Ninety-Six Archers Participate in 2016 Fall Archery Tournament
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Arlington-Fairfax Chapter, Inc. Izaak Walton League of America NEWSLETTER Volume 55, Number 1 February, March & April 2017 14708 Mount Olive Road Ninety-six Archers Participate in Centreville, VA 20121-2517 2016 Fall Archery Tournament The IWLA indoor archery range was the site of the second annual fall STAR FITA archery tournament held on November 5 and 6, 2016, with a total of 96 registered archers. This year 37 recurve, 8 barebow, and 51 compound target archers competed in the World Archery sanctioned event. The tournament was held over two days with five lines of shooters beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning and ending at 6 p.m. on Sunday. This year we had 38 female and 58 male archers attend the event, including the archery team from Wake Forest University. Several local archery clubs attended the tournament and archers from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, and North Carolina took part in the event. With a perfect score being 600, in the recurve archer’s division the following men took 1st place: Jesus Hernandez (540-Sr.), Brian Boulton (508-Master 50), Dan Roberts (524-Master 60), Jim Kerrigan (528-Master 70), Michael Chung (477-Cadet), Joonsuuh Oh (502-Cub), William Lee (467-Bowman), and Ian Park (195-Yeoman). In the women’s division, 1st place went to: Ahnika Emery (470-Sr.), Katie Rose Hamilton (494-Cadet), Lilly Walace (485-Cub), Paige Lee (335-Bowman), and Annie Han (267-Yeoman). In the barebow archer’s division, the following people took 1st place: Austin McMackin (280-Sr. Men), Bob Walla (239-Master 70 Men), Patrick Diaz (222-Junior Men), Sawyer Dishman (195-Cub Men), and Kelsey Rudolph (155-Junior Women). In the compound archer’s division, the following men took 1st place: Robert D’Imperio (575-Senior), Tom Lynch (575-Master 50), Wilt Baker (546-Master 60), Jerry Wenzel (494-Master 70), Ryan Kitts (567-Cadet), Harrison Dexter (566-Cub), Gabriel Holloman (434-Bowman), and Daniel Holloman (317-Yeoman). In the woman’s division, 1st place went to: Resa Combs (560-Senior), Sophia Strachan (587-Junior), Megan Rivera (556-Cadet), Julia Lizik (567-Cub), and Katelyn Carstens (550-Bowman). In addition, several club records were set this year for Master Men 70 (528), Cub Men (502), Master Barebow Men 70 (239), Junior Men Barebow (222), Cub Barebow (195), Master 50 Men Compound (575), Master Men 70 Compound (494), Cadet Men Compound (567), Cub Men Compound (566), Cub Female Recurve (485), Senior Female Compound (560), Junior Female Compound (587), and Cub Female Compound (567). Thanks go to the many volunteers who helped to make this tournament a success: Bob and Joan Walla, Joko Seputro, Byran Kissan, Andy Neville (our official judge), Gilbert Ramey, and especially to Jim Kerrigan, who handled the registration process. The IWLA indoor archery range is the host to two indoor World Archery tournaments a year. The next tournament will be February 11 and 12, 2017. The IWLA Indoor Archery League begins again this January and the IWLA Youth Competition Archery Team (CAT) will begin their first practice on January 8, 2017, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the indoor range. For more information and pictures of the events, for either indoor or outdoor target archery, please contact Dan Roberts at [email protected] or see our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CubRunArcheryLeague. Izaak Walton League of America Chapter Contact Information Chapter Officers President Ernie Padgette .......... 540-439-6085 Vice President Tom Ciarula .............. 703-250-0947 Secretary Pamela Meara ........... 703-362-7293 Treasurer Bob Crisman ............. 540-338-7316 Membership Chairman Benn Crandall ........... 703-631-4495 Chapter Directors Chapter Board of Directors’ Meeting Conservation John Seaberg ............ 703-830-9365 1st Tuesday of each month Education & Training Bucky Sills ............... 703-830-0458 7:30 p.m. @ chapter field house Field Archery Dick Riemer .............. 703-543-8585 Rifle & Pistol Ed Franzosa .............. 703-255-3088 All members welcome Skeet & Trap Bob Brino ................ 703-368-4934 Target Archery Dan Roberts.............. 703-835-1101 Attend Your Chapter Meetings Youth Activities Joseph Turner ........... 703-628-4808 General Membership Meeting Directors-at-Large Carl Armstrong .......... 703-830-5091 3rd Tuesday of each month Dave Cunningham ..... 202-436-6410 Randy Hancock ......... 703-830-8539 7:30 p.m. @ chapter field house Chris Rose ................ 703-585-7351 Oscar Starz ............... 703-321-8626 Roger Thrasher .......... 703-789-7080 Field House Phone Numbers Art Twichell .............. 703-960-6524 Chapter field house .......................................... 703-631-4495 Committee Chairs Rifle & Pistol field house .................................... 703-631-4496 Adopt-A-Highway Steve Rumble............ 703-946-6920 Skeet & Trap field house .................................... 703-631-4497 Advance Planning your name here.............Your phone # Air Range Manager Roger Thrasher .......... 703-789-7080 Field Archery field house ................................... 703-631-4498 Buildings and Grounds Bucky Sills ............... 703-830-0458 Chapter President’s E-mail Bull Run Muzzleloaders Tony Sucher.............. 703-354-2726 [email protected] Caretaker Don Dallman ............. 703-888-9197 Chapter Field House Mgr. Ed Forsberg .............. 719-238-0231 Chapter Fax Number Conservation John Seaberg ............ 703-830-9365 703-631-0968 Education & Training Bucky Sills ............... 703-830-0458 Field Archery Dick Riemer .............. 703-543-8585 Chapter’s Web site Historian your name here.............Your phone # www.arlingtonfairfax-iwla.org Junior Olympic Archery Dan Roberts.............. 703-835-1101 Lani Young ............... 703-742-8142 Chapter’s Facebook Page Meeting Program Tom Ciarula .............. 703-250-0947 Arlington-Fairfax-Chapter-Inc-Izaak-Walton-League-of-America Membership Benn Crandall ........... 703-631-4495 Office Admin. Assts. Cristina Frerking ....... 703-631-4495 Jim Smith ................ 703-631-4495 Chapter Field House Office Hours Newsletter Pamela Meara ........... 703-362-7293 Pond Manager John Seaberg ............ 703-830-9365 1st and 3rd Tues.....................................1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Program Outreach your name here.............Your phone # All other Tues ........................................1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Public Relations your name here.............Your phone # Other times, call Cristina Frerking & Jim Smith...... 703-631-4495 Rifle-Pistol Range Ed Franzosa .............. 703-255-3088 Scholarship David Dobbins ........... 703-753-0878 Property Physical Address Scouting Activities Tom Pike .................. 703-802-0740 Skeet & Trap Range Bob Brino ................ 703-368-4934 14708 Mount Olive Road, Centreville, VA 20121-2517 Target Archery Dan Roberts.............. 703-835-1101 Youth Activities Joseph Turner ........... 703-627-4808 Mailing Address Post Office Box 366, Centreville, VA 20122-0366 2 Volume 55 • Number 1 Arlington-Fairfax Chapter, Inc. and have shooting facilities, field houses, lakes and/or ponds, etc. Obviously, IWLA chapters vary greatly in their size, makeup, facilities, and focus. Some chapters are focused on boating, camping, fishing, or shooting; others are strictly conservation oriented. The Arlington-Fairfax Chapter is limited by Fairfax County to 2,200 memberships. With family memberships figured in, our membership floats around 2,500 members President’s Column total; the largest in the league by far. And, obviously, we have shooting ranges, field houses, a small pond, and very active firearms and conservation education programs. As January 2017 a Virginia chapter, we are part of the Virginia division of the IWLA. All chapters within a given state are part of that It has been suggested (actually, our secretary has twisted state’s division. my arm quite adroitly) I devote this column to explaining The state divisions, all 17 of them, vary from a small the structure of the Izaak Walton League of America. A handful of members (some divisions have less than 60 simple explanation of the complete structure of the league, chapter members) to the Virginia division with around top to bottom, A to Z, how everything and every one fits 10,000 members. The Virginia division consists of a total of into the structure and the part we all play into making 17 chapters, ranging from four members to our own 2,500. the league function. Oh yeah, and to fit everything into a It’s important to realize each level of the IWLA, chapter, couple of paragraphs. division, or the national league, has its own organization, Each Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA) chapter structure, and focus. For example, each level of the functions as an independent entity, handling its own organization has its own officers, board of directors (BOD), membership, arranging its own dues structure, maintaining employees (in some cases), functions, and assets. Obviously, its infrastructure, and electing its own officers and these vary according to the size and focus of each chapter, directors. Each chapter is a part of the national structure state division, or the national organization. A chapter with and is covered by the national IWLA’s 501(c)(3) tax exempt three members, or a division with sixty members, is hardly status. That’s because the national IWLA is considered to likely to have a total of 19 officers and BOD members as does be a charitable organization, dedicated to its mission of ARL-FX; nor would they need them. And,