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MARCH 2009 ARIZONA TARGET ARCHERY ISSUE THREE

2009 National Indoor Championship PFA JOAD Archers

2009 National Indoor Championships PFA Style

The PFA was PFA Head Coach Ed Votruba has become an “Archer to watch” scoring big Planning; Some additional represented well at Rio in many of the tournament she has Rancho, NM. entered. planning is required to participate in

The Papago FITA Archers Club was Rio Rancho Experience well represented at the 2009 NAA National Indoor Championship Regional by Mike Madsen Don’t afraid to ask! site at Rio Rancho, NM. The PFA had My son Aaron and are members of Parents who have been many adult members participating and the Papago FITA Archers club, and many of our JOAD Archers were there. Aaron is a member of the Papago in the JOAD program Sidewinders JOAD team. In Two PFA Archers were kind enough February, participated in the can help in the quest for to write down their thoughts on the event NAA Indoor Nationals and JOAD and hopefully give those who are thinking Nationals in Rio Rancho New information. about next year some insight on the Mexico. Aaron has been actively event. Mike Madsen had the opportunity involved in Archery for 18 months, to not only shoot in the tournament, but and although he has participated in also watch Aaron, his son shoot in the quite a few state and local tournaments, national tournament. The Rio Rancho tournament. Jenna Nelson Also had the this was our first national tournament. event occurs over (3) days – Friday, opportunity to shoot in her first National We had a great experience, and I hope Saturday and Sunday, so we made Championship. Jenna has been shooting this article encourages other JOAD arrangements with Aaron’ school to get archers (and their parents) to participate for only 9 months and with the help of (Continued on page 3) in a national tournament.

Boni Lowney, JOAD 2009 State Indoor Parent helping at the Practice line at the State Indoor, Precision High 2009 State Indoor School. Upcoming Getting Ready For a Big events Time Tournament Grand Canyon State Games Target Archery will be at Papago March 21st for Seniors and Masters, March 22nd for JOAD and Collegiate. Go to www.gcsg.org for registration information

AZ. State Outdoor Championship The ASAA State Outdoor Championship will be at Ben Arvery on March 28 & 29. The AZGF Expo will also be going on. This is a pretty fun time for all, with lots to do for shooters and non-shooters. F r m o r information go to

www.azarchery.com

20th AAE Arizona Cup 2008 Grand Canyon State Games. This is the only World Ranking Tournament in the .S. for Target Shooting in a National practice areas and places around town to Archery. This is a great opportunity to eat. shoot in a truly international event. Also Tournament can be it is a great opportunity to watch or help. somewhat stressful. The day before the tournament put The tournament is at Ben Avery and goes your bow together. Double check all of from April 8 to the 11th. Archer from all With the right preparation you can your equipment, including armguards over the world will participate. To enter reduce that stress so you can focus on and finger tabs. If your missing the tournament or to find out who is your shooting. something you will have time to find a shooting go to www.arizonacup.com shop or another Archer to help you out. First, enter a local tournament AZ. State JOAD Outdoor before the big one. By participating The day of the event find your lane Championship in a smaller event you will be able to feel assignments and checkout your the ebbs and flows of an event. You will surroundings. Listen to the DOS’s The PFA will once again host the JOAD get used to the whistle commands of a instructions. When the whistle blows Outdoor Championships on April 18 & tournament. Use your practice time to RELAX, breathe and remember that it is 19 at Papago. This will be a two day get your site settings. Fine tuning at the you who you are competing against. FITA. Go to https://event- event is ok. Everything else will fall into place. Stay manager.compete-at.com/papagoarchery Hydrated alternate between water and a for more information and registration Create a tournament check list that sports drink. NO soft drinks or caffeine you will use every tournament. Bring PFA ½ FITA drinks. Wait until the tournament is over extra parts for repairs. Things like an for these drinks. Bring or have someone The last PFA event before the weather extra string, arrow vanes, points and glue. get your lunch and a lunch heavy in carbs gets too hot. The PFA ½ FITA is a great Bring shade and remember that outdoor is good. way to keep in tournament condition tournaments are rain or shine so bring without killing yourself. It is also a good items to keep you dry. Enjoy your moment, there will be 1st FITA tournament for those who have more. never tried one. Registration will be up Try to arrive a day or two early to soon at https://event-manager.compete- check out parking, the tournament site, at.com/papagoarchery his lessons and homework in advance for our 2008 USA Olympic Team members, from your team. This way the day of missed school. Archery has a was one of the participants in the Rio you can maximize ride great reputation for fostering mental Rancho tournament. I can tell you it was sharing, planning a fun discipline and physical fitness, and a real thrill for Aaron (and me) to shoot night out for pizza, etc. Aaron’s teachers were very alongside such a tremendously talented Remember that the understanding and supportive. Of course, athlete. I think the fact that all levels of camaraderie is half of the because travel is involved (6 and ½ hours archers can compete (and learn from each experience. driving from Phx), we made sure we had other) side-by-side in an NAA 6) Bring your camera. You will a place to stay well in advance, and tournament is one of the best facets of capture some great (importantly) a good night’s sleep before this great sport. memories! our departure. At the Tournament My Rio Rancho Experience We left early in the day to ensure we arrived at Rio Rancho well before the Next Time and Lessons Learned By Jenna Nelson scheduled check-in, equipment inspection and practice. This also gave Aaron a Aaron and I had a great time at the chance to ‘get his bearings’, get a bite to tournament. A few pointers I would As I arrived in Rio Rancho, eat and stretch a bit before the shooting share with all of you planning to go to New Mexico I admit I was started. Like most NAA tournaments, the this (or a similar national event) include: nervous and I could feel Rio Rancho event was exceptionally well butterflies start to form deep in run. All of the pre-event activities were 1) Plan ahead. Make sure you my stomach. I did not know what clearly explained and the tournament let your child’s teacher organizers (and other parents and know they will be out of the tournament would be like or archers) very helpful. When in doubt, school and where they are what I would be up against, since ask! going. Your child’s teacher I had only been shooting will greatly appreciate this. competitively for a short while. The Indoor Nationals are actually (2) Line up a hotel room early – My nerves where soon calmed by tournaments – the JOAD Indoor most have group discounts the joyous and hospitable Nationals (for all JOAD classes), which for the event, so be sure to atmosphere I felt as soon as I is a 600 format comprised of (2) 300- ask. The organizers will walked through the gymnasium rounds, and the NAA Indoor Nationals give you suggested nearby doors. I was put even more at (which also allows JOAD’s to participate hotels. ease when I saw more and more in their age group), which is a 1200 2) Signup on line. More and of my teammates from Arizona format. There are some slight differences more tournaments are using in the rules – for example for compound the Compete-At system for start to arrive. It made me feel as shooters, the younger JOAD classes are online signup. This is a if I was back at home practicing allowed to use outer 10-ring scoring, but really great way to go and it with friends. Throughout the for the NAA tournament, all compound will allow you to verify that three days I competed I also archers use the inner 10-ring. But the your entry was received and noticed how polite and helpful all arrangement is great since it allows an is correct. the competitors where to one archer and his or her family shoot two 3) Bring some food/drinks. another. One major highlight of tournaments during one trip. Have a small cooler with the whole tournament was the you for the essentials. Most JOAD award ceremony. Getting Archers can sign up for different shooting tournaments also have a to stand on the winner’s podium times, for example Saturday AM and snack bar – be sure to with friends and family cheering Sunday AM, or Saturday PM and Sunday support it, since this is an PM. This format allows the archer to important source of funds for you is a wonderful and plan the event around his or her travel for the hosting club (plus, as exhilarating experience. In the time and schedule, which is really nice. was the case at Rio Rancho, end Rio Ranch was a great they have some great learning encounter that I One of the biggest differences between a goodies!). recommend all JOAD members national tournament and a typical state or 4) Bring tools and extra compete in. local tournament is the quantity (and supplies. Extra arrows, quality) of the archers who participate. nocks, glue, serving thread, Of course, like all NAA tournaments, the finger tabs, wrenches for archers range from beginner to advanced, every fastener on your bow, and beginners should never be shy about and of course pens, pencils competing since there will definitely be and a calculator. other archers in your age group and skill 5) Bring your friends. Connect level. However, it was a real thrill to see with other club members some of the top flight archers practicing ahead of time and make and competing. Brady Ellison, one of sure you know who is going An Interesting Observation from Mike What is needed from All this is done by a handful of dedicated people who freely give their PFA Members time for the club and the sport.

Things come up now and then to Yet, there are some folks out there make me wonder why some of us put so who seem to think that not enough is much of our free time into this sport. being done for their $15.00. They can’t understand why the club equipment or This sport of Archery is pretty instructors are not available to them inexpensive compared to other sports. Of based on their time schedule. There are course your biggest expense is equipment, parents who seemed to feel that but other than that it’s pretty cheap. instructors are not doing enough for their Tournaments are pretty reasonable children. Never mind that there are compared to other events and practice others who also need help. There are facilities and coaching is pretty low cost. some who want the club to provide all the ways to improve the club and then get involved. Find out what those For $15.00 per year a PFA member information on archery They Need, even though this information is available to involved are doing and the ship is an amazing value. You get to shoot challenges they deal with everyday. them on the internet. They want the PFA outdoors at a nice FITA range. Most Try to see the bigger picture. Every places charge at least $6.00 every time to look it up and spoon feed them. archery club, state and national you show up. You get to shoot at organization are run by a handful The PFA is not a Country Club regulation sized target butts and use FITA of dedicated volunteers. If you nor do members pay Country Club targets without having to pay for them. want to improve that organization Fees. The easy answer for me is to tell The club has three level II and one Level jump in and use your skills to make these people to move on. That if the PFA III Instructors who are always willing to things better. That’s what I did doesn’t fulfill your needs, maybe it would help with your archery at no cost to you when I got involved with the PFA. be better to find a club that can, but I even when it means that their own Don’t sit on the sidelines and lob can’t do that. hand-grenades into the group. If archery skills suffer. The Club puts on that’s what you do, then you’re not more local events than any other club so What I can say is that finding needed. Mike Cullumber, Pres. our members can prepare themselves for things wrong with any club is easy, I State and National events. can do that. What is better for the club would be for those individuals to find Valuable Information There are many resources on the web for information about Archery. The new USAA site at www.usarchery.org has info on the all NAA programs and JOAD. Our own ASAA site is packed full of info. www.azarchery.com. And also the Texas State Archery Assoc. (TSAA) www.texasarchery.org. The TSAA site is great for JOAD Parents. Check out the JOAD X-files. Info on Archery is everywhere, you just have to look.

Basic and Intermediate Instructors courses are an important way to get involved. The Basic course is just what it says. A course that teaches basic archery safety and archery form. A great way for parents to understand and complement what their child is being taught. The Intermediate Course is for those who want to start a club or get deeper into teaching archery. Hopefully these classes will be available after June.

Your membership in the NAA (USAA/NAA automatically makes you a members of the Arizona State Archery Association (ASAA). By joining USAA/NAA you 2008 Grand Canyon State Games, JOAD division are able to compete in National Championships and in State Championships. You also belong to the organization that oversees the Judges, the Instructors and the FITA rules in all sanctioned events. To join go to www.usarchery.org.