The JOAD 23rd

Annual National Championship Tournament attracted archers from all 50

states.The three-day tournament was shot under Federation Internationale

de Tir a l'Arc ( FITA ) rules and consisted of shooting 36 arrows

at four distances, totaling 144 arrows for a possible total score of 1440

points.

Here are some

of the outstanding performances by Georgia archers:

Victoria Shore

of Alpharetta took the Gold medal in the women's Bowman Recurve Division

with a score of 1280.Victoria now holds the title of National Champion.

Michael Barber

of Stockbridge placed fourth in the men's Cadet division with a score

of 1193.

Joey Walker

of Fayetteville placed fifth in the men's Bowman Recurve Division with

a score of 1236.

Kristen Brentnall

of Atlanta finished 21st with a score of 831.

All four Atlanta-area

archers that shot the JOAD Nationals are members of the Fayetteville Nockbusters,

a Fayette County-sponsored competitive archery club whose membership is

open to any youth between the ages of 8 and 18.Members shoot on Saturdays

at 9:30 a.m. at North Fayette Elementary School. Instruction and equipment

are available for beginners.

For more information

on the Nockbusters, call 770-460-0894.

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