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Registration Notes: The TSAA JOAD outdoor tournament is called the JOAD Target event. It is on June 2-3, 2012 in Columbus. Register NOW.

128th National Target Championships and Easton JOAD National Championships (June 27th)

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5/13/2012: This news just in, via Facebook and Tom Barker:

So proud of the current members and alumni of South Texas Archery JOAD club. Hunter Barthels, Allison Williams, Emily Fischer! Katie Fischer, Hardy Trafford, Miriam Trafford, Rachael Trafford, and Li Ping Trafford as well as Jory Schroeder will be representing in France after making the USA world field team. Special shout out too to Jeremy Minor and Heather Barthels for competing even though they got beat. They shot up an age division for the experience and no one should bet against them in two years when they apply the lessons learned this week. Also, a special recognition on how to compete to Skip Trafford who basically shot blind. No Quit doesn't even to begin to describe that mans approach. Inspiration to all of our archers. For the story on the Trafford Family, see below, and for the academy of archery excellence that these archers shoot from (mentored by Gene Kacir and Tom Barker), please check out Straight Arrow Archery.

Finally, special thanks to the parents who format these experiences for these awesome young people. 9- I still can't believe it.

2/18/2012: The University of Texas Archery Club visits the Texas State NASP championships in Belton on Friday, 2/17/2012, and showed hundreds of young archers that there Is life after the genesis bow and elementary school. Coach Ron Carmichael gave micro-clinics to many parents and coaches on the NTS method and the US Collegiate Program throughout the day.

Lindsey Carmichael, UT Grad, 2004 world record setter(Athens) and 2008 Beijing medalist, provided motivational talks and demonstration shooting with Hans Huang, Renae Patowski, Will Collins, Ian Smith from the club also providing demo shooting of the KSL shot cycle way. Hundreds of autographs later, the students, while dining over an all-you-can-eat Texas-sized meal at the Round Rock Salt Lick BBQ, pronounced the day an unquestionable success. View Album

1/11/2012: Further evidence of the effects Tom Barker and Gene Kacir are having on the youth of the small town of Victoria: A great writeup of TWO archers they coach who are THIS CLOSE to making the highest ranks of US Team Archers.

1/3/2012: Tom Barker noted that for 2012 Texas has a continuing influence in the US elite archery ranks:  "Victoria Haynes, Ladies Junior Compound, and Hunter Barthels, Gentleman Cadet Compound, from Victoria, Texas join Kayleigh Rogers, Ladies Junior Compound from Plano, Texas,  and Mackenzie Brown, Ladies Cadet Recurve from Flint, Texas on the elite Junior USAT team of youth archers. Congratulations to the Texas Junior USAT members."

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