2009 Outdoor Archer's Cup Tournament

Ace Archers, Inc. has hosted the 2009 Outdoor Archer's Cup Tournament. The 2009 Outdoor Archer's Cup was held on 6/5/2009 to 6/7/2009 at the Memorial Park Practice Field at 194 Church St, Mansfield, MA. There official practice was from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Friday 6/5/09. The tournament started with practice at 8:00 am on Saturday and Sunday with a 9:00 am tournament start time. We had 21 archers participating in the tournament. The tournament was a sanctioned FITA tournament. The tournament scores are located here.

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Special Note to Volunteers from Coach Tom

I would like to thank the Judges, Verna Semple, Richard Corrigan, Helen Sahi and especially Ray Hooper, for all their hard word during the tournament. Without their efforts the tournament would not have occurred.

I would like to thank State Archery Association of Massachusetts (SAAM) for the loan of the target matts and stands! If you are not active in SAAM, you are missing out on a great group of people!

I would like to thank Bill and Cindy Proctor for their assistance to us with get the range equipment from the SAAM storage facility.

I would like to thank Helen Sahi for the loan of the Timing Clock on Sunday!

For those of you that attended the tournament, you know that I was not present during the tournament. I had been ill the two weeks before and during the tournament. My wife, Kathy, and I had traveled to France to pick up our daughter, Kimberly, from a year abroad. During our stay in France is when I began to get ill.(The French medical system is quite effective.) As a result, Kathy Herrington, Kimberly Herrington and Patrick Herrington picked up the slack to set-up and run the tournament; without their fantastic efforts the tournament would have been cancelled. Thank-you Kathy, Kim and Pat!

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New Star FITA Records for JIMMY BELL!

Jimmy Bell, a 12 year old FITA Compound Bowman, just completed his first outdoor tournament with four USA Archery Star FITA Records! Jimmy will be holding the Star FITA Records for 30 meters, 25 meters against the 122 cm target face, 25 meters against the 80 cm target face and FITA Round. In the archery tournament Compound Bowman shoot at four distances, 30 meters, 25 meters against the 122 cm target face, 25 meters against the 80 cm target face and 20 meters against the 80 cm target face. The archers shoot 36 arrows at each distance for a total of 144 arrows. A perfect score for each distance would be 360 points and total of 1440 points. Jimmy is a superb archer who is marking his place in the archery world!

At 30 meters, Mr. Bell posted 357 points, which broke the existing record of 352 points. At 25 meters against a 122 cm target face, Jimmy posted a perfect 360 points; the prior record was 358 points. At 25 meters against an 80 cm target face, Jimmy Bell posted 355 points with the prior record being 352 points. Overall Mr. Bell posted a total score of 1428 points which blasted the existing record of 1415 points. (At 20 meters, Jimmy scored 356 points which was just one point under the existing record of 357 points.)

Jimmy’s X count was just as impressive: 30 meters with 16 Xs; 25 meters against the 122 cm target face with 21 Xs; 25 meters against the 80 cm target face with 10 Xs; and 20 meters with 18 Xs. The total X count was 65 with a total 132 10s. During the tournament Jimmy blew up 6 arrows by shooting off the nocks.

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Bronze Olympian Earned by Alexander Sahi!

Coach Helen Sahi would like to annonce that Alexander Sahi earned his Bronze Olympian during the tournament with a score of 329 points at 70 meters! Alexander is a Cadet FITA Compound Archer who will obviously make a great mark on the archery scene!

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FITA Star Pin Awards

Several archers earned their FITA Star Pin Awards during the 2009 Outdoor Archer’s Cup. FITA Star Pins Awards are available to archers who achieve a specific score while shooting an outdoor FITA Round. The archers who achieved their FITA Star Pin Awards are:

Name Score Award
Jimmy Bell 1428 FITA Star on Purple
Tim Gerstel 1152 FITA Star on Black
Ariel Gibilaro 1204 FITA Star on Blue
Shayna Jenkins 1021 FITA Star
Dylan Johnson 1337 FITA Star on Red
Dillon McMenamy 1140 FITA Star on Black
Danny Neish 1276 FITA Star on Blue
Aaron O’Neil 1058 FITA Star
Nathan Phelps 1044 FITA Star
Rachel Phelps 1116 FITA Star on Black

Tournament Information

There were four distances in the tournament. The distance you are shooting depends on your class and gender. Please see Texax Archery's Distance and Target Size chart.

There were several classes based on age eligibility:

  1. Bowman - Through the calendar year of the 12th birthday
  2. Cub - Through the calendar year of the 14th birthday
  3. Cadet - Through the calendar year of the 16th birthday
  4. Junior - Through the calendar year of the 18th birthday
  5. Senior - 18 years old and up
  6. Master 50's - 50 years old and up
  7. Master 60's - 60 years old and up
  8. Master 70's - 70 years old and up

There were several divisions:

  1. Olympic Recurve - All Classes, Both Genders
  2. Compound Release - All Classes, Both Genders
  3. Compound Fingers - Master 50s, Master 60s and Master 70s Only, Both Genders
  4. Longbow - Modern and Traditional Longbow combined, Seniors, Master 50s, Master 60s, Master 70s only, Both Genders
  5. Traditional Recurve Seniors, Master 50s, Master 60s, Master 70s only, Both Genders
  6. FITA Barebow - All Classes, both Genders

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