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❄️’24 Candy Cane Crunch

With that the DSA Season points comes to end! Awards will be handed out at the next state tournaments. 🏆
The level of shooting we had this weekend was phenomenal! Thank you all for coming out, Congratulations to the division winners and everyone for your great shooting!

📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖋️ Scores on BetweenEnds

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🌵 A separate post dedicated to thanking our crew? Don’t mind if we do.

In Arizona we are blessed with skilled judges and incredibly hard working volunteers. There’s a lot going on behind the scenes to ensure our tournaments run smooth - this team (and many more not pictured here) was phenomenal.

🌵 ‘23 Arizona State Outdoor

This weekend, we were delighted to host one of the final outdoor shoots in the state and we are not disappointed. We were blessed with decent winds and tormented with some heat, but we loved spending our weekend with all of you archers. This is DSA’s second last tournament of the year - we cannot wait to head back to our indoor range and get out of this unusual heat for this time of year.

As usual,
📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊️ Scores on Between Ends

See you all at the Candy Cane in December ❄️

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #usaarchery #arizonaarchery #archerytournament #benaveryshootingrange #desertskyarchers #compoundarchery #recurvearchery #barebowarchery #outdoorarchery

⚔️ Iron Archer 2023

We are delighted to finally return to the scene of the Iron Archer after a few years of decommission. We deeply thank Bob Pian and Janice Price for allowing us to return a state favorite back onto the board this year!

It is a pleasure to announce this years flight winners (🥇,🥈,🥉):
Gold - Ella O’Brien, Ken Brunko, Logan Beckstrand
Silver - Sam Cunningham, Adam Stringham, Corey Dean
Bronze - Khloe Markle, Katie Krebs, Will Laguna
Yellow - Madison Schlief, Brian Cupp, Tom Pollei
Red - Chris Austin, Wesley Robinson, Kevan Pollei
Blue - Jac Stadjuhar, Danielle Dolbin, Colleen Lund
Black - Travis Labrador, Steve Dockray, Mikie Kolb
White - Jordyn Taylor, Eve Stadjuhar, Ryan Genz

From DSA to you, thank you for enjoying this weekend with us! To our seasoned judges, we thank you for your excellence. For the new judges on the range this weekend (Shawna Cordeiro and Kerry Stadjuhar), you did amazing! We look forward to having you again next time. Our Benevolent Dictator™️ (Rick Bachman), you always manage to run the smoothest tournaments. We are privileged to have you! And the biggest thank you to all of our archers - without you, none of this is possible! We hope to see you all again in December for the Candy Cane ❄️

📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊️ Scores on BetweenEnds

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #desertskyarchers #benaveryshootingrange #arizonaarchery #arizonasports #archerytournament #compoundarchery #recurvearchery #barebowarchery

🐉 Trickshot

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🔥 It’s Sizzle Season 🔥

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🤨 Who was with us at the range today for the 2023 July Juggernaut?

Round robins tomorrow, all qualifying archers rest up tonight - it’ll be a long one!

#archery #teamusa #usaarchery #archerytournament #desertskyarchers #benaveryshootingrange #compoundarchery #recurvearchery #barebowarchery #arizonaarchery

🔵 Candid shots from the ABFAA 5 Spot State Championships

Always a delight hosting this tournament - thank you Coach Caytie at Timber Mesa for entrusting us with this shoot!

As usual,
📸 Pictures on SmugMug (twice more than usual 😉)
🖊️ Scores on Between Ends

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🌵2023 AZ State Masters Indoor Championship

Thank you to all of our masters+ archers that shot with us on Saturday! It was a very easy tournament, a nice change from some of our faster paced ones

📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊️ Scores on Between Ends

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🎰 2023 Vegas Vengeance - May

Breathing this tournament into life this year, we are pleased that this shoot was a success! Starting strong with 66 archers, we were happy to see familiar and new faces.

Our overall combined division winners (🥇,🥈,🥉)
Compound: Abigail Veidmark, Mikie Kolb, Cole Lickfeldt
Recurve: Joseph Huey, Abigail Kippes, Randy Kettlehut
Barebow: Megan Penner, Thomas Wasson, Harold Rush

📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊️ Scores on Between Ends

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #arizonaarchery #usaarchery #archerytournament #compoundarchery #barebowarchery #recurvearchery #benaveryshootingrange #desertskyarchers

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A belated thank you to everyone that joined us in March for the Shamrock Slam - we loved seeing your St. Patrick’s Day spirit 💚

📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊️ Scores on Between Ends

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🍀 2023 Shamrock Slam

Welcome back to the Shamrock, everybody!

📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊️ Scores on Between Ends

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #arizonaarchery #archerycompetition #stpatricksday #benaveryshootingrange #desertskyarchers #compoundarchery #barebowarchery #recurvearchery #tournament #targetarchery

And with that, the 2023 AZ State Indoor Championships comes to an end.

We are humbled by the support we have been shown over the years, and this year has been no different. We continue to be amazed at the growth of our sport in Arizona, and we are so proud to have such an amazing and welcoming community here. From everyone at DSA, thank you.

📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊️ Final Scores on Between Ends

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There’s only one day left of the 2023 AZ State Indoor! There has been lots of impressive scores and plenty of smiles going around at the range this weekend, and we are excited to see the final standings tomorrow.

For those who were not here for the first week, an archer is missing a Bone Collector release and a set of earbuds. If anyone has any information, please reach out to us.

Think you broke a record? You can find an updated list of state records on the USA Archery Arizona website. Make sure you submit your papers if you believe you did!

📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊️ Scores on Between Ends

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Those who shot this past weekend saw that DSA has new jerseys, but for those who haven’t, here they are!

Featuring an electrifying desert sky (name drop?) and the new USA Archery Arizona logo, these jerseys are sure to catch your eye. Also on our sleeve is DSA’s new mascot, Benny the Wolf.

There’s still four more sessions of shooting left for state, and we hope to see more of you there!

📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊️ Scores on Between Ends

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #arizonaarchery #benaveryshootingrange #desertskyarchers #archerycompetition #teamjerseys

Our first weekend of the AZ State Indoor is complete! Thank you to everyone who came to the range, and we look forward to seeing more of you next week!

📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊️ Scores on Between Ends

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There’s plenty of smiles to go around here on the first day of the 2023 AZ State Indoor 😁

We are in for a long weekend, and we are grateful to have so many archers come shoot with us!

📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊️ Scores on Between Ends

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #arizonaarchery #desertskyarchers #benaveryshootingrange #archerycompetition

❄️ We closed out the second and final day of the Candy Cane Crunch today with great success. We have experienced immense growth with this shoot over the past couple years - from 39 registrations our first year to 123 this weekend - so thank you to everyone for supporting us!

Each year, the ABFAA presents the Copper Arrow Award to an individual who has shown ‘outstanding service and dedication’ to our sport, and we are beyond proud that this years recipient was DSA’s own, Rick Bachman! We would be lost without our president and we are humbled by the boards appreciation. Thank you @caytiebelzner and @stephanielord20 for presenting this this afternoon.

We are also proud to announce a pending 25M World Record in the U18 Women’s Compound division - Liko Arreola with a score of 587! Congratulations on this amazing achievement @liko_arreola_808 !

From everyone at DSA, we wish you happy and safe holidays, and we look forward to seeing you all again in the new year!

Again:
📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊️ Scores on Between Ends

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❄️ 2022 Candy Cane Crunch

DSA’s last shoot of the year is underway! Big thank you to everyone who spent their Saturday with us, and we look forward to seeing more of you tomorrow!

📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊️ Scores on Between Ends

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #arizonaarchery #archerycompetition #desertskyarchers #benaveryshootingrange #targetarchery #indoorarchery #barebowarchery #recurvearchery #compoundarchery

Compound 🏹

Our second day of state is complete, so thank you to all of our compounders for shooting with us! We are grateful for everyone that came to shoot, spectate, or volunteer, and spend a beautiful weekend at Ben Avery.
We look forward to seeing you all again at the next one ☺️

Once again,
📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊 Scores on Between Ends

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #desertskyarchers #arizonaarchery #archerycompetition #benaveryshootingfacility #compoundarchery

Recurve 🏹 Barebow

Day One of the 2022 Arizona State Outdoor is complete! We ran long into the afternoon here, but all archers shot strong. Tomorrow is just for compound, so we look forward to seeing some of you there!

📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊 Scores on Between Ends

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #desertskyarchers #archerycompetition #arizonaarchery #benaveryshootingrange #outdoorarchery #arizonastateoutdoor2022

Today, we held the 2022 International round despite the freakish storms yesterday - all of our archers shot strong! This one day shoot is always fun, and we hope everyone that attended enjoyed spending their Sunday with us.

📸 Pictures on SmugMug

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Archery Mode 🔛

Fourth clinic of the year is done, and we had our biggest crowd so far! We are proud of our group for working hard and trying their best 😁

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #desertskyarchers #archeryclinic #benaveryshootingrange #learnarchery

Some of our favorite pictures from the 2022 AZ State Master Indoor Championships on Saturday ☺️

Thank you for all the archers who shot, and to our team for making these tournaments run smooth

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #arizonaarchery #archerycompetition #benaveryshootingrange #desertskyarchers

🎯 Introducing people to our sport is one of our favorite things to do!

We have one clinic in September, and then another in November - the link to sign up is on our website 😄

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #usaarchery #desertskyarchers #benaveryshootingrange

🔥 From DSA to everyone who supported us this weekend, either as archers or spectators, thank you for making the 10th anniversary of the Summer Sizzle so very special! None of this would ever be possible if it weren’t for our wonderful president, Rick Bachman, nor all of you - so thank you! This weekend has been a very important milestone for us.

We had a massive turnout, a full spectating area, and so many happy (and new) faces! With 15 previous national/state records obtained at this shoot, we are thrilled to announce that we have FOUR new potential national records! These four archers are Joseph Huey (@josephhueyarchery ), Alexis Ruiz (@alexisruizarchery ), Allen Alihodzic (@allenalihodzic_archery ), and Patrick Nielsen (@patrick_nielsen_archery ). Please congratulate them when you see them next!

We hope that everyone who came enjoyed this weekend with us, and thank you all once again! We hope to see you all next year 😉

📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊 Scores on Between Ends

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We are halfway through this weekend, so let’s give it up to our wonderful team and archers working their way through this shoot! We have a handful of archers shooting both 25m and 18m in one day, which is very impressive and challenging.

Tomorrow is our last day and the awards ceremony will be after the afternoon session has concluded and we can finalize all the scores 😁

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #arizonaarchery #desertskyarchers #benaveryshootingrange #archerycompetition

🔥 Summer Sizzle 🔥

It’s going to be a fun and long weekend - hope to see you all here!

📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🖊 Scores on Between Ends

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We want to thank everyone for shooting with us this weekend at the July Juggernaut!

🔥 We hope to see you all again in August for the Summer Sizzle 🔥

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Today, we kicked of the 2022 July Juggernaut! All qualification rounds are entered, so please make sure you check your emails to verify if you made the cut for tomorrows round robin elimination rounds!

📸 Pictures are on SmugMug
🖊 Scores are on Between Ends

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #arizonaarchery #archerycompetition #benaveryshootingrange #desertskyarchers

DSA owes a massive thank you to all of the archers that shot with us this weekend! We concluded our eliminations today with the compound groups and we had a wonderful crowd cheering our archers on 😊

Division Winners:
- Compound Adult: Tom Pollei
- Compound Youth: Katie Krebs
- Recurve Adult: Randy Kettlehut
- Recurve Youth: Maddie Barsell
- Barebow Adult: Aidan Hammer
- Barebow Youth: Ash Patriquin

🏹 We hope to see you all at the July Juggernaut next weekend!

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #arizonaarchery #benaveryshootingrange #archerycompetition

Day 2/3 of the 2022 Shamrock Slam is complete! Today we concluded qualification rounds and the recurve / barebow eliminations. Congratulations to our first set of division winners!

Tomorrow will be our final day with just the compound divisions’ eliminations. All scores are accessible through Between Ends, and pictures are on SmugMug.

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #arizonaarchery #benaveryshootingrange #archerycompetition

🏹 Kicking off the 2022 Shamrock Slam this weekend with a wonderful group of archers!

We would like to congratulate one of DSA’s own, Katie, for earning her JOAD Bronze Olympian during tonight’s first round of scoring. As well as this, Maya M. and Gracie R. are both shadowing our judges during this shoot, so please say hi to them this weekend!

📸 Pictures will be available on Smugmug

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #arizonaarchery #benaveryshootingfacility #archerycommunity

Happy Fourth of July! 🎇🇺🇸

Stay safe today, everyone!

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #independenceday #fourthofjuly #benaveryshootingfacility

Not only is practice important, but knowing your equipment is too! This is why we held an arrow talk last night for our competitive team practice.

Being able to understand your equipment will better help you trust it. Having the ability to piece together your own equipment will also move the responsibility more onto the archer, encouraging better attention to detail and a sense of independence.

Tournaments with registration open:
- Shamrock Slam
- July Juggernaut
- Summer Sizzle
- Masters State Indoor
- Outdoor State Championship

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #benaveryshootingfacility #arizonaarchery #arrowbuilding

A couple times each year, we help Ben Avery run archery clinics at the indoor range to introduce archery to new families. Today was one of those mornings! We had a wonderfully talented and diverse group of archers, and they all had a wonderful time shooting with us. This group was particularly skilled, so to make things more fun for them, we pinned some clay targets to make it more memorable for the children.

We have three more sessions for this year, which are in August, September, and November. Links to sign up are on DSA’s website under the classes tab.

Registration is open for a handful of upcoming tournaments, links to these are also available on our website!

🏹 Have an awesome weekend, everyone!

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #benaveryshootingfacility #benaveryarchery #desertskyarchers #beginnerarchery

Congratulations to the archers that shot the 2022 JOAD State Outdoor this weekend! Thank you to @cornerarchery for hosting the tournament!

DSA Elimination Results:
Allen - 1st Place, Compound Cadet Men
Corrin- 1st Place, Barebow Cadet Women
Ed - 2nd Place, Compound Cub Men
Katie - 3rd Place, Compound Cadet Women
London - 5th Place, Barebow Cadet Women
Owen - 5th Place, Compound Cub Men

Needless to say, we are very proud of all of our archers! The wind was very tricky this weekend, so it was a great test of skill and strength.

Reminders that registration is open for the July Juggernaut (July 16-17) and the Summer Sizzle (Aug 5-7).

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #arizonaarchery #archerystatechampionship #benaveryshootingfacility

Shot his first Robin Hood. Congrats on your great shot Rob Quince!

We are almost done with the 2022 Arizona Cup! With one more day left for eliminations, DSA is already so proud of all of our archers and members that are helping run the shoot from the back end.

Archers not pictured are Stephanie Lord, Ryan Bachman, and Aidan Hammer ☺️

Thank you @heather.m.nielsen for some of the photos our team couldn’t get!

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #arizonacup2022 #aaearizonacup #arizonaarchery #benaveryshootingrange

It was a pleasure to have world champion Rick Stonebreaker give a barebow and recurve focused seminar at Ben Avery’s indoor range.

A big thank you to Mr Stonebreaker and some of his Texas Barebow team!

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #barebowarchery #recurvearchery #benaveryshootingfacility

Kicking off the 2022 Arizona Cup (@arizonacuparchery) with some great shooting and awesome weather! It’s amazing to see so many people in our wonderful state ☺️

Scores are on Between Ends and pictures are on the @usaarchery SmugMug page!

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #benaveryshootingfacility #arizonacup2022 #aaearizonacup

Wednesday night practice 🏹

Don’t forget to head over to DSA’s website to register for any upcoming tournaments! We look forward to seeing you all there 😉

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #benaveryshootingfacility

Congratulations to all the archers that shot today! Great job shooting everyone at the 2022 ABFAA Classic 600!

As we near the end of indoor season and start preparing for outdoor tournaments, what part of your setup do you like to change?

Do you like to switch releases? Redistribute stabilizer weight? What about using a whole different bow? Let us know in the comments - we want to discuss with you all!

Registration for the July Juggernaut and the Summer Sizzle is now open! Also, this month we will be hosting the Shamrock Slam, so don’t forget to sign up for them all!

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #benaveryshootingfacility #archerytalk

Congratulations to all the archers who shot with us this weekend! With almost 100 archers and four sessions of shooting, we got to see lots of happy faces and some amazing scores 😁

Finalized scores can be found on Between Ends, and as usual, pictures are all up for viewing on SmugMug! Don’t be afraid to reach out if you’d like digital copies of any of the photos 😉

See you all at the next one!

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #benaveryshootingfacility

2022 ABFAA 5 Spot State Indoor (Day One) is complete - we look forward to seeing more of you tomorrow!

📸 Pictures on SmugMug
🏹 Scores on Between Ends

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #benaveryshootingfacility

The 2022 ABFAA 5 Spot State Indoor is underway! Scores are live on Between Ends and the first round of pictures are available on SmugMug!

We would also like to congratulate Frank and Becky Pearson on earning the Copper Archer Award presented by the ABFAA!

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #benaveryshootingfacility

Happy Valentines Day to our wonderful archery families! We appreciate all the love and support you’ve shown us over the years, and we wish you all have a very wonderful day! 🥰

As a reminder, we have a handful of tournaments with registration still open!
- 2022 ABFAA 5 Spot State Indoor
- 2022 JOAD AZ State Indoor
- 2022 Shamrock Slam
- 2022 ABFAA Classic 600

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #arizonaarchery

Wishing everyone safe travels on their way back home, and we look forward to seeing you all at the NFAA 5 Spot State Indoor on Feb 19th-20th - registration is still open.

📸 The pictures we were able to take will be uploaded to SmugMug soon, so keep an eye out for them!

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #thevegasshoot #thevegasshoot2022 #southpointcasino

Vegas 2022 is a wrap! Congratulations to all AZ archers who powered through these past couple days, you represented our state phenomenally!

See you next year, Vegas 🎰

#archery #teamusa #teamusaarchery #thevegasshoot #thevegasshoot2022 #southpointcasino

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