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8/17/2007: Test Archery Event in Beijing begins in a few days.
Final FITA Scores for as many Texans as I can identify in short time frame.  Email me with any I missed please: (and I have added several archers I missed the first time through, and made their lines BOLD). sorry about the errors and thanks for letting me know!

Saturday, August 11, 2007
Dist 5/ Dist 6/ Dist 7/ Dist 8 /2nd Fita/1st FITA/Total FITAs/Xs/10s

ARST Recurve Female
1. Lindsey Carmichael 237 278 244 317 1076 912 1988 31 10
2. Lori Dupree 200 224 186 263 873 844 1717 16 7
ARST Recurve Male
3. Steven Bosson 177 248 278 326 1029 1117 2146 31 7
Bowman Recurve Female
2. Mackenzie Brown 311 310 296 308 1225 1215 2440 54 14
4. Heather Barthels 170 202 133 205 710 727 1437 6 1
Bowman Compound Male
2. Reece David 340 353 338 345 1376 1369 2745 142 64
3. Hunter Barthels 341 351 340 348 1380 1360 2740 113 59
Cadet Compound Female
2. Coral McMinn 322 326 327 336 1311 1316 2627 101 30
Cadet Recurve Female
1. Kayla DeBord 316 316 320 331 1283 1262 2545 79 28
Cadet Compound Male
3. Benjamin Human 330 346 337 354 1367 1330 2697 154 62
6. Justin Locke 313 332 331 349 1325 1318 2643 120 41
Cub Compound Male
1. Clayton DeBord 350 356 353 359 1418 1408 2826 218 114
3. Chad Lesak 313 328 311 342 1294 1303 2597 90 38
4. Thomas Human 302 304 325 331 1262 1278 2540 90 23
Junior Compound Female
8. Meagan Lesak 304 299 322 344 1269 1271 2540 89 28
Junior Recurve Male
4. Tyler Schardt 252 306 291 333 1182 1191 2373 58 18
14. Jordan Brown 250 284 267 322 1123 1053 2176 36 13
Master 50+ Barebow Male
Mike Frizzell 165 261 268 318 1012 1018 2030 25 5
Master 60+ Recurve Male
6.Jerry Hendrickson 102 217 202 277 798 916 1714 14 6
Senior Recurve Female
13. Debbie Krienke 284 307 279 327 1197 1240 2437 68 15
16. Jennifer Comedy-Holmes 288 309 278 337 1212 1199 2411 65 21
18. Teresa Meyers 281 285 273 333 1172 1192 2364 58 19
34. Lindsey Carmichael 237 278 244 317 1076 912 1988 31 10
40. Kathleen Varadi 74 178 247 249 748 980 1728 14 4
Senior Recurve Male
Brady Ellison 315 333 340 355 1343 1357 2700 149 54
Richard Johnson 283 323 323 350 1279 1319 2598 109 44
Dakota Sinclair 293 327 320 345 1285 1308 2593 106 45
Jason McKittrick 273 319 325 349 1266 1326 2592 116 46
Scott McKechnie 287 325 325 349 1286 1287 2573 94 35
Tyler Domenech 287 325 328 350 1290 1279 2569 107 34
Joseph McGlyn 270 316 326 351 1263 1303 2566 104 38
Vic Wunderle 266 315 332 356 1269 1295 2564 111 37
9. (Guy)Richard Krueger 269 311 338 354 1272 1277 2549 116 48
10. Shawn Rice 282 317 315 343 1257 1266 2523 93 44
Peter Carney 279 317 328 347 1271 1252 2523 92 36
Jacob Wukie 270 319 326 339 1254 1258 2512 86 34
Ted A. Holland 252 318 318 342 1230 1278 2508 85 30
14. Tim Meyers 251 316 322 341 1230 1273 2503 82 22
50. Josh Anderson 196 251 287 330 1064 1188 2252 59 20
 

8/9/2007: Photographs by Gary Holstein are being added to the master index for the National Target 2007 photos on the USA Archery Records Website. Upload should be done by 8pm CST (give or take a few minutes)
8/8/2007:  123rd National Target Championship - a rambling kind of blog. Link to the first FITA results added.
8/8/2007: AOTY for Female Compound has been corrected to reflect that Megan Lesak achieved the highest scores for this honor.  Belated Congratulations to Megan, and again to all the other AOTY/YAOTY
8/3/2007:   The Sixty-first  TSAA Newsletter has been released.  Check this page for an index of this and all prior issues.
8/3/2007:  YAOTY and AOTY for 2007 have been determined.  Thanks to Rick Stonebraker (AOTY) and Tom Barker (YOATY) for their work compiling the numbers and ranking all the participants of the TSAA event participants.
8/2/2007:  information on the process to get to our new NAA board of governors...recommended reading on the best hope for our organization....
8/2/2007:  The summary of notes from the JOAD 2007 National meeting have been posted on the JOAD page.
7/31/2007:  ALL NAA MEMBERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE CONTENT OF THIS THREAD ON THE ARCHERY TALK BOARD.    2ND THREAD OF IMPORTANCE.  Talk to your board member if you have questions or issues.  PS:  The annual election of board members has postponed.
7/31/2007:  The 4H 2007 Indoor Tournament series calendar has been posted on the 4H page.
7/29/2007: Bob Pian of Arizona Archery sends a heads-up on the:
2008 USA Archery Olympic Trials First Nomination Shoot
Start Date:
Thursday, September 27, 2007
End Date: Sunday, September 30, 2007
Location: Earl O'Neal Sports Complex
City/State: Conyers, GA
7/26/2007: Starting a JOAD program?  Need financial support? Check the HOSFORD INVITATION
7/23/2007:  There will be an American 900 round shoot on August 18 & 19th in Belton at the Heritage Park
7/22/2007: Final results from the 2007 TSAA State Target Championship.  Photos also posted.
7/19/2007:  Gary Holstein has provided a link to the EXCELLENT photos he took at the recent JOAD National event held at Chula Vista. 
7/18/2007:  NEW MAP FOR TARGET CHAMPIONSHIP AREA  -ACROBAT file with restaurants, hotels, venue, etc...  be sure to check the registration page for the latest updates as well
7/16/2007: NOTICE TO ALL ARCHERS:   THE TSAA STATE TARGET EVENT HAS BEEN RE-LOCATED TO THE OPTIMIST SPORTS COMPLEX IN FAR NORTHWEST AUSTIN.  This is a huge complex of well-maintained football, baseball, softball, and soccer fields. It is convenient to 183 and I-35, has a variety of hotels and restaurants nearby as well as entertainment options.  well watered, mowed, no fire ants or stickers, a very nice venue for our event.  TO view the google map of the venue, use this link: http://tinyurl.com/ysv66z    and to view a layout map, use this link: http://tc-soccer.org/images/AnimatedFieldMap.htm   The shooting line will be on the left edge (North) of fields 22e and 22w, shooting into 23 . 
7/8/2007: Thanks to Bill Coady of Texas A&M for the heads up for this link from the FITA Website: 
This morning started Qualifications for the Compound archers –both Men and Women. The Outdoor Archery World Championships are taking place until Sunday 15 July at the Festwiese of Leipzig, Germany. Under a sunny sky the day finished with a World Record by the American ladies in the team competition: with a total of 4157 points, they beat their own previous record by 5 points! In the team Anschutz was superb shooting 1408 points.  Use the link to FITA for more....
7/2/2007:  OR Results from the JOAD National Championships have been posted.
6/30/2007: RESULTS OF THE JOAD NATIONAL TARGET CHAMPIONSHIPS - rev.a posted to correct an error (three Bowman divisions left out of original post) Corrected 7/1/2007 2:46pm cst
6/22/2007:  ROSTER OF THE JOAD NATIONAL TARGET CHAMPIONSHIPS
6/20/2007:  Ezra Wheeler sent me a link, that I hadn't thought to pass on  till he did.  This is worth taking a look.  Works best with MS IE, but it also works with FireFox.  FITA's ARCHERYTV
6/20/2007: AZ Archery has announced a number of qualifiers for USAT/Olympic Trials: June 30-July 1…July 7-8…July 14-15…July 21-22… July 28-29 -  see this acrobat file for more information
6/19/2007:   JOAD Target results have been posted.
6/18/2007:  USOC Coaching Newsletter:  Kisik Lee
6/10/2007:  New source for custom-style bow grips promoting the BEST approach  Jager Archery
6/4/2007:  The upcoming State JOAD continues to grow in numbers.  Don't miss out on the premier JOAD target event of the Season!    Also, Campers are welcome at the Target Championship in Lago Vista (on the shores of 66-mile-long Lake Travis).   The lake is COMPLETELY FULL (1.13 million acre feet/368,537,481,000 gallons) at this point, which makes the lake a very desirable destination!  Check the registration page.
5/31/20 07: TYAOTY So Far - Intermediate rankings of the TSAA Youth Archer of the Year Award

Registration deadline is June 1!     26TH U.S.A. JUNIOR OLYMPIC ARCHERY DEVELOPMENT (JOAD) NATIONAL TARGET CHAMPIONSHIPS  (acrobat file)  June 28 - July 1, 2007   U.S. Olympic Training Center, Chula Vista, CA

5/20/2007: Final Photos Posted from the USIAC
5/19/2007: USIAC 2007 Day 2 photos posted 
5/18/2007:  Special Notice:  TFAA/TSAA reciprocal agreement:  The TSAA encourages all current TFAA members to shoot at all TSAA events!  For only $15 per year ($25 per family) current TFAA members can register for a full year's worth of coverage as TSAA associate members.  This enables you to compete with trophies awarded, provided you register (separately) for the actual event.  If you and your family want to become a TSAA Associate, FILL OUT, PRINT, AND SUBMIT THIS ACROBAT FORM WITH YOUR TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION FORM AND PAYMENT...  Note that this does not have anything to do with NFAA/NAA memberships.
5/18/2007: USIAC Day 1 (Long Distances) have been posted.
5/17/2007:  USIAC Practice Day Photos have been posted.   More to follow.
5/16/2007: Texas Shootout Photos have been reposted using a new album software.  Check it out!
5/16/2007: Bob Pian has announced on another website that NADA has activated a new official JOAD website.  It has a similar logo to the USA Archery website, and contains the latest JOAD Handbook and a variety of information related to JOAD archery.  This is a continuation of the decentralization, the distribution, of services to the membership of the NAA from the NAA offices to supporters of olympic-style archery outside of Colorado Springs.  This is the link to that new website.
5/15/2007: Field Tournament Photos have been posted using a new photo album process.
5/12/2007: okay, I am trying yet another photo feature.    Feel free to use the comment feature on the various albums.
5/8/2007: TSAA State Field Results Posted, Records and Champions pages updated
5/8/2007:  NPR (National Public Radio): Article on Chinese Bowyer
5/8/2007: Tom Barker is one cool icon in the field of archery.
5/4/2007:  Latest "Find" of archery-related teaching tools by Tom Barker - the Morin Trainer
5/3/2007: Announcing the TSAA Youth Archer of the Year ("YAOTY") award for 2007
4/30/2007: The Texas Shootout 2007 Photographs & Results (There are more than 400 megabytes worth of photos to be uploaded so the pages will not all be loaded until the PM of Tuesday.  If you don't see all the pics check back later! )
4/30/2007: The IFAA, in cooperation with the NFAA-USA and its member club, Buffalo Field Archery Club (BFAC), have acted to organize this event. BFAC is one of the oldest clubs in Texas located on the west side of Houston. BFAC has 2 28-target field courses on extremely flat terrain. With a canopy of foliage on almost every target, it’s an ideal place for any archer, young or old, to come shoot. BFAC is proud to be hosting the 2007 NAFAC and hopes you can join them for a great tournament served up with some good ol’ fashion Texas hospitality. For the most current updates on this event please visit this webpage.
4/26/2007:  Registration Information has been posted for the TSAA State JOAD Target event and the State Target (senior) event. 
4/25/2007:  BEST SEMINAR AT COLLEGE STATION   May 11-13, 2007
4/22/2007: Lone Star FITA Results
4/12/2007:  Another fine writeup article by Tom Barker
4/11/2007: I have ported all of the photographs from the NATIONAL tournaments that were on the TSAA website, over to the USA Archery Records Website.
4/4/2007:  Photos from the 3rd Texas Youth Open have been posted.
3/26/2007: Software Page Updates:  RuReady Archery Timer  and Video Sports analysis software
3/21/2007: Alan Carter from Australia has graciously provided a diagram of a target stand that is designed to be easily moved.  The acrobat file contains photos that will enable anyone to reproduce the stand.  Measurements are metric.  Thanks, Alan!
3/20/2007:  The very active Shooting Stars Over Texas JOAD has posted their upcoming schedule. (acrobat file)
3/18/2007: Link of the Month has been updated.
3/17/2007: Results for the World Indoor Championships in Ismir, Turkey have been posted and can be found on the FITA website.  Choose the "Championship" link at the top of the page.
3/17/2007: Latest Newsletter (#59) has been released. You can find it in the Newsletter Archives (link at the top of the page). 
3/14/2007:  Communication from the President of the NAA.   I don't know WHEN I have seen MORE INFORMATION ON THE NAA OPERATIONS AND FUNCTIONS AND MISSION than this message contains. FIVE STAR RATING!
3/10/2007:  Deadlines for events are approaching...check the Calendar page for more information
3/10/2007: The JOAD Shooting Stars Over Texas held a shoot recently.  Results are here.
3/8/2007: The results of the NAA National Indoor Championship are being posted at this link.  There are a few pending from this upcoming weekend, then all will be correlated and revealed....
3/8/2007: Announcing (egad, yet another, again already?!? heavens to murgatroyd, evennnn) the TSAA State Field Championship tournament!  to be held May 5 & 6th in Eagle Lake, TX on an Exotic Animal Ranch (no, you do not get to shoot the water buffalo or camels!)
3/7/2007: Announcing (yes, more outdoor archery fun!) the Lone Star FITA! To be held at UT on April 14-15th.
3/6/2007: Announcing the 3rd TEXAS YOUTH OPEN TOP GUN COMPETITION in Victoria, Texas to be held on March 31-April 1. 
3/3/2007: Traditional Photo gallery also updated with National Photos
3/2/2007: Further trial of New Photo Gallery Feature - photos from the USA Archery National Indoor Tournament in College Station, 2007
2/24/2007: The results page for the State Indoor has been updated to reflect the EIGHTEEN state records that were set.  Thanks to Rick Stonebraker, the keeper of the records, for the update.
2/12/2007: The results for the 25th Annual TSAA State Indoor Championship have been published.  Thanks to James Corral and the UT Archery Club for putting on the event!
2/10/2007: The folks at the Arizona Archery Association have a PRICELESS resource in Barbara Noble, who has created a series of VIDEO FILES that provide a wealth of instruction on a variety of subjects.  Here is the link, courtesy of the Arizona Archery Association!
2/8/2007: THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE N THE VENUE DUE TO AN UNEXPECTEDLY HIGH TURNOUT!  PLEASE CHECK THE LINK.....The folks at the Shooting Stars JOAD and Gander Moutain Club in northeast Texas are putting on an invitational indoor in February, in Tyler!  Get information on this Feb 17th tournament by using this link.
2/7/2007: Reminder - the State Indoor is this weekend in Austin!
2/7/2007: TSAA AOTY (Archer of the Year) for Texas has been determined by Rick Stonebraker.  Thanks, Rick!
2006 USA Archery Coaches of the Year Announced
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2007Coach of Year 2006
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - USA Archery is pleased to announce the selections for the 2006 Coach of the Year Awards. Dee Wilde (Pocatello, Idaho) was selected as National Coach of the Year, while Linda Beck (Maple Lake, Minn.) was selected as Developmental Coach of the Year and
Tom Barker (Victoria, Texas) is the Volunteer Coach of the Year.
1/25/2007:  USA Archery's National Head Coach Kisik Lee will conduct a BEST seminar at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs in March.  YOU are invited!   For more information, check this acrobat file on the USA Archery website.
1/23/2007:  Trial of New Photo Gallery Feature for the State JOAD Indoor Photographs.  All photos courtesy of James Massey. Please let the webmaster know what you think of the new photo feature?  thanks.
1/20/2007: The results of the 2007 TSAA State Indoor JOAD tournament are posted.  Photos to follow...
1/19/2007: Bob Romero has teamed up with RU Ready to devise an archery-specific timing system that uses wireless technology and large digital displays good for both indoors and outdoors. 
1/15/2007: OKlahoma Indoor tournament information - Feb 16-18, 2007.
1/15/2007:  I have received photos of the teams, and also the results (in 8 separate spreadsheets).  The photos are posted now as well as the results.  Use this link.
1/11/2007:  The results of the WITT will be posted as available at this link.  Photos by Tom Barker are now posted for the practice day and first day of competition.  Unofficial results are available, and will be replaced by official postings as soon as possible.
1/10/2007: the WITT has had a fairly low turnout - there are, for example, only FOUR female recurves out of the 70+ entries.  It is not too late to attend this event. The event when held prior to the Olympic year has not included funding for the archers - this is NOT new this year.  The lucky few who prevail will get to represent the US in Turkey.  Think of it as a unique vacation in a land with history going back 3 thousand years or more.    Check this page for more information
1/7/2007: The folks at the Shooting Stars JOAD and Gander Moutain Club in northeast Texas are putting on an invitational indoor in February, in Tyler!  Get information on this Feb 17th tournament by using this link.
1/1/2007:  An interesting website documenting the English Warbow (those brits, yew know) has been identified.  And happy new year to all!
12/28/2006:  The usual online Registration for the TSAA 25th STATE INDOOR at UT on Feb 9-11 has been posted.  Register soon, register often, and tell your shooting buds!
12/28/2006: At this point the bulk of migration of the website content to a new server/ISP is done (as far as I can tell).  I would appreciate anyone writing me if you see anything * wrong with the website's content - broken links, missing pages, errors of any kind - please write the webmaster.  
12/24/2006: Registration for the TSAA 25th annual State JOAD  (Jan 19-20th) has been posted.
12/22 & 12/23:  The TSAA website is being migrated, all 2.7 gigabyte's worth, to a new server:
Total Files:   85035 File(s) 2,748,173,436 bytes    This should be accomplished soon....please bear with me as this is kinda HUGE upload....might take an extra day or two...
12/19/2006: Calhoun!  The 4H indoor season for 2006 culminated in the championship event held in Port Lavaca at the Calhoun County Fairgrounds.  Click here for results. 
12/16/2006: The TSAA State Indoor has been chosen by the board for Feb 9-11th, at the UT AH Gym (same locale as the Longhorn Indoor).  The JOAD Indoor will be at the venue for the Aggie Indoor, in College Station.  It will be run by Brazos County JOAD on January 19th and 20th in College Station with David Anderson as TD.   Information and online registration forms will be posted here as soon as plans are in place.
12-14-2006: I just discovered this new way to support the USA Archery program.  It works by portal technology.  If you shop online at any number of online websites, you first simply navigate to that site through a software portal sitting on your computer's desktop, that gives to USA Archery financial credit just for you using their free portal.  Yu download the portal software from this link, it installs to your desktop, and then you just click on the shopping bag to shop.  This is a safe way to help out the organization.  For more information on how this works, read at this link.
Both of the most popular internet browsers have been updated recently.  They represent an improvement in security as well as features, such as tabbing.  I recommend FireFox since it has been proven to be more secure than MS IE.  Regardless, use this link to choose an upgrade.
12/12/2006: The 4-H district in South Texas has a fantastic series of indoor tournaments every year - The latest results are from the Tiger Shark JOAD in Blessing, TX.    The final, District Championship shoot is this weekend in Port Lavaca at the Calhoun County Fairgrounds.  See the Schedule HERE for information.
12/8/2006: Results from the 4-H Bay City Indoor Tournament have been posted.
12/4/2006: Kathy Eissinger of A&M has posted information on the Texas Shootout.   Click HERE.  For photos from last year's event, use this link.
11/23/2006:  Results from Goliad 4-H Indoor Tournament.
11/22/2006: Registration information for the 4-H tournament at Calhoun coming up.....
Links  Board  Businesses Calendar  Collegiate Archery  Documents  4H  ForResale  JOAD  Newsletters  Photographs  Records  Results
11/21/2006: Paralympic Searchable Database
11/21/2006:  UT Longhorn Indoor Results Posted
11/14/2006: Results from the 4H indoor at LaWard have been posted.
11/8/2006: Schedule of upcoming events has been updated through 2007.   Pleas let me know of anything missing, or if you know a link to an international event please send it to me.
11-7-2006:   Results from 4H Indoor at Colorado County have been posted.
11-4-2006: The US Indoor World Team Trials have been moved to the 2005 location - Hillsboro, TX  !!  Here's the information
10/27/2006: Acrobat Files: Optimal Diet for Archers/Athletes from the USADA website.  Info on Dietary Supplements
10/26/2006:  Rick Stonebraker has forwarded an update from the Dubai Archers.  For the original writeup on Dubai Archery, click here.  For a printable acrobat version of the update use this link.
10/24/2006: 4H Indoor Tournament Regstration Information: Goliad is the next shoot   Schedule of all shoots  LaWard Reg Info
10/23/2006: Great photos from the Yucutan's World Cup
10/23/2006: Aggie Indoor Results posted.
10/20/2006:  4-H Indoor Tournaments:  Victoria Results received and posted.
10/17/2006: The HUGE   4-H Indoor Tournament series continues. Registration Form for Columbus has been added at this link.
10/16/2006: Southern Region BEST Seminar at College Station Oct 27-28th has been announced.  DEADLINE SUNDAY OCTOBER 22ND!
10/10/2006:  Repaired the Texas Shootout 2006 Results page so that it works on MS IE.
10/5/2006:  NAA Board of Governors Meeting Proposals: check these out and then write your REP with your input!
10/5/2006: National Archery in Schools Program - Basic Archery Instructor Training Session in Lewisville (near Dallas), TX
The course will be held on Friday, October 13, 7:45am-4:45pm in Lewisville.  We need about 9 more people if you know of anyone who will be in the Dallas area on the 13th.  Thanks!

More information about NASP:   http://www.nasparchery.com/activea.asp  
Cost:   FREE  
Registration:   contact Steve Hall of TPWD at Steve.Hall@tpwd.state.tx.us or  512-389-4568.  

10/4/2006: 4H schedule has changed for the Columbus shoot.  4H Indoor Tournament Schedule
10/3/2006:  Information on the Texas Longhorn Indoor has been posted at this link.
10/3/2006: Southern Region BEST Seminar at College Station Oct 27-28th has been announced.
9/28/2006:  4-H Indoor Season Results Page updated with Fort Bend Results.
9/16/2006: Video remarkable
9/14/2006: 2006 4H Indoor Tournament Schedule  has just been posted.     Division Breakdown
8/28/2006: Information on the Aggie Indoor Tournament has been posted by Kathy Eissinger at this link.
8/24/2006: Excellent montage of high-speed video of a compound bow in action.  Thanks to professional Jason Shannon for sharing this.  His website has some really great video products.  There is a chance he will also do a recurve episode.  Check out his site and enjoy!
8/19/2006:  Notice of an archery tournament in Nimes, France has been received - 10th anniversary with over 80,000 dollars in prize money!
7/30/2006: The NAA National Target Championships Photo Index
7/23/2006:  Information on the 2006 Duel in the Desert Trials/Desert Open has been provided at this link.  THIS EVENT WILL BE IPC-SANCTIONED.
7/25/2006: Thanks to Lloyd Brown for a heads-up on this excellent article concerning archery.
7/20/2006: Link added to the State Target 2006 Photos
7/19/2006: New collegiate listing added.
6/24/2006  Results from the Texas State Target Championship, shot today in San Antonio, are posted.
6/22/2006: The USA Archery High Performance Manager, Tom Parrish, has released a spreadsheet-based TRAINING GUIDE.
6/10/2006: The US Collegiate team has departed today for Bratislava, Slovakia.  The website is at this link.   More Info is at this link.  and official results will be at this link
6/9/2006: Photos from the TSAA State JOAD Target event are posted.
6/6/2006: Tom Parrish, HPM of the USA Archery, sent us information on a grant process for archer/athletes from the USOC.
6/4/2006: TSAA's State JOAD target had 43 JOAD archers participate, and 18 records were set or tied.
5/25/2006:  Results from the 2006 USIAC are posted, converted from spreadsheets from UCLA.
5/20/2006: PHOTOS from USIAC have now been uploaded.  enjoy.  use the link here
5/16/2006:  The next newsletter is being put together.   All members (and indeed, all archers) are invited to submit stories, anecdotes, photos, writeups, training hints, anything "Sagittarial", for inclusion.   Email your contributions to the webmaster.
5/16/2006: Results of the State Field event have been posted.  Rick Stonebraker has also furnished updated Field Champion and Field Record files, and photos have been provided by Norm, Rick, and Tom Barker.  Additional Photos by Norm McCord
5/10/2005: State Target Registration ONLINE is now up and available.  Use This Link to celebrate our 7th year of online tournament registrations!
5/2/2006: Results from the Texas Shootout are posted, along with a few more photos.  Thanks to the Aggies for yet another fine event!
4/29/2006: Texas Shootout Photos
4/27/2006:  Attention Summer Camps!  Training Opportunity for Instructors
4/25/2006: Update Info on the Shooting Stars JOAD TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCED for May 20th!  Located in north-east Texas, in TYLER.  Click here for more information.
4/16/2006: Great publicity for archery: Sun Devil and Lindsay Pian.  Check the videos page.
4/13/2006: NEW JOAD TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCED for May 20th!  Located in north-east Texas, in TYLER.  Click here for more information.
4/11/2006: The online registration form for the TSAA State JOAD Target Championship (June 3-4) is now up and active. 
IN addition, the TSAA State Field Championship (May 13-14) registration form is also available for use.  These are the two largest archery events of the year for Texas archers.  Register soon, register often!
4/7/2006: AZ Cup 2006 Photos Posted
4/4/2006: Denis Baudet of Canada gave me a link to a great place for specific exercises, complete with video clips.  Very good stuff.
3/22/2006: Loesch TrueBackTension added to bidness ads page
3/17/2006:  Meeting Minutes for 2006 General Meeting Posted.  Constitution has been updated based on actions of the Board at the general meeting. 

"The Executive Committee, by a simple majority, may accept bids for the next year's tournaments with a bid deadline of no later than Dec 1 of each year for the Indoor State and/or Indoor JOAD tournaments. For the outdoor tournaments, i.e. Field, Outdoor JOAD target and Outdoor State Target the bid deadline will be 2 weeks prior to the State Indoor tournament ."
 

3/15/2006:  On Sunday March 19 at 1:00 p.m. Rick Stonebraker will be at the South Texas Archery JOAD practice to teach anyone interested how to shoot an unmarked field round. Anyone interested is asked to come.  Practice is held at Tom Barker's house, 416 Lakeshore Drive, Victoria, Tx 77905.  Email Tom at
tbarker@ccwip.net for more info.
3/14/2006  Korean Training Continues To Evolve
3/11/2006:  Newsletter Issue #58 has been released, and newsletter index updated.
3/11/2006: NEW FITA Rulebook! Becomes effective April 1, 2006
3/10/2006:  City Back Pack Photos from newsletter
3/10/2006: NASP (National Archery In Schools Programs) in Texas has established a training agenda for instructors. Other states: please send me your agendas as well!
3/5/2006: The organizers of the AZ Cup have posted information on the upcoming Kisik Lee Seminar being held during the Cup.
2/27/2006: Training Opportunities have grown much richer.  Check the link to the left, and see the calendar (AZ Cup, Texas Shootout)
2/26/2006:  Results from the Victoria Indoor JOAD Invitational have been posted.
2/23/2006: I have added a temporary banner for the upcoming Winter Paralympics TV coverage. 
2/20/2006: The Univerity of Texas announces the Lone Star FITA, on April 1-2. (No Foolin' - it is a STAR FITA)
2/19/2006: I have had a lot of people ask for T Shirts, sweatshirts, and stickers with the world-recognizable TSAA logo.   You can now order all of these and more.  Use this link to access an online order center.
2/17/2006: State Record Holders and Champions for Texas 2006 have been updated thanks to the efforts of Rick Stonebraker.  Records Page
2/10/2006: There is now a new listing on the Texas Archery Shops Page:  Lubbock !

Coach Kim's Seminar - Updated information on the Training Ops Page

2/7/2006: The results and photos from the 2006 Texas State Indoor Tournament have been posted.
2/7/2006: Edward Vargas, Level 3 certified NAA Coach, will be teaching a Level 2 certification course in his store from Friday, Feb. 24, to Sunday Feb. 26.  The cost of the course is $100.  Those interested please contact him at: 281-540-2265, or at SureShotArchery@ev1.net.  Please bring your own archery equipment for the shooting portion of the class.  If you don’t have the appropriate equipment, some will be provided.  Prior Level 1 certification is not required by course guidelines.  However, it is highly recommended to get your Level 1 first, especially if you will be coaching children.
2/3/2006: Google does neat things with maps.  Enterprising techies have taken the API from Google and made something called Frappr.  I'ved used this free service to create three waycool maps:  Texas Archers     US Archers    and   Archers of the World

Listing yourself is benign - you will NOT be spammed as a result.   It allows you to list a photo as well.  Recommended, and I hope all that read this will check it out and participate. PS- There is also one for the UK archers - and Texas is only a little behind them in quantities.  Go Texas!

2/2/2006: UPDATED:   Great chance for more fun shooting!:  JOAD Invitational in  Victoria, Texas as a warmup to the Indoor Nationals has been announced.
2/1/2006: USIAC (United States Intercollegiate Archery Championship) is being hosted this year by UCLA.  See the Collegiate page for their latest bulletin!
2/1/2006: Results from the JOAD Indoor have been posted.
2/1/2006: Training Opportunity in San Antonio, TX with USA Archery JOAD Chairman Kevin Eldredge.
1/30/2006: A few photos from the JOAD Indoor have been posted.  Results will be posted as soon as available.
1/24/2006: The TSAA is making a DADS available at a very reasonable price.  Use the link to check it out. 
1/23/2006: Find/add Yourself - Texas Archers (choose "add yourself to map") - this is way cool.  There is ALSO a map for archers around the US.
1/23/2006: ATTN: Level II, III, IV coaches and archers: We have a rare and excellent opportunity in the East Region, to meet and learn from Korea's top coach, Coach Kim, who runs an archery school for students in Korea along with coaching Korea's top archers! He has many proven ways to work with archers and loves to share his coaching techniques. Coaches who attended Coach Kim's seminar in Chula Vista last year were extremely enthusiastic, and several US coaches who attended Kim's school in Korea were also duly impressed! You must take advantage of this opportunity while he is here.  To read more, check the TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES LINK
1/20/2006: Link of the Month has been updated, also added information on Johnson custom bow grips to the Texas Bidness Ads Page
1/20/2006: The latest issue of the NAA XFILES JOAD Newsletter has been published.
1/13/2006: You can use the  new JOAD clubs functions to register your JOAD and search for JOADs near you.  
1/2/2006: Happy New Year!   Tom Barker is conducting a Level II course!   For more information, see this link.
12/31/2005:  The latest newsletter, the last of the 2005 year, has been posted
12/30/2005: After substantial updates, the on-line registration for the TSAA State Indoor Tournament has been cautiously posted.  Hopefully all the bugs have been ironed out.   You will need to enter a number into a field before you can click SUBMIT, as a measure to reduce false entries due to the online gambling idbots.  See the INDOOR form for full information.    The JOAD registration form has also been posted.
12/21/2005:  CHANGE ON DATES:  The Columbus JOAD will sponsor the JOAD Indoor Championship on January 27-28th.   The University of Texas will host the State Indoor Championship the following weekend, on February 3,4,5.  Information will be posted here and emailed to all TSAA newsletter subscribers as soon as it is available. 

BTW concerning the newsletter - If you have not subscribed, or if you have not gotten an issue recently, you might want to use this use this link to subscribe or re-up for the free newsletter.  (You do not have to be a TSAA member). A number of members have changed their emails and not told us, or else have set up email filters such as Earthlink's spam blocker, that prevent our newsletter from arriving!  Don't miss out.

12/20/2005: the 4-H Indoor Season has culminated in the championship held this last weekend in Columbus, TX.  The results are at this link.
12/20/2005: Bob Pian of Arizona Archery has sent me a heads-up:
The Collegiate Call-in Results are now available on www.collegiatearchery.com
REMINDER - The District 11 4-H invitational Indoor Tournament Championship is Dec. 15-16-17 in Columbus.  
12/10/2005: The latest results for the 4-H Season now include the TIGER SHARKS Tournament.
12/5/2005: The 4-H Indoor Season returns from holiday break - Results for Fort Bend are at this link.
11/20/2005: BIDS are being accepted for hosting of the 2006 TSAA State Indoor and State JOAD Indoor events.  The DEADLINE for the bids is December 1, 2005. This is a great way for your club to have fun and make some money.  For more information please see this link.
11/20/2005: APRIL 2006 RECRUITING EVENT at Arizona State University

High School Juniors and Seniors (and parents)... We know that choosing the correct college or university is a big decision. You have to think about academic opportunities, costs, and your archery future. We would like to help make this process as easy for you as possible.

Therefore, Sun Devil Archery at ASU will be hosting two days of recruiting events on April 3rd and 4th, 2006 (Monday and Tuesday). The AZ Cup (a USAT qualifier) is scheduled for the 5th-9th... so come out a couple of days early and get to know the ASU-Tempe campus and our program. We will schedule:

* housing
* campus tours
* practice with the team
* parents question and answer sessions with our Boosters
* and more...

If you are interested, contact us.
We can't wait to meet you and show you what we have to offer!
11/19/2005: Kathy Eissinger of US Collegiate Archery has coordinated the 2005-2006 Collegiate Archery Call in Tournament.
2005-2006 Collegiate Archery Indoor Call in Tournament.
All collegiate archers are invited to take part in the Collegiate Archery Call in Tournament hosted by Sun Devil Archery and Arizona Junior & Collegiate Archery.
NAA 300 rounds at 18 meters to be scored in November 2005, January 2006, and February 2006.
Score to be submitted on line no later than seven days after the competition month.

November 2005 scores due December 7.
January 2006 scores due February 7.
February 2006 scores due March 7.
For more information and to submit scores visit: collegiate archery
11/6/2005: The Aggie Indoor Results have been posted by Kathy Eissinger (we missed you there, Kathy!) at this link.
11/4/2005: The Texas Shootout web page is up and running. As per USA Archery rules for USAT events, this year will be a double 70 meter round followed by an OR round on sunday. There will be a team round for interested people on Saturday night. There will also be the usual banquet Saturday night included in your entry fee.  We hope to see you there!
11/3/2005:  The latest TSAA Newsletter has been posted, Issue 52.  It has a travelogue by Rick Stonebraker, who recently returned from conducting an archery instructors course in.......Dubai.   Photos are included!
10/26/2005: NASP (National Archery In Schools Program's 1st Annual Archery in the Schools Texas State Championship (pdf file)
10/23/2005: The 4-H Indoor Season happens nearly every weekend! - Results for Goliad are at this link.
10/20/2005: AZ Cup Information is up, and the date is now firm.
10/16/2005: The 4-H Indoor Season continues - Results for LaWard are at this link.
10/14/2005: A PSE Job Posting has been added to the "resale" page.  Making archery into a livelihood - what a great idea!
10/10/2005: The 4-H Indoor Season kicked off this weekend - they hold a series of indoor tournaments, 8 or more over the next couple of months.  Results for Victoria are at this link.
10/6/2005: The NAA has announced that Kisik Lee, formerly head coach of Australia, has accepted the position of Head National Coach.  Read more in the latest TSAA Newsletter Issue here.
10/4/2005: A very important document has been made available, regarding archery safety.  From ArcherySport Foundation.  "Insight: Is Archery a Safe Sport?  YES" 
10/3/2005:  LATE BREAKING SCHEDULE CHANGE: due to Hurricane Rita, the BEST seminar in Victoria was prudently cancelled.  We will conduct this seminar this coming SUNDAY, 10/9, in Victoria.  Please respond to Tom Barker if you will be attending, or have additional questions.  Here's the information:
ATTENTION JOAD COACHES:  Victoria Best Seminar
Tom Barker and Ron Carmichael, recently certified Level III NAA coaches, will be conducting a one day seminar in Victoria near the airport.  The exact meeting place at the airport is yet to be determined.
The subject of the seminar will the BEST archery method now being taught in the NAA instructor and coach certification programs.  BEST stands for Biomechanically Efficient Shooting Technique.  Much of this is what is covered in Kisik Lee’s book Total Archery.  We will cover application of the concepts in the book and some exercises to strengthen the proper shooting muscles for beginning and intermediate archers.
The seminar is geared toward the level 1 and 2 instructors and intermediate archers.  The goal is to help level 1 and 2 instructors obtain a good foundation in proper shooting mechanics to head off bad habits and reinforce proper form.  This is basically a continuing education opportunity for current level 1 and 2 instructors who may not have had a chance to be exposed to the BEST method.
Weather permitting we may be able to shoot some outside at close distances to reinforce the technique.
The cost is $25 per family.  The time will be 9 am until about 4 or 5, at the 4H activities center at the Victoria airport (MAP).  There will be one hour lunch break about noon.  Please email Tom Barker for more information on this opportunity - you MUST pre-register.
9/12/2005: Calendar Updated - Baja Tournament added.
9/8/2005:  Guy Krueger is organizing BEST seminars around the country.  Check here for more information.
9/7/2005: ATTENTION JOAD COACHES:  Victoria Best Seminar
Ron Carmichael, Chelsea Barker, and Tom Barker, recently certified Level III NAA coaches, will be conducting a one day seminar on September 24 in Victoria near the airport.  The exact meeting place at the airport is yet to be determined.
The subject of the seminar will the BEST archery method now being taught in the NAA instructor and coach certification programs.  BEST stands for Biomechanically Efficient Shooting Technique.  Much of this is what is covered in Kisik Lee’s book Total Archery.  We will cover application of the concepts in the book and some exercises to strengthen the proper shooting muscles for beginning and intermediate archers.
The seminar is geared toward the level 1 and 2 instructors and intermediate archers.  The goal is to help level 1 and 2 instructors obtain a good foundation in proper shooting mechanics to head off bad habits and reinforce proper form.  This is basically a continuing education opportunity for current level 1 and 2 instructors who may not have had a chance to be exposed to the BEST method.
Weather permitting we may be able to shoot some outside at close distances to reinforce the technique.
The cost is $25 per family.  The time will be 9 am until about 4 or 5.  There will be one hour lunch break about noon. .  Please email Tom Barker for more information on this opportunity - you MUST pre-register. 
8/31/2005:  ALERT  The Clout Tournament in San Antonio has been cancelled.  ALERT
8/29/2005: The latest newsletter, number 51, has been released.
8/28/2005: The 4-H Indoor Shooting Calendar has been posted on the 4H Pages.
8/27/2005: The website for the Aggie Invitational up and running.
Dates are Nov. 4-6, 2005. Registration forms and signup information can be found on the website. As always, people can email to reserve a spot and it will be held for one week. After that point in time it will be given to someone on the waiting list if there is a waiting list if the entry form and payment have not been received. Hotel information is still up in the air but will be posted as soon as it is available.
8/24/2005:  Link to scapular exercises for the BEST Method
8/24/2005:

 Operation Iraq Archery Clubs (Updated)

 

8/16/2005:  Announcing the 2nd TSAA Clout Tournament in San Antonio. Date for tournament is Sunday, September 25, 2005 from 12noon- 4pm. 
8/14/2005:  Senior Games Archery Information.   General Information
8/9/2005:  Another use for 2514s has  been updated.   Enjoy.
8/7/2005: Zack Kolda Benefit Shoot. The shoot will take place at the Austin Archery Club range on Sunday September 18th.  California walk up start beginning at 8:00am. 
8/5/2005:  NAA Nationals:  Index of Photos - Final updates have been made. 
7/24/2005:  I have elevated the Collegiate Info Page to "border" status.  You will now be able to find information on Collegiate Archery in the left-hand Index of the primary pages of the TSAA.   Please send the webmaster any information for a college club that is not listed.
7/13/2005: MurderBall.   Recommended.  one week later, STILL RECOMMENDED.
7/13/2005: THE LATEST X FILES JOAD NEWSLETTER HAS BEEN RELEASED!
7/12/2005:  Cost for an elite paralympian to make Bejing, by Aaron Cross.
7/7/2005: Archery Excellence Center of Madrid - This place has to be seen to be believed. Check out the Image Gallery!
7/5/2005:  A 1-year old collegiate archery summary article has been moved from the XFiles Archives to its very own page, and updated in the process. 
7/4/2005: the 50th TSAA Newsletter has been released.  Check the archives for your copy.  In this issue, I have altered the format to accommodate the needs of the net today.  No graphics, a shorter format with hyperlinks to the full articles.  
7/4/2005: Level I Instruction includes a manual.  Larry Sullivan has created a GREAT powerpoint version that is a must for anyone involved in the training process.  This is only the first version and more are sure to come.  You will need a copy of MS Powerpoint, or else a PowerPoint Viewer.  There are three files in the zip, put them all in the same folder before running the presentation. Thanks to the USA Archery folks for permission to post these.
9/23/2005: To all NAA members:  If you see anything below of note or concern, please contact your NAA Board member representative

The proposals for the upcoming NAA Board Meeting to be held in Colorado Springs NEXT weekend (Sept. 30 & Oct. 1). 

 

PROPOSALS:

 

1. USAT - Use 70 meter ranking rounds on odd number years and FITA ranking rounds on even number years. 

Correction:
1. USAT - Use 70 meter ranking rounds on EVEN number years and FITA ranking rounds on ODD number years.

 

2. USAT  - Eliminate 12 minute test as a requirement for USAT and Jr. USAT. 

3.  Allow archers with disabilities to compete in both AR and able-bodied classes with a single registration fee, and rnake AR athletes with their able-bodied competitors for target reassignment and ranking purposes. 

4.  Include both Men and Women on Training Camp and International Team Staffs. 

5.  Consider funding a 1 hour archery program for ESPN, HBO or anyone else who will air it. 

6.  Develop JOAD Programs at the State Level with requirements and incentives. (this is a long proposal with some great ideas - just too much to write here). 

7.  Limiting BOG candidates to running for only one position at a time. (for example, not both Athlete and Regional Rep.) 

8.  Proposal to change FITA rule for allowable riser length for US Longbow rules from 18 inches to 24 inches. 

9.  Change the NAA Board Composition, removing 4 of the 8 regional representatives and replacing with representatives from Coaches, Judges, JOAD Leaders and the College Division. 

10.  Add a State Team championship to Nationals. 

11.  Include Sport Science Committee expenses in the 2006 budget. 

12.  Developing Scoring Software for USAT qualifiers to standardize results and help tournament organizers. 

13.  Revise Tournament bid package and Create oversight committee or person to maintain consistency and quality in NAA tournaments. 

14.  Olympic Team Trials - Use best 72 arrow USAT qualifier within 3 months prior to the trials, along with 72 arrows at the trials to make the cut for the round robins.  Use total of all scores to determine top 4 finishers.   Require Olympic Round and Team Round participation at a USAT qualifier in a 12 month period prior to the trials.  Have the National Coach select 3 of the top four archers for the team, based on his observation of the athletes. 

15.  To encourage participation in Team Rounds.  Require team round participation in at least one USAT qualifier to be eligible for USAT. 

16.  Move the National Indoor Championships earlier in the year so archers have more time to prepare for outdoor distances prior to the first USAT qualifier.

17.  Support Copanarco by sending teams to more Copanarco events.  This would improve our relations with Copanarco, which determines World Ranking Event status. 

18.  Offer Collegiate Division at US National Target Champ. and encourage Collegiate divisions at all NAA Sanctioned events. 

19.  Provide more information about USADA (Drug Testing) to athletes at NAA events and training camps. 

20.  Propose to FITA a rule change allowing one to three distances of a FITA to be shot in one day, finishing the remainder on the second day.  This allows more flexibility to tournament directors vs. one day or two day FITA. 

21.  Propose to FITA better methods to update and inform members of rule changes, when they were made and why. 

22.  Provide tournament banners with USAT sponsors to all NAA Major Events. 

Other issues that will be discussed include:

The Budget

NADA Contract

Strategic Plan and Goals for 2006

Committees

Pan Am and Olympic Trials Process and Timeline

World University Games Selection Process

Involving ParaOlympics in all NAA Programs

And committee reports.

 

6/14/2005: Records Page and Attendance Statistics updated.
6/2/2005: Results of the Texas State JOAD Target Championship have been posted.  Photos
6/7/2005: The results are now available for the Texas Target Championship. Photos