TSAA 2007 State Field Championship

Despite being bit on Friday by a red wasp that dropped into my shirt, getting poison oak/ivy on my arms/legs, accidentally standing too long on an ant mound, minor sun burn, some wind burn and a few mosquito bites, the 25th annual TSAA State Field Championship went off with only a minor glitch or two. And all the above happened to me! The temperature was held in check by a wind that played havoc on the archers but this hardy bunch of TSAA folks managed to shoot and have fun. You never know what is going to happen at the State Field when it is staged at the Blaschke Deer Farm. After many, many hours of preparation setting up the field, three days before the event, a torrential downpour dropped 6-8 inches of water in the area and the course had to be changed at the last minute. Fortunately this only involved 6 or 7 targets. There was a good-side bad-side to this rain. The bad side was it blocked the only two roads/trails from target 24 that leads back to the staging area. The good side was the shuttle ride took the archers through the high fence area where John and Victor supplied the kids with corn to through alongside the road. This brought some of the exotic deer as close as 20 feet for some spectacular photos of Axis, Fallow, Sika, Elk, Elan and others. Tom Barker provided a trailer with custom 2×6 benches that made the shuttle runs a classy operation. Photos to follow on the Barker Bodacious Bench Bus.

Many thanks go to proprietor Nolan Blaschke for hosting us the last six years and to my co-director John. Thanks goes to the volunteers and helpers who come out on the work days to help set stuff up. These work days are not all work so make it a point to come out next year and have some fun mixed in. Adam Guggisberg, Kelly Kennedy, Mike Hojnacki, Ron Harder, Tom Barker, made up the work crew and of course John spends as many countless days out there as I do. Greg gets the gold star this year as he spent three whole days working. I even coerced a co-worker, Jerry Steward, to help me a full day as he will ride his motorcycle anywhere on a nice day. He was amazed as what is involved in a field shoot.

The family prize and the longest distance traveled goes to the Trafford family. Don Morgan survived quite well at 69 yrs 8 months. The youngsters were Heather Barthels at 9 years and little Hardy Trafford at 7 years and Miriam Trafford at 8. So, this event is for the young and young at heart. Join us next year.

Rick Stonebraker, TSAA President

and from co-organizer and squire of the land upon which this event is staged:

For All,

Many thanks to all the smiling faces that made it out again this year. I am very thankful for all of the new people that I had an opportunity to make friends with and the reuniting of all my old friends. I have a hypothesis that I’m promoting to a theory, there is no such thing as a bad archer; every year this is proven true because you all are such wonderful individuals. I am anxiously looking forward to next year. I would like to extend a personal invitation to everyone to please come back again, and I would hope to see some more new people and hopefully a few more returning for those unfortunate enough who could not return this year.

Unfortunately for the reality in life, for everything good, there is also the bad. In Field Archery we have the winners and we have losers. I think it is safe to say that everybody that attended can call themselves a winner. For the deer that didn’t have a trailer driving by every 15 minutes and those throwing out bushels of corn, those poor fellas (deer) are definitely losers today. In spite of that, don’t you know they were feeling happy last night with a belly full of corn?

Thanks everybody!

John Blaschke

PS from Rick:  

Congrats to Adam for blistering the course with a magnificent 701 out of 720, despite the inconsistent winds! 

TSAA State Field Championship
28 new records	May 5-6, 2007
* Denotes new record	48 archers total	Saturday		Total	Sunday		Total	Final
Master 70+ Compound Male	Morgan, Don	119	107	226	113	*137	*250	*476
Master 60+ Compound Male	Johnson, Jerry (Guest)	103	114	217	112	118	230	447
Master 50+ Compound Male	Blankenship, Gaylon	155	169	324	166	*173	*339	663
	Barker, Tom	131	158	289	146	147	293	582
	Anika, Larry D.	103	127	230	112	121	233	463
	Ripkoski, Alan	145	151	296	0	0	0	dnf
Master 50+ Bare Bow Male	James, Randy			101				dnf
Master 50+ Recurve Male	Petrosky, Gregory	77	133	210	104	112	216	426
Senior Bare Bow Female	Trafford, Charlene	28	51	79	65	64	129	208
Senion Bare Bow Male	Trafford, Skip	115	122	237	135	136	271	508
	Vargas, Edward	51	76	127	68	109	177	304
Senior Compound Female	True, Lannette	135	108	263	144	132	276	539
Senior Recurve Female	Holmes, Jennifer	121	124	245	114	135	249	494
Senior Recurve Male	Holmes, Staten	161	160	321	158	165	323	644
	Hojnacki, Michael	125	148	273	141	154	295	568
	Brown, Gary	50	62	112	49	61	110	222
Senior Compound Male	Guggisberg, Adam	174	177	351	173	177	350	*701
	Kennedy, Kelly	163	162	325	161	166	327	652
	Scroggins, John	148	165	313	157	158	315	628
	Dyer, Mark	152	159	311	150	163	313	624
	Lesak, Mark	150	156	306	144	158	302	608
	Garner, Dale	149	148	297	142	159	301	598
	Locke, Richard	146	144	290	150	156	306	596
	Human, Joe	126	143	269	146	149	295	564
	True, Andy	129	134	263	142	143	285	546
Junior Compound Female	Heinsohn, Holly	143	149	292	138	*159	297	589
	Lesak, Meagan	126	136	262	129	141	270	532
Junior Compound Male	Human, Joseph	154	166	320	161	*173	*334	*654
Junior Recurve Female	DeBord, Kayla	114	127	241	128	*139	*267	*508
	Petrosky, Simone	92	72	164	50	49	99	263
Cadet Compound Female	McMinn, Coral	143	148	291	154	158	312	603
Cadet Compound Male	Human, Benjamin	174	176	*350	170	*179	349	*699
	Locke, Justin	143	165	308	158	170	328	636
Cadet Recurve Female	Schroeder, Jory	124	117	241	122	116	238	479
Cadet Recurve Male	Janota, Tyler	102	116	218	*127	122	*259	*477
Cub Compound Male	DeBord, Clayton	155	146	301	133	164	317	618
	Lesak, Chad	133	126	259	140	136	276	535
	Tomlinson, Claude	133	133	266	144	133	277	543
Cub Recurve Female	Trafford, Rachael	106	115	221	108	112	220	441
	Trafford, Heather	84	88	172	91	100	191	263
Bowman Bare Bow Female	Trafford, Miriam	81	94	175	84	*102	*186	*351
Bowman Bare Bow Male	Trafford, Hardy	58	60	118	*74	65	*139	*257
Bowman Compound Female	Tomlinson, Jessica	121	143	264	129	146	275	539
Bowman Compound Male	Barthels, Hunter	158	142	300	*166	159	*325	*625
	Brister, Zachary	134	129	263	150	162	312	575
Bowman Recurve Female	Barthels, Heather	24	19	43	41	45	86	129
Bowman Recurve Male	Vargas, Nicholas	44	40	84	40	36	76	160