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IFAA News by Ken Rogers Elite Archery Clubs....................................................................................... 119 The Legacy of Bill Scott................................................................................ 123 Toward the Gold by Freddie Troncoso 124 Coach s Corner by Bernie Pellerite 128 NFAA Shooters School Update 2000 131 From the Senior Corner by Joe Bauernfeind 134 Championship Archery by Roger W. Breternitz 136 Magazine Dealers 137 The 24th Atlantic City Archery Classic by Gene Grodzki & Al Soden 138 New Sights and Sounds of NFAA s VegasShoot by Bob Ragsdale 142 Arizona Cup Archery Championship by Hillary & Ben Ascani 150 Texas Shootout by Jack Milchanowski 156 Straight Arrow Bowhunters/Western Classic Trail Shoot by Barbara Heins... 160 IBO Spring Nationals by Jim Atkinson 163 Press Releases by Rick Sapp 165 Press Releases by Rich Walton 167 People and Places 168 Advertisers Directory 170
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Tournament Archery is healthy and moving with the future champions.
Two months have past since the last issue but so much has happened. The year got off to a great start with the NFAA Vegas World Festival. This year was very special with a number of old sponsors and some new sponsors stepped up to make this another great event. Sec the report on pages 145-149. The Atlantic City Archcry Classic was held shortly after and it too was well attend with good strong compcitition turning in near perfect scores. Gene Grodzki report on the event on page 138. I bet this one will bring back memories for all of you. Everyone has a story to tell of their archcry experience. I get the biggest thrill out of seeing the kids compete and meet new friends. Up to the last minute of my experience in Tulsa for the IFAA and NFAA IndoorChampionships. 1 had one last encounter in the hotel van on the way to the airport when 1 met Gary Johnston and his son Scott. 1 had my camera handy so here they are to the right! Scott’s story will be in an upcoming issue. Please keep the stories coming.
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Junior Archcry is alive and well in Michigan! That’s what 1 thought to myself as 1 watched a large group of children step up to the shooting line and make their shots. Many for the first time in their lives! Most of the Archery clubs here in Michigan offer JOAD events throughout the year. My club, Lincoln Bowmen Archery Club in
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The children shot at designated targets attached to hay bales, at distances beginning at 9 meters and ending at 18 meters (about 20 yards). As their scores improved over time, they became eligible to receive an Achievement Award Patch to show their ad vanccmcnt within the class. The 8 patches they could win range from beginner's “Qualified Archer" to the advanced “Expert Archer” patch for indoor archery. Word about the class spread like wildfire! The next thing you know, the club began to receive calls from local Cub Scout and Girl and Boy Scout Troupes who had heard about the class and wanted to learn how to shoot. Things got really
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future of archery!" Let me tell you—I was impressed! The kids were coached by NAA certified instructors Jerri and Robert Karnin and Jane and Jim Nickell. They got the idea for the class last fall, and decided to sec how the response would be. It was so big that they enlisted the help of NFAA certified instructors Glenn Campbell, Jon Stephens and Jamie Vick as additional coaches for the classes! Some of the children brought their own equipment. However, most of it was donated or loaned to the class by Easton Technical Products along with local archcry shops M.J.C. Archcry, J.R. Custom Archcry and Jay's Sporting Goods. People and companies like these deserve a big Thank-You for helping to bring archery to the youth of America and other countries!
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The past few months have been busy ones for the IFAA administrators. With the dates for the IFAA Committee Meeting fast approaching, followed on by the IFAA World Field Archery Championship (WFAC-2000) in the Republic of South Africa, many details have been attended to. The nations submissions of Legislative Items for consideration by the IFAA Committee, have all been received and forwarded by the Secretary to members of the Committee. We. as usual, have a full plate of items to take under consideration. And again, as usual, the items submitted run the gamut of new rules requests and, old rule changes. We will not cover those individual items at this time. At the outcome of the meeting, after we know what changes have been actually made, we will publish those changes to the IFAA Rules Book. The Rules Book, with the year 2000 changes, will become available after the first ofthe coming year. When the new Rules Book is available, it will be announced in this column. In addition, all National representatives of the affiliated nations will receive their working copies. Work is on going for the WFAC-2000 tournament. As has been mentioned here previously, the venue was shifted to a location closer to the central area of the hotels and other accommodations. This was in response to one of the worst flood disasters the region has seen in quite a number of years. Our own IFAA Secretary, Loet Smit, has taken on the voluntary (extra) assignment ofToumament Director. This is, at the moment, only a temporary task to allow his expertise to the many changes that had to be made locally. If anything, this will make easier the archers accessibility to the venue. WI AC-2000 has gone into the history books. This tournament, which was in only its third time running, was again a successful tournament. As stated on numerous occasions, all three of the now past IFAA World Indoor Archery Championships (WIAC’s) have been held in the United States and, have been organized by theNFAA-USA. The first was held in 1996 followed by 1998 and 2000. The results of the IFAA World Indoor and the listing of Record Scores, are to be in this issue. Our thanks go to the National Field Archery Association of the U.S., for their sponsorship of these first three World events. Now, we go into rotation throughout the Regions of the IFAA. Also, the WIAC is now shifted to the odd numbered years in order that it not conflict with the World Field Archcry Championships. It is expected that the WI AC-2001 will be held in Singapore. From there, the rotation would normally be to the Africa Region and, from there, to the European Region and then, back to the Americas Region. As mentioned earlier in the year, the 3-D Committee has reported out after several months of deliberation. The task of the committee was to develop an IFAA 3-D game or games. After the initial phase, the results of the committees work was placed before 114
the Chairman of the 3-D Committee, the IFAA Vice President and President for further analysis. That phase has also been completed. The results of nearly a year of deliberation have now been formalized and sent to the IFAA Committee. This item is to be considered, under a submitted Legislative Item, during the IFAA Committee meeting in South Africa. The resulting package now contains a new method ofgrouping 3-D target of all manufacturers worldwide. The importance of this was, and is, to allow all 3-D targets to be utilized in the IFAA 3-D games. In addition, there are a new set of standard distances to be utilized throughout the three games developed for IFAA usage. These games include a one-arrow game, a two-arrow game and, a three-arrow game which will utilize a format similar to the IFAA Animal Round. While the Animal Round is shot on paper targets, the IFAA 3-D Animal Round will be shot on 3-D targets and. at the standard distances developed by the 3-D Committee. An interesting provision within the 3-D Format, is the day normally set aside for closing ceremonies and awards- is also designated as a day that can be used for shooting in the event the registration is higher than expected. This comes as a result of the recent IFAA World Bowhunting Championship held in Germany. At that event, the expected 500 (or so) shooters became 1200. A problem any host would be happy to sec but. nevertheless one. which required some last minute changes to solve. In an agreement with Mr. Paul Davison, author of a long standing paper on “Range Guidelines”, the IFAA has been given permission to abbreviate the new re-write of the document to tailor it to IFAA usage. This paper was originally produced for the Archcry Manufacturers Organization(AMO) for distribution to any organization or person who required basic guidance in laying out an archcry range. It was a document that covered archcry ranges for most of the archcry organizations including, NFA A, NAA and the several 3-D organizations. The new abbreviated IFAA document only deals with Field Range and Indoor Archcry Guidelines. While the document is very basic, it docs give the “first time” range builder, a place to start. This document will be available from the IFAA Secretary once it has been placed into the system. The rewrite of the original document by Mr. Davison, will be available from the AMO, NFAA and Mr. Davison as far as we know. That document will continue to cover a wider scope of archery ranges. Our thanks go to Mr. Davison, for his permission and assistance in the formation of this document. During March of this year, both the IFAA President and Vice President were present at the Las Vegas "World Archery Festival” which is now a property of the NFAA-USA. It was the feeling of the IFAA Officers that, being the World leader in the sport of Field Archery, the two officers should attend, to lend support to this new venture of one of the IFAA affiliates. While IFAA Vice President, Chuck Crowell, was designated to attend the event, the IFAA President, was doing IFAA business THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER
in the general area and was able to also attend. The tournament was well attended and well run. We were surprised by the number of off shore attendees who were present and participated in this event. It was also noted that Mr. Ted Bradford, of the English magazine "The Glade" and, Mr. Richard White, of the English magazine “The BOW" were present to provide coverage for their magazines. Ms. Arlync Rhode, of the “U.S. and International Archer" provided coverage for this magazine. Mr. Royce C. Armstrong was on hand from the “3-D Times” magazine. The event was well covered. As mentioned above, the IFAA President visited property owned by the IFAA in the State of Arizona during the month of March. The property was left to the IFAA in the estate of one Walter Goodwin. These eleven, approximately one-acre lots, are in the region South of Las Vegas. It is felt that, in the best interests of the IFAA, these lots need to be sold. The purpose of the trip was to inspect the lots and, to investigate the best means of selling them. (The timing of the trip made it possible for the President to also, be present at the Las Vegas event as recorded above.) In regards to the Estate proceedings, with the exception of a nominal amount of cash being held in reserve by the Estate managers, all proceeds have been transferred to the IFAA. It is expected that the remaining amount will be transferred shortly. In addition to the above, the IFAA President and Vice President were in attendance at the IFAA World Indoor Archcry Championships (WIAC-2000) in Tulsa, Oklahoma in March. The tournament, as usual, was well run and, well attended. Although the IFAA attendance was down slightly over the preceding events, it was considered to be a successful event. Numerous World Records were established by the shooters of the event. As you may see, it has been a very busy first quarter of the year for the IFAA and, in particular, for the administration. In addition to that reported here, several new nations arc in the process of affiliation. The interest in Africa seems to be rising as more nations seek affiliation. The nation of Argentina will, for the first time, be sending a delegation of Argentine archers to the WFAC-2000 and, will be represented at the table during the IFAA Committee meeting this year. It is expected that there will also be representation from the new affiliates on the Pacific Rim.
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COMPOUND BOW ARCHERS CLUB 422 BEDOK NORT11 ROAD #14-579 Singapore 460422 Mr Kenneth Rogers President International Field Archery Association Mr Rogers, The Compound Bow Archers Club, Singapore submits our bid to host the 2001 World Indoor Archery Championship. We intend, if our bid is accepted, to hold the Championship sometime in early September 2001. The venue will be in our city itself. We arc now appraising a few which are deemed suitable for the event. The Management Committee will make every effort to make the event a memorable one for all competitors. Wc will happy to place ourselves at IFAA’s disposal to clarify any question. Thank you. (Signed) Bernard Choo PRESIDENT COMPOUND BOW ARCHERS CLUB email: fieldarchcr(a/pacific.nct.sg/fieldarchcr@hotrnail.com 116
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT THE IFAA AFFILIATE OF SINGAPORE HAS BID ON, AND BEEN ACCEPTED, AS THE ORGANISER FOR THE IFAA WORLD INDOOR ARCHER CHAMPIONSI IIP FOR THE YEAR 2001 WIAC-2001
THIS EVENT IS EXPECTED TO BE HELD IN SINGAPORE DURING SEPTEMBER OF 2001 The Compound Bow Archers Club of Singapore City' Has been designated as the organizer for this event
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IFAA VICE PRESIDENT CHUCK CROWELL AND PRESIDENT KEN ROGERS WELCOMING THE ARCHERS DURING OPENING CEREMONIES
IFAA RECORD HOLDER MARY ZORN
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MARTIN PROVEN THE MOST ACCURATE BOWS IN THE WORLD. Martin Shooters are having a banner year. With their help Martin bows are dominating the 2000 target season. The 2000 indoor tournament season was a clean sweep. Martin Team Members turned in fantastic performances this year and
won every major indoor tournament held. It all started with the Bowhunter Expo in Louisville, KY. Duane Price shot a perfect 900 score and then dominated a riveting three way shoot-off with an inside out X ring. Duane was also the 1999 Vegas Champion and the 1999 NFAA National Champion in the Bowhunter Freestyle division. Martin Team Members filled seven of the top ten places in the championship division. The Vegas Shoot was equally exciting. There were three perfect scores shot by the end of the first day, and all three shooters
were shooting Martin bows. The shoot-off included Jeff Rogers, Jim Despart, and George Ryals. Jim Despart holds four National Championship titles but had never won the Vegas Shoot Jeff Rogen was poised to make his mark in archery history as the only man to win the Vegas Shoot four times. To date Jeff holds three Vegas titles and two National Championship titles. By shooting a perfect score George Ryals became the only person to shoot back-to-back 900s in Vegas. He received second place in a shoot-off in 1999. The crowd
gathered and was eagerly awaiting what was going to be one of the most dramatic shoot-offs in Vegas history. After three intense ends of shooting. Jim Despart emerged as the Champion. The Martin team took 50*/, of the places in the top twenty. After two major wins, the Martin Team was excited about the possibility of completing a dean sweep at the NFAA Indoor
Nationals. The first day of shooting produced an unprecedented ten, clean 60X rounds. Nearly half of those scores belonged to the Martin
Team. When the shooting was completed, four shooters were still clean with stunning l20x rounds. The four-way tie would be decided by
yet another shoot-off. Martin Team members Rodger Willett and Jimmy Butts would square off against Dave Cousins and Dan Quintana.
They shot two scoring ends and Dave Cousins, missing an X. was eliminated. Then one at a time a single sudden death arrow was shot by the three remaining shooters. 3-D Champion and Martin Team Member Rodger Willett gained his first NFAA Indoor National Championship win. Martin Team Members took nearly half of the top twenty places.
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600 2. DANNY RHOADES 600 3. SALLY WUNDERLE 600 4. ASHLEY KAMUF 5. BAMBI GOLOMBISKY 600 599 6. BEV KOUNS 598 7. SUE-SUE NUNLEY 8. TARA THORNBURGH 591 300 9. JANE BOGGS FLT2 595 1. VICKIE MARLER 593 2. DAWN SMALE 3. LENA LANGEWIESCHE586 4. MAGGIE ALEXANDER586 581 5. SONYA HAUGER 575 6. TANJA WASHBURN 537 7. TEKO PHILLIPS7. 8. DARLENE GERMANY 483 AFLB 1. RITA TORRES 313 AMBBC 1. BOB JONES 587 581 2. BRAD MARSHALL 3. RON ST CLAIR 571 4. ROY SCHROEDER 558 5. FERNANDO LUNA 546 6. BILL BERGER 534 7. BOB ELTON 501 8. GARY MONEYHAM 495 9. RANDY RUTLEDGE 468 AMBBR-FLT1 1. GARRY WEDDINGTON54I 2. RON SAGESER 538 3. JOHN MEDSKER 537
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THE LEGACY OF BILL SCOTT The archery industry says goodbye to the man who changed the way we shoot. If imitation is flattery, John William (Bill) Scott never flattered anyone. An avid archer, product designer, and original thinker, he always put greater faith—and emphasis—on his ability to innovate rather than to imitate. And in the process, this man from Clay City, Kentucky, became one of the world’s leading manufacturers in the archcry accessory industry. This spring, that industry says goodbye to Bill Scott, who died April 3,2000, at the age of 60. One of five children, Bill joined the U.S. Marines in 1957 and served in California, aboard ship during the Cuban missile crisis blockade, in Japan, and in Vietnam. Returning to Kentucky following his enlistment, he worked at IBM’s Sclcctric Typewriter plant in Lexington, serving as a tool and die maker and tool designer. In 1989, he left IBM to concentrate full-time on building better archcry releases. For more than 20 years. Bill Scott was owner of Scott Archcry Manufacturing, Inc., makers of high-quality archery release aids and other accessories. In typical bowhunting fashion, he built his company quietly and with an overriding sense of selfreliance. And as a result, he amassed an impressive list of industry firsts that have had a profound influence on the way professional and amateur archers shoot today. For example, Scott Archcry was the first manufacturer to use a molded grip, develop a rope release, and design a release aid specifically for string rope loops. Perhaps more significantly. Bill popularized the use of caliper-based archery releases. It started back in the 1970's. A founding member of the Red River Bowhunters in Clay City, Bill regularly participated in outdoors 3-D competitions. Fed up after losing two arrows one Sunday because of a misfiring release, he decided to build and use a release of his own design.
It didn’t take long—especially after a Bill Scott victory— for other competitors to take notice of Bill’s self-made releases. And orders started to trickle in. Working from his garage with an old screw machine dated from the 1930s and a used mill, drill press, and lathe. Bill and his daughter Melanie began to crank out releases and sell them at competitions. His most popular seller was a twin-caliper model with a roller scar trigger. Unlike other releases, his release wouldn’t stack up on the trigger, ensuring a smooth, consistent shot...even on heavy weight bows. Then in 1982, his releases caught the eye of a bow company at the annual SHOT Show. And Scott Archery Manufacturing graduated from a garage-and-tailgate operation to a full-scale manufacturing effort. Other companies soon began to produce their own versions of caliper based releases. But few—ifany—exhibited the tight tolerance of the Scott release. In
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the face of such copycat competitions, Bill Scott continued to innovate and introduced the industry's first single-caliper/ quick-attach release, the first adjustable shank, and the first brackct-and-wrist-strap system. According to the Archery Manufacturers and Merchants Organization (AMO), nearly half of today’s archers use a release aid of some kind. Of those, hundreds of thousands swear by patented Scott Archery releases. That kind of loyalty should have been a great source of pride for Bill Scott, who was never quiet comfortable promoting himself and his releases. He preferred to let others extol the virtues of his product. And he valued bowhunters’ opinion above all others. After all, it was the hunters who made his releases award-winners... as well as “trophy” winners. “My father understood what hunters needed in a release,” said Melanie Scott Combs, Bill’s daughter and Scott Archcry’s plant manager. "He didn’t simply design product to be fancy, but to be useful. He knew that every shooter had a particular style and he worked to invent releases that could accommodate everyone’s quirks and preferences.” Under Melanie’s guidance, Scott Archcry Manufacturing will continue to develop and produce award-winning archery releases and accessories. “We all knew Dad would never rest on his laurels— that he would always try to create new products that help archers shoot consistently. This company will continue to uphold that effort. We’re always searching for new and better materials. And we’ll always work to create new products ofour own design. ... That’s Dad's legacy." John William "Bill" Scott 1939-20 Contact: Melanie Scott Combs Scott Archcry Manufacturing, Inc. 101 Tug Branch RD Clay City, KY 40312 (606) 663-2734— FAX (606) 663^615 123
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GROWING ARC HER', AND PUTTING THE FUN BACK INTO THE SPORT It is widely recognized that the history of archery outlines and mentions the fact that not one single person living or past. has been able to come up with any valid or viable solutions for making new people flock to the sport of archery. And most important, no one has been able to figure out a way to keep the fun in archcry alive and ongoing. There has been, however, many great ideas, mentions, and past suggestions that have offered some
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resulted from having more people on this planet called earth. Yes, our world today is an extremely crowded and busy place that utilizes much more of our time and one that cuts back on our playtime for recreational activities. Accordingly, people growing up in today's world - arc busier acquiring better education, have more work responsibilities, must be at several places at the same time, must hold various jobs in an effort to make financial ends meet, must travel greater distances to and from work, and will spend great amounts of time on the Internet for the purpose of amusement and acquiring information. ATTRACTING NEW PEOPLE TO ARCHERY The main question that continues to surface is, how do we attract new shooters to archery for the purpose of growing and maintaining the existence of our sport? Answer: We need to demonstrate more archcry, we need to invite people to shoot, we need to recruit new shooters, and we need to entice whatever people we can gather to join our ranks at any cost! This means that it will take an all out effort on behalf of every living archer, manufacturer and archery club that exists throughout the U.S. and the world today. Yes, I believe that this can be accomplished if we arc willing to direct our efforts toward mass advertising and promotion by word of mouth. The first step starts with you, me and everyone associated with our great and beloved sport of archery. So, get off your easy chair and let's do it! It can be done - in fact, it must be done! The first and best method of growing archcry is unquestionably by reaching out OUR BUSY WORLD for children who will eventually become the Before we address the subject of archers of tomorrow. It is also a known fact providing suggestions and answers for that all children are naturally fascinated and making archcry grow and putting the fun attracted to shooting a bow and arrow. back into the sport, let us look into and What archery needs is more presence and examine several other changes in our lives exposure at carnivals, picnics, birthday that have affected and impacted our way parties, and at practically any group of living. Especially affected is the popular gatherings where children and parents arc area of leisure time and recreational play. If present. Shooting a bow is always fun! we look back over the past millennium and All we have to do is keep telling them how years gone by, the most noticeable and much fun there is in archcry. while providing significant changes, regarding population them with continuous opportunities to growth, is the new "fast pace" that has shoot and handle bows and arrows on a
worthwhile and potential solutions to our many problems. Many of these should have been considered and adopted into our shooting rules long ago, but they weren't. Looking back. I can honestly assert that the original PAA organization had many good things going for it. As far as I can remember, here was a true professional organization founded for the purpose of shooting for money and one that set new standards and guidelines for the sport of archery. Included in these high standards was the adoption of an admirable Code of Ethics, a strict dress code and a written constitution that followed the guidelines of the PGA and the sport of golf. I sincerely believe that the only mistake that the PAA made was to attempt to outlaw the compound bow and release aids under the auspices and cries for "unity". Had the PAA possessed the wisdom and foresight to provide a separate division for the release and compound bows, the PAA would undoubtedly have become the No. 1 leading archcry association in the world. Yes, it is always very sad to have to admit fault when we are wrong and that hindsight is always better than foresight. However, history repeatedly shows that our own selfishness and obstinate nature often contributes to our failures and self demise. However, let us get back on track with more commentary on the subject of trying to put the fun back into archcry. In briefsummary, we arc going to have to promote archcry, we arc going to have to make our scoring easier, and we will have to add fun to all of our existing rounds at all tournaments for the purpose of growing our favorite sport called archcry.
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regular basis. We must always bear in mind that, it is very important that each introductory archcry experience be a safe and memorable experience that is void of any pain or accidents. Archcry safety begins with an adequate and safe shooting site, safe backstops for arrows and the use of finger tabs and arm guards to preclude striking the arm and developing sore fingers. Remember, that the first impression of our sport is essential to keeping new shooters coming back for more. Therefore, we should always remain alert, try to teach archcry on a one to one basis, be tactful and always make use of our God given intelligence when instructing new archers. We, as coaches and archers, must always be cordial, knowledgeable and tactful with everything we say and do! One good thing for certain, is that no one in our ranks wishes to chase anyone away from our sport. IMPROVING OUR RANGES If the saying "Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder" is true and applies to archery, isn't it imperative that we provide attractive and appealing range sites for the benefit of newcomers and archers? Shouldn't we also consider equipping all ranges with complete commodities and toilet facilities for all? I think that it is time for archery to come out of the woods and to move onto park-like settings where archers and families can shoot, have picnics and watch professional tournaments without the need to trample through the woods. No archers should be required to suffer physical hardships in an effort to prove their prowess with the bow and arrow. Shooting a bow should be a fun filled experience instead of being a test for "survival of the fittest". Wc definitely do not need to prove who is the toughest "Billy goat” on the mountain. Ranges need to be easily walkable and accessible if we are to succeed in attracting more new archers to our declining numbers. Wc also need attractive ranges, including all necessary commodities, for the benefit of current existing members and archers as well. The question is, arc wc as archery club members willing to spend money to make these necessary changes happen for the benefit of improving our sport? If your answer is yes, let us start to promote archery by trying to make our shooting ranges more attractive and more readily accessible for everyone to enjoy. The sport of archery is what the
people sec and experience when visiting our ranges. Let us not disappoint new prospective shooters with their first visual impressions of archery. Looking back at my enjoyable career in archery as a shooter, I am happy to say that in all of my target/field (58 years) days as an active participating archer and bowhuntcr, the only times that wc shot on plush park-like ranges occurred when wc traveled to target ranges that were owned and maintained by local cities or state governments. Yes, all of those memorable and magnificent target ranges had beautiful green lawns with complete toilet facilities, water and benches for the benefit of shooters and spectators alike. Being truthful to ourselves, now is the time for archcry to come out of the woods and to make our shooting ranges more attractive and appealing for all archers and the general public. We can do it... Let's do it! FUN DAYS IN ARCHERY As I digress a bit more and look back at archery in the search of fun days and enjoyment of the sport, I can honestly say that my days with the longbow and wooden arrows were the most memorable and fun filled days of my entire shooting career and life. In those days, launching arrows
toward the general vicinity of stumps, targets and animals was reward enough to keep and hold my interest in archcry! Even though I missed more shots than I hit, there was a great amount of satisfaction in getting "close" to the intended mark with my arrows. This type of shooting was definitely pure genuine fun and very challenging! Although we were fewer in numbers and lacked the technical knowledge pertaining to arrow/flight and modem equipment, archery was purely fun and excitement to those of us who accepted the challenge and thrills of shooting in this manner. There is no doubt in my mind that all forms of archery can be fun providing the rounds are easy and the scoring requirements are not too astringent or too high! NOTABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN BOW DESIGNS The first advancement that impacted archery during my upbringing was the appearance of recurve bows and aluminum arrows. Upon witnessing the improved speed and accuracy that resulted by using all new recurve bows and aluminum arrows, I suddenly became aware of the fact that I could no longer continue to blame my equipment for my poor shooting and
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misses. I soon found out that I had several ingrained bad shooting habits that were the true cause of my missing and consistent low scoring. I remember saying to myself, "there has to be a better way". As a matter of fact, the history of archery repeatedly proves that there is always a better way! During the late 50's and early 60's, I became further demoralized by repeated losses to my newly acquired bride Eva. who picked up a bow for the first time and became a AA shooter in short record time. The difference between her shooting and mine was that she had not acquired any bad shooting habits. Threatened by her outstanding shooting, I started experimenting with strap releases and eventually evolved with several nylon rope releases during the early 60's and other types of release aids during the 70's. It did not take me long to realize that I was one of the fortunate few who shared in the improvement of accuracy and achieving optimum arrow flight through the discovery of release aids. At the same time, the "Six-Gold" and Halter plastic "Hook" releases of the late 60’s, appeared and proved that releases were here to stay and that those devices would be experiencing widespread use and acceptance in archery. THECOMPOUND BOW There is no doubt, that the most important and impacting contribution to archery came from the drawing boards of Holless Allen who designed and patented the compound bow concept during the years 1965 and 1966. The newly conceived compound bow gradually found its way into the hands of several top shooters, thus paving the way to higher scores and reduced trajectories for archery. By 1972, two pro shooters took part in a four-way tie for first place at the Vegas Tournament of that year. This phenomenon, proved to archers worldwide, that the compound bow was stable and capable of shooting back to back 300's in the hands of good archers. 1973, was also a year for reducing the scoring areas in an effort to preclude the occurrence of multiple mass perfect rounds that were being shot by both recurve and compound shooters using release aid devices. As a result, the sponsors of the Vegas tournament decided to score the indoor round using inside-out scoring for the ten-ring and the rest of the scoring areas. In spite of the increased difficulty of this type of scoring, five perfect rounds were recorded and tallied by top shooters on the first row of targets. Evidently, making it more difficult to score at Vegas did not help the attendance of the shoot. Consequently, the regular ten-ring scoring returned as part of the format for the following year at Vegas. The main objective in archcry should be to attract more shooters and participants to archery. We can not accomplish these goals by making archery and scoring so difficult that it discourages archers from participating in archcry and taking part in tournaments. Judging by the contents of these writings, one can easily see that I was once again carried away and that I thereby, ended up jotting down more archery history and past events than you can shake a stick at! Make sure to look for Part Three of this series that will bring us to several novel suggestions for varied new rounds, unique target faces and other ideas intended for "Puning the fun back into Archery" and for attracting more people to archery. Till next time, keep shooting and enjoy your Archery. Freddie Troncoso
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TARGET PANIC: ITS CAUSES AND CURES
Author’s Bio: Bernie Pelierite is a professional level IV Master Coach who s past experience and achievements include many archery championships, pro staff shooter, pro shop owner and seminar speaker. As a bowhunter, he's had 10 animals in the top 10 of Safari Club International Bowhunting World Record Book. He's a leading technical writer and archery analyst published in many countries as well as many U.S. archery magazines. He is President of Robinhood Video Productions, the worlds largest and most popular producer of instructional archery videos, which presently has 37 titles marketed into 34 countries. He is also the inventor and sole distributor of the new "Bernie s CAN'T PUNCH™" release. which eliminates punching and target panic that is madefor him by Scott Archery. He has a new product called "Bernie s PanicMasler and Bow Simulator " and a new series of9 videos called the Shooters School Master Series. (See ad on page 171). As a professional coach he created the world famous NFAA Shooter's School. aimed at intermediate to professional level archers, and also offers the NFAA Advanced Certified Instructor program as an option. Bernie and his wife. Jan, will be conducting these exciting shooters schools which are also available on 6 video tapes For more information, cal! Bernie or Jan at Robinhood Videos (614)933-0011 or fax (614)933-0010.
It is known by many names...snap shooting, freezing, flinching or punching the trigger. All arc forms ofarchery's worst nightmare: “target panic." Bowhunters call it "Buck Fever." No matter what we call this dreaded disease, its effects arc usually the same. We can't enjoy shooting a bow anymore because we aren't in control of the shot. According to a recent survey, it affects at one time or another, over 90 percent of all archers. The only people who seem to be immune to this malady arc the beginners of our sport, or those who just shoot for fun and really don’t care very much where the arrow goes. But once wc start to improve and start to care about our results ..it can strike. An archer's desire to put the sight in the exact center while they shoot, or just their desire to succeed seems to trigger this condition. It has been said by an "enlightened" few that the more articles you read about target panic, “the better chance you have of gening it.” Well, chances are that you probably wouldn't read any articles about it if you didn't already have it! But for those who think you can spread it by getting sneezed on by someone who has it...chances are you've already got it and arc in denial. The last time I heard of someone being supposedly transformed into the subject matter they were reading about, was in 1963 when an unstable 11 year old set out to prove he could fly off a nine story building after reading his Superman comic book. As 1 recall, the FAA
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and NTSB ruled his death accidental. (It was cither wind shear, pilot error, or a defective cape... I can't remember which.) For those of you who aren't superstitious, I will try to guide you through this "mental mind field” of archery. First let's explore the types of target panic. Types of Panic
Freezing: Archers who “freeze" off target and are unable to bring the sight into the middle of the target and stay there while they execute the shot. Others can get the sight into the center, but can't shoot while it's there, and must start to move out of the bull's-eye before their subconscious will let them release the arrow. Most of these people set up “off target" and then try to quickly bring the sight through the center, releasing as they go through...sort of like a "drive by shooting!" Others try to compensate by adjusting their bow sights to hit the middle when they freeze off. This works for a few days, but eventually they start anticipating sight arrival, and soon they start freezing even farther away from the target. Snap Shooting: This form of target panic starts with involuntarily releasing before you are completely settled into the target. As it progresses, you’ll begin to anticipate arriving on target and start releasing sooner and sooner, until eventually you release as soon as the sight touches the intended target, or as soon as your draw hand touches your face while coming to anchor. Bowhunters tend to snap-shoot while bringing their sight pin into the vitals of an animal. Sometimes, as soon as the pin sight touches the back of the deer, an archer will involuntarily release the arrow. Flinching: This is caused by trying to process two thoughts at once. It usually takes place as the shooter is trying to hold on target and is trying to mentally signal his finger or thumb to activate the trigger on the mechanical release, or his fingers to relax or let-go of the string. It sometimes looks similar to someone getting a jolt of electricity just as they try to release the arrow. THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER
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Punching the trigger: This is the most common fonn of target panic. It develops because we expect a perfectly steady "rifle like" sight picture. Since that's impossible with a bow, we make futile attempts to punch or jerk the trigger, (or pluck the siring for finger shooters) at the instant the “sight picture becomes perfect," and before it has a chance to move off target. We mistakenly keep making the trigger lighter and lighter in an attempt to get a smoother release. This tactic always backfires because we eventually become afraid to put any pressure on the trigger at full draw, or in some cases, touch it at all, for fear it may release prematurely. How it Starts - The Vicious Circle Although there are a few more variations of target panic, both for target shooters and bowhunters, all the symptoms stem from FEAR and ANXIETY. In my opinion, often times this fear of missing or anxiety about winning is caused by a chain reaction that starts with our shooting form, or more precisely, the lack of it. It can happen because we don't (or can't) relax at full draw because of flaws in our form, such as too long of a draw, too much draw weight, or trying to use muscle to keep the sight still (but that's another article!) These things cause us to have a "shaky sight picture” that deteriorates quickly. Therefore, we don't feel we can "squeeze off' the trigger or slowly relax our fingers off the string because we can’t hold the sight where we want it long enough. We then start to lose our confidence and start to anticipate the moment of release because we now arc trying to “time" the shaky sight picture with the release to get the arrow to hit where
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Sometimes finger shooters can rid themselves, temporarily or sometimes permanently, of target panic by simply switching to a mechanical release, or switching to left-handed (for right-handed shooters.) Because target panic in the beginning stages is caused by anticipation, release shooters can solve some mild cases by changing to a different mechanical release that "defeats" anticipation of the explosion. Some of the ones that can help are the triggcrlcss releases, which are activated by rotating the handle, not with the hand, but by moving the elbow back and behind your head by squeezing your draw arm side back muscles together. These muscles arc located between the shoulder blades and arc called rhomboids. This is known as "back tension." Most releases with a trigger can be “punched,” and thereby anticipated. By removing the subconscious anticipation of the trigger with one of these back tension models, you can cure most cases of target panic. Carter, Zenith, Stanislawski.TruBall and other release manufacturers make backtension releases. Although this style of release was not intended for hunting use, many bowhunters have successfully used back-tension releases in the field.. Others prefer to train with them during the off season and switch back to a faster-releasing index finger style release-aid well before deer season. In an attempt to create the best of both worlds. I’ve developed and patented my own index finger back tension release aid called "Bernie's Can't Punch."This release is made for me by Scott Archcry
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Clickers Can Help Finger Shooters The clicker is normally used by target archers, either compound finger shooters or Olympic-stylc recurve shooters. A clicker is a relatively simple device made of lightweight spring steel that makes an audible “click” when the archer is at full draw and is in the proper place in the draw cycle. This "click" signals you to release. The Clickety Klick is an excellent clicker to use for bowhunting. It attaches to the upper limbofyour bow (via two way tape) and is fully adjustable to accommodate all draw lengths. A clicker essentially replaces an archer s visual or tactile cures with an audible cue to release. Although it is not as easy to use as it sounds and takes some time to master, a clicker can help in control target panic. However, unless you are an Olympic style recurve shooter. I would recommend its use only as a last resort.
Analyzing The Cure To cure target panic completely, the following two step approach is the most effective. 1. Remove or reprogram the cause., .a bad or non-existing shot sequence. This is done effectively in one of three ways: 1. on a blank bale 2. with an air bow, which has a 129
hydraulic device that lets you dry-fire your and closing your eyes and completing the bow without damaging it, or 3. with a Bow shot through follow-through to a pre-set Simulator like 1 developed. This training “conclusion," like touching your draw device is laser activated and simulates your shoulder with your draw hand, to signal bows mass weight and holding weight at the end of the shot. Since you will always full draw. (See ad on page 171) These items anticipate anything you do repetitively, this allow you to shoot without the anxiety of all important conclusion gives you missing or hitting, until your subconscious something to anticipate that won't hurt the has completely absorbed the correct shot shot, because it happens after the arrow is sequence, and you can repeat it without gone. You can now begin to absorb and conscious thought. A sample shot imprint what a good shot feels like. This sequence would be: 1. Foot Position. 2. builds "muscle memory" and eventually Nock Arrow. 3. Hook-Up. 4. Set Bow transfers these conscious acts to a Hand. 5. Pre-Aim - pick a spot to draw to. subconscious act. You can then hold on 6. Draw To Anchor - which includes sight target and activate the release aid or relax on target and finger squeezing off your fingers off the string without thinking approximately 1/2 of a very firm trigger.). about it. You then can consciously "aim” 7. Call Shot to Order - This is a half way and concentrate only on directing the arrow check point...is everything solid and can I to where you want it to go. You will no maintain it through to the end of the shot. longer think of your sight, your release, bow 8. Commit -Either go ahead or let down. 9. arm, etc. These things should be Start Motor - Start back tension, squeezing programmed to work by themselves without finger, or whatever 3-4 second process conscious thought. Psychologists say it causes your release. 10. Aiming Moment takes an average of 21 days to learn a new - Think of nothing but keeping the sight habit or sequence to the subconscious level. where you want it. Important: Trust #9 to and about 45 days to replace an old habit work subconsciously. 11. Follow Through or sequence with the new one. Therefore, - to conclusion. 12. Conclusion - This is a this method may take one or two thousand pre-measured end of #11. like touching arrows and five or six weeks time, or for your shoulder. some personalities, three or four thousand ZCrcatc a bridge from the bale, air bow, arrows and two to three months time, but it or bow simulator to a real target scenario sure beats the alternatives...total frustration that slowly reintroduces and reprograms that cause most people to leave the sport your conscious and subconscious mind to in confusion and disgust. the visual scenario of having to hit a target. This brings your new sequence back onto Step #2: Bridge To Target a target and lets you trust it to work without thinking so you can think only about Most people that try to beat target panic aiming. forget this important last step. The best way to bridge from bale, air bow, or bow Step # 1: Lose The Target simulator to the target is to slowly Blank bale shooting is one of the three cures mentioned above for all types and severity’s of target panic. You start by standing 3 to 5 yards in front of a backstop set at shoulder height, with no target! Shoot 5 or 6 arrows at a time, a total of 30 to 60 arrows per session, no groups, no aiming, and deliberately scatter your arrows. This completely “unplugs” your ego and relieves your fear of missing and your anxiety about the score or where the arrow goes. Here you can reprogram your shot sequence or your holding, aiming, release method, etc. one at a time, without embarrassment, fear or anticipation. Alternate sessions will also be profoundly rewarding by drawing to anchor 130
reintroduce yourself to shoot properly with your bow on a target. This can be done with the following 21 day program by drawing, aiming and shooting at a very large target, such as a nine-inch bull’s-eye, or paper plate, at about five yards.. Practice holding and slowly setting off the trigger or relaxing the fingers off the string with back tension preferably. At this range, you can’t usually miss! Try shooting no more than 1/2 hour per session (30-60 arrows). one or two times per day for the first three days. Remember, you must keep your concentration on every shot! For the next three days, move back to 7 1/2 yards and reduce the size of the bull’s-eye to 8 inches. In the next three days, shoot at a seven inch bull's-eye from 10 yards away. Every three days, move back 2 1/2 yards and reduce the bull’s-eye one inch. In 21 days, you will be at 20 yards, shooting at a threeinch spot. By this time, you should have developed the confidence to hold and shoot "under control.” You may want to modify the size of the target, or change it to an animal target if you are a bowhuntcr. You may need to change the distance, and/ or the frequency and duration of the practice sessions to fit your situation. If your problem starts to come back, chances arc you moved back too quickly. You may need to spend more time at the last yardage. I have invented a few more bridge programs that can also be used but I’ll share them with you in later articles. Remember, which ever of these methods you try,you didn’t get target panic or buck fever overnight and you probably won’t cure it overnight. So, stay with it. It is curable!
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N.F.A.A. Shooter’s School Update 2000 The NFAA Mobile Shooter’s School and Advanced Level Certified Instructor Program continues to be an overwhelming success. To date in 2000, 2 schools have been completed. In addition to the Shooter’s School, Bernie has been conducting free target panic and tournament nerve seminars at large tournaments (AMO Trade Show-Indianapolis, Bowhunting Expo-Louisvillc, ASA-Gainesvillc, The World Archery Festival-Las Vegas ,NFAA Indoor Nationals-Tulsa).
to Tulsa for the NFAA Indoor Nationals, where Bernie held another free seminar on target panic and tournament nerves.
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The mobile school averages 97% conversion of non-members to join the NFAA, and has averaged better than 83% of the students becoming Certified Instructors. Jan &. Bcmic schedule the south and western states early in the year due to weather. After attending the ASA tournament in Gainesville Florida, they headed west to continue their 7 week trip covering over 7,000 miles. First stop was Aspen Archery in Carson City, NV who hosted their second successful school March 3-5. There were 22 students, (4 were already Advanced Certified Instructors from last year), 3 more joined NFAA and a total of 16 became Advanced Certified Instructors. After going to the World Archery Festival in Las Vegas, they continued north (way north!) to Sunlight Archery in beautiful Cody, Wyoming for the school on March 17-19.3 students joined NFAA and all 13 students became Advanced Certified Instructors. After Cody, the Pellerites headed
Listed alphabetically (• denotes Certified Instructor) *Bob Ackley, *Carter Allred, Bud Arnold. ’Anne Ballard, *Gunny Benson, ’Kim Bosco, *Nick Fedoroff. *Charlic Hcimsoth, *Tim Higgins, ’Rick Holbrook,*Dale Hoover, *Eric Hulit, * Bill Murphy. *Jim Orendorff, *Steve Ruis, ’Joseph Snell. ’Joe Sobota, *Rob Spencer, *C)audia Stevenson. *BethTamayo, *Steve Yancey. (Not pictured: Barry Gaffney)
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Every time Bernie & Jan go to a big tournament, they get deluged with shooting questions and also success stories from the Shooter’s School’s students. Here’s just a couple from among many. Butch Wright of Centerville, Ohio and his wife Vicki were not happy with their tournament scores, to say the least. Butch had target panic so bad he was ready to quit. His indoor scores had gone from 299 to the low 290’s with 30 to 40 X's, and Vicki was
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Shooter’s School Student Wins Mid Atlantic Sectionals Norm Lewis, Baltimore's local celeb and Channel 2 weatherman went to last year's Shooter’s School at “Straight On Target" in Baltimore, MD. Bernie & Jan recently received this letter from Norm: Dear Bernie, Just wanted to let you know "that it pays to go to school." After attending your Shooters School in the fall of 1999,1 figured I would give your advise a try. I’m a finger shooter and did manage to win my division at Watkins Glenn last year. However, indoors “just wasn't happening." My scores ranged from 285 to 292...unimpressive to say the least. After your school, and with your help, I started from scratch. I implemented a very structured shot sequence, changed my form completely, and went to an empty bale. It worked! My first tournament after the "re-do" was the NFAA Mid-Atlantic Sectionals. First day of the shoot. I shot a 300-40X's. (My first 300 EVER... even in practice.)The second day a 297-41 X's. Not bad for a senior finger dog.... which proves THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER
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Norm Lewis, Baltimores TV2 weatherman shows off his first ever 300 score shot at the Mid Atlantic Sectional. He went from 235 to this after the Sectional. Not had for a 55 year oldfinger shooter that i only been in archery'for one year.
Shooter's School Student Smashes IFAA World Record
Larry Boone is a graduate ofthe Lincoln Bowmen school in Brownstown, MI which was held in May of 1999. He recently shot a perfect 600 with 96X's to win the Senior Division at the IFAA World Championships held in Tulsa, OK. (The previous record was 594 with 92X's.) He also finished 4th overall at the NFAA Nationals, also in Tulsa. Larry credits several tips he learned at the Shooter's School. Total focus on the X (not the sight) and to shoot 60 one-arrow tournaments, not one 60-arrow tournaments, is the way to get in to the winner's circle! If you have success stories to share, please contact Jan or Bemie at Robinhood Videos and we’ll try to share them in upcoming issues of this magazine.
Jan and Bernie report that there is still an incredible amount of interest expressed in attending the Shooter’s School, but more people that w ant to host the event are needed.To help overcome this problem, the Shooter’s School has been expanded to 2‘ days and the minimum has been lowered to 10 students, which will help many smaller shops and clubs that have not been able to meet the IS minimum in the past. Because of the expanded 2* day curriculum, and to cover expenses, the price will change to S250 per student. With more time for each shooter, this will be more than worth the extra $50. So. you interested shooters go after your pro shop owners and club presidents and book a Shooter’s School near you! Remember, the host shop or club receives 10% of the total collected. There is still some open dates left in July, September, October, and November. Interested clubs or shops should contact Bernie or Jan AS SOON AS POSSIBLE at the following address and phone number in Ohio. Robinhood Videos, Jan & Bernie Pcllcrite 1036Arcaro Dr. Gahanna, OH 43230 614-933-0011 fax614-933-00l0 E-mail: AskBemie@aol.com or lCurcPanic@aol.com
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From The Senior Corner By Joe Bauernfeind
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Hi once again fellow Seniors. I hope by now all of you have contacted your State Games co-ordinator and are busy making your plans to attend and qualify. When 1 emailed last month’s article to Arlyne there was a formatting problem on her end. caused either by me scanning in the list and doing an “OCR" (Optical Character Recognition) on the document or because AOL 5 and Microsoft Word have a problem working together. 1 think it was the latter. because 1 always email the same thing to myself to make sure it goes though OK. If you are using AOL 5 good luck. I know more people who have been gored by this latest and greatest version, then you can shake a stabilizer at. I don’t know why anyone pays for Web access any more anyway. There are so many free service providers out there, some of which don't even have the ad bar floating on the screen, that it seems silly to pay someone S20 a month for what you can get for nothing. Email me if you arc interested and I'll include a list of the freebies in my next article. For those of you who arc still computer illiterate. even after all my prodding, get someone to decipher this paragraph and then get with the program. In simple terms, what I sent to Arlyne came out without the proper spacing and punctuation, which means that she had to decipher it and retype the whole thing. If anyone’s state or state information got dropped, let me know and I’ll get it to you. Now, before getting to the reports of my travels to the various shoots this winter, I have a serious and sad issue which I feel obligated to address. The issue I’m referring to is the increasing lack of ethics being practiced by archers of all ages and styles. By this I mean that it has become more important to win or make the team than to play the game by the rules and own up to 134
our own mistakes. Without getting too personal I’m going to talk about some of the things which have happened in our sport just recently. The sport of target archcry which, up until now, seemed to be taking the high road, was jarred by the disqualification of one Olympic team member and the resignation of another due to reasons which I will not mention here, but which you should make it your duty to be aware of. Indoor archcry, as well, was not spared the embarrassment of unethical behavior. This time it involved a near fist fight on the shooting line over the legality of an archer’s equipment, which subsequently led to this same archer being disqualified from the National Tournament 2 weeks later for using the same disputed equipment again. These were not kids squabbling, but believe it or not, Senior Pros. 3D shooters also have long been accused of using various forms of trickery to figure the unmarked yardage used in their sport, but unless someone can look into a person's soul, who could prove such a thing. The point is, that ethics have gone by the boards, not just in archery but in our everyday lives. How many of us are really satisfied with things we buy or services we pay for today It seems like pride in one's work and attention to craftsmanship has gone the way of the buffalo and become almost extinct. One of the few bastions of integrity still remaining seems to be the world of professional golf. While not without its own glitches the sport seems to be able to police itself by requiring each golfer to penalize himself for each infraction of the rules, whether witnessed by anyone else or not. Of course the all seeing eye of television allows millions of pseudo referees to help them stay on the straight and narrow, but I think the ethical standards would be generally upheld even without the spy in the sky. Could not ethics in archery be restored by each archer acting as though someone was watching their every move on TV or that their inner thoughts were being monitored by a greater
power, which in fact they are. Think about
it This lack of ethics is not new to our sport. Just note the ever increasing thickness of our rule books. Unfortunately it’s a Catch 22. The more rules there arc the more rules there are to be ignored or broken. Let me give you some personal examples which, over the years, have happened to me. Twice it has fallen on my shoulders as a target captain to decide if a person shooting the wrong target should lose the points. At times like that you’ll find very little help from the rest of the group. I did what I knew was the right thing and in one case was threatened with revenge and in both cases was subjected to verbal abuse by the archers who lost the points, spoiling my whole week at the Nationals each time. On the other side of the coin, I once agreed to give the points to an archer who had erred in this way and rightfully caught a lot of flack from the other groups who got wind of it. The irony here is that the same archer who willingly accepted those points called a lesser offense on another archer a couple of years later, costing him the National Freestyle title. WOW. People rationalize it by saying "Well he did hit the spot that he was aiming at, so what's the big deal”. The only one privy to that information is the guy who shot the arrow. Let me give you an example. I once walked off the 60 or 65 yarder and forgot to set my sight. The next target was a 15 yarder and I aimed at the bottom target which was right, but the arrow hit the X in the top target. Everyone was ready to give me the points, but I told them what I’d done and took the 5 point deduction. Lest you think I’m some kind of saint, think again. At this year’s Redding Trail Shoot, I was tested again and I’m embarrassed to say I let temptation get the best of me. While shooting at a 70 yard moose, I think it was, my release started acting up. The first shot went off before I was ready, but 1 caught a ten. Ignoring the possible release problem, I drew the bow for my next shot and it preemied before 1 could get the sight on the target. As luck THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER
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you really want, how you would score the arrow if it belonged to your closest competitor. Would you want it in for you and out for him? Well it can't be both, and unless they come up with some sort of do-over, which isn’t going to happen, accept the call of an uninvolvcd person graciously and get on with your game. When you do win one. and you will ifyou stick to the rules, you’ll be able to celebrate with a clear conscience which beats the hell out of any silver bowl or prize money you won by cheating. Enough said! Well what was going to be a short intro to my main article turned into a major sermon and I'm just about out of words so I’ll have to put off my travelog to the next issue. One final note though before I go. If you need inspiration to bring yourself to do the right thing look no further. One of the archers at the Trail Shoot was Jeff Fabry, who shot the entire tournament from a wheelchair. Jeff has only one arm and one leg and shoots the bow by holding a thong attached to the string in his teeth while extending his bow arm to achieve full draw. We're not talking target archery here folks we're talking The Trail Shoot, where mountain goats have been known to quit on dry days, let alone in the cold and mud which faced the archers on those two days. God bless you, Jeff. If any of you start feeling sorry for yourselves because you are wet and miserable and not shooting good, think about what this man accomplished just for his love of the sport. Even more amazing is the fact that he took 3"' place in Bow Hunter Freestyle “A". 1 am left speechless, which you know is not a normal thing for me. Keep flying straight and shooting well, Joe Baucmfcind (631)9293223
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CHAMPIONSHSIP ARCHERY Winning Concentration By Roger VV. Breternitz C. Hp. ■,
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but it causes the thought to creep into your mind (breaking your concentration) what if I slip, or what if I. Fear. ..yes fear is the main reason for the destruction of concentration. The fear of losing, and yes the fear of winning, which is the title of the next article that would take a book to do justice to, but back to concentration. What is concentration anyway. Has anyone ever actually defined it, or broken it down into it's finest elements? The art of concentration can be defined as it relates to sports in the following statement. Concentration is the total absence of conscious thought while performing an already programmed physical act. Now that you have the definition of concentration, what is an "Already programmed physical act"? That is an act (such as shooting an arrow at a target) in which you have learned the proper form and execution, and have repeated this act with positive results (hitting the target) enough times to make it somewhat automatic. Then it is considered to be programmed. Well, if you can do it once or twice or several times, why can't you do it ALL of the time? This is where concentration comes in. When the pressure is on and you really want to do good, (or you fear doing badly) the conscious mind starts giving the body actual instructions, keep your back straight, follow through and the list goes on. It is this extra conscious instruction that you "Hear” in your mind from the conscious thought center, that totally blows away your perfect ability to complete the “Already programmed act" with surgical precision. This degree of precision you could attain, if you would just allow your body to do it without the "Extra" conscious help. Boiled down to a bottom line. "Don’t think, just DO". How many times have you heard someone say, “Well. 1 was do’n ok until I started think'in about(you finish the sentence). Once you program your body to hit 5 or 6 bullseyes in a row, you can hit 100 in a row, if you will just ALLOW the automatic portion of your body to react on it’s own and quit "Telling” it what to do. That's what Championship Archery Relaxation Reprogramming Tapes arc all about, giving you the confidence to know your body can take you to the winner's circle if you will just let it. Once you have the confidence you can really do it, you don't need to be giving your body that “Extra" instruction to “Help" you win. In fact it’s that extra instruction the will always cause you to lose. CONCENTRATIONTEST: Here’s a little test you can take right now to determine your ability level of maintaining tournament level concentration. Imagine if you will a large white background in front of you, and on that white background imagine a big red circle. Set up a timer to go off in one minute. Now...see if you can keep that picture in your mind for that one minute. Don’t let anything come into your mind, no conscious thought, blank, nothing, flatline as they say. Do it now. Well, how did you do? Be honest... most people never make it to a minute without some form of conscious thought creeping in. This was only a test, but it can be an exercise you should do several times a day to build your concentration ability. Then when you really need to force all other thoughts out of your mind and the pressure is really on ... you-will-come-through! The best of luck to you and good shooting! THE U.S. and INTERNATIONALARCHER
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The 24th Atlantic City Archery Classic By Gene Grodzki & Al Soden
Lady Champions from various divisions
Here it is - short and sweet. It was the Dave Cousins show once the new shooters who stepped up to the plate for the first time. again. What strategy do you use to combat Dave when he shoots This year's Classic was well run. Helen Bolnick and her staff a 599 out of600 on Saturday? Rodger Willett gave it his all with a always do a super job. It must have be the 24 years of practice. massive 598 Sunday, but still came in third. Darren McCutcheon The weather all weekend was rainy but there were lots of casinos shot dual 596’s to land second place. Darren and Rodger had to duck into so no one minded. This was the 13* time I participated Dave looking over his shoulder, but if you don't miss, you are in this shoot and each year it gets a little better and runs a little awful hard to beat. Nice going guys. smoother. The top gals were also burning up the ten ring. The one and I am always disappointed when friends who I shoot with tell me only Becky Pearson took first place by a skinny three points over they are afraid to compete in this or any Major Tournament because past winner young Christie “Biscuit" Bisco who shot a whopping they feel they are not skilled enough, or don't want the pressure, 590 on Sunday. Brenda Hopkins nailed down third, after being or arc afraid of doing poorly. only one point behind Becky on Saturday. My binoculars were Take a few minutes and read an unsolicited e-mail sent to me by glued to the 10 rings as these six dynamite shooters pounded the a novice shooter who had no idea this would end up in print. His middle. rambling thoughts remind me of my first tournament experience Frank Pearson come over and gave Becky a warm smile and a and I’ll bet they ring true for a lot of our readers. smooch when he heard the good news. It was also sweet to see Dave Cousins and Brenda Hopkins sharing the spotlight of the winner’s circle. Rumor has it they “train” together. Butch Johnson tore up the Freestyle Recurve division. Who Me shoot in the Atlantic City Classic? No way. I'm too new a would have guessed? Do you think Butch used the Olympics just shooter. 1 can’t compete with the Top Guns. I'll be laughed out of to practice for the Atlantic City Classic? He’s a class act. Asanx- the building. My equipment isn’t right. I have never shot metric finger shooter myself, 1 don’t see how he does it. target before. I’ll hit the wall at 60 meters. The Championship Bowhunter division showed some These arc just some of the excuses I used when my archery incredible scores. Darryll Diehl and Troy Knoll each shot 1176- buddies, asked if I was going to shoot the AC Classic. My total with pins. Darryll took first place by a slim two X margin. experience was one winter league at 20 yards and a few arrows There were lots of winners and I feel bad there is not enough outdoors. I need to get a lot better before I try a "real shoot”. room to mention them all. The scores are posted on the Internet at I actually shot “sort of’ OK in the winter leamie. Still, no wav I twww.acclassic.com). They were listed within 48 hours ofthc shoot. am going to AC, Someone told me about the classic weh site. Every entrant should be proud from Dave. Becky and Butch to all (www.acclassic.com) 1 gave it a look. Pretty impressive' I saw last 138
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year’s scores and facts about this year's upcoming classic. Hey, they even had pictures from last year’s classic. Looks like some fancy setup at new the Atlantic Citv Convention Center. Nope! 1 am still not going! Maybe I'll go watch. Yeah, That’s the Ticket. But the more I thought about it, the more I found myself talking to my friends and going back to the AC classic web site. Am I a man or a mouse? I did enjoy the winter league. Made great friends. Learned a lot. My buddies even dragged me kicking and screaming to an indoor shoot at the Atlantic Community College and, despite my fears, it was fun. I even met Dr. Helen Bolnick who runs the Classic. She seems to be a really nice lady who obviously loves the sport. Helen greeted me with a smile and made me feel at home. Can her shoot be that bad? So am I going to AC? What the hell! The next thing I know my application is in the mail and I’m making motel reservations for April. Oh No! What have I done? I’ve just entered one of the biggest archcry tournaments in the country. It’s too late to back out now. With way too little practice, it is Friday evening and I’m walking into the New Atlantic City Convention Center. I'm greeted by lots of good-natured ribbing from my buddies. If nothing else, it’s friendly. Wow! This is some place. Look at all those targetsand look at all these archers. Ok, Al let’s not get nervous. Find an empty target and just shoot some practice arrows. This is pretty cool. I’m doing OK. The 10 ring is pretty small but I’m surrounding it and the target is real big. So far, so good. Friday night practice made me a little more confident. I hit the target every time. On Saturday I had time to walk around and check out all the new archery products. I finally had a chance to talk to the people who make all this stuff. And stuff there was from one end of the center to the other, nothing but archery stuff. Bows, scopes, stabilizers, arrows, massages. Massages? What the heck. I am a nervous wreck, so why not? The buzzer goes off and I am shooting for score. Something's wrong. My arrows are not grouping. What am I doing? My sister has volunteered to spot for me and even she is shrugging her shoulders. Can I be this bad? 1 am doomed. One good thing is, no one is really too concerned about how bad I’m doing. In fact everyone on our target is pulling for each other and we have only just met twenty minutes ago. New to the sport, I did not know what was wrong and did not ask anyone for help. I gave my best effort but my first day score was, to be kind, disappointing.
I need a cup of coffee and a chance to regroup. Where arc the guys? I decided to stick around and drink in the atmosphere. I wonder why a small crowd is standing around behind a certain target when I realize they arc watching Dave Cousins shoot while Butch Johnson spotted for him. After watching him shoot, I realize, “I need just a little more practice”. I settle into a chair with a hot cup of coffee and observe. Dave shoots what seems to be an effortless 599. I am lost in my thoughts. Some of my buddies spot me relaxing and ask about my score. I’m bummed. I share my sordid story and blame my equipment. A quick look by a trained eye and the problem is identified and cured. My launcher style rest had loosened, and moved upwards slowly but steadily all day Saturday throwing my group everywhere but where I was aiming. My fault - Rule # 1, check your gear. Rule #2, ask for help sooner. A great dinner with friends on Saturday night puts things back into focus. I am ready to rock. Sunday arrives and 1 am finding the gold. It’s working. My gear is fixed and I’m blasting the 9 & 10 rings. I shoot 68 points better than Saturday. I am alive, confident and having fun. As low as I felt on Saturday - that is how good I felt on Sunday. This is great! Saturday is a distant memory. This is what it is supposed to be like. Driving alone up the Parkway 1 reflected on the weekend. Although my overall score was not what I had hoped for. the entire experience was great. All in all, I had a terrific time. Sometime in the past three days, the archery bug took another big bite out of me. When and where is the next Big Shoot? By next year I’ll be ready for Dave Cousins. Well maybe not — but I’ll be practicing and — you never know. One thing is for sure, when someone asks me “Are you going to shoot “The Atlantic City Classic” next year I will tell him, “I wouldn't miss it for the world". E-Mailed to me by “Al Soden”. Howell. NJ There is a moral to this story. Archery is a very personal sport. It teaches us to talk to ourselves, to look deep inside of ourselves and know ourselves a little better. We all enjoy what we get from shooting. If you not only want to be a better shooter, but also want to have a whole lot more fun. step up to the next level. Shoot your local club and state tournaments, or the Sectionals, or the Nationals or Vegas or the Atlantic City Classic. My Grandfather used to say “Why watch a game, if you can play in it?”
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Official Results Atlantic City Archery Classic Total April 14 to April 16, 2000 Championship/Open Freestyle Recurve Male Championship 577 1152 575 1. Johnson, Richard CT 577 1138 561 2. McGlyn, Joseph NY 562 560 1122 3. Kennedy, Chris PA Championship/Open Freestyle Recurve Female Championship 562 1117 555 1. Lorig, Khatuna NJ 1111 550 561 2. Rowe, Ruth VA Championship/Open Freestyle Compound Limited Male 1152 576 576 1. Watterson, Chad E. PA 1148 579 569 2. Donahoo, Paul PA 572 1147 3. McCormick,Todd PA 575 ChampionshipOpen Freesty le Compound Unlimited Male 1196 599 597 1. Cousins, Dave UT 596 596 1192 2. McCutcheon, D. C. MD 591 1189 598 3. Willett Jr., Rodger VA Championship/Open Freesty le Compound Unlimited Malclst Ft 587 1. Bradway. J.C. NJ 591 1178 2. Sklaney, Edward T. PA 586 592 1178 588 589 1177 3. Mavberrv, Mark PA Championship/Open Freesty le Compound Unlimited Malc2ndFt 1. Aiderman, Jeff NY 580 595 1175 2. Magrogan, Joe MD 584 591 1175 584 591 1175 3. Wise, Larrv PA Championship/Open Freesty le Compound Unlimited Male 3rd Ft 1. Shortall. Bart DE 578 582 1160 577 2. Lewis, Ronnie VA 581 1158 577 3. Riddel, J.N.VA 578 1155 Championship/Open Freestyle Compound Unlimited Male 4th Ft l.Gadomski, Joseph PA 567 587 1154 2. Harring, Bob NY 567 585 1152 3. Zadotti, Rob NJ 566 581 1147 Championship/Open Freesty le Compound Unlimited Female 1. Pearson, Becky AZ 588 585 1173 2. Bisco. Christie ME 580 590 1170 587 3. Hopkins, Brenda UT 580 1167 Championship/Open BowhunterCompound Unlimited Male 590 1. Diehl, DarryllVA 586 1176 592 584 2. Knoll,Troy MD 1176 3. Sinclair, Steve NJ 584 582 1166 Amateur Adult Over 18 Recurve Male Championship Fit. 1.Mulcahy, Robert NA' 559 548 1107 2. Babbidge, J ason C. ME 559 547 1106 3. Robbins, Jerry PA 543 550 1093 Amateur Adult Over 18 Recurve Male First Flight 1. Duffy, Shawn PA 509 534 1043 2. Romanowski, Alan NJ 500 530 1030 3. Montgomery, Robert NJ 509 512 1021 Amateur Adult Over 18 Recurve Female Championship Fit. LOliveria, Jill MA 517 536 1053 2. Chu,Tung Ying NY 525 513 1038 3. Raines, Dr. Candice L. VT 481 513 994 Amateur Adult Over 18 Compound Limited Male Champ. Fit. 1. Newkirk, Neil NY 557 567 1124 2. Woodland, Wayne H.PA 559 555 1114 3. Roberts, Joe PA 557 548 1105 Amateur Adult Over 18 Compound Limited Female Champ. Fit. I.Cotner,Darla PA 536 529 1065 2. Hunter, Ina PA 512 536 1048 3. Graham, Suzanne NJ 476 462 938 Amateur Adult Over 18 Compound Unlimited Male Champ. Fit 1. Coblentz,Tom MD 587 594 1181 140
588 588 2. Creighton, Lanny MD 1176 3. Dufour, Brett NY 590 584 1174 Amateur Adult Over 18Compound Unlimited Male First Fit. 577 1. Heinz, John PA 575 1152 572 580 2. Hammer,George PA 1152 575 576 3. Chandler, Wade M.NY 1151 Amateur Adult Over 18 Compound Unlimited Male Second Fit. 561 574 1135 1. Hymes, Robert PA 560 2. Cain, Dale PA 573 1133 3. Aldrich, John NY 563 563 1126 Amateur Adult Over 18 Compound Unlimited Male Third Fit. 559 1. Boomer, Donald R.VT 544 1103 1089 2. Miller,Thomas J. PA 537 552 542 1079 3. Horgash, John PA 537 Amateur Adult Over 18 Compound Unlimited Female Championship Fit. 587 1169 1. Weinstein, Susan MD 582 2. Aldrich, Bonnie NY 562 565 1127 3. Wilkinson, Lisa NY 547 578 1125 4. Callaghan, Peg PA 565 560 1125 Amateur Adult Over 50 Recurve Male Championship Fit. 1. Morell, Peter NY 549 526 1075 2. Lizzio, Al NY 1069 536 533 3.Schaubhut,C.W. NY 527 526 1053 Amateur Adult Over 50 Recurve Female Championship Fit. 486 966 1. Hoyt, Ann W. MO 480 2. Partridge, Cindy CT 349 714 365 Amateur Adult Over 50 Compound Limited Male Champ. Fit. l.Caba, Raymond PA 547 1099 552 2. Lewis, Norm MD 1097 540 557 3. Hall Edward NY 549 1096 547 Amateur Adult Over 50 Compound Limited Female Champ. Fit 1. Butler, Claire NJ 272 553 281 Amateur Adult Over 50 Compound Unlimited Male Champ. Fit. 1. Bauernfeind, Joe NY 580 589 1169 1162 2. Clough, C.W. DE 583 579 3. Foote, Sonny NJ 579 578 1157 Amateur Adult Over 50 Compound Unlimited Male First Fit. 1. Quinones, Robert NY 565 570 1135 2. Miller, Harry NJ 559 575 1134 3. Harm, Peter NJ 556 1132 576 Amateur Adult Over 50 Compound Unlimited Male Second Fit. 1. Mazzone, Arnold NJ 534 561 1095 2. Sorg, George NJ 1091 526 565 3. Cirasiello, Peter NJ 539 546 1085 Amateur Adult Over 50 Comp. Unlimited Female Champ Fit. 1. Hart, Marie NY 570 566. 1136 2. McMurray, Gwen MA 558 572. 1130 3. Rodriguez, Charlotte MA 524 534. 1058 Amateur Adult Bow hunterComp. Limited Male Champ. Fit. 1. Brown, Jim MD 540 557 1097 2. Wagoner, Jeff NY 532 548 1080 3. Seder, Stephen NJ 550 527 1077 Amateur Adult Bow hunter Comp. Limited Female Champ. Fit. 1. Goldsmith, Christine MD 529 507 1036 2. Muller, Jennifer, NJ 441 442 883 Amateur Adult Bowhunter Comp. Unlimited Male Champ. Fit. 1. Kilborn, Brian NJ 581 572 1153 2. Blake, Mark VT 577 575 1152 3. Price, H. Donald PA 567 582 1149 Amateur Adult Bowhunter Compound Unlimited Male 1st Fit. THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER
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556 10.Gerety Jr.,Robert P.MA 1101 545 11. Kostyk, Michael PA 545 1092 547 12. Mojica, Ricky F. PA 512 1063 551 13. Murray/Caba, William PA 1008 536 472 14. Carter, Josh PA 516 483 999 Amateur Age (15-17) Compound Unlimited FemaleChamp. Fit. 1. Bowker, Megan MA 562 562 1124 2. Salukas, Sarah PA 1094 547 547 3. Macomber, Erin MA 519 510 1029 4. Gover, Dani VT 454 911 457 Amateur Age (12-14) Recurve Male Championship Fit. 1. Garen, Bob PA 568 543 mi 2. Wentzel, Damian NJ 527 526 1053 3. Pylypchuk, Steven NJ 497 508 1005 4. Gold, Jonathan NJ 389 414 803 5. Lazaroff, Brett NY 542 261 281 Amateur Age (12 -14) Recurve Female Championship Fit. 1. Ellis, Heather CT 508 518 1026 2. Jordan, Heather P?X 489 513 1002 3. Goshorn.Sara PA 475 508 983 952 467 4. Biedrzycki, Dana NJ 485 5. Glasberg, Heather NJ 348 581 929 6. Dupin, Emma NJ 437 412 849 374 7. Hackbarth, Lieren RI 389 763 260 223 483 8. Lewis, Casey M. NY Amateur Age (12- 14) Compound Limited FemaleChamp. Fit. 321 1. Beckham, Jessica NJ 282 603 Amatuer Age (12- 14) Compound Unlimited Male Champ. Fit. 588 587 1. Ferrell, Josh NY 1175 2. Labclle, Shawn XT 579 573 1152 3. Greshock, Jedd M. PA 570 577 1147 546 4. Schwade, Stephen NY 545 1091 541 5.Wood,Tyler MD 547 1088 547 535 1082 6. Beardsw orth, Douglas NJ 542 1080 7. Slutter, Alan PA 538 539 521 1060 8.Greiner, Dough MD 509 486 995 9. Tate, DrewVA 482 985 10. Wilhelm, Greg NY 503 11. Deal, A. J. MA 481 468 949 464 445 909 12.Guerino Jr., Joseph NJ 909 386 13. Bowen, Patrick NJ 523 418 893 14.Tooker, Jim NY 475 552 552 15. Hartwick, Christopher NJ 520 16. Kursky, Josh NJ 520 Amateur Age (12-14) Compound Unlimited FemaleChamp. Fit. 1180 587 593 1. Bogumil, Marleigh PA 579 1152 2. Slutter. Heather PA 573 562 1123 3. Butler, Ashleey PA 561 1094 550 544 4. Cuevas, Stephanie NJ 545 1090 5. Ferrell, Elizabeth NY 545 549 539 1088 6. Price, Megan L. PA 541 1066 7. Marino, Luci CT 525 1060 8. Gallagher, Stephaie L. NJ 526 534 9. Rockefeller, Jessica NY 421 509 930 Amateur Age (Under 12) Recurve Male Champ. Fit. 1. Sanger, John VA 1020 497 523 Amateur Age (Under 12) Compound Unlimited Male Champ. Fit. 1. Hooper, John MA 1128 556 572 2. Ellcngold, Matt NJ 499 454 953 3.Smith, Mathew L. PA 472 935 463 Amatuer Age (Under 12) Compound Unlimited FemaleChamp Fit 1. Soloski, Melissa PA 550 1113 563 2. Spear, Amanda RI 1088 545 543 3. Drozdek, Danielle M. NJ 705 298 407
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NEW SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF NFAA’S “VEGAS SHOOT” Plus A Little History, with “The Rest Of The Story.” By Bob Ragsdale
The "World Archcry Festrial, 2000" of which the "Vegas Shoot" is the major component is history now and I am confident that since it was virtually a carbon copy of the past few years few even noticed that the long and well established tournament had recently come “under new managemcnt."Thc NFAA is now the owner and administrator, and one with hopes of making it even larger and more exciting than ever before. Attending, one needs only 3 or 4 hours on the Friday. Saturday and Sunday to practice, compete in the various shooting activities and visit the manufactures trade show booths and then Las Vegas is yours to enjoy. Just sight-seeing at the latest Casino Hotels added since your last trip is adequate in itscl f. I’ve been in them all over the years and this year I simply could not believe the splendor and immensity of the new Venetian. There were times in years past at the Vegas Shoot when every possible shooting position was assigned and many shooters with only standby assignments came anyway hoping to replace the "no-shows.” As with all archery tournaments in recent years, the increased expense of travel has taken it’s toll on attendance but hundreds still use it as a vacation outing or extended weekend, and what better place could you find than in LAS VEGAS? NEW SOUNDS THIS YEAR. The individual straw mats with spring loaded rubber mats are gone, replaced by a large white plastic coated square bun that easily accepts the 4 Vegas target faces. The coating material is so tight that when both installing and removing your 4 ribbed plastic target pins it makes an eerie screeching sound. When up to 400 shooters on the line are all changing faces at once the ambient noise level becomes something similar to being in a large room filled with 25 pound crickets. It's typically “library quiet" when the shoot whistle and the timing clock starts, but now seconds later you begin to visualize yourself as being in a huge building with 40 or 50 racquctball games going at once as the hundreds and hundreds of popping sounds like small bursting balloons fills the air. Actually, I LOVE THIS NEW SOUND OF THE COMPETITION ACTUALLY IN 142
PROGRESS. I feel it not only adds a new level of respectability but that it definitely causes the audience to focus their attention on the tournament rather titan on themselves and their friends. There was just over 1000 competing this year and remember, in 2001 the event will be held at the Rivera Hotel and Casino. SOME MEMORIES OF PAST “Vegas" TOURNAMENTS. Since the majority ofboth the NFAA members and the current Vegas contestants, where no memberships arc required, were cither unborn or m nursery or elementary school when some ofmy personal and most precious memories of the Vegas tournament took place, it seems only too fitting to pass on a bit of it's past history along. Each also has a “behind the scene story" generally unknown even to those that were actually tlicre, and all ofwhich may serve to help other archers become more effective. One record that surely will be hard to duplicate occurred first in 1998 when Pro Michelle Ragsdale won the Women’s Freestyle title 19 years after she had won the first time in 1979 for a winning timing span over 19 years. But then, in 1999 she won it again, creating a 20 year span as a winning top level Pro. And the Women’s competition has always been stiff, for example, in 2000 her score of 897 of a possible 900 left her in second place by a single point. That's 23 years ofcompeting in Vegas with several wins with hardly a finish below 4th or 5* place. Just old enough to be eligible in 1978, Michelle Sanderson finished sixth in her very first competition there in Pro Women Freestyle. That was also the very first time the new "3 spot Vegas Face" was ever used, on Superbowl weekend, January 1978. It became both a super and a memorable weekend not only for the Dallas Cowboys but for archcry as well when Terry Ragsdale turned in a perfect 1200 four game tournament score, using the original "4 wheeler” 48 inch axle to axle compound design concept. It was a phenomenon never again duplicated at Vegas, but it was almost tied a few years later when Dean Pridgen won with an 1199 missing only his very last shot. Terry had back to back wins when he posted 1198 in 1979 as his new bride Michelle (Sanderson) Ragsdale won Pro Women handily with a whopping 1189. The second time the Vegas target faces were ever used was in 1978 at the North American Indoor Championships in Detroit at Cobo Hall, barely a month after the Vegas
tournament. There, using a different bow, Terry posted yet another 1200 perfect, this time with only 5 of the 138 shots touching the 10 ring line. Michelle won Pro Women with an unheard of 1195 which was exceeded only by the top 2 Pro Men. At age 14 after seeing Terry’s pictures in magazines and in person at tournaments for years she had told her Grandmother she was “going to marry him" and in the summer of 1978 Michelle Sanderson became Michelle Ragsdale at the Illinois “Lake OfThc Woods" tournament. At the 1979 Vegas Shoot they each won their respective division titles, Terry by a 3 point margin at 1198 and Michelle by an unprecedented 16 points! Even little brother Toby Ragsdale won Unlimited Amateur Men, going all the way to the very last shot to post an 1178. THE REST OF THE 1978 VEGAS 1200 STORY. I was spotting and plotting every hit location as “we” used the same 3 arrows all weekend, always in the same order. Only 9 of his 138 practice and scoring 1814 shafts touched the 10 ring line, with only one mostly on the outside. Our “X" hit hand signal was not for a 10 hit but for touching the little one eighth inch wide draftsman s cross that was in the center of those earlier faces. We thought it good psychology to not be satisfied with simply hitting the 10 ring, but going for the “middlc-of-thc-iniddle-of-themiddle" on every last shot with that little cross as the goal. But how often do game plans go smoothly and without a hitch? Early in die first day he noticed a gap in the ccntcrscrving at the nocking point. Checking the brace height at the 43 inch dacron bowstring we detected a single broken strand. For those who do not realize it, the loss of a single dacron strand will typically allow the bowstring to become longer just enough for the brace height to be lowered about "the width of a pencil line." Less of a problem these days with the high performance string materials now used almost exclusively, but dacron is easily damaged by monofiliment centerservings due to the continual snapon snap-off action of a nock that is tighter than it should be. So, we learned that by placing a mark on our bowsquarc on each side of the bowstring it makes the loss of a single strand instantly apparent Discussing it, he decided to not switch to his other prepared bow and just “keep an eye on it." Which we did over the entire 3 days, only THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER
Pictured below are the first 2 faces are 450 rounds of 51 shots, the 3rd a 300 round of 36 shots. Spot I of face 3 shows a line cutter which would have changed history if it has missed. It could have, H-e did not think about it until a year or 2 later but on thefirst practice end on thefirst day. he “shot rhe right side leg off all 3 subniinialure crosses in the absolute target center" so we moved the sight. Had that not been done that close one on day 3 would surely have missed.
tweaking on a bit more yardage a couple of times as his hits began to drift lower and lower, inside the 10 ring. “If it ain't broke, don’t fix it” is often a wise choice in many areas of life. Arriving back home, he shot the “4 wheeler” in a "paper test" curious to sec what the resulting hole might reveal. Up until that time we had only heard about it but had never actually done such a thing before. From 4 feet the resulting tear was about 5 inches, tail-left and slightly high. Then, removing the centerserving we found that 5 of the 14 stands were completely broken. I've used this story many times in seminars to make the point that when confronted with a situation where you feel you can keep it under control it may actually cause you to excel to higher levels as you intensify your concentration in the face of adversity. The problem is that most of us arc unable to keep our mind on our business and not panic into making bad decisions during such times. AN EXAMPLE OF HOW COMPOUND BOW MYTHS BEGIN. Compounds have been in use for about 30 years now, quite extensively in the last 25 or so. Since the original design concept consisting of 2 eccentrics and 2 idler pulleys which were later given the nickname “4 wheelers" have virtually not been seen or even spoken of for about 15 years now, the odds arc that a large majority of all archers have never seen or heard of them. Of those that have, the information was probably given based on assumption, simply because the industry moved on to other designs. Typical assumptions were that they must have been "unreliable and would not stay in adjustment" or they surely would not have been phased out. Wrong, and the 1200 Vegas score testifics that this was not the case at all. As an insider who was designing bow components and structuring them into various bow models at that time 1'11 pass on my version of the real truth. Top reason, "everyone” already had a 4 wheeler and sales arc needed to stay in business, thus a new concept, no different than the current “onecam" phenomenon. Next, it was to hold the sales price down, all that extra machining and drilling and all those extra components cost money, so they were eliminated. Next, with the cable angle to the idler haltway up each limb it made it impossible to produce a let-off of more than about 39 or 40 percent. At that point no amount of buss cable matching could eliminate all of the "bump-bump" feeling of each limb passing peak weight at slightly different times. Running those same idler cables on out to the opposite eccentric’s axle instantly made those same 33% eccentrics to suddenly become about 50%, which of course became the next compound
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bow fad. followed a few years later by 65% models. ANOTHER “VEGAS” MILESTONE. In 1985 the tournament had grown so large it was decided to trim it to only three 300 games to avoid such late finishes. Since Michelle's second baby was due on that tournament date in late January, Terry had decided to stay home saying he couldn't shoot thinking he might get a call and have to leave at any moment. Since he wouldn't go without her, a little headlock on her doctor got her" "permission to make the trip. Passionate competitor that she is, she wasn’t going without shooting as well. I still chuckle about
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The picture above was made during a 1978 release aid ad, this picture shows the original 48 inch axle to axle "4 wheeler ” bow he used in Las legos. About a month later in Cobo Hall, Detroit, the second time thefaces were used, he recorded another 1200, with only 5 of his 138 shots touching the 10 ring line. Strangely enough, it was with a new wide (thick) eccentric “2 wheeler" bow design with no cable guard and a top eccentric leaning so badly at full draw it looked like the bow could not possibly even stay together. To me this is absolute mute testimony to thefact that a bow will always repeat exactly the same way each time, regardless, “providedyou allow it to do it's job unimpeded."
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Shown here during a recent NAA Olympic team qualifier, Michelle, competes similar to the way she did for several years before the compound came on the scene. An Intensive Care RN andformer licensed pilot, she has always been a fierce competitor. For the pastfew years she has competed simultaneously with her recurve bow andfingers in NAA events earning spots on several U.S. teams and establishing several new record scores. She often competes with her compound on one weekend and the recurve on the next. One of the ver)' few to reach the Olympic trial finals held in San Diego recently, she finished as second alternate, a mere 2 positions awayfrom the 3 person Womens U.S. Olympic team.
the day she was practicing for it at my house and asked me to watch her shooting form, “because something doesn't seem quite right.” I said 1 couldn’t imagine why her form didn't feel normal to her. Ifmemory serves me, she was tied for the lead after day one. so was Terry. She later dropped back into the pack, but Terry went on to record the first ever Vegas 900 perfect. Again, but for her insistence at finding a way for him to attend, history would have been changed. Dan was bom almost a week later, already with tournament experience. He's now 15 and 6 feet tall, an excellent student, standout baseball and football player and a hunter hooked for life. Jill, a working county lifeguard as her mother was, will be 18 when she graduates this summer and latcr heads off to college. Bob Ragsdale may be reached for seminars and coaching at 2470 Oracle Jaynes, Tucson, AZ 85741. Phone 888-407-3084 or www.bowhunting.net/ bobragsdalc or archery @flash.net
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(L -R BACK ROW) NFAA PRESIDENT WALTER RUEGER.
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MCKECHNIE. VIC WUNDERLEE. MARY ZORN, FRANK PEARSON. JIM DESPART AND RON SAGER..
Limited Bowhunter Flights Flight 1 1 SAGER. RON 2ROSAS, VALENTE 3HARDING. IRVING 4VAN DONSEL, BILL 5SCIACCA, CHUCK 6WOODFIN, KEITH 7LOPEZ, TRINY JR 8WH1TE, RICHARD Freestyle Bowhunter Flights Flight 1 1VALEIKA. ROBERT 2ROSE, WESLEY 3HAWKJNS, TOD 4MARSHALL, JIM 5JOHNSON, CABE 6FLEET, WILLIAM 7YOUNG, BRYAN 8LUCK, MACLAIN Flight 2 1 LARSEN. MICHAEL 2FORCHE, KEITH 3BOSTON, EVERETT 4LINNA, RON 5WILLMAN, BILL 6DAMBROSIO, DAREN 7JENSEN, PAUL 8DI PAOLO, LENNY Flight 3 1HENSLEY, BILL 2SEPULVEDA. DUANE 3PAULSON, JOSEPH
TOTAL
x’s
AWARD
858 846 846 842 842 841 837 837
27 29 16 19 13 25 19 15
S 1,000.00 S600.00 S480.00 S385.00 S310.00 S250.00 S200.00 SI 60.00
895 893 893 891 890 890 889 889
38 61 57 53 60 51 53 51
51,000.00 S600.00 $480.00 S385.OO S310.00 S250.00 S200.00 SI 60.00
874 871 870 869 869 867 867 866
39 34 28 34 34 30 30 35
S500.00 S300.00 S240.00 SI 90.00 SI 50.00 SI 20.00 S95.00 S75.00
834 831 831
21 24 22
S400.00 S230.00 SI 80.00
4COOPER. MICHAEL 5HANSON, DONALD 6SNODGRASS, TYSON 7YOUNG, KEITH 8HAMILTON, ROGER Classic Limited Flights Flight 1 1 MCKECHNIE, RANDALL 2 GERIG, GUY 3 KRUEGER, GREG 4 WITTIG, HARRY 5 APREA, DAVID 6 GRJLLAT, OLIVIER 7 MORELL. PETER 8 GORMAN, FOSTER Flight 2 1 STRE1FF. LAINE 2 OTAN1, TOSHIO 3 TEAGUE. FARON Limited Freestyle Bowhuntcr 1 MCKECHNIE, SCOTT 2 COGLEY, MICHAEL 3 ZEITER, KEVIN 4 COTE, DEAN 5 HOYLE, RICKEY 6 OWENS, CHARLIE Freestyle Bowhuntcr I MORRELL, GEORGE 1 HARPRING, PERRY Tie broken by shoot olT 2 BAIZE, EVAN 3 WILSON, SCOTT 4 MITCHELL, DANIEL
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831 831 829 828 827
22 21 22 19 21
S 140.00 SI 10.00 S85.00 S70.00 S55.00
TOTAL 872 855 847 835 826 826 826 819
x’s 35 20 15 13 23 18 17 20
AWARD Sl.000.00 S600.00 S480.00 S385.00 S310,00 S250.00 $200.00 SI 60.00
717 709 705
3 4 5
$400.00 $240.00 $190.00
869 44 863 26 863 24 860 25 859 29 859 27 SCORE x’s 897 60 897 71
S2,000.00 S900.00 S400.00 S300.00 S265.00 S225.00 AWARD S2.500.00 Sl.000.00
896 895 893
S500.00 S350.00 S300.00
74 61 62
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CHAMPION JIM DESPART REJOICES AFTER WINNING THE SHOOTOFF SCORE x’s AWARD Compound Unlimited Female 898 71 S3.000.00 1 ZORN, MARY 897 64 SI.500.00 2 RAGSDALE. MICHELLE 897 $800.00 63 3 BISCO, CHRISTIE S400.00 57 4 THOMPSON, SUSAN 895 894 62 S260.00 5 HENNEMAN. SHARON 894 51 $235.00 6 RHODES. DANNY 7 PEARSON, BECKY 893 57 S215.00 SI 95.00 893 8 WILLIAMSON. CAROL 53 SI 85.00 9 CALLOWAY, CONNIE 892 57 891 SI 75.00 10 MERRILL. GLENDA 56 AWARD Compound Unlimited MaleSCORE x’s S5,000.00 1 DESPART. JAMES 900 78 $1,500.00 2 RYALS. GEORGE 900 78 69 $1,500.00 2 ROGERS. JEFF 900 3 GRIGGS, ERIC 899 80 S870.00 $770.00 4 THOMAS. CLIFF 899 76 S75O.OO 899 5 COUSINS. DAVE 76 $700.00 899 76 6 BARNSDALE. DAVE $670.00 7 WESLEY. TROY 899 73 S630.00 899 8 BUTTS. JIMMY 70 9 CLEM, ANTHONY 899 S610.00 70 $500.00 10 QUINTANA. DAN 899 70 899 $480.00 11 LOTZ. MARTIN 68 12 ULMER, RANDY 899 68 S460.00 $430.00 13 PEN AZ. MARK 899 66 $410.00 14 JIMENEZ. JORGE 899 66 $390.00 15 PEART. MICHAEL 64 899 $360.00 16 WILDE. DEE 898 76 $340.00 17 TUCKER. RANDY 74 898 $330.00 18 WILLETT, RODGER 74 898 $310.00 19 ANDERSON, MICHAEL 73 898 $285.00 20 THOMPSON. NSHAN 73 898 $265.00 21 HOYLE, ROGER 898 72
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$245.00 22 HAULIK, JEFF 69 898 $235.00 23 WOLFRAM, ROBERT 69 898 $225.00 67 24 PRICE, DUANE 898 $215.00 67 898 25 HADLEY. JAMES $205.00 65 26 JONES, ADAM 898 $195.00 27 SHREWSBURY, MELVIN 65 898 $185.00 63 28 CLELAND, WALDO 898 $175.00 49 29 WILDE. LOGAN 898 $175.00 897 70 30RASMUSSON. PETER 69 $175.00 31 WHEATCROFT, ADAM 897 $175.00 897 68 32 EVANS, DANIEL $175.00 897 68 33 SCHAFFER, JOHN PAUL $175.00 68 34 WEATHERBEE, RUSS 897 $175.00 65 897 35 BYRNE. MICHAEL $175.00 64 897 36 HAMMONS, GARY $175.00 60 897 37 FREELAND, JAY $175.00 897 58 38 RUTLEDGE, RANDY $175.00 75 39 WILDE, REO 896 AWARD Classic Limited Female SCORE x’s $2,000.00 859 31 1 SCAVOTTO. KAREN $900.00 841 26 2 PARKER, DENISE $400.00 18 3 BARRS. JANET 838 AWARD Classic Limited Male SCORE x’s $3,000.00 44 1 WUNDERLE, VICTOR 891 $1,500.00 45 2 PETERSSON, MAGNUS 888 $800.00 887 47 3 JOHNSON. RICHARD 44 $400.00 4 VAN ALTEN, WIESE 885 877 36 $260.00 5 FRANGILLI. MICHELE $235.00 870 6 NEEDHAM, SIMON 31 $215.00 7 TOLLIS, RICK 868 23 Senior Compound Unlimited SCORE x’s AWARD 54 $2,500.00 1 PEARSON, FRANK 896 $1,000.00 56 2 BATH. JIM 895 58 $500.00 892 3 TAYLOR, JOHN 890 54 $350.00 4 MILLER. HARRY 5 BASKIND, ROBERT 890 47 $300.00 $250.00 6 KLEMENEIC, JOE 890 45 7 DALEY, TOM 889 48 $225.00 884 $210.00 8 LEGGETT, FRED 50 884 9 KUDLACEK, DON 44 $200.00 884 34 10 GRIFFITH, SHERM $185.00 64 11 GIBSON, ELLIS 883 $170.00 12 CARLSON. JOHN 883 35 $170.00 13 JENSEN. BOB 882 $170.00 41
Top four Compound Unlimited Lady Archers (L-R) Susan Thompson, Michelle Ragsdale, Mary Zorn <t Christie Biscn
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Friends gather at the Vegas Shoot (L-R front row)Dr. Carlos Hermes, Carlos Diaz <4 Irene Diaz. (L-R back row) Carlos Monteros &. wife Arlene, Rene Urioste, Ed Marten, Francisco Toruno, Linda Marten «4 Sergio Cabrera Compound Unlimited Flights Flight 1 SI,000.00 897 71 WHITE, ROD 897 60 S600.00 WINTEBOWER. PAUL 54 $480.00 896 COBLENTZ, TOM $385.00 895 67 JOHNSON, RICHARD 894 61 S310.00 LARA_ORELLANA, R. 894 59 $250.00 MASTRO, PETER 57 S200.00 894 TAJIRJ. BRUCE $160.00 893 63 CYPRET, TROY Flight 2 S800.00 889 54 RAGLIN. RANDY S500.00 889 52 NEALY. THOMAS S400.00 889 50 MCNAIL, JEFF 49 $300.00 889 FLUHR. JOSEPH $235.00 889 49 MCSTAY. BRUCE 889 47 S 185.00 METZ. ALLEN 889 44 SI 50.00 D1RSCHELL, DAVID 889 SI 20.00 38 PERNETT. DANIEL Flight 3 884 62 S700.00 BAMER, KELLEY S440.00 884 53 NEWMAN, NORMAN 884 S355.OO 53 PATIC, DRAGAN $265.00 884 51 ROE. ALAN 884 S210.00 46 BALCAZAR, ALBERTO 884 SI 65.00 43 PRATER. RAY SI 35.00 884 CHRISTIANSEN, KIRK 43 SI 10.00 884 42 PODOSEK, JEFF Flight 4 $600.00 47 880 RIDLEY, BRIAN $380.00 46 880 GRAHAM. KEN $305.00 880 43 NORRIS, MIKE 880 40 $225.00 ARLEDGE, TRENT SI 75.00 37 880 GOOD, SLADE SI 35.00 880 35 BREWINGTON, JONATHAN 32 SI 10.00 880 BERNARD, STEPHEN $90.00 MARTIN, RYAN 879 48 Flight 5 S53O.OO 876 46 WILLIAMSON, RICK 44 S340.00 SHEPHERD, RAY 876 S275.00 40 JOHNSON. JOSH 876 $200 00 876 40 HAYES, LARRY SI 55.00 876 36 BREEDLOVE, CHRIS 34 SI 20.00 MARCHIO, TERRY 876
HULETT, JESSE TATE. POLLY Flight 6 HITCHCOCK, GREG SVENSEN, KNUT GAINES, KARLA DAY. TERRY YOUNG, DEAN BROUGHTON, JEFF GROVER, STACY KRAEMER, MICHAEL Flight 7 ECHEVERRIA, MARK RAY. JEFF VARGOVICH, JIM NICHOLLS, PAUL EMERSON. GEORGE MEHLIG, DWIGHT URIOSTE, RENE SILVA, TOM Flight 8 FUHS, KERRY BURNS. JEFFRY KAUFMAN. CHARLES HICKS. DAVID RHOADES, JAMES PINSON. MIKE FOSTER, WILLIAM FROSTAD, TONY Flight 9 KENASTON. DENNIS EKEFLO, LINDA BRABEC, RANDY BOGART. LUANN RAGSDALE, ROBERT MCARTHUR, DAVID DIAZ. CARLOS MATZKE, GERALD Flight 10 BRIDGES, NATHAN BELL, GREG NIXON, CLAYTON ROLANDS. MARK CARRAWAY, THOMAS GRODZKI, GENE KUHLMEY, TIM MCDANIEL, MELVIN Flight 11 SHINTAN!. FUTOSHI HUGHES. WILLIAM VILLA. MARTIN PAVL1CIC. IRENA JOHNSON. CHERYL GLOZIER, JACK GRAHAM. JERRY DOUGLASS, LIONEL Flight 12 GONZALES. RON LAVELLE. JAMES STRAUSS, ALAN SCARBOROUGH, KIM PATTERSON, MARVIN BOSTON. DEBORAH MATZKE, PAT PHILLIPS, TEKO
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876 876
30
21
SI 00.00 S80.00
38 37 35 34
S465.00 S300.00 S240.00 S175.00 SI 30.00 SI 00.00 S85.OO $70.00
868 868 868 868 867 867 867 867
36 36 35 33 35 34 33 31
S410.00 $265.00 $215.00 SI 55.00 SI 15.00 S90.00 S75.00 S60.00
861 861 861 861 861 860 859 859
32 31 29 27 26 32 28 24
S360.00 S235.00 SI 90.00 $135.00 S100.00 $75.00 $65.00 S50.00
851 851 851 851 851 850 849 849
35 29 26 22 17 23 25 23
S315.00 S210.00 SI 70.00 SI 20.00 S90.00 $70.00 S60.00 S50.00
840 839 839 838 837 837 836 835
23 22 19 19 25 21 22
S300.00 S200.00 SI 60.00 SI 10.00 $80.00 $60.00 $50.00 $40.00
825 825 825 824 824 823 823 822
24 17 13 20 17 22 20 29
S300.00 $200.00 SI 60.00 SI 10.00 S80.00 $60.00 $50.00 S40.00
794 790 789 788 784 779 775 775
12 12
$300.00 $200.00 SI 60.00 SI 10.00 $80.00 $60.00 $50.00 S40.00
873 873 873 873 873 873 873 873
43
41 40
39
14
8 12 9 7
8 7
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Medal winners in the under IS year age group pictured here with Olympic Team Member Butch Johnson (L) & NFAA I'ice President Bruce Cult
Cadet Boy Compound 1 KOSTYK. LANDON 2 WILSON. JOEL 3 REEVES. SKYLER 4 RODNEY. TIMMY 5 JOHNSTON, SCOTT 6 MCAULIFFE, ROBERT 7 JONES. MICHAEL 8 KERBY. CHARLES 9 WITHERS. DENNIS Cadet Boy Recurve 1 ORR. CHENEY 2 NICHOLS. ALEX 3 HELLER. LUKE 4 CHIECH1, ANTHONY Intermediate Boy Compound 1 SIEGFRIED. JAMES 2 BOGART, MATT 3 BAMER. KELLEY 4 IVERSON, JEREMIAH 5 HOLLAR, JOHN 6 CALHOON, RYAN 7 JOHNSON, PETER 8 HARTUNG, PRESTON 9 MILLER. ADAM 10RINDERKNECHT. J. 11 SIMPSON. TRAVIS 12THOMPSON, JARED 13SHELLEY. SHAD Intermediate Boy Recurve 1 SWIFT. CHRIS 2 CHOPE, BRAD 3 WEBSTER. CHRIS 4 STRAUSS, TRAVIS 5 RIPP, JASON 6 MCN1CHOLS. DAVID 7 DRAKE. NICHOLAS 8 MEIER. WILLIAM 9 MEC1KALSKI. AARON 10HAAS, BRIAN
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Fri. 279 266 272 245 239 200 194 125 172
Sat. 273 266 258 262 242 210 203 266 216
TOTAL 552 532 530 507 481 410 397 391 388
220 199 143 93
218 195 168 32
438 394 311 125
296 296 296 294 293 288 289 284 260 251 260 255 235
296 296 294 295 294 296 294 280 258 266 251 255 249
592 592 590 589 587 584 583 564 518 517 511 510 484
284 286 283 278 283 272 255 244 247 213
288 285 276 276 267 271 258 259 243 201
572 571 559 554 550 543 513 503 490 414
Intermediate Girl Compound 1 THOMAS. KRISTEN 2 BRONSON. B. 3 THORNBURGH. TARA 4 MURPHY. JULIE 5 HAFFEY, ANNIE 6 BELLEMARE. ALEXIS 7 ROMBALSK1. ROCKIE 8 ROBINSON. ANNA Intermediate Girl Recurve 1 NICHOLS. JENNIFER 2 SHEPLEY. MADISON 3 JONES. ANN Junior Boy Compound 1 HAMILTON. SHANE 2 NEALY. THOMAS 3 RODNEY, ADAM 4 JENSEN, JON 280 5 WILSON, DANIEL 6 VALDES. JANN1E 7 WEBSTER. JOSHUA 8 MADISON, DAYTON 9 MASTRO, PETER III 10 HUNT, BRANDON 11 BARRETT. JAKE 12 FORD, SCOTT 13 BALLOGA. ABRAM 14 MARKO, ALEX 15 GOODRICH, BRANDON 16 RAMIREZ. RAYMOND 17 DONATHAN, MARTIN 18 EMERSON. BRYAN 19 HILLIARD. CHANCE 20 PROBST, NATHAN 21 INGLAND. ROGER Junior Boy Recurve 1 MC RADY. DANIEL 2 MCNICHOLS. CHRISTOPHER 3 KEENAN. KEVIN 4 SWARTZ, NOAH
292 287 289 283 285 282 264 266
294 293 287 289 283 276 263 259
586 580 576 572 568 558 527 525
282 261 256
285 256 255
567 517 511
297 296 280 288 282 277 263 279 268 270 275 255 244 249 231 227 247 240 231 226 54
298 298 289 568 283 286 289 272 274 270 254 267 262 251 246 241 220 216 225 218 94
595 594 569 565 563 552 551 542 540 529 522 506 500 477 468 467 456 456 444 148
272 262 258 266
265 270 272 259
537 532 530 525
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5 GERARD. DUSTIN 6 GALIPEAU, BRENDAN 7 RAMOS, BRANDON Junior Girl Compound I STRATTON, ANNA MARIA 2 REEVES, TIFFANY 3 IVERSON. JESSIE 4 GALLAGHER. STEPHANIE 5 MCCULLOUGH, BRITTANY 6 REAM. MALLORY 7 SCHOOLEY, SARA Junior Girl Recurve l CHIECHI, GINA MARIE 2 MCNICHOLS, ELIZABETH
243 231 212
270 214 218
513 445 430
295 268 278 265 235 222 222
295 283 271 274 236 231 202
590 551 549 539 471 453 424
268 259
261 264
529 523
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1st Annual NFAA/McKenzie/Toxonics Indoor Marked 3-D Championships Las Vegas 2000 Men Unlimited 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd
Dan Evans David Butler Mark Hansen Dee Wilde Dan Quintana Eric Griggs Rich Rreita
$1,000.00 $125.00 $125.00 $125.00 $125.00 $125.00 $125.00
Robert Valeika Drew Crotts Sean Gordon
$200.00 $75.00 $75.00
Frank DeGott Bennie Ortiz Patrick Key Fredrick Garrett Dick Buttner
$87.50 $87.50 $16.67 $16.67 $16.67
(L to R) NFAA l ‘P Bruce Cull and NFAA President Hally Rueger congratulate Champion Jim Despart (hack to camera)
Flight 1 1st 2nd 2nd
Flight 2 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd
Flight 3 1st 1st 2nd
$87.50 Mel Nichols Tyson Snodgrass $87.50 $50.00 Adam Lewis
The life like animals on the 3-D Range
Flight 4 1st 2nd 2nd
Dick Runnels Gideon Jolley Phil Phillips
$100.00 $62.50 $62.50
Mike Baird John Boddy Charles Asada
$100.00 $75.00 $50.00
Flight 5 1st 2nd 3rd
Men Limited 1st 2nd 2nd
Scott McKechnie $1,000.00 Dean Cote $250.00 $250.00 Randy Brabec
Women Unlimited 1st
Becky Pearson
$1,000.00
Women Limited 1st
Leslie Phillips
$1,000.00
Men's shooting line al the II arid Archery Festival and I egas Shoot 2000
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Arizona Cup Archery Championship 2000 By Hilary & Ben Ascani
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This was the eleventh annual contest and from all indications one of the best yet. There were twenty counties represented not counting the U.S. From as far away as Uzbekistan and Chinese Taipei as well as old friends from Great Britain and Japan were present. From within the U.S. there were twenty-six states represented. For the fourth year this tournament was held in Tucson AZ. at the PSE range. From all indications, everyone seemed to feel that PSE range was a wonderful facility. One change from last year was the help of a travel agent. Navigant International was on board to help with arrangements for airline
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tickets, hotel accommodations and rental car plans. The tournament ran from Friday April 7 through Tuesday April 11th. On Friday there was open practice and check-ins with the opening ceremony on the range starting at 4:00 PM. Saturday the two longest distances were shot. Saturday evening there was a the welcome barbecue dinner on the range. On Sunday the two shorter distances were shot. Monday the individual Olympic elimination rounds were held for both recurve and compound divisions. Tuesday saw the Official and unOfficial team rounds. Olympic Round Recurve Men winners was Bo Yang (China) first, followed by Vic Wundcrle (USA) second, Butch Johnson (USA) third, Andres Anchondo (Mexico) forth, and Jay Bars (USA) fifth. Olympic Round Recurve Women Ying He (China) first, Alison Williamson (Great Britain) second, Denise Parker (USA) third, Janet Dykman (USA) forth and Hui Yu (China) fifth. Olympic Round Compound Men line up was Dave Cousins (USA) first, followed by Dejan Sitar (Slovak Republic) second, Adam Wheatcroft (USA) third, Kevin Eldredge (USA) forth, and Mark Pcnaz (USA) fifth. Olympic round Compound Women were Ashley Kamuf (USA) first, Sally Wundcrly
(USA) second, Jahna Davis (USA) third, Becky Pearson (USA) forth, and Kcna Santa Cruz Brown (Mexico) fifth. Official Team Round Men Recurve had seven teams competing with Sweden (Petcrsson, Eriksson, and Bjcrcndal) taking first place, USA (Wundcrle, Johnson, and White) taking second place, and China (Fu, Yong, and Yang) in third place. Official Team Round Women Recurve had five teams with China ('Ying, Juanp, and Hui) taking first place, USA (Parker, Scavotto, and Dykman) in second place, and Sweden (Eriksson, Larsson, and Nordlander) for third. Official Team Round Compound Men there were five teams, with USA (Freitas. Bowman, and Cleland) in first, Slovenia (Sitar, Prchac, and Pavloic) in second place, and for third there were El Salvador (Jimenez, Lara, and Rivaz). Official Team Round Compound Women had three teams competing, Mexico (Santa Cruz C, Santa Cruz A, and Santa Cruz K) in first, Venezuela (Suarez, Rangel, and Lopez) in second, and Canada (Cusson, Filtcar, and Durward) in third.
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Olympic Men Name 1. Yang, Bo 2. Wundcrle, Vic 3. Johnson, Butch 4. Anchondo, Andres 5. Barrs, Jay 6. Grov, Martinus 7. Eriksson, Mattias 8. Needham, Simon 9. Peterson, Magnus 10, Tollis, Rick 11. Huish, Justin 12. White, Rod 13. Krueger, Greg 14. Fu, Shengjun 15. Tang, Hua 16. Yong, Fujun 17. Pearson, Richard 18. Manjarrez, Juan Carlos Gerig, 19. Guy 20. Shull, Christopher 21. Shales, Jonathon 22. Mainline, Mark 23. Dalziel, David 24. Tckmitchov, George 25. MacDonald, Hugh 26. Larsson, Mikael 27. Umerov, A. S. 28. Spang, Per-Johan 29. Hanlon, Keith 30. McKinney, Rick 31. Bjcrcwdal, Goran 32. McKittrick, Jason 33. Parto, Carlos 34. Jablonski, Adam 35. Robitaille, Jeannot 36. Rousseau, Claude 37. Spary, Brandon 38. Eliason, Edwin 39. Marsh, Christopher 40. Gacrste, Orlando 41. Weinperl, Barry 42. Riggs, Shawn 43. Eriksson, Niklas 44. Marquez, Humberto 45. Cholifoux, Christian 46. Skinner, Larry 47. Fiala, Brad 48. Baatayav, Bamba 49. Grov, Jonas 50. Vbzzy, John 51. Churchhill, Dan 52. Bingham, James 53. Sayfullin, I.F. 54. Jcnskcy, Allen 55. Soto, Miucucl Angle 56. Zakowicz, Steve
Country CUN USA USA MEX USA NOR SWE UK SWF. USA USA USA USA CHN CHN CHN UK MEX USA USA UK USA CAN USA CAN SWE UZB SWE IRE USA SWE USA VEN CAN CAN CAN USA USA USA VEN USA CAN SWE VEN CAN USA USA MLG NOR USA CAN UK UZB CAN MEX USA
FITA/R 1240/17 1278^ 1272/4 1251/10 1253/9 1264/5 1260/6 1289/2 1299/1 1223/25 1248/14 1216/26 1225/20 1251/11 1229/18 1250/12 1202/31 1188737 1223/24 1255/7 1242/16 1244/15 1196/35 1174/44 1215/27 1224/22 1180/42 1249/13 1206/29 1201/33 1255/8 1228/19 1098/61 1097/62 1204/30 1169/46 1170/45 1179/43 1184/38 1184/39 1211/28 1224/21 1183/40 1142/53 1098/64 1144/52 1224/23 1191/36 1202/32 1159/48 1148/51 119634 1181/41 1132/55 1159/49 1054/64
32nd 153 159 159 154 160 155 — — 150 146 152 152 150 156 154 147 142 148 152 152 143 152 146 147 152 146/9/7/10 152 148 143 140 140 151 154 153 152 148 147 146/9/7/9 146 145 145 144 143 141 140 138 138 138 137 137 136 136 135 134 134 132
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16th 155 162 151 165 157 162 150/X 161 155 153 162 158 152 156 156 152
8th 161 156 164 158 161 159 148 153 155 151 149 149 147 145 144 140
4rd 108 102 110 103 106 103 98 96
Semi 101 106 92 101
Medal 101 99 107 105
Final 310 307 309 309
Tournament officials
Recurve Men Champions, (L to R) I'ic H'underle, Bo Yang, Butch Johnson and Andres Anchondo 151
Kroncngld, David DcConnick. Leo Bcznozdrev.A.V. Burkett, John Murkin, Jim Bots, James Aprca, David Gorman. Foster Swift, Tony Banficld. Anthony La Londe. Ed Parrish. Scott Swift, Chris Misenheimer, Jake Michael. Larry Palladino, Vinnie Hanley. Kevin Malouin, Claude Zombolas, Gary Norvcllc. Robert Young, Benny Tone. Kevin Cash. Benjamin Braud. Loren Green. Bob Dasaky. Charles Brown, Winston Blackwater. Patrick
USA USA UZB USA USA USA USA USA USA W. Indies USA USA USA USA USA USA USA Canada USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA
1115/56 1153/50 1113/57 1163/47 1105/58 1138/54 1062/63 1100/59 1048 1048 1047 1036 1036 1033 1029 1017 1003 982 979 968 946 924 917 900 893 MS 653 646
131 131 128 125 118 116 forfeit forfeit
Olympic Women Name 1. He. Ying 2. Williamson, Alison 3. Parker, Denise 4. Dykman, Janet 5. Yu. Hui 6. Lorig. Khatuna 7. Ericsson, Petra 8. Reyes. Erika 9. Nulic, Wiebke 10. Pfohl, Cornelia 11. Larsson, Karin 12. Lin, Yi Yin 13. Yang, Jianping 14. Eley, Loma 15. McGrath. Susan 16. Chudy, Dawn 17. Richardson. Mary-Anne 18. Nordlander. Kristina 19. Chen, Hsin I 20. Hess, Wenche 21. Carlson. Jessica 22. Barrs, Janet 23. Pan, Ya Chi 24. Smceton, Lindsay 25. Scavotto, Karen 26. Breton, Marisol 27. Davis, Gecna
Country CUN UK USA USA CHN GBO SWE MEX CTR GER SWE TPE CHN UK UK USA UK SWE TPE NOR USA USA TPE UK USA MEX USA
HTa/R
16th 146 155 139 144 130/8/10 148 142 147 141 149 137 143 135 144 137 133 147 137 136 136 136 134 134 132 131 130/8/8 128
57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84.
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1306/1 1276/7 1293/3 1256/13 1281/6 1283/5 1295/2 1274/9 1275/8 1273/10 1254/15 1255/14 1285/4 1251/16 122022 1229/21 1199/28 125007 1247/19 1248/18 1204/25 1185/30 1270/11 1245/20 1258/12 1202/27 1168/31
Exciting shootoffs took place. Here Vic Wunderle (L) challenges Bo Yang for the gold medal
8 th 154 153 146 150 132 148 150 150 146 145 141 134 131 130 128 125
4rd 103 96 97 93/7 94 93/6 91 87
Scm i Medal 99 102 102 99 93 103 97 95
Einaj 304 297 293 285
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28. Clawson, Leah 29. Cosovan, Gabriela 30. Lin, Sang 31. Eley, Jan 32. Ruckman, Cynthia 33. Johansen, Malenc 34. Hider, Patricia 35. Wclburn. Julie 36. Howa, Leslie 37. Grange. Stacie 38. Granville, Kan Jill 39. Bayarmaa.Tscv 40. Robey, Tara 41. Gutierrez, Marilu 42. Wicks, Diane 43. Davis, Fuzzic 44. Milchanowski. Kristin 45. Marquez, Dorytc 46. Murphy. Kim 47. Bcaudct, Marie-Pier 48. Morton, Sally 49. Filtcau, Genevieve 50. Shaner, Rhonda 51. Uirschlcr, Liz 52. Outland. Sarah 53. Paul, Amy 54. Raines, Candice 55. Dedman. Crystal 56. Auerbach. Karen 57. Ho. Vivian 58. Smith-Millar, Amanda 59. Daw, Doreen
USA 1166/32 1202/26 CAN CHN 1210/23 1204/24 UK 1199/29 USA Denmark 1156 USA 1153 1146 Canada USA 1146 1139 USA 1136 USA Mongolia 1129 1124 USA Venezuela 1124 Canada 1111 1108 USA 1106 USA Venezuela 1103 1100 USA Canada 1063 1059 USA Canada 1050 1023 USA 975 USA 971 USA 970 USA 935 USA 926 USA 914 USA 906 USA 856 Canada 523 USA
Compound Men Name 1. Cousins, Dave 2. Sitar. Dejan 3. Wheatcroft. Adam 4. Eldredge. Kevin 5. Pcnaz, Mark 6. Rco. Wilde 7. Wilson, Ed 8. Webster, John 9. Hoyle, Roger 10. Cleland, Matt 11. Heller, Caleb 12. Freitas, Richard 13. Davis, Glenn 14. Bowman. Stewart 15. Calhoon, Jeffrey 16. Miller, David 17. Cowart, Gary 18. Button, Jeff 19. Roscngrcn. Keld 20. Oliferow, Gabriel 21. Hernandez, Gary 22. Butler, David 23. Risinger, Tom
Country USA SLO USA USA USA USA CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA DEN VEN VFN USA USA
ITTVR 1362/1 1343/7 1333/14 1334/13 1330/15 1312/24 1343 6
1344/5 1352^ 1341/8
1336/10 1347/4 1337/12 1360/2 1323/17 1335/11 1327/16 1318/19 1308/27 1290/35 1288/36 1337/9 1285/37
127 124 123 118 117
Medalists (L to R) Alison Williamson, Ying He, and Denise Parker with bronze medalist Janet Dykman
32nd 170 166 168 172
171 171 171 170 168 170 —
168 170 — 170 170 170 173 168 166 170 172 166
16th 173 165 174 167 167/9/8/10 171 171 170 171 168 169 174 167 169 172 169 171 169 169 169 169 168 168
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8th 4th Semi 176 112 116 114 170 112 107 171/10/10 111 168 107/10 114 112 170 108 173 173 108 167/X/9 107/8 171/10/9 170 169 167 167/10/1 166 165 160
■Medal 111/9/10/9 111/9/10/8 102 101
Final 339 337 320 322
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24. Ochoa, Ruben 25. Lara, Renato 26. Rasmussen, Henrik 27. Rogers. Ben 28. Wedel, Juan Jose 29. Webster, James 30. Bcrrie, Mark 31. Pavlovic, Alojz 32. Jimenez, Jorge 33. Asay, Rob 34. Kopecky, Vladimir 35. Risngcr, Nicholas 36. Laliberte. Kenneth 37. Brewington. Jon 38. Fleet, Wayne 39. Dean. Warren 40. Calhoon. Ryan 41. Sanchez. Ignacio 42. Reed, Levi 43. Pcrhac. Dusan 44. Durward, Greg 45. Tevendale, David 46. Hampson, Bradley 47. Griem, Stefan 48. Beck, Garry 49. Brodie, Tom 50. Dolbee. David 51. Pearson, Frank 52. DeBusk, Marion 53. Diaz, Ernesto 54. Marten, Ed 55. Rivas, Alex 56. Davis, Chad 57. Miles. Richard 58. Patterson, Sean 59. Ohata, Masahiro 60. Johnson, Peter 61. Deston. Chris 62. Hamilton, Jim 63. Koistinen, Micheal 64. Orth, Richard 65. King, Alan 66. Deston, Robert 67. Webster, Chris 68. Smith, Josh 69. Tellez, Jesse
MEX ELS DEN USA CRC USA USA SLO ELS USA CAN USA USA USA CAN USA USA VEN USA SLO CAN USA CAN GER USA CAN USA USA USA ELS USA ELS USA VEN USA JPN USA USA USA USA USA UK USA USA USA USA
1321/18 1341/22 1314/23 1298/32 1295/34 1315/21 1279/40 1310/26 1318/20 1261/50 1254/52 1306/28 1305/29 1282/38 1258/51 1268/47 1270/46 1276'43 1298/33 1305/30 1267/48 1209/62 1217/60 1278/41 1234/57 1233/58 1247/53 1300/31 1191/64 1264/49 1220/59 1280/39 1312/25 1271/45 1210/61 1240/56 1241/54 1274/44 1241/55 1198/63 1278/42 1184 1158 1149 1147 1086
167 168
Compound Women Name 1. Kamuf, Ashley 2. Wunderle, Sally 3. Davis, Jahna 4. Pearson, Becky 5. Santa Cruz Brown, K 6. Sumiyoshi.Yuko 7. Zcmljak-Perhac, B 8. Bakken, Ann 9. Thomas, Kristen 10. Hopkins, Brenda
Country USA USA USA USA MEX JPN SLO USA USA USA
HTA/R 1309/3 1324/1 1299/4 1322/2 12866 1298/5 1262/9 12867 1255/12 1248/14
16th — 166 167 163 153 158 158 164 158 168
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165 170
155 165 162 168 167 165 164 163 163 163 163 163 162 162 162 161 161 160 160 160 159 157 157 156 155 155 154 154 153 153 122 Forfeit Forfeit Forfeit Forfeit
Opening ceremonies
167/9/89 167 166 165 165 164 163 162 155
Canada
China
Germany
8th 162 169 158 165 163 164/10 162 159 164/8 153
4rd 107 109 105 107 104 103 98 98
Semi Medal 106 100 111 94 104 109 105 102
Final 313 314 318 314
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11. Meehan, Lillian 12. Schlueter, Jackie 13. Stratton, Anna Maria 14. Rosa, Irena 15. Suarez, Maria 16. Guerrero, Diana 17. Ward, Debbie 18. Ryder, Sharon 19. Tabuyo-Townc, Sharon 20. DeBusk, Melanic 21. Herrera, Lecha 22. Santa Cruz, A 23. Bots, Maxine 24. Rangel, Alexa 25. Filtcau, Audrey 26. Birckhead, Wendy 27. Cusson, Marty 28. Lopez, Zaida 29. Durward, Lynne 30. Gimenez, Anais 31. Santa Cruz, Carmen 32. Donaldson, Susan 33. Collett, Annette
CAN USA USA SLO VEN USA USA USA USA USA USA MEX USA VEN CAN USA CAN VEN CAN VEN MEX USA UK
OfTicialTeam Round Semi Recurve Women 238 1. Sweden 232 2. United Kingdom 225 3. USA 230 4. China Semi Recurve Men 240 1. China 244 2. Sweden 238 3. USA 4. United Kingdom 223 Semi Compound Women 1. Mexico 2. Venezuela Compound Men Semi 252 1. USA 253 2. Slovenia 3. El Salvador 251 249 4. Venezuela UnofficialTeam Round UnofficialTeanis 1. Den Mex 2 Canada (official CM) 3. Sweden for Fun 4. BMGTeam 5. Uzbcnkistan (official RM) 6. Canada (official RM) 7. Canada II 8. Chinese Taipei (official RW) 9. Venezuela (officia RM) 10. Canada 2 11. D-F-C 12. Canada (official CW) 13. USA for Fun
1250/13 1260/11 1217/16 1242/15 1261/10 1145/25 1167/24 1211/17 1140/26 1205/19 1058/32 1199/21 1193/22 1207/18 1178/23 1123/29 1136/28 1201/20 1079/31 1136/27 1277/8 1110/30 944
154 152 167 152 155 151 153 148 150 143 116 111 155 154 154 154 152 149 150 147 147 146 142 137 135 134 91 forfeit
Medal 236/24 236/23 238 234 Medal 246 243 247 240 Medal 239 221 Medal 246 242 254 243 LZS — — 233 —
239 231 230 223 211 220 194 191
Mexico
Sweden
United Kingdom
1 Z4 251 237 231 246 231 221 215 215
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TEXAS SHOOTOUT Story and photos by Jack Milchanowski
Female Compound (L-R) Jamie l'anNalta,Sally Wunderle and Ann Bakken
Female Olympic (L-R) Patricia Hider, Stacie Grange, and Cynthia Ruckman
Eighty-nine archers from around the United States and Canada competed at the Texas Shootout 2000 in Austin, Texas. The USAT ranking tournament was held April 14- April 16 at the University ofTexas. Strong winds and shooting all four distances of the F1TA in one day contributed to many of the scores being lower than many of the archers felt were normal. Five to fifteen miles per hour winds prevailed in the morning of the F1TA. The wind picked up in the afternoon and became very gusty. Practice prior to the F1TA scoring began at eight in the morning. The archers finished shooting at five-thirty in the afternoon. The day proved to be quite an endurance contest. In spite of the long day and windy conditions three scores of over 1300 were shot. Sally Wunderle shot a 1336 in the Female Compound Division. Ashley Kamuf finished second in the Female Compound Division with a score of 1317. Chris Harris shot a score of 1304 in the Male Compound Division. In the Male Compound Division Chris Harris. Eric Zahn, and Dean Warren finished first, second, and third respectively in the FITA. Unfortunately none of these top three made it through the elimination rounds. David McArthur finished the elimination rounds in first place. Jeffrey Calhoon finished in second. Darin DeNeal finished third.
In the Female Compound Division Sally Wunderle. Ashley Kamuf, and Mary Zorn finished first, second, and third in the FITA. Sally Wunderle, Ann Bakken, and Jamie VanNatta finished first, second, and third in the elimination rounds. The most exciting news of the tournament was that Sally Wunderle set a World Record by shooting a score of 173 in an 18arrow elimination round. Sally calmly walked back and informed thejudge. tournament director, and the DOS of her accomplishment What a fine competitor and young lady the United States has in Ms Wunderle. Congratulations arc in order when you sec her next. Cynthia Ruckman, Fuzzic Davis, and Stacie Grange finished first, second, and third in the Female Olympic Division at the end of the FITA. Cynthia Ruckman held on to first at the end of the elimination rounds. Stacie Grange moved up to finish second and Patricia Hider finished third. Guy Gerig, Guy Krueger, and Greg Krueger finished first, second and third at the completion of the FITA. Christopher Shull finished first after the elimination rounds. Greg Krueger moved into second place and Kevin Krueger finished in third. Complete tournament results can be found on the newly created Texas State Archcry Association web page. http;// www.texasarcherv.org
Male Compound (L-R)Jeffrey Calhoon, Darin DeNeal, and David McArthur
yia)e Olympic (L-R) Kevin Krueger, Greg Krueger and Chris Shull
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WOMEN’S COMPOUND BOW Rank
Name
1 Wundcrlc. Sally 2 Kamuf. Ashley 3 Zom, Mary 4 VanNatta. Jamie 5 Kuchenbrod. Katelyn 6 Baakcn, Ann 7 Zom. Nancy 8 Hale, Anna 9 Herrera, Lecha 10 Bots. Maxine 11 Washburn, Tanja 12 Hoffman, Faye 13 Guerrero, Diane 14 Jones. Sharon 15 Slaton, Kim 16 Ncdcau, Kimi 17 Stallings. Emilie
70 meters (Rank) Score 333 (1) 328 (3) 303 (7) 319 (5) 329 (2) 303 (7) 316 (6) 325 (4) 293 (9) (13) 275 293 (9) 263 (14) 248 (16) 278 (11) 252 (15) 276 (12) 248 (16)
New Jersey *s Judge Wayne Caviness officiated the tournament
60 meters (Rank) Score 336 (1) 328 (2) 323 (4) 328 (2) 319 (7) 323 (4) 322 (6) 288 (10) 277 (13) 314 (8) 252 (16) 294 (9) 284 (H) 265 (15) 278 (12) 272 (14) 246 (17)
50 meters (Rank) Score 317 (2) 315 (3) 326 (1) 314 (4) 306 (6) 307 (5) 303 (7) 276 (9) 280 (8) 272 (10) 264 (14) 252 (16) 266 (ID 266 (ID 257 (IS) 265 (13) 234 (17)
30 meters FITA (Rank) Score 350 (I) 346 (3) 346 (3) 337 (6) 341 (5) 348 (2) 337 (6) 334 (8) 324 (9) 305 (14) 322 (10) 311 (12) 316 (11) 300 (15) 308 (13) 249 (17) 250 (16)
Texas A & M archer, Greg Krueger, placed 2nd after elimination rounds
Total Total 1336 1317 1298 1298 1295 1281 1278 1223 1174 1166 1131 1120 1114 1109 1095 1062 978
Total Hits 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 143 143 142 143 143 142 142 143 138 139
Total Tens 70 59 57 45 46 51 47 40 27 25 19 16 21 23 13 23 8
X's 27 19 25 15 10 14 17 19 5 2 7 5 4
4 6 9
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Texas A A M archer, Chris Shull, placed 1st after elimination rounds
WOMEN’S OLYMPIC BOW Rank
Name
1. Ruckman. Cynthia 2. Davis, Fuzzie 3 Grange. Stacie 4 Chudy. Dawn 5 Hider, Patricia 6 Howa, Leslie 7 Davis. Gccna 8 Pons. Vickie 9 Milchanowski, Kostin lOChastain, Enn 11 Velich. Tina 12 Jeffrey. Amanda 13 Carmichael. Lindsey 14 Ho, Vivian 15Musta. Annette 16Hafkcr, Dagny 17 Shawlcr, Amanda 18 Alexander, Mel issa 19Findley, Jessica 20 Schirmer. Kara 21 Adams, Sage
FITA 30 meters 50 meters 60 meters 70 menns (Rank) Total (Rank) Score (Rank) Score (Rank) Score Score 289 296 270 277 255 266 274 263 254 261 258 193 189 174 204 195 174 170 108 129 113
(2) (1) (5) (3) (10) (6) (4) (7) (11) (8) (9) (14) (15) (16) (12) (13) (16) (18) (21) (19) (20)
294 283 292 299 280 266 283 268 273 257 271 210 260 238 207 200 208 156 190 143 98
(2) (4) (3) (1) (6) (10) (4) (9) (7) (12) (8) (14) (11) (13) (16) (17) (15) (19) (18) (20) (21)
268 266 271 272 263 259 263 256 237 255 234 222 239 231 225 178 167 157 114 70 67
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(3) (4) (2) (1) (5) (7) (5) (8) (11) (9) (12) (15) (10) (13) (14) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)
317 321 331 315 326 318 286 310 309 290 280 299 232 271 261 260 199 167 204 93 83
(5) (3) (1) (6) (2) (4) (H) (7) (8) (10) (12) (9) (16) (13) (14) (15) (18) (19) (17) (20) (21)
1168 1166 1164 1163 1124 1109 1106 1097 1073 1063 1043 924 920 914 897 833 748 650 616 435 361
Total Hits
Total Tens
Total Xs
143 144 144 142 144 142 140 142 144 143 139 140 136 136 136 130 121 114 103 89 64
22 23 26 20 22 20 14 20 11 9 14 7 5 6 10 9 3 6 5 1
7 8 10 8 7 5 1 10 4 3 2 2
1 3 2 1 1 1
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Men's Compound Bow 90 meters Score (Rank) 309 (2) 299 (8) 309 (2) 310 (1) 301 (6) 294 (9) 302 (5) 306 (4) 285 (12) 286 (10) 276 (15) 273 (17) 300 (7) 286 (10) 276 (15) 277 (14) 284 (13) 250 (21) 261 (19) 264 (18) 254 (20) 225 (23) 237 (22) 215 (24) 201 (25) 63 (26)
70 meters (Rank) Score 315 (4) 318 (2) 312 (5) 310 (10) 308 (12) 318 (2) 313 (5) 310 (10) 312 (5) 311 (9) 307 (13) 320 (1) 306 (14) 300 (18) 300 (18) 306 (14) 301 (17) 312 (5) 260 (22) 304 (16) 279 (20) 278 (21) 233 (25) 250 (23) 247 (24) 126 (26)
90 meters (Rank) Score 1 Gerig, Guy 275 (5) 2 Krueger. Guy 276 (4) 260 3 Krueger. Greg (12) 4 Dalziel, David (Canadian) 283 (2) 282 5 Shull. Chris (3) 272 6 Riggs. Shawn (Canadian) (7) 7 Krueger, Kevin 268 (10) 266 8 Stoncbraker. Rick (11) 284 9 Caviness, Luke (1) 272 10 Jenskey, Allen (7) 11 Tckmitchov, George 274 (6) 270 12 Bots. Jim (9) 13 Skinner, Larry 232 (14) 249 14 Brown, Chris (13) 15 Cockrell. Richard 231 (15) 16 Churchill, Dan (Canadian) 194 (19) 17 Walters. Bob 193 (20) 18 Krueger, Garrett 200 (18) 19 Woods, Kevin 209 (16) 202 20 Hafker, Jon (17) 155 21 Frank. Bill (21) 138 22 Mims, Charles (22)
70 meters Score (Rank) 299 (4) 304 (2) 308 (1) 298 (5) 295 (6) 303 (3) 292 (8) 286 (11) 289 (10) 295 (6) 281 (13) 285 (12) 290 (9) 269 (15) 274 (14) 264 (16) 249 (17 199 (20) 204 (19) 195 (21) 207 (18) 147 (22)
Rank
Name
1 Hanis, Chris 2 Zahn. Eric 3 Dean. Warren 4 Calhoon, Jeffrey 5 Dolbce. David 6 Schlangen. Jake 7 Stollcis, Karl 8 Holland. Stephen 9 DcNcal. Darin 10 Baxter, Don 11 McArthur. D. 12 Orth. Richard 13 Calhoon. Ryan 14 Lafayette. Travis 15 Wilson, Justin 16 Blockcolski. Chris 17 Helland. Bryan 18 Gordon, Scott 19 Hendrickson. Jerry 20 Blockcolski. David 21 Rowntree, Chris 22 Overall. Mark 23 Loughlin. Mike 24 Osburn, Jeff 25 Peeler. Price 26 Anika. Larry
50 meters (Rank) Score 330 (1) 328 (2) 321 (3) 321 (3) 319 (5) 314 (7) 313 (9) 312 (H) 312 (11) 310 (13) 313 (9) 308 (14) 297 (18) 314 (7) 308 (14) 307 (16) 285 (20) 315 (6) 288 (19) 307 (16) 277 (22) 257 (25) 264 (24) 281 (21) 269 (23) 148 (26)
30 meters. (Rank) Score 350 (2) 348 (4) 349 (3) 341 (10) 351 (1) 343 (7) 342 (8) 325 (19) 342 (8) 339 (12) 345 (6) 339 (12) 336 (15) 332 (17) 340 (11) 327 (18) 346 (5) 337 (14) 334 (16) (26) 245 300 (22) 318 (21) 320 (20) 276 (24) 295 (23) 273 (25)
F1TA Total 1304 1293 1291 1282 1279 1269 1269 1253 1251 1246 1241 1240 1239 1232 1224 1217 1216 1214 1143 1120 1110 1078 1054 1022 1012 610
Total Hits 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 141 144 143 144 144 144 143 144 133 143 144 143 141 140 102
Total Tens 56 51 59 48 52 45 42 38 26 49 45 42 39 45 30 31 18 39 26 29 16 11 23 13 4 5
Total X’s 22 21 21 15 22 17 12 12 20 13 18 15 10 15 10 9 10 13 5 7 5 4 5 2 8
FITA Total 1225 1221 1207 1204 1202 1192 1191 1175 1172 1159 1149 1146 1144 1133 1106 1039 1010 894 852 851 824 809
Total Hits 143 144 144 144 143 144 144 144 144 144 141 143 143 144 139 139 136 131 128 134 131 130
Total Tens 37 35 33 22 28 29 27 24 24 26 33 18 25 26 2 2 17 9 9 5 7 6
Total X’s 14 15 12 3 13 11 8 10 4 7 10 6 8 10 6 9 5 2 4
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Name
50 meters Score (Rank) 317 (1) 299 (4) 301 (3) 289 (10) 298 (5) 283 (13) 308 (2) 290 (9) 282 (14) 266 (15) 293 (6) 288 (H) 293 (6) 291 (8) 286 (12) 260 (16) 259 (17) 241 (18) 201 (21) 204 (20) 187 (22) 230 (19)
30 meters Score (Rank) 334 (3) 342 (1) 338 (2) 334 (3) 327 (8) 334 (3) 323 (11) 333 (6) 317 (13) 326 (9) 301 (17) 303 (16) 329 (7) 324 (10) 315 (14) 321 (12) 309 (15) 254 (20 238 (22) 250 (21) 275 (19) 294 (18)
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By 7:30 AM on Saturday, May 6, the excitement of the crowd made the air vibrate. They were crouched in a starting position, trembling, while they listened to the last instructions from tournament Chair Pam Scvcrtson. Then Pam announced that Vince Zamora would sing the National Anthem. After the first few notes, the crowd stopped moving, stopped speaking and just listened. All of us felt our love of country renewed by Vince’s emotional and beautiful voice as he sang the very difficult piece of music un accompanied. There were definitely tears in many eyes as the archers were sent to their starting targets. There were nearly 1,300 contestants and several hundred spectators, along with several hundred volunteers all occupying the same 65 acres. From the air we must have looked like an overturned anthill. Down on the ground a lot was happening. The trade show booths ranged from all descriptions of archery equipment to a massage booth, and a vitamin booth with a variety of items in between. Straight Arrow members were busy replacing targets and dishing out the food. The competition for the mileage award was especially keen this year when people saw the beautiful trophy. Chinook Archers from Vancouver were sure they would win with 30 members traveling a total of28,800 miles round trip. Six archers from Lawton Field Bowmen in the United Kingdom logged 60,000 miles. Bend Bowmen from Oregon brought 27 members and 14,580 miles: Wilde Arrow from Pocatello ID had 16membersand 16,000 miles. Jones and Jones who came from England via Holland thought they might take the trophy with 14,000 miles. Redwood Bowmen from Redwood City brought 19 members and traveled 9,310 miles, but the Hawaiians reported 16 members of JUST ONE CLUB who had a total of 88,000 miles and blew everybody away - again. We were glad ALL the Hawaiians didn't get in on the count, we weren't able to add that high!
On Sunday there was a slight drizzle of rain and many archers wondered whether they wanted to brave the weather. My husband. Bill, told me he was ready to sit that one out when he saw Jeff Fabry rolling his wheelchair out to his starting target. Bill decided that if Jeff was willing to shoot in the rain, he could, too. By the way, Jeff finished 3rd in Men’s Bowhunter Freestyle Limited-A class. Many archers complimented the club members on the tournament and the way it is organized. There were compliments for the parking crew, the way the animals were arranged, the food, the raffle, and registration; even the new PA system got compliments. All the club members felt proud to have done a great job.
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Freestyle unlimited Chaampions - Glenda Merrill, Michelle and Becky Pearson
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WESTERN CLASSIC RESULTS TOP 3 IN EACH CLASS NS-FP ALINA REYES MADISON MUELLER NS-MP NATHANIEL MILLER ALEX MUELLER BROCK WHALEY S-FP PAIGE PEARCE S-MP TYLER WORTHAM DAVID THOMAS BB-.MC-A CHRISTOPHER MARTIN SEAN LANE DEREK WARD BB-MC-C NICOLISCORK SPENCER UTVICK TIMOTHY CORK FS-FC-A KELSEY YOUNKER GENNA BURNETT KES1UA DEBUSK FS-FC-B ERIN WILLIAMS AMANDA SEABORN FS-FC-C BRANDI EBERSOLE DOMINIQUE RICE FS-MC-A JOEL WILSON GRANT COWART BRIAN MILLER FS-MC-B JORDAN CARTER FS-MC-C SCOOTER GARIBAY RICHARD KREIG FSL-FC-A JENNIFER SAGER FSL-MC-A SCOTT JOHNSTON TYLER WARD CODY WELCH FSL-MC-B MILES ROSS FSI.-MC-C BRANDON ROBINSON ROSS BOLIN IAN THORSBY BB-MY-A BRIAN MONTGOMERY MICHA MONTGOMERY BB-MY-B JOSEPH SCIACCA HARRY SANT1LL1E BB-MY-C CHADRHODES 160
281
36 1225 1198 996 948 1441 958 1359 1341 1222
594 589 507 1008 994 991
FS-FY-A BRITTANY ST-CLAIR RYHANNA TITTLE EMILY WILSON FS-FY-B HEIDI GARDINER ALEXANDRA RIEDINGER
1280 1259 1214
1097 930
1S-I<Y-C
GYSPY MAXWELL FS-MY-A THOMAS NEALY JON JENSEN DANIEL WILSON FS-MY-B CHRIS WILLIAMS ADAM GARIBAY MATT GARIBAY FS-MY-C BRYAN MAYNARD ANTHONY MILANO SHANE GIBSON FSVFY-A LACEYTAYLOR FSL-MY-A CODYRHEES PATRICK LANE KEITH BARRIER FSL-MY-B GREGREYNOLDS
1098 1506 1472 1450
1273 814 811 1269 1178 898 938
1351 1030 1020
1044
FSL-MY-C
866 450 964 431 1432 1396 1392
1449 1192 760 1248
1453 1304 1290 1151 968 874 580
923 868 1005 859
553
COREYBAKER ROBERT RAMIREZ FS-FYA-A BURGANDY BRONSON FS-MYA-A KELLEY BAMER CHRIS PARKS DAVID DAY JR. FS-MYA-B CHADPERREARD BEN NEWMAN JR. CURTIS GOWIN FS-MYA-C NICK KREIG COLE REYES FSL-FYA-A JADESKOW FSL-MYA-A JEFFEREY BARRIER PAULHERSCHELL CODY NEWMAN FSL-MYA-C ROBERT CULLEY JEREMY JOUQUIN BB-FA-A KAREN FALLGATTER BB-MA-A PAUL WASHBURN PAUL LARUE BILL PARKER BB-MA-B LADDIE TOFELL BB-MS-A BOBBURNS
665 530
1452 1512 1487 1485
1394 1210 1179 1082 281 738 1414 1291 1244
928 905
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IBO Spring Nationals By Jim Atkinson
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concerned but it was gone by 11:00 a.m. and the rest of the weekend was bright and sunny. The Hunter Class was by far the largest and Stacey Hatten took top honors with a fine score of 377 and 9Xs. The Male Bowhunter Open Class was the next in line for participants and Jercnty Blackmon swept the field with a score of 377 with 1 IXs. The top score for the tourney was shot by Martin Clough as he posted a great 387 with 14Xs in the Male Bowhuntcr Release Class; this class was also the third largest contingency for the weekend. If you missed this shoot you missed a good one. The comments of everyone who attended were so positive concerning the hospitality, facilities and layout that there is talk of making this shoot the third leg of the l.B.O. Southern Triple Crown for 2001. There were shooters for all classes. The following is a summary of the top finishers in each class. HUNTERCLASS 1. Stacey Hatten 9 Xs 377 2. Cecil Powe 17 Xs 375 3. Mark Smith 12 Xs 375 4. Ted Parker 13 Xs 374 5. Scott Richardson 12 Xs 372 MALE BOWHUNTEROPEN 1. Jeremy Blackmon 11 Xs 377 2. David Wilbur 7 Xs 370 3. Rick Mapes 13 Xs 361 4. Andy Richards 8 Xs 359 5,C.J.BcU 4 Xs 359 MALE BOWHUNFER RELEASE 1. Martin Clough 14 Xs 387 2. Kerry Hill 15 Xs 381 3. Ronnie Anthony 11 Xs 377 4. Chris Childers 11 Xs 366 5. David Weaver 10 Xs 364 RECURVE UN-AIDED 1. William Wright 3 Xs 331 2. Levy Bryant 6 Xs 324
The International Bowhunter’s Organization spread their blankets of competition over the Southern pan of the U.S. and held their Spring Nationals in Pensacola, Florida on April 7-9,2000. The shoot was held at the Matt Langley Bell, III 4-H Center, a sprawling wooded area that features a beautiful, small lake at it's center. Shooters from all across the south, and as far away as Vienna, Austria, staned arriving on Friday, the opening day of the tourney, and continued to register and start shooting until there was not enough time left to complete the course. The tournament was hosted by Panhandle Bowhunter’s Association, the local archcry club. Vibrachcck Stabilizers, an archery products company located in Pensacola, Mike’s Outdoor Sports, a major sporting goods store in the area and Pearson Archcry, Headquartered fifty miles away in Brewton, Alabama. As with most quality tournaments, preparation for the event started more than a year ahead of schedule and all of the hard work and planning was evident in the condition of the ranges, layout of the targets, movement of archers between venues, food preparation, parking space, practice areas, plus indoor and outdoor spaces for vendors. One of PSE's eighteen wheelers even made the trip down for the event and provided those who attended the tournament a look at all the new 2000 products plus tuned and made any needed repairs on all makes of bows, not just their own. It is not often that 3-D archers have the luxury of shooting ranges laid out in the type of terrain that is available at this site. Tom Crowe, one of the top pros on the l.B.O. circuit, was overheard saying, “It is unusual for us to have the type of trees that have a canopy that is high enough to provide shade throughout the day. This combined with the short underbrush beneath it that allowed a breeze to get through and the medium to tough target layout made for almost ideal shooting conditions." The highs for all three days were in the low seventies with mornings opening in the low forties. A light drizzle on Saturday morning had promoters 162
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3. JefFFostcr 4. Johnny McGallager 5. Robby Clark MALE SENIORS 1. John Haas 2. Jim Sinqucficld 3. Oscar Westbrook 4 . Terry Templet 5. Chuck Skilling SEMI-PROMALE 1. Gordon Venus 2. Steven Pheasant 3. Shane Bates 4. Lou Lorenson PRO SENIORS 1. Thomas Crowe 2. Frank Carr
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PRO MALE RELEASE 1. Justin Martin SEMI-PRO FEMALE 1. Edith Zecha CUB 1. Bartlett Kimbrough 2. Nathan Wallis 3. Grey VanDer Pol YOUTH FEMALE 1. Kira East YOUTH MALE FINGERS 1. Kevin Kaltenbach 2. Kevin Porsell YOUTH MALE RELEASE 1. Jake Underwood 2. Kyle Reed 3. Steven McCall 4. B.J. Gilbert 5. Buddy Ziglar YOUTH MALE RELE ASE 1. Kyle Kennedy 2. Chuck Solandcr 3. Timothy Bcrrian 4. Justin Patterson FEMALE TRADITIONAL 1. Janice Bryant 2. Joy Shelton 3. Sharon David FEMALE BOWHUNTER OPEN 1. Gwen Richardson 2. Valeric Skilling 3. Janet Wright 4. Kristen Collins 5. Betty Adkins FEMA1 E BOWHUNTER RELEASE 1. Mary Kimbrough 2. Betty Fults 3. Hazel Carpenter 4. Ruby Powe MALE BOWHLINTER FINGERS 1. Jerry Sullivan 2. Brian Adkins
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IronMan Novice Fills Void for Rugged, ACCURATE Starter Sight! Lawrenceville. GA—Named after the “big daddy" Bull's Eye IronMan fiber optic bow sight, the IronMan Novice is configured to take the strain out of purchasing and effectively using a quality starter pin sight. The NEW IronMan Novice only weighs 3.9 ounces! The new bowhunter or competition archer will not find this sight intimidating to mount, adjust and shoot accurately. - Body - precision machined aluminum. anodized scratch resistant, non-reflective black. - Pin guard - The IronMan Novice has a tough. .13 diameter front-mounted steel pin guard - Sight Pins - Three, looped fiber optic pins are the brightest in the business and may be ordered in standard .039 diameter version or the new .019 fiber dimension. “A lot of people will like the smaller .019 diameter." Clyde notes, "because they are the smallest, brightest aiming points ever made available to the general public.” - Adjustability - It is easy to move (or remove!) the entire sight bracket horizontally and vertically on the dovetails. Individual pins may be adjusted to the micro-millimeter by loosening a pin bracket and sliding them up or down in one of the two machined vertical slots provided. - NOTE: For the 1BO and ASA competitor, using an IronMan Novice quali ties for inclusion in the Bull’s Eye's “Amateur Rewards Program" and the new “World Championship Money."
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Lawrenceville, GA—The rugged, versatile and highly adjustable, NEW IronMan Sight from Bulls Eye is designed so that it can be used for both 3-D competition and the heavy hauling of bowhunting extreme. “Finally,” notes sight designer and Bulls Eye President Clyde Hartsell, “a high quality pin sight for top flight 3-D competition shooters!”
The NEW IronMan weighs just 6.4 ounces. - Body - precision-machined aluminum, anodized scratch resistant, non-reflective black. -Pin Guards - The IronMan's trademarked double pin guards hold a machined, black anodized mounting bar across the top of the sight for the inclusion of an optional, screw-in sight light. - Sight pins - Three, looped fiber optic pins are the brightest in the business and may be ordered in the standard .039 diameter version or in the new .019 fiber dimensions. "A lot of people will like the smaller .019
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Dealers Win BIG In Solve The Profit Puzzle Archery Trade Show Game Gainesville, FL. Following a meeting at the Archery Manufacturer s & Merchant s Organization (AMO) office in Gainesville, America s archery dealers won BIG as a result of participating in the Solve the Profit Puzzle Play and Win Game at the AMO Archery Trade Show in Indianapolis, January 28-30 GRAND PRIZE Mr. Kevin Grace of Grace s Great Outdoors in Hopewell, PA was drawn for the trophy pronghorn hunt courtesy of Fred Eichler and Colorado s FullDraw Outfitters (303) 779-2566. In business full time five years. Kevin and Lisa Grace have a compact, 15 x 30 retail area and an outdoor range. They are constructing an indoor range now. Kevin is a bowhunter and a semi-pro 3-D competitor. I can t believe it! It s the first time I ve ever won anything. He said, I ve never been on an antelope hunt before.
FIRST PRIZE Mr. Dale Edwards of Southwestern Archery in Shipman, IL, was drawn for the trophy whitetail hunt courtesy of Keith Shannon and Shannon Outdoors (800) 852-8058 of Louisville. GA. Dale s father Calvin started Southwestern Archery 26 years ago We have a Dart System and an outdoor practice and 3-D range, Dale said. We have begun sponsoring target leagues and give shooting llessons. Because we are in a rural area, we
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ARIZONA E-Z FLETCH — GOLDEN KEY MASTER ARROWS YOUR WAY HUNTER ARROW REST UPGRADED!
For the avid archer the do-it-yourself part of archery has always held a certain fascination. One function is the making of ones own arrows. For the target archer and bowhunter, the fun and art of making arrows allows for each to make an arrow to exacting, personal specifications, make the arrows when needed and save money over buying store bought, pre-fletched arrows. With the new ARIZONA E-Z FLETCH, all these benefits are accomplished plus, it is also fast. For Randy Phillips. President of ARIZONA RIM COUNTRY, manufacturer of the popular ARIZONA E-Z FLETCH, it was more of a necessity. I consider myself an all-around archer. Says Randy. I enjoy the competition of shooting X s and love 3D but my main hobby is getting out and bowhunting. I also love to tinker. Not only because I have this need to know how things work, but because I am very particular when it comes to my equipment. I like my equipment set up precisely the way I want it because I know III shoot my best. I want my arrows perfect and I want them when I need them so I do it myself. This is the reason for the ARIZONA EZ FLETCH. I can fletch a dozen of my own arrows, wood, aluminum or carbon, exactly the way I want them, in less than 30 minutes because it fletches three or four vanes or feathers at the same time. I don t have to depend on someone else to do it, and I can save money while enjoying the process. The ARIZONA E-Z FLETCH is a compact, lightweight unit that is easy to use. even in the field. The E-Z FLETCH PRO automatically adjusts to any size arrow shaft from 2013 to 2613. It comes in straight, straight offset, right or left helical and will also do any style of three or four fletch with nothing extra to buy. The ARIZONA E-Z FLETCH is also available in a Carbon Arrow model that will fletch the smallest carbon shaft up to a 2018 aluminum. This new patented design ensures precision alignment and includes interchangeable arms. For those who want precision arrows, want to save money and enjoy doing it yourself. nothing beats the ARIZONA E-Z FLETCH. For more information please contact: ARIZONA RIM COUNTRY 6401 W. Chandler Blvd. Suite A Chandler. AZ 85226 Dealers only call: 800-635-6899480-9617995 (fax) 480-961-7996
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GOLDEN KEY-FUTURA has spent the past 30 years designing and manufacturing top quality Arrow Rests for both target archers and bowhunters. They never seem to run out of ideas and every year sees new Rests or upgrades offered that improves everyone s archery.
Robert Troncoso, VP, Sales & Marketing was pleased to announce another innovative Rest. The MASTER HUNTER is a quality made Rest designed to give the bowhunting archer the highest degree of tunability, durability and simplicity. It is a solidly built Rest that features our new One WrenchOne Screw Vertical and Horizontal Adjustment, Heavy Duty metal CNC, Drop Arm Mount w/Anti Pivot Feature and Patented Ball Bearing Micro Pitch Adjustment. The MASTER HUNTER also features a Pat.Pending Push Button, Quick Adjust Spring Tension System and Incremental Indicators for faster, more precise calibration. The MASTER HUNTER comes standard with 3 Launcher Systems; a TM Stainless Launcher (W/ Optional Shrink Tube), No Noise Cradle Launchers & Teflon Sleeve Hush Tubes. This is one of the quietest, most accurate and adjustable Arrow Rests made today.
The MASTER HUNTER is available in either black or camo and will fit all risers, left and right hand for hunting and 3D. For more information see your local dealer/ dist/retailer or send $3 for color catalog to: GOLDEN KEY-FUTURA. Inc. PO Box 1446 Montrose. CO 81402-1446 970-249-6700 970-249-4108(fax) info@gkfarcherv.comfemain Visit us on the Internet at: www.gkfarchery.com
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ELITE 2000 BOW SIGHT A SURE WINNER IN 2000
Bob Closson, President of SIGHT MASTER, Inc. did more than just invent a new design with his One Touch-One Sight Bow sight, he created an entire way of improving shooting accuracy. For 2000 he has outdone himself by taking his concept another giant leap forward with the new ELITE 2000 Bow Sight. Bob Closson. “What we have done is take my basic concept, added some new components and shortened the radius for high performance bows so it is a smaller, more compact sight. 1 angled the Adjustment Arm for high mount Cable Guard Bows and added our new STAR BURST XL2 Fiber Optic Scope with fiber optics by TRUGLO. The STARBURST XL2 features a clear Polycarbomtc Scope Ring that lets in more light, a bottom mounted Sight Pin. Crosshairs and Bubble Level.’' Closson continued, “The major improvement however is the Patent Pending feature at the other end of this remarkable Sight. I have designed a new Elevation Micro-Adjust that allows the shooter to set the yardage markers then, to counteract any performance changes m equipment. adjust the Sight without moving the Yardage Arm or resetting the yardage stickers Precision settings for elevation require only a slight turn of the knurled brass knob to put the aiming pin back on target. This features allow the shooter to adjust to an exact, precise aiming point regardless of the minor performance changes of the equipment.” “Another nice feature, especially with todays high performance, high shock bows, is the new Positive Yardage Arm Adjustment Lock Down. One turn of the Adjustment Knob lets you move your yardage setting. It is incredibly smooth yet when tightened, it locks into a serrated plate so it stays securely in place regardless of the shock of each shot. Once locked down the Sight Arm will not shoot loose." The new ELITE 2000 is machined from quality 6061 high Grade Aluminum, features a six position Scope Plate for a greater range of scope placement and adjusts for windage and elevation. It is available in black Mossy Oak ‘BREAK-UP’ and Bill Jordan's ADVANTAGE camo, will accept all
Spring Return post for a quieter, no click return on the shot. The larger. No-Strip steel screws and collars now feature a special rust resistant finish to ensure trouble free performance and longer life to this already dependable Rest. GOLDEN KEY continues to lead the way by designing new. dependable, high performance Arrow Rests for every aspect of archery. Its reassuring to know they also continue to upgrade existing Arrow Rests such as the time proven favontes like the TM Hunter. Just one more reason why GOLDEN KEY is known as the ARROW REST SPECIALISTS For more information see your Golden Key dealer/dist/retail outlet or send $3.00 for catalog to: GOLDEN KEY-FUTURA. Inc. PO Box 1446 Montrose. CO 81402-1446 970-249-6700 (fax) 970-249-4108 Visit us on the Internet at: www.gkfarchery.com
AMO standard 10-24 posts for quiver mounting and will fit all AMO standard bows, right or left hand. For more information see your local Pro Shop or for color catalog, contact: SIGHT MASTERS. Inc 1093 Highway 12 East Townsend, MT 59644 406-266-5516 Visit us on the Internet at: www.Bowhunting.Ncl
GOLDEN KEY INTRODUCES NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR WORLD S MOST POPULAR ARROW REST.
TRUGLO PRO-SERIES RANGE ROVER BOW SIGHT BRIGHT AND TOUGH.
When one thinks of Arrow Rests. GOLDEN KEY-FUTURA is the name that always comes to mind. It s a natural choice because GKF is the largest and most innovative designer of Arrow Rests in the world The most popular Arrow Rest made is the GOLDEN KEY TM Hunter. Since it s inception it has been the overwhelming top seller for bowhunters around the world. While GOLDEN KEY continues to design many new Rests, the TM Hunter has not remained unchanged. Probably the most copied of all modem Arrow Rests, the TM Hunter has continued to be a best seller by combining rugged dependability with easy adjustability and precision tuning for superior arrow flight. Over the years, the TM Hunter has undergone other design changes that have continued to keep it ahead of it s competition. The TM Hunter now features a new. wider pivot bearing for Play-Free action, making it an even smoother Rest to shoot. Also added was a special urethane sleeve on the
TRUGLO, the world leader in Tiber optic technology for modern sighting systems, has announced it has added to its popular RANGE ROVER, Fiber Optic Bow Sight line with the new metal bracket ‘PRO-SERIES' model The ‘PRO -SERIES’ RANGE ROVER, like the original RANGE ROVER, is an advanced design utilizing a single sighting aperture that may either be locked down and used as a fixed pin sight or adjusted before each shot to account for various yardages. This linkage design allows for smoother. trouble free operation while adjusting for yardage and windage range.
The PRO-SERIES RANGE ROVER features a machined aluminum bracket for the ultimate in strength and is outfitted with TRUGLO s super bright. 2 0 dia. machined acrylic aperture with 3-pin Fiber Optics. Each pin picks up available light, even in low light conditions, to provide a bright, easy to see aiming point. The Yardage
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Adjustment arm is smooth to operate and locks down firmly at the desired yardage. The PRO-SERIES RANGE ROVER is also offered in a single pin model with a longer 24 fiber that is threaded around and through the clear acrylic aperture. This design produces the brightest non-battery powered sight available today. Lorraine Mellinghausen of TRUGLO made the announcement. The RANGE ROVER has proven to be such a hot seller that we designed all the popular features into a machined metal bracket for the hunter/archer who wants an upgrade. As such, it fits very nicely into out new line of PRO-SERIES metal sights for archery and for firearms. For information and/or color catalog contact TRUGLO. Inc. PO Box 1612 McKinney. TX 75070 972-774-0300 Fax- 972-774-0323 Dealers only 888-8-TRUGLO (888-8878456) On the Internet at www.truglosights com
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PENSACOLA Archers and bowhunters can protect themselves, improve their shooting and isolate the shock of shooting a bow with the new Isolator, the last word in stabilizers from Vibracheck. the leader in archery equipment and accessories. A drawn bow is full of energy and when released most of the energy reverberates through the bow and up the archer s arm. The new Isolator makes bow shooting quiet, fast and accurate, reducing fatigue and improving performance. Vibracheck s latest stabilizer is rubbercoated and filled with the same soft visco-elastic
polymer-gel that goes into the company s Strikewave stabilizers. The geometric design is what makes the Isolator so effective. In the gel is an isolating rod with two weights that oscillate at the shot, jiggling the gel. The gel softly but quickly rejects the stirring motion, returning the weights to their original motionless state, thereby absorbing the vibration of the shot. The design can make your bow quieter and smoother and increase arrow speed while dampening the noise caused by today s lighter arrows. The Isolator is available in four-inch, seven inch, or nine-inch lengths and comes in several different camo patterns or black. Isolator is the latest in a series of Vibracheck products for archers and bowhunters. The Vibracheck Hydraulic is an exceptional hydraulic stabilizer that works like a shock absorber for your two-cam bow. It contains a piston captured between two specially tensioned springs immersed in a viscous fluid to absorb shock. Its available in rubbercoated black, camo, competition silver or black anodized. Another Vibracheck product is the Strikewave, which absorbs high-frequency vibrations common to the single cam systems. At the shot, vibration attempts to force its way through a visco-elastic polymer-gel, which softly but rapidly resists the ripple, returning the gel to its motionless state and absorbing vibration. Strikewave is available in five-inch, eight-inch or ten-inch sizes in rubbercoated black, camo, competition silver or black anodized. Vibracheck offers stabilizers for all budgets with its economical solid stabilizers in threeand-a-half-inch and five-inch sizes in a tough, powder-coated, crinkle black finish. Vibracheck products are produced by R & R Enterprises of Pensacola. FL. The company began in 1990 when developers Rex Walz and Ron Gilley started formulating new, innovative archery stabilizer designs that would cushion the effect of a bow shot as well as dampen the noise level for archers. Over the years, the company continued to
introduce inventive archery products making R & R Enterprises. Inc., the undisputed leader in innovative stabilizer technology. R & R Enterprises, Inc. 10003 Raymar Street/ Phone 850-857-0092 Pensacola. Fl 32534 - Fax 850-857-1863
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Winners Choice pro staff shooter Laurie Watson with Winners Choice President Tom Nealy at ther booth at the World Archery Festival in Las Vegas in March of 2000 Winners Choice Custom Bowstrings inc. announces revolutionary new construction methods for building ultra high quality bowstrings and bus cables for today s high-tech bows. Our method of construction allows us to produce a totally prestretched string that will come out of the package at the length it is suppose to be, and stay at that length for the entire life of the product As a result, the shooter gets superior consistency and accuracy from their equipment. Also, because of the absolute non-stretch non-creep quality of our product, and because we install our serving to the maximum possible tightness, shooters will experience No Serving Separation-even on one cam bus cables which are notorious for serving problems. Our strings also enable the shooter to expenence True peep alignment for the life of the string! If the string doesn t stretch, the peep sight won t rotate. Our strings and cables come in a wide variety of colors and color combinations in one. two or our new three-color Cyber twist string. String materials include BCY s new formula 8125, as well as 450 premium or dynaflight 97 on request. We also use Brownell s new D-75, Ultra cam. and S-4 thin. Winners choice Custom Bowstrings are designed to be absolutely the finest quality bowstring on the market today. We pride ourselves in producing strings and cables that are truly ready to install and shoot right out of the package, without any need for modification or repair. But best of all, our strings do not require the lengthy shool-in period the other strings do. and once the bow is tuned to the new string, it will not move. We feel that this product will completely change the way people look at this very integral part of their shooting equipment. But don t just take our word for it, ask our pro staff shooters such as I.B.O. world champion Dave Stepp, or Hoyt pro Laurie Watson, who builds the worlds finest bowstrings, and they will tell you Winners Choice, It s the only Choice. Contact Winner s Choice Custom Bowstrings Inc. at 141 East Main, John Day, Oregon. 97845 or call (541) 575-0818 or (541) 883-8068 FAX (541) 575-2374 Winnerschoice@highdesertnet.com address:www.winnerschoicestrings.com 167
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JAY’S SPORTING GOODS Named 1999 Dealer of The Year The Bohning Company, Ltd. presented its 1999 “Dealer Of The Year
Award" to Jay's Sporting Goods, of Clare, Michigan. Accepting the award
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Named 1999 Distributor of The Year
right) Tom Neff. As one of the largest archery dealers in the country.
Jay's continues to set the standard in professional retailing. Presenting The Bohning Company. Ltd. presented its 1999 “Distributor Of The Year the award on behalf of The Bohning Company. Ltd. are (second from Award” to Kinsey's Archery Products. Inc., of Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania.
Accepting the award for Kinsey's is (Center) Rick Kinsey, the second
generation of leadership in the Kinsey organization. Presenting the
award on behalf of The Bohning Company, Ltd. are (Left) Dale E. Voice, Vice-President of Sales and Marketing and (Right) Chuck Jordan,
National Sales Manager. “The professionalism and leadership of the entire Kinsey organization makes them an excellent recipient of this award”. This is the first year Bohning has presented this annual award.
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left) Dale E. Voice, Vice-President of Sales and Marketing and (Right) Chuck Jordan, National Sales Manager. This is the first year Bohning has presented this annual award.
Lloyd Brown Coaches US Archery Team for 2000 Olympics SAN DIEGO, CA—Lloyd Brown has been named US Olympic Archcry Coach for the 2000 Games in Australia. Lloyd has been part of the Easton team for over 15 years as Youth Promotions Manager and Director ofYouth Programs. He was on the coaching staff for the last four FITA World Championships and coached the men’s 1996 Olympic Team, leading them and individual Gold Medalist, Justin Huish to victory. He has coached numerous JOAD, Jr. USAT, and USAT Training Camps, 17 International tournaments, and countless other training events. “In my coaching experience, 1 have learned a great deal from my successes, as well as some valuable lessons from my mistakes,"
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Press Releases said Lloyd. “I have worked with Olympic and compound shooters, youth and adults. Through the Easton Sports Development Foundation, Lloyd has provided instructions to tens of thousands of children and adults on the safety and use of archcry equipment. “Lloyd has a love of archery, and a remarkable ability to teach and motivate young archers, as well as Olympic Gold Medalists, said Jim Easton, CEO of Easton Technical Products and founder of the Easton Sports Development Foundation. “Wc have been very fortunate to be able to enjoy his assistance in defining programs and providing coaching support for the athletes at the ARCO Training Center." “My greatest satisfaction and most rewarding experiences have come in helping young archers to pursue their Olympic Dream. And 1 plan to continue in that direction following the 2000 Olympic Games." Said Lloyd. The 2000 Summer Olympic games will be held in Sydney, Australia. Archers begin competing on Saturday, September 16 through Friday. September 22.2000. For more information about the archery venue, or to learn more about youth or adult archcry programs, you may call the National Archery Hotline at 1-800-4612728. You may also contact your local archery dealer to find out about JOAD and other youth archery programs and adult shooting leagues in your area.
GRAY LOON BOLSTERS CREATIVE TEAM
New Art Director Joins the Evansville based Marketing Group EVANSVILLE, IN — Michael Lancaster has joined Gray Loon Marketing Group, Inc. as an art director. His responsibilities encompass the creative development, production, and implementation of a wide variety of marketing communications including print, packaging, and new media. Lancaster brings to his new post more than three years experience in the marketing and advertising industry. Prior to joining Gray Loon. he worked for a number of agencies in Utah, last serving as art director for Studio Interactive Direct in Salt Lake City. I m very pleased to have joined Gray Loon, says Lancaster. They really understand and appreciate the value new media brings to marketing communications. I look forward to helping each client develop the identity, message, and strategy it needs to succeed in a competitive marketplace. Gray Loon is a full-service marketing communications company. For more information, Contact Tom Lewis, President, Gray Loon Marketing Group, Inc., 204 Main Street, Evansville. IN 47708, 812-422-9999 www.grayloon.com. e-mail:info@aravloon.com.
SURE-LOC on the move!
The C.S. Gibbs Corporation, maker of SURE-LOC sights and sighting accessories, moved to Versailles. Indiana in March. The company has been based in Northern Illinois since it s inception seven years ago. We diversified our operation and needed more space to help us meet the growing demand for SURE-LOC products, as well as space for our new company, Gibbs Manufacturing, explains corporation president Steve Gibbs. Starting over in Indiana made sense because we could plan a building from the ground up to improve work flow. Also, we re now centrally located between three major cities, all with international airports and a large industrial base. We re also six hours closer to most of our major trade shows and shoots that we exhibit. The company s new facility provides over 15,000 square feet for assembly, packaging, and administration of SURE-LOC archery products and machine fixtures for the aerospace, automotive, machine tools industry. Gibbs says the growth and diversification of his company will lead to improvements in his archery products. Our diversification and new staff has raised the bar of expectation and will insure that we always attain the highest level of quality. For more information on the C.S. Gibbs Corporation or SURE-LOC product, contact the company at 812-689-9926, or write to: C.S. Gibbs Corporation. 100 Quality Lane, Versailles. IN 47042. The company is also on line at www.sureloc.com.
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