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Important Information About:

= VBA<= /b> = Executive = State Secretary and Treasurer

For information regarding membership, please contact Marie Bell, at (540) 343.18= 44 (VBA Office) or at 1.888.922.9536. Her email address is: = vbabowhunters@cox.net and mailing address is: 1223 Jeanette A= venue, Vinton, VA.<= /st1:State> 24179.

If yo= u are a new member or you are not receiving your FLIGHT, please contact Marie.

Our website is now easier to find. Simply type: http://www.vbarchers.com/. If you have any updates, changes, = etc., to the VBA website, please notify Irene Stocksdale at istocksdale@rcn.com or 1.703.670.50= 03.

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VBA News

Our sympathies are extended to the family, friends and club members of the passing of Nancy Keaton on November= 5^th. Nancy was a longtime member of Cub Run Archers.

VBA Quarterly Meeting=

Our next quarterly meeting will be held on Sunday, March 22nd at 9:00 a.m. at the Holiday I= nn Hotel in Harrisonburg, Exit 247A off I-81. There will be no meetin= g on Saturday night due to our Annual Awards Banquet.

VBA Fourteenth An= nual Awards Banquet

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Our annual awards banquet will be held on Saturday, March 21^st at Pano’s Restaurant, 3190 South Main Street (Exit 243 off I-81). The social hour will be from 6:00p.m. - 7:00p.m., dinner from 7:00p.m. - 8:00 p.m.= , follow by the a= wards.

Please plan to come and enjoy the camarader= ie, meet folks you haven’t seen in awhile and new archers. There will be door prizes and raff= les, see the big game trophies that will be on display, and most importantly, me= et our guest speaker.

Also, don’t forget to submit your application(s) and photo(s) to Marie Bell NLT March 1^=
st to be recognized at the awards banquet.&nb= sp; We will be presenting Bill Bennett award(s) to those who have harvest their first deer, bear and/or turkey with a bow; those who have harvest the largest Virginia buck, doe, bear and/or turkey by weight; the best rack sco= re, and Double and Triple Crown and Grand Slam winners. See application with further detai= ls in FLIGHT and our website!

For banquet information and tickets, contact Kevin Reedy @276.728.4456 or Dave Burpee @703.913.0508. Contact the Holiday Inn if you pla= n to stay overnight @540.433.2521 (Exit 247A & Rt. 33).

VBA 2008 Double a= nd Triple Crown Winners

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Our Double Crown winners are Cory Mullins, CFBHFS/R; Hunter H= eavner, YMFS/R; Travis Dillon, YAMBHFS/R; Cay McManus, AFTRAD; Nichole Willard, PWFBB/BH; Chris Willard, AMBB/BH and Paul Vogel, AMTRAD. Our Triple Crown winners are Cory Mullins, CFBHFS/R; Hunter Heavner, YMFS/R; Travis Dillon, YAMBHFS/R; Cay McManus, AFBB; Sebastian Torres, CMTR= AD; Lucas Kenley, CMFS/R; Brandon Armstrong, YAMFS/R and Ginger Hamlin, AFFS/R.

VBA Membership Clarification

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At the September’s meeting, Clinton<= /b> Western, Recordi= ng Secretary, clarified whether or not all members of a club affiliated with V= BA had to pay VBA dues. As quote= d in the VBA Constitution, Article 3: Membership, Section 2: “Association membership shall be granted to any archery club or <= span class=3Dspelle>grop withi= n the Commonwealth of Virginia, incorporated or non-incorporated, by affiliating = with this association and making proper application for affiliation and register= ing all its members along with payment of current dues as prescribed in the By-= laws of this Association.” This practice has been in effect since its approval at the annual meeting of the VBA held at the John Marshall= Hotel in = Richmond= , Va, on October 7, 1956. This leave no doubt that all membe= rs of a VBA charted club must pay current VBA dues.<= /p>

VBA IBEP Instructors

A r= ecent IBEP Instructors class was held at Ft. <= /span>Belvoir. Master Instructors, Bob S= eltzer, John Peeler and John Stockman certified nine new instructors: Richard Atchison, Kevin Brown, Pat Hamp, Ben Mahmound, Jim Pisciotto, Jan Steenblik, Donovan Tate, Forrest Terral and Edward Stevens.

Thi= s is a joint venture between the VDGIF and VBA.&n= bsp; Candidates must be 18 years of age or older, have three years of bowhunting experience, a current paid VBA member, completed an IBEP instructor certification class, pass a background investigation and received the appro= val by VDGIF, work under the supervision of a Regional Coordinator, completed apprenticeship training, teach a minimum of one (1) class per year and completed Advance Training as required.&nb= sp; If you are interested, contact Dave Burpee, VBA Hunting Vice-President at (703) 913.0508 or burped@verizon.net.

VBA Affiliated Clubs

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From time-to-time= , we receive inquiries from folks that they would like to join a VBA archery clu= b, but it’s not close to their location. We would like to see more VBA clubs around the Commonwealth. If y= ou would like to start an archery club – we can help you!

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The following are= the requirements in order to become a charter VBA club (target and/or 3-D):

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1.       Endorsement of a sponsoring club, signed by the President and Secretary.

2.       Pay a VBA charter= fee of $20.00.

3.       Have a minimum of= 10 members.

4.       All VBA membershi= p dues must accompany the application.

5.       The range facilit= ies and course must be approved by the Field Governor or his/her representative= .

6.       Provide the President’s and Secretary’s mailing and email addresses, phone nos., club’s mailing address and location of the club/range.

7.       Or, charter as an Associate club with full voting privileges, but without an approved range or may not sponsor invitational sanctioned tournaments.<= /p>
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Note: In order to establish an archery r= ange, a club will need at least one acre of land for a 14/28 Field Target and/or = 3-D range, a practice range, and clubhouse/facilities.

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For further detai= ls and an application, contact Ma= rie Bell<= span style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:teal'>, Executive <= /span>State Secretary.

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Archery Classes

The After School Archery Program (ASAP) and Summer Archery training program(s) are available= by contacting Jerry Wenzel for information and details @540.854.0245 or mandjw@mindspring.com.

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The ASAP equipmen= t is available to any club that has a certified instructor or wants to be certif= ied as a Level I and 2 instructor and wants to form an ASAP club.

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‘Beginner a= nd Advance Archery’ training classes are also taught by Paul Vogel. For more information, contact Paul= at (703) 930.5649 (C) or rvogel7@verizon.net. =

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Clu= b News & Target Information

Beloir Bowhunters annual bus trip to the Easter Sports Show in Harrisburg will be departing on Monday, February 9^th leaving the A= rchery C= enter at 7:00 a.m. If anyone is interested, please co= ntact Rich Atchison at 703-569-2418 or at = richa61@verizon.net.

If = any club needs to replace new target butts for their range and would like more details on a good product, please contact Mark Gauntner. Mark wi= ll be glad to come and give a demonstration/talk. The website on this product is http://www.pacificbowbutts.com/. He is a member of Cub Run Archers = and an IBEP Instructor, and can be reached at bowhunter703@verizon.net or 703-350-3898 (cell).

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VDG= IF News

Holiday <= /span>Lake 4-H Educational C= enter presents ‘Primitive Bow Making Workshop’ o= n February 22-25, = 2009. The cos= t is $550 which covers all programming and instructor fees, primitive bow kit, m= eals and lodging. You will get one= bow for the workshop, one additional bow stave to build at home, a functioning = bow of assorted wood species (hickory, elm, osage, black locust), design ch= oice of student and introduction to arrow making and arrow shafting, shooting st= yles & string making. Registra= tion Deadline is February 13, 2009. For more information about this workshop and many exciting programs, please visit the website at http://www.holidaylake= 4h.com/ or contact Nate Mahanes, Program Director at 434-248-5444.

Sev= eral hunting accidents have occurred this year.= One was on Saturday, December 6^th in Greene <= /span>County. The 41 year-old S= tafford C= ounty man was shot in the chest by his fellow hunter after b= eing mistaken for a deer. He was n= ot wearing blaze orange as required by Virginia law.

I recently received the VDGIF Hunting Incident (Firearms/Treestand) report covering the periods from July 1, 2007 to= June 30, 2008. There w= ere 11 by Rifle, 3 by Muzzleloader, 2 by Crossbow and one by a handgun. Only one bowhunting incident occurred wh= ich was in B= edford C= ounty. The vic= tim stood up in the tr= eestand to put on his safety harness when the part that attached to the seat snapped & he fell 20 feet. This j= ust shows that bowhunt= ing is much safer then firearms. = But, we all need to be careful when hunting from a treestand and using a safety ha= rness.

Karen Holson, the VDGIF Outdoor Education Supervisor and Virgin= ia NASP State Coordinator, has asked us if any of our VBA members in the surrounding areas of Augusta County would like to help with their “First Annual NASP= State Tournament on February 28, 2009 at the Augusta Expoland in Fishersville, VA., = and in cooperation with Western Virginia Sports Show. They need volunteers to help with = the following:

Line judges (helpful to know scoring on the ten rings) al= so inspect the bows for sight markings

Registration

Bow loaner and repair

Scoring / score card processing

Relief workers

In conjunction with working with the VDGIF, this would be a gre= at opportunity for the VBA to let folks know about our organization, what we d= o, our VBA clubs, our ASAP program and getting folks involved in archery. To date they have over 25 schools = that have expressed interest in participating in this event. The deadline for the schools to re= gister is January 30^th, so she will know more on how many students will= be coming.

If you are interested, please contact Karen as soon as you can. Karen can be reached at = 804-367-6355 (office) or at 804-640-7957 (cell) or email her at K= aren.Holson@dgif.virginia.gov. She will be glad to give you furth= er information and details on this event.

Hunters for the Hungry Update

So far, 300,000 pounds of meat have been process. Twice in H4H history, they have ha= d to stop accepting deer this time of the year due to current economic conditions. Hopefully, they w= ant have too! The feeding program= s that they supply venison to say that they are seeing an increase in request for = help of at least 30%. Many feeding agencies are calling and saying that have no meat. Please help H4H to continue to acc= ept all the deer that hunters want to donate.

Also, the average cost of processing is $40.00 per deer a= nd with your donation(s) they can continue to process and provide quality meat= to our neighbors in need. If you= would like to consider a gift at this time, send your gift to Hunters for the Hun= gry, P.O. Box 304, Big Island, VA., 24526 along with your name and/or organizati= on, Address, City, State, Zip and Phone No.&nb= sp; Check out their website for H4H Upcoming Events and their Fall/Winter Raffle at http://www.h4hungry.org/= .