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Archery Masters Championships
LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The 2018 World Archery Masters Championships at the World Archery
Excellence Centre will be the first time world champion titles will be awarded to masters archers. With
categories for archers ages 40+, 50+, 60+ and 70+ in the recurve, compound, barebow, longbow and
instinctive bow classes, archers have the chance to compete in indoor, outdoor target, and field archery.
356 archers from 44 countries have taken center stage in Lausanne for this inaugural competition that
was open to all for registration. Official world champion titles will only be awarded to those in the indoor
compound and recurve 50+, the outdoor target compound and recurve 50+ and the field compound
barebow, recurve, and compound 50+ divisions; the remaining categories will also compete for prestigious
honors.
With competition today, tomorrow, and Saturday, divisions have been split into groups and will rotate
through the competition opportunities.
In today's indoor competition, the recurve 50+ women were the championship category, competing with
60 arrows at both 25 and 18 meters. Laura Bennett Shelton slipped into the top spot over Switzerland's
Nathalie Dielen at the very end with a 1114 finish to take the top spot and the first World Archery Masters
Champion title! With an 1101, USA's Tatyana Muntyan finished with the bronze.
Also notable, in the recurve 40+, Jennifer Schneider, Amy Skogen and Carrie Lin finished 5th, 6th and 7th
respectively, with 1016, 967, and 925, while Barry Watson came in 10th for the men with a 1050. USA's
Daniel Stafford won the longbow 40+ men with a 677, and Richard Doria Jr. finished second for the
longbow 60+ men with a 624.
The field competition also named winners based solely on qualification scores, and today's championship
category was the compound 50+. With unmarked distances posing an extra challenge, USA's Richard
Smith picked up the bronze with a 383 over 24 targets, just six points behind the gold. Scott Wilson
finished 9th with a 359. Rebecca Burks also clinched the bronze with a 340, while Bernadette Diab finished
5t with a 325.
The outdoor target competition featured 72 arrows of qualification and then head-to-head elimination
matches. The recurve 50+ men's championship category saw Gary Yamaguchi pull ahead in qualification,
ranking 10*h, but the tide turned in the head-to-head matches with a 7-3 upset for Yamaguchi in the 1/16th
round. 18 seed Friedhelm Klymko also took a 7-3 upset in the 1/16 and continued strong, taking out the
2d seed in the 1/8th round before falling 7-3 to Germany's Adolf Mohr in the quarterfinals.
For the recurve 60+ women, USA's Angie Olds and Olga Usherenko qualified 8th and 9th, respectively,
lining up for the 1/8th round against each other. Olds took a 6-0 victory to advance to shoot against top
seed Lucie Filion of Canada in the quarterfinals, where she took a 7-1 win. Another 7-1 semifinal win put
Olds in the gold final against Australia's Elizabeth Hole. Olds and Hole went back and forth through five
sets, but Olds came out on top with the ultimate 6-4 decision.
In the barebow 50+ division, USA champion Rick Stonebraker was a strong standout, qualifying first with
a 641, 23 points clear of the rest of the field. Holding strong, Stonebraker took 7-1 wins straight through to
the gold final against Australia's John Deer. Deer posed a challenge, but Stonebraker took the 6-4 victory
and the gold.
Susan Palsbo overcame a 3ª place qualification to win the semifinals 6-2 before taking a 6-0 shut out
gold win over Great Britain's Sarah Fern. Marvy Schuman finished 4th.
In the compound 40+ division, 5th seed Charles Puls climbed from a 5th place seed to upset top seed
Alexey Bashkirev of Russia won the semifinals 140-130 and took the gold final against Germany's Dirk
Overfeld to a one arrow shoot-off. Overfeld's 9 outscored Puls's 8, leaving the USA with the silver finish. USA's
Avram Granett went out 117-136 in the quarterfinals after a 7th-place qualification.
Brandi Granett, the other half of the Granett husband and wife duo, won the compound 40+ women's
silver. After topping qualification, Garnett took strong match wins until falling by just a point 139-138 to
Germany's Tanja Nordmeyer-Kuhne in the gold final. 4th seed Shawn Wood fell 140-127 to Granett in the
semifinals and 124-131 to Germany's Kerstin Weyand in the bronze final to finish 4th overall.
Archery Masters Championships
LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The 2018 World Archery Masters Championships at the World Archery
Excellence Centre will be the first time world champion titles will be awarded to masters archers. With
categories for archers ages 40+, 50+, 60+ and 70+ in the recurve, compound, barebow, longbow and
instinctive bow classes, archers have the chance to compete in indoor, outdoor target, and field archery.
356 archers from 44 countries have taken center stage in Lausanne for this inaugural competition that
was open to all for registration. Official world champion titles will only be awarded to those in the indoor
compound and recurve 50+, the outdoor target compound and recurve 50+ and the field compound
barebow, recurve, and compound 50+ divisions; the remaining categories will also compete for prestigious
honors.
With competition today, tomorrow, and Saturday, divisions have been split into groups and will rotate
through the competition opportunities.
In today's indoor competition, the recurve 50+ women were the championship category, competing with
60 arrows at both 25 and 18 meters. Laura Bennett Shelton slipped into the top spot over Switzerland's
Nathalie Dielen at the very end with a 1114 finish to take the top spot and the first World Archery Masters
Champion title! With an 1101, USA's Tatyana Muntyan finished with the bronze.
Also notable, in the recurve 40+, Jennifer Schneider, Amy Skogen and Carrie Lin finished 5th, 6th and 7th
respectively, with 1016, 967, and 925, while Barry Watson came in 10th for the men with a 1050. USA's
Daniel Stafford won the longbow 40+ men with a 677, and Richard Doria Jr. finished second for the
longbow 60+ men with a 624.
The field competition also named winners based solely on qualification scores, and today's championship
category was the compound 50+. With unmarked distances posing an extra challenge, USA's Richard
Smith picked up the bronze with a 383 over 24 targets, just six points behind the gold. Scott Wilson
finished 9th with a 359. Rebecca Burks also clinched the bronze with a 340, while Bernadette Diab finished
5t with a 325.
The outdoor target competition featured 72 arrows of qualification and then head-to-head elimination
matches. The recurve 50+ men's championship category saw Gary Yamaguchi pull ahead in qualification,
ranking 10*h, but the tide turned in the head-to-head matches with a 7-3 upset for Yamaguchi in the 1/16th
round. 18 seed Friedhelm Klymko also took a 7-3 upset in the 1/16 and continued strong, taking out the
2d seed in the 1/8th round before falling 7-3 to Germany's Adolf Mohr in the quarterfinals.
For the recurve 60+ women, USA's Angie Olds and Olga Usherenko qualified 8th and 9th, respectively,
lining up for the 1/8th round against each other. Olds took a 6-0 victory to advance to shoot against top
seed Lucie Filion of Canada in the quarterfinals, where she took a 7-1 win. Another 7-1 semifinal win put
Olds in the gold final against Australia's Elizabeth Hole. Olds and Hole went back and forth through five
sets, but Olds came out on top with the ultimate 6-4 decision.
In the barebow 50+ division, USA champion Rick Stonebraker was a strong standout, qualifying first with
a 641, 23 points clear of the rest of the field. Holding strong, Stonebraker took 7-1 wins straight through to
the gold final against Australia's John Deer. Deer posed a challenge, but Stonebraker took the 6-4 victory
and the gold.
Susan Palsbo overcame a 3ª place qualification to win the semifinals 6-2 before taking a 6-0 shut out
gold win over Great Britain's Sarah Fern. Marvy Schuman finished 4th.
In the compound 40+ division, 5th seed Charles Puls climbed from a 5th place seed to upset top seed
Alexey Bashkirev of Russia won the semifinals 140-130 and took the gold final against Germany's Dirk
Overfeld to a one arrow shoot-off. Overfeld's 9 outscored Puls's 8, leaving the USA with the silver finish. USA's
Avram Granett went out 117-136 in the quarterfinals after a 7th-place qualification.
Brandi Granett, the other half of the Granett husband and wife duo, won the compound 40+ women's
silver. After topping qualification, Garnett took strong match wins until falling by just a point 139-138 to
Germany's Tanja Nordmeyer-Kuhne in the gold final. 4th seed Shawn Wood fell 140-127 to Granett in the
semifinals and 124-131 to Germany's Kerstin Weyand in the bronze final to finish 4th overall.
Students from the Rheinischer Schützen Bund region in Germany who aspired to complete the 21-day course gathered at the training center in Cologne for certification.
Friedhelm completed the DSB Trainer C course with distinction, earning a certificate that recognized his dedication and achievement.
Friedhelm completed the DSB Trainer C course with distinction, earning a certificate that recognized his dedication and achievement.
Students from across the U.S. who aspired to complete the 4-day course traveled to the training center in Chula Vista, CA, for certification.
At that time, Friedhelm completed the USA Level 3 course with distinction, earning a certificate that showcased his dedication and achievement.
At that time, Friedhelm completed the USA Level 3 course with distinction, earning a certificate that showcased his dedication and achievement.
