NETAA - May 2000 news letter

Greetings fellow archers. Spring is finally here, and with it has come an
abundance of April showers. The weather has been real unfriendly to the 2000
NETAA Tournament Tour thus far. The Mass State Indoor Championship was
treated to blizzard conditions all weekend and the first leg of the New
England Triple Crown fell on a rainy Easter Weekend. Attendance has been
down, but the excitement level is rising. Read on.

Based on the number of calls and pre-registrations, it appeared we were going
to set a new attendance record for a New England event, then the rains came.
And did they ever come! Actually Brattleboro didn't get that much rain. We
had steady drizzle Saturday morning with three quick showers for good measure.
By late morning everything stopped except the cloud cover. Sunday started
with a very light drizzle, but it cleared by 9:00 and turned quite nice (no
sun, but no bugs, wind, or rain).

The big problem with the rain was not at the shoot, but everywhere else. The
entire coast got 3-5 inches Saturday and much the same Sunday. This was
enough to keep all but the real "die-hards" and locals at home. We did see
some old friends, and made a lot of new ones, signing up six new members in
the process. The scores will be posted on our new web site (see below). As
usual the guys at Sportsmen Inc. did a great job on the courses with nothing
but rave reviews from all competitors. Everyone that stayed home missed a
great shoot! The club has agreed to host us again next season as well as
requesting permission to hold a sanctioned Bowhunter Proficiency Round later
on this summer. They are also interested in hosting a 540 qualifier in
combination with the 3D round during next season's Triple Crown (more on that
in a later issue).

The planned Triple Crown for New Jersey and PA has been postponed until 2001.
We just weren't able to make the final arrangements with three host sites in
time to get flyers printed and mailed. To kick off the mini tour for next
year we will hold the first NETAA NEW JERSEY STATE 3D Championship this summer
(see schedule). This club will be the host site for the third leg of the
Southern Triple Crown next season. We are very close to finalizing the other
two host sites and hope to have dates committed by this year's Championship.

That's right, "CROWNS"! We have a full 3D schedule in New York State for this
season. There are three separate triple crowns (Eastern, Central, Western) to
bring the NETAA tournament tour close to all serious archers in the State.
There is also an Indoor Winter 3D Qualifier to kick start the program the last
week of April. NETAA has George Ferrell to thank for the hard work it took to
put the Central and Western mini tours together. Good work George!

In addition to great coverage in New York, several of the host sites are close
to the PA border which will make qualification more convenient for the archers
across the State. The tour won't be complete until we have a few qualifiers
in PA, Maryland, and Delaware to cover the entire eleven State region. The
plan is to keep pushing south and west over the next two years. As always, if
any of our members knows of a good potential host site in a new area, give the
office a call.

The Mass State Indoor Championship that we've held the past five years at
TePee Archery (Acton, Mass) is being expanded for next season. It will become
the NETAA New England Indoor 450 Championship and be held Jan. 20-21. It will
be the only indoor target qualifier in New England next season. Those that
plan to compete in the target (540 Round) games at the 2001 Championship (a
requirement to enter the Grand Championship Award program), and want to
qualify in New England should mark their calendar now. The only other
possibility to qualify in New England may be a 540 round held in conjunction
with one leg of the NE Triple Crown (but this is just in the planning/hopeful
stage).

With the flyers now mailed our efforts are turning to increasing tour
sponsorship support. We've already had great success, and we're just getting
started:
Northern Building Systems�.$1,000.00 guaranteed bonus prize for the 2000
NETAA Grand Champion (note: Northern donated $1,000.00 last year to kick this
program off and is supporting us again.).
Pete Rickard Game Calls�..$500.00 guaranteed bonus prize for the first place
teams in the second annual NETAA Team Championship ($250.00 for each of two
divisions).
Muzzy Products�..$500.00 sponsorship of the Aim For College Tuition
Certificate Program. This money will be set aside with all other funds raised
for this purpose to back College Tuition Certificates that will be awarded to
the top young archers at this year's Championship. (note: last year we awarded
$1,750.00 to the youngsters bringing the total awarded in the last four years
to over $12,000.00.)

By the time you get this newsletter NETAA will have their very own dedicated
web site. The new site will give us more room to include rules, schedules,
score results, news, sanctioning information, and services for our members.
The web address is www.NETAA.org. We will get a few pages up at a time, so
keep watching as the site develops. Soon we will be offering members
pre-registration on line, special NETAA merchandise, and a lot more exciting
things.

Its that time of the year again! Time to ask everyone to consider pitching in
to help raise funds for the College Tuition Certificates that will be awarded
at the World Championship. Last year we awarded $1,750.00 which was good, but
our goal is $5,000.00 per year. There are a lot of ways to help! Of course,
checks from cash sponsors (like Muzzy above) are the fastest way to get the
program funded. No amount is too small, and we except donations from
everyone. There are other fund raising ideas that also help. Raffles are a
great way to raise additional funds, and we will continue last year's practice
of raffling donated items at each NETAA run event. We could use more items
for these raffles, especially bigger ticket items like bows and arrows. We
will hold both a hunt raffle and merchandise raffle at the championship again
this year, and are always looking for donations to help those projects.
Donations of larger items to be used in a silent auction at the Championship
is another thought that works well. All the above programs will be run by
NETAA with the help of our sponsors and with the generosity of our members who
will be purchasing the tickets. In addition, clubs, shops, and even
individuals can get together to do car washes, bake sales, novelty shoots, and
numerous other fund raising projects. Remember, no donation is too small, and
we have a long way to go.

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