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May 30 - Australia’s International Archery stakes have risen Erica Anear shot solidly to claim the field and target compound sharply as a result of a revised program of financial assistance for events, although some leading contenders were absent choosing to prepare for the World IFAA Championship in Australia in the nation’s finest recurvers, introduced by Archery Australia. June. The impending loss of the nation’s top performers who had Equipment choices ‘Down Under” have now reached a par abandoned the Australian Institute of Sports’ live-in facility to with our USA toxopholites with all the major bow manufacturers seek secure job futures, has been rectified by this new incentive program. Australia’s younger brigade will still be part of the AIS well represented. BowTech and PSE have their complete ranges set up under new coach Oh Kyo Moon, but quarterly payments available at Archery Supplies in Canberra, Australia’s leading wholesaler and retailer who have added these quality products to and numerous other incentives will be available to National their Darton, Martin, and Alpine compound stocks, as well as a Squad members who shoot 1300+ scores on a regular basis. huge range of Samick and Win&Win recurves. With Mathews, This has assured elite archers, such as Tim Cuddihy and David Inc., Hoyt, and British Merlin all on the Aussie market as well, Barnes, an opportunity to secure futures outside the sport, but along with Browning and Jennings, archers now have all the elite be rewarded financially by the attainment of the new National players to choose from. Squad criteria. Regular seminars with the National Coach will Accessory-wise, all the arrow brands, sight companies, release also be part of the new system. aid manufacturers, in fact every requirement for the tournament With Cuddihy, Barnes, Olympic gold medalist Simon Fairweather, World Team member Matt Grey, and youthful or hunting archer, is readily obtainable, so whether you need Spin Wing for your Ace’s or a bow quiver for that hunting trip Korean import Sky Kim all more than capable of attaining the or, in fact, any archery item, a call to a retail outlet will have that National Squad’s scoring requirements and consequently its request on its way to you immediately. ® financial rewards. A very optimistic future seems assured. Our lady archers may find consistent quarterly 1300+ scores more difficult with only the exceedingly promising 15 year-old, Jane Waller, a regular at this level along with West Australia’s Deonne Bridger, a seasoned competitor. Both Archery Australia and the Over 20 million hits per month. 1FAA, have conducted their National Championships with some impressive Worlds largest archery website scoring eventuating at both events. Clint Freeman annexed another National title Sponsored by over 50 after a tight contest with visiting New manufacturers. Zealand compounder Steve Clifton. As is usual, his score was in the 1390’s, but Talk to fellow archers, pros, competition was imposing. Visiting U.S. star John Dudley and bowhunters worldwide. revealed his class with outstanding scores in both target and field, a 1397 for his initial FITA and near faultless shooting on the field course with 358 and 360. Young ex-Korean recurver, 19 yearMessage Board includes: old Sky Kim continued his winning •General Archery Discussion streak with an impressive 1340 FITA, with veteran Matt Grey 1327 and a ♦Bowhunting Discussion returning David Barnes 1320 also in •Manufacturer's Product solid form. Announcements In the field, Dudley’s was the high The most comprehensive archery score, with veteran Aussie Denis •Traditional Archery Carson taking the title with an equally history website on the internet •Live Chat @ archerychat.com imposing 357/359 from compatriots includes hundreds of photos, Zoran Singerov, Clint Freeman and Pat Free Archery Articles articles, video and more. Coghlan all in the high 350’s Free Archery Reviews In the recurve match play, Kim was Free Classifieds again victorious over Matt Grey in the final. Deone Bridger annexed the Free Picture Galleries recurve target and field titles while September - October 2006
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The over-time thriller of these two champions in Compound Men was one of the highlights of the afternoon. In Compound Women, four archers went to shoot-off. We are now down to four archers per category, who will meet in the Finals Saturday. The top eight archers of each category were shooting on Thursday afternoon around the Gunnebo castle. They all had one goal in mind: be as close to perfect as possible and make the top four cut to play in the Finals on Saturday. Compound Men Nothing but perfection was enough in Compound Men. Local star, Morgan Lundin, Dave Cousins (USA) and the surprising Axel Langweige (GER) did not drop a single point in the 12 target course,
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On Saturday, Tradgardsforeningen Park in Goteborg welcomes the individual finals of the Field Archcry World Championships. Starting with the semi finals on four different targets (three arrows per target), the archers then finish on four new targets in matches for gold or bronze. The first title awarded today goes to Michele Frangilli of Italy, 2005 World Games winner and 2002 World Champion.
scoring a perfect 180 pts. John Dudley (USA) and Clint Freeman (AUS) had to go to shoot-off after scoring 179 pts each. They both shot two fives in their first two arrows. On the third arrow, Dudley barely hit the five, opening some room for Freeman. The Aussie could not take advantage shooting low on the four-ring. Nevertheless, the handshake of two true champions shows all the emotion of a shoot-off and the respect between them. Compound Women Jamie Van Natta (USA) showed she can raise her level when it matters - she scored 179 pts, followed by her teammate Jahna Davis with 175 pts. The two last spots before the Final gave way to another incredible shoot-off between four archers: Silke Hoettecke (GER), Gladys Willems (BEL), Frantjoise Voile (FRA) and Ingrid Olofsson (SWE). They all hit the five with their first arrow, but only Silke and Gladys could sustain the pressure in the 2nd arrow. They both scored five again and qualified for the final. Recurve Men The Italian Michele Frangilli just seemed unstoppable, scoring 175 pts, ahead of German Sebastian Rohrberg and American Vic Wunderle. For the fourth
place, Jean Michel Piquet (BEL) took the best over the Swedish legend Goran Bjerendal by only one point - 167 to 166 pts. This is the end of a great come back for the club member of Lindome. Recurve Women The Swedish have good news and bad news in this category. Elin Kattstrom was 1st with 167 pts, but Petra Ericsson fell to 5th with 162. The cut being set at 164 pts, it is who Dolores Cekada (SLO), Naomi Folkard (GBR) and Sophie Dodemont (FRA) reached it. Barebow Men Story repeated itself as in the Recurve Women: Matthias Larsson 1st ...and Martin Ottosson at a disapointing fifth. Italians Giuseppe Seimandi and Sergio Cassiani as well as Slovenian Miha Koscc went through eliminations. Barebow Women Austria invited itself to Saturday’s finals with Compound Women archer Rcingild Linhart. She will then face Luciana Pennacchi (ITA), Christine Gauthe (FRA) and Monika Jentges (GER). Sweden took first place in the junior category. Only Juuso Huhtala (FIN) broke the hegemony in Recurve Junior Men. ©
Recurve Men Starting with the Recurve Men category, today’s finals have been followed by a great number of cheering spectators in the beautiful and friendly park of Tradgardsforeningen right in the heart of the City of Goteborg. In a very tight match (58-57) defending champion Sebastian Rohrberg of Germany this time had to leave victory to his Italian opponent, in a remake of 2002 gold final. Frangilli’s victory is nothing but logics respected here, as he has been leading this week’s competition all the way from the very beginning with a great margin over all other male Recurve competitors. The bronze medal of this category goes to Vic Wunderle who added a medal to his quiver - after that won yesterday with the USA team - over French Jean-Michel Piquet (58-51). Recurve Women The four finalists of this category were very close to each other in the semi-finals. While local Elin Kattstrom was shooting 50 in her first match, Sophie Dodemont (FRA), Naomi Folkard (GBR) and Dolores Cekada (SLO) were all scoring 51 points.
It was sufficient for the French archer to go through to the gold final, but in the other match between Folkard and Cekada, a shoot-off arrow was needed to decide the winner. Shooting the highest possible score with her additional arrow, it is the Slovenia lady who won the right to fight for the world title - Folkard shooting a four. Sophie Dodemont lost all illusion when she shot on the wrong target (the one for barebow!) at the last but one spot. Her score on this arrow being lost, it was impossible for her to recover with only three arrows left. She therefore leaves victory and gold to Slovenia Dolores Cekada. In the match for bronze, all British fans were behind their archer, hoping she would finally offer them a first and only medal in these championships... what she did after defeating Swedish Elin Kattstrom by 53-49. This certainly gives little relief to the organizers of the next Field World Championships who will welcome this event in Wales in 2008. Compound Men The Compound Men archers have one more time shown what perfect shooting
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was! In the semi-finals both Morgan Lundin (SWE) and Dave Cousins (USA) shot a perfect 60 on their four targets. John Dudley (USA) and Axel Langweige (GER) could only bow before the superiority of their opponents and fight against each other for the bronze medal. It is finally the American who proved the strongest in a close match he won 59 to 58, offering a new medal to his country’s harvest. The very last shots of the competition were also the most exciting ones, thanks to Dave Cousins and Morgan Lundin, two of the greatest archers of the time. The American showman put pressure on his Swedish rival shooting close to perfection (59) in the last match of the afternoon. But it was without counting on the experience of Swedish World Games Champion: supported by a great number of local fans, Lundin once again proved he knew how to hold his nerves and shot 12 perfect arrows to add a gold medal to his quiver. Compound Women The Compound Women gold match needed a shoot-off to decide its winner between Gladys Willem of Belgium and Silke Hoettecke of Germany (56-56). After a perfect additional arrow while her opponent scored a four, the German lady
fell in tears realizing she had become the new World Champion of her category. The American Jamie Van Natta, recent new World Record holder in Target Archery, gives a new medal to her country. In a 100% American match for bronze, Van Natta achieved an excellent 59 round upsetting her teammate Jahna Davis by one little point. Barebow Men It was an Italian feast in Goteborg today, with two “Azzurri” on the Barebow Men’s podium, Giuseppe Seimandi in gold and Sergio Massimo Cassiani in bronze. The two of them were first opposed in the semi-finals, a match that Seimandi won by 56-52. Cassiani was then facing Slovenian Mi ha Kosec whom he upset 51-48. The gold medal match opposed Seimandi to Swedish Mattias Larsson. Although cheered up by many local fans, Larsson could do nothing but leave victory to his opponent by only one point (50-51) and leave “his” championships with the silver medal. Barebow Women In this category the ranking after the eliminations - Linhart (AUT), Pennacchi (ITA), Gauthe (FRA), and Jentges (GER) has been totally upset. First seed Reingild
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was shooting in her home town and got strong support from her teammates Annika Ahlund and Ingrid Olofsson. In the men's team competition the 4th placed Americans created the upset by defeating the Swedish team by two points in the semi-finals. The very strong performance of the Barebow archer made the difference. This is a domain where the Swedes have dominated in the past. The opponents of the Americans in the gold medal final were the Italians who entered the final as the favourites after easily winning against the German team. However, once more Mark Applegate shot close to perfection with three 5’s and one 3 at the last target. The Italians could only match this with 4’s and Dave Cousins and Vic Wunderle took care of the rest. So gold goes to USA with 56 points, silver is for Italy with Germany claiming the bronze. In the juniors class Italy got its consolation by claiming the title with one point advantage over Sweden. ©
Goteborg - 01 September 2006 by: Ludivine Maitre Wicki / Tom Dielen
This afternoon at Gunnebo Castle, spectators could attend a very exciting team competition for Field World Championships medals between archery teams who would not drop any arrow away. And it is finally the Swedish ladies and the American men who put the first gold medals into their quiver. After defeating France by one point (50-49) in the semi-final, the German ladies would fight for gold against the Swedish favorites, who for their part, won over Austria (51-47). In the Final Sweden left no doubt who would win and claimed the title with a 6 point margin. This is great news for the Swedish organizers who have their first gold medal. It is also one more medal for Petra Ericsson who September - October 2006
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Linhart could not shoot over 44 and was first defeated by Monika Jentges in the semi-final and then by Christine Gauthe in the bronze medal match. The favorite after the qualification and elimination rounds, she will leave Goteborg with no medal at all after she and her team mates also ranked fourth in yesterday’s team event. Christine Gauthe from France winning the bronze, Monika Jentges and Luciana Pennacchi were left to shoot for gold. The Italian lady proved to be in her best form shooting 53 and 47 today. For her part, after upsetting Linhart in the semi-final, the German archer Monika Jentges could not hold her nerves in the gold final shooting a low 41 score. But no doubt she is happy with her 2006 Field Championships, as she is bringing back home two silver medals (team and individual). ©
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ARCHERY: Wunderle, Scavotto, Cousins and Van Natta Win National Titles COLORADO SPRINGS. CO - The 2006 National Target Champions were determined today, bringing an end to the 122nd National Target Championships and setting the stage for tomorrow's Tenth Annual U.S. Open. Two-time Olympian Vic Wunderle (Mason City, IL) and 2000 Olympian Karen Scavotto (Enfield, CT) captured national titles for recurve, while Dave Cousins (Standish, ME) and Jamie Van Natta (Toledo, OH) took the national titles on the compound side. Two-time Olympian Vic Wunderle (Mason City, IL) took the National Title in the men’s recurve category for the second year in a row after finishing with a score of 2640. Tim Meyers (Ft. Worth, TX) took second with 2604. while four-time Olympian Butch Johnson (Woodstock, CT) finished in third place with 2595. After not competing for two years, 2000 Olympian Karen Scavotto took the 2006 National title for the recurve women with a final score of 2632. Three-time Olympian for the Republic of Georgia Khatuna Lorig (Stanhope. NJ) finished in second with 2630, while 2004 Olympian Jennifer Nichols (Cheyenne, WY) took third place with 2591. Cousins won his eighth consecutive National Title today for the compound men after finishing with a score of 2784. Braden Gellcnthien (Hudson, MA) took second with 2781 and Reo Wilde (Pocatello, ID) finished in third place with 2779. Van Natta, who set a new world record of 1402 for a single FITA on Wednesday claimed her third consecutive National Title for the compound women, after finishing the tournament with a score of 2786. Jahna Davis (Helena, MT) finished in second with 2763, while Sally (Wunderle) Seipp (Peoria, IL) took third with a score of 2722. Jeff Fabry (Tulare, CA), a 2004 Paralympic bronze medalist, won the National Title in the AR-1 male compound category with a score of 2705. Chuck Lear (Lee’s Summit, MO), a 2004 Paralympian, took third place with 1825. Kevin Stone (Kodak, TN), Fabry’s 2004 Paralympic team bronze medal teammate, finished in first place in the AR-2 male recurve category with 2261. Lindsey Carmichael (Lago Vista, TX), a 2004 Paralympian, finished in 24th place in the Senior women’s recurve category with a total score of 2344. Janice Waith (Lodi, CA), the first-ever blind archer to compete at a U.S. National Championship, finished the tournament with a score of 1347 in the visually impaired (VI) compound bow category. Over 450 archers from around the country including Olympians, Paralympians, World Champions, United States Archery Team (USAT) members, world record holders, top junior archers and international archers from Bolivia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico and South Africa competed for the national title in Colorado Springs this week.
Tomorrow (August 5th) will conclude the tournament with the Tenth Annual U.S. Open, a head-to-head elimination round or Olympic Round (OR) where archers shoot from a distance of 70 meters. This OR competition is the same format used during the Olympic Games. The U.S. Open features both U.S. and foreign competitors. The 2006 Jr. World Team Trials are also being held in conjunction with the National Championships and will conclude on Sunday, August 6 with the top 64 junior and cadet finishers from the Nationals Championships competing in round robin match play. The Jr. World Trials will decide the team for the 2006 Junior World Championships in Mexico this October. The top three finishers in the Junior and Cadet divisions include:
Junior Male Recurve Brady Ellison (Chula Vista, CA) - 2579 Jake Kaminski (Edgewater, FL) - 2550 Danny Schuller (Mercer, PA) - 2485
Junior Female Recurve Maggie Huff (Tucson, AZ) - 2521 Stephanie Rowland (Orchard Park. NY) - 2496 Andrea Garner (Port Lavaca, TX) - 2474
Junior Male Compound Paul Tedford (Great Falls, MT) - 2739 John Fleury (Westford, VT) - 2720 Zachary Plannick (Coraopolis, PA) - 2700
Junior Female Compound Erika Anschutz (Grand Island, NE) - 2783 Lindsay Christensen (Preston, ID) - 2673 Allison Lorenti (Trumbull, CT) - 2669
Cadet Male Recurve Forrest Blakley (Cobden, IL) — 2573 Aaron Henslin (Screven, GA) -2563 Glen Thomas (Mercer, PA) - 2524
Cadet Female Recurve Kayla DcBord (Victoria, TX) - 2552 Amanda Purvis (Kennewic, WA) - 2488 Megan Carter (Hermitage, PA) - 2454
Cadet Male Compound Cory Monahan (Kinderhook, NY) - 2756 Corey Muellenbach (Sartell, MN) - 2722 Adam Wruck (Rice, MN) - 2692
Cadet Female Compound Kendal Nicely (Gorham, ME) - 2749 Amber Christensen (Preston, ID) - 2739 Robyn Repp (Scottsdale, AZ) - 2699 For complete National Championship results in all categories. please visit www.usarchery.org © 268
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2006-2007 Resident Athlete Program Begins September 1 in Chula Vista, California COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - The 2006-2007 USA Archcry Resident Athlete (RA) Program will begin at the Olympic Training Center (OTC) in Chula Vista, CA on September 1, 2006. The RA Program year runs from September I through August 31. USA Archery previously did not have an official RA Program in Chula Vista since June of 2004, following the 2004 Olympic Trials, until the program started up again March 1, 2006 following the hiring of new National Head Coach Ki Sik Lee. Fourteen total RAs will be participating in the RA Program for the next year. There will be eight men and six women, with seven returning from the last group that has been at the OTC since March including: Tyler Domenech (Airville, PA), Brady Ellison (Glendale, AZ), Guy Krueger (Blessing, TX), Tyler Martin (Montville, NJ), Kate Anderson (Sacramento, CA), Joy
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& Outdoor Field Championship Article by Glenn Campbell Photos by Larry Hix-
Tom Crowe set a new 3-D National record and also won the Senior Pro Field Nationals. ★This photo by Glenn Campbell
Well the 61st Annual NFAA Outdoor Field Championship and Unmarked 3-D Championship has come and gone already. My how time flies! It was another great year for shooting in Yankton, South Dakota. The tournament took place from July 22nd to July 28th. The weather was much cooler this year. It was 98 degrees instead of 113! The friendly little town was waiting with open arms for all the archers to arrive. There were signs posted everywhere to welcome the archers. Arriving at the registration tent, everything was just as beautiful as I remembered it from last year. All the vendors were set up in the area to help you and show you all their new products. The lake and beach area was within walking distance from all the action. This year, participants had the option to shoot for either three days or all five days. The event was seven days long if you came for the Unmarked 3-D and three to five days long if you only came for the Field Championship. With the high cost of gas and everything else, it gave many people a break on expenses so they could come for at least the first three days. The courses were just as steep as they were last year. You were cutting yardage or adding it on every shot! I had fun shooting with my friend, Larry Wise, who has written many books on archery. As we walked along, we came up with all kinds of ideas for his next book. He even showed me his formula on how to adjust my stabilizer for the proper length, while he grinned at me like a Cheshire cat! I was stunned! As the scores came in for the Outdoor Field Championship, Tom Crowe topped the Leader Board in the Senior Pro division, followed by Tom Coblentz and Derry Null. The Open Pro division was won by Jesse Broadwater, followed by Dave Cousins and Jimmy Butts. Jamie Van Natta won the Pro Female division, followed by Jahna Davis and Erika Anschutz, Rodney Huffman won the Limited Pro division, followed by Charlie Owens and Randy Brabec. Continued on page 273 270
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Continued from page 271 Yankton is a very friendly town and hosted a really great tournament! If you ever get out that way, stop and sec Bruce Cull and his lovely wife at their archery shop “South Dakota Archery.” Bruce has five of everything you want! And be sure to stop in at one of the local restaurants for a great meal and take time out of your busy day to enjoy the beautiful countryside. I saw more shooters here this year than last. The NFAA staff worked very hard to make this tournament a big success. Why, every time I caught a glimpse of Brian Sheffler, he was flying one way or another, carrying water or something! And anyone who has ever set up a target range knows that it’s a lot of work to change targets on that many courses in one evening. I thank every one of you for a great event and all the hard work you did to make it possible! This year the archers showed up to shoot their best! Each year the event seems to grow bigger and bigger. Everyone I spoke to thought Yankton was a great location for it. They wished it wotdd stay there for another three or four years. We will see what the future of this event brings. In the meantime, until we meet for the Vegas Shoot, shoot straight and stay safe! ©
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ABOUrOURMMUHRM Prior to the Face 2 Face Archery Tournaments we will publish our newsletters on a regular basis to keep you up to date. These newsletters will be sent to everyone registered for the tournament or the open selection rounds and to those who registered to receive our newsletter. ♦The Face 2 Face Archery Tournaments Newsletter is not a premanent edition to The U.S. & Intrnalional Archer, Inc. magazine.
The third edition of the Face 2 Face Archery tournament will be held December 8-10, 2006 at the venue of the 2004 and 2005 edition of the tournament: Sporthallen Zuid in Amsterdam.
■TTW FOR OTROHMTORB For the 2006 edition of the Face 2 Face, there will be no entry fees for spectators. Thanks to our sponsors we can offer a free entry for all spectators to the 2006 edition of F2F. This is one of the actions of the F2F tournament organisation to get even more people to the Sporthallen Zuid venue during the 2006 F2F competition and to let a broad audience enjoy the top performances of the world’s best archers.
NmoMm Already 12 different ensigns indicate the nationalities of the participants registered so far for the 2006 F2F. Members of ten different pro-teams will shoot for their sponsors and promote their names. If your standard is not yet included, you can be the one to open it by making your registration now! Please don’t forget to send in your entry form in time for the December 2006 Face 2 Face competition in Amsterdam.
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At the same time of the Face 2 Face and in the same venue, in a separate gymnasium, there will be organized a Mini Face 2 Face for juniors and cadets. The F2F tournament directors are happy that this initiative has been a great success in the 2005 edition of the F2F. For the 2006 F2F, the interest among the promising young archers of the Netherlands to participate in the 2006 Mini F2F is overwhelming and the number of young participants has doubled. We want to give as many cadets and juniors the chance to get acquainted with the great Face 2 Face concept and the tension archery gives.
Another initiative of the Face 2 Face tournament in 2005 was to organize special sessions to promote the sport of archery among people with a disability. This activity will be repeated in 2006, as archery is the sport for all. Some of the most experienced coaches of the Netherlands that have been successful in the International Competition of Archery for Disabled Athletes. Members of the Dutch team training for the Paralympics in Beijing 2008, will assist in the special clinics that will take place during the 2006 F2F tournament. The City of Amsterdam and the Dutch Archery Association fully support these activities.
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HRBOAOTHMMROT After the world premiere and extremely successful life registration of the Face 2 Face archery tournament in 2005, the organizers of the 2006 F2F edition in Amsterdam plan to open one separate target lane during the whole tournament that will be under permanent camera control for direct web cast. Specially selected matches between the top competitors during the Elimination Rounds will take place on this show lane. Last minute polls will give the visitors of the F2F website the option to influence the selected matches on this special show lane. Internet has a great promotional value for a sport like archery. This influence of Internet will be growing more and more in the future. Because of the promotional value to archery, the Dutch Archery Association supports the webcast project in order to reach their goal of 10,000 registered archers in The Netherlands.
Les reglemehts du tournoi Face-enFace 2006 seront publies en franpais sur notre site. Voir http://www.face2facearchery.org. The rules for the competition are published in English and in French on our website. There will be three international judges on the 2006 F2F tournament in Amsterdam. One of them will be a native French speaker. 11 y aura trois juges FITA du niveau international, un des eux parle le franqais assez bien.
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During the Face 2 Face tournament, a lot of archery activities will take place in the venue. One separate sport arena in the Sporthallen Zuid venue will be the place where people get the opportunity to have a ‘come-and-try’. In the lounges of the venue, other promotional and entertaining activities will be organized - more information to come in future newsletters.
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July 2006 It wasn’t that long ago that Roy Grimes, Executive Director of the National Archery in the Schools Program, hoped that NASP would be in half of the states in the U.S. by 2008. He certainly didn’t imagine that NASP would be in 40 states by September 2006. And, at that point, he never dreamed of the program going international. Thanks to the unprecedented success of NASP in the U. S., other countries are noticing. All but one province in Canada has expressed interest with three provinces. Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Nova Scotia, virtually racing to be first. Mexico is expected to come into the NASP world very soon. South Africa, Barbados, New Zealand. Spain and England are all looking at introducing archery into their schools using NASP. But it is Australia that has officially become the second country to incorporate the National Archery in the Schools Program!
Neil Curtis of Victoria is Australian’s first NASP Coordinator. A police officer, Curtis was selected by the Australian Department of Education and Park and Recreation Department to become certified to train teachers. Curtis completed training on June 5, 2006 in Kansas City, Kansas and will soon begin to train teachers from the 17 schools in the Australian pilot school program. Says Curtis, “From receiving the very first piece of information I have seen the NASP program continually develop and grow.’’ He adds, “We are expecting to be in a position in 20072008 to send a team to the U.S. to represent Australia. My expectations keep growing and I feel this may well become the single biggest sporting and socially mending program in our country.” Which country is next? Only time will tell. If NASP’s experience in the U.S. is any indication, once the word gets, everybody will want to participate. As Roy Grimes says, “I tell people that there are two reasons why NASP has been so successful so quickly,” says Grimes, “The program works and God answers prayers.” Industry donations, such as the $50,000 donation by the National Wild Turkey Federation, are integral to help cover the training and administrative costs of NASP. Industry participants are encouraged to get behind the NASP cause. Not only for the future of archery but for the future of our National Archery in the Schools Program teachers nation’s (and now world’s) youth. for the Australian pilot school program
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US. Junior World Archery Team Article and Photo courtesy of Steve Anschutz Seventeen-year-old Erika Anschutz of Grand Island, Nebraska competed in the U.S. Junior World Archery Team Trials competition that was held in Colorado Springs, Colorado during August 1-6, and finished in first place in her division for a prestigious spot on the U.S. Junior World Archery Team. As a member of the elite U.S. Team, Erika will represent the U.S. in both individual and team competitions against other top young women (age 18 and under) from around the globe at the IX Junior World Outdoor Target Archery Championships that will be held in Merida, Mexico on October 15-21, 2006. The U.S. Junior World Team is comprised of 24 young men and women archers from across the nation who arc divided into eight, three-person teams based on their gender, age (age groups 17-18 and 16 and under) and type of bow used (recurve or compound). Erika, who is a member of the junior women’s compound bow team, will be joined by Lindsey Christensen (Preston, Idaho) and Holly Hcinsohn (Cuero, Texas). The U.S. Team, which is sponsored by the National Archery Association (NAA), will be led by a veteran staff of six coaches, experienced in international target archery competition. Archery Championship which was held in Madrid, Spain during This is the sixth U.S. World Archery Team that Erika has June 20-26, 2005. During that tournament, she qualified for the qualified for since 2002. During August 2002, she traveled Olympic Round in fourth place out of a field of 86 top female with the U.S. Junior Team to Nymburk. Czech Republic for the archers from 32 countries and then went on to earn a silver VII Junior World Outdoor Target Archery Championships and medal in the team event. Erika has amassed a total of seven established a new world record score while winning the gold world archery titles since 2002. medal in the individual compound bow competition for cadet For detailed information about Erika’s results at the recent women (age 16 and under). Less than one year later, Erika was U.S. Junior World Archery Team Trials competition and to learn the youngest member of the U.S. Team that went to Nimes, more about the U.S. Junior World Archery Team, please visit France during March 2003 for the VII World Indoor Archcry the NAA’s website at http://www.usarchery.org/ Additional Championship. While in France, she competed in the junior information about the upcoming IX Junior World Outdoor Target women (age 18 and under) compound bow division and won Archery Championships in Mexico may also be obtained by her second and third world titles with first and second place visiting http://www.idey.gob.mx/rita/welcome.asp finishes in the team and individual competitions, respectively. Erika graduated from Grand Island Senior High School During July 2004, Erika competed in the VIII Junior World in May 2006 and Outdoor Target Archery plans to further her Championship at Lilleshall, formal education at the Great Britain She won gold University of Nebraska and bronze medals at that by Coffey Marketing Corporation this coming fall. In tournament in the junior addition to archery, division for the team and she enjoys listening individual competitions, WEIGHING MODES: g. lbs to music, watching respectively. In March WEIGHING AMOUNT >: 220 lbs. movies, and spending 2005, Erika traveled with HAS PEAK HOLDING WEIGHT time with her family -HOLDS WEIGHT AMOUN T FOR the U.S. Team to Aalborg, and friends. Erika is I TO I 1/2 MINUTES Denmark for the VIII CAN WEIGH LIKE A the daughter of Steve World Indoor Archery NORMAL SCALE and Jurita Anschutz. Championship where she BACKLIT FUNCTION Steve is employed by the won a silver medal while OPERATES ON TWO U.S. Fish and Wildlife competing in the individual AAA BATTERIES Service in Grand Island, event for junior women. (INCLUDED) while Jurita works for Later on that same year, HAS TEMPERATURE The Procter & Gamble Erika earned a spot on the Company at its lams U.S. Senior World Archery Contact: facility near Aurora, Team that competed in the Coffey Marketing Nebraska. © 43rd World Outdoor Target
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West Virginia's the country. However. West Virginia's NASP Continues DNR received national attention when Archery in the the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf to Grow Bn and Blind became the first school in the Schools Program nation for the hearing and sight impaired the U.S. to participate in this program. “We have B : R G , P , Reaches 100 had archery as part of our curriculum NASP F in the past, but not at this level, and the Schools opportunity for our students to participate The news from the National Archery y
When the school year begins this fall. students from 100 schools around the state will be participating in the West Virginia Archery in the Schools Program. according to Scott Warner. Program Coordinator for the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. DNR began its pilot program in the fall of 2004 with only 19 schools. Since then, the program has experienced a tremendous amount of interest from teachers around the state. In fact, this interest has allowed DNR to host trainings in every region of the state, reaching 156 teachers from 100 schools. Because of the success of this program, last May the DNR hosted its first State Archery Tournament at Capital High School where 300 students from 23 schools around the state participated. “The Archery in the Schools Program has become one of DNR's largest and fastest growing educational programs, reaching thousands of kids within the first two years,” Warner said. “Working with the Department of Education, wildlife organizations, and teachers, we’ve been able to bring an activity into the physical education class that anyone can participate in (no matter their size) and teach a skill that can be enjoyed throughout a lifetime.” West Virginia is one of 38 states that are participating in this national program, with similar success being experienced by state wildlife agencies throughout
side-by-side with other students at a statewide archery tournament was terrific," said Bob Haines, Physical Education instructor for the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind. “In fact, two of our girls finished first and second place in their division and my students are already excited about participating in next year's tournament.” “We knew that this program was going to be a success when we started two years ago," Warner said. “However, we didn’t expect to reach this many schools so fast. A lot of work has gone into reaching this point and a lot of credit needs to be given to the teachers and volunteers who believe in this program. Special thanks also need to be given to wildlife organizations such as the West Virginia Bowhunters Association, the National Wild Turkey Federation and the West Virginia Trophy Hunters Association for their financial donations; without them we wouldn’t have been able to reach as many schools.” “Seeing the excitement in a kid when he or she shoots a bow for the first time, though the arrow may not have hit anywhere near the center of the target, then seeing them win their division at a State archery tournament a few months later, you understand why this program has grown so fast,” Warner concluded. Teachers interested in participating in this program, or wildlife organizations wanting to make a donation are encouraged to visit DNR’s Web site at www.wvdnr.gov or call 304-558-2771 ®
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Fund Raising Opportunity for NASP Schools Outdoor Connection, a proud sponsor of NASP, is helping schools raise money for their NASP program. Outdoor Connection represents over 250 outdoor hunting and fishing adventures located throughout the world. Ron Dierscn, your Outdoor Connection representative, will work with you to put together just the right adventure raffle for your school. The raffle is customized per your requirements. For instance, a NASP raffle currently underway in Kentucky is offering 2, three day whitetail deer hunts to one lucky winner. A maximum of 1,000 ten dollar tickets will be sold. The cost for the adventure is $2,400. The school’s NASP program will clear S7,600. If the winning ticket holder does not want the whitetail deer hunt, the value of the hunt can be applied towards any adventure offered by Ron. The flexibility of choosing any adventure makes it easier to sell tickets. Ron will also help pay the expenses to print up to 1000 tickets. Please visit www.GoHuntAndFish.com or call Ron (toll free) 1-866-464-8680 for additional information. © 282
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Notes from Jennie Kentucky NASP State Coordinator By Jennie Richardson, KDFWR
The “NASP at the ASA” competition held in Metropolis, IL on June 30 and July 1 was a huge success. Over 100 shooters braved the sweltering heat and incessant bugs to compete in this great event. With temperatures hovering around the century mark, NASP kids from around the country shot the usual 30 arrow competition, which was followed by a ten-target 3D round with the targets placed at unknown distances. But that was only the beginning... The biggest fun of all was when the pro shooters from Mathews and many other different bow companies showed up and were matched with NASP kids for a team competition. One pro shooter was overheard saying, “I can’t believe how well these kids shoot!” Of course, all the shooters were shooting NASP equipment, including the pros who seemed to feel out of place without their competition bows. sights and arrows. A lot of the NASP kids even beat the pro shooters in their group and were understandably proud. At the conclusion of the team shoot, awards were given to the winning teams. The awards given were not the usual trophy or medallion, but Genesis bows, Easton 1820 arrows, NASP style targets and a variety of 3-D targets were awarded
The date for the Kentucky tournament, rules changes, districting and success stories were all major topics of conversation at our Regional Coordinator’s training held the last of August at Camp Earl Wallace. All nine regional coordinators were able to attend and receive information, training and have direct input in the new developments of Kentucky NASP. First, the date for the state tournament has been set for Monday, April 2, at the International Convention Center in Louisville. This tournament will showcase the top teams and individuals from all nine regions, as this will allow for every team in the state to be eligible to “win their way” into the state and tournament venues. There are some very distinctive rule changes that will be implemented beginning in the '06-'07 season including: * Arrows should be nocked in the same place every time; *three fingers are required to be UNDER the nock; *index finger should be touching the nock; and *ALL archers will be required to anchor in the corner of their mouth. Archers must use the same nocking and anchor points for each shot. Face and/or string walking will not be permitted. There will be no draw checks and archers must have their index finger touching the arrow nock. (In the case of physical disability, a chew strap may be used in the place of fingers.) As always, there will be no marks allowed on the sight window, string or bow to use as an aiming reference. We are very pleased to see our Kentucky NASP students branching out to experience archery all over the world. There were students from Kentucky at every major 1BO and ASA 3-D tournament this year; there were Kentucky kids shooting in Vegas this year; there were Kentucky students placing in the top archers in the world in F1TA and JOAD competitions! We’re very proud of these kids and their accomplishments and look forward to seeing what is to come in '07! © September - October 2006
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Toxonics is offering the new Top Dog K.955 in three durable anodized finishes. In addition to the black that matches the hardware of many hunting bows, you can get other colors to match premium bow lines, for example pewter and brown. At the heart of this model are Toxonics’ new Metal Optic™ pins that combine a tough steel blade with a brilliant fiber optic tube fully supported in a channel along its entire length. The half-moon-shaped pins are no wider in the hunter’s view than the thin rods they replace, yet far stronger. “The Metal Optic™ pin’s entire housing is machined from a piece of solid steel,” Designer and President Scott Slates explained. “That eliminates the fear that threads will be stripped from them or that the pin body will break as it can when it’s made from plastic. The revolutionary Metal Optic™ pins provide uncompromised hunting performance in rough, brushy terrain and virtually eliminate the need for replacement pins.” The large pin guard allows the florescent green aim ring to be visible through a peep on the shorter bows popular today, where the string is farther from the eye. The guard has an integral level and is scalloped to lighten it, then tapped to accept an optional
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When stalking the buck of a lifetime in God’s country, you don’t want to miss an opportunity due to inadequate camouflage. That’s why industry leader BowTech1' is now offering Mossy Oak* Brush'” as a camouflage upgrade to all their innovative hunting bows. The Mossy Oak Brush design is a blend of grasses, dirt, natural elements and subtle shadows to provide the ultimate concealment in places where it can be impossible to find cover. This unique camo pattern is designed specifically to make concealment in open rangelands, mountain foothills, and agricultural areas as effective as other Mossy Oak patterns are in wooded or marshy areas. Mossy Oak was founded in 1986 by Toxey Haas, whose company has grown from a successful camouflage company to an outdoor lifestyle, which now includes apparel, licensees, and numerous subsidiaries. “We’re thrilled to be working with BowTech, as they are very well-respected in the hunting industry,” said Mary Jane Carpenter, Mossy Oak’s vice president of marketing. “BowTech’s innovative, dependable bows have set the standard for serious outdoor enthusiasts, and we’re looking forward to a rewarding, mutually beneficial relationship with them.” BowTech ensures its quality bows’ performance and longevity by manually testing each bow they build. Plus, BowTech offers a lifetime warranty on every bow sold. i ue U.S. and International Archer, Inc. - www.usarcher.com
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Every so often the stars align, a rooster crows, the tides your self in the month has always been most people’s concern. come in and something amazing is born. I know for the past Letting the bow down without a misfire is another concern. I decade 1 have been asking for a release that would cure target personally made it through both of those fears and eventually panic and teach the average archer what an unanticipated shot made it safely back to a hand-held trigger release. Learning how sequence feels like. 1 see target panic and improper release to properly engage a shot and have unanticipated execution is execution almost everywhere 1 look, which lately has been all another story though. That took a lot of time and a lot of trial over the World. Most archers just aren't educated on proper form and error. and body alignment This new Evolution to aid in having is the perfect release the proper rotation for teaching this. involved with firing The way it works a mechanical release is strictly off you aid; nor do they have building pressure the mental mind set inside the release by to hold the pin on pulling against the the target and have holding weight of the confidence that all of bow until the release that will happen. To fires. For example, make matters worse, I hold about 18.2 there hasn't been pounds on my target a release that was bows. Using a scale designed specifically I set the Evolution to for helping people fire at 20.5 pounds. cure target panic. The way this release Jerry Carter works is; you hold continues to evolve the trigger down as the mechanical you pull back. The release designs trigger is your safety! into higher quality, Then once you get ergonomically into your valley and fitting and properly anchor in, let your functioning release thumb off the trigger Here is a student using the Evolution along with a Genesis Pro and Air Bow aids. His latest and begin pulling and brain child, the building preasure on “Evolution”, is just the back wall of the that, an Evolution. This is the training aid we ALL have been cam until the release fires. It is awesome. If you need to let down, waiting for! just depress the trigger and hold it down while you let down the Years ago, I discovered the need to have a release that would bow. I have been working with Jerry on several versions of this activate off the pulling motion that most of the top archers in concept for many, many years and this is such a perfect concept the world have mastered. Firing a release using proper muscles for struggling archers. Learning to do nothing but pull until the “back tension”, “scapula rotation”, whatever you want to call it. shot fires. 1 was an archer that fought target panic in the mid 90’s and What is so cool about this release is if you want to take it if it weren’t for Dr. Ulmer getting me onto a Carter Revenger one step further you can combine it with a Genesis Pro and a release, I might still have it. However, I, like many people who Vibracheck Air bow. The Genesis Pro has a simple screw that have cured their target panic, used a hinge-style release to cure you can move on the cam to cover a full range of draw length it. Hinge style releases are very good and will cure target panic, without changing poundage. Plus it is only 25 pounds max, but they often leave as many people scared of them as they do so it is easy to back down the poundage to the exact holding people shooting better. Having to pull back without punching weight you have on your competition bow. Once you have the 292
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say thank you to these men and women, we should, so they will understand what their sacrifices mean to us all.” Tiller understands what it means to be away from home and in harm’s way. In 2003 he spent time in Iraq with a disaster W relief organization working on a water purification effort in the area. “I know some of the sacrifices those serving overseas have made,” said Tiller. “It’s hard to be so far away from home.” Tiller was right at home at the event in Texas however. “The man was a bull out there — from conducting an inspiring opening blessing to jumping from table to table feeding people all night long — he was tireless.” said Roger Bales, assistant to Keith Warren. Over and above rolling up his sleeves to serve our nations finest at the event, Tiller’s personal experience on the front lines motivated a deep need to show his appreciation in another way. Upon meeting two of the injured soldiers who shared their interest in bowhunting with him, Tiller then arranged for custommade BowTech Tribute Bows for the two men. “We were all happy to have this chance to serve those who have selflessly provided service to our country,” said Tiller. “It was an honor to pay tribute to them for their sacrifices — and to simply say thank you.” Bowtech manufactures and distributes the world's finest compound bows and archery equipment. Founded in 1999, BowTech’s corporate offices are located on the outskirts of Eugene, Oregon. BowTech divisions include Waterdog Surface Tech no 1 Ogies, formed in December 2003 and Diamond Archery, acquired in September, 2004. To learn more about BowTech, contact the company at 90553 Highway 99 North. Eugene, OR 97402 • (541) 284-4711 • Or visit www. bowtecharchery.com. © I I
Announcements BOWTECH® PARTICIPATES IN A "TRIBUTE" TO THOSE WOUNDED WHILE SERVING OVERSEAS Memorial Day, originally called Declaration Day, is a day to remember those who have died in service to their country — and outdoor enthusiasts have always had a special appreciation of what these heroes put on the line as a part of their commitment to protect our way of life. That’s why Dewayne Tiller, General Manager of BowTech® joined popular TV host Keith Warren of Hunting and Outdoor Adventures with Keith Warren in a recent “Sportsmen Saying Thanks” event in Texas that offered participants a chance to truly give back to those who have selflessly served our nation. This was an opportunity for Bowtech to further demonstrate its commitment to supporting our troops, as the company already contributes a portion of the proceeds from each Bowtech Tribute™ bow sale to the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS). Each year, this non-profit Veteran Service Organization offers comfort, support and assistance to hundreds of American families who face the tragedy of losing a loved one in the armed forces. The two leaders headed an army of 110 volunteers as they converged on the Brooke Army Medical Center to serve a Texas BBQ with all the trimmings to 200-300 deserving soldiers just home from Iraq and Afghanistan and on the mend in the rehab center. Being able to see past the scars, to what was on the inside of these brave veterans was a lesson no one in attendance is likely to forget, according to Tiller. And the learning experience wasn’t just for the adults, as many of the people who served were 10-13 year old students from a local school. While waiting tables, picking up plates or filling glasses, these children had the opportunity to get up close and personal with true American heroes. “The event meant a lot to the soldiers there, but it was a great eye opener for me and other adults in attendance,” said Tiller. “And I believe it’s definitely something that made a lasting impression on the kids there who had a chance to see that freedom comes with a cost. Any time we have an opportunity to
ESCALADE® SPORTS Names New Product Manager Following the recent announcement of their acquisition of Carolina Archery Products’1 (CAP), Escalade Sports recently announced Mark Wenberg as the new Product Manager for Archcry Accessories. Prior to Escalade Sports, Mr. Wenberg was Product Manager for Precision Shooting Equipment in Tucson, AZ, where he was responsible for Carbon Force Arrow and Top Gun Archery Accessories. At Escalade, Wenberg will be responsible for Accessory Product Development and essentially growing Escalade’s archery accessory business. Jim Allshouse, President of Escalade Sports commented that, “We believe that Wenberg will be a great asset to our Bear Archery team because of his extensive experience in every aspect of archery accessories, including concept design, prototypes. packaging, advertising, and sales.”
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ESCALADE® SPORTS Names New Manager of Product Development As a part of the continued growth of their Archery business, Escalade Sports announced Darik Bollig as the new Manager of Product Development for Bear Archery. Mr. Bollig was most recently a Product Development Engineer for Precision Shooting Equipment, where he helped to fabricate and refine new technologies in the archery industry. His new role at Escalade Sports involves Bollig managing all design engineers and overseeing the development of new bows and related products for Bear Archery. Jim Allshouse, President of Escalade Sports commented that, “Bollig's experience and focus on quality, reliability, and innovation plus his passion for the great outdoors will make him a huge asset to the Bear Archery Team.” Escalade Sports manufactures and distributes a full-line of sporting goods products including table tennis, billiards, basketball systems, playground systems, game tables, archery, darting, and fitness. For additional information regarding Bear Archery and Escalade Sports, please contact Larry Gajdcrowicz, Marketing Manager, Escalade© Sports. 817 Maxwell Ave. Evansville, IN 47711, 812-467-1200 or www. escaladesports.com. ©
for all types of archery. The proprietary VibraSORB™ gel is used to manufacture the Isolator™ and Omega™ line of stabilizers, widely recognized as the world’s best bowhunting stabilizers. “One of the secrets of our success”, says Ron Gilley, creator of Vibracheck, “is the fact that we passionately pursue bowhunting and archery, and we employ people who share that same passion. We understand our customer and his or her needs because we’ve shared many of the same experiences in our pursuits. When the customer realizes that you understand him, that builds trust.” This philosophy is shared by Pete Shepley, President and Owner of Precision Shooting Equipment, Inc. “We have been doing business with Vibracheck since 1994,” said Pete Shepley, “and are excited to have them as a permanent part of the PSE family.” The acquisition of Vibracheck by Precision Shooting Equipment, Inc. is beneficial for archers all over the world. Due to PSE’s vast manufacturing facilities, Vibracheck customers can expect the highest quality and fastest delivery times ever. PSE’s engineering staff, backed by 35 years of archery manufacturing experience, will insure that customers can expect new. innovative Vibracheck products more often than ever before. With these innovations now available directly on PSE’s already great bows. the customer will be the big winner. The acquisition does bring some change. Vibracheck will be moving permanently to the PSE Archery facility in Tucson. Arizona. The Vibracheck line will now be produced along-side PSE bows and accessories. The Vibracheck phone number of 877-720-6535 is no longer available. Vibracheck customers and dealers can reach PSE Archery Customer Service Department at 520-884-9065. The Vibracheck website will remain active and is available for review at www.vibracheck.com For media information, please contact Jeni Carreon at 520594-5102. ©
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Announcements X-Ring Archers School of Archery X-Ring Archers School of Archery offers classes in all styles to students of all ages. The School’s facility offers: lessons, pro-shop services, leagues, birthday parties, and group classes for scouting and corporate organizations. Owner/Director Jon C. Bach is a National, Sectional, and State Champion and a NFAA Advanced Level 4 Certified Instructor. Having instructed over 700 students since the school’s opening six years ago, Mr. Bach's students hold state and sectional titles as well as breaking JOAD (Junior Olympic Archery Development Program) records. In 2003, X-Ring initiated its CAT Program (Competitive Archers Training) gearing students up for the rigors and discipline of competition. Mr. Bach organized and directed The Rolling Hills Girl Scout Councils Archery Program, which has been expanded under his direction. Open registration will take place during the next few weeks and throughout the year. New beginner classes open about every eight weeks. For more information about X-Ring Archers call 609-773-0099 or visit the website: www.x-ringarchers. com. ®
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We are pleased to announce that the 2007 WIAC will be hosted by Germany (DFBV) in Mannheim/ Seckenheim. This is located 70km south of Frankfurt. Appropriate information regarding a detailed program, fee, accommodation, traveling, sightseeing, etc. will be available at http://www. wiac2007.com I hope to see you there. Steve Mtenc/M^
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The Wisconsin Field Archery Association and Wisconsin Rapids Convention and Visitors Bureau Sports Marketing Commission announce a new Archery event, The Badger Pro Am, scheduled for May 19 and 20, 2007 in Robinson Park Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. Additional sponsorships are available and will be added as will a vendor display area. The event will feature a V-Formation format with guaranteed first place prize money for Male Compound Open of $1,000 and $500 for Bowhunter Freestyle, $500 for Senior Freestyle, $250 Womens Compound Open, and $250 Fingers. There will an open class that will be flighted and classes for children and young adults. Registration will open after January 1st, 2007 and forms will be available online at www.wfaa-archery. com. Robinson Park is located just off of state Highway 54 in Wisconsin Rapids and features family friendly facilities (playgrounds, indoor restrooms) as well as a picturesque setting for this event. Lodging is available within one mile of the venue-see www.visitwisrapids.com for maps and details. ®
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“On Target for Life National Archery in the Schools Program Foundation
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Dear Friend of Archery: Have you heard about the National Tournament for the National Archery in the Schools Program? Last year almost 1800 students from 4 states came together for the largest indoor archery tournament in the country! And the tournament continues to grow each year as more states embrace the life sport of target archery by introducing the National Archery in the Schools Program. The program is currently in 30 states and plans are in place to be in all 50 states by 2007
As if the thrill of participating in this huge tournament is not enough, we are awarding college scholarships to the best ot the best again for 2006. At the 2005 tournament, which was March 16, 2005 in Louisville, KY, we awarded 9 scholarships as follows: (4th Place tiebreaker in the Girls Division) Girls Boys $2,500 I51 place $2,500 2nd place $2,000 $2,000 $1,500 $1,500 3rd place $1,000 4th place $1,000 What a tremendous opportunity for kids! Would you like to help? We are soliciting sponsors for these scholarships and have received very positive response so far. We cordially invite you to participate at any level you desire. Funds will be donated to tthe National Archery in the Schools Program " Foundation, designated specifically for tournament winners' college scholarships.
Time is of the essence— the 2006 tournament is only around the corner, and we need to receive the funds in order to be able to award the scholarships. Please send a check to:
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With enough perseverance you should be able to work your way to the top of the heap in archery. Keep in mind that if you mess up, there is always a “next year”. This was the case for Tim Gillingham of Orem, Utah who, since 2001, had been bouncing from 8th to 2nd at the Big Sky Open tournament. This year, the Pro Staff archer for Gold Tip, Inc., did everything he could to win the coveted Men’s Freestyle Championship in Grand Junction, Colorado on June 12th. The 2006 Big Sky Open started and stayed with the most perfect weather in all its 25 years of existence. This should have given the archers an advantage to set records and they did! Setting new records on the colored face targets were: Tim Gillingham (beating Dave Cousins score from 2002 by 10 points), Frank Pearson (ousted Marlow Larson’s score by five points), Randy Brabec (topped his own score by 12), and Lynn Walter (also topped her own score by nearly a 100); each in their respective championship divisions. The excitement really began on Friday, July 10th, with two rounds of the “Go For It” clay pigeon team event. Friday produced four perfect rounds on those little devils from
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Tim Gillingham, Men's Freestyle Champion of Big Sky 2006
Jeff Button, Kevin Wilkey, Tony Clem and Mark Litzelman. Arc they actually buying White Flyers and practicing? There has to be some explanation as to why all the archers are getting so deadly in hitting the brittle targets. Do people actually think we stand with bow drawn while the clay is thrown into the air? They do and it would be fun to lead them on, but the truth is that “no, the only thing flying in the air is the arrow and the clays are stationary when we break them!” Shooting a perfect score on the clay pigeons is not easy to do. Aiming at a 4” target from 65 yards is enough to make the “best-of-the-best” sweat! So we applaud each and every one who has ever shot a perfect round in the team event. Saturday was a different story; the archers must have been primed to shoot the heck out of the clays the first day because on Saturday, scores were nowhere near the same as in the first event. As for the individual competition, no perfect round has ever been recorded at the Big Sky Open in all its years of existence. When the individual scores were recorded on Saturday from the colored target round (perfect 600), Tim Gillingham was leading with a 589 over Logan Wilde of Idaho and Kevin Wilkey of Utah. Dee Wilde, entering the Big Sky Open for the first time in the Men’s Senior Championships fell short of Frank Pearson’s score by four with Gary Lampshire and Bob Jacobsen trailing behind. Enter Erika Anschutz of Nebraska. Erika decided to participate in the 2006 Big Sky Open for the first time in the Women’s Freestyle Championship division and the 17 year-old from the heartland created a writing frenzy from the local news media! Keeping a cool head, she managed to shoot six points over Sandie
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Swirles-Duncan of Michigan, leaving Becky Pearson and Shauna Morgan in the rear. Randy Brabec in the Men’s Freestyle Limited Championship arena swathed a wide path, protecting his score from his competitors and Kenny Sowell of Colorado did the same in the Men’s Bowhunter Freestyle Championship division. Ah yes, the weather was very good! To add some zest to the Big Sky Open, Saturday evening we hosted a Hospitality Room in which Karen and Bob Jacobsen celebrated their 31st wedding anniversary with all the archers. The Jacobsen’s are owners of Jake’s Archery distributorship in Orem, Utah and long-time supporters of the Big Sky Open tournaments. So over food and a huge “Happy Anniversary” chocolate cake, the archers relaxed and shared stories from the picture collage of the past 25 years of Big Sky. So many memories, so little time! The Big Sky Open is set in a “v” formation from 20 to 65 yards. Sounds easy to shoot, doesn’t it? The scores should be perfect by nearly everyone! Not so. And for some reason, the left side of the range is trickier than the right. The participating archers whisper about this and through bits and pieces of conversation, it is picked up on. The left side is the “screw-up” side. This is where the division champions end up shooting
w Lxoes I <m vsMlunqt SeTlAp +4is Shot* “I set up my shot first by visualizing what 1 want to occur. 1 want to see the pin movement getting slower and slower and then firing when centered. I then set my bow hand position and tension by pulling slightly on the release while the bow is in the cam cradle. I use a stick on bump on the front of the riser to place my index finger and set my wrist position. The slick glove I wear does the rest and the bow slides into the same position without torque. 1 then keep my mind in the center of where 1 want to hit and my total focus is on that arrow hammering the middle. Everything else should be pre-programmed into the subconscious. Follow-through should be automatic. The bow setup should make peep alignment natural. If my mind stays in the middle, so will the follow through. If it doesn’t, that is when you will sec my body try to compensate at the shot. My concentration is paramount and one thing I left out is that as soon as 1 draw, the first thing I do is make sure I am hard against the wall and my back tension is set so that I don’t collapse and creep. It is the number one thing that will cause a weak shot. 1 lump shooters into two categories, one shoots a surprise style release and others shoot a commanded style of release. It doesn’t matter how you do it. You still need to keep the mind off the release and your timing as close to perfect as possible. 1 end the shot by visualizing what I wanted to sec happen whether it did or not. The best money ever spent in my career was seeing Lanny Bassham. The big change in my career in the last couple of years is just opportunity and crossing the plateau of feeling comfortable and not intimidated with winning. I now go to tournaments expecting to win instead of hoping to win. You just have to spend some time in the trenches to get there and I think it conics easier to some that others. Visualizing what you want on a consistent basis is the fastest way to success in just about any situation. 1 actually practice a lot less than I used to and get better results. Not because 1 want to, because 1 really love to shoot, my schedule is just pretty hectic and in order to win 3-d tournaments you have to put away the bow and judge yardage more than shoot. Archers Advantage is probably the top invention in the last fifty years in target archcry. Without it, I would not be near as ready as 1 am for tournaments. I can have a bow sighted in good enough to shoot a 558 field score in about 30 minutes where it used to take me a few days."
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Mathews Apex 60s for field I and 65# for 3-D 1 Arrows: Gold Tip Ultrlalight 300’s with 1 140 grain points for the Big Sky, 1 but now he uses the 7595’s j Scope: Classic 5X, 6X with drilled .019 lens 1 and Pro light PX with blue fiber | Sight: Toxonics Naildriver j STRING: Mathews Barracuda BCY 452X 1 Loop: Center loop Carter release rope material I Release: Carter Hole Thing 2000 | STABILIZER: Extreme with a side bar 1 coming out of the bow at 90 degrees 1 Vanes: Vanetec V-max 1.75 for field and | V-max 2.25 for 3-D, 1 right hand helical fletched 1 ARROW rest: ' Golden-Key I on Short over-draw 1.25” a behind the riser with a .012 launcher I Quiver: FIST Custom Leather Field Quiver I Optics: Binoculars/Nikon Monarch 8X42. 1 Nikon Preimer L X L 10X42 1 t Spotting Scope: Nikon Spotter XU IJ
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on the last day and if one shot isn’t completely focused upon, if one target suddenly becomes two, a mess-up occurs and the mistake is hard to make up. As the tournament winds down, the crowds gather near the 65-yard line. By holding back a few extra ends, the crowd is able to gather here to watch and root for their favorite archers. As each group finishes up. yahoos and congratulations are thrown out to the competitors. First top group off the line were the Bowhunters: Lisa Tenbrook. Steve Collins and Kenny Sowell - all finished up as winners over their division. Lynn Walter was again the Classic Champion. By this time, the wind began to gust, causing the arrows to dip and dive just in time for the Men's Senior Division finale. Frank Pearson, nearly giving up at one point, took hold of the situation Bowhunter Big Sky Open Champs: Steven Collins, Bowhunter Freestyle he was having with his sight adjustment Limited; Lisa Tenbrook, Women's Bowhunter Freestyle; Kenny Sowell, and decided to "crank the damn thing Men's Bowlin liter Freestyle - all of Colorado way over and just shoot." With no more arrows to shoot anyway. Frank simply got Tim said it was “luck" and he seemed lucky and out-shot Dee Wilde by a mere point. Carl Speakman, in fifth the day before, to have plenty of that this year. He also passed the scores rendered by Lampshire and Jacobsen and took third. Stepping up to the last target of the day was the Freestyle Limited Championship gave credit to the mental coach he had been working with this season, which Men’s group, which Randy Brabec managed to capture over last year's champion, Kevin Lane. Only 63 miles separate the two pro competitors so they find themselves turned his archery winnings around. Tim head-to-head at most major tournaments and trading places from first to second at the said, “The key to winning the Big Sky Big Sky Open. Open is to shoot four good rounds and not The final five targets were not so kind to Erika as she was trying hard to beat to visualize failure as you get what you Michelle Ragsdale's 2002 score of 1130. Although she felt a triple combination was visualize.’’ working against her (tendonitis, wind and the challenging left side), Erika managed Staff shooters for Mathews, Inc. and her best and beat Becky’s score by nine points, curving Sandie into third position and Hoyt are credited for doing a fine job Shauna into fourth. of performing under pressure at the Big In a five-way tic for third, involving Kevin Wilke, Bill Pelligrino, Duane Price, Zak Sky Open. Archers placing for Mathews, Kurtzhols. and Jeff Button, the Men’s Championship competition was really heating up. Inc. were: Tim Gillingham, Logan Wilde, Logan Wilde and Tim Gillingham were still the top two and the ones to beat! The right Frank Pearson, Becky Pearson, and Dee side of the range on Sunday morning gave Tim Gillingham a personal best of 299! The Wilde. Hoyt’s number one archer, Erika day looked like it was coming up roses for Tim until the second half. Anschutz, didn’t let her sponsor down and Gillingham was the favorite to win in 2005, but he was known for giving the performed extremely well all weekend. championship away. So watching the group of four step up to the line, noticeably, the First place winners in the Men’s Flights gathering crowd was clearly holding their breath. What would the outcome be this were: Benton Christensen of Idaho; Tyler time? Gillingham drew back his first arrow and everything seemed solid. Logan, last Tenbrook of Colorado; Adolph Corona of year’s champion, was right on the money. Gillingham’s second arrow was also in the Colorado; Pete Kirkwood of Wyoming; gold and the tension grew. Watching Tim shoot his last arrow gave way to panic, as it and Jerry Brabec of Colorado. In the appeared he seemed to buckle with the last shot. Then Logan's turn came and the shot Ladies’ Flights, first place winners were: was not nearly as good as it should have been. Gillingham persevered and turned in a Sally DeLange of Colorado and Denee score that was 18 points over Logan’s! Collins of Colorado. The flight shooters recorded some terrific scores and the Senior Men’s Freestyle winner, Frank Pearson and winners took away cash prizes for their Classic Women’s winner of the Big Sky Open, Lynn Waller efforts. For the first time, we had a sponsor for the youth and cadet amateurs of the Big Sky Open. Trophies were furnished from Fuoco Motor Company, dealer of new automobiles, of Grand Junction, Colorado. The Male Overall Intermediate Champion was Shaun Larsen of Utah, Jessica Button of Wisconsin was the Female Overall Intermediate Champion, Keegan DePriest of Colorado was the Male Overall Junior Champion, Alyssa Howell of Colorado was the Female Overall Junior Champion, and Aaron DeJong of Colorado was the Male Overall Cadet Champion. Thank you, Fuoco Motor Company for recognizing and supporting these fine young archers! It was really great to see so many 300
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ASA Pro/Am Aoonoke, Virginia Article and Photo by Brian Dansby
The ASA Pro/Am Tour pulled into Penhall Lodge just south of Roanoke, VA for the fifth stop of the season on June 2-4th, 2006 for the Lancaster Archery Supply/Nikon Pro/Am. The beautiful surroundings of the Virginia mountains make for some exciting archery shots. These courses are the hilliest that the ASA will shoot on for the season. In Women's Pro, Sherry Forman of Haslet, Texas came into the Pro Pressure Point Shootdown in first place with an eight point lead. Forman, a six year pro, had yet to pull off a professional level win. She has made the shootdown several times including the 2004 Oak Ridge, TN Pro/Am where she brought a one point lead into the shootdown before finishing second to Jeanna Allbritain. Forman also had a third place finish at the 2004 ASA Classic and a fifth place finish at the 2005 Classic.
So Forman has been here before, but this one was a little less stressful with the big lead. “Of course I was real nervous because I really wanted to win, but knowing I had the lead takes a whole lot of pressure off,” Forman said. “When you’ve got an eight point lead you really have to mess up good to not win. So I knew if I just made good center shots that I’d be okay.” Those good center shots were a little harder to come by than Forman would have liked as she shot two eights in the first five shots of the shootdown. Trailing Forman’s 412, were Linda Owen of Lucedale, Mississippi with a 404, Susan Davis of Hopewell, Virginia with a 397, Camella Crites of Buckhannon, West Virginia with a 389, and Jennie Richardson of Williamsburg, Kentucky with a 388. Forman extended her lead to ten points
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when she hit a ten on the first target of the shootdown and Owen hit an eight. From there the race slowly got closer. On the second shot, Owen closed the gap to only six points with a twelve to Forman’s eight. After Forman's eight on the fifth shot, the lead was only four points over Owen. Davis who shot two twelves and three tens pulled within seven points of the lead. Richardson hopped Crites to finish in fourth, but both archers were more than ten points behind Forman and did not shoot the sixth arrow. On the final arrow, Davis shot first and hit an eight. Owen had to hit at least an eight to move ahead of Davis and a twelve to put some pressure on Forman. Owen also scored an eight, meaning all Forman needed to do was hit the animal. She followed through with a twelve and her first professional title. “Even without the twelve, I still would
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have won, but it was nice to follow up the twelve after the eights,” Forman said. “Everybody thinks it is all about the winning and it is, but for me it was about turning around and there was a sea of people waiting. 1 didn’t realize that many people care whether you win. That makes you feel good. It makes you feel real good.”
Sherry Forman’s equipment: Mathews Apex 7, 25.5” draw 50 lbs. Shrewd scope 4X lens CBE sight Doinker stabilizer TRU Ball Ultra 3 release Golden Key rest Easton ACE 7780 arrows, weight 229 Jeff Hopkins of Clayton, Delaware is no rookie to the winner’s circle having won virtually every title in archery. However, it has been a couple of years since Hopkins has been in the number one spot on the ASA podium. That all changed in Roanoke. Paul Thompson of Lucedale, Mississippi continued his hot shooting in 2006 by entering the Shootdown in first with a 438. Flopkins was second with a 435 followed by Darrin Christenberry of Spencer, Indiana with a 434, Melvin Shrewsbury of Clay City, Kentucky and Dan McCarthy of Wauzeka, Wisconsin with a 427. Thompson’s ten on the first target of the shootdown extended his lead to five as Hopkins, Shrewsbury and McCarthy all scored eights. Christenberry hit a five. On the second shot, Thompson hit an eight while Hopkins and Christenberry scored tens. Shrewsbury Hit a fourteen and a twelve on consecutive shots to move into second place after three shots. Christenberry hit a fourteen on the third shot to tie Hopkins for third. Thompson got on a roll - three straight twelves to extend his lead back to five points going into the sixth arrow. Hopkins moved back into second with a fourteen on the fourth target. Christenberry went into the sixth shot in third after a twelve on his fifth shot and Shrewsbury’s eight on the same shot. McCarthy finished in fifth more than ten points behind the leader. Shrewsbury shot a five on his final shot September - October 2006
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for a fourth place finish. Christenberry’s ten meant Hopkins needed at least an eight to tie for second. Hopkins wanted more than that as he nailed the fourteen on a severely quartered away target at almost 50 yards. Thompson now needed at least a ten to pickup his first professional victory. His five gave Hopkins the win. Was a monkey lifted off Hopkins’ back with this win? As he has been so close to several recent wins that somehow got away. “I guess,” Hopkins said. “It’s all part of it, the good and the bad. I’ve had so many times this year and last year finishing second. I had the tournament won. Whatever. The breaks just don’t go your way. That’s just the good times and the bad times and over a five year period it all just averages out. That’s the way I look at it. I’ve had a lot of tournaments that I’ve won due to somebody else’s unfortunate mis-dial of their site, misjudge the target. You know, whatever it may be.” Just past the half way point of the 2006 season, Hopkins has been nothing if not consistent. His worst score of the season through the first four events is a staggering 422. “I’d say probably the biggest change this year is actually two things,” Hopkins says about his shooting in 2006. “One, I had won it seven years in a row, the shooter of the year and it got away last year. You know Danny (McCarthy) had a phenomenal year. My goal this year was to win that. As far as equipment goes, the (Mathews) Apex, I shot it last year. The more time you get under a bow in your hands, probably the more consistent you are going to shoot it. The bow just rocks. 304
Richard Freeland of Oak Ridge, LA proved that a flat-lander can definitely shoot on a hilly course such as those at Penhall near Smith Mountain Lake. More than the physical, Freeland feels the mental preparation is the most important aspect. “1 don’t practice as much as I need to,” Freeland said. “Work cuts down on my practice. When I go to these tournaments I try to be mentally focused.” Freeland was leading the Senior Open after the first day with a 211 and shot more conservatively on Sunday. “The first day I go for twelves real good and had a good twelve count the first day,” Freeland said. “The second day, I was in the lead and in my mind, I was wanting to make sure I didn’t shoot too many eights. Even though I aimed at twelves, I would add a yard or so. 1 managed to not shoot an eight the second day, but my twelve count was low.” On the final target, all Freeland needed to do to defeat Randall Jones of Lula, Georgia was to hit an eight. He got his eight and the win. “1 made a good shot on it,” Freeland said of the final shot of the shootdown. “With that target angled away from you, you’ve got to aim to the front a little bit. But 1 did shoot an eight on it and that is all I needed.”
Richard Freeland’s equipment: Mathews Rival Pro 30” draw, 70 lbs Carbon Express CXL 2 350, 373 grs., 100 gr point Bohning mini-Blazer vanes Classic Scope 3X lens Toxonics naildriver Scott Rhino release Bodoodle rest In the Men’s Limited Pro, Rodney Huffman of Benton, Missouri came into the shootdown with an eight point lead over Joseph Goza of Henagar, Alabama and did not have to make the final shot in the shootdown as he had already secured the victory. Gene Curry of Brownwood, Texas came in third followed by Buddy Durr in fourth. Joe Gritt of Leon, West Virginia finished in fifth. ®
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A forty-target tournament is always a roller coaster event. An archer hits the high peaks after a good shot and then finds the low valleys after a poorly executed shot. But think of the roller coaster ride that was experienced by Darrin Christenberry of Spencer, Indiana at the ASA Realtree Classic held August 10th through the 13th, 2006 in Columbus, Georiga. Christenberry had won two ASA events already during the 2006 tour: the Limbsaver Fort Benning Pro/Am Championship held at this same location in March 2006 and the Delta Targets Tennessee Pro/Am Championship in April. However, Christenberry made winning the coveted Shooter of the Year Award his number one priority. Coming into the 2006 season he trailed Jeff Hopkins of Clayton, Delaware by eleven points, a lead that would be tough to overcome in only 40 targets. All four pro divisions at the Classic were scheduled to shoot on Friday and Saturday and then complete the Pro Pressure
Point Shootdown in the Columbus Civic Center Saturday night. However, Mother Nature had other plans. With a huge storm on the radar at Lawson Army Air Field just across the river, the pros were pulled off the range only minutes before the down pour arrived. Most archers only got in five shots and the first round was eventually canceled due to the lightning in the area. Before the stoppage, Christenberry shot well and was six up leading the number one peer group of the top four shooters in the Shooter of the Year race. All archers were given an “even” 200 for the day setting up a Saturday morning shootout for the Classic Championship and for Christenberry almost surely dashing all hopes of a Shooter of the Year victory. “I usually anticipate a tournament, a little nervous anticipation.” Christenberry said. “This is the first time in a long time that I have been excited, ready to go. Numbers were good.
Open Pro Awards Ceremony. Second on the left: Nathan Brooks. Center: Darrin Christenberry. Second on right: Adam Hayden.
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Bows were awesome. Everything’s working great. We get down Yost of Vinton, Virginia with a 412-8. here we get rained out the first day and I just felt like my whole Christenberry hit four of five 12s in the shootdown to take year was shot. I just felt like my chance just kind of slipped an eight point lead over Yost and Brooks going into the sixth away right there. I talked to my wife, talked to my parents. They arrow. Gomez was more than ten points behind the leader and arc like, “you’ve still got twenty targets.” I said the chance of did not shoot the sixth arrow. Yost hit an eight to finish fourth, catching Jeff Hopkins by 12 points in twenty targets is next to Hayden a ten for third and Brooks hit a 12 for second place. All Chrsitenberry had to do was hit the animal for the win. He nailed impossible. If he shoots like Jeff, I’ll never catch him, but if I shoot like me I’ll have a chance.” the ten-ring and added 'Classic Champion’ beside his ‘Shooter of Christenberry got a little advice from friend and fellow the Year’ title on his resume. competitor, Eric Griggs of Shirley, Massachusetts, “I stayed All totaled, Christenberry capped a very successful 2006 archery season that saw him pocket between S155 and with Eric Griggs and Eric said “Dude, the chances of you winning shooter of the year, Unh Uh,” Christenberry recounted 5156,000.00 shooting a bow and arrow. his conversation. “He said, “go try to win the Classic.” I said Christenberry’s Equipment: that’s what I am going to do. I am going to go try to win the Mathews Apex 30 inch draw, 66 lbs. championship and see what happens.” Easton 2412, 110 gr. point, 2” fletch flex Christenberry just decided to shoot his bow and let the chips CBE Quad Lite site fall where they may. Classic Scope 3X lens “Jeffjust struggled,” Christenberry said. “He just had a bad Shrewd Stabilizer and V-bars day. I played catch up all day long. Finally, at the end, he took Carter Target 3 plus a lead again and I just got aggravated. I mean I was aggravated and I thought it is now or never, let’s do something. I 12’d like Hopkins finished second in the shooter of the year race, four of my last five targets. Jeff shot a couple eights. The lead followed by Dan McCarthy of Wauzeka, Wisconsin in third. © switched and it just kind of fell in my lap. If Jeff would have shot o------------------------------------------------------------------------------like Jeff, it would have been a different story. I would have rather ★See the November - December issue of had me shoot 22 up and him shoot ten up. Jeffjust didn't have a The U.S. & International Archer for more ‘Jeff-day’.” news coverage of the RealTree Classic. Christenberry accomplished what he felt was the impossible by winning the Shooter of the Year, but now he also had a shot at his realigned goal, winning a Classic Championship. “My goal was to win Shooter of the Year and when that happened 'The CeacCer in back tension reCease technoCoay today I did not even know if I made the shootdown when I shot my last arrow,” Christenberry said. After quickly refocusing, Christenberry put on a dominating performance in front of the crowd at the Civic Center. “I’ve done it in my backyard a thousand times trying to get mentally prepared for the moment of truth,” 1) First to offer a working wrist strap on a back tension release Christenberry said of the shootdown. 2) First to offer a dual mode practice cam “I said, “you know what, you’ve 3) First to offer a fully machined head with a non-interfering achieved a goal that you didn’t even rope attachment think was attainable this weekend 4) First to introduce clickers on a back tension release because of bad weather. Carefree 5) First with a full line of ergonomicaly shaped handles tonight.” I just went out and just shot 6) First to offer handles made from solid brass my bow.” 7) First to offer a back tension release training kit Christenberry came into the 8) First to offer a spring loaded head (no rubber bands) shootdown in third place trailing 9) First to offer a Positive Adjustment Locking System Nathan Brooks of Mountainburg, Arkansas with a 414 and nine 12’s, Try best Thomas Gomez of Del Valle, Texas with a 414 and eight 12’s. The rest of the top five were: Adam Hayden of Bristol, Virginia, 412-9 and Aaron
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COACH'S COANCR Perfect Practice - PART 1
The Do's and Don'ts of an Accelerated Learning Curve by Bernie Pellerite © 2006
Due to the length of this subject, it has been broken down into three parts. The other two parts will appear in future issues.
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About the Author: Bernie Pellerite is a Professional Level IV Master Coach and has ten animals in the top ten of the S.C.I. Bowhunting World Record Book. He is a leading technical writer and archery analyst, published in many foreign countries as well as several U.S. archery magazines and he recently re-published a second edition of his book, 'Idiot Proof Archery* (see ad on page 313). Bernie is president of Robinhood Video Productions, which has 37 titles to offer, and he is the inventor of three back tension release aids: Bernie's Missing Link, Bernie's Knuckle Under and The Bernie's Can't Punch™ which eliminates punching and target panic. Also, he manufacturers 'Bernie's PanicMaster and Bow Simulator* 'Bernie's Laz-Air' which is similar to the once popular air-bow and a line of custom stabilizers called 'Bernie's Control Freak.' As a professional coach, he created the world-famous NFAA Shooter's School and now runs his own school, called "The School of Advanced Archery', which also certifies advanced level instructors as an option. Bernie and his wife, Jan, will be conducting these exciting shooter's schools, which are also available on six video tapes. For more information, call Bernie or Jan at Robinhood Video Productions (614) 322-1038, fax (614) 3221039 or visit their website:
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Consistently hitting what you aim at with a bow and arrow is really hard to do! This “predictable accuracy” that eludes so many of us is an attainable goal, but it’s never really achieved or maintained without endless hours of practice. For those of you who would rather “pray for luck," here’s an old archery saying . . . "It takes a lot of luck to succeed with a bow and arrow ... the more you practice, the luckier you seem to gel!" It follows that if we’re going to have to practice, we might as well make it count. Like most good archers eventually discover, . . . practice does not make perfect.. . perfect practice makes perfect! The best way to do that is to have a qualified coach keep you on track. By the way, besides teaching the Shooter’s School, I also do private and group lessons at my home. The following is an outline of a uniquely productive and accelerated practice regimen. These “super sessions” arc for serious bowhunters and target archers only. With the proper dedication, these do’s and don’ts will greatly accelerate your learning curve and your level of understanding and accuracy with a bow and arrow. • DON'T try to practice while you are worried about a piece of equipment that is about to fail or is not in order . . . you have enough to think about! Fix it first!
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• DO make sure your bow is tuned properly (or as good as you think it can be), your arrows are matched to the bow and are identical, and nothing is loose. Silicone, rubber cement, or LocTiteTM all nuts, bolts and screws that don’t have to be moved frequently. • DON'T spend hours timing, tuning. and making adjustments at home, only to have something move or fail at a tournament or in a treestand, and have no idea how To put it back, exactly the way it was before (now, let’s see . . . how far was the peep from my nocking point?). 308
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• DON'T start shooting a small target at 20 to 40 yards right away. You’re often so intent on hitting the target, your form goes to pieces right from the start. Your “tip off’ to this condition is, for example, when you’re hitting in the middle on Monday, Thursday you are shooting to the right and on Saturday you are shooting left. This, among other things, can be Record your bow and caused by a lack of “muscle memory.” At the beginning and arrow's vital statistics intermediate level, usually the very first arrow we shoot because it will save in a practice session sets up our subconscious and short you, ifyou have to term muscle memory, for a “first impression” of how the re-cable or replace a shot should feel, and therefore be executed. Since we’re so string preoccupied with “trying to hit the target,” we usually don’t maintain good form, and shoot a “bad first shot.” It can sometimes take hours or dozens of shots to straighten out this bad first impression that we gave our subconscious. • DO shoot the first few arrows at • DO keep a log book! A small 3” x five or ten yards, so you don’t have to 5” spiral notebook will do. Record your worry about missing. This enables you to bow’s poundage, axle to axle length, concentrate more on perfect form . . . and brace height, tiller measurements, perfect feel . . . which sets up the right nocking point position on your bow “first impression” for our subconscious to square, distance of the peep sight try and duplicate. (This is like a golfer, from the nocking point, arrow speed tennis or baseball player taking a few in feet per second, arrow weight, total practice swings to and individual pin gap (trace them if re-educate their possible), and your exact draw length. muscle memory Sooner or later a string or cable on your Marking the about a good bow will break or stretch, your serving cam roll-over swing.) If you can, will separate, unwind or break, or your point can tell you close your eyes peep, pin sights, or rest will move. instantly, when after you come to When it happens, you can avoid a something moved anchor, and shoot disaster by referring to your log book. or stretched several shots at You can repair or reset the affected three to four yards part back to its original specs without with no target, or altering performance or wasting hours use my bow simulator. This lets your retuning or sighting in your bow again. subconscious experience how a good This same farsightedness should also shot should feel. If you are really serious, be standard for other critical adjustments. For instance, marking the position of things schedule a whole practice session each like limb bolts, overdraw, arrow rest, peep site, pin sights, center serving and cam roll week on an empty bale or with the bow over position with correction fluid (Wite-Out*) can save you. by quickly identifying simulator. Shoot for half an hour with your and correcting one or more items that might move from their original position, for one eyes closed, and a half an hour with your reason or another. eyes open. With your ego “unplugged,” • DON'T try to pull your bow (especially heavy poundage), when your muscles arc scattering your arrows and no target, you cold. Not only will this start the wrong set of muscles into action (usually shoulder, arm can completely explore, experiment with and chest muscles), which gets you off track immediately with a shaky sight picture, but or absorb whatever part of your form or you are asking for tendonitis or possibly rotator cuff surgery later. Try using an exercise timing you wish, one at a time... without band to warm up. caring where the arrow went. If you can, video yourself shooting the first shot with your eyes closed, and compare it with Stretch and warm-up your a 20 yard, eyes open, muscles with a length of first shot from another rubber tubing or rubber session . . . they should stretch band look the same, form wise. Most people are surprised at the huge difference. If there are differences, you can then work on getting them to look the same .. . which is the whole key to good form. In the next issue, we will further discuss more do's and don't for a perfect practice regimen. Stay tuned!
• DO stretch and warm up your muscles with a length of rubber tubing or rubber stretch band. This lower stress start-up allows you to focus on your back muscles (rhomboids), and allows the arms and shoulders to relax, which facilitates a much steadier sight picture, from arrow number one. September - October 2006
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else. With a peep sight you have one, so forget the term, the peephole is now all you need. As you raise your bow arm to use the longer distant front sight references you are pivoting on the hole in the peep. So your hand and release or tab drops lower while your eye stays centered. Since that is surely about where everyone shoots the most arrows, this is why I, and others, say to get very comfortable at 20 yards with your eyes closed at 20 and then move the peep to fit. When you lower the bow to shoot targets closer than that, your hand comes upward slightly so it gets a little more crowed trying to stay centered in the peep. This is why a typical kisser button is worthless since it moves up and down with the distance changes. So if you have one on your bow it is a dead giveaway that you are either not always centering up in your peep or you are letting the button move all over the place and serve only as a security blanket. Those who are trying to use bows that are too long in draw for them invariably draw the peep up very close to their eye so 310
they need a very small hole to keep it from being too large. Even the axle to axle length of a bow effects how far your peep will be from your eye, the shorter the bow the greater the string angle and the greater the angle the farther away the peep will be from your eye. Also, realize that if you move your front sight up say 25 thousandths of an inch, it will have virtually the same result as moving your rear, peepsight, down that same amount. So, remember that the little calibrator pointer wire on those target sight bars can only be used to make all the marks accurate again when every mark has the same amount of error on the scale (not by yards) and you still have the same arrow at the same speed plus the front sight at the same distance from your eye as before. When any of these change, it’s back to the drawing board to make a new scale from scratch. AIM HARD.
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ROBERT'S RULES OF RRCHERY AIMING 101
By: Robert Ragsdale
................................................ "J time to try it again, but then you have 2 misses so it is best to know if you made a good shot or if you messed it up and will do better on the next one. WIND AND OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. The bubble is on there to keep Mother Nature from lying to you about what is straight up and what isn’t. A butt setting crooked, a face pinned up crooked, a tree standing at an angle nearby and the butt sitting on a slope can all cause you to How do you know when you have it cant your bow and shoot off to one side. down to a science and you are ready to So will the wind, that you can’t usually work on other important things you ask? see so again it is time to decide if you I’d say it is when on every shot you should shoot the same way for the second can tell yourself. “Perfect, it hit exactly shot or make an allowance where it was pointing when by canting the top limb the bow fired." Be it 8 inches into the wind and aiming from center at 2 o’clock or straight at it or aiming into perfectly dead-center that the wind by the amount is a great position to be in you missed by. because you know that all PEEP SIGHTS. Some you have to do now is be think they are more trouble holding still at the right than they are worth, but I place when the bow fires. So, say they are absolutely practice remembering what necessary for anyone who your sight picture looked wants to be as accurate like when the bow fired as possible, remembering and “jumped.” I’ve always that everyone is free to said that if you cannot take shoot as accurately as they a pencil and paper and draw like. the sight picture you need to LESSON ONE: take, you are not “aiming” SAFETY NOTE! Make you are only “pointing.” certain it is served in so Generally speaking, no that it CANNOT pop out. one really cares how well you I’ve seen archers with shoot. And strangely enough, permanently damaged it is also nothing to be eyesight and some that ashamed of if you can shoot well. As I reflect so often, Figure 2. When you suspect you may impact a smidgen high for some had such a badly bruised eyeball that it scared us to the only reason we shoot reason you might try shooting it for 49 and 3/4 yards just to fee! you are death while it was clearing arrows in the first place is to taking the initiative. It is such a small allowance that even if it happens up. “hit what we are aiming at” you did not need it, it still may not be enough of a change to lose a point LESSON TWO. If you so if you want to shoot well ifyou impact that low. use the type with a rubber it makes more sense to use tubing to bring it around everything moral and legal to for perfect alignment on accomplish doing exactly that. Thinking tools on every whim, this is the time to further, consider that since essentially stay alert and only move the front sight. If every shot, LEAVE THE HOSE AS LONG every bow with an arrow exiting that’s you think you shot the first one perfectly AND AS LOOSE AS YOU POSSIBLY not flying too erratically will group and then it hits low again on the second CAN. You see, that short stretched hose is shots significantly well it is really only a shot, that’s the time to add enough on your much quicker than your bow limbs are on matter of knowing the exact distance to sight setting to move it into dead center, the shot. So if it is too tight it will outrun the target. So if you merely use a perfect not to worry about what really caused it. them and lift the top half of the bowstring sight setting and then shoot while holding It matters not if your sight mark is a little ahead, with the tail of the arrow attached to it. When you adjust your nocking point perfectly still on what you want to hit you off at that point, remember that it also are basically in the accuracy business. for level flight with a really short tubing might be that the target is actually marked Get the idea? Forgetting all the hoop-de- wrong or that the arrow you used always you have to compensate for it by setting your nocking point lower and lower until la about bow setup, don’t forget that when hits low, so the idea is to find a way to you think it is 40 yards to the target and the arrow is no longer too high when not make any more misses than necessary. shoot it with a perfect 40-yard setting then it exits the bowstring, so if you have When you are not sure, that may be the
you are going to miss when it is really 42 yards. Sure, only a few inches low, but with the attitude that every shot is either a hit or a miss, you MISSED! It is a fact that only absolutely dead center is a hit, but a sixteenth of an inch off-center is a miss, so, the idea is simply work to never have a miss. Conversely, when you think it is 40 yards to the target and it really is, but your sight mark is really only 38 in error again you are going to miss. LOW, again, and if you don’t know what’s going on you can keep missing. During a round is not the time to crank and tweak with all your
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been there and done that, you can now explain why the nocking point on that particular bow had to be “so darned low” and you never understood why. Or, you can now explain what happened when you suddenly starting shooting low on every sight setting while your peep and arrowrest were still where they were after no more than just sticking the hose right back on after it rotted and broke off. Yep, because “only” a half inch shorter was MUCH stronger and lifted the tail of the arrow even higher during the shot. The more level the hose is stretched the less the lifting effect, but also the greater the danger of directing it back to your eye when the other end breaks off. We all know that a front sight is of little value without a refined rear sight to align with. Operative word, “refined.” These basics can help you understand what 1 mean. Walk up to an open 55gallon drum sometime and stick a broom handle down in it and estimate where absolute dead center of the top opening is and have someone take measurements. Missed it a mile didn’t you. If your front aiming reference is not dead center in the center of the round peephole you are going to miss, even when everything else is perfect. You got it, if the front reference is a smidgen high you will impact too high, if it is a tad low you will hit low, because you are misdirecting the tail of the arrow. ALIGNING BOTH SIGHTS. The point I’m making is that you can’t just make a token effort; you have to work at it. For starters, go ahead and perpetuate the oft-heard myth that “your eye will automatically center up in the peep hole,” tell it to your competition but for heavens sake don’t buy into it yourself. You can’t even center up if the peephole is so big that like the broom handle the little front sight reference point can’t be centered up anywhere even close. Or even when the scope housing is so much bigger it can’t even be seen and you are trying to center up on nothing but that itsy-bitsy front aiming reference. It is so much easier to center the scope housing up in the peephole after you have adjusted them to where there is just a small ring of daylight around the scope housing. You just get it centered with the same amount of daylight all the way around it and then just move it around until the front sight reference is on exactly what you want to hit. There are now many hunting-type sights with round housings and 2 or 3 or 4 aiming references in them and they should also be centered up this way and just let the spacing between them do the job of adjusting for distance. That is, I can’t imagine trying to use a very small peephole and not being able to see the entire scope housing trying to center each of the three references in the peephole. When you start getting worried about such things the best first medicine is to have a bowsquare or something marked September - October 2006
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BETTER FIT. If your scope is the one you want to use.and you have it the distance from your eye you want it then you can enlarge the hole yourself if you can’t buy one the size you need. Holes can be enlarged in most peeps, but you need to be careful, you don’t just drill a bigger hole. By tapering from both sides by just gingerly using the tapered point of a slightly larger drill bit you can control the size and then use a magic marker to color it dark again. Of course as you extend the scope farther and farther away from your eye the scope housing will look smaller and smaller, you can even fit the scope to the hole that way with the opposite true when the peeps hole is too big. 1 suggest never using a really large peephole just under the pretense that you'll be able to see better the last few minutes before dark, when hunting always seems to be best. To me that’s sacrificing accuracy all the time in the hopes to. maybe, once or twice over the years, get a shot you would otherwise have to skip due to bad lighting. ANCHOR POINT. Meaning that some part of you hand or equipment touches some part of your face identically on every shot in order to have a rear aiming reference, when you have nothing
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From the Senior Comer by Joe Sauernfeind
f V elcome once again to the Senior Corner. As promised, this will be the wrap-up article to the tournament season of the NFAA, IBO and ASA. I’ll be discussing my thoughts on the three major "end of the year” shoots hosted by these organizations and also some thoughts about the organization of the four major archery entities in the USA. These are my own personal insights and I don't expect everyone to agree with them but I hope they will stir up some interest in getting more archers to speak out on what they’d like to see from their own favorite organization. Let’s start with the three shoots and I’ll take them in the order in which they were held. First, in its usual last
week of July slot was the NFAA Field Archery Championship, coupled with the unmarked 3D Championship. I’m not a 3D guy, so I don’t get to the shoot site until the 3D is mostly over. From what I gathered though, the number of shooters was in the range of what was hoped for by the NFAA. The ranges used for the 3D, were some of the most severe that Yankton has to offer but I heard quite a few comments about the ranges being set too easy. I was told by a number of the 3D shooters that the scoring rings on most targets were clearly visible through their sights, which, coupled with the expert distance judging of today’s top 3D’ers, made the scores unusually high in the top classes. I’ve heard lots of complaints about ranges being too hard but this is the first time I’ve heard comments that they were too easy. I hope the NFAA gets some feedback from the shooters on this point and looks into it, to see if they need to change the things a little. The Field Championship was the NFAA’s first attempt at doing a 3 day or 5 day, optional format. The registration was in the area of 500 which I think was a small increase from last year. The entire shoot was held during the week though, so the true test of this new format won’t occur until 2008. Next year, Darrington has plans for a five day shoot held from Monday through Friday, which is the traditional format used for many years. The 2008 shoot will, as I understand it, be held from Wednesday through Sunday, with the Animal round being held on Friday. This would allow three options for those wanting to attend. Shoot all five days and take your two best field and hunter scores, shoot the three rounds from Wed. to Fri. or start on Fri and shoot through Sun. Either of the last two options will mean you will have one round each of field, hunter and animal and those three scores will be used to determine the winners. There was a lot of grumbling this year about shooting only three rounds and having to compete with someone who had a Mulligan for both the field and hunter rounds. 1 have to agree, it doesn’t seem fair to the three day shooters but if their only other option was not being able to go to the shoot at all, it seems like the best option is to 314
live with the Mulligans. The difficulty of the ranges at Yankton, coupled with the extreme heat and afternoon winds, caused many of those who came to shoot all five days bail out in the middle of a bad round or a round where they made a couple of mistakes and felt they couldn’t improve on their first score and this includes me on the second hunter round. The wind was so strong on the 32 yd fan that it was difficult to even hit the target. I think if the conditions were more comfortable, this probably wouldn’t have been the case but when you're suffering under 100 degree temperatures, wind and very hilly terrain it’s not fun anymore and bailing out is a tempting option. Speaking of the conditions facing the archers in Yankton, not much had changed from last year. I was under the impression that the state of South Dakota would be making major changes to the ranges for this year, after talking to Bruce Cull at last years shoot and I felt that I had been misled. I was pretty annoyed about it and expressed myself to those around me and also through the forums at ArcheryTalk. 1 called Bruce about another issue and he told me that he’d seen the post on the forums and said that I was mistaken about what he’d told me last year. He did agree that he’d told me about the state coming in with major equipment and making the ranges safe and shoot-able by all of those attending but only if a decision was made to make the ranges a permanent facility at the park. As it stands now, they are considered a temporary use and their construction was left to the NFAA through the host club. This was a misunderstanding on my part and I apologize for popping off before talking with him. The ranges, as they stand now, are not, in my opinion, a suitable site to host another national shoot. To my way of thinking, all of those who have supported the NFAA over the years should have the opportunity to attend the Nationals and not be limited to one or two ranges. All of the ranges should be accessible to all of those attending. We come from all over the U.S. and our shooting experiences, as far as terrain goes, varies from dead flat in some areas, to very steep in others and shooting on ranges as steep as Yankton creates an unfair advantage for the ridge runners, as well as turning the week into an endurance contest rather than a test of archcry shooting skills. The other complaint I wanted to air
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was about the mistakes which continue to be made year after year when putting the faces out on the ranges. This year on the range I shot for the animal round, we had five faces posted at distances either shorter or longer than the correct distance for that group. Some of the hunter faces were posted in ways which were confusing to the shooters as well. At one 32 fan I shot, all the targets were posted at one level, 4 across, instead of the normal two faces high and two faces low. There were two protests filed due to the posting of two group 3 faces on some bales. The debate was whether you could shoot either face or whether you had to abide by the top and bottom order used in the field and hunter rounds. It’s not covered directly in the rules for the animal round so people were confused once again. After all the years they’ve been running these shoots, the same mistakes continue to be made. Once again I thoroughly enjoyed the town of Yankton and its wonderful people. The lack of traffic and the accessibility of nice, un-crowded restaurants are very different from some of the places I travel to. The food service was also better at the assembly area this year but I didn’t see much of a change in what was obtainable on the ranges. The one food stop on the Dakota range was at target #1 and since we started and finished there, it wasn’t of much use to us. The lack of cold water on the ranges proved to be a sore spot as well, with the extra water bottles left out in the sun to get hot. I’d love to see the NFAA turn over the food vending at these shoots to the local Boy Scouts, 4H clubs and other groups who could use the sales as a fund raising event. With the guidance of the shoot officials I think these groups could bring in a variety of foods and distribute them on the ranges. I’ve seen it work at other shoots and have gotten some great food that way. I don’t think the NFAA should be trying to make a profit on the vending of food and water at these shoots. Now on to the IBO Worlds which was once again held at the Snowshoe Mountain Ski Resort in West Virginia for the fifth time, if I’m not mistaken. The weather once again cooperated and the shoot was completed on Saturday. I think attendance was down some this year but with the cost of travel I guess that’s to be expected. That and the fact that many of the archers are getting a little tired of the very difficult shooting conditions on the mountain. The IBO seems to favor these very hilly ranges and their target placement and distances makes (heir shoots the most difficult in the 3D game. The venue on the mountain does make for a three-ring-circus atmosphere, with something going on all of the time. The workload at the vending booths leads to very long, 12 hour days and not much time for anything else. I was hoping to ride down the hill again this year on my racing bike but just couldn’t fit it into my September - October 2006
schedule. I did it last year and it’s a heck of a thrilling six miles. There were lots of rumors going around about next year’s site, with the names of Indiana, New York and Snowshoe being mentioned. I sure wouldn’t mind going back to Peak & Peek again, in my home state of New York and I think most of the shooters wouldn’t object to that. Snowshoe’s weather can be very nice or it can be a disaster. A thunderstorm on top of a mountain can be a dangerous and destructive thing, especially to a temporary tent city like the vendor set up.
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As usual, my ramblings have run me out of space before I’ve covered everything the way I had planned. I’m going to do the ASA report and my thoughts on the major archery organizations in the next issue. I kind of wind it down after Labor Day anyway and the fall issues when hunting season is on are tough for me to do, so this will give me some fodder for next time, as long as I don’t forget it all. See you next time in the Corner.
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Focus For Life How Many Friends Do You Have?
by B. Howard Coffey
"A greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. ” John 15:13
An old banker once said, "When you near the end of your life, and you count all your friends, you’ll be lucky if you have one true friend.” I was younger then. Besides, 1 was an excellent athlete, so naturally I had many friends. However as I have gotten older. I’ve come to realize that all those “friends” were only acquaintances. A true friend will do anything within his/her power for you. A true friend will be there when you mess up, when you blank a life target. A real friend will come get you when your car breaks down on the interstate late at night. Have you ever needed someone to come get you late at night on the interstate? I have, and a good friend came to get me. Something else to consider regarding friendship, a true friend will let you move in with them should you lose your house. My wife and I have allowed friends to stay with us for three months. That’s what true friends do. They lay down their lives to serve you. A friend will lend you money never expecting you to repay the loan. When you lend money to a friend, lend the amount you can afford to lose. If the loan isn’t repaid, you won’t be disappointed, nor will you have lost your money or your friend. There are no strings attached to true friendship. Perhaps the elements of true friendships are what 1 enjoy most about the archery industry. I see several true friends in it. There are shooters who may well meet the above requirements of friend.
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Watch Johnny and Dianne Morris interact with their friends. They are friend magnets. They will invite you to their home so you can shoot arrows with them for a few days. Through archery, Johnny and Dianne have developed some lasting friendships with several other couples. Yet for all the friendships we cultivate in our daily lives, Jesus has all the true characteristics of a friend. He loves you unconditionally. He knows all your faults (blanked targets), yet he loves you in spite of them. Of course he may not come pick you up on the interstate; however, he will protect you and stay with you while your friend comes to your aid. The writer of Proverbs says, “. . .But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother” (18:24b). That friend is none other than Christ. Know for certain, there are many good friends in archery. Sometimes I wonder if you stay in archery for the challenge of the sport, or is it because of the friends you have developed over the years? Regardless of the reasons for shooting arrows, keep shooting straight. . .with your bow, with your friend(s) and with Christ. ©
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It's a time management system and a daily devotional designed to help you plan your days wisely and reach your potential. The Whole Life Planner, written by Howard Coffey, is designed to help you chart your path to successful living. The Whole Life Planner comes on a CO; therefore, you can use the Whole Life Planner on your computer. With the right technology, you can download the planner to your palm pilot. The cost for one year of Whole Life Planner is $6.00 plus $1.50 shipping and handling. Each CO sold to archers, benefits the Christian Bowhunters Organization. To order your Whole Life Planner, send check or money order made payable to: 8
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Dunsmoore, Steve with Lakeside Archery
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10615 E. 101st N. Valley Center, KS 67147 Phone: (316)744-9438
1022 Featherston Rd.
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Strickland, Tim 210 Harmony Way Montrose. CO 81401 Cell: (513)312-4973 email: tsstnckland@starband.net Wooten, Richard A. NAA Certified Archery Instructor (608)317-7661 or (608)779-5995 email: richarchery_707@hotmail.com
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279 Gordon Composites, Inc. 2350 Air Park Way Montrose, CO 81401 Phone: 800-399-0757 www.gordoncomposites.com 287 Jim Fletcher Archery PO Box 218 Bodfish. CA 93205 Phone: 760-379-2589 www.flctcherarchery.com
305 American Whitetail Systems PO Box 309. 8478 E State Road 62 Ferdinand, IN 47532 Phone: 812-937-7185 Fax: 812-937-4157 www.archerytargets.com
319 Lakota Industries 1330 Burnett Drive Suite F Xenia, OH 45385 Phone: 937-376-9343 www.Iakota-industries.com
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293 Maple Leaf Press, Inc. 1215 Beechtrcc Street Grand Haven, MI 49417 Phone: 616-846-8844 Fax: 616-846-6408
311 Alpen Outdoor Corporation 10329 Dorset Street Rancho Cucamongo. CA 91730 Phone: 909-987-8370 Fax:909-9878661 www.alpenoutdoor.com 283
95 Milk St. Willmanantic. CT 06226 Phone:860-423-8609 Fax: 860-423-8618 www,aimarchery.com
271 Archery Shooter Systems 109 N Wagner St.. Endeavor. W1 53930 Phone: 608-587-2254 Fax: 608-587-2565 www.bowhanger.com
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281 Coffey Marketing 1678 Gilead Church Rd. Glendale, KY 42740 Phone: 270-369-7323 Fax: 270-369-6244
273 Core Archery by Larry Wise Call toll free: 1-800-324-3337 www.deerinfo.com 289 C. W. Erickson Mfg., LLC Phone: 763-682-3665 www.archerhunter.com
314 Trueflight Manufacturing Company, Inc. PO Box 1000, HWY 51 S. Manitowish Waters, Wl 54545 Phone: 715-543-8410 Fax: 715-543-2525 www.trucflightfeathers.com 264 The US & International Archer Subscription Form 7315 N. San Anna Drive Tucson. AZ 85704 Phone: 520-742-5846 Fax: 520-742-0027 Advertise in this Magazine, call: 888-250-3321 www.usarcher.com 316 Whole Life Planner B.C. Ministries, Box 915 Eddyville, KY 42038
259 Mathews Inc. PO Box 367, 919 River Road Sparta. W1 54656 Phone: 608-269-2728 Fax: 608-269-3120 www.mathewsinc.com
301 Win & Win
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297 NASP Foundation 2035 Riley Road, Sparta, WI 54656 www.archeryintheschools.org
293 Ragsdale & Associates Archery Consultants 14230 Shadow Bay Dr., Willis. TX 77318 Phone: 936-856-0928 archerysleuth@wmconnect.com
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262 Ram Products 1220 S. Mountain View Road Moscow, ID 83843 Phone: 208-882-1396 Fax: 208-882-2634 www.ram-products.com
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284 Toxonics Color Options on Metal Optics Pins
291 Range-O-Matic Archery Company 20625 30 Mile Road. Ray MI 48096 Phone: 586-749-8622 Fax: 568-749-6721 www.spin-wing.com
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285, 286 Carson Optical 313 Robinhood Video Productions 1600 Reyn., New Albany Road Blacklick. OH 43004 Phone: 614-322-1038 Fax: 614-322-1039 www.robinhoodvideos.com
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288 Samick Sports 598-96 Kam Jeong-Dong Kimpo-City, Kyungki-do, Korea www.samicksports.com
286 BowTech
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303 Scott Archery MFG., Inc. 101 Tug Branch Rd., Clay City, KY 40312 Phone: 606-663-2734 Fax: 606-663-4615 www.scottarchery.com
315 Shot Doctor, The Phone: 217-482-3670
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291 Tab Hinton Archery Targets Turkey
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