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Ann continued her winning streak when she won the Ben Pear son Open in the spring of 1960 and went on that same year to win the National Archery Association Champion ship. In 1961 she proved what a great all around champion she was by winning the 1961 National Field Archery Associa tion Championship in the freestyle division.
Ann has spent her lifetime promoting the sport she loves so much. She spent over 30 years exposing archery to mil lions through her sport show demonstrations as well as nu merous television appearances. She was also instrumental in development and promotion of the NAA Junior Olympic Development program and was recipient of their Develop ment Award in 1987. Ann was also founder and First President of The Dianas, the first all Women's Bowhunting Organization, in 1988. Currently vice president of the Archery Hall of Fame, Ann continues to be a driving force in the world of archery today. Whether it be hunt ing, tournaments, administration or
Archery Hall of Fame Museum Progress continues in Springfield, Missouri e are happy to report more progress is taking place at our home in Springfield.
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Board members, Diane Miller, Marilyn Bentz, and Ann Clark recently returned from Missouri after having spent 4 days sorting memorabilia to be displayed in the cases that are now being constructed for the museum's preview area. This is located just inside the main front entrance of Bass Pro Shops in Springfield, Missouri, the per «V. manent home of the Marilyn and Ann sort through some of the Archcry Hall of Fame & Museum. AHOF Museum's memorabilia As you enter the area you will see a beautiful mural painting by Adam Wolken. This eye catching mural is called “Heroes and Legends."
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Target archery has had a Championships at Disney World wonderful summer season in the in Florida. Coverage will be the November-December Northern Hemisphere. Our elite in archers have traveled thousands issue. Check them out at www. of miles to compete with the archeryintheschools.org. Also in October the World world’s elite archers. Prior to the competitions, archers and coaches Huntsman Senior Games will be have put in hundreds of hours to get held in St. George, Utah. Check the seniors out on www.seniorgames. everyone shooting their best. Congratulations to all of you net. We are still looking for a for your wonderful performances. Thanks to Win & Win Archery reporter for the Archery Shooter’s we can go on the internet at Association(ASA)and International www.archery.org and watch the Bowhunting Organization (1B0). competition shot by shot to the Call me at toll free 888-250-3321 if you are interested. victories. See you at the Huntsman Senior Our photographer/writers Teresa laconi and Joe Baurnfeind Games in St. George, Utah. have done a great job for us. We couldn’t produce this magazine without you. Thank You. October 6-8 the National Archery in the Schools (NASP) will have their 3rd World Indoor
World Archery Communications recognizes Darrell Owen Pace According to World Archery Communications, Darrell Owen Pace was probably the world’s top archer in the 1970s and 1980s. A four-time Olympian, he broke five Olympic records at the 1976 and 1984 Games and won two individual titles. At the age of 16, Pace became the youngest member of the U.S. team at the world championships. He won the world title in 1975 and 1979 becoming the first person in the “modern” era of archery to win the title twice. He was named “Athlete of the 20th Century” at the World Archery Federation Congress 2011. Darrel 10. Pace first competed internationally in 1973, at age 16, becoming the youngest member of the U.S. team at the world championships, where he finished 23rd. He went on to
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USA Archery Crowns National Target Champions by Teresa laconi Editor's note: “Teresa laconi has been an archery coach for four years, and was the recipient of USA Archery's 2010 Developmental Coach of the Year Award. Teresa specializes in public relations and marketing, and may be reached on Facebook: www.facebook.com/teresaiaconi.” Teresa laconi Jake Kaminski (NY), second at 90 meters with a 3 17. also held the second spot at 70 meters, shooting a 334 for a total of 651. Following in the third spot was Joe Fanchin (CA), with a score of 307 at 90 meters, and fourth at 70 meters with 330, for a 637 at the long distances. Other notable finishes after 72 arrows included Peter Kelchner (CA) leading the recurve junior men. followed by Daniel McLaughlin (OH) and Jeremiah Cusick (CA); for the compound junior women, it was the trio of Kailey Johnston (GA). Carlissa Cochran (PA) and Sarah Lance (Ml) who took the top three positions. The recurve cadet men were led by Chris Luman (GA), Alex Wilier (IL) and Wei-Lun Wang (TPE), while Kannsas Michaels (PA), Hunter Jackson (MI) and Callie Gallant (ME) ended in the lead for the compound cadet women. Gabriel Querol (IL), Paul Winterbower (MO) and Glenn Meyers (MI) were the top three recurve masters 50 plus men after the half, while first three the masters 60 plus men were Thomas
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Yankton. South Dakota - Each year, there is a special kind of excitement that comes with arriving at National Target Championships. Archers come from across the United States - even from across the globe - in hopes of seeing old friends, making new ones, and enjoying the simple fun of shooting arrows with their friends. Familiar and new faces spotted the field at the Easton Yankton Archery Complex in Yankton, South Dakota, as shooters gathered to begin the second event of the World Outdoor Archery Festival. With weather conditions ranging from sunny to overcast, from showers to thunder, and from calm to a persistent, tricky wind, archers began their competition on July 28 at the 127th National Target Championships. Marquee archers from the United States, as well as teams from Australia, Chinese Taipei, Taiwan. Great Britain. Canada and Denmark joined in the fun of this exciting event. The recurve men and compound women opened the first day's competition, along with the bowman and cub competitors from both equipment styles. The format of National Target Championships featured a FITA round, in which archers shot 36 arrows at each of two “long" distances on the first day, and 36 arrows at each of two “short" distances on the second day. In the compound women's group, Jamie Van Natta (OH) led the pack at both 70 and 60 meters, shooting a 347 and 356 to lead at the end of 72 arrows with a 703. Erika Anschutz (TX), second at 70 meters and fifth at 60. shot a 342 and 347, respectively, to end the day in second with a 689. Just one point behind Anschutz was World Cup teammate Christie Colin (NY), fourth at 70 meters with a 334. but coming back strong in second at 60 meters with a 354. to hold third with 688. Number one World Ranked Brady Ellison (AZ) began his day with strong top finishes at 90 and 70 meters, shooting 325 and 341 to end the day with a score of 666. Fellow Resident Athlete
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leading score of 698. Jesse Broadwater (PA), shooting a 340 at 90 meters, and a 355 at 70 meters, ended his day in the number two spot; Canada's Dietmar Trillus took the third position with third place finishes at both 90 and 70 meters, shooting a 338 and 355 respectively for an overall 693. The recurve junior women’s group was led by teammates Ya-Ting Tan and Shih-Chia Lin, both from Chinese Taipei, whle the top American finisher was Shannon Ostling (WA). Chia-Hung Wu and Wen-Yi Yu (TPE) were the first two finishers for the recurve cadet women, while Ariel Gibilaro (CT) was the first U.S. archer, in third overall. The compound junior men were led by Garrett Abernathy
Brady Ellison takes the National title as well as the Shenk Award Booth (Ml), Kirk Nicholson (OH) and Robert Perkins (PA). David Brandfass (FL) was the top finisher for the long distances in the recurve masters 70 plus category; he was joined in the top three by Steve Robinson (OH) and Jim Ploen (MN. The masters 50 plus compound women were led by Becky Pearson (AZ), Lora Smith (MI) and Lynne Phelps (MI); the sole entrant in the masters 60 plus compound women was Mary Wenzel (VA) with a 589. Also shooting were bowman and cub archers, with Shu-Ting Liu (TPE) on top for the recurve bowmen women, Min-Jen Chen (TPE) leading the recurve bowman men, Yu-Chi Hung (TPE) in first for the recurve cub men, and Ya-Hsin Huang (TPE) ahead for the recurve cub women. The younger compound archers also shot, with John Klus, Jr. (WI) leading the compound bowman men. Josh Pflasterer (NE) ahead for the compound cub men, and Lindsay Michel (PA) in front for the compound cub women. In the afternoon of the first day, the recurve women took to the field, with Great Britain’s Naomi Folkard taking a decisive lead with the first distance, shooting a 330 for 70 meters. Folkard fell back at 60 meters with a 333, but was able to finish with a 663 for the first spot. World Championship Team member Miranda Leek (IA) shot a 319 at 70 meters, but held second at 60 meters for a 335 and an overall score of 654. They were followed by four time Olympian Khanina Lorig (CA), who shot a 316 at 70 meters, and a top score of 335 at 60 meters, to hold third with a 651. For the compound men, Braden Gellenthien (VA) took the top spot, shooting a high score of 342 at 90 meters, combined with a 356 at 70 meters, for a September-October 20ll
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the para compound men's group was led by T.J. Pemberton (OK) and L.T. Arnold (WA). who shot 631 and 599 respectively. For the compound fingers masters 50+ men's group, Dave Hryn (NY), Paul Lewkowicz (MA) and Dale East (FL) were the top finishers, while Jerry Wenzel (VA) finished first for the compound fingers masters 70+ men’s group with a 511. Archers returned to the field on the second and final day of competition at National Target Championships. Some were Miranda Leek takes herfirst National determined to Championship as a senior gain points from the previous day’s performance, while others took attempted to keep a top ranking, but all took to the field for the fun and joy of finishing the race to the 144th arrow. The recurve women and compound men began the day with the final two distances of their FITA round, shooting 36 arrows at 50 and then 30 meters, on individual SO centimeter target faces with six ring scoring. Great Britain’s Naomi Folkard, who held the lead at the end of the first day. dropped a bit at 50 and 30 meters, but was able to retain her lead by seven points, ending the tournament with a 1340 and the first place award for the guest division. Miranda Leek (1A) became the new U.S. National Target Champion, shooting a 1333 overall thanks to strong performances at the shorter distances. Khatuna Lorig (CA) was first at 50 meters with a 346, and ended as the second ranked American with 1329. Jennifer Nichols (TX) finished first at 30 meters with a 351, closing out the event with a 1328. For the compound men, it was Jesse Broadwater (PA) who came out swinging at both of the shorter distances, shooting a 357 at 50 meters, and a world record setting 360 with
34x at 30 meters, to win the National Championship title with a 1412. Broadwater was followed in the National Target Championships placements by Braden Gellenthien (VA), whose total score of 1409 gave him the position of second ranked U.S. archer. Canada's Dietmar Trillus, joining the top nine men with 360s at 30 meters, scored a 1405 for the gold medal in the guest category, while David Cousins (ME) ended as the third ranked American archer, shooting a 1402 overall. Male recurve and female compound athletes took to the field during the second part of the day as the temperatures climbed. Heat was no deterrent to number one World Ranked archer Brady Ellison (AZ), who finished on top at both 50 and 30 meters today, ending his event with the National Championship title and a score of 1362. For fellow Resident Athlete Jake Kaminski (CA), it was solid performances at both of the short distances that landed him a 1332 to lock down the second spot. World Archery Championships teammate Joe Fanchin (CA), also coached by National Head Coach KiSik Lee, shot top three scores at 50 and 30 meters to clinch the third spot. Additionally, fourth place ranked Butch Johnson (CT), shooting a 357 at 30 meters, claimed a new unofficial masters’ world record at that distance, breaking his own record set in 2006. For the compound women, Jamie Van Natta (OH) seemed determined to reclaim her National Championship title, finishing first at 50 meters and second at 30 for an overall title-winning score of 1412. With her strong performance, Van Natta also tied her own previously set world record. Other compound women finishing well included Erika Anschutz (OH), with a solid 349 at 50 meters to finish second with an overall score of 1393. World Archery Championships teammate Christie Colin (PA) turned out a third place 358 at 30 meters which gave her the third spot for the Championships with a 1388. Coming in just behind Colin with a 1385 was Camilla Soemod (DEN), taking top honors in the guest category.
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Jesse Broadwater is National Champion as well as a World Record holder
Other national championship titles: Peter Kelchner (CA) - Recurve junior men Holly Stover (MI) - Recurve junior women Chris Luman (GA) - Recurve cadet men Madison Eich (WA) - Recurve cadet women Ralph Lawton (PA) - Recurve cub men Kimie Roop (WA) - Recurve cub women Hardy Trafford (LA) - Recurve bowmen men Kai-Lou Yue (MA) - Recurve bowmen women Paul Winterbower (MO) - Recurve masters 50 plus men Kathleen Stevenson (OK) - Recurve masters 50 plus women Thomas Booth (MI) - Recurve masters 60 plus men David Brandfass (FL) - Recurve masters 70 plus men
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With the second of three competitions at the World Outdoor Archery Festival complete, hundreds of archers turned out to enjoy a night of companionship and celebration at the USA Archery Annual Banquet. Following a delicious meal in a well-appointed banquet room at the Best Western Kelly Inn, USA Archery CEO Denise Parker acknowledged the 2011 National Champions and those who placed at the top of their respective categories. There was a true air of celebration at the banquet, following a day of shooting under sunny skies with significant heat. In addition to crowning National Champions, Parker also announced the winners of the coveted Easton and Shenk Awards for 2011. Jennifer Nichols and Brady Ellison were the winners of the Shenk Award for 2011; the trophy is awarded to the recurve archers with the highest finish at the National Indoor Championships, National Field Championships and National Target Championships. Jamie Van Natta and Jesse Broadwater claimed the 2011 Easton Award, presented to the compound Continued on page 12,
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Arrow rests - the vital connection
Competitive recurve bows need a few basic accessories. Sights, stabilizers and cushion plungers are all commonly found on competitive recurve setups. But of these, one of the most important is the arrow rest. Arrow rests need several characteristics to function well, and beyond those basics, there are a number of additional nonessential features that can make life with an arrow rest easier. Let’s have a look. The Basics
A good arrow rest supports the arrow in the vertical plane, and doesn’t interfere with the passage of the arrow or fletching as the arrow clears the sight window on its way to the target. Generally, good arrow rests offer fairly stiff vertical support. A desirable (but not mandatory) attribute is the ability of this support to fold inward, in the direction of travel, in the event that a poor loose causes the shaft or fletching to strike the arrow rest. Finally, good arrow rests have reliable mounting systems which prevent shifting or detachment of the rest while in use. Nearly all modern “flipper” type arrow rests provide these basics. In addition, simple “finger” type rests like the Hoyt Super Rest and Beiter Rest also provide these basic essentials. The Best of the Basics
The Hoyt Super rest is perhaps the least expensive, but most effective basic rest available. This nearly 40-year old design works for every level from beginner to top expert and has been used to set numerous world and Olympic records on the bows of top Korean and American shooters. It’s not adjustable, but it is durable and allows for excellent arrow clearance. Beginners can choose to use the rest as it comes, with the little pressure plate and arrow-holding “whisker” in place. Advanced shooters trim these away for use with a cushion plunger. Beyond the Basics
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The ARE series of magnetic flipper rests from Asahi Archery' in Japan have become immensely popular and are used by a majority of the top European and Asian team members competing in major world events over the past four years. These rests come in a wide variety of styles, from extremely basic to fully adjustable in every imaginable way. Generally the simpler versions of these rests are the most popular with top shooters. The ARE series rests all attach with a strong Nitto tape system. Some come with adjustable ami height using a small Philips head screw. Others have multiple wire thicknesses available, thinner and less stiff for lighter weight bows, heavier and stiffer for heavier bows.. One model has something on the order of 13 different possible adjustments! There are several styles of backing plate to fit most any' current recurve bow. All ARE rests also come with extra backing tape, a welcome feature. The few downsides of the ARE rests is 13
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Surprises, Strong Shooting Dominate Hoyt World Open by Teresa laconi Editor's note: “Teresa laconi has been an archery coach for four years, and was the recipient of USA Archery’s 2010 Developmental Coach of the Year Award. Teresa specializes in public relations and marketing, and may be reached on Facebook: wwyv.facebook.com/teresaiaconi.”
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Jesse Broadwater wins the new car shoot off while USAA CEO Denise Parker and NFAA President Bruce Cull join in the congratulations
The early morning kickoff of the Hoyt World Open (formerly the U.S. Open) in Yankton, South Dakota was an exciting beginning to this international event, in which there were surprise victories and interesting upsets across all categories. Pre-ranked by their finishes in the National Target Championships held earlier in the week, archers began their day under clear skies with a variable breeze. In the women’s recurve group. Shannon Ostling, the rising star from Washington state, shot her way past some very tough competition, including fourth seeded senior Jennifer Nichols (TX) in the 1/8 round and second ranked Khatuna Lorig (CA) in the quarterfinals. Thanks to her finish, Ostling was positioned to face Naomi Folkard (GBR) for the Hoyt World Open bronze medal.
Ya-Ting Tan (TPE), the top scoring recurve woman overall with a 1350 in the National Target Championships FITA round, earned a berth to a gold medal meeting versus USA Archery Resident Athlete Heather Koehl (WI). Koehl was unstoppable in her initial matches, winning a tough tiebreaker match versus Miranda Leek (IA) and Folkard, considered a tough competitor on the international scene. In the men’s recurve, Junior Dream Team member Daniel McLaughlin (OH) was the surprise of the day, taking number one World Ranked Brady Ellison to a 4-4 quarterfinals tie before Ellison took the final set. Five time Olympian Butch Johnson shot his way through a tough match with fifth ranked Peter Kelchner (CA) to meet Ellison (AZ) in the semifinal. Johnson and Ellison faced one another for five sets, with 14
Ellison ultimately winning, 6-4. Johnson’s win pitted him against Texas A&M archer Max Sera for the bronze medal match. “1 started in 4-H and then in JOAD, and have worked with (coach) Bill Coady since 4-H” explained Sera after securing a berth to the medal match. “I haven't been able to practice as much as I would like because of work, but I made some form changes recently that are helping.” Edging Sera out in the semifinal match was Jake Kaminski (CA), a USA Archery Resident Athlete and also an Olympic hopeful for 2012. Kaminski competed successfully through tough matches against Jason McKittrick (IN) and Jeff Anderson (WA) to punch his ticket to the gold medal match versus Ellison. The compound women’s group also held some interesting results, with top
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Ya Ting Tan of Chinese Taipei takes the gold medal and $10,000for recarve archers at the Hoyt World Open ranked archers Erika Anschutz (OH) and Camilla Soemod (DEN) ending their competitions in the quarterfinals, in which Samantha Neal (NY) and Andrea Gales (GBR) both won their matches with onearrow tiebreakers. Christie Colin (PA) won her quarterfinal match versus Alicia McHenry (PA) and then went on to face Neal in the semis, where she prevailed with a six point win. Jamie Van Natta (OH) continued her winning streak as well. The Easton Award winner and then newly-crowned National Champion took a one point victory
Dietmar Trillus of Canada wins the silver medal for compound archers at the Hoyt World Open
versus Sarah Lance in the quarterfinals, and another one point win against Gales in the semifinals, to earn her spot in the gold medal match. There, she would face World Archery Championships teammate Colin, while Neal and Gales would meet for bronze. On the compound side, there were also several surprises in the men’s group, with powerhouse archers Braden Gellenthien (VA) and Reo Wilde (OH) being eliminated in the quarterfinals, by Kevin Wilkey (UT) and Rod Menzer (Wl), respectively. Dietmar Trillus (CAN), one of the world’s
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a five point victory to achieve his spot in the gold medal match. The excitement on the field was palpable at the Hoyt World Open finals later that night. Spectators including the most experienced of archers and locals from the community were on the edges of their seats, cheering their friends and wishing for their success as archers shot for their share of over S54000 in potential cash prizes from Hoyt as the title sponsor, and USA Archery. The biggest story of the evening was Broadwater, the archer who accumulated two USA Archery National Championship titles this week and a new World Record. as well as the coveted Easton Award. Broadwater again shot his way into the finals, this time against Canada's Trillus, one the world’s top ranked compound archers. Both archers opened with 30s to start the contest, and then Broadwater took a one point lead in the second end. and never looked back. With his final three arrows, Broadwater clinched yet another gold medal win for the week, and a check for S10000, while Trillus took the silver. As the compound men’s gold medal match was the last of the evening, Broadwater then proceeded to participate in the New Car Shoot-Off, an event open to archers who participated in both the NFAA Outdoor National Championships and the USA Archery National Target Championships. Under quickly darkening skies, archers shot at a non-standard small target face, in a “sudden death” round that eliminated archers as soon as they missed the gold. The field was quickly narrowed from over a hundred archers, and in just four rounds, Broadwater took his third new car win from the NFAA. "I’m just amazed,” said Broadwater after climbing out of the seat of the new Ford Mustang that was driven out to the field so that archers could see the prize
Christi Colin takes the gold medal and S10.000for the compound archers at the Hoyt World Open
Heather Koehl Hoyt World Open silver medalist and 52,500 winner for the recurve archers
they were shooting for. “A lot of emotion a total possible cumulative score of 150. and excitement came out in the end, and Neal opened with wins in the first two I’m just really amazed.” ends, and then Gales look the third, and There were several other matches shot then increased her lead to three points during the finals of the Hoyt World Open. going into the final end. Remaining strong. The evening opened with the women’s Neal took the bronze medal for the United recurve bronze medal match, in which States and the cash prize as well. In the women’s compound gold two time Olympian Folkard was strong enough to defeat USAT member Ostling medal match, it was multi-time World with a 6-2 win. Though Ostling, cheered Record holder Van Natta shooting for by the largely American crowd, shot well gold against Colin, fellow World Cup and enough to take one set. she was unable to World Championships medalist. Colin stop her opponent. opened with a strong four point lead in the In the women’s gold medal match. first end, and held the lead for three ends. Team USA’s Koehl met Tan, the top Though Van Natta narrowed Colin's lead seeded female archer overall. Tan, having a one point gap and then a tie, it was not shot a 1350 in the junior category for the enough to stop Colin, who took the one ranking round, was a tough competitor in arrow tiebreaker shoot-off with a solid ten the finals. Koehl opened with a two point to win gold and the $10000 prize, while lead after the first set, but Tan took the Van Natta took the silver and her own second, third and fourth sets to win the $2500 prize. SI0000 prize and the gold medal. Koehl For the men’s bronze match, it was received S2500 for her silver medal win. a meeting between Wilkey and Menzer, The men then took to the field, with both very accomplished archers in their five-time Olympian Johnson, coming off own right, and Wilkey coming off top a fourth place ranking and a new Masters scores during the USAA and NFAA field World Record, facing Texas A&M favorite events. Though it was a 29-all tie in the first Sera for the bronze medal. Johnson came end, Wilkey established a commanding out swinging, taking the first two sets for ten point lead after the second end, and a 4-2 lead. Though Sera took the third set, Menzer was unable to recover. Strong Johnson prevailed in the end, winning the shooting from Wilkey increased the lead bronze medal with a 6-2 victory. to 13 points heading into the final end, to The next match was a true showdown give him the bronze medal and the cash between friends and teammates Ellison prize. and Jake Kaminski, shooting for the men’s Earlier in the day, Master and Cadet recurve gold medal and the SI0000 cash archers also participated in the Hoyt World prize. It was a tough battle between these Open in both recurve and compound two powerhouse shooters, with a give and categories, and there was great excitement take in the first two sets to tie the score among the many parents, coaches and up. Ellison gained a 4-2 lead in the third spectators present. Complete results from set, and clinched the gold medal win with all categories in the Hoyt World Open are a 6-2 victory, giving Kaminski the silver available at http://www.ianseo.net. Photos medal. from the National Target Championships On the compound side, it was no less and Hoyt World Open are available on exciting, with Gales and Neal shooting a USA Archery’s Facebook page: http:// straight 50 meter match of 15 arrows for www.facebook.com/usaarchery. 16
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Ogden, Utah - There are a few words that come to mind when attending a World Cup tournament. Exciting. Educational. Humbling. What nobody can quite describe, however, is the thrill of the finals at the Archer}' World Cup at Lindquist Field in Ogden, Utah, with a stadium packed full of fans, and feeling the thunder of their cheers for the U.S. team. That is nothing short of amazing. Brady Ellison (AZ/USA), the young Arizona native and archery superstar, became the first recurve archer in history to win three consecutive World Cup stages with his win at Stage Three in Ogden this August. No stranger to pressure, the 2008 Olympian shot his gold medal match successfully
versus Dmytro Hrachov (UK.R), giving up only two set points and showing hesitation only once, when an overzealous fan screamed "1 love you!" while the archer was at full draw. Undaunted, Ellison shot his way to his third gold medal in less than two hours in a night that was nothing short of spectacular for Team USA. The organizers of the Ogden Archery World Cup were able to pack the stands at Lindquist Field in downtown Ogden, and the roar of the crowd was deafening at times as fans cheered their favorites. Weather conditions were clear, with a variable breeze that picked up as the evening progressed, but the sun setting over the mountains offered viewers a picturesque
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The compound women of Team USA backdrop for the recurve finals. The evening opened with the U.S. women's recurve team of Miranda Leek (IA/USA), Khatuna Lorig (CA/USA) and Jennifer Nichols shooting for bronze against the team from China. Led by eventual gold medalist Ming Cheng, the Chinese team had secured a nine point lead after two ends, and though the U.S. team narrowed the gap at one point, they were unable to recover the deficit. China took the bronze medal, giving the U.S. recurve women a fourth place finish for this event. The women's recurve team gold medal match was a close contest between the Ukrainian and Indian teams, both of whom had very strong archers at this event. The teams tied at 105 after two ends, and then India took a one point lead after that. However, the Ukrainian team was able to come from behind to gain the lead, and won the gold medal, 213-210, with India taking the silver. Next up was the men's recurve team bronze medal event, in which Ukraine and India faced off once again. This Ukrainian team featured Viktor Ruban, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist, while India's Jayanta Talukdar is also considered a force to reckon with. Though India led the match initially, once again the Ukrainian team came from behind to clinch the bronze medal, 222-218. The U.S. men's recurve team then took to the field to contest the gold medal match against China. The team of Ellison, Jake Kaminski (CA/USA) and Joe Fanchin (CA/ USA) responded to the excited cheering of the crowd, as the U.S. team took a three point lead versus China at the half. With three solid tens as their finish in the third end, the U.S. gained a seven point lead, and were unstoppable through the final end, taking the gold medal by four points, 220-216, while China took silver. In the mixed team gold medal final, the young team of Leek and Ellison once again returned to the field, this time versus Talukdar and Deepika Kumari of India. Though India opened with the lead in this match, the tide quickly turned when the Indian team had a liming issue that gave Leek and Ellison a ten point lead. Thanks to strong shooting through the back half of the match, the U.S. took their second gold medal of the evening with a 145-136 win. In the individual matches, the women opened the Scplembcr-Oclober 2011
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evening, with a bronze medal contest between Alejandra Valencia (MEX) and Kaleryna Palekha (UKR). This back and forth featured strong shooting from both archers, but Valencia took six set points to Palekha's four, winning the bronze medal for Mexico. In the gold medal matchup, it was Ming Cheng of China facing Kumari of India in a decisive victory for the Chinese archer, who won the gold in four sets, giving Kumari the silver medal. The men's recurve bronze medal match was contested between Team USA's Joe Fanchin, in his first individual medal match at a World Cup event, versus Markiyan Ivashko, part of the Ukrainian team that had such a solid performance at this competition. Ivashko began with an initial 2-0 lead, but Fanchin was able to post high enough scores to take the second set. A tie in the third set resulted in a 3-3 draw, but Fanchin was able to come back in the final two sets to take a 7-3 win for his first ever individual World Cup medal. "It's exciting; I've been learning a lot as far as the mental side of archery', and it makes me realize how much fun this sport is, and how you can push yourself to do well," noted Fanchin after the match. "I credit Brady, Coach Lee, Guy Krueger, all of the coaches here, and everyone at the Olympic Training Center."
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The finale of the evening was, fittingly, the gold medal matchup between Team USA's Ellison and Hrachov, the young Ukranian archer. Ellison, seeking to defend his number one world ranking, ended the first set in a draw with his opponent as the wind picked up. With a 28 to his opponent's 27 on the second end, Ellison took a 3-1 lead, but another tie brought the score to 4-2. Knowing he had to take the final set, Ellison showed the determination he has demonstrated throughout the season, winning the gold medal with a 6-2 victory. When asked how he felt about winning his third consecutive World Cup stage. Ellison noted that the best part of it was winning the medal on U.S. soil. "That's what makes it special for me," noted the young Olympian, after taking three gold medals in less than
two hours. "Going out there and every match, winning the gold medal with the USA crowd behind us, that's what makes it special - you can't ask for better than that." As the recurve archers ended their week on August 6, the compound archers prepared to take to the field on the following evening for the final night of the event. The U.S. compound team sought to defend top World Rankings, reclaim World Cup titles, and - in the case of Rodger Willett, Jr. - become the second U.S. archer that weekend to win an unprecedented three World Cup Stages. The evening opened with the women's compound bronze medal match, a battle between France and Canada. France appeared to struggle a bit despite the wind, including earning a yellow card
for movement across the line, which set them back early on, allowing Canada to take a nine point lead after the second end. The "neighbors from the north" of the USA never looked back, taking a bronze medal victory, 222-216. In the women's compound gold medal match, the U.S. women's team of Jamie Van Natta (OH/USA), Erika Anschutz (TX/USA) and Christie Colin (PA/USA) were determined to repeat their performance at the World Archery Championships in Torino, and stood a good chance, coming off a new world record in team rounds earlier in the week. The team opened with a solid initial lead against the team from India, and steadily closed the door with shot after shot in the gold. Leading 112-106 at the half, the women of Team USA kept pushing forward to a 228-218 gold medal victory,
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between number one world ranked and resulted in a deficit, as Willett took archer Anschutz, versus Italy's Tonioli. a 29-27 lead. With six arrows remaining, These two strong archers were closely matched; though Tonioli took an initial Gellenthien narrowed the gap, but five pont lead, Anschutz was able to Willett was able to hold him off, winning come back, narrowing it to four points, the gold medal with a 147-145 decision. then two, and then a tie at the last end. "I'm very excited to win, I'm extremely In the shootoff, though the roar of the happy, but at the same time, it's U.S. crowd was deafening, Anschutz bittersweet," noted Willett. "Braden shot shot a nine to Tonioli's 10, taking the great all night; he outshot me. he outshot silver medal for the USA, and gold for everyone on this field." When asked what he'd been working on in practice, Willett Tonioli. Reo Wilde then reappeared on the commented: "Just trying to stay focused field, shooting versus Tonioli's teammate and stay on a good practice routine; I've Pagni, and it was a battle of the World had a little issue with my form and I've Champions. The match began with a two just been working really hard." The Archery World Cup continues point lead by Pagni, which he retained for two ends. Though Wilde bridged the with Stage Four in Shanghai in gap, narrowing his opponent's lead to September. Complete results from just one point, it was not enough to edge this event are available at http://www. out the Italian, who won the bronze, archery.org; replays of the final matches can be viewed at http://espn.go.com/ 147-145. The gold medal final between espn3/index/_/sport/outdoors. Gellenthien and Willett was the red, white and blue matchup of the evening. Help Wanted! Willett, defending his number one world We are looking for a ranking and seeking an unprecedented talented writer/photographer third individual compound World Cup who could furnish us with win, faced off against Gellenthien, who reports and photos on was the solid shooter in the mixed team Archery Shooters Association and team finals. A timing situation with (ASA) and International a tournament official at the beginning of Bowhunters Organization the match affected Gellenthien's timing, (I BO) events
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with India taking the silver. "We shot really well, everybody shot so awesome; it's a good feeling to compete with everyone doing so well," noted Christie Colin. When asked what she had been working on leading up to the event, Colin explained: "Just to get shots off and out there really clean, that's something I learned to do, and I'm getting much better at it." Up next was the men's compound bronze medal match, in which the teams from Iran and France faced off. Solid shooting from both of these teams resulted in two draws, at the half and with one end to go. Tied at 173 all going into the last end, strong shooting from the Iranian team gave them the advantage, to take the bronze medal from France with a one point victory, 232-231. The roar of the crowd at Lindquist Field wasdeafeningas the U.S. compound men's team of Braden Gellenthien (VA/ USA), World Champion Reo Wilde (ID/USA) and Logan Wilde (UT/USA) entered the field to take on the team from Canada featuring newly crowned World Champion Chris Perkins and World Champion DietmarTrillus. These heavy hitters wasted no time, as Team USA kicked off the match with a one point 57-56 lead. Though Canada was a difficult opponent, the U.S. team was able to close the door, increasing their lead to three, then six points to finally take the gold medal with a 234-229 victory, giving Canada the silver. Gellenthien then made his second of three appearances that evening, this time with mixed team partner Colin, to shoot against Italy's MarcellaTonioli and Sergio Pagni for the mixed team gold medal. Team USA picked up an initial five point lead, and never looked back. Dropping only two points out of 16 arrows, the team of Colin and Gellenthien secured the third gold medal of the night for the U.S. team, with a 158-151 win, and Italy taking the silver medal. "It's going great, the crowd atmosphere is amazing, the conditions are perfect," said Gellenthien following the match. "It's such a great feeling to have the home crowd, that's something we don't get very often, and it's unbelievable." Iran made its second appearance of the night during the women's compound bronze medal match, this time featuring Parsamehr Mahtab shooting against Laura Longo of Italy. Longo remained strong throughout the match, and though Mahtab came back with solid shots, Longo led by five points going into the final end. It was a bronze medal win for Longo, with a fourth place finish for Iran's Mahtab. In the women's compound gold medal match, it was a tough matchup
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The SoCal Showdown was also an event for many Para Archers.
Chula Vista. CA - Last year, an older gentleman approached was followed by fellow Resident Athlete Peter Kelchner (NM), this writer in the parking lot at the SoCal Showdown. “Will you shooting a 657, and Jacob Wukie (OH), the 2008 U.S. Olympic please write a press release about my granddaughter?” he asked. Team Alternate, with a 654. “She just won this tournament.” Of course, he was talking about Just seven senior compound women competed in this event. Miranda Leek, the young archer who has caused a sensation this and they were led by Jamie Van Natta (OH), who shot a 685 year with her standout shooting at the young age of 17. After her despite the windy conditions to end in the number one spot. She win at the first SoCal Showdown last October, Leek has gone on was followed by World Cup medalist Diane Watson (FL) who to medal at an impressive list of events this year - and her gold shot a 668 to end her day; Samantha Neal (NY) was just two medal win at the second annual SoCal Showdown brings her full points behind with a 666 to qualify number three. Rodger Willett, Jr. (VA), following his own gold medal hat circle. In addition to Leek, the SoCal Showdown attracted many of trick at the Ogden Archery World Cup, shot a solid 706 to take the the country's top archers to the Olympic Training Center in Chula top seed in the men's compound category. World Cup teammates Vista, where they were surrounded by palm trees and picturesque Reo Wilde (ID) and Braden Gellenthien (VA) joined him in the mountains, at a facility steeped in the tradition of training to win. coveted top three positions with a 701 and 699 respectively. Archers from Mexico and even Bhutan, a small country with an While junior and senior archers would continue in the next emerging archery program, came out for this year’s event. day’s elimination round match play, the tournament for the The qualification round, shot on the first day of competition, cadets ended with the qualification round. In the recurve cadet consisted of seventy two arrows shot under clear skies with a men's group, the top archers were Chris Luman (GA), Nathan strong breeze that many archers deemed tricky. "The first half Yamaguchi (AZ) and Andrew Mateo (AZ). For the recurve was windy, and it got windier as we went, but that seems to be cadet women, medals were won by Heather Trafford (LA), Ariel typical of the area here," noted one competitor. Gibilaro (CT) and Lauren Clamon (CA). Leek (IA), coming off a gold medal mixed team win at the The top compound cadet men were Hunter Barthels (TX). Ogden Archery World Cup the week before, was strong enough Adam Stringham (AZ) and James Rutherford (AZ), while Alexis to hold on to the top qualification spot for the recurve women's Madrid (MEX), Kannsas Michaels (PA) and Hunter Jackson (MI) class with a 637. Following closely were four time Olympian won top honors in the compound cadet women's category. Khatuna Lorig (CA) with her score of 636, and Kristin Braun Many archers continued with the mixed team elimination (CA), a medalist in last year’s event, who shot a 613 thanks to a rounds. This was a fun highlight for many competitors, including strong performance on the first 36 arrows. Lorig, who teamed up with son Levan Onashvili (CA) to For the recurve men, Brady Ellison (AZ), who recently participate. "We did (well) for the first time and (despite) very became the first recurve archer in history to win three World Cup windy conditions," commented Lorig. "We won our first match stages, finished atop his category's qualifications with 661. He but lost our second match to Brady Ellison and Miranda Leek - it 22
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Yeshey Dendhup of Bhutan competing. the World Archery Championships and World Cup events. In the recurve women's bronze medal match, it was a win for Mickelberry, who started out strong and never looked back in her match against Braun. With a 6-0 victory, Mickelberry took her first national event podium finish of the 2011 season. For the gold medal match, it was a contest between Leek and Lorig, with Leek posting seven points to Lorig's three to win her second SoCal Showdown in a row, while Lorig took the silver. For the recurve men, it was Ellison, Tim Hines (WA), Wukie and Kelchner advancing to the semifinals, with Hines, the 20th ranked archer, defeating several formidable opponents on his way to the semis. Ellison, however, was able to advance past Hines to the gold medal match with a 6-0 shutout win, while Wukie, who had stopped teammate Kaminski in the quarters, advanced past Kelchner with a 6-4 victory. Hines faced Kelchner for the bronze medal, and it was a close match between these two archers, with a back and forth battle for the bronze. Ultimately, it was Kelchner who prevailed with a 6-4 win. Ellison and Wukie then faced off for gold, and Ellison, no stranger to the gold medal match this tournament season, showed his determination to finish the year with another win. taking the hardware with a 6-0 shutout decision.
was fun." Onashvili is himself an Olympic hopeful, training in California with his mother. A "best of the best" fun match also took place which pitted number one world ranked archers Ellison and Willett against one another at 70 meters. Ellison took the first match, after which the two powerhouse shooters tied for four consecutive matches before Ellison took the win, 6-4. The second and final day of this competition dawned slightly overcast with relatively little wind, as archers took to the field to determine the champions of this event. Archers in the junior and senior categories participated, including several para archers in the recurve and compound divisions. There were some surprises in Sunday's match play, including archers Jesse Broadwater (PA), Jake Kaminski (CA), Butch Johnson (CT), Vic Wunderle (NC), Heather Koehl (Wl) and Logan Wilde (UT) all being eliminated before or during the quarterfinals. Leek showed strong shooting in her semifinal match against Erin Mickelberry (WA), taking a 7-1 victory to advance to the gold medal match, where she would face Lorig, who had a 6-0 quarterfinal win over fellow Resident Athlete Braun. Leek, who has been dubbed the "American Archery Thunderbolt," has proved a solid teammate for Lorig and Jennifer Nichols (TX) at
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The compound women's group was narrowed to Van Natta, Watson, Paige Pearce (CA) and Samantha Neal (NY), with Watson taking a 141-136 win over Neal to ensure her berth to the gold medal match. Van Natta showed equal determination in her contest with Pearce, scoring a 140 to her opponent's 135 to punch her ticket to the final as well. Shooting for the bronze. Neal had a three point lead over Pearce after the first three ends, and increased it to four points with one end remaining. Keeping her opponent at bay with that four point advantage, Neal won the bronze medal, 137-133. Inthe gold medal final. Van Natta and Watson were closely matched. with just one point ultimately deciding the match in Van Natta's favor, giving her the gold medal to Watson's silver, 136-135. Willett, now the only compound archer ever to win three consecutive World Cup stages, was strong in his match versus Chris Oosterlinck (CA), posting a 145-142 win to edge out his opponent for a spot in the gold medal match. Gellenthien and Reo Wilde both needed their A-game in their match against one another, which came down to a one point edge for Gellenthien, leaving Wilde and Oosterlinck to shoot for bronze while Gellenthien and Willett faced off for gold. In the bronze medal match, Wilde took an early lead over Oosterlinck, with a trhee point lead at the half, which he maintained going into the final end. Though Oosterlinck was able to narrow the gap to two points, he was unable to edge out World Champion Wilde, who took the medal, 148-146. Shooting for gold were Gellenthien and Willett, in a rematch from the gold medal final at the Ogden Archery World Cup. This time, it was Gellenthien who prevailed, shooting his way to a 146-140 victory over silver medalist Willett. The SoCal Showdown was the final U.S. Archery Team (USAT) Qualifier Series Event for 2011; the next U.S. event for many archers will be the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, which will take place in College Station, Texas beginning September 28. Visit http://www.ianseo.net for complete scores from the SoCal Showdown. 24
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2 Peter 1:4a, “by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature..
lives. Usually, these decisions have nothing in common with the dreams of our earl ier years. Most often the choices we make run counterproductive to our initial visions.
Thomas Merton once wrote, “The biggest human temptation is...to settle for too little.” Some of us fall prey to this in 3-D tournaments as well as in life, i.e. the tendency to settle for second best.
Why does this strange transformation take place in the lives of most adults? Why do most of us give up on our hopes, our dreams, our aspirations and settle for something far less? Most often it’s because we allow our doubts, fears and yes, our passions to dictate our choices. We lose sight of our dreams by focusing on something far less in comparison to the prize of which we dreamed.
We real ly do not make up our minds to settle for less, but by the disciplines of our lives, we choose to take less. God gave you the abilities to succeed in your life. As kids we have all these dreams of things we can be when we grow up. Nothing is impossible for us as kids.
However, by the time we reach 14-16 years of age, we begin to make decisions that will affect the rest of our
Perhaps that is where Peter is coming from in regards to our spiritual lives. Most often we settle for second best for God, too. We give Him the crumbs of our lives rather than the main course. A few seconds here, a quick prayer there and one hour ever other Sunday and we have taken care
of our perceived obligations to Him.
Peter tells us that through “multipliedgraceandpeace, knowledge of God (v 2) and His divine power” (v 3), God has given us all the promises we could ever need to succeed in our spiritual walk and ministry. Not only does God give us victory in our spiritual lives, but He makes us winners in our every day lives, too. He wants both worlds to be the same for us. His divine nature has never failed; therefore, if He gives you from Himself, He doesn’t expect that you will fail, either.
Every practice session should be geared toward success. Each day at work needs to be given your best effort. You have all the reasons to succeed in any thing you attempt. God’s divine nature is all over you! As always, shoot straight—on the 3-D course and in your life!
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ARTAKHINOVA, Queen of the World Archery Para Championships! Turin-17 July 2011 ‘ Seventeen days in Turin, one Congress, two world championships and 13 titles awarded to the best para archers of the world today! Stepanida ARTAKHINOVA (RUS) won two gold medals and one silver !
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Recurve Men Team Open Gold - Russia (seeded No. 1) v Korea (seeded No. 2) For team matches, the score are cumulative - out of 24 arrows (four ends of six arrows) in teams. Korea took a 1-point lead after the first end 56-55, however they shot a 5 in the second end, while Russia scored 10-9-10-99-9 to lake a comfortable advantage al 111-105. OYUN/SHESTAKOV/TUCHfNOV, the last two had played for the individual bronze in the morning continued fairly strong with 10-6-9-10-9-8. Enough to keep JUNG/LEE/LEE, who scored 7-9-9-10-9-6 at a good distance 163-165. Korea shot 8-8-9-10-8-8 for 206 points. Russia cruised to victory with 9-10-8-9-9-9. Gold medal, 217-206! Recurve Women Team Open Gold - Korea (1) v China (2) GAO Fangxia appeared also in her third final today and she was looking for another title, after winning gold (in individuals) and silver (in mixed team). The match was very light as the score was tied score after
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between Danielle BROWN and Stepanida ARTAKHINOVA. However the Russian team of ARTAKH1NOVA/LYZHNIKOVA/ POLEGAEVA seemed simply more constant than the Britons They started with ends of 56 and 55, despite the rain, while Great Britain scored 47 and 46. Russia led 111-93 at the half. Later on, the Russian led 161 -136 and finally won 212-198! Two gold and one silver for ARTAKHINOVA, while BROWN earned one gold and two silver! Recurve Mixed Team Open Gold - P. R. China (1) v LR. Iran (2) For team matches, the score are cumulative - out of 16 arrows in mixed teams (four ends of four arrows). One more time, the rain started to fall down quite hard for this match. This week the weather alternated between plain sun and some heavy storm! These two teams played a tight match but Iran took advantage of a low second from China to lead after 12 arrows. China scored 36, 32, 35 for 103 and Iran had 34, 35, 36 for 105. China continued wit 9-8*, while Iran scored 10-8. Then China finished only with 6 and 8. Iran scored another 8 and 9. Final score 140-134. Second medal of the day for Ebrahim RANJBARKIVAJ, while his teammate Zahra NEMATI had gold and silver! Compound Mixed Team Open Gold - Great Britain (1) v Russia (3) John Stephen STUBBS and Danielle BROWN were appearing in their second final as the big favourites over Russia. They took a good lead in the first end 39-36. However the Russian pair came back with 10-10-10-10 to close the gap at 76-77 halfway through the match! The British had a 10-10-10-10 on their own in the third end to regain a consequent lead 117-114. However the individual silver medal Stepanida ARTAKHINOVA and her teammate Mikhail DIKTOVANNYY, shooting with only one arm, were not discouraged. They shot 10-10-10-10 in the last end and put pressure back on the British team. STUBBS/BROWN only managed 9-9-9-9. A surprising come-back victory for Russia! September-October 2011
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Individual silver medalist Stephanida Artakhinova and her teammate Mikhail Diktovannyy Compound Mixed Team Champions Recurve Men Standing Gold - DONG Zhi (CHN/1) v KIM Suk Ho (KOR/7) The lower seed KIM had a little edge on DONG in the first two sets (9-9-8 to 7-8-10 and 9-7-9 to 8-6-9). He led 4-0! The Chinese came back strong in the third with 9-10-9. He trailed 2-4. He continued with another 28 (10-8-10), one point better than KIM in the fourth set, to tie at 4-4. The Korean started the last set with a 5! DONG made no mistake to take advantage of it with 9-9-9. He came back from 0-4 to 6-4 and won the gold medal! Bronze-OlegSHESTAKOV(RUS/4)vTimurTUCHNINOV (RUS/4) The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds and team-mates SHESTAKOV and TUCHNINOV met for bronze. The latter was slightly better in the firs two sets, winning them 27-26 and 26-25. He did again in the third set! SHESTAKOV finished strong with 8-9-10 (27), but TUCHINOV had 10-9-9 (28) to clinch the bronze medal! Recurve Women Standing Gold - GAO Fangxia (CHN/1) v Irina BATOROVA (RUS/14) BATOROVA. seeded No. 14, made her way to the final to face the No. 1 seed GAO. The Russian, who has only been shooting for six month (!), was a bit impressed starting the match with 6-7-6, while the Chinese achieved 9-8-8 to take the first set. Then they both scored 8-10-9. GAO still led, 3-1. BATOROVA dropped another 6 in the third set. GAO scored 8-9-7 to increase the gap at 5-1. The Russian finished with 6-10-9. GAO was solid with 10-8-10 to win gold! Bronze- YAN Huilian (CHN/12) v Magali COMTE (SUI/23) Seeded No. 12 and 23, these two athletes surprisingly reached the bronze medal final! COMTE shot very well in this match with 10-9-9, 9-10-9, and 9-7-9 to clinch the bronze in straight sets! Recurve Men W1/W2
Gold - Ebrahim RANJBARKIVAJ (IRI/1) v LEE Myeong-Gu (KOR/6) Seeded No. 1 in this tournament, RANJBARKIVAJ was just too good for his Korean opponent today. RANJBARKIVAJ won in straight sets 6-0 (26-24, 29-25, 27-25). Gold medal for Iran! Bronze- Sidik MUHAMMAD SALAM (MAS/7) v Roham SHAHABIPOUR (IRI/8) MUHAMMAD SALAM took a strong start in this match and led 4-0. SHAHABIPOUR shot first the third set with a 9*-8-10, while MUHAMMAD SALAM scored 9-9-9. The 9* turned to be a 10 and the Iranian came back 2-4. He actually tied the match shooting another set of 28 points in the fourth to this opponent 27. Finally SHAHABIPOUR scored two 10s in the fifth set but also a 6. That arrow cost him the medal. MUHAMMAD SALAM scored 8-9-10 (27-26 in the set) to clinch bronze! Recurve Women W1/W2 Gold - Zahra NEMATI (IRI/1) v XIAO Yanhong (CHN/3) XIAO started the match with a 6, but she followed up with two 9s to take the first set 24-23. The No. 1 seed NEMATI turned it up a notch in the second set, shooting 8-10-9 to tie the match 2-2. However the Iranian dropped a 6 in third set and XIAO took the lead 4-2 (27-25). The Chinese won the fourth set 26-23, and the gold medal, 6-2! Bronze - Hatice BAYAR (TUR/5) v Ozlem Hacer KALAY (TUR/7) Turkish dual in this match! KALAY took the first set 26-21. BAYAR earned the second one 25-24. The higher seed, BAYAR, was more consistent in this match continuing with 9-8-8 and 9-8-9, while her team-mate dropped a couple of 6s (8-10-6 and 6-9-9) in the last two sets. BAYAR won the bronze medal! Paralympic play-offs-LI Jinzhi (CHN) v. M1JNO Elisabetta (ITA) There was a play-off tournament with eight athletes for one Paralympic quota left. LI Jinzhi (CHN) and M1JNO Elisabetta (ITA) reached the final of this tournament. Their match was played on the final field as well; same process - best of five sets. MIJNO finished the first set with 10! She took a 2-0 lead and the fans cheered loud! However LI came back in the second set with 10-9-9. Match tied at 2-2. MINJO dropped a 5 in the third set, thus letting her opponent lake it with 10-8-10. LI lead 4-2. The Italian started the fourth set with a 6, but LI did the same (her arrow was high in the target)! Then MINJO found a 10, while LI scored another 6, this time low in the target). MINJO clinched the fourth set, the match was tied at 4-4. The final set would decide of the last Paralympic quota available at the World Archery Para Championships Turin 2011! LI made her easy for her opponent with 8-3-10, but MINJO did no mistake scoring a superb 9-10-9. Victory and paralympic quota for Italy!
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Compound Men Gold - Philippe HORNER (SUI/4) v John Stephen STUBBS (GBR/3) HORNER has competed last week in the able body world championships in Turin! In this gold final, both athletes started with 9-10-10 to split the first set. The arrows were different in the second set, 9-9-9 to 9-10-8, but the outcome was the same: split set, 2-2. Then both archers shot 10-10-10 in the third set, 3-3! Fourth set: 10-10-10 and 10-10-10,4-4! What a match! HORNER started the fifth set with another 10, STUBBS had a 9! The Swiss had another 10, the British an X10! HORNER finished with 9, leaving STUBBS with the opportunity to tie the match another time if he would have shot a 10. He only scored 9. An archery gold medal for Switzerland, congratulations HORNER! Bronze - Abdullah SENER (TUR/13) v GO Sung Kil (KOR/18) Seeded 13 and 18 after the qualifications, these two athletes made a bit of a surprising way until this bronze medal final. SENER had the best start with 10-8-9 over the 9-7-9 for GO. However the Korean came back strong with 10-9-10 and 9-9-10 to take the lead 4-2 in the match. SENER then had a 9-10-9 of his own to tie it at 4-4. The bronze medal and the Paralympic had to be played in the final set! Both athletes started the fifth set with a 9! Then GO scored a 10 and SENER scored a 10! The Korean finished with a 9, leaving SENER with the opportunity to win the match with his last arrow. However the Turkish archer shot another 9, shoot-off! GO started the tie-break with a 9. SENER took his time to aim, calmly, and released a 10! Bronze medal and a Paralympic quota! Compound Men W1 Gold-OsmoKINNUNEN(FIN/4)vDavidDRAHONINSKY (CZE/2) Matches were played using the set system: maximum of five sets of three arrows. Two set points to win per set (one for each archer in case to tie). The first archers to 6 set points wins the match. In case of a tie at 5 set points, each one arrow shoot-off closest to centre decides the winner! DRAHONINSKY won the first set over KINNUNEN 2827, but the Finnish athlete came back in the second set 29-26. The match was tied at 2-2, then at 3-3 (third set being tied at 23-23). KINNUNEN took the lead in the fourth set 26-25, 5-3. Both archers finished the match in great fashion: 8-9-10 for DRAHONINSKY, 9-10-9 and gold medal to KINNUNEN, 7-3! Bronze - Jean Pierre ANTONIOS (FIN/1) v John CAVANAGH (GBR/6) Athletes were not only fighting for the bronze medal this morning in the various compound categories but also for a Paralympic slots! Matches were played using the set system: maximum of five sets of three arrows. CAVANAGH took the first set (26-24), but the No. 1 seed ANTONIOS won the next three (28-26. 29-27, 26-25) to clinch the bronze medal and the Paralympic quota! Compound Women Open Gold - Danielle BROWN (GBR/1) v Stepanida ARTAKHINOVA (RUS/2) BROWN photo was appearing in her first final of the day, with two more to go! She is team Commonwealth champion and has made some others notable results in the Archery World Cup, meaning with the able body archers! The Russian ARTAKHINOVA did fancy her chance in any case and started the first set with 9-9-9. BROWN immediately showed she wanted to be in command of this match scoring 1010-9! Then both archers really turned the heat on a chilly Sunday morning with 10-10-10!!! BROWN still led 3-1. ARTAKHINOVA started the third set with 9, while September-October 2011
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BROWN kept it in the 10 ring one more time. The Russian finished the set with 10-10, but BROWN scored two more 10s! That was six 10s in a row and a 5-1 lead! The British athlete did quite keep it up this way in the fourth set, scoring 10-8-7 (25). ARTAKHINOVA scored 9-8-9 (26) to keep the match alive at 3-5. In the final set. ARTAKHINOVA started with a 9, equalled by BROWN. The Russian then scored a 7, while the British found the 10-ring again. ARTAK.H1NOVA scored another 9 but BROWN had a last 10 to win the gold medal. 7-3! Bronze - CHEN Min Yi (CHN/5) v Zandra REPPE (SWE/2) Both athletes tied the first set at 27-27. CHEN raised her level a notch in the second set shooting 9-10-9 for 28 points and took the lead 3-1. In the third set it was REPPE who scored 9-10-9 to tie it at 3-3. Then both archers shot 9-10-9, score tie at 4-4 going into the final set! CHEN scored 9-10-8 and REPPE had 9-8*-10! What a drama! The judge had to check the second arrow of the Swedish archer and in fact, it just touched the 9-ring to give her the bronze medal and the Paralympic quota This is the end of the World Archery Para Championships and two weeks of intense competitions! They were preceded by an historical Congress that changed the name of FITA into World Archery ! Thanks to the Organizing Committee, thanks to all thepartners and a special thanks to all the volunteers! Didier MIEVILLE World Archery Communication 29
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Membership In order to compete for collegiate honors and awards, competitors must have a valid membership with USCA. You can check the status of your eligibility at ams.uscollegiatearcheiy.org, where new members can also gain membership. Attending a college that doesn’t have a club? USCA can help students start clubs on their campuses. UCSA provides support for new and small clubs including, but not limited to applying for grants, building and maintaining a website, and getting recruitment help. For more information, contact JoDee at membership@uscollegiatearchery.org or visit our website uscollegiatearchery.org
3D USIAC Mark your calender for 21 -23 October. The 2011 -2012 season is opening up soon with its first major event, which is 3D USIAC. This year it will be held at Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio. Archers will compete in three divisions, Bow Hunter, Compound, and Recurve. The format includes 20 targets at unmarked distances and 20 targets at marked distances up to 45 yards. $500 scholarships will be awarded to the national champion in each division. Registration is now open on the USCA website Riley Arnold uscollegiatearchery.org. For questions pertaining to the event. contact Jeff Jones atjdjones4@frontier.com. We look forward to seeing you there!
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2011 World University Games - Shenzhen Congratulations to members of the archery team who won medals in Shenzhen, China.
Women’s Recurve Team Kayla DeBord, Liz Didan and Lindsey Marzec
The Men’s Compound team (l-r)Zach Plannick, Adam Wruck, and Adam Gallant) won their final match against Korea to win Bronze.
On the final day of competition, the recurve men and women competed in the individual elimination matches. Elizabeth Didan won her first match against Kathleen Joy Bartolo of the Phillipines. Glen Thomas won his first match as well. Kayla DeBord lost her first match to Mei Sugawara of Japan. Lyndsey Marzec lost her first match to Jessica Tomasi of Italy. In the next match, Glen shot against Joe Fanchin also of Team USA. Fanchin won the match. In the 16th’s Fanchin
won his match against Kumar from India but lost in the l/8ths to B. Kim, the number one ranked seed from Korea losing the opportunity for the recurve archers to win any medals. Team USA competed in the final two matches of the competition with Zach Plannick and Kendal Nicely shooting for Gold in the Mixed Compound team round losing 11 to 14 to Korea, thereby winning a bronze. Full results at www.uscollegiatearchery.org
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Breitkreitz adventures at Sunrise Ski Lodge 3-D Shoot Out By Dot Breitkreitz
We always look forward to the Sunrise 3D Shoot to get out of the desert heat and enjoy the camaraderie of fellow archers. This year was no different. My husband John and our seven year old grandson Tripp packed up the assorted equipment necessary for a challenging weekend. As the family memory keeper I packed my camera. Upon arrival on Friday we noticed fewer participants than usual. We attributed the lower count to the recent Wallow fire in nearby Alpine, Springerville and Nutrioso, and the lack of camping areas due to the closing of the forest. We registered for the non-competitive course and took our ski lift ride to the first course. The ride was easier this year as Tripp had grown enough to get himself on the lift without our help. The targets were well placed with a few tough shots to make things interesting. Travel between targets was challenging for our older knees and ankles but Tripp didn’t seem to mind. The guys finished three courses on Friday and two on Saturday; cut short by a quick moving thunderstorm. While grabbing a bite to eat between courses from the vendors at the Shoot, we were reminded how cold a Northern Arizona shower can be and watched as the people in the children’s competitive course toughed it out in the rain. We met Arlyne Rhode and had a nice chat, sharing interests regarding different events. I sat out the rest of the day with a good book and enjoyed the fact that 1 had to wear a light sweatshirt. John filled out his one raffle ticket for the Reservation Raghorn Archery Hunt and a few days after we were home a letter came announcing his win. A successful weekend was had by all. We are already anticipating next year’s event!
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PEE WEE (Age 8 & UNDER) FEMALE 181 1st Seanna Roland 117 2nd Kailey Paez 110 3rd Aja Nez MALE 196 1st Conor Curbello 189 2nd Isaac Lopez 3rd Jackson James 165 CUB (Ages 9-12) FEMALE 1st Davrie Zengerly 191 124 2nd Kiara Smith 121 3rd Lilliam Niccum MALE 1st Trustin Ponce 200 199 2nd Jacob Ponce 3rd Taysen Baca 192 YOUTH (Ages 13-15) FEMALE 1st Erica Garcia 367 2nd Meaghan Bunge 286 MALE 1st James Turner 387 2nd Dre Montoya 385 3rd Trevor Heyer 372 YOUNG ADULT (Ages 16-17) MALE 1st Dean Hartman 348 2nd Zach Hodges 347 3rd Justin Trewern 346 TRADITIONAL (Recurve/Longbow) FEMALE 1st Kim Young 212
Congratulations to all of the Champions! 2nd Peggy' McDonald 154 MALE 1st Anthony Mannino 256 234 2nd Charles McDonald 3rd Brandon Martin 200 BOWHUNTER (Bare Bow) FEMALE 1st Rye Becenti 118 MALE 1st Leonard Lupe Jr 265 247 2nd Walter Gorman 235 3rd David Valles LIMITED BOWHUNTER (Fixed Pins/No Release) FEMALE 69 1st Suzy Head MALE 267 1st Matiano Vicente UNLIMITED (Release/Fixed Pins) FEMALE 317 1st Melissa Casias 305 2nd Ilene Hailey 256 3rd Shannon Gorman MALE 375 1st Nathan Huber 374 2nd Brad Ahlgrim 372 3rd Bryce Redden OPEN (Scope/Moveable Sight) FEMALE 313 1st Kristi Pacheco 309 2nd Mary McMains MALE 389 1st Scott Austin 374 2nd Joseph MacGregor
3rd Zack Stephenson 368 SENIORS (Age 50+ - Any Equipment) MALE 1st Jim Marshall 377 2nd Pete Dufek 353 340 3rd Calvin Largo MASTERS(Age 60+ - Anv Equipment) 1st Michal Miller 338 300 2nd Jerry Hix 297 3rd Steve Gasca MONEYSHOOT OPEN - MALE 413 1st Scott Darnell 2nd David Miller 391 3rd Anthony Marquez 386 UNLIMITED - MALE 1st Toby McMains 389 388 2nd Luke Eggers 377 3rd Charley Swarts EXTREME SHOOT/ Hibrom Sanchez DISTANCE SHOOT John Ewing DMA ARCHERS SMOKER Brad Ahlgrim, Max Ruiz, Mike Wilke Awards continued on page 34,
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An Epic First Shot! by Meaghan Bunge Sunrise Shoot ‘Welcome back to Pinetop!’ That was my first thought as we drove through Showlow, Pinetop, and onward down to Sunrise ski lodge. I’d been here before, but only on vacation, and 1 definitely missed the forest air. After we dropped off our stuff at the lodge. Dad and 1 drove down to the resort. Never had 1 seen that many archers in one spot before, seeing as how it’s my first year at competition. I half leapt, half stumbled out of the Jeep in excitement, and I ran to the steps. After running two at a time up them and under the arch, 1 stopped, staring in awe at the pavilions spread over the clearing. My eyes shone, and my smile was wide as I explored, browsing the different equipment and meeting up with friends from local archery shops. It was one of the best places I had ever been. The fun shoots were certainly accurately named. I rode the ski lift up, watching squirrels scamper here and there over fallen trees as we slowly made our way up the mountain. Although I was tired from the long car ride, my friend and I shot our way down through the targets. One thing that scared me though, was that I wasn’t used to the altitude quite yet, and halfway down the mountain 1 blacked out for five seconds. Always come up the day before, because it takes a bit to get used to it! Something 1 had to learn the hard way. That didn’t dampen my spirits however. The next morning was the first day of the competition. Was 1 nervous? Nah, I was with friends. It’s almost like a shoot with Desert Archers back down in Tucson, except I got to shoot with friends I don't get to see often. But, it certainly wasn’t any regular boring shoot. It took us a few tries to find the ‘fuzzy’, or what we call the colored stakes. Dodging large flying bugs, we walked along the trails, taking our time at each shot, making sure it was as perfect as we could make it. Those evil bugs would land on our bows as we would set up our shot, making us lose a bit of our concentration. 1 thought we did great, and it was my first time shooting at Sunrise.
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After the first day, we met up with a few friends and hung out. The second day went much the same way, except for the awards. When my name got called for second place, I almost screamed in excitement and received my award. Later on that night, I got called for the raffle too. Fighting my way through the crowd, fondly called the mosh pit by Sunrise Shoot veterans, I acquired a certificate for a new set of a dozen Easton arrows. I couldn’t believe it. and as we drove home the next day, I sat in the passenger’s seat thinking. ‘Now that was fun.’
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NASP® Announces 2011-12 School Equipment Grants Program August 15, 2011 By: Roy Grimes, President NASP® The Easton Foundations (EF®) have again partnered with the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP®) to provide $300,000 in grant assistance for schools to enroll in this exciting program. Over the next few months, each of the 47 NASP® states, 5 Provinces, and Washington DC will be allocated $6,000. Last school year was the first time NASP® and EF® partnered to provide these equipment grants. While the grants were intended to assist 300 schools, 517 new NASP® schools actually received grants. Once educators at a prospect school learn about NASP®, the next biggest obstacle to bringing archery instruction to their students is the purchase of the archery equipment kit. Thanks to veiy cooperative pricing by NASP® suppliers, the equipment kit costs a school far less than its retail value. Even so, it costs about $3,000 to outfit a typical Physical Education archery class of 24-36 students. NASP’s equipment specifications are highly standardized in every school world-wide. Each school uses the same bow and arrow. The Genesis by Mathews Archery is a high quality universal-fit compound bow designed for sharing among several student archers. The Genesis arrow was specifically designed by Easton Technical Products to be safe, durable, and effective for the archeiy student. This principle of every student using the same equipment in archery class makes certain the focus of student learning is on mastering the process of safe and proper shooting. If different types of equipment were used the teacher’s role would be more complicated, NASP®’s perfect safety record could be impacted, and the student’s mastery of how to shoot could be short-circuited. Most of the more than 8,800 schools that have joined the program to date have been able to purchase their September-October 2011
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equipment with little help from outside sources. However, many schools are unable to raise this money without assistance. Some schools raise money locally among civic organizations, conservation clubs or chapters of the National Wild Turkey Foundation, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, or Safari Club International. Innovative teachers enlist the aid of parents to hold fund raising events to raise money for equipment. In many NASP® jurisdictions the fish and wildlife conservation agency provides grants for the purchase of school archery equipment kit. To help alleviate financial barriers we at NASP® are excited about the generosity of the Easton Foundations® (EF®). EF® is a non-profit foundation established by James L. Easton for the purpose of training and developing a pool of world class archers able to compete at the highest levels. The strategy used to accomplish the Foundation’s purpose is the creation or support of programs to develop archers at many levels in order to strengthen and deepen the available talent pool. “The Easton Foundations have supported NASP® Schools for a number of years with equipment grants directly to the schools, support of the NASP® School Equipment Grant Program allows us to assist more schools and leverage the great work of the NASP® organization and State Coordinators”, commented Greg Easton from the Easton Foundations. For more about the Easton Foundations visit www.eastonfoundations.org This grant offer is popular with coordinators who run NASP® in their respective states. Tim Beck, the Indiana DNR NASP® Coordinator reports, “These equipment grants have allowed many Indiana schools to join and participate in this unique and engaging program. There is no doubt, without this type of boost some 39
of our students would not be able to join the fun.” Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission’s Steve Robbins tells us, “Our agency provides a limited number of grants to start new NASP® schools. These EF® and NASP® grants help even more private and public schools join Florida’s NASP® effort. We have teachers waiting and hoping the grant will be renewed this year.” The National Archery in the Schools Program® is in its 10th year. If you would like to learn more about NASP® and how to help our nonprofit foundation bring the program to more students please check us out at: www. archeryintheschools.org or www. nasparchery.com
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Tim Strickland, host of Strickland's Archery Adventures on the Sportsman's Chanel invited the top 8 finishing NASP® archers from the 2010 NASP National Tournament to be guests on his show and participate in the first ever Strickland's Youth Archery Challenge. "We wanted to feature NASP students in fun and exciting archery activities. We believe their peers will enjoy watching their fellow NASP students participate in these exiting challenges”. explained Tim Strickland. The top 4 finishing High School boys and the top 4 finishing High School girls were contacted and provided this opportunity. The only stipulations were, they had to provide their own transportation to and from the location and they had to have an adult chaperone come with them. The students were from Kentucky, Alabama, West Virginia. Ohio and South Carolina. All 8 students contacted immediately agreed and were excited about the chance to participate in the challenges. There were 6 students that would compete and 2 students that would be understudies remaining on standby in case one of the 6 competing students had something happen that would prevent their continued participation. The beautiful location of the shoot was provided by Carter's Caves State Park in Eastern Kentucky. Carter's
Caves State Park also provided 10 free rooms for the participants and their chaperones. Chaperones included, Fathers, Mothers, Grandmothers. Grandfathers, Family friends, and Coaches. In all there were 17 chaperones for the 8 students. When everyone arrived they attended a welcome meeting where introductions took place, information was shared, and the students were paired up into two student teams. The pairings were as follows: Team Mathews: Nathan Parcell. Meade County Kentucky — HS national male champion and Kaitlin Farthing, Madison Southern, Kentucky — 3rd place national female HS archer. Team Bucknatural: Haley Carmen, Berea Kentucky — FIS national female champion and Joshua Clarke, Irvington, Alabama. — 3rd place National male HS archer. Team Strickland's Adventures: Brandon Harpold, Ripley West Virginia — 2nd place national HS male archer and Ella Kokinda, Charlestown South Carolina -- 2nd place national HS female archer. Understudies: fourth place finishing boy and girl Ryan Long, Madison Central, Kentucky and, Ciara Cox, Logan Schools, Logan Ohio. The teams were provided with shirts provided by the sponsors they would represent. The next morning the challenges began. All we can share before episode air dates are contestant names and a brief description of a couple challenges. You will have to watch the show in late September through October to see the results. The first challenge was titled “the Mine Field” where the students shot a target for score that was obstructed by helium-filled, air-blown balloons. The object was to get the highest score possible while breaking the least number of balloons. The next challenge was, “Rain Maker” which involved jugs of water, pulleys, rope and a lot of arrows. Other challenges included, Archery Golf, Birds on a Wire. Build TWO Shoot, and Archery Relay. The students and chaperones endured tremendous heat, brutal humidity, rain delays, bright sun, and long days. But in the end everyone had a great time and there was a lot of laughing, smiling, and yes learning! The show will air at the end of September 2011 and it will be a feature part of 5-6 out of the 13 episodes of Strickland's Archery Adventures this season. Look for the Strickland’s Youth Archery Challenge. There were many sponsors that made it all possible. They included, Mathews Archery, The National Archery in the Schools Program. Cabela’s, Kentucky State Parks, Electronic Awards, Lost Camo, Buck Natural, Morrell Targets, Easton Archery, Strickland’s Archery, Saunder's Archery, Ozonics, SACO, and Hunter Safety Systems. The Student’s won incredible prizes for each individual challenge including Mathews and Mission bows, Easton Arrows, Morrell Targets, Ozonics Odor Eliminators, Hunter Safety System Vests, Cabela’s Gift Cards, Lost Camo Gift Cards, Saunders Sling Shots, SACO Golf Systems and $100.00, $50.00. $25.00 Visa gift cards provided by Buck Natural. But they were also competing for the overall championship. The over-all awards included scholarships, trophies and gift cards. Cabela’s provided $1,000.00 and $750.00 scholarships for first and second place finishing teams, as well as $500.00, $250.00 and $ 100.00 gift cards for first through third placing teams respectively and $ 100.00 gift cards for both understudies. Electronic Awards provided $500.00 scholarships for the third place team and also provided the event trophies. All ofthe students had a great time participating in these challenges but they also received an education in the process and work involved in putting together a TV show. Tune into the Sportsman’s Channel this September and see how it all came together, watch these NASP® students compete and see the results. For more information e-mail: kdixon@nasparchery.com or call 740-833-6157 40
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New Products from Outer Limit Archery Outer Limit Archery LLC is a progressive new archery company based in Richland, Indiana. At Outer Limit our obsession with archery is combined with our passion for innovation resulting in products that are not only ground breaking but also affordable. Our aim is to provide you with products that will make you the best bowhunter and archer you can be. We look forward to being a part ofyour success. Having the right tools always makes the job go better. Outer Limit Archery produces some of the most innovative archery tools on the market. One of those tools is the Stretch D Loop Pliers. It is the most advanced D loop installation tool on the market. The Stretch D Loop Pliers multi feature design aids in the complete process of installing a D loop. The patent pending design gives you the shortest and tightest D loop possible. Unlike any other pliers, the Stretch pliers will pretension the first half of the loop and remove any creep out of the material before the second half of the loop is tied. The stretch is really one tool that takes care of all the steps of string loop installation. For more information check out our product video library at www.outerlimitarcherv.com. The patent pending Moto Serving Jig, pictured at right, from Outer Limit Archery will allow you to build strings the way the professionals do. Powered by virtually any cordless drill the Moto Serving Jig makes string building easy. You will cut string building time by more than half, while at the same time provide more consistent wrapping. Build strings the way the professional do with the Moto Serving Jig. For more information check out our product video library at www. outerlimilarcherv.com. Sighting in your bow can be a chore, and difficult to get just right. With the new Dead Eye, pictured below and right, from Outer Limit Archery sighting in your multi pin sight is now faster and more accurate than ever before. Target archers have known the benefits of computer generated sight tapes for years. Until now there has never been a good way to use sight tapes with a multi pin sight. The Dead Eye acts as a hands free platform to hold a computer generated sight tape in front of your sights pins. Once in place you can easily adjust each of your sights pins to line up with the sight tape. You will definitely appreciate a perfectly sighted in bow which is easily achieved with the Dead Eye. For more information check out our product video library at www.outerlimitarcherv.com.
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August 3, 2011 LANCASTER. PENNSYLVANIA -Easy to navigate and designed with every archer in mind, the new LancasterArchery. com is changing the way that archers shop online. Unveiled this month, the new site places more products and information directly at the fingertips of customers with an expanded inventory selection, pro archer recommendations, customer-written product reviews, high resolution images, Loyalty Reward Points, weekly deals, and the opportunity to chat live with Lancaster Archery’s TechXPerts™. The redesign incorporates bold colors and graphics as well as all-new navigational tools. Lancaster Archery is proud to introduce it's “Shop By Archery Style,” a navigational tool that allows archers to filter over 100,000 archery products by their preferred discipline: Olympic Recurve. Compound Target, 3D, Recreational, Bowhunting or Traditional Archery. “This site was designed to serve the wide variety of archers that rely on Lancaster'‘Archery to meet their archery needs,” says LancasterArchery President Rob Kaufhold, who in 1996, was one of the first offering an online shopping cart featuring archery' equipment. “We have spent an extensive amount of time asking archers worldwide how we can improve the experience of shopping for archery equipment online.” The “Pro Picks ’ section of the site meets the shoppers desire to review the gear lists, photos, videos and schedules of top professional archers. “We designed a tool that allows the Pros to share their knowledge and choice of product with the customer,” said Lancaster Archery Director of e-Commerce, Ted Houser. “Our goal with this site is to make it easier for customers to make informed decisions and leam from the Pros.” Lancaster Archery’s new dealer site, www. lancasterarcherydealer.com features wholesale pricing, convenience and inventory status for qualified archery dealers worldwide as they place orders for their stores. Dealer Inquiries for brick and mortor stores are invited online or by calling (800) 829-7408. TradTech Archery, a division of Lancaster Archery Supply , featuring TradTech and Samick bows, has also developed a new website aimed at meeting the needs of traditional archers. Visit www.tradtecharchery.com for the latest innovations in traditional archery gear. About Lancaster Archery Supply: Lancaster Archery Supply has been Leading the World in 3D & Target Archery since 1983. Caring, Integrity and Excellence are our mission values. We constantly strive to improve and expand our services and selection in order to serve you beyond your expectations. LAS features the world's largest selection of top quality 3D, Target, Bowhunting and Traditional Archery equipment in stock from over 800 manufacturers worldwide. Target us on the web at www.LancasterArchery.com or call 1-800-829-7408. Sign up today at www.lancasterarchery.com to be the first to hear about new products, events, deals and promotions or visit our event calendar for a complete list of upcoming events. Contact Information Rebecca Wolf, Marketing Manager, 717-394-7229 X203, rebecca@lancasterarchery.com Ted Houser, Director of eCommerce, 717-394-7229 x248 ted@lancasterarchcry. com
Michigan - Carbon Express, a leader in arrow technology, innovation and precision, is steadily climbing to the top of the charts in the competitive shooting arena. By using Carbon Express' new revolutionary and ground breaking technology, tournament shooters have seen increased scores and higher finishes. At the 2011 FITA World Championships, in Italy, young 19 year old Chris Perkins took the gold medal in the Men’s Compound Division with a score of 148 out of 150, becoming the youngest winner in the Senior Division. Chris will look to take home another gold in the FITA Junior Championship next month. Also impressive is that 6 of the 9 top finishers in the FITA men’s compound team event were shooting Carbon Express® arrows. The big increase in the number of tournament shooters having success with Carbon Express® arrows was evident in the Men’s Compound Division where 8 of the top 16 finishers were shooting Carbon Express® arrows and 2 of the top 4 in the final medal round were as well. Carbon Express congratulates all of their tournament shooters on a great 2011 FITA showing. About Carbon Express® Carbon Express®, an Eastman Outdoors, Inc. brand, is the leading manufacturer of high performance carbon hunting and target arrows and arrow components for hunters and target shooters. For more information or customer service visit nwiv. carbonexpressarrows.com, or call 800.241.4833. 42
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SKY Archery: Where it’s from and where it’s going Game and makes a bow that performs for the specific archer. SKY is a leading manufacturer of high performance, high quality recurves and longbows for both the bow hunter and the target & field shooter. Belcher’s revolutionary vision includes the introduction of the SKY Conquest Advantage, a 25” ILF Target Riser. Well balanced in the hand, this riser is refiexed to give maximum performance on the last arrow of the day as well as the first. Belcher is continuing the legacy of using modem, cuttingedge technology to ensure the same quality, craftsmanship, and performance that was important to Earl Hoyt Jr. The ILF System introduced by Earl Hoyt Jr. is the foundation of the SKY product line under Jim Belcher. He has developed Torsionally-Rigid limbs that pull easily and give maximum performance down field. At SKY. limbs orders are custom fit to the draw length and weight required by the individual archer. No longer must an archer guess what weight he or she will get at their specific draw. Measuring from the center of the burger button to the knock ensures a perfect fit for the archer. Also, these limbs are custom made in matched pairs on Earl Hoyt’s original presses. And like Earl & Ann Hoyt, Jim & Sandra Belcher are a husband-&-wife team working side by side sharing their passion for archery. Belcher met Sandra at an archery club in Royal Oak, Michigan — she too has been an archer for over 28 years. Sandra works in the business managing the office and designing marketing materials, such as product brochures and the web site. The mission of SKY Archery, USA, is to build for the future on the foundation of the past. SKY will continue to build high performance, traditional equipment with the masterful guidance of Jim Belcher.
Jim Belcher, of Brighton Michigan, is the proud owner of SKY Archery, USA. The legacy of superior quality and performance, based on years of dedicated research and development by Earl Hoyt Jr. lives on with Jim Belcher as owner and Master Bowyer for SKY Archery. The history of SKY is rich. Jim’s vision for SKY will revolutionize the way archers look at archery equipment. The foundation of the SKY product line is the International Limb Fitting (LL.F.) ingeniously developed by Earl Hoyt Jr. SKY Archery will continue to flourish as an innovative company in the archery world. SKY Archery began in 1989 when Earl and Ann Hoyt formed the company to fillfill a consulting contract and to expand their line of traditional bows. Earl grew the company by demonstrating his dedication to performance and quality. Ann sold the company to Mathews Inc. after Earl’s passing in 2001. SKY continued to produce superior quality Longbows and Recurves under the stewardship of Mathews a leader in the Compound Archery industry, and known for their quality products. In 2009, Jim Belcher took over the helm of SKY Archery continuing the dedication to superior performance recurves and longbows. Jim Belcher has been involved in archery for over 50 years. He was a champion target archer as a youth in his native England and successful bow hunter on four continents - Europe, America, Africa, and Australasia. Archery has been his passion since shooting arrows “up on the Moors” with his dad. His dad. Jack Belcher, was also a renowned Master Bowyer in England. Jim Belcher grew up around such archery legends as Rex Oaks, Roy King, and his dad. Jim was a part of the living history of archery. Here in the United States, Belcher continued bow making. He understands the needs of archers from York Round to hunting Big
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SKY Breeze - Youth Recurve Bow 52” Introducing our 52” youth recurve which pulls about 1# per inch. This is a wood and fiberglass recurve bow with weights of 20# to 29# @ 28”. SKY Archery developed this bow to introduce the young archer to the thrill of archery watching arrows “zip” down field to the targets. This flat shooting bow performs pulling about 1 pound per inch of draw. Even the youngest archers will be able to shoot up to 40 yards accurately. It is a bow that will grow with them — as they grow the poundage will go up respectively with their growing draw length.. September-October 2011
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ALPINE ARCHERY’S RUKUS™ - FAST SHOOTER Alpen Optics Introduces No FOR YOUNG ARCHERS. Fault Lifetime Warranty Blame, No Fault, No When it comes to designing fast, sweet No shooting, hard hitting quality bows Alpine puts it all Problem! on the line, even if that bow is for the youngsters. The Alpine RUCKUS is made for the 10 to 16 year old archer but like all Alpine bows, the quality, performance and shootability are there. The RUCKUS is a no holds barred compound built on a machined riser fitted with a great looking, great feeling 2-piece Rosewood grip and a pewter finished medallion. The tough Bi-Flex composite limbs lock nicely into the LX Pocket Mounting System and are topped with high performance Radial Force Cams fora smooth draw and hot performance. The axle-to-axle length is 30.75” with a comfortable 6” brace height and a light mass weight of 3 lbs. Draw length goes from 22 to 28” with a 50 lb draw weight at 65% let-off. Two models are available with the hunting version in Mossy Oak’s new Infinity camo pattern and the lady version in a cool looking pink camo so the RUCKUS looks great on the range or in the field. Bob Proctor, President of Alpine noted, “We take great pride in producing the finest archery equipment available and this also goes for our entire youth line. Our future is our children and to get them to stay in archery mandates that the equipment they use be first class. The RUCKUS is the perfect bow for kids in the 10 to 16 age bracket. It’s good looking, comfortable, easy to shoot and has the performance to keep them at the range or take hunting. Don’t scrimp when it comes to our youth. We didn’t.” The RUCKUS is available at the low retail cost of only $269. Alpine Archery - Keeping our eyes on the future. Contact Information: Alpine Archery PO Box 319 3101 North South Highway Lewiston, ID 83S0I 208-746-4717 www. alpinearchery. coni
With complete confidence in the quality of its products, Alpen Optics is backing all of its merchandise with a No Questions Asked, No Fault, No Problem Product Warranty. No store receipt is required. Customers can simply contact Alpen to receive a return number. They can then send the product to Alpen for repair or replacement free of charge. The warranty is valid for any of the 50 United States and replaces all other Alpen warranties. “The word ‘Alpen’ not only means ‘of the Alps,’ but it also means ‘solidarity,’” Vickie Gardner, co-owner of Alpen Optics, says. “We want to provide our customers with peace of mind in knowing we at Alpen stand solidly behind our products. We know we bring the best products with the best value to those who love the outdoors.” Alpen Optics specializes in binoculars, spotting scopes, rifle scopes and accessories offering some of the best value in the industry today. Alpen’s objective is to provide superior quality optical products at affordable prices. Alpen also strives to provide features and benefits normally found only on products selling for several times more. Whether you are into hunting, birding, field sports, racing or backpacking, or you just want to sit on the back porch and watch the wildlife, Alpen has a quality, yet affordable solution for you. For more information, check out www. alpenoptics.com or call 909-987-8370.
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‘ARROWMAT™’ TO ADD LOST CAMO® PATTERN! Arrowmat LLC, creators of the innovative line of self-healing, foam 800-920-6035 rubber target faces, is proud to announce arroiumat.com that they had reached a licensing agreement with MCP Productions, LLC. This agreement provides Arrowmat with the right to feature the popular Lost Camo® pattern on two of its newest target face designs, Lost Camo® Bullseye and the Lost Lady Bullseye. These new additions to the dynamic Arrowmat lineup will feature a traditional 5-Spot configuration with regulation sized ring patterns. Complimentary colors add an exciting and edgy look to the new faces while maintaining high visibility. Says Arrowmat founder Blair Acker. “We were looking for a way to spice things up on one of our original prototype designs, the Camo Bullseye, when the idea first came to mind. Although a popular design from the start, the original target simply used a basic “army-style” camouflage with bright colored rings. By adding the Lost Camo® pattern and making the ring sizes conform to a standard 5-Spot target, I think we’ve really done the thing some justice!” Like the other nine designs offered by Arrowmat, Lost Camo® Bullseye and Lost Lady Bullseye are designed to last for hundreds of shots and offer shooters some variety in their practice sessions. Each Arrowmat is constructed from a heavy duty, foam rubber material and is designed to be used in conjunction with any suitable backstop capable of bringing an arrow to rest. With a 17” by 17” surface face, the Arrowmat is well suited to work with most of the foam block and bag targets currently on the market and can be attached conveniently via the grommets positioned in each comer. Lost Camo® Bullseye and Lost Lady Bullseye are officially licensed products and may be purchased at many authorized Mathews dealers. Why Shoot Boring? - Shoot Arrowmat!™
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the BROTHERS WILDE at the Big Sky Open by Tootie Brabec
The Big Sky Open is a different and unique tournament. From the V-Formation, to the competition and flight paybacks to the DoubleTree Hotel, it’s what makes returning archers come back for more. Two events, besides the regular competition, completes the intermarry of the Big Sky Open and adds further enhancement to the monies given away at the tournament. The first event Friday evening is a “GoForlt” clay pigeon opener — a fun round designed as a warm-up for those entered in the individual twoday competition as well as those who are not entered and just want to shoot clay pigeons. The event is shared with spectators who love the excitement of hearing the clays shatter by flying
arrows. The line-up was fantastic and from the amazed to the confident, all enjoyed the two-hour event. Idaho always has their best representation of good archers at the Big Sky Open and in this event Nicolas Annen won the Men’s Championship and Lindsay Argyle won the Women’s. Steve Christian of Missouri topped the Flights. With all that was happening, not a single archer broke every clay in their sights so no “Perfect 50’s Club” pins were awarded this year. Darn! To the strains of the National Anthem sung by Cheyenne Brabec, the main two-day competition started promptly at 8:30 Saturday morning. Big Sky announcer, Linda Marten, picked up where Cheyenne left off by thanking our sponsors and advertisers. As 50
archers gathered around the Grand Mesa Bowmen’s Chuck Wagon, Linda set about assigning groups in five-minute intervals. Thus, the real competitive shooting at three sizes of colored targets, set in a V-formation began. Everyone’s goal: to shoot a perfect total of 600! The wild weather patterns of 2011 kicked up quite a gale for the tournament, but hey! This is target archery in the great outdoors. The challenge was again met by the many who love shooting targets in such a wonderful setting the DoubleTree Hotel provides (now this is camping!). As the competition wore on, it was evident the Brothers Wilde were not slacking in the competition. Wedging a gap between Reo and Logan was Tim Gillingham/UT while Jeremy Terhune/
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WY, Duane Price/WI and Roger Hoyle/UT were working hard for placement position. Leaders of day over their competition in other divisions were: Kris Weaver-UT/WFS; Pat Brown-CO/MFSL; Dee Wilde-ID/MSrFS; Gary Cowart-UT/MBHFS; Alexandra Pingel-CO/WCFS; Robert Gregg-NE/MFlt; Seneca FrancisUT/WFIt. Daniel Gregory/UT and Kaylee Geist/CO were heading up the youth competition. The Big Sky “Shoot-Down” is one of the most interesting events of the tournament. It is purely based on skill, focus and nerves. The archers who posses all three, Championship or Flights, are bound to reign as winners of the event. Take a midi clay pigeon, secure it to a bale and see how far you get in yardage each time you shoot in five-yard increments. This is how the event is run. As the time drew near, Saturday afternoon, spectators
gathered on the “green” to watch the event and cheer the archers on. Eliminations were slow up to the 40-yard line when a mass exodus occurred. At that point, half of the archers were still shooting; the other half witnessed more from the sidelines. At 65 yards, three archers remained in the Championship Division. Tim Gillingham, Nicholas Annen and Ray Tenbrook were the final archers on the line to take their final shots; Gillingham broke his clay while the other two bales recorded nothing but silence. Gillingham savored the moment of shattering the clay and winning the S400 purse while Annen and Tenbrook both drew back for the shoot-off to determine who would win second and third monies. Thanks to our sponsors of the “Shoot-Down” — Winners Choice Custom Bowstrings/OR: Kiser Trucking/CO; American Whitelail/IN and B Stinger/CA. Their help has
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made this a very exciting event, enjoyed by all. In the Men’s Flights, Benton Christensen, making it to the 60 yarder, prevailed for a second year in a row, winning $225 for his perseverance. Steve Christensen and Rome Stiffler were through at 60, but also had to shoot-off for placement money. In the Women’s Division, Amber Christensen won the event at the 30-yard line while her sister Lindsay Argyle and Lisa Speakman shot another arrow to determine second and third placements. The game was over, but there was still a lot time to relax and enjoy the company of others, pool side or elsewhere. Sunday was again a clear day except for the wind. As the scores went up n’ down, in n’ out and positions changed, Reo’s intimidating manner of shooting kept his closest competition, including his brother Logan, at bay. Gillingham tried to catch up, but the 10-point gap was too much to overcome. When Reo was asked if the wind was bothering him, he replied, “It’s what comes with shooting outdoors; you learn to compensate and not worry about it. It could have been much worse.” For the others, maybe, but not for Reo. Hoyt archers were again at the top of the heap. Reo did the best by winning $1700 from the Big Sky and $3000 contingency from his sponsor. Gillingham placed second and Logan came in 3rd. Mathew’s staff shooter Duane Price worked his way to 6th and Ray Tenbrook placed 7th for PSE. Although they did not win contingency money, they did place for Big Sky Bucks. Dee Wilde placed first in the Men’s Sr. Freestyle Champ Division making this his 4th title in the Seniors over 52
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Richard Smilh/CO and Don Ward/WI; Pat Brown, his first ever, won the MFSL Championship; Kris Weaver was again the Women’s FS Champ; Gary Cowart/UT won the MBHFS Champ for the first time; Alexandra Pingle/CO also recorded her first title at the Big Sky Open. Flight Winners: 1st MFIt-Jeffrey Marcum/CO; 2nd MFIt-Ches Smith/UT; 3rd MFlt-Phil Mendoza/CO; 4th MFlt-John Boyer/CO; 1st WFIt-Amber Christensen/ID; 2nd WFIt-Lisa Speakman/CO. Amateur Winners: Collin Marcum/CO-Ist-M Int FS; Daniel Gregory/UT-2nd; Caleb Milier/Co-3rd; Logan Downey/CO-1st M Jr; Kaylee Geist/CO-lst F Jr; Jessica Richie/CO-2nd F Jr; Taylor Greathouse/CO-3rd F Jr; Dylan Crowe/CO-lst M Cadet; LeRoy Brown II/CO-2nd M Cadet. For the past 31 years (since 1974) archers from all across the U.S. have been participating in the annual Big Sky Open (except 1982, 1995 to 2000) 22 of these years at the DoubleTree Hotel. Since 1992, the Wilde’s have made their mark on the Big Sky. Dee started the winning trend with back-to-back wins in 1992 and ’93. Now the Brothers Wilde, all grown up and following in the footsteps of their famous Dad, have spent the last few years jockeying back and forth for first position. First it was Reo in 2003. Logan captured the title in 2005, then Reo again in 2007. Logan came back in 2010 and then Reo winning again this year. That is really some tough competition. Reo’s family celebrating his win. This just has to be mentioned. Tyler Tenbrook, son of PSE staff shooter, Ray, gave up chasing girls and stepped back into the competition after a eight-year hiatus and it was like he never was absent as he proved he could still shoot and win archery well. The Big Sky Open would like to thank all our Sponsors for their participation in this years event: West Slope Auto Co./GJ, CO; Mathews Inc/ WI; Hoyt/UT; Specialty Archery/IA; Bohning announces Jakes Archery/UT; Sure-Loc/WI; Gold the retirement of Dale E. Voice Tip/UT; Sportsman’s Warehouse/CO; Winners Choice Custom Bowstrings/ V.P. Sales & Marketing OR; Kiser Trucking/CO; B-Stinger/ Lake City, Michigan - The Bohning Company CA; American Whitetail Inc/IN and announces the retirement ot Dale Voice. VP Sales the US Archer magazine. Also, thank & Marketing, effective October 1.2011. Dale has you Bale Ad advertisers from archery worked for Bohning for almost 20 years in the lanes/dealers, manufacturers and local sales & marketing department, starting his businesses who gave additional help to career here in 1992. the tournament; their ads appeared in the Big Sky brochure. Thank you to all "It was a very difficult decision for me to make who helped put the Big Sky Tournament but I'm confident it is the correct decision. My on (you know who you are) and to the wife and I want to do some traveling, visit the Grand Mesa Bowmen for all their help, as well. Please find time to thank them grandchildren and enjoy each other's company. as they all have invested in your sport The good news here is I will remain active with of archery. Bohning by working various trade shows, archery For 31 years, the Big Sky Open tournaments and other promotional events in the remains perfect with no perfect scores upcoming years. I have made many friends in this on a complete round. The Big Sky industry over the years and knowing that I will still get to see many of them at the events In Open for 2011 also had no records was the coming year, has made the decision easier. I look at it as "stepping down" but not broken. If that ever happens, the archer “stepping out." I will truly miss my Bohning family and being In on the "action" every day. doing this would really make a name for This is a fantastic place to work and I m very proud to have been a part of the growth here him or herself, for sure. over the years." The 2012 Big Sky Open will again be held at the DoubleTree Hotel scheduled for June 15, 16 & 17. Dale has been an integral part of the Bohning team for nearly 2 decades. For all the 2011 results and pictures, He will be greatly missed both personally and professionally. go to the Big Sky Open website www. We wish him great health and happiness in his retirement. bigskyarcheryopen.com
From the Senior CorneR by Joe Bauernfeind
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Editor's Note: Joe Bauernfeind. founder of Zenith Archery Products (see ad on page 57 for more information), began competitive archery in 1968. he has won many local shoots and several state and sectional championships in the freestyle division of the NFAA. both in the open class and later as a Senior. He won the gold medal for archery in the 1997 Senior Olympics, the bronze medal in the 1999 Senior Olympics and the gold medal in the 2011 Senior Olympics.
Welcome to the Senior Comer you archers out there of all ages. 1 hope that most of you have read my Senior Games report in the last issue and are excited about qualifying for the next games to be held in Cleveland in 2013. Did you happen to notice that handsome devil in the red shirt standing on the podium on the cover? Yep. that was me and 1 want to thank Arlyne for putting me “On the cover of the Rolling Stone”. I guess it proves that old adage that if you slay around long enough, sooner or later your time will come. Of course you must be at least 50 years old to enter but I'm not sure if you can qualify before you reach that age. The slate qualifiers are held in the year before the games, so now is the time to start doing your research into how to get qualified to compete. The web site to visit is http:// www.nsga.com/ to start your search for state sites, dates and contact information. You should also be able to find the answer to the qualifying age I talked about above. If your state’s qualifying dates don’t fit your schedule, don’t give up. Many states accept guests and sometimes it’s possible to plan a vacation around a qualifier in
another state. The NY Games usually fall on the same dale as my sectional field shoot so 1 take a ride to NJ in early October and qualify there if I have to. The qualifier is a single 900 round at 60, 50 and 40 yards and at the national games two 900 rounds are shot. If you have talents in other sports, be sure to look into getting qualified for those too. I’ve done several state events in cycling and tried riding in one nationals but 1 was in over my head at that level. In this issue 1’11 be reporting on the last two shoots I've been to, the combined national field and national target championships in Yankton, SD and the IBO Worlds in upstate New York. It’s been five years since my last visit to Yankton and a lot of water has gone over the dam (pun intended) since that time. The field ranges which I shot in 2005 and 2006 no longer exist, with the exception of the Dakota range which is part of the park. The ranges which replaced them for the 2008 shoot, which 1 missed, were also partially destroyed this year by the floods on the Missouri River. The release of the excess flood waters at the Gavin Point dam caused flooding all the way down to
Omaha, NE and beyond. The amount of water coming out of the release gates of the dam is like Niagara Falls in power and has become a major attraction for those visiting Yankton. They say it is enough in one day to completely drain the lake contained by the dam and will continue into the fall before receding. The NFAA folks, with the help of the prisoners from the nearby state prison, did a great job in cutting new ranges into the remaining dry land. The remains of the previous ranges could be seen from some of the new targets which were right on the edge of the fast flowing river themselves. If you missed the bale on some of the targets you’d probably find your arrow somewhere near Omaha. Speaking of Omaha, the floods, as seen from the air, reminded me of rice paddies and the main Interstate heading north, 1-29, was closed to traffic. Luckily, by drilling drainage wells the town was able to keep the airport, which is right on the river, high and dry for the arriving archers. I rerouted my trip by heading northwest from the airport to Norfolk, NE and then taking Rte. 81 straight north to Yankton. Some others I talked to detoured around
Long line of American Whitetail Targets with beautiful Maple Leaf Target faces contrast the lush green countryside. the flooded parts of 1-29 to get there. No matter how you get there, Yankton still looks the way it did five years ago with one exception. Behind the Super 8 motel, in what was just a farm field, the NFAA and Easton Archery have combined to build an archery complex to rival anything in the country. The NFAA sold their land in Redlands, CA and moved lock, stock, museum and people to Yankton to establ ish a new home. The city of Yankton pitched in with the land for the site and Easton supplied the funds to erect the building which houses the NFAA headquarters and a large indoor archery range. Equipment rooms house al I of the tools needed to work on archery equipment as well as bows and arrows used by the coaching staff to train new shooters, which is something we need lots of. There are also several classrooms where classes and projects relating to archery are held. There are plans in place to extend the length of the current range to accommodate shooting out to 70 meters for target archery training and practice. I don’t know of any thing else that compares.
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Built south of the building is a fenced F.I.T.A. range for use out to 90 meters and beyond. A lot of work has been done over the last 3 years to bring the field up to international standards. A covered line running the width of the field shields those not shooting from the sun or rain, depending on the weather. The field is complete with a sprinkler system and a fine turf has developed, although I think it could be mowed a little shorter when tournaments are held on it. Three inches of grass are nice to look at but do not make for comfortable walking. Adjacent to the F.I.T.A. field is a large practice area which can accommodate hundreds of archers for shooting anywhere from 10 to 100 yards. This field is used by both the field and target archers to warm up, practice their form or tune their bows. It also serves to keep the formal range in top condition for tournament use only. Situated even further to the south are two 28 target field ranges, with a third range situated about a half mile away at Paddle Wheel Point, right on the river. Right now,
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due to their temporary status, the ranges are mostly open to the sun and wind but once the river recedes they should be able to reclaim the more sheltered land that they were formally on. For this year, the whole week of shooting saw very little of the wind which normally blows pretty hard in the area but the sun was out in full force, pushing temperatures into the low to mid nineties, which is standard fare for South Dakota in mid summer. There were three separate events scheduled for the week, starting with two days of USAA field archery, shot at the hillier Dakota range in the park, followed by three days of NFAA field using the Crazy Horse range at Paddle Wheel and the Rushmore and Badlands ranges located south of the target fields. This was followed by the two day USAA target championship and finally the Hoyt World Open which was held on Saturday. 1 won’t go into the results of this week of combined archery but they can be found on the NFAA and USAA web sites. I must mention however the amazing feat
of compound archer Jesse Broadwater, who swept each event, shooting another perfect field round and setting a new world record of 34 X's of a possible 36 at 30 meters in the target shoot. To top it all oft’, he won another car in that shoot off. In the last issue 1 wrote about an idea I have about giving everyone a real chance to win the car shoot off and I’m going to try to make it an agenda item at the next NFAA/WAF meeting. I’ll go into more detail in the next issue. My overall impression of Yankton hasn’t changed too much since the previous times I've been there. Despite the growth of a world class archery' facility in the town, it’s still in the middle of nowhere to most of the archery population. The access to a nearby airport which could be reached at a reasonable price is just not there. Sioux Falls is about 50 miles away, which is a reasonable distance but it’s not a major airport and you have to pay higher prices to fly into it. Omaha, on the other hand would be considered a major airport but you’re left with a drive of 160 miles. Either way you're going to have to add the price of a rental car to your trip. The lodging in Yankton is shared during the summer with vacationers there for the boating and fishing and a registration of over 500 archers caused an overflow into the nearby towns, requiring about a 20 mile drive each day to the archery' center. In general the food services in town are adequate and with a little research, some very nice small places could be found in the surrounding towns. Aside from the archery, eating and sleeping there's not a lot to do if you have kids or if you’re young enough yourself want something more to do. I don’t really see Disney or Six Flags, etc. considering a site nearby, which pretty much leaves Yankton as an archery only destination for vacationing families. These, of course, are my own impressions and you may or may not agree with them. The next stop on my' summer tour is the I BO Worlds held in Ellicottville. NY for the forth time in a row at the Holiday Valley Ski and Golf Resort. The site has lots of lodging available in the form of condos, hotel rooms and B&B’s, as well as a good selection of places to dine. Daytime temperatures are well below the levels reached in Yankton and at the ASA Classic in Louisiana and in general most of the condo units are not air conditioned but remain at a comfortable level using fans. Like Yankton, Ellicottville is not what I would call a destination for family fun but with Buffalo and Niagara Falls about 40 miles away, flying in is a better deal and that area has lots to see and do for the whole family. If you're willing to risk your hard earned money.
there's also a large Seneca Indian casino about 20 miles away in Salamanca. NY. I thought that the number of archers was smaller this year but of course you won't find that in the tallies reported by the IBO. Most all of the organizations count registrations for each event which inflates the actual number of bodies actually there, since many register for multiple events held during the entire time. If you really want the true body count, you’d have to take the time to count the scores for each event and check for multiple registrations. Maybe there's an app for that somewhere out there in smart phone land. Once again. I’m not going to try to report any results, since they’re posted on the IBO web site anyway and I don’t have a clue the what all of the IBO class codes mean anyway. Next year the IBO is moving to a similar mountain resort site in Pennsylvania called Seven Springs. I’m familiar with the name from years back when the PA field archery state championships were held there and everyone said it was a very hilly setting for archery. Pittsburgh is about 47 miles away and should be a good place to fly into but maybe a little far for evening entertainment or sight seeing. The resort is in the Laurel Highlands region of PA. which is fairly remote but the blurb I’m printing below, which was lifted from their web site makes it sound like you won't need to go anywhere else anyway. We’ll see next year. Pennsylvania’s largest ski area. Seven Springs, located in the beautifiil Laurel Highlands, is much more than just a skiing destination. This mega-resort also boasts a large base lodge hotel, numerous game rooms and arcades, restaurants, bars, lounges. an indoor pool, a shopping gallery, even a bowling alley. There are accommodations available in the lodge hotel, condominiums, and cabins. That's it for now from 'The Corner’. I’ve got to get going on my car shoot off proposal and I hope to be able to give you all the details in the next issue. I have no clue as to what may happen with it but if you like it better that the current format, send an email to the powers that be and maybe we can get some changes made. If you don’t like it let me know what you think is wrong and needs to be fixed.
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Yankton, SD—Easton Sports Development Foundation and the National Field Archery Association Foundation are pleased to announce the Archery Scholarship Recipients for 2011. SI6,000 in total scholarships was awarded to 23 student athletes in middle school, high school, and college that compete with either compound or recurve bows. Individual scholarship awards varied from $500 to $2,500. Top scholarships were awarded to Forrest Blakley of Cobdin, Illinois and Riley Whiting of Logan, Utah. “Archery is a lifestyle for me and has taught me discipline which has benefitted me not only in the field but also in the classroom”, Forrest stated. He is pursuing a degree in Agricultural Engineering at Shawnee Community College in southern Illinois where he also started an archery team. Forrest has been on the US Junior USAT for two years and participated as a member of the Junior World Indoor and Outdoor teams. He plans on attending the Olympic trials this fall. Riley said. “Receiving this scholarship is not only a pleasure, but it creates a wonderful opportunity for me to go to college and accomplish my goals and dreams in archery.” Riley recently made the United States Junior team and will be competing in Poland in mid-August. “Forrest and Riley are both outstanding athletes that developed their archery skill in youth programs, and have become seasoned competitive archers and we are very pleased to award each of them our top $2,500 scholarship awards for 2011”, stated Bruce Cull, President, NFAA. NFAA Scholarships were first awarded in 1990 to student athletes that compete in archery and excel in academic and intellectual achievement. The limitations of the original scholarship program were resolved in 2009 with the creation of thejointNFAA/Easton Foundation Scholarship Program. “The Easton and N FA A Foundations share the goal to support student athletes that compete in archery. We believe these scholarships will help us to develop stronger college archery programs and strengthen future Olympic and World Championship Teams. By combining our respective Foundation programs, we can award more student scholarships, and increase the scholarship levels. In 2011, $16,000 was awarded to 23 recipients. We expect the number of applications to increase in future years, and plan to award up to $50,000 in total annual scholarships in 2012,” said Greg Easton, President Easton Foundations. The 2009-11 scholarships are funded by an initial $150,000 grant from the Easton Foundation to the EastonNFAA Foundation Scholarship Program. Future net revenue from the NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Complex, plus scholarship donations from both individuals and companies will be held in an endowment account to fund the scholarships in 2012 and beyond. Dave Gordon, of Gordon Composites, made a large personal contribution to the scholarship endowment fund. Dave stated, “Archery has been a big part of both my personal and business success. I believe the Easton-NFAA Foundation Scholarship program is an outstanding program to support our youth archers, and allows me to give back to the sport I love. Awarding our best archers and student athletes scholarships that allow them to pursue further education while competing in archery will help develop much stronger youth and college archery programs. I encourage everyone that shares my passion for archery and desire to support our young archers to make September-October 2011
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President Easton Foundations, Greg Easton (L), Riley Whiting 2011 ESDF/NFAA Scholarship recipient (R).
their own donation to the scholarship program.” Individuals or companies interested in donating to the scholarship endowment fund or learning more about the program are encouraged to contact Bruce Cull, NFAA President. The NFAA Foundation is a 501(c )3 Public Charity and all donations meet the IRS requirements as charitable donations. Scholarship applications, program requirements, and additional information is available on the NFAA website at www.ficldarchery.com, or from the NFAA Headquarters, 800 Archery Lane, Yankton, SD 57078. All applications for 2012 scholarships must be submitted to the NFAA Office by December 31, 2011. For additional information contact Natalie Vollmer, NFAA Executive Secretary, at 605-260-9279 or at info@fieldarchery.com.
THE WAY IT WAS Article Five BY DAVE KEAGGYSR.
Editors note: Old Dave not only shot and coached archery, he is certified as a level four instructor in pool and billiards with the American Cuesports Alliance. He was certified as an instructor by the National Rifle Association and certified by the state of Arizona to hold classes for the concealed carry of firearms. Dave
I’m almost ashamed to bring this up after printing a have fallen out when the bow exploded. I had no extra poem on excuses in the last issue. That said, Murphy’s screw so I put it back in to where 1 thought it should be law jumped up and bit me at the National Senior and applied electrical tape to finish the day’s shooting. Games in Houston, July, 2011. A week before 1 left I was so rattled that 1 did not know what score 1 shot for Houston to compete after 23 years of retirement until the next day. That evening, after enjoying a plate of barbecue from archery, I turned in several practice rounds over 800 and felt good about my physical condition, even ribs at Pappas Rib House, I took the bow to my room after back surgery and a ‘TIA’ (minor stroke March for some serious work and discussion. You talk to your bow don’t you? When I re-examined the limbs seventh). 1 packed everything into a soft compound bow I discovered the little spring loaded ball that centers case, including my clean underwear, an extra string, the limb in place was missing. Thinking that this may tab, armguard, and a new bow stand. I did not pack a be why the limb came out I cranked the limbs to the scope—too heavy—big mistake! I showed up in good extreme and by so doing added two extra pounds to shape, got registered, found out where the archery the draw weight. I replaced the string with the one I had set up with a metal nocking point. venue was and arrived in time to get some The bow sounded good practice time. So far so good. For years I had always applied a nock like a minor On tournament day I arrived on time, point with flat dental floss, but I was in a got all of my equipment untangled, strung explosion—the limbs hurry so I clamped on the metal thing with my bow and the whistle blew for the first flew out of the riser, pliers. 1 did have a backup plunger but it end of practice. I stepped to the shooting one striking my bow was not adjusted for spring pressure and I hand creating a line with all the confidence I could muster, could not find an alien wrench to adjust the loaded an arrow and released. That’s when large welt, then they button tension; but 1 installed it anyway. 1 all hell broke loose. The bow sounded like both ricocheted off later found the minnie alien wrench when I the floor, leaving a minor explosion—the limbs flew out of the changed socks. me in shock and riser, one striking my bow hand creating a The second day started with extreme large welt, then they both ricocheted off the disbelief. right arrows. The button was too soft so floor, leaving me in shock and disbelief. 1 scrambled around asking for an alien Quickly 1 gathered my ’stuff’ knowing 1 had to wrench to tighten the button. Half way down the reassemble before the whistle blew. In my haste I shooting line a gracious sole loaned me a wrench and reversed the bow limbs and re-strung the bow; this I made adjustments over two ends getting to center. time making sure the string was fully embedded in the I then shot a couple of good ends. Murphy wasn’t groves. The limbs had no physical damage, but my through. Arrows started dropping low, adjusted the psychic was, to say the least. sight, next end low, adjusted the sight, next end low The tournament started and I shot the first two and then 1 found it. The ‘it’ was a loose metal nocking arrows under the target. The sight had not moved so point on the string. By the time I made this great I adjusted and was able to get some arrows on the discovery, the clamp on ring had worked up the string target. I shot another end shooting low and adjusting. a half inch. No scope, so I could not see my arrows hit. Before Now we had reached the forty yard distance. In the third end I discovered the limbs were reversed and desperation I asked one of the shooters wives, who had quickly unstrung and installed them the proper way. been spotting for her husband, if she would spot for Then I had to go thru the process of changing the me. She graciously agreed and at last I knew where sight without really knowing where the arrows hit. my arrows were hitting the target. With one more As we started the fifty yard distance J started to shoot minor sight adjustment 1 shot a modest 272 at forty right, made sight adjustments, again, and again until yards and somewhat redeemed myself. I discovered the plunger button was loose and was The ironic part of all this—when they passed out slowly backing out until the bow became center shot. the awards, my name was called first and the presenter I found the itty bitty alien wrench, stuck it in the hole stated that I had set a new record for the 85-89 recurve only to discover the alien screw was missing. It must age group. Are there lessons to be learned here? I 58
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More Tidbits....from Spot-Hogg Staff www.spot-hogg.com TAPERED NOCKS ARE NOT GOOD It used to be there were only wood and aluminum arrows, and they could use the same tapered nocks. These particular nocks were glued onto a tapered cut at the end of the wood shafts. They used a belt sander to put that same taper on the end of aluminum shafts (and still do). Many years ago, we found that the taper on the aluminum shafts was not concentric and true to the shaft. We discovered this using an indicator and lathe. We found that only about 40 to 60 percent of a dozen shafts would run-out less than .001". Some would run-out more than .006”. So, we used the lathe to cut the taper again. This gave too smooth a finish on the taper for the glue to hold the nock in place. However, by using some coarse sandpaper, the taper could be roughed up and the glue would hold quite well. The arrows that we had trued up the taper on. grouped noticeably better. So much better, that it became a standard part of our arrow assembly. Straightening the nock taper on the shafts was the first thing we would do on a new set of arrows. HALLELUJAH I Nocks were developed that could be inserted inside the shafts. Machined nock adapters were also developed for most of the arrow sizes. These types of nocks aligned so much better. We can’t understand why anyone would use the tapered style nocks anymore. But, apparently many people still do. They are still making aluminum arrows that look like someone put one end into a pencil sharpener. Whenever we get any of those arrows, we cut the taper off and install nock adapters. GIVING ARROWS A PERSONALITY For the longest time now, we have been numbering our arrows. Knowing that a particular arrow has developed a personality of it’s own (and won’t stay with the group) is hard to identify unless you can tell one arrow from the next. Because all the arrows look alike, and most of us can’t be really sure that we didn’t do something to cause the arrow to stray, writing a number on the vane with a ball point pen seemed like a good idea. That way i f#4 arrow is always going low, we know something is wrong with the arrow, not our form. The trouble with that idea is that you have to write down what each arrow is doing, all the time. Given variations in form. aiming, and the belief that we are always to blame, it is hard sometimes to keep track of what each arrow is doing. When the arrows seem to keep taking turns going low, it’s hard to remember that # 4 arrow went low more often than any of the other arrows. (We are too lazy to write down where all the arrows hit all of the time. Let alone, take the time to analyze all that information.) For some reason, keeping all the numbers straight in our head did not work well. Then somebody started naming their arrows. They would write a name on the vane with a ballpoint pen. At first, it was just kind of a joke. Names like; KILLER, FANG, HEARTSEEKER. CIRCUS MONKEY, TONY DANZA, XENA, etc. We soon found that with names, it was a lot easier to keep track of what each September-October 2011
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