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Story!
October 30, 2004
The drought in Vegas style
money shoots in the Phoenix area is over and now in the history books,
thanks to Straight N Arrow Archery!
Thank you, Todd and Sammie Hulm,
and Ernesto Moreno for coming up with the idea and making the event
a success for all!
Twenty-five archers, who
will likely compete at the 2005 Las Vegas World Archery Festival in
February, competed in the one day double 300 round. Folks came from as far
away as Tucson and Prescott to compete for a piece of the $500 purse
collected from the $20 payback of the $30 entry fee. Straight N Arrow was
prepared for up to 64 archers ($1280 purse)
During two morning shooting
sessions, all shot a 300 round that established the champion and mid field
flight. The bottom half of the field shot their second 300 round in the
early PM and the championship group shot their 300 round in the mid
afternoon. The 600 score was used to determine the winners. The prize
money made for intense competition in both groups.
Mark Penaz, Phoenix,
was the big winner shooting a clean 300, the first ever at Straight N
Arrow. The winners were all smiles as they collected their prize money
envelopes. To cap off a fantastic Saturday of Vegas style shooting,
Straight N Arrow Archery hosted a one arrow at a time spider shoot off to
win $20 and offer it to all that didn’t otherwise. 10 started, two tied
with Xs, finally Sean Gordon of Prescott won with an inside out X.
Three JOADs competed and are
more experienced by taking part. The archers were universally in support of
more “money shoots”. Tucson and Prescott archers expect more from
their regions to take part next time. All applauded the effort of the
tournament staff and Straight N Arrow hosting the event. They are committed
to offering another shoot sometime before Vegas.
Here are the prize money
winners:
Flight:
3rd place, $35,
Wade Nichols, 590, 28 Xs
2nd place, $40,
George Sizemore, 590, 35 Xs
1st place, $50,
Steve McRoy, 591, 36 Xs
Championship:
3rd place, $75,
Bret Moran, 595, 40 Xs
2nd place, $100,
Frank Pearson, 598, 37 Xs
1st place and
Thorny Pumpkin Champion, $200, Mark Penaz, 599, 45 Xs
Straight N Arrow also
presented the inaugural 2004 Thorny Pumpkin Champion trophy plaque.
Next time:
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Fee: $40
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3 day prior to event prepayment discount $10.
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Afternoon shooting schedule will be
determined on the day of the event, upon close of registration.
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Offer a recurve/compound fingers release
flight or the full fee refund to the first place recurve/compound fingers
and a payback refund to the second place recurve/compound fingers.
Tournament Archive Facts:
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Fee: $30 ($10 fee,
$20 payback)
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Tournament Director: Todd
Hulm
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ASAA event support:
Janice Price
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ASAA website support:
webmaster@azarchery.com
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DOS: Bob Pian
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Judge: Nic Panawa
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Judges and the ASAA
received payment for its tournament support.
The rules followed the Vegas
rule for the most part.
Exceptions:
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20 seconds in lieu of 30
seconds to come to the line
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2 minutes in lieu of 2 ˝
minutes to shoot.
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Target face replacement
requires judges approval
Timing Records:
6:30 AM Shop open
7:00 informal practice
7:30 Registration, payment
8:00 (11 shoot the first
initial 300 round) Announcements
8:12 Practice end 1
8:18 Practice end 2
8:25 Scoring end 1
8:32 end 2
8:38 end 3
8:45 end 4
8:52 end 5, switch target
face positions
9:01 end 6
9:07 end 7
9:13 end 8
9:20 end 9
9:29 end 10
9:38 range clear, informal
practice
10:00 (14 shoot second
initial 300 round) Announcements
10:12 Practice end 1
10:18 Practice end 2
10:26 Scoring end 1
10:34 end 2
10:42 end 3
10:50 end 4
10:57 end 5, switch target
face positions
11:05 end 6
11:13 end 7
11:20 end 8
11:27 end 9
11:34 end 10
11:48 AM range clear,
informal practice
12:05 PM score cards sorted,
championship and mid flight determined.
1:30 PM 13 shoot the bottom
˝ flight, top seeded archers grouped together in the middle of the range.
1:32 Practice end 1
1:37 Practice end 2
1:45 Scoring end 1
1:52 end 2
1:57 end 3
2:04 end 4
2:11 end 5, switch target
face positions
2:19 end 6
2:25 end 7
2:32 end 8
2:39 end 9
2:45 end 10
2:59 range clear, informal
practice
3:30 PM12 shoot the
championship group, top seeded archers grouped together in the middle of the
range.
3:38 Practice end 1
3:42 Practice end 2
3:49 Scoring end 1
3:56 end 2
4:03 end 3
4:11 end 4
4:18 end 5, switch target
face positions
4:27 end 6
4:34 end 7
4:40 end 8
4:46 end 9
4:53 end 10
5:05 range clear
5:10 Scores card sorted,
winners determined
5:22 Awards presented
5:30 PM Spider shoot
The archers were on the road
within minutes.
Serious Fun…
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