MAA Secretary ** P.O. Box 1282 ** Westminster, MD 21158 Phone: (410) 346 – 6127 Email: blink21158@yahoo.com

July Newsletter

July 09, 2004

IMPORTANT CHANGES TO NOTE:

The official MAA email address has changed to: blink21158@yahoo.com the same as printed above. The old one expires at the end of May 2004.

The FITA Field State Championship tournament date has been moved from Sunday, July 11^th 2004 TO September 6^th 2004, Labor Day Monday. Location, Mayberry Archers and advertised times remain the same.

MAA State Championship Applications:

Attached are the registration forms for the last three state championships, the FITA Field, the Animal and the FITA Target. Please remember to include all the information requested on all of the applications. Phone numbers, email addresses, style, class, division and score average are all important information that makes the tournament committee able to do most of the work prior to each tournament. The main delay of starting each state tournament is the lack of pertinent information on pre-registration forms and late registration in general. If at all possible please pre-register even if it is call the VP of Tournament (Sue Blickenstaff) the day before the tournament.

Membership

For those of you who are MAA Only members and are not a member of the NFAA, your renewal application was attached to your January newsletter. Please remember that if you have not renewed your MAA Only dues, they have expired. Payment in full of your membership dues will be required when registering for the Marked and UnMarked 3-D. It would be greatly appreciated if you renew before these two state tournaments.

You may renew your membership prior to the State 3-D tournaments by contacting Dave or Sue Blickenstaff at the phone number referenced above in the newsletter header or in the paragraph below

If you have any questions about your MAA membership, about joining the NFAA or filling out the application properly for either MAA or NFAA membership please contact the state secretary, Dave Blickenstaff at (410) 346-6127, or your own club’s officer that handles your club’s membership applications.

The MAA Annual Charity Shoot

A Note from Bob Sales, Charity Shoot Chairperson

Our annual Charity shoot benefiting “Camp Sunrise” a camp for kids with cancer went well. I appreciated all the help I received. I am more than willing to stay on as the MAA Charity Shoot Chairperson, but my job keeps me very busy. If there is someone else that has more time to give to make all the needed contacts in order to make it a success each year, I would not have any regrets in handing the job over to another. If you think you might be interested in being the MAA Charity shoot chairperson, please contact either myself at 301 459 0763 or SALESOBX@aol.com. You can also contact Colleen McGowan, MAA Pres. at 703 476 1755 or MCGOWANCOL@aol.com

Thanks again to all for helping or contributing to the 2004 MAA Charity Shoot,

Bob Sales

NFAA/NAA INSTRUCTION NEWS

THE FOLLOWING ARCHERS ARE NAA LEVEL II COACHES:

JIM BAUMAN   JGBAUMAN@ATT.NET - AMANDA URBAN   AMANDAK@MAD.SCIENTIST.COM

TOM ROWE  TROWE16774@AOL.COM - BRIAN STRAUB  BRIAN.STRAUB@NAVY.MIL

ALEX DODIN  ADODIN@CIENA.COM

Incentive awards:

Please note that applications for our annual incentive awards are due on Saturday, August 28^th 2004, which is the first day of the State Outdoor Championships. You may get applications from the VP of Awards, Jim McDonald.

Bowmen of the year due:

Bowmen of the Year nominations are due to Sue Weinstein by August 15^th, 2004. Applications will be processed by the Bowmen of the Year committee on the weekend of the State Outdoor.

NFAA Outdoor Nationals, Watkins Glen, NY, July 19-23rd, 2004

Anyone who is attending the Outdoor Nationals and are interested in taking a dinner cruise on the lake at Watkins Glen please contact Ron West, NFAA Director at Home (202) 584-8015. Up at the Glen, Cell – (301) 520-1744, or Colleen McGowan, MAA President, Cell – (703) 606-6785. We had a great time on the last one. The company and the food were great.

IFAA Outdoor Worlds at Watkins Glen, NY, July 19-23rd, 2004

This tournament will be held in conjunction with the NFAA Nationals. Two separate set of scores and rules. Make sure that you check the IFAA rule book that you can find either on their website or the website link on the NFAA website which links you into NY’s homepage.

Here is some of the info. for the IFAA Awards banquet to be held Friday night the 23^rd at the Fire house in Montour Falls located 3 miles south of Watkins Glen.  Turn at the 2nd light onto Main St. then the 2nd left to the Firehouse.  There is a check off box on the registration form and tickets will be available on the Hill.

*** This was all the info. I could get prior to printing.

2005 MARYLAND ARCHERY GUIDE

Please be thinking about your ads and what you want to put in them. We won’t need them until this fall, but don’t wait until the last minute to decide what you want to do. If you know of ANYONE who should be advertising with us, please either approach them for us or give Judy the information and she will approach them. We ALWAYS can use more and new advertisers.

PHOTOS: If you have any photos taken this year that would be suitable for the Guide, Judy would love to see them for possible inclusion in the Guide.

As always, questions or comments and suggestions are most welcome. Thanks for helping us out !!

Judy Specht rspecht@shore.intercom.net 410-643-3347

Chris Goldsmith mdarcher@chesapeake.net

Sue Weinstein Lhsw560@yahoo.com

MAA VP OF AWARDS OFFICE OPENING

Unfortunately we are sad to say Jim McDonald had given us notice that he will be retiring (hopefully only temperately) from MAA life at the end of 2004. He has told us that he will be giving up both the office of MAA VP of Awards as well as Treasurer for AAA. He and his lovely wife Marylou would like to do some more traveling while they are able. He was nice enough to give us plenty of notice. Any one interested in taking over the job of VP of Awards, please contact Jim McDonald at (301) 776-5086 or at jbmcdon@comcast.net. He can give you all the details as to what the job requirements are. You may also contact any one of the other MAA officers. Note: This is one of the MAA HIGEST PAYING JOBS. (??)

MAA, NOVEMBER 2004 MEETING AGENDA ITEMS

Any Club or person wishing to submit Agenda items for the November MAA meeting must have them to the MAA, Secretary, Dave Blickenstaff by no later than – August 16, 2004. The MAA Executive Board will go over them at their meeting at the State Outdoor Championships, on Saturday, August 21^st after shooting and scorecards have been process.

MAA 2005 – 2006 Shooting Schedule

We are already working on the schedule for next year. The template schedule will be sent out in the next couple of weeks. Any questions, submission of schedules or anything relating to next years schedule please contact Bob Sales (301) 459-0763 or SALESOBX@aol.com. EVERYTHING should be submitted to the VP of Scheduling ONLY.

Respectfully,

Dave Blickenstaff, MAA Secretary