I will expand a little bit on the shoot so more people can be informed of what happened. AZOD received numerous comments that the shoot was fabulous and put together very well, great shoot was the buzz word on the hill not to mention the great scenery of shooting next to Lake Pleasant.
All who attended were happy about the course and were awaiting the award ceremony and door prizes. AZOD started off with a little introduction and thanks to all the staff and promoters that made this shoot possible. After the introduction one of the promoters, Rich Schulz, asked that two archers come up on stage for him to ask a few questions of. One male and one female came up on stage to answer the simple questions about the shoot but the last question was do you plan to come back and shoot our next shoot and brining a few friends, both said they defiantly planned on coming back, with that said the money man handed each one of them a 100 dollar bill and thanked them just for coming and participating.
Then the fabulous door prize list started being handed out, backpacks, arrows, radar detectors, guided hunts, archery accessories, truck accessories, a bow and much much more. Then once again here came the money man to spike up the excitement, he started adding money to each door prize that was awarded, 100's, 50's, 20's in cash were going out to the door prize winners. Overall money man handed out an additional $1250 in cash, wow can anyone tell me if that has ever happened at ANY archery shoot.
Time for the awards, AZOD ended up handing out $3100 in prize money with 1st place money in the classes that had 6 or more shooters at over $450 dollars, 2nd over $350, 3rd over $250, 4th over $150 and 5th a little over $100 dollars. One 1st place class that had 3 shooters ended up getting $200 dollars. See Excel Information with Tabs for Classes or in HTML
After the awards were handed out the money man appeared again, this guy didn’t quit, AZOD had received word that they were expecting some shooters to come from New Mexico to participate in the tournament so he asked if they were present and to come up to the stage, he had money in his hands and was ready to had it out but apparently they decided not to come, maybe next time guys.
The shoot was a great success but the lack of participating archers was puzzling. AZOD thought they put together a fabulous opportunity for the archery community but for some reason the shooter turnout was low. It is important to note that AZOD is not trying to take anything away from the local clubs that put on weekly tournaments for the AZ. Archers. AZOD staff participates in practically every shoot these local clubs put on just to promote them and enjoy the sport of archery, without these local clubs the AZ archer would have no tournaments to participate in week after week. Everyone archer wins with these clubs in action and AZOD is attempting to add another opportunity for the AZ archer to participate locally. I cannot say there are not going to be conflicts with other clubs because there are but every club whomever they are gives 100% to the sport of archery and needs as much participation as they can get. If we do not support all the clubs and our archery shops they will fade away and we will not be able to enjoy the 3D tournaments that we love to shoot.
AZOD has been given the ok to do one more shoot and try and gain the respect and participation of the archery community. I know everyone in attendance was happy with the tournament and said they would return but again AZOD like all the other clubs need the support of many more archers or the AZOD tournaments will fade away also. For the shooters that were in attendance tell your friends and please offer your feedback so that we can make a fun and exciting tournament for everyone to enjoy in the future.
Many, Many thanks to Frank Ortiz and the AZOD staff, Full Draw Bowhunters (a local club) and all the great sponsors that made this shoot great. To all that participated, thank you and look forward to seeing you again.
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