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2008 Indiana National
Archery in the Schools Program 2nd Annual
State Tournament
Neither snow nor rain
nor gloom of flu stays these archers from casting their
tournament arrows for the completion of their
opportunity to qualify for the National NASP Tournament
that will be held in Louisville, Kentucky on May 10th.
It took two days and a
lot of additional planning for both tournament officials
and schools to complete this year’s Indiana NASP
Tournament. The original date of March 7th
brought many unexpected twists. With 22 schools and
nearly five hundred archers scheduled to shoot this
year’s tournament at the Johanning Civic Center in
Kokomo. Who would have ever thought that the southern
schools would trapped by a snow storm and the northern
schools would not be affected by the weather. That is
exactly what happened!
Eight schools were able
to make the trip to Kokomo and compete in what would be
the first leg of a two day tournament. With unexpected
bout of the flu the tournament team and the schools did
a fantastic job and everyone who made it to Kokomo had a
great day.
Since I was the
individual who came down with the flu and was confined
to my hotel room I need to express my very sincere
appreciation to my tournament committee Chris Clark,
Dirk Studebaker, Conservation Officer Andy Runyon, Barb
Trenary, Ron Hoffman and Captain David Windsor along
with the Indiana Field Archery Association and many
other dedicated conservation officers and volunteers who
never missed a beat. My Dad always told me “Surround
yourself with good people and good things will happen.”
It was very hard for me not to be there with everyone,
but I knew it was in very good hands THANK YOU!!!!
After snow cleared and
we put our heads together we scheduled the second leg of
the tournament so that the schools that could not make
it to Kokomo had their chance to qualify for the
National Tournament. A special thanks to Conservation
Officer Bill Beville, and the Jennings Co. School
Corporation for offering to host the second leg at the
Jennings Co. High School. Southern hospitality was over
flowing on Saturday April 5th. Fourteen
schools and almost three hundred archers completed the
2008 Indiana Tournament. To all the tournament staff,
conservation officers and volunteers that included many
parents from the Jennings County Schools please accept
our deepest appreciation. Of course we could not have
had this tournament without our sponsors who help to
underwrite the expenses of the tournament, thank you for
your contributions!
The complete results of
the 2008 Indiana NASP Tournament are available on the
web site
http://www.indiananasp.com. Every individual and
school should be very proud and pleased with their
efforts. Fifteen schools have qualified to participate
in the National Tournament and these schools must be
registered by April 17th. I will be
contacting every school that qualified for the National
Tournament with information and registration forms by
Wednesday, April 9th. If you have any
questions please call me at (812) 482-3093.
The success of the
Indiana National Archery in the Schools Program is
exceeding everyone’s expectations and everyone involved
shares in its accomplishments. Thanks to everyone for
bringing this unique program to your schools.
Please join us next year
as we move the tournament to the Horizon Convention
Center in Muncie. The tournament will be held on Friday,
April 3, 2009. Please continue to support and help us
“Change Lives, One
Arrow At A Time”
Tim Beck
Coordinator, Indiana NASP
IDNR Law Enforcement Div. |
