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The
2005 Arizona State Outdoor Championship Star FITA was the largest in
recent history thanks to the many guests that took part.
110
registered including over 20 from our neighbors to the south in
Hermosillo, Sonora Mexico, 8 from Poland, 2 from Germany and a large
contingent from Canada.
(18
Arizona JOADs were joined by 18 JOADs from Hermosillo Mexico, Canada
and Poland)
In
addition to being the State Championship, the tournament is popular
for Arizonans and guests alike as a warm up for the Arizona Cup
International.
Saturday:
The day
began nervously with a traffic jam on the main freeway, I-17, caused
by road construction.
Fortunately, most of the archers took heed of the traffic delay
warnings and arrived in time.
A
highlight for this writer was the a cappella singing of the national
anthem by Scott Holcomb.
The day
was windy, gusts to 20 to 30 MPH made for a chilly and challenging
day.
Needless to say there were no world records set at this Star FITA.
The
tournament ran smoothly with many languages being spoken and
abundance of categories and distances to manage.
The
wind did slow the tourney down a bit with the more than usual missed
arrows.
It was
great to see the JOADs adopt an “it is what it is” mind set and just
kept shooting and having fun. Fantastic!
By days
end all were looking forward to a new day tomorrow.
Sunday:
The
winds were a little less intense for this full day of Championship
Archery.
The
tournament started on time and the FITA portion finished at 2:00 PM
Awards
certificates were presented to all the competitors, Arizona NAA
members (ASAA) and guest alike.
The
ASAA members also received a travel blanket embroidered with an ASAA
logo which was a big hit!
The day
pushed on with the optional Olympic Rounds.
Compound Men, Recurve Women and Recurve Men competed, no interest
from the compound women.
Polish,
German, Mexican and Canadian archers joined the Arizonans to take
advantage of the opportunity.
For
many it was their first OR experience and we were delighted to offer
the experience.
Then…
A storm
with heavy rains and lighting was sighted to the north.
As an
un official OR, the team leaders and DOS/ Tourney Director met and
agreed to speed up the process by shooting two-2 minute three arrow
ends back to back and then scoring all six arrows.
Medal
matches were also modified to have all the six medal matches take
place simultaneously with each archer alternating shooting back and
forth.
The OR
match “Gold Medalist” from Canada, Germany and Mexico each received
a yellow ASAA logo embroidered blanket in recognition of their
achievement.
Two
wonderful full days of Championship FITA style archery and
preparation for the AZ Cup!
See you
at the Cup and next year.
The
next State FITA is the Arizona JOAD Outdoor Championship.
It is a
one day FITA at Ben Avery, providing something a little different
for the archers.
Great
preparation for the National Tournament scene.
Staff:
Tournament
Director: Bob Pian
Director of
Shooting: Diane Tone
Field
Preparation: Wayne Davidson
Chairman of
Judges: Vivian Koistinen
Judges: Christiane
Murphy and Rockne Repp
Facilitator,
judge: Mike Koistinen
Volunteers: ASU
Archery Club, Nic Panawa, Scott Holcomb, Chris Burkhart, Art
Baribault.
Score Date: Kari
Granville, Ted Harden II
Logistics: Janice
Price, Alan Huff and Ted Harden
Beverages: The Hunt family
Lunch: Subway box
lunches
Diary
Saturday:
Gates open at 7:00
AM
Check in and
inspection at 8:00 AM
Official Practice
at 9:00 AM
First Long
Distance 10:02 AM to Noon
Lunch Noon to 1:00
PM
Second Distance
1:03 to 2:45 PM
Score entered,
equipment put away and canopies extra staked
Departed field
4:15 PM
Sunday:
Gates open at 7:00
AM
Official Practice
at 8:00 AM
First Short
Distance 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Lunch 11:00 AM to
Noon
Second Distance
12:05 PM to 1:50 PM
Awards 2:30 PM to
3:00 PM
OR Practice 3:00
to 3:40 PM
1/16th
3:48 PM to 4:15 PM
1/8th
4:18 PM to 4:47 PM
¼ Final shot
as two back to back 3 arrow ends 4:49 PM to 5:07
PM
Semi Finals shot
as two back to back 3 arrow ends 5:08 PM to 5:24 PM
Medal Matches Shot
Score entered,
equipment put away and canopies extra staked
Departed field
4:15 PM
Subway: Lunch
boxes of a sandwich, chips and a cookie were pre-ordered for $5 the
day before or by 9:00 AM.
The system worked
well except of the people who forgot.
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