many of our top

competitive archers, has now produced an audio mental management program in a 3 8 Audio Cassettes $100.00

6 CDs $125.00

CD set specifically for shooters.

In the

time to improve performance. Something

and one’s decision in based on pay value what is most important to you. Pay value

is a product of established goals and one’s

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ability to focus. Experience impacts upon the mental picture that the conscious mind

series, Mr. Bassham teaches the reader his

considers. Our will power can influence

system for maximizing performance under

the picture if our focus and concentration

the pressure of tournament conditions.

are strong enough to bring a positive

This system was used by the author to

help him win several major international rifle competitions to include 22 world

picture to bear. Physical skills reside within the sub conscious circle. The sub-conscious can

championships, establish four world

consider literally millions of things

Lanny Bassham

records and win Olympic gold in 1976. His

simultaneously, thus it can control the

Olympic Gold Medalist World Champion.

system was specifically developed by Mr.

physical aspects of a shot leaving one’s conscious mind to focus on aiming.

Os er 20 years experience teaching mental performance to elite shooters

Bassham to assist his preparation for those events. His mental management program

practice sessions develop good technique,

with several Olympic champions, and their

the sub-conscious will learn to take control of the shot process and will automatically

insights revealed the secrets of performing at high level under the intense pressure of world class competition. There are six CDs in the program which allow one to listen or review at leisure whether relaxed at

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Practice develops the skills set so if one’s

was created based upon in-depth interviews

home, driving, or on the shooting line.

The basic principle in the Mental Management System is the fact that one’s performance is a function of three mental

yield good performance.

“The best

shooters shoot automatically.” Self-Image may be the most important circle of all. It is what makes you “act like

you.” Self-Image defines your performance. A weak self-image = a weak performance. If you don’t believe you will

processes: conscious; sub-conscious; and,

win, you will not win because “it is not like you to win.” The Self-Image works on the

self-image. Much of the author’s advice

“Comfort Zone" principle. If you begin to

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perform outside your comfort zone, your self-image will adjust your performance to bring you back into that comfort zone so you will ultimately “shoot like you shoot.” Your self-image and

your performance are always equal; so, to improve your performance, you must adjust your self-image.

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The key to high performance is to keep the three circles in balance and working in harmony (the Triad State).

Achieving

the Triad State vastly improves one’s chances for

good

performance. A shooter’s practice regimen should incorporate equal development of all three circles. The author describes tried and true methods to increase the size of your circles. Goal-setting is critical and writing down

your goals creates a commitment which will make you follow

through in achieving those goals.

One must develop strong

concentration and focus skills through practice.

If you work to

increase the size of these three circles, while keeping them in

balance and harmony, you will be able to beat anybody whose circles are smaller than yours.

Developing the Conscious Circle begins with a focus on positive images/thoughts. The conscious mind thinks only of one

thought at a time; therefore, a positive picture is essential to good

has upgraded his technology

performance. Growing this circle demands that one learn to focus

only on positive thoughts, pictures, and memories.

The Sub-Conscious Circle is where all the power resides.

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to CD Roms

Physical training impacts on the skill sets which comprise this

circle. All great shooting is done in the sub-conscious mind." If you allow the sub-conscious to automatically execute the shot, you are more likely to achieve the result your conscious mind

pictured. Building the Sub-Conscious Circle requires a consistent training program as the best way to advance rapidly. One should treat every training day as if it were a tournament to extract

maximum training value. Meanwhile, Self-Image controls the end result, giving you what you expect to get, in concert with your comfort zone. To

improve performance, work on improving your sei f-image. Habits and attitudes comprise one’s self-image. Past experience is largely

responsible for your attitude, but the future does not necessarily reflect the present image. There are two primary ways to change

and has added more information revealing more ‘secrets’ to improve your scores including mental tips from Lanny Bassham

the self-image: by controlling what you think, talk, and write

about; and, by running a directive affirmation program. A directive affirmation is simply a written commitment which details

your goal, the pay value, and the plan to achieve that goal within a timeframe - a plan which works time and time again. Mental Management for Shooting Sports is a unique program designed to help serious archers grow to achieve their aspirations.

It closely follows the author’s highly successful book, but includes much more detail and examples on many points.

I have only

touched on the highlights in this review, but the details provide a very logical, ordered program to not only improve mental

performance under pressure situations, but also to develop an effective training regimen and personal philosophy as well. Mr. Bassham clearly believes that if one learns to run a mental program, they will never choke in a competitive event or suffer a

mental failure. If you are committed to achieving your ultimate archery skill level, then learn how to reach the Triad State. This audio learning tool is handily available at all times and well worth the price to serious archers. Check it out at his website:

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