ARCHERY IN THE SCHOOLS 2012/2013 The 2011/2012 school year was a good one for Florida s NASP. We added many new schools since the State Tournament in February, and the remaining grants that were available to new schools were quickly snatched up. The staff from the FWC s Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network (below) received their Basic Archery Instructor Trainer (BAIT) certifications in August. This will allow for increased BAI workshops at additional locations around the state. Home school associations are now eligible for grant funding, and two have taken advantage and started archery programs for their students. P.A.C.T. in Palm Beach County and Tampa Bay HEAT in Hillsborough County are now fully equipped and offering lessons to their kids. We hope they will put together teams to compete in the State Tournament. NEW SCHOOLS IN 2012/2013: Feeder schools, i.e. middle school kids advancing to high school, are finally starting to make an impact in our program. Two of our best middle schools, Union Academy in Bartow and Robert H. Jenkins in Palatka have convinced their local high schools that they have promising young archers needing an opportunity to continue to excel. Over time, we hope that happens often and in many school districts. trained since 6/2011: Palatka High C.H. Price Middle Nature Coast Middle Hillcrest Elementary Gulf Coast Academy J. Colin English Elementary Bartow Middle Jewett of the Arts Atlantic Tech High Washington Elementary Divine Savior Academy West Glades Newsletter Dreyfoos - of Summer, the Arts 2007 Bright Futures Academy Princeton Christian East Naples Middle Kissimmee Middle Central Avenue Elementary Flora Ridge Elementary Liberty High Poinciana High Denn John Middle Teco Paths High Mandarin Lakes K-8 Academy Lehman Elementary Walker Elementary Freedom High Sessums Elementary Wimauma Academy Sgt. Smith Middle Wilson Middle Summerlin Academy Wahneta Elementary Tampa Bay HEAT P.A.C.T. Channelside Academy Seven Springs Middle First Baptist Christian Winter Haven Christian Auburndale High Florida NASP welcomes all of our new schools, and thanks the educators and administrators for their efforts to bring new and exciting programming to their students.
Rule Change for 2014 Beginning with the 2014 NASP tournament season, 6th grade archers will shoot in the Middle Division. Requirements for participation among all NASP students will be the same as they have been. Every student must attend a NASP school. Every student must shoot for the school they attend unless they are shooting up for a higher division school. may send more than one, statequalified team to the NASP National tournament. PLEASE NOTE: This ruling will be in effect for the 2014 Florida State NASP Tournament, but not for the 2013 tournament. In 2013, 6 th graders will continue to be allowed to shoot in the elementary division, provided the school they are attending has a 6 th grade enrollment. Shooters enrolled in a middle or junior high school will not be allowed to step back and shoot for an elementary team. Additional information regarding this topic will, no doubt, be forthcoming! "Like" Florida's NASP Program on Facebook 2012 World Tournament The 4 th Annual World Tournament at Disney World is now in the books. Seven teams from Florida registered and competed, they are: Lakeland Christian Robert H. Jenkins Middle Skycrest Christian St. Petersburg Christian Tomlin Middle Union Academy Middle West Nassau High Jackson Ratliff, an amazing World Tournament archer from Anderson County High in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Roy s Corner by Roy Grimes President, NASP At 6:00PM on Thursday, October 9th, a shrill, whistled TWEET rang out throughout ESPN s Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Florida. Thus began three magical days, near Disney World as 1,243 student archers launched nearly 50,000 arrows towards downrange bulls-eyes. Last week, student archers from twenty-four States, Canada, Namibia, and South Africa gathered at ESPN s Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. These archers had qualified during their respective national tournaments to compete at the 2012 NASP World Invitational Tournament. This was the National Archery in the Program s fourth consecutive world archery contest conducted at this complex within Disney World. The trip to Orlando culminated a scholastic archery season that began in January with team try-outs and moved through 40 state and several national tournaments. For example, 7,804 students competed in the US National NASP Tournament held in Louisville, Kentucky on May 10-11th. (continued)
Each of the archery teams was comprised of 12-24 students. As required, every NASP team contained both boys and girls. In fact, 42% of the participants were female. Teams competed in NASP s Elementary, Middle, or High Divisions. Grade 6 was the most represented with 115 girls and 149 boys. Among 8th and 12th grade students, girls were the most numerous with 95 girls and 93 boys. When asked, 88-94% of students reported that they love NASP archery! As Meagan Comer from Chickahominy Middle in Virginia put it, I love archery because it gives me confidence in what I do and lets me express myself. This world tournament followed the same format and protocols that more than 2 million NASP students practiced throughout the 2011-12 school year. Each student used the same Mathews Genesis bow and Easton aluminum arrows. The bows were bare because sights, stabilizers and other aids so common in other forms of archery, are absent in NASP. Every student, regardless of their grade-level or experience shot 5 practice and 15 scored arrows at 80 centimeter Morrell targets from both 10 and 15 meters. A perfect score is 300 (30 bulls-eyes). Team scores are established by summing the top 12 scores among the team s archers. Both genders must be represented in the team score. Most students find archery moderately difficult -- not so hard they can t succeed and not so easy that it isn t a challenge. Or, according to Allison Greenday from Atlee High notes, Archery is a sport that doesn t discriminate according to height, gender, weight or anything...archery has become a part of me :)! Before the awards ceremony could commence ties among 10 archers were broken. Ties are resolved by each archer shooting 5 practice arrows and 5 arrows for score at 15 meters. The NASP world record score of 298/300 was equaled by Cameron Peyton, a Freshman representing Anderson County High in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. The composure exhibited by these student archers was amazing as more than 1,000 relatives, friends, and Newsletter competitors witnessed - Summer, the tie- 2007 breaking shoot-offs! These are the teams and individuals who won first place awards at the 2012 NASP Tournament. All other results are available at: www.archeryintheschools.org Teams 1st Place High : Trigg County HS, Cadiz, KY 1st Place Middle : Caudill MS, Richmond, KY 1st Place Elementary Foley Intermediate, Foley, AL Individuals 4th Grade Female: Holly Snow, Independence, KY 4th Grade Male: Dihan Cloete Rustenburg, South Africa 5th Grade Female: Angela Nyguen, Foley, AL 5th Grade Male: Alec Kaiser, Independence, KY 6th Grade Female: Shelby Anderson, Foley, AL 6th Grade Male: Ronnie Jeffrey, Batesville, AK (tie-break) Middle Female: Natalie Owens, North Vernon, IN (tie-break) Middle Male: Bradley Long, Richmond, KY High Female: Wendi Thomas, Irvington, AL (Top Female) High Male: Cameron Peyton, Lawrenceburg, KY- World Record! Throughout the competition teams are encouraged to display school spirit and good sportsmanship. Spirit Awards were presented to: Hayden Elementary from Seymour, Indiana, Anderson County Middle from Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, and South Africa s team won the High spirit prize.
(continued) Volunteers representing the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission were instrumental to the success of this world tournament. These volunteers and thousands of family members and friends were inspired by the pure joy exhibited by the young archers as they competed on a world stage their friends back home could only imagine. Young Alex Blankenship from Roanoke, Virginia claimed special reasons for being attracted to archery, I like archery because it is a useful skill to have in the event of a zombie apocalypse and I get to hang out with my friends! Karlie Booth from Robert H. Jenkins shooting dinosaurs on the 3D range Complete World Tournament information, including team and individual standings can be viewed online here Many thanks to these Medal Level Sponsors of the National Archery in the Program : Double Platinum: Mathews, Mission & Genesis Archery Platinum: Morrell Targets Gold: Easton Foundations Gold: National Wild Turkey Federation Silver: Easton Technical Products Bronze: Rinehart Targets Bronze: Field Logic Bronze: Archery Trade Association Bronze: National Guard Lakeland Christian archery team St. Petersburg Christian archery team
2013 NASP FLORIDA STATE TOURNAMENT As always, the tournament will be open to both the live and virtual formats to accommodate those that cannot travel. The dates are set for the virtual tournament window as February 9 through 17. The final results forms must be in our office, by mail, email or FAX by Tuesday, February 19 (Monday is President s Day, and mail does not run). The following Saturday, February 23 is the date for the live tournament at the Easton Newberry Sports Complex, with the first flight beginning at 9:00 am. Registration for the live tournament will be limited to the first 200 registrants, the virtual tournament allows for an unlimited number of registrations. Now is the time to put your teams together and begin practicing, as there are teams that conduct their practices year round. Keep in mind that in 2013, 6 th graders will still be allowed to shoot with the elementary school team, but only if their school has 6 th grade students in the building with 4 th and 5 th graders. The new alignment will go into effect with the 2014 tournament season. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at: NASP@MyFWC.com NASP kids getting ready to shoot at the 2012 World Tournament FYCCN Staffers Breanne and Kelly with Disney s Princess Merida The team from South Africa, 2013 Spirit Award winners