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Tournament attendance is off to a great start! The archers know how to whip a recession! Get out and have some fun by going to a tournament and shooting with their buddies. Play hard and work hard and this too will pass. The Iowa Pro Am led off the season with just under 600 shooters and this was with bad weather. The archers came from 40 states and Canada. Archery Shooters Association kick off was in Gaines ville, Florida. They were up over 2008 attendance by 60 shooters. The NFAA Las Vegas World Festival held February 6-8 drew the very best arcners from around the world. Around 1,350 archers competing for money, trophies and prizes. According to IBO President Ken Watkins, their Indoor Nationals which is held March 20-22 has over 700 regis tered now, a week before the event. As I said, “Play hard and work hard and everything will work out.” Last weekend I attended the Ohio NASP State Championships which was connected with the Arnold Schwarzenegger Sports Festival. They had over 800 stu dents vying tor college scholarships, trophies and merchan dise prizes. Mr. Schwarzenegger came by the Fairgrounds

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Myrtle K. Miller - Archer, Educator, Visionary by Dr. Maryanne M. Schumm value of proper teaching techniques, she vowed to share her new found knowledge. She organized a high school archery club that soon had 400 members. Art Young, one of the best bow hunters in the world, gave an evening talk at the high school which brought in money to purchase tackle. Students ran fund raisers for additional equipment, and Myrtle's patience and enthusiastic efforts provided excellent instruction for many students. Since group teaching methods were non-existent at this time, she developed the system that would one day be the basis of the TWAC instructor courses. Mimi met Edward B. Miller, married in 1934, and moved to New York City in 1936. It was here that she decided to concentrate on her own shooting, but there were no archery ranges at the time in New York. In order to convince the city that archers deserved a place to practice, she organized the New York Archer's Club in 1938. The membership grew to over 200 and the New York Recreation Department provided an archery range in each of the four boroughs. With help from the Bell Laboratory Archers, organized by future Hall of Fame member Dr. Clarence Hickman, the archers were able to rent a beautiful indoor space for winter shooting. Through Mimi's efforts. New York City soon had the largest archery club in the United States at that time. The practice ranges soon paid off...from 1934-1939 she was among the top women archers in the country, winning the CanadianAmerican Championship, Connecticut State Championship, and New York City Championship. At the 1939 New York World's Fair, archery was the only sport at the "Man, His Clothes, His Sports" exhibit. Mimi and Ed conducted daily archery exhibitions and ran an archery tournament every day for a month. The hundreds of archers competing had free admission to the fair, and came from all over the United States. The New York Giants football team (whose sports program at the fair fell through) served as guides in the building. Mimi made sure they all were taught to shoot, and with them put on archery demonstrations for the public in the sports arena. She never passed up an opportunity to publicize the sport! She gave lectures and demonstrations at schools, camps and clubs all at her own expense. In 1939-1940 she served as chairman of the National Archery Association committee on camp and school archery. In this capacity she helped initiate the National Scholastic Mail tournaments for high schools. She and TWAC staff members also provided archery education material for many years for the Archery Riding Guide published by the American Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Myrtle was one of the first to utilize television as a medium to advertise a sport. In 1956 the Robin Hood television series, sponsored by Wild Root, agreed to coordinate with the Robin Hood National Archery Tournament organized by Myrtle and Eddie for boys and girls under the age of 14. Over SI million of television coverage was provided for education and tournaments in all 50 states, involved coverage by 86 of the then 132 ABC televison stations, and involved over 25,000 children! Ultimately, this Robin Hood instructional and competitive program evolved into the present Junior Olympic Archery Development Program (JOAD). She gave archery demonstrations on CBS and NBC sports telecasts and other programs, including children's programs "On the Carousel" with Paul Tripp, the "Tex and Jinx Show", and "Johnny Carson's "Who Do You Trust". In 1951 Mimi worked with the Rockettes of Radio City Music Hall to prepare for a performance of Ivanhoe. She showed them proper archery form and technique so they would look good holding the bows for the performance. In 1937, with encouragement from their friend Art Young, Myrtle and her husband started Teela-Wooket Archery Camp (TWAC) in Vermont...a center organized to teach instructors how to teach archery and promote the sport. TWAC spent 37

Myrtle K. Miller On January 31, 2009, Myrtle "Mimi" Miller died in Connecticut at the age of 100 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Most people who knew of Mimi Miller associated her name with TWAC (Teela-Wooket Archery Camp or later, The World Archery Center). The Center would be her greatest legacy, but certainly not her only one. Myrtle K. Miller was born on October 16, 1908 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Physical Education at the University of Michigan in 1930 and later did 20 hours of graduate work at New York University. Her first work experience was as a physical education teacher at Ottawa High School in Grand Rapids. Many of her students had parents who were archers. Mimi hated archery in college, as she had extremely poor instruction in her archery classes. Because of her students' interest in the sport, she took a one hour lesson from her brother in law, National Champion and future Hall of Fame member Russ Hoogerhyde. That hour of instruction changed her entire attitude toward the sport. She was able to hit the target and knew why. Realizing the tremendous

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Some of the notable archers who have been staff members or who have attended TWAC are Jay Barrs, Fred Bear. Bill Bednar, Vic Berger, Julia Bowers, Ann Clark, Jim Easton, Ed Eliason, Dr. Robert Elmer, Bud Fowkes, George Helwig. Dr. Clarence Hickman, Russ Hoogerhyde, Earl and Ann Hoyt, Dr. Paul Klopsteg, Emery Loiselle, Jean Lee Lombardo, Darrell Pace, Charles Pierson, Chuck Saunders, Dave Staples, Hardy Ward and Lura Wilson. Over the years, Mimi received many awards but she was especially appreciative of the following: 1940 Black Foot Indians of Montana bestowed the name NINA NAMA AKEOW “Chief Bow Woman” 1972 Larry Wiffen Award, American Archery Council (outstanding support and promotion of archery) 1977 Archery Hall of Fame inductee 1987 FITA Silver Plaquette— awarded for helping raise the technical standards of International Archery and in promoting understanding and friendship between archers from many countries of the world. 1991 New York State Hall of Fame Teaching children on the television program “On the Carousel'’ inductee 1996 Thompson Medal of Honor NAA's highest award Other than archery, Mimi had two hobbies...cooking and hats! She loved years in Vermont, then moved to the to cook for guests and was a wonderful Pocono Sports Camp in Pennsylvania and creative cook. She was always for 10 years, where it became known as generous with her time, cooking feasts at The World Archery Center. In 1984 the Thanksgiving and Christmas or whenever center relocated to the Pomfret School in needed for those unable to leave their Connecticut, where it continued until it homes or cook for themselves. ended in 1992. During this uninterrupted Mimi never met a hat she didn’t like! 55-year span. Myrtle continued to develop At one point she owned over 300 hats. One group teaching materials and procedures, day at TWAC staff members were invited like Mimetics, that enabled teachers to to the Millers’ home for a barbecue. They teach many archers at the same time. were led into the basement, one by one, She brought together some of the world's and told to select a hat and wear it in order finest instructors, scientists, craftsmen to be served any food! The TWAC "hat Barnsdale and shooters who shared her dream. The party" was Eddie's way of getting Mimi Limbs staff worked for free, and over the years to get rid of many of those hats! S130,000 in scholarships were awarded In all my years in education, I have to those who were deserving of the honor never met a more charismatic, dedicated, or to those who could not afford to take generous person. It is not often one can the instructors course. Archers were point to a single individual and say "this Shoot-Through exposed to the special "TWAC spirit"... person truly made a difference". Myrtle System coaches, archers of all ages, nationalities Miller has left an indelible mark on the and levels of expertise, sharing fun, world of archery - but also in the hearts Swivel Grip friendship, and knowledge in all areas of of individuals. She touched all who archery. Archers came from all over the participated in the sport with a spirit Rubber United States and over 50 countries to of instruction that was enthusiastic, isolated limb take advantage of the excellent training. successful, and highly motivational. She bolt pivots It is estimated that more than 12 million rarely took credit for her accomplishments, to eliminate students have learned about archery choosing instead to praise those who vibration from approximately 1500 TWAC-trained helped her succeed in her endeavors. instructors! In the 1960's Myrtle shared In an interview with Nick Bocker her course materials at no charge with for American Bowman-Review in 1941, the National Archery Association as this Mimi said her advice to people who want had been part of her dream...to help the to accomplish worthwhile things is to NAA develop an Instructors Course. The "supplement faith for fear" and then, "go at 3525 N. Wells, Kingman AZ. 86401 first session outside of TWAC was held at it with the will to do and the soul to dare". Phone 928.681.4007 Fax 928.681.4014 Stone Valley in 1969 and used the TWAC She certainly followed her own advice, www.bowmanarchery.us Training Guide until the NAA Instructors contributing so profoundly to archery and Licensed under Martin Patent # 6,474,324 Wedel Cams Manual was completed several years late. archers for 65 uninterrupted years! ©

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LAS VEGAS 2009 WORLD ARCHERY FESTIVAL by Erik Kornbek

Eighteen Compound Unlimited Male archers tied at perfect 900 They were Reo Wilde, Morgan Lundin, Chance Beaubouef, Dave Cousins, Jesse Broadwater, Kelsey Johnson, Cube Johnson, Martin Darnsbo, Grant Schleusner, Keith Trail, Scott Starnes, Michael Anderson, Dan McCarthy, Nicholas Annen, Jackie White, Jedd Greshock, Levi Morgan, and Gary Smith Jr. was on the line for the first place - and dropping one point and Morgan Lundin The archery tournament in Las Vegas especially the final tie-breakers between a perfect score - but. One of Lundin’s is really something special - in many ways. It is a huge tournament, with round Morgan Lundin from Sweden and Reo arrows was very close only to the line and Wilde from USA was top entertainment. might or might not touch. Three judges 1.350 archers competing over 3 days. This The 1 l,h end looked like the nice cheque where needed and called out to the target year quite a few where shooting perfect was meant for Morgan Lundin, Reo Wild and the air was thick with tension: The first scores, which means that on the last day judge ruled 30, the next 29 and the final - Sunday - 18 archers had achieved - 3 * judge also 29, and so it was - 29 points to 300 points = 900 points - which is very Lundin - they where even. The 12,h and impressive! - And a record, 1 was told. final tiebreak ended 30 - 29 to Reo Wilde These 18 fantastic archers where all in with a perfect score - and judging from the division Compound Unlimited Male - but following noise from the audience there the level was also high in other divisions, could be no doubt, an American had just the number of archers achieving the won the Las Vegas 2009 World Archery perfect score could very well have been Festival. 21 as there were 899 points, in division It has to be said that The Las Vegas Compound Unlimited Female, shot by 2009 World Archery Festival was very Nichola Simpson from England shooting special for me - my new Hand Held 299 - 300 - 300. Ray Tenbrook, USA in Scoring System was finally ready for the Compound Unlimited Flights and Jeffrey first test - and what better place to test it Hunt USA also shot 899 points in Senior than Las Vegas? 1 have never myself tried Compound Unlimited. to shoot in this tournament -1 hope I might The spectators had an exciting time one day-and I am sure that if I do I will be following the competition and watching nervous. I can tell you that it was extremely how the 18 archers with the perfect score Morgan Lundin (I) and Reo Wilde exciting for me to bring my equipment to competed to get the S 25,000 cheque that the 10th tiebreak.

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The Iowa Pro am had 550 shooters representing over 40 states and Canada even after the weather forced several cancelations from some of the contestants from further north. Everyone showed up ready to compete and we all had a good time. Nobody won the $100,000.00 for two perfect games but there were several shooters that came very close. Each year the level of competition grows. This is the result of more knowledge and continuing advancement in equipment. The manufacturers continue to amaze us with the quality of the equipment available to

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If you have never shot an international tournament, you haven't lived yet. The atmosphere and mix of interesting people totally changes the experience from what you would expect. I am not saying that Vegas is not an awesome shoot, but Nimes is different. The biggest difference is Vegas, for the most part, is comprised of only US shooters. We all know each other and we all speak the same language. Nimes, on the other hand, is an incredible mix of nationalities. This year there were 57 different countries in attendance. For example. 1 had a guy on my target from Estonia who happened to speak great English. And two Frenchman who spoke some English. When you get this many countries together on a target butt, they all seem to default to English as a common language. Many of the F1TA judges there spoke only French. Luckily there was one nice lady there who spoke English well enough to answer some questions about how many practice ends we were going to have. At first it all seems a little intimidating when you consider flying out to France. You have to decide what airport to fly into, if you are going to rent a car, or take a train to Nimes. You have to make plane changes in strange airports that aren’t familiar, and there aren’t very many people who can help you in English. You know what—it really isn’t that big of a deal. If you are not comfortable with making your own travel arrangements, you can work through a travel agent. It’s easy enough that you can do it yourself. If all else fails—log on to www.archerylearningcenter. com and ask us how to do it. You will have French locals and U.S. shooters, who have made the trip, give you travel advice. When you are headed to Nimes, you have a couple of options to consider. You can fly to Paris and take the train to Nimes. You will have to make a connection via the subway to the train station and then on to Nimes. You can fly from the U.S. to Paris and then fly to Montpellier. From there you can rent a car and drive about 40 kilometers. It’s quick and easy, and most likely what you want to do. The third option is flying to Nice and driving along the Mediterranean and up to Nimes. Any of these options will get you out into the countryside and let you see a lot of France that is off the beaten path. In fact, I am writing this on my laptop as we travel from Nimes to Bordeaux. I just stopped on the side of the road and checked out a walled city called Carcassonne which was built and inhabited in the first century BC. You only get to see this kind of thing if

you get out and drive a little. Be adventurous and step outside the box a little. Don’t be intimidated by the travel or the language barrier and just go for it at least once. Get a travel guide and a phrase book from the bookstore before you go. You will be glad you did. 1 arrived in Bordeaux and met up with Eric Hall from Doinker, and our best friend in France Antoine Vialetay. Antoine

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was our host in Bordeaux. We all left together from Bordeaux and took a 5 hour drive across the south of France to Nimes. The countryside is pretty much what you could expect in any temperate area in the US, but you can’t help but notice the age of the buildings and cities you pass. They look to be centuries old. You will also notice an over abundance of vineyards. Wine is a big deal in the Bordeaux area.

We arrived in the city of Nimes and went straight to the shooting hall to get the Doinker booth set up and ready for the exposition show. All of the major European distributors were there, as well as several International manufacturers. Hoyt, Easton, and Doinker and some other U.S. manufacturers were also there and were major sponsors of the event, so you will see some familiar faces in the show. There were some very cool products in the show that I have never seen before, and it is always interesting for me to see how other foreign manufacturers produce their products. The show is very comparable to ones you will see in Vegas or the National Indoor.

When 1 arrived in Nimes we checked into our hotel late in the evening; I didn’t even look out the window before crashing into the bed. Here’s the first thing I saw the next morning.

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The tournament was advertised all over the city on outdoor billboards to bring in spectators. Archery is a much bigger deal in France. I titink it is partially because of these kinds of promotional efforts.

The shooting hall is broad and was split into two sections. The main shooting hall is where most of the qualification rounds are shot and the second huge hall is where the finals are shot. It was equipped with a gigantic JumboTron that was somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 feet on the diagonal. There was enough seating for a couple thousand. The tournament has two stages. You shoot a qualification round on Friday or Saturday and depending on how you qualify„you will either shoot head-to-head matches to work your way through the brackets up to the gold medal match, or you will shoot the secondary tournament. This is one of the coolest things about.Nimes. When you check in, they give you your target assignment for the qualification round and a target assignment for the secondary tournament, just in case you don’t qualify in the top 32.

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but ended up in the middle of the pack. The middle is not where you want to be. The head to heads are tough in the middle of the pack. Well—they are all tough, but the middle of the pack is really tough. Timers that kept track of the AB/CD line change automatically ran the shoot, and it gave a nice tweet to put you on the line, start shooting, and send you to the target. As we shot, the timing system was lock step and fool proof. 1 was pleasantly surprised at how tight the organization was. The judges called the close arrows with precision and without too much “interpretation" of the line. Though many of those calls didn’t go my way on Friday, 1 admire their meticulousness.

The judges werefair, accurate, and decisive, though many calls like this one didn’t go my way. Photo by Yvon Sailly.

I have one beef to air about the shoot. The target bales that they shoot in France are TERRIBLE! They are called Stramit bales and they are as hard as a rock. They are made of densely compressed, ground hay. It is almost like a 2” thick version of dry wall. The biggest problem 1 have with the bales is, your arrows are nearly impossible to remove and they do not stick straight in the bale. Several “bad kicks” caused me some points. However, that one little issue is still small in comparison to everything they did right.

The Stramit butts were a bear to pull arrows from and they caused arrows to kick in any direction than what would be favorable to a good call. Here I am about to blow an O-ring getting my arrows out. Photo by Yvon Sailly.

They don’t supply bow racks in Europe, so bring your bow pod or stand. This way, if you don’t qualify, you can still shoot on Sunday and your weekend isn't blown because you had a bad round. Secondary tournament shooters shoot for prizes donated by the major sponsors of the shoot. I saw shooters win Hoyt bows, Doinker stabilizers, and loads of Easton products. 1 thought it was a great idea to allow non-qualifiers to continue to shoot. I elected to shoot my qualification round on Friday in spite of the fact that we just came off a 5 hour drive. I had 3 hours to rest and loosen up and it was qualification time. I qualified well, The qualification rounds last through Friday and Saturday. Shooters that don’t qualify will shoot in a secondary tournament on Sunday for prizes. Photo by Yvon Sailly

Most shoots run very smooth with a minimal amount of trouble, but the club at Nimes was exceptionally fast in delivering the scores after the round. They played a great mix of music between the ends to keep your toe tapping, and it added to the festive atmosphere. The announcer traveling around the floor with a mic helped keep the excitement up. He did a great job keeping the archers and spectators apprised on what was happening at all times. If something significant was happening, you knew about it. For instance, Dave Cousins was flirting with the world record there for a while, and was only two points down from the half and was making a good run at a tie for the record. The announcer was all over that, and made sure everyone knew it was happening. The little bit of excitement that it added to a normally mundane round of qualification was fantastic and exhilarating at the same time.

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scoreboard waiting on the scores to come up. A sudden bustle of activity was my signal that the scores were updated. Just as fast as you found out what your position was and what your target assignment was, you had to have your bow together and be on your way to your target assignment. Saturday turned out to be a long day and the first round of head to head matches started at 18:00. We shot four ends for score and all ties were settled right there on the spot. After a tough call on the last end I was tied with, new to the Hoyt Team, Dominique Genet.

Come on Judge! Call it in! Look how close you can be and still not get it. Photo by Yvon Sailly.

Dave attracted attention midgame with a solid 298 half. Spectators ganged up to watch him try and tie his own world record. He had the home town advantage and the crowd was assuredly on his side. However, all the cheering was in French, so they could have easily been cheering for the American. . . right? Probably not, but it felt great anyway. Dominique and I shot a standard F1TA shoot off. First arrow for score, second arrow for score, and the final arrow, if needed, was judged closest to center. As we approached the line to shoot that final closest to center arrow. I could feel my heart beat in my ear lobes and my neck was so flushed and hot I bet you could fry bacon on it. The crowd was sporadically shouting hoots of encouragement and over-all cheers of excitement. I could barely hear it though because of the rushing blood sound crashing in my ears, but it was uplifting nonetheless. Mostly, at that moment 1 was excited for archery as a whole. It felt like a real live spectator sport for a

Spectators grouped up behind Dave’s target and hung on his every move until his round was over. It was great. I have to say, Dave looked like he enjoyed it, too. Dave had a bad end and when the announcer stuck the mic in his face looking for a comment, Dave responded with a shrug and said, “C'est la Vie” which is French for “that’s life.” The spectators around were pleasantly surprised and amused at the same time with Dave’s casual French. After the qualification rounds were all finished on Saturday, the nail biting began. Will you make the top 32? Who will you have to shoot-off with? Can you make it past that person so you can make it deeper into the game? 1 am sure all those questions were rolling through everyone’s head as they watched the

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My shoot-off with France's Dominique Genet. Though it wasn’t for the championship it was still a memorable event. Dominique went on to finish 4th. while and 1 was there to get the full experience. At that moment I could totally envision archery being interesting enough to be worthy of a non-archer’s attention. But that is beside the point. I had to divert my attention to what I was doing and force calmness and stability on the situation just long enough to let out one last perfect shot. In these situations you kind of feel like you are putting it all out there on the floor and not holding back one last ounce of grit. The whole moment lasted about 15 seconds, but it seemed to hang there forever. I remember aiming and looking at what looked like a decent, stable sight picture and forcing focus. I felt the grip separate from my bow hand and 1 heard the soft wooden plonk sound my Vantage Elite makes when it shoots heavy indoor arrows. 1 saw the arrow for a split second in flight and it was good. I heard the whack of fresh target, and 1 diverted my attention to the crowd noise to see if it sounded like a “Yaaaay!” or an “Awwwww!” Well, it was kind of a mixed response. I could see why. It was an X or Ten in F1TA terms, but it wasn’t dead in the middle. There was plenty of room for improvement. The crowd shouted and hooted for Dominque as he readied his shot and drew back. I was nail biting big time as I waited for him to shoot his bow. His aim was like a rock, as usual, and we shot Xs like crazy up to this point, so there was no indication that he would chicken wing the shot or anything like that. Thump goes his bow and thwack went the paper. His arrow was also to the right and my buddies behind me were shouting encouragement

that mine was better. From my vantage point they looked very close. When we arrived down to the butt and with the naked eye they looked virtually the same. The judge popped out his calipers and set them from the inside of my shaft to the dead center cross. Then he moved them over to Dominique’s arrow and he had won by a hair. Literally it was a hair’s width difference between the two. I hated to be instantly relegated to spectatordom, but the rush of competition was great. I told Dominique, through my buddy Antoine who translated, since he put me out, he has to win to make it up to me. He doesn’t speak a lick of English, but be nodded agreement with a thumbs up. He made a great run for it. He was put out by Dave Cousins in the bronze medal match and ended up fourth. Though my little shoot-off was exciting for me, it really was small potatoes in the grand scheme of things. The reality of it is, I was just another piece of road kill in the first head to head matches. There were many shoot-offs to come on Sunday. Bright and early, the secondary tournament started and all the shooters that didn’t qualify for the big show started shooting for prizes. The secondary tournament wrapped up just in time for everyone to pack into the main hall to watch the finals. The head to heads continued until we were left with the final four.

Cameras were all over the place capturing the action for the spectators and TVproductions that would be aired on TV later.

The Finals Hall was configured, the TV cameras were in place and the entire hall was darkened with the exception of the narrow shooting area that was set up for the shooters. The lighting was very dramatic and it made it much easier to see what was happening on the fifty foot screen. There was a full production crew behind the line with computers blazing, and they were feverishly feeding the raw camera footage into the entertaining views that we saw on the big screen.

The huge screen caught every second of the action on a large scale. The camera man was fearless!

They had picture in picture, close-ups, arrow strikes in the target, and dramatic angles on the shooters. It was amazing! I was surprised at how much all this raised the excitement level of the shoot. I have to admit I wasn’t too excited for the recurve finals, because 1 didn’t know the shooters and had no idea who was hot and who was not. To my surprise, I was glued to the scene. I watched all of it and held my breath for every shot.

Not only did they show the archer shooting, but you also got a view of the hits with picture in picture mode.

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individually into the arena amid the screaming crowd and the booming music. The horn blew and the first end was on. They were tied after the first end, but Deloche moved ahead by the third end. 1 was down on the floor with camera and through my 300mm lens I could see they were nervous, but were doing a great job staying loose. George Tekmitchov stood behind the shooters and his voice was thundering out the TEN! TEN! TEN! as Deloche’s arrows were hitting the target. Occasionally the camera view on the big screen would show a Though outwardly both Martin and picture in picture Pierre-Julien looked cool and calm, view of the target there’s still sweaty palms and jitters. so you could see Deloche blows in his palm to dry away the shot and watch the arrow hit at the the sweat before his final shot. same time. Other times you would see the shot and the whole screen would flip to a gargantuan view of the arrow smashing into the ten as it happened. As every arrow was fired I watched my buddy Martin fall farther behind, and it seemed that Pierre picked up some steam with his lead, and started shooting them more centered. The thundering crowd, the arrow by arrow scores being shouted, and the giant visual of everything that was going on had me so engrossed in the game, my heart was pounding as if I were shooting off. Deloche had a commanding lead by the time the last arrow was shot, and he won with a four point margin over Martin. The final end was an

There was a full production crew behind the line with computers blazing and they were feverishly producing the raw camera footage into the entertaining views that we saw on the big screen. The shooters were given a grand entrance for each final. The music was blaring and the announcer would say a few words about the shooter and shout their name in grand style. The double doors swung open and a row of pompom shaking cheerleaders filed out to escort each shooter into the hall. The crowd cheered each shooter on, as they made their way to their shooting position. During the match each shooter shot four ends for score. Each arrow was shot in an alternating style. Archer one would fire their shot and the announcer, George Tekmitchov, would shout their score as their arrow hit the target. Archer 2 would then shoot their arrow. Arrow by arrow the archers would make their way through the head to head until the final score was posted. The producers of the tournament filled the time between the ends with music and other crowd activities that kept the crowd energized during the down time between ends. Between matches they had dancing girls who came out and did a three minute dance number while the next archers readied themselves to be announced and brought into the shooting venue. Yes, you heard me right. DANCING GIRLS! It was great and it made for a great show Between finals matches, groups of dancing girls kept the crowd entertained.

Martin, though he lost, held his head high and congratulated Pierre-Julien.

emotional one and you could see it on their faces when it was over. For Deloche you could see the relief and joy of the win. Martin, being the strong competitor that he is. didn’t hang his head in defeat, but he rushed over to Pierre-Julien to congratulate him like a true pro. 1 knew Martin was disappointed and 1 was sad for him. but you couldn’t tell by looking at him. He walked out of there like a champion. The Arc Club De Nimes did a fantastic job putting on one of the best tournaments ever. If you are a travelling archer and have never experienced a European indoor shoot, you owe it to yourself to experience Nimes at least once. 1 bet if you do it once you’ll be back again and again. There are many fantastic tournaments in the states, but Nimes is just pure awesomeness!

Finally it was time for my division to have its gold medal match. The match was between my friend Martin Damsbo from Denmark and Pierre-Julien Deloche from France. Both are young shooters in their twenties, who have posted some great scores leading up to the match. Deloche posted the best match scores of the day and had shot a raft of 119 matches — and even one 120 in there. Martin had done just as well in his matches, but Deloche was the smart money based on his match scores. I was rooting for Martin for sure. He and I have been friends for awhile and he’s such a great guy on and off the range. They were paraded March-April 2009

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Editor’s note: Native Australian and Archery Great, Roy Rose has amassed many alheltic achievements. In 2002 Rose returned to his archery pursuits after almost thiry years and now holds over 40 state and national records in his age division and, at 62, won two gold and two bronze medals at the 2002 World Masters Championships, where he defeated the legendary Hans Wright, one of archery's all time greats.

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Canberra Archery' Club, in the national capital, again hosted perhaps the nation’s major tournament — aside from the Nationals — with the Who's Who of Aussie top shooters on the line in both recurve and compound divisions. The anticipated return of Clint Freeman to major competition did not materialize, but the men’s compound class provided major interest with World Cup star Pat Coghlan, Junior super-talent Brendan Wallace, and leading archers, Bryce Lee, Craig Tyson, and Master’s champion Dennis Carson on the line. On the distaff side. National and former National champions Erika Anear. Kelly Holmes, and Madeleine Ferris, along with perennial contenders Fiona Hyde and Rachel Pye were all competing. The recurve men’s contingent included Olympic trio Sky Kim, Matt Gray, and Michael Naray, while the ladies field was headed up by Deonne Bridger, Jade Lindsay, and up-and-coming teenager Semra Ferguson. Day one dawned sunny with a light breeze after a stormy night, but strong, blustery winds soon eventuated. In the men’s compound. Pat Coghlan led the scoring with 1375 (a great effort under

Aussie Icons! Madeleine Ferris and Simon Fairweather. the adverse conditions), Craig Tyson 1349 and Brendan Wallace on 1337 were next; a strong 1335 by the ageless Dennis Carson, after a tough30 meters, the next best. On the ladies line, New Zealand teenager Linda Lainchbury surprised with a 1359, closely followed Rachel Pye 1357, and other New Zealanders Stefane Crockery at 1347, and Fiona Hyde 1345. The recurve men were headed up by a very commendable 1303 by Sky Kim. Next came Matt Gray at 1287, with

Michael Naray and Ryan Tyack with 1252 and 1244. In the ladies recurve, former National Champion and Olympian Deonne Bridger made a welcome return to Canberra shooting 1270, well ahead of Jade Lindsay 1247, and Semra Ferguson 1215. Day two provided the head-to-head competition in the open classes, with much more favorable weather. Final results in the men’s compound saw victory for Bryce Lee’s second-day consistency taking him to gold over Craig Tyson, who in a surprise result, had outed favorite Pat Coghlan in his semi final match. Lee had reached the final by eliminating the ever reliable Dennis Carson. Madeleine Ferris took out the ladies compound, proving once again that despite her now veteran years, whe remains a major force in open competition, along with a dominance of World F1TA Masters records. New Zealander Stefani Crockery was the runner up. Sky Kim was the victor in the men's recurve, fartoo consistent in his gold madal match with Matt Gray. Michael Naray secured the bronze with a well focused victory over junion star Ryan Tyack.

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It was great to see former World and Olympic champion Siman Fairweather among the many spectators on day two. Canberra Club is again to be congratulated for a well planned and well negotiated event, and Archery ACT, its judges and officials, for a job well done. This tournament was also the first official trial for the selection of the World Championship teams, the second to be held in Sydney in mid-March. March 14 sees the inaugural Australian Archery Hall of Fame banquet at the Saint George’s Rugby League venue, with four new inductees to be presented to what is sure to be an appreciative gathering representing a wide cross section of the sport. Of special interest to many USA readers will be the induction of the great Aussie Champion recurver Hans Wright, who came to prominence nationally in America in 1965 when he won the N AA National target championship necessitating a rule change to preclude foreign archers from actually annexing the national crown! In an era in which the USA dominated world archery, the affable Aussie made a considerable impact on the International scene, with representation at the Olympic Games, and a host of world target and field championships where he medaled, and was always a leading contender and a highly regarded opponent. For three decades, he dominated Australian Archer, winning innumerable national titles in all divisions: bare bow field, flight, clout, and target. His coaching credentials are equally impressive, with service as Olympic and World team mentor, and up to the present-day, literally hundreds of the nations’ finest have benefited from his expertise. Along with the many awards given him over the past half century, he was afforded the Order of Australia medal by the national government, the most prestigious commendation in 1979. Now a veteran in his mid-seventies, he has lost none of his enthusiasm for the sport — still shooting the occasional tournament (and very competitively!) and continuing to coach at the famous Frankston Club. The Australian Archery Hall of Fame could not induct a more worthy individual. The 2009 National Championship will be held during the Easter holiday season in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The tyranny of distance always impedes maximum participation by archers nationwide, and the prevailing world financial crisis and fuel prices, are further liabilities. As Adelaide is always such an enjoyable Nationals host city, the roll-up, it is still hoped, will be considerable.

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BOHNING ^ARCHERY PRESS RELEASE Bobning Blazer® takes Goldfor the 5th consecutive year! Readers of Bowhunting World Magazine have named the Blazer® vane, “Best Fletching” for the 5th year in a row. This award is voted on by Archers who use the product, the “Grass Roots”. The Readers Choice Gold Award will appear on all packages of Blazers® starting 2/9/09- In this highly competitive market, Archers know that Bohning vanes are the best they can buy. "Choose the vane that has dropped more Jaws, hung more trophies, convinced more skeptics and provided more BIG, SILLY GRINS than all the "Knock-OJJ", "Wanna-Be". "Copy-Cat" vanes combined! The vane that has, hands down, out-perfornted them all!”

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Also included is a sheet of Shibuya’s exclusive Dual-Color Dot Package - featuring a black dot with a white center for optimal aiming even in high or low light conditions. The Dot Package also includes a lightly adhesive centering matrix to place the dot in the center of the lens conveniently and accurately. A slotted rod receiver locks the scope housing positively with target sights featuring a 5/16” scope rod holder - for example the Shibuya Ultima CP or the Sure-loc Supreme. Users of other sights can attach the scope easily using the more standard method of fastening it with a hex nut. The Shibuya 29mm Scope comes standard with a lens retainer ring available in 5 anodized colors (black, silver, blue, red, gold), as well as a splash-proof scope cover to protect the scope from rain and dirt. 8-32 tapped holes on the housing’s top and bottom enable the attachment of aftermarket accessories, such as sight lights or fiber pins. _______ ______

Shibuya 29mm Scope. By combining a magnesium alloy scope housing with an industrial strength Titanium alloy 10-32 threaded stud, this item weighs only 21 grams (0.75oz) as a complete set - up to 30% less than comparable scopes with aluminum housings! By lightening the mass weight of the scope, shock and moment affecting the sight’s w'indage unit are significantly reduced, thus ensuring secure and repeatable settings. For the Scope’s lens, Shibuya turned to a well-known and trusted optics manufacturer: Fellow Japanese maker Nikon devoted its resources to developing a tough, lightweight lens custom-tailored to the needs of the target archer. The multi-coated “Archery Target Scope Lens’’ is super clear, scratch-resistant, and reduces lens glare to the bare minimum. This Nikon lens is a reliable asset even in the most extreme light and weather conditions. To further improve the quality of aiming provided by this high-quality lens, Shibuya’s Scope housing features cutouts to allow for a large amount of light to penetrate the housing as well as a special “ribbed” interior to reduce glare,Scope as viewed from the face side, and comes standard with Duai-Color Dot installed a butted, bright yellow' level.

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The world’s most dedicated archers rely on Easton arrows and accessories for unrivaled quality, performance, and engineering. Easton continues its tradition of tournament-tested success with the release of the dynamic 2009 stabilizers and V-Bar line. New for 2009, Easton offers three innovative, lightweight, technology-packed stabilizer systems guaranteed to deliver advanced vibration reduction and a more consistent shot:

Easton’s Adjustable Uni-Bar™ - also new for 2009 may be used alone as an offset bar or in combination to form the ultimate adjustable V-Bar system. Machined from aerospace aluminum and protected by a bright black, hard-anodize finish, the Adjustable Uni-Bar offers maximum versatility and rock solid durability like no other V-Bar in its class.

The patent-pending X10® System utilizes Easton’s unique Tri-Layer Suppressor™ technology to diminish vibration internally, without the need for rubber tips or add-ons. An advanced visco-elastic dampening membrane and high-modulus carbon fiber weave give the new X10 exceptional strength and lightweight design. The X10 steadies aim, accelerates recovery and minimizes hand shock for the utmost in smooth, consistent performance.

The shooter-approved A/C/E® System has won more recurve and compound championships than any other stabilizer. The ultra-light 2009 edition delivers the same sought-after function with a bold new look along with proven A/C construction and customizable Vari-Weights to balance any setup.

The X10, A/C/E, X7 and Adjustable Uni-Bar Systems embody the utmost in Easton engineering and innovation, and are sure to grace the podium at the world’s most coveted archery tournaments. Visit your Easton dealer today to shoot these exciting new vibration reduction systems and experience the quality and performance that only Easton can deliver. The X10, A/C/E and X7 Systems include Side Rods and V-Bar Extenders, and are available in a variety of lengths and weights. Visit www.eastonarcherv.com for complete specifications.

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October 20, 2008 Myrtle Point, OR: Norway Industries, maker of the extremely popular Duravanes arrow vane and the revolutionary noise and vibration dampening device—the String Tamer announces the ground-breaking Fusion Vane. As the name states, the new Fusion vane by Norway Industries is a radical blend of shape and material technology, which yields maximum aerodynamic steering capability and unprecedented broadhead flight. Norway Industries melded technologies both old and new to create the most responsive vane archers have ever experienced with precise focus on today’s critical demands of first-class: Adhesion, Broadhead flight, Consistency and Durability. It’s 2 inch long, high profile, design is based upon the increasingly popular foot print of today’s short vane designs but, all similarities end there- This vane is completely unique and like nothing ever offered before. “Nearly two years of research and development showed that by combining innovative shapes and materials we could achieve what no other vane manufacturer has even done,. We went through a lot of changes trying to get this vane “just right”, but it was well worth the effort and the numerous prototypes” Stated Janis Melton, Co-Owner of Norway Industries. The mix of traditional and contemporary designs and materials is evident when you see and feel the revolutionary Fusion vane. Beginning with a profile similar to a traditional shield cut, the modified silhouette increases the surface area of the most critical point to the vanes anatomy, which minimizes cross wind interference while also maximizing broadhead flight and stabilization.

Also complimenting the Fusion name is a revolutionary process where two distinctly different proprietary polymers are combined to create the base and blade of the vane, who are then “fused” together during the manufacturing process. The blade employs a stiffer and more durable structure with a distinct texture and a slight taper from base to top. These features are designed to decreased overall mass weight while increasing stabilization and vane durability. The base of the vane is created from a softer polymer that has proven to act similarly to the time-honored Duravane, which are notorious for unmatched adhesion. What’s more, the soft base also allows for the vane to react to contact or crushing more like a traditional feather, but with the resilience and weatherproof capabilities of a vane. For more information on the innovative Fusion Vane or to learn more about the full line of Norway Industries products call 800-7784755 or visit www.duravanes.com. See ad on page 5 7.

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ATA Adjusts Show Dates for 2010 The Archery Trade Association’s board of directors has changed the 2010 Trade Show dates to Jan. 13-15 to accommodate a scheduling conflict. Salt Lake City - The Archery Trade Association’s board of directors has changed the 2010 Trade Show dates to Jan. 13-15 to accommodate a scheduling conflict. By approving the change, the ATA Board shifted the Trade Show to a Wednesday-Friday schedule. The Trade Show had been scheduled for Jan. 1416, 2010, its usual Thursday-Saturday timetable. The Board made the change so exhibitors attending both the ATA and SHOT shows had enough time to make the transition between events. Before adjusting the ATA Show dates, these exhibitors had only two days to pack up in Columbus, and travel and set up in Las Vegas. “Before proposing we shift our dates, we talked to many exhibitors who planned to attend both shows so we fully understood their situations,” said Jay McAninch, ATA CEO/President. “Moving the show ahead one day was the best solution. Otherwise, we could expect some exhibitors to downsize their presence at the ATA Trade Show or forgo the SHOT Show to account for the tight turnaround time. We don’t want to put companies in a position of possibly jeopardizing their show schedules, so we adjusted our dates.” In 2009, 95 exhibitors set up at both trade shows. Of that group, 24 had ATA booths that occupied at least 500 square feet, and they combined for 24,600 square feet. After calling these 24 exhibitors, ATA staff learned nearly 30 percent would downsize their exhibit space at the ATA Show to make both shows. Meanwhile, over 50 percent vowed to maintain the size of their booth space, regardless of the two-day turnaround. The other 20 percent said they would not attend the SHOT Show. Another important consideration was Saturday attendance by dealers. The new dates of Jan. 13-15 kick off the ATA Show on a Wednesday rather than its usual Thursday, and end on Friday rather than the usual Saturday. ATA staff studied how many retail shops had staff drive to the show and attend Saturday only. In the past two shows at Indianapolis, Saturdayonly shop attendance was 2.7 percent of 2008’s overall attendance and 3.3 percent of 2009’s overall attendance. Given exhibitor feedback, the ATA believes this decision to adjust show dates will benefit participation and the show’s financial success. Those advantages should also offset additional expenses incurred to pay laborers to prepare the show floor for a Wednesday morning opening. 38

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By: Roy Grimes Director of the NASP Until recently the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) had only been taught in English to teachers in the fortysix states and five countries in which it has been adopted. Of course some would argue, when the program is taught in Ohio something other than English is spoken (buckeye) and that in certain parts of Kentucky and Tennessee a few colloquial terms are used that might be foreign elsewhere. (My apologies to my NASP friends in these states who know I’m just having some fun!) This past spring Malena Rolensky. a teacher in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada, became the first person to undergo NASP certification in French. She was joined the following day by five more French-speaking teachers who were certified by NASP Basic Archery Instructor Trainer (BAIT), Todd Smith. Together these teachers now present NASP archery lessons in three Moose Jaw schools. Canada became the third country to adopt the NASP on June 20. 2007 when Nova Scotia joined the effort. Later that December, Saskatchewan joined the NASP thanks to leadership provided by Joe Milligan of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (SWF). In less than six months Joe and his fellow trainers have certified sixty teachers to present NASP lessons as part of the in-school curriculum. Today there are fifteen Saskatchewan schools in the NASP and Joe expects to double this number by the end of the 2008-09 school year. They had their first “mini” NASP Tournament this past June and hope to send a team to the NASP Nationals in 2009. Quite a success story for brand new NASP locale! NASP in Saskatchewan is lead differently than in most of the United States. In most states the Fish & Wildlife Agency provides the lead to administer the expansion and integrity of the NASP. However, in Saskatchewan the largest organization of conservationists, per capita, in the world leads the effort. The Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation is a non-profit, non government. charitable organization boasting more than 26.000 members in 120 branches Province-wide. While habitat and science-based wildlife management is the SWF’s primary mission, it’s members believe very strongly in conservation and outdoor skill education to assure youth grow into adults who will be proper stewards of the natural world. This highly respected organization will celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2009. The SWF is borrowing a strategy from Neil Curtis, the NASP Coordinator of Victoria, Australia. Like Neil, Saskatchewan’s Joe Milligan is working with the local police department to use NASP to provide young people alternatives to decision paths that lead to crime, violence, and jail. As has been learned in many states, the NASP is popular with youngsters at alternative and disciplinary schools. These troubled youth have such a strong desire to participate in the NASP, many of them will obey range commands and follow instructions when they wouldn’t in a normal school environment. It warms our heart to hear of students from these schools who, through the NASP, found their way back to school and are now “on target for life”. In the near future Joe expects to be invited to certify as NASP instructors, Native American teachers at schools located on First Nation lands. Interest by First Nation teachers and students is also becoming widespread in places like South Dakota, Arizona, and New Mexico. In fact, it is possible that NASP may someday have an additional competitive category at its national tournament specifically for First Nation schools. Our hats are off to Joe Milligan and Todd Smith in Saskatchewan! They have their eye on the NASP prize - the youngster who discovers archery and from there a path to greater personal satisfaction and success. Todd, I’d sign off in French but the only words in that lingo I know are... spaghetti and fries. Psst. Hey Joe, wouldn’t it be neat if Saskatchewan’s 80th NASP school could be enrolled sometime in SWF’s 80th anniversary year!? ©

The One Million Archer Tournament By: Roy Grimes, President, NASP When the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) was launched nearly seven years ago, one of the items on our “wish list” was to someday organize and implement a “one million archer tournament”. We had a few other items on that “wish list” including demonstrating NASP for Congress in Washington DC and implementing the program in 25 states by the end of our 6th year. With help from thousands of NASP friends, we achieved both those items on October 3, 2007 and December 31, 2008 respectively. By the end of the current school year, NASP participation will have reached the 1,000,000 students/year mark. Conducting an event for all these student archers would surely be impossible, at least by current strategies. The NASP National tournament broke a North American archery tournament record with 2,856 student archers in May, 2008. We expect to add another 1,000 archers to this record at the NASP nationals in May, 2009. But, making room for 1,000,000 students would be a huge, daunting leap. If every school could find the time to send their teachers and students and if every student could afford the travel expenses we’d still have a problem finding enough space for a live tournament of this scale. A flight of one million archers would need 250,000 target butts and shooting lanes. The shooting line would have to be more than 236 miles long! Several states couldn't contain such a tournament within their boundaries! Imagine what fine binoculars (future NASP sponsor?) the judges would need to coordinate shooting directions? (IF NASP had a program sponsor that made binoculars I would have mentioned their name at this point.) Of course such a tournament would be comprised of more than a single flight of archers. If we used our national format of 6 flights we’d only need a shooting line 39 miles long. If we tried to conduct such a tournament at the current national site in Louisville, Kentucky the tournament would last 365 days (actually with 4 flights per day we’d be 47,304 short of one million archers) - of course we'd start on next year’s tournament the following day! Obviously, I'm being a bit silly with these calculations — yes, 1 had to take off my shoes for that ciphering. NASP’s solution to this dilemma of meeting tournament experience demand by student archers is to go “virtual”. For nearly six months now, a team of computer dudes have been working with us to create a web-based tournament management system to accommodate NASP archers. Our goal for this tool is multi-faceted, but the primary objective is to make it possible for every physical education class offering NASP lessons - to culminate the class with a world-wide competition. The virtual tournament tool will be used by NASP-certified teachers to register every NASP archer in the school to shoot the NASP tournament format during a specific time period. Using this tool the teacher/coach will register each student archer, pay small registration fees, and then report the results of the school-based tournament results as they occur. Then the tool will sort the results according to Elementary, Middle, or High School divisions, co-gender teams, and girl and boy individual ranks. Finally awards will be shipped to recipients and on-line results will be announced for everyone to ponder and celebrate. Proceeds from the virtual tournament will be used to establish equipment grants for new NASP schools and for replacement items at existing NASP schools. An added bonus to participation in the virtual contests will be that a world, country, state, province, and or even city “rank” will be determined and

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kept updated for every student archer. Students will be able to go on-line to see where they rank in the world of NASP archers. Other features of the virtual tournament tool are being designed to help student archers shoot more and more often. Eventually, we intend this site to be a place where students can find out about archery tournaments other than NASP and have their results from these formats entered in their name, influencing their world rank. We hope to even use the site and ranking feature to encourage community service among young people participating in the NASP. This good works factor could let the young person know what kind of “archer-citizen” they are becoming. Suggestions and ideas will be provided to help the archer grow in this personal development arena. Of course NASP has no desire or intention of discouraging development of face to face or “live” NASP archery tournaments. Teachers continue to tell us that the more a student participants in archery, even beyond NASP, the greater are academic and personal development benefits to the young person. However, we realize that less than 3% of all NASP students will participate in a NASP tournament this school year. The barriers of priority, time and travel expense are just too great for too many. It is our goal

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that the virtual tournament will extend the feelings of excitement and belonging to every NASP kid that has learned to respond to the two whistle command to “get bow”. As the tool is completed it will likely be tested in a couple of NASP states, one in the Midwest and another in the western U.S. This will help these states have their first NASP state tournament. Then, we hope to launch the first world-wide invitational tournament before the end of spring, 2009. We anticipate establishing a series of sponsored virtual tournaments during the school year 2009-10 beginning this fall. We are currently seeking corporate title sponsors of this tournament series to entertain NASP students in 46 NASP states, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. The NASP remains ever-grateful to several large charter sponsors such as Mathews Archery, the Archery Trade Association, and the National Wild Turkey Federation. Certainly without their help and that of a myriad of other supporters (see NASP web site) we wouldn’t be ready to tick this item off our “wish list”. If you or your company would like to help the effort, please let us know. The NASP is a 501 c (3) non-profit foundation, and eager to receive those who share our passion for “Changing lives, “one arrow at a time”. www.archeryintheschools.org ©

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YOUR PERSONALITY Can You Handle the Truth? No one wants to hearthat they have a problem and the reason is ... them! In this case, though, it is true — part of your problem is based on your personality, or rather that you haven’t taken your personality into account. Not much has been written about the role that personality plays in top level archery performance. Several years ago. as I drove my friend and mentor Len Cardinale to the airport after shooting his two videos, the subject of personality came up. Len is literally an “encyclopedia of knowledge.” He is an internationally respected coach, archery analyst, seminar speaker, contributing writer for Bowhunter magazine, and member of the Bowhunter Hall of Fame. His insightful and analytical view of archery is deeper and more diverse than anyone else 1 have ever met. We talked of many things on that ninety minute drive and Lenny, as always, was happy to share his knowledge. As he reeled off the highlights of his thirty-five-year archery history, I reeled it in. He spoke of years, shooters and events gone by, and many had a lasting impact on me; in particular the subject of personalities. The late 1960s and early 1970s were the heyday of the now defunct P.A.A. (Professional Archer’s Association) w’hen there were 450 members. Cardinale and others noticed a pattern in the occupations of the many archery champions of the period. It was discovered, to the amazement of all, that there was a disproportionate number of champion archers with vocations involving electricity — electricians, electrical technicians, electrical contractors, installers, and the like. The conclusion drawn from this information was that there must be a parallel between the personality type it takes to handle lethal amounts of electricity for a living and the ability to perform well under the pressure of top level tournament archery. Actually, it is logical if you think about it. All top archers do everything the same, in a particular order, one step at a time, and do not skip any of the steps. Electricians do their jobs with the same ordered, step by step routine and do not skip any of the steps or they will probably

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come face to face with this “shocking” reality ... “There are old electricians and there are bold electricians, but there are no old, bold electricians.” The same could be said for any personality that is suited for coping with dangerous or stressful professions like airline pilots, deep sea divers, mountain climbers, doctors, pharmacists, or any profession that demands an ordered mind with an unalterable progression of steps toward a successful conclusion. The price of failure would be severe consequences, in most cases. It seems that certain personality traits, whether learned or inherited, have a distinct advantage when applied to exact disciplines like tournament archery or rifle and pistol target competition, among others. The innate ability to subconsciously repeat and trust a complicated sequence time after time (under stress!) with machine-like duplication is not a common personality trait, especially in archers. In archery, a focused or ordered mind has the ability to shut out all outside interferences, like noises and other similar distractions, temptations to do it faster, slower, push or pull more, etc. These do not seem to penetrate the inner sanctum of “confident, composed concentration” (organized thinking). THE FOUR BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES A few celebrated psychologists have divided us into four basic personality types, or profiles, as far as our social interactions are concerned. Different psychologists vary somewhat as to the type or profile names but they all describe the same behavior. For example, one divides us into passive, aggressive, intuitive, or analytical types. Another separates us into supporter, controller, promoter, or analyst as types. A third divides us into amiable, driver, expressive, or analytical. There are a few more, but as you can see, these three examples have very similar group names. GroupXaggressive, controller, driver (Bernie-ism “control freak) Individuals tend to be intense, impatient, “in charge” and don’t trust. Group B passive, amiable, supportive (Bernie-ism “focused” Similar in that they tend to be easygoing, patient, deliberate and very trusting. Group C intuitive, promoter, expressive (Bernie-ism “risk taker) Tend to be creative, spontaneous, emotional, and prone to gamble or take chances. Group D analytical or analyst (Bernie-ism “over thinker” People in this group tend to analyze everything and experiment a lot. 44

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I have coined my own profile names and phrases, called Bernie-isms ... sort of a “naked truth shorthand.” This is probably because I never worried too much about kissing up or sounding “politically correct,” I just wanted to make sure nobody ever said “what the heck does that mean?” So, 1 sort of come right at you! For another reason, the medical profession divides us into just two groups, Type A and Type B, for the purposes of evaluating the risk of heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure, and the like. People with Type A personalities are usually impulsive, hard driving, in control, non-trusting, intense, always in a hurry, usually high stress and/or workaholics. People with Type B personalities usually have focused or ordered minds and are calm, patient, very trusting, deliberate, and even-tempered. It’s easy to understand why Type A’s are much more prone to stress-related heart disease than Type B’s. Although you may have already tried to “pigeonhole” yourself into one of these categories, all personalities fall into two or more groups with one dominant trait. For example, I am a classic dominant Type A/ driver, with analytical, and expressive traits. A Bemie-ism for this is ... I am a Control Freak with tendencies to “over-think” everything and take risks. Not a pretty picture, is it! My wife however, is a dominant Type B/amiable, with expressive traits. It’s a good thing, too, because without her focus, organizational skills and calming influence, I would have self-destructed years ago! As you can see, there are thousands of possibilities. For example, you could be 60% Type A/driver, 30% expressive, and 10% analytical, or 70% analytical, 15% expressive, and 15% driver, and so on. So, what does all this have to do with archery? A lot, if you think about it. It may help you determine whether you are

a natural candidate for high level archery competition, or if you should use a high or low power scope, or should focus on the sight or the target when aiming, or use a circle in your scope instead of a dot, to have a clear scope or a slightly blurry one, whether to use an index finger, thumb, or a back tension release. You see, if your personality profile is like the medical Type B or Group B (amiable, passive, supportive), then you are more likely to be able to naturally duplicate a shot sequence with the machine-like precision of a top ranked professional archer. You will be able to naturally trust this “system” (your shot sequence) to work on its own without trying to improve, analyze, assist, or control any aspect of the system, from shot to shot. This ability of your conscious mind to trust what you believe to be the best system for you, enables your subconscious mind to more quickly and completely absorb it. It follows that since the subconscious is now in control of the shot sequence, your conscious mind does not have to be! Your conscious mind can now focus entirely on aiming, trusting the subconscious mind to run the “release program” or “let-go” system, which is the only way truly excellent archery is ever achieved by most. Therefore, I will repeat this concept many times throughout the book because it is an integrated part of the whole philosophy and interweaves with different topics. It is the real key to understanding, and therefore unlocking, your potential. On the other hand, if your personality corresponds to Type A or Group A profiles (controller, driver, aggressive) and/or possesses dominant or significant Group D (analytical) or Group C (intuitive, promoter, expressive) tendencies, then (theoretically) your chances of becoming a national or world Continued on next page,

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champion archer decrease substantially — because top level shooting usually depends on trusting the duplication of form and execution, shot after shot, and the ability to concentrate and stay focused with a calm, confident, ordered mind. However, the fact that you are not a Type B personality does not mean you cannot succeed at high level competitive target archery! It just means it will be much more difficult for your personality to overcome its natural tendency to consciously control the movement of the sight or the instant of the release. For example, in the case of “Control Freaks,’’ if this is coupled with an overly analytical mind, you might tend to anticipate triggering your release, grab the bow', or over-analyze each shot and therefore pick apart, try to improve, or change one aspect or another from shot to shot, creating inconsistencies in shot execution. If substantial “Risk Taker” tendencies exist in your profile, you might tend to gamble and release a shot that does not feel right instead of letting down and starting the shot sequence over. If you’re analytical, your mind may wander from one thing to another, become easily distracted, and find it extremely difficult to concentrate all the way through the shot. Of course, all of the above can, and do, happen to Type B personalities, but not nearly with the same frequency or intensity, and it’s usually much easier for them to handle those problems when they do occur. Why? Because truly “focused shooters” trust their release and are naturally focused on the present. (There are only about twelve of them nationwide. You know the ones ... the ones who win most of the time!) They are not worried (like the rest of us) about the future or the past... where the arrow is going to go or where the last one went. These Type B shooters can use any release method, aim any number of ways, shoot any bow, use any form, and have less than perfect

release, with two triggers that prevent trigger punching, but is still activated by your back muscles, like the other back tension releases. Generally, individuals with controlling personality traits also tend to have an overwhelming urge to “fight" the aiming dot in a scope, trying too hard to perfectly align the sight, leading to over-holding and eventually shaking. Often, these folks buy very clear, high powered scopes so they can see better to “aim more precisely,” which compounds their problem because it also magnifies every movement. This practice often leads to frustration and punching, or snapshooting. They would be better off with a pin sight or a slightly blurry scope lens or lower magnification that minimizes “perceived movement.” Also, they might avoid the over-controlling problem better with a circle in the scope or on the end of their pin so they can see the bullseye through the circle, even when the sight is moving around slightly. Sort of like having a ring the size of a quarter around a bullseye the size of a nickel — there is room to “let it float” and still see all of it. Another method is to use a low or no power scope with a larger dot or larger pin that covers the entire middle scoring ring on the target. For some personalities, this produces a calmer looking sight picture. People with controlling or excessively analytical personalities (really, most all the rest of us) should focus on the X in the middle of the target and let the sight become secondary and slightly blurry. This will help over-controlling-type shooters who try to “muscle” the constantly moving sight into the “exact center” and then “snapshoot” or “punch” the trigger in an effort to release the arrow, before the sight moves out of the center of the target.

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the target until the shot occurs subconsciously, such as, "... find the center, find the center of the center ... focus on the center ... focus on the exact center!” ... etc. It is important to realize though, that personality is not the only thing that can determine your degree of success in archery. Things such as work ethic, attitude, determination, physical fitness, training, concentration, and preparation play big parts. A perfect example is my friend, Ed Eliason, 7 time NAA National Champion, who at age 57, won the Pan American Games. Ed is an ex-Green Beret with a classic Type A/controller personality'. But, because he is as optimistic as an accordion player with a pager, as determined as a pit bull, as fit as a college athlete, trains like a boxer, concentrates like a Zen master, and is as prepared as a troop of Boy Scouts, he can overcome nearly anything. But Ed is the exception ... not the rule! There aren’t many that will put that much effort into this, or any sport. However, this goes to show that people like you and Ed. by being aware of your personality profile, can take steps to counteract or neutralize your undesirable tendencies and make full use of the desirable ones. The important lesson here is to discover, counteract, or learn to live with your limitations so you can set realistic goals and continue to enjoy shooting archery for y'ears to come! Editor’s note: The preceding article is an excerpt from Bernie’s book “Idiot Proof Archery” (See ad on page 38). This best selling book has over 300 pages and 350 photos and diagrams. It is one of the most comprehensive books ever written on archery and the most popular that’s available.

For some personalities, some sights are better than others. You may be one of those people whose mind easily wanders (like me)! Scattered, jumbled, or flash thoughts are fairly common among several personality types. This makes aiming very inconsistent or fragmented. Fortunately, in addition to my book, “Idiot Proof Archery”, there is help available as close as the local library or book store. There are many other books that can help improve concentration through a series of simple visual and mental exercises. By performing these mental drills, one can develop the stability and control necessary for focused and organized thinking, making it possible to more dependably and completely “immerse into aiming” shot after shot. People with concentration problems, like ADD — Attention Deficit Disorder. (or like me with AD — double damn D) may need to mentally recite a mantra over and over to keep their mind in the center of March-April 2009

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Graduates ofschool hosted by Walker River Bowmen, Yerington, NV February 13-15, 2009 Listed alphabetically, (* denotes Certified Instructor, ** denotes dual certification with NFAA) * Richard Booth, **Tim Bottari, *Jim DeChambeau, **Joan Holland. **David Hoover, **Debbie Lerg, * Roy Lerg, **Steve Mathews. * Brent Pursel, ** Darrell Pursel, **Ed Rasmussen, **Josh Rasmussen, **Dennis Rechel, **Lucy Rechel, **Kirk Stanton. **Anita Treants, **Leon Treants, **Ron Turner, ** William Warner

Graduates ofschool hosted by Sandpoint Archers, Sandpoint, ID February 20-22, 2009 Listed alphabetically, (*denotes Certified Instructor, ** denotes dual certification with NFAA) **Tom Anderson. *Don Baker, **Dave Bangle, **Tony Bierwagen, *Macie Bird, **Gerald Green, *Tori Hoffart, **Robin Leary, **Mike Miller, **Wade Moore, **Chris Newton, ** Wayion Preslicka, **Preston Ramey, **Katherine "Lady Red" Burnell, * Brent Thiemer, **Bill Young. Not pictured: **Bil Sams

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One of my top-level students was getting ready to go to the first line at the Indoor National Target Championship when I asked him, “Are you focused?” “Yes, but I’m still a little nervous,” he replied. “That’s no problem. Just take two practice shots at the first target and you’ll be ready,” I suggested. This is what he did. When he shot the third arrow at the first bull’s-eye, it went into the X-ring. At this point you are probably thinking, “That is against the rules,” or perhaps, “Wouldn’t it be nice to take a couple practice shots before I shoot the one that counts?” You can take two legal practice shots. Stand at the line, load your bow, and visualize yourself shooting perfect form while hitting the X-ring. The third time, shoot the same shot, both physically and mentally. The image of the first two shots will calm you and create a positive picture in your mind. The third arrow will then be very easy, because mentally you have already made two successful hits at the X-ring. Studies have shown that visualizing an act is eighty percent as effective as actually performing the act. The trick is to practice visualization to the degree that you can become a mental part of the shot process. You should see and feel the shot execution without having to physically move your March-April 2009

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Believe it or not, this is Senior Comer #60. I keep each article on my computer in a text folder for safe keeping, and when we’re all a little older I’m going to start dragging them out and giving them a second run. By that time none of us will remember reading them before anyway, and I won’t have to come up with new stuff all the time. Of course, 1’11 have to plug

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ASA guys, just like the 3D guys jumped into the indoor spot world and helped bring it back to life. Unfortunately, the Vegas shoot was only a week after the ASA, and the K50 did not attract the top guns that they were after and only drew about 15 shooters. The top prize and the IK bonus went to Keith Trail, who is certainly the class of guy they are going after. The K45 fared better, attracting more than 50 entries — mostly from those who were 3Ders already. This is really a huge leap for the ASA to take and if anyone can make it work, Mike Terrell and his organization are the guys I’d have my money on. Once the pros get a taste of how well these shoots are organized and run, 1 think they’ll make room for them in their schedules. Good luck ASA. Now — on to Vegas. This year the two shoots were only one week apart as they were two years ago. I don’t know of anyone who likes this situation, and I hope that the powers that be will take that into account when making up their schedules. Of course for me and most of the other vendors, these are two “must make” shoots, so I do them even though it puts me under a lot of pressure during those two days at home after Gainesville. Luckily, Vegas has been very stable over the past several years, and I’ve developed a routine to follow which makes things easier in the rush. When you get used to a venue, and know the ins and outs of the airport, hotel, driving routes, parking, etc, it takes a lot of the anxiety out of the weekend. That’s one of the reasons I’ve never shot Vegas, — the size and complexity of it just scares the hell out of me. God bless the guys who can run a booth and compete too. You may think that I miss the shooting end of the weekend, but I’ve been doing that for enough years to have satisfied that need. The vending thing is really new and exciting to me now. It’s really an ego booster to have everyone recognize you, and to get to know most of the people who reside at the top levels of the sport. The other huge satisfaction is to have people look to you for help with solving their archery problems. When I started, archery was a much more limited sport. The complexity and growth of the equipment, and shooting techniques — which us old timers have absorbed over many years —must be mind-blowing to a newbie who’s just jumping into the fray, and it is really a pleasure to be able to pass some of knowledge on. It’s hard to explain the feeling, but if you love March-April 2009

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the WAF was able to eliminate the need for charging for bow storage, entry into the vendor area, and practice targets. The most popular of these changes was the one-half hour of practice, which was allowed at your actual target assignment, followed by two official practice ends and the scoring round it self. It stretched the overall length of the days shooting, but the archers seemed very happy with it. I have to give credit for a lot of these ideas to my booth buddy Mike Lepera, the Mid-Atlantic NFAA Councilman. Fie puts a huge amount of effort into making these shoots work, as do all of the other volunteer NFAA officials.

1 have to mention first, the win of JeffHunt, from Michigan, in the Senior Championship Division. This is no mean feat, as most of the top archers over 50 can still shoot the eyes out of that baby X, and all of them want to win Vegas. Jeff is one of the new kids on the block and he kind of took them by surprise by shooting 299, 300, 300 to win. Of course, I should be too modest to mention that he was using one of my Zenith releases, a Twosey+, but I'm so proud of him I just can’t help myself. I think we’ll be seeing a lot of Jeff as the years go on. The big story at Vegas always starts with the number 300, and who can shoot three of them in a row to make the traditional shoot-off. This year the baby X took a severe beating, Senior Championships Division winner as well, with several 30X rounds being Jeff Hunt. shot during the weekend. Now that a good view with your binoculars. The the arrow size has reached a limit of camera could zoom in on individual 27/64”, the number of 30X rounds can targets to the point where you could be attributed to an increase in shooting actually call all but the closest of skills, rather than an increase in arrow arrows. The final call on those close size. There were, I believe, 18 shooters ones was left up to the officials. In in the Championship Division shootthis case there were three officials off and it was one of the best I’ve seen. designated to call arrows. The call by The camera and scoring electronics the first official could be disputed by supplied by Easton were nothing short an archer bringing in a second official. of superb. No longer was it necessary to If he concurred, the call would stand. try to squeeze into the front line to get If not, the third official was called and

he had the job of breaking the tie. This procedure drew the NFAA a lot of negative flack on the archery web sites, which I think was totally undeserved. With the amount of money at stake and the difficulty in calling an arrow punching a hole in a paper target, 1 can’t see any better way of deciding the outcome. The crowd, however, was unaware of the procedure, which was in place and when Morgan Lundin appeared to have won over Reo Wilde by shooting a 30 to Reo’s 29, many broke for the doors. The final call was protested by Reo and the second and third officials saw it his way, giving Morgan a 29 also. The next end brought a well earned victory for Reo, with his last arrow centered in the baby X clearly showed by the close up camera shot. Very exciting and a major step forward in spectator enjoyment of shoot-offs like this. That’s it for this issue. I hope you’ve enjoyed my report and don’t stop coming by the booth and saying hello. The next stop on the route for me will be Louisville, so 1 hope to see you there. Joe Bauernfeind Zenith Archery Products www.zenitharchery.com

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There seemed to be a lot of curiosity in the air leading up to the McKenzie ASA Delta Targets Pro/Am Tour’s opener in Gainesville, Florida January 30 through February 1. 20009. All the talk in the media was about the poor condition of the economy in the US. Well parking lots were full and archers were ready to get into the action. The total number of shooters was actually up by over sixty shooters from the previous year and 2008 was a year of growth for the ASA. The weather treated the archers well with typical warm afternoons and cold mornings. A lot of the northern shooters were just happy to see dirt since there were lots of reports of snow from traveling archers including the champion of the Limited Pro Class, Charlie Owens of Indiana. “Lots of ice,” was Owens response when asked what type of weather he had been having back home. “My usual hour trip to Louisville took me three and a half. I haven't judged a target since last August, except for live animals." Owens entered the Pro Pressure Point Shootdown with a three point lead over

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Alabama’s Larry Goza and a six point lead over Gene Curry of Texas. Owens Senior Pro Champion Tom Crowe stretched his lead to a five point win while checking out the scoreboard during the Shootdown. Goza stayed one point ahead of Curry for second place. England in fourth and Sharon Grinage in “My twelve ring count wasn't very fifth who was making her first Shootdown good,” Owens said. “Just that little bit of appearance. yardage error. My yardage was actually Tom Crowe of Oregon wrapped up real good and my shot was excellent. For the Senior Pro title with a five point lead some reason 1 retained it over the winter.” over Richard Freeland of Louisiana and Owens says he hasn't even been Burley Hall of Indiana. Freeland and Hall shooting any indoor rounds to stay in entered the shootdown tied and after six shooting shape. arrows were still tied. Freeland nailed a 12 “Not a bit. I dusted it off when I got on the extra shot to claim second outright. her.” The finale of the Pro Pressure Point Owens used the following equipment: Shootdown was the Men’s Open Pro Mathews Conquest Apex division. Levi Morgan of North Carolina Easton ACE 430 -100 grain point led through out the weekend but brought Fletch Flex 200 vanes only a two point lead into the shootdown Sure-Loc sight over Nathan Brooks of Arkansas. Morgan AEP stabilizer shot a 432 to Brooks’ 430. Right on their Nikon optics heels was Jeff Hopkins of Delaware who Angel tab was returning from a hunting accident (see Alicia McHenry of Pennsylvania article on page 57 ) with a 428. Fourth was was crowned the Women’s Pro champion Tim Gillingham of Utah with a 426 and with a one point win over Samantha Randy Dennis of Georgia rounded out the (Kline) Morgan of North Carolina. top five. Connie Callaway of Tennessee finished Gillingham is always known to be in third followed by Lucy Holderness of aggressive in the shootdown and extremely

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preparing for Gainesville and the competitive archery season. “1 spent the first couple weeks getting our bows tuned where 1 wanted them,” Morgan said. “And then we started looking at targets a lot.” After having won back to back Shooter of the Year titles in Open Pro is Morgan feeling a little more or a little less pressure. “1 guess I am getting a little more relaxed every one of these shoots I go to but I am always a little nervous going into the first shoot of the year,” Morgan added. “I’ve put a lot of time into practice. I felt good. I’ve probably put more practice time in for this Florida shoot than I ever have in the past. Morgan also added that the recent contingency money cuts by most bow manufacturers things are a little different for 2009. “With this contingency cut it’s going to be harder than ever to make a living at this sport,” Morgan said. “It's kind of like second and third aren’t any good anymore. I made a lot of money getting second last year, but that wouldn’t be the case this year.” Well the first shoot of the year is in the books and we’ll follow the McKenzie ASA Pro/Am Tour in its entirety. ©

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Jeff Hopkins makes surprise return to ASA after August Injury by Brian Dansby Once Jeff was a little better he began seeing doctors in the Delaware area and got conflicting reports on the best way to treat his shoulder injuries. It was even suggested that he would need complete shoulder replacement surgery. “Finally I researched it out and I said I am going to who ever the best surgeon is in the country,” Jeff says. “Dr. Andrew’s name came up.” So Jeff traveled to Birmingham to see renowned sports physician Dr. James Andrews who has performed surgery on numerous all star athletes. Continuedfrom page 58,

Jeff Hopkins of Clayton, Delaware is no stranger to most people in the competitive archery world as he has competed successfully in most of the disciplines of archery. One thing Jeff Hopkins has been a stranger to is injury. That all changed last August while installing a brand new tree stand, Jeff fell 22 feet to the ground when the stand broke and caused serious injury to his right arm and shoulder. “When I landed I bruised my left wrist, 1 had two black eyes, I had blood all over my head and my right arm took the brunt of it,” Jeff said. “I put my right arm out and it dislocated my arm to the back. I had a real bad severe dislocation of it. It fractured the humerus bone in my shoulder. It knocked, 1 guess, about the size of a lollipop, picture that on the top of my shoulder blade. It just exploded that shoulder and blew a bone right out the top of it. All the splinters and all the bone fragments, that was the big concern because they were attached to my rotator cuff and all that and they went in there and cleaned a lot of that out.” An archer’s shoulders are a very important part of the mechanics of the archery shot. “I am very fortunate to even be able to shoot,” Jeff said. “More importantly even to be alive.” “I had never had any injury, ailments. I have been very, very blessed, very fortunate to never have any problems with health or accidents any negative things in my life. You see or hear of other people having accidents but not to me.” Luckily for Jeff his son Scott was with him in the woods. Scott called Jeff's wife and father who called paramedics who had Jeff air lifted to a nearby emergency room. March-April 2009

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that point I decided if I can get my ASA bow drawn back from last year I was going to pick it up and go. It was still on the marks from the Classic last year.” “About three days before I went to Florida 1 put five targets out in the yard. The weather has been unpleasant here. When you get hurt the number one thing is to get feeling better. Everybody was saying “well you can judge all winter.” 1 wanted to go water fowl hunting with my son. 1 took him deer hunting a lot. The last thing on my mind was practicing judging yardage.” “I have found personally is that the best way to judge for Florida is not judging for Florida. Everything is dead here, you’ve got snow just totally different looking. You take a target and put it down those tunnels down there versus open woods here right now. You can’t practice for that. I just show down there cold turkey. That is basically what I have done the last four or five years for Florida and I have done well with it. I have been working on my shooting over the years but not emphasizing judging yardage. I hate to say it but when 1 show up unprepared for Florida it kind of works out for me.” Jeff arrived in Gainesville, Florida on Thursday afternoon prior to the Saturday/Sunday McKenzie ASA Pro/Am Tour stop. “I judged a little bit,” Jeff continued. “I shot the Pro/Am Friday. 1 wasn't even going to shoot the Pro/Am if we were shooting 20 arrows. I could shoot 10 arrows. I hadn’t shot more than 15 arrows. I shot five Vegas rounds which is 15 arrows a couple days before we left with that bow. So I said I guess I can shoot twenty arrows. I shot 11 arrows the day of the pro/am. I shot five the day 1 got there. The first day Saturday I shot two arrows and Sunday I shot one arrow Sunday morning before the round. I can’t shoot a lot of arrows I get worn out.” With very little preparation Jeff not only shot but shot well once again making the top five and a spot in the Pro Pressure Point Shootdown where he finished third behind winner Levi Morgan and second place Nathan Brooks. When asked if his performance was surprising to himself Jeff responded: “Yes and no. I am ecstatic that I was able to (make the shoot down). I had no expectations. I wanted to do well. I always want to do well. 1 have been doing this since 1993 in the pro class. I know that I know how to shoot, how to play the game, judge yardage. If 1 don’t make any mistakes and get a few breaks whether it be a glance out or glance in or lead off on the right targets or don't lead off on the right targets. I decided I’d play the game if it all works out I’ll do the best I can. It worked out pretty good.” The ASA crowd got to witness what will surely add to the legend of Jeff Hopkins. Shortly after the injury Jeff got to witness how caring the archery community really is. “It was pretty humbling and unbelievable,” Jeff said about the outpouring of support from his fellow competitors. “1 got so many phone calls and emails and letters. I am very touched by it all. People 1 didn’t think would call called. People I hadn’t talked to in years that 1 met through tournaments or hunting. Very overwhelming and I appreciate it.” ©

Continuedfrom page 57, “I went to four different doctors up here and then went to Dr.. Andrews in Birmingham, Alabama," Jeff says. “He is the cats meow when it comes to shoulders, arms and sports medicine.” After having surgery' to repair his shoulder at the end of October Jeff was told that he could realistically be ready to compete in six months. Jeff set his sights for the first leg of the IBO National Triple Crown to be held in the middle of May in Bedford, Indiana. Dr.. Andrews told Jeff that if he wanted to come back any earlier he would have to take his therapy very serious. “I actually started therapy the next morning after surgery,” Jeff said. “A lot of stretching everyday. 1 am starting to lift light weights, a lot of exercises on my arm. For the first six weeks of therapy I went five days a week. Dr.. Andrews kind of put me on that. He said the only way you are going to get back maybe quicker would be to get on physical therapy with real heavy doses of it. You know don’t wait every three days. Go every day and really push yourself on it. I think that is the big reason I was able to get back and shoot. By following his orders 1 was thinking that maybe by the first IBO I’d be able to shoot.” To most people’s surprise, Jeff showed up in Gainesville, Florida with his bow in hand. “1 didn’t do anything from August until I got the surgery and then 1 just started shooting about two weeks ago,” Jeff said. “At

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