the pro line | continued from page 5 tournaments. Please be professional and deal with it now. Don’t be that pro. Call Natalie or mail it today. You may have noticed the NFAA has streamlined and updated several policies, procedures, and tracking mechanisms at the NFAA office all through the tireless dedication and effort by Donna Duncan in accounting and Natalie Vollmer your Executive Secretary. The struggle to convert from the old ways to the new has seen its fair share of challenges but their efforts are making it easier on everyone. Please thank them when you see them on the road. Keep in mind that for all things pertaining to pros, your specific “go-to” person at the office is Natalie Vollmer, (605) 260-9279 or e-mail nvollmer@nfaausa. com. While on the topic of the NFAA office I think you should please take notice of the fantastic new special website for Vegas that was created. http://thevegasshoot. com/ Huge thanks to Brittany Salonen for being a key and critical person behind that project. Brittany will be instrumental in many of the technical improvements and advertising/promotions coming out for NFAA and is also our new Trade Show Manager. For those of you involved in the business side of the industry she will be your go-to for all things about the shows. I’m told she has a great background in marketing and I’m sure you will be pleased with her efforts. Please also go take a look at the 3 Star Tour Book that she put on-line. I think it’s a great job – you can just click the link at the bottom of the home page at TheVegasShoot.com or follow this link: www.issuu. com/nfaausa/docs/3startournamentbook. You’ll also notice that you can pre-register right online through that new website, www.TheVegasShoot.
com. I beg you to please register right away if possible. Pre-registration will make things on site a much more streamlined event. Again we will have some new staff and adding to their workload is not what we should be about. Please be professional and deal with it now, don’t be “that pro”…if you’re going, register early. It’s easier than ever, www.TheVegasShoot.com. Other things to look for in Vegas are several seminars by our elite shooters. Topics will range from event prep, tuning, gear choices, competition tips, etc.; the list is endless. I want to thank all of them for stepping up and making themselves available to the shooters and sharing their expertise. Look for information online and on site, tell shooters that you know to make plans to attend. Some events are limited attendance. Reflecting on the efforts of Natalie and Donna, I’m happy to report that we had the best year ever with regard to timely event result reporting. Because of that and the new tracking system Donna created, the Pro Point winners have been calculated and checks are already done. Please join me in congratulating the winners! Paige Pierce ran away with PFFS, winning by 245 points, finishing with 685. Serena Mollhauer took second and Jamie VanAtta, third. In the SMFS, Tom Coblenz beat Joe Kapp for first with an 830 and a 675, respectively. Tony Harbaugh rounding out the top three. Emory Budzinski took the top spot for Pro Fingers again with a 565. The real battle was PMFS. Braden Gellenthein edged out Jesse Broadwater by just 2.5 points—the difference was
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