The 2008 National Outdoor and Unmarked 3-D Championships
YANKTON, SD ■ JULY 19-25, 2008
Sunday, July 20th Sunday’s agenda was essentially identical to Saturday’s, except there was a 9:00 am shotgun start rather than Saturday’s casual start (backups are more prevalent in a casual start). For the Pros, today’s 30-target 3-D round proved substantially more difficult than what they shot Saturday. Not a single Pro showed a higher score. Tim Gillingham managed a fine 334 to better Dave Cousins and Jeff Helsley by 11 and 12 points, respectively. Sherry Hott was 20 points down from Saturday’s score, but still won the PFFS title by one point over Ginger Morehead, 640 to 639. Pro finger shooters Rodney Huffman and Charlie Owens both shot 320 on Sunday, giving the Championship to Huffman by two points. For the Senior Pros, Saturday’s leader Burley Hall dropped 23 points, and lost to Tom Crowe by 11 points, 660 to 649. Allan Ruddock had a bad day, and was passed by Phil McCoy (648) for third place in SPMFS. The highest score of the day was a 340 shot by Ethan Cole in AMFS, who tied Shawn Greathouse for first place, but lost the championship to Shawn in the tie-break. Both scored 666, while Todd Finkelson finished third with a 662. Although it was close on Saturday, Matt Schmitz won the AMBHFS title by 11 points over Shane Hazledine, 656 to 645. Brad Wolf dropped from a tie for second to fifth, and was passed by both Joshua Weber and Lynn Hoch for third and fourth, respectively. Complete results for the 2008 Unmarked 3-D Championship are listed elsewhere in this issue, as well as on www.fieldarchery.com. The Unmarked 3-D Championship and Whitetail Classic awards were presented in the assembly room at Minerva’s about one hour after all scores were turned in. Once all the awards were presented, and all posing for the Mom’s camera 10 ARCHERY MAGAZINE
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was over, the entire group of medalists walked over to the new NFAA Headquarters building (still under construction at the time) for an inaugural group photo. Monday, July 21st With five 28-target ranges, everyone, except Cubs, got to shoot a different range each day. The Cubs alternated between Crazy Horse and Rushmore ... the only two ranges staked for Cubs. Since there was very little variation of terrain and target orientation among the five ranges, no single range could be called the “easiest” or “hardest.” There may be more distractions on Crazy Horse, however, since the first eight targets run along the scenic Missouri River. Although there were some very good scores shot on today’s Field round, most of the shooters were somewhat disappointed. Young Adult Tristan Skarvan’s 544 score was three points better than Adult Freestyler Andrea Lamke’s 541, followed by Shelley Saxwold’s 540. 2007 Shooter of the Year Randy Hinkelman was only six points off perfect with a 554 in AMFS. Bill Hakl led AMBHFS with a super 547, two points better than the 545 by Tom Ewers. Although from the Cub stakes, the best scores of the day were by CFFS Emily Fischer and CMFS Michael DeCosta with 553 and 557, respectively. Among the The CFFS and CFFSL girls shoot their second target for score on the Crazy Horse range
After 19 years of “just fishin’,” Denny Cline returns to shoot barebow with old friend David Hughes. Denny has six National Outdoor silver bowls, while David collected his twelfth this week
Pros, Tim Gillingham, Jesse Broadwater, Duane Price and Canada’s Dietmar Trillus were tied with 557’s in PMFS. Jamie Van Natta’s 551 was two points better than Christie Colin’s 549 in PFFS, and Pro finger-shooter Bob Gentry got off to a big lead with an impressive 542. Talk among the entire NFAA contingent this week was that this could be the last hurrah for eleven-time National Outdoor Barebow champion, David Hughes. Dave was about to lose his cancerous larynx by surgery ... supposedly leaving him with the inability to hold his breath long enough to draw, aim and shoot properly. A special effort was made have a reunion of his old barebow buddies here this week. Denny Cline, a six-time AMBB champion, and who was Dave’s main competition in his heyday, returned after a 19-year absence. In addition, old barebow friends Dick Hanlon and Larry Watkins returned to shoot the National Outdoor after an absence of over ten years. Although very weak, and needing some rest during the round, David Hughes shot a 475 Field round to lead a rusty Denny Cline by 10 points in SMBB. Meanwhile, in another bragging-rights competition, AMBH Richard Bromley’s 506 was five points better than AMBB stringwalker Rick Stark’s 501.
Tuesday, July 22nd The 3-day/5-day format makes it somewhat confusing to many scoreboard watchers. Although it’s easy to see, “who’s leading on Monday,” it doesn’t mean that they’re leading the tournament. Today, it’s the first Hunter round, and one must remember that the sum of the Monday and Tuesday scores may not be the same as the sum of the “High Field” and “High Hunter” scores at the end of the week. Nevertheless, here are Tuesday’s highlights: Both Richard Bromley (511) and Rick Stark (506) increased their leads by over 100 points in AMBH and AMBB, respectively. Richard also increased his bragging-rights lead over Rick by ten points. Tom Ewers jumped ahead of Bill Hakl in AMBHFS by shooting a really great 548 Hunter round, while Randy Hinkelman added a 555 to increase his “apparent” lead in AMFS to seven points. Finger-shooter Dave Hryn shot a 527 Hunter to go with his 522 Field to increase his AMFSL lead to 18 points. CMFS Michael DeCosta was again near-perfect with a 556 Hunter. Pros Erika Anschutz and Jamie Van Natta both shot 551’s, leaving Jamie with a 4-point lead over Erika and an 8-point lead over continued on pg. 12
Scorecard ladies Doris Davison, Linda Townsend and Lorraine Sheffler make sure that both cards agree ARCHERY MAGAZINE
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