Western Pennsylvania’s top JOAD archers gathered at Cabin Fever Archery this past Saturday for Shooter of the Year 2018.  Representing Falcon Archers were six of our best recurve archers.

In the first round of shooting, Emily and Michael enjoyed their bye, Seth and Cassie both advanced with a win, and sick-but-still-game Rhianna was eliminated.  Tommy’s match went down to a one-arrow shoot-off, but he also got eliminated by fractions of an inch.

In the second round, Cassie and Emily were both defeated.  Seth and Michael shot against each other, and this match also was decided with a one-arrow shoot-off, with Seth emerging victorious.

The finals are the real test of nerves, with two archers on the stage listening to a shot-by-shot call of their arrows.Seth kept his poise throughout, and finally won the tournament with a beautiful 10 – 10 – 9 end (shown below!).

Your 2018 Western PA JOAD Recurve Shooters of the Year:

Seth Butler, Jarrett Pilgrim, Emma Gruver and Emma Brunger.

WAY TO GO, SETH!

The  2017-2018 Western PA JOAD Shooter of the Year Qualifiers have been announced, and these Falcon Archers have been invited:

• Cassandra Chappo
• Emily Kamp
• Rhianna Browell
• Tommy Morneweck
• Michael Liccardello
• Seth Butler

The full standings sheet has been updated and you can find it under the Current Year Info (or directly from this link).  The Shoot will be Saturday March 24, 2018 and will start promptly at 10 am.  There are 48 Shooter and only 38 lanes, so there will be a schedule to divide up the practice lines (which may delay your actual start time).

Crowfoot will be hosting the annual Three Rivers Classic on March 17th.  This is not one of the “standard” JOAD tournaments, so I will not be scheduling archers for this.  If you would like to shoot it, you need to make your own reservations.  This is an opportunity for parents to shoot alongside their kids.

Crowfoot Three Rivers Classic & JOAD

Where: Crowfoot Sportsmen’s Club
            4997 Crowfoot Road
            Murrysville, PA 15668
            724-327-9315

When: Saturday, March 17, 2017
            8:30 AM / 12:00 PM / 3:30 PM/7:00 PM
            (Sunday line if necessary)

For archers of all ages, First grade and up. FITA Adult Categories, too.

Fees: $12.00 per shooter; $25.00 per family of 3 or more.

AWARDS:

• FITA 600 round – 3 places in each division (male, female, recurve, compound).
• JOAD Indoor – 3 places in each merit class (recurve, compound). Genders
  combined.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: March 13, 2018

USA Archery Dress Code Applies for JOAD participants.
Food and Refreshments will be available.
Make checks payable to Crowfoot

Contact: Dean Cook
crowfootjoad@gmail.com
412-719-9311

Here is an interesting opportunity for some additional shooting.  X-Fever Archery is holding a “Pot Shoot” in conjunction with their JOAD tournament in December.  JOAD, non-JOAD, and adult shooters are all eligible to participate.  See this flyer for more details.  The Pot Shoot will be on Sunday afternoon, December 10th.