President: Larry McNew (734) 502-2256 Vice President: Art Burgor (734) 341-4780 Treasurer: Duane Poupard (734) 673-1664 Membership Secretary: Sherry Lance (313) 770-3813 Recording Secretary: Larry Thorn (734) 586-2425 Trustee: Mike Burgor (313) 215-3431 Trustee: Scott Jackson (313) 291-2368 Trustee: Vacant (734)???-???? Trustee: Marv Shrum (734) 675-6136 Trustee: Mark Hook (313) 475-5255 Trustee: Dave Hallenbeck (734) 675-6393 Trustee: Dave Lance (313) 477-5357 Newsletter: Anthony M. Pizzini ArchersNews@Gmail.com The Arrow Newsletter of the Lincoln Bowmen, Straight to the point! For the month of: August 2011 Saturday Night Coon Shoot. Are you ready? Can t shoot Coons if you re not a member, sign up now! No live coons will be shot, we kill them first and prop them up with pointy sticks! This way the arrows passing through them won t hurt. No really, we use paper targets only! Lincoln Bowmen Archery Club will be holding it s annual Saturday Night Coon Shoot on Saturday August 13 th, 2011 at 7:00pm. Holly Pizzini sets new state record! Holly Pizzini breaks 4 year old state record in 900! More inside! Pg. 3 At the end of the second day while the last arrows are scored a young lady walks over to the bail and waits patiently. She asks Holly her score for the day then congratulates her saying, It s about time someone broke my record! That young lady who showed great sportsmanship was Gabrielle Meylan! Cont. page 2
Holly Pizzini, Lincoln Bowmen s newest State record holder! Arriving in Grand Blanc Saturday morning at Flint Bowmen Holly and her family was met with overcast skies and wet grass. The humidity coming from the ground let you know what kind of day you were in for as the temperature rose. The State 900 shoot started just after 10:00am Saturday morning. Holly approached the line for her 2 practice ends then the shoot began. Cub s shoot 30, 20, 10 meters in that order. This was the beginning of Holly s first time ever shooting the 900 state shoot. Mother nature was only kind to the line for ½ the day. The winds picked up a bit and it started to rain! Holly has never shot in the rain before and didn t like the rain droplets on her scope. She asked her dad, What am I going to do, it s hard to see? Her dad replied, Just shoot around the drops, you ll be ok! They looked at each other and laughed! After that Holly didn t drop a point in 14 ends, she finished 10 meters with a 300 and all X s! First day score: 891 with 53 X s. Day 2 Sunday; Sunday turned out to be a hot day and the skies cleared after a couple hours letting the sun out. Holly s dad was told Holly was ahead of the state record and needed to shoot better than a 891. Her Our new Newsletter Notice anything different about the Lincoln Bowmen Newsletter? Along with a new look and format we have a new editor. Anthony Pizzini has volunteered to take over the newsletter for the next 6 months. Anthony will be assisted by his daughter Holly in keeping us up to date on club activities. New things to look for in the up coming months: Space where you can sell your old bow equipment, more pictures, Kids Korner and a section called, Who s Winning! If you would like to submit an article or something for sale (Include a picture) please send it to ArcherNews@Gmail.com All of us at Lincoln Bowmen would like to thank Larry Thorn for his hard work on past newsletters. Summer League Banquet Don t forget your appetite! The Lincoln Bowmen summer league banquet is slated for Saturday August 20, 2011 at 6:00pm. There will be awards and prizes! Great food, lots of it, don t forget to come! See you there! 2 2
record and needed to shoot better than a 891to be the new record holder. I asked Holly what her goal for the day was and she replied, I m going for a 900 Dad! Holly dropped 4 points total in the 30 meters while making adjustments to her sight, she then turned to her dad and said, I got it now! For the rest of the day she didn t miss a 10. She also shot the nock off 3 of her arrows and 1 from the other shooter on the bail! Final for day two was 896 and 58 X s! You go champette! cont. New state record 891, 896 Total 1787 111 X s Old state record 881, 891 Total 1772 Unknown X s Rules, Rules, Rules! Our board has asked me to remind you of a few rules we have and shouldn t be ignored! Our rules are in place to keep us safe and to protect our property. Our new gate must be either all the way open or all the way 1. 2. closed! Don t go half way on this. You just might end up trashing out our gate or causing someone else to hit it. Broadheads should only be shot in the broadhead pit! Please be careful when handling broadheads, especially if kids are present. Uncle Dave you rock! Thanks for your random act of kindness! Coon shoot continued shooting 15 targets at close range. Bring your flashlight! After the shoot we will announce the winner and have a time of club camaraderie with a bonfire! There is currently a sign-up sheet on both the indoor and outdoor bulletin boards at the club. If you have questions about the event, please contact Dave Hallenbeck. His number is found at the top of the first page. Could you really shoot this little guy? What if he was getting into your trash every night? Could you then? Lol NO LIVE COONS ARE SHOT AT! Our elevated shooting platforms 3. are for shooting and not for kids to play on. Please keep kids off the stairs and platforms to avoid injury! If we all work together we can keep our club safe. Remember every member is a Safety Officer! AP + LP 3 3
Dog Days of Summer 3D Shoot! The Dog Days of Summer are here! It s time to put down that mid morning cocktail and grab your bow. Come on out and shoot some 3D with us. When you ask? Well let me tell you. It s August 28 th, 2011 with registration from 9:00am to 1:00pm. This shoot features 30 of the coolest 3D targets Lincoln Bowmen has to offer. Not only that but once your done shooting we invite you to join us in our spacious clubhouse for lunch! Fish needed The club is asking our members to catch a few Walleye, Salmon or Perch this summer and set them aside for the Wild Game Dinner this January. Place them in a freezer bag and mark, Lincoln Bowmen. Then you can pull them out in December when we ask for donations. Thanks! Advanced Ballot for GM meeting The September General Membership Meeting will be held on Saturday September 10, 2011 at 7:00pm. The purpose of this meeting is electing new board members, reviewing and voting on club policy. All club members our encouraged to attend. The Lincoln Bowmen Board of Directors will put forth an advance ballot of those running for board positions and proposed by-law updates on the day of the General Membership meeting Saturday September 10, 2011 at 11:00am. The election will remain open until the close of the General Membership meeting. If you have questions regarding the by-law updates or the ballot, you can bring them up during the General Membership meeting. Club officers will make themselves available throughout the day of the meeting at the club to help answer questions. Club Class A members can submit their name or another Class A member they would like to nominate to any board member for Board of Director position. Names must be submitted no later than Monday September 5 th, 2011 by 6:00pm. If you are nominating another member please be sure they have agreed to serve on the board. 4
Advanced Ballot for GM Meeting Continued For those who would like to run for the board of directors, please submit your name or the name of someone you would like to nominate along with a brief reason for running for the position and what they hope to bring to the club as a board member. To serve on the board you must be willing to attend a minimum of nine board meetings and perform other duties such as; chair a committee, be a league secretary and help with club projects. Listed below are the current board of directors and the status of terms. If you are a current board member whose term expires and would like to run for the board again, please be advised you must submit your name as well for a board position. By-law proposed addition Section 3. Duties of Officers. Article 1 Item (d) Treasurer. Each calendar year, no later than the 15 th day of May, he or she must file annual tax returns prepared by a Certified Public Accountant (CPA); he or she must then obtain an annual financial audit prepared by a CPA and present the financial audit report to the board of directors at the next regular scheduled Board of Directors meeting, no later than June of that year. Elected September 11, 2010 one year left on term: Larry McNew Dave Lance Andy Clinton Marv Shrum Dave Hallenbeck Mike Burgor Term ends September 10, 2011 Sherry Lance Duane Poupard Larry Thorn Art Burgor Scott Jackson Mark Hook Board of Director Positions The Lincoln Bowmen Archery Club will be holding it s annual General Membership Meeting on Saturday September 10 th, 2011 at 7:00pm. At this meeting the club will elect board members. If you are interested in becoming a board member please contact club present Larry McNew. Who got beat down, again! The second annual Beat Down Shoot between Lincoln Bowmen and Wayne County Sportsman's club was a great success. Forty shooters from both clubs lined up on our front course for a shotgun start on Saturday the 6 th. After shooting 25 3D targets at our club. The event continued at Wayne County for 25 back up trap and a pig roast, which also included, prime rib and chicken. When all the two person team scores from both clubs were totaled (scores from both the 3D and trap are added for each team) Lincoln Bowmen won the event again this year. Chris Chesney and Larry McNew repeated themselves this year again and were high team champions. Congratulation to all of the members from Lincoln Bowmen who took part in this shoot. Great job everyone! 5 5
Who s Winning? 3D Tough man shoot results Mens open Ernie Bowling 306 (W) Johnny Vilasenor 296 David Kopintsky 265 Recurve Traditional Brandon Mach 235 (W) Rich Focht 198 Joe Swetonic 196 Mens free style Cubs Kris Dake 280 (W) Joey Hancock 199 (W) Scott Wakefield 278 Garrett Clay 147 Ryan Martin 268 Ethan Clay 127 Longbow Youth John Barkley 202 (W) Remie Reaume Jr. 254 (W) Don Hancock 164 Cory York 236 Jeremy Daum 125 Kyle Horner 229 The MAA 900 Mens Master Senior Bow Hunter Free Style Dave Hindbaugh 1660 (W) The MET 900 Pro Senior Male Freestyle Glenn Campbell 745 Master Senior Male Free Style Gary Surbrook 773 Mens Free Style Duane Poupard 853 (W) Don Surbrook 826 Mark Hook 823 Pro Mens Free Style Ron Hardesty 865 (W) Youth Molly Cuddihy 725 (W) Cubs Pro Womens free Style Sandie Swirles-Duncan 854 (W) Holly Pizzini 880 (W) Highest scoring archer for the shoot! **This newsletter only lists LB archers. If you have a (W) after your name you won your division! Congratulations to all.** Womens Bow Hunter Free Style Sue Hindbaugh 1595 (W) Cubs Holly Pizzini 1787 (W) New state record! Highest scoring archer for the weekend! Not rain or heat or REALLY BIG MOSQUITOS! kept these archers arrows from finding their mark! Way to go Team Lincoln Bowmen! Lincoln Bowmen Archers who set new State Records! Glenn Campbell 873 Sandie-Swirles Duncan 876 Holly Pizzini 1787 111 X s If I missed anyone please let me know for next newsletter! 6 6
Who s winning continued. Senior Games in Michigan May 2011 Sarah Lance makes US team and heads to Poland! From left to right: Glenn Gold Medal New State Record 873 Sandie Swirles Duncan Gold Medal New State Record 876 Ron Silver Medal, Gary Gold Medal, Don Gold Medal The Lincoln Bowmen senior express was in overdrive as Glenn, Sandie, Ron, Gary and Don headed out to mind some gold and a little silver! The Senior Games were held in May and went the way of our 5 archers as their arrows found it s place on the bail. Personally, I think Sandie is a little too young for this bunch and definitely prettier! Glenn and Sandie led the way setting new State records with Ron shooting a couple hundred points better than last year scoring Silver! What caused the big point swing for Ron? He trained hard and wanted it! Not to mention having Glenn as a coach helps! Gary and Don thought they would try their hand in shooting this outside competition for the first time ever elevating the fab five to GOLD status once again! If you happen to see this league of extraordinary archers, give em a high 5 for a job well done! In the words of Yukon Cornilious, Silver and Gold, Silver and Gold! lol Way to represent! Looks like Lincoln Bowmen cleaned up! SARAH SETS SEVERAL NEW WORLD RECORDS! It all started with a trip to Puerto Rico. June 17th through the 23rd put the Lance family in Puerto Rico with the USA archery Jr. USat team at an international ranking event. Sarah shot in 104 degree temperatures and set several new world records! At the end of the trip she walked away with seven medals, five silver, one gold and one bronze. After a long flight home and barely enough time to rest the Lance family prepped for the next shoot. Sacramento, California was only 2 weeks away for Joad nationals and a shot at the junior World Team. Sarah won all her matches and made the team. She will now be traveling to Poland on August 19th to compete with her team in the youth world championships. Hopefully she will return home with a win and many gold medals! Let s wish Sarah and Sherry a safe trip! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! 7 7
**For Sale** This Diamond youth bow is perfect for your little archer! It s adjustable draw length grows with them. It comes with factory pin sight, Camo whisker biscuit, Wrist strap and a Diamond detachable quiver (Quiver is a $50.00 value). Limbsaver limb savers are already attached. You can take this bow from 30-40lbs. all for $275.00! This is a must see, very clean and well kept! Call Anthony (734) 379-5443 There is only one (1) bow at this price. First come, first served! A message from a Trustee Greetings fellow Archers! I hope you have been enjoying some of our upgrades to the club. Many nice compliments were told to us by visiting archers during the MET 900 shoot. I m proud of our club and I hope you are also. This is why I m taking the time to ask you to pick up after yourselves! It s a shame to do all this work then walk the front or back courses and find cigarette butts and pop cans, water bottles and wrappers left on the ground. When you re smoking in front of the clubhouse don t throw your garbage on the ground. You know we have invested in trashcans and butt cans for your convenience. Please use them! Your mama doesn t shoot here to clean up after you, and if she does, I m telling on you! Put your litter in its place! A message from the editor: I can t remember which Trustee asked me to write this or his exact words. I might have worded it this way for fun. By any means, you get the idea. Thanks for cleaning up after yourself! Anthony Our New Newsletter If you would like to submit something for the newsletter please E-mail it to me by the 20 th of each month. I will do my best to make sure it gets into The Arrow! This way I can E-mail it out by the first of each month. I really like kid stuff, pictures and scores from where ever you have been shooting. If you have any suggestions good or bad E-mail me. It s your newsletter, have it your way! (Lol) It s important to know I insert information as I receive it. I show no favoritism to anyone but kids, all kids! If your article is in the back instead of the front then I got it on the 20 th. I like to write with a little dry humor to keep things lively. Hey, I m only here for 6 months (Maybe more?), let s see where we can take this! Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to be your newsletter! Anthony & Holly Pizzini 8 8