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Contributions by Amy
Monahan and Bob Pian
Several Arizona JOAD’s participated in the Duel in the Desert
in Long Beach, CA November 5-6, 2005.
For most, this was their first big outdoor tournament and
most of the youths participated in a category above their normal age
level.
On Friday the team members and their families drove to Long
Beach, a 6 to 8 hour trip depending on stops.
The tournament takes place at El Dorado Park, the 1984 Los
Angeles Olympic Archery Field.
Everyone had a good time and shot well!
We enjoyed dinner on Saturday at Joe’s Crab Shack with the
rest of the Arizonan Team.
The Duel in the Desert matches an AZ archer against a CA
archer, one on one.
The team scoring format awarded a team point for each end, a
point for winning a distance and a point for winning the overall
FITA.
There were 14 points per team member to win on Saturday and
27 points on Sunday.
The team sport shirts in women’s’ and men’s cuts were
embroidered and looked great. Joy Fahrenkrog and RegattaSport
worked on the shirts.
The Awards were presented after the scores were tallied.
A raffle was run, which is always fun.
Arizona JOADs were:
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Annette Gorelik
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Brady
Ellison
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Maggie Huff,
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Max
Lambert,
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Tyler
Monahan
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Cassandra Votruba
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Mack
Huff participated as an individual.
Cassandra Votruba
won first place in Junior Female Compound.
Max Lambert
won second place in Junior Male Recurve.
Tyler Monahan
won second place in Junior Male Compound.
Matt Huff
won second place in Cub Male Compound.
Brady Ellison
won third place in the highly competitive Senior Male Recurve
Category.
These are great results for a regional tournament.
Ashley Votruba
and Lindsay Pian also competed.
They are still JOADs, but are with the Arizona State
University Sun Devil Archers and shot as Collegiate. Lindsay won 2nd
place in the Senior Female Recurve category. Joining them was former
AZJOAD,Ted Harden 2 and Team Director,
Kari
Granville.
The 2006 Duel will be held in Arizona.
Plan on taking part in the Duel Trials and the Duel in the
Desert.
The Bid Package for hosting the tournaments is on the
www.azarchery.com
website. Consider hosting this fun tournament.
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