Archery Canada – OTTAWA (Archery Canada) – The country’s top archers gathered in Truro, N.S., this past week for Archery Canada’s 2018 Canadian Outdoor Field and Target Championships.

Archery Canada Website: www.archerycanada.ca/en

Championship Website: Truro 2018

Complete Results (field championships): Field

Complete Results (target championships): Target

The action kicked off last Wednesday with the field competition, followed by the annual Fred Usher Memorial Cup team tournament on Thursday, the two-day target championships on Friday and Saturday, and last but not least, the Canadian Open on Sunday.

All these events were preceded by the Canadian Outdoor 3D Championships, also hosted by the St. Mary’s Archers of Truro club, from Aug. 4-6.

“As the 2018 Canadian Championships come to a close, it is good to reflect on the great times we have had here in Nova Scotia, the friendships made, renewed and cemented,” said Archery Canada president Al Wills. “Congratulation to the winners and well done to all competitors. Thank you to our hosts, and we look forward to meeting again next year in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.”

“Two years in the making and we’ve finally done it. A simple goal of providing a world-class event for our archers was all we had in mind. As the sun has set on our final day, I’m excited to say we accomplished that goal,” added Chad Harpell, chair of the organizing committee. “I’m so proud of our committee and all we have done. Great things can be accomplished with the hands of very few. Thank you all for attending.”

Nine archers accomplished the feat of being crowned national champions in both Field and Target competition.

In women’s action, double winners included Stephanie Barrett (recurve), Cathy Relf (recurve – master) and Abbigail Bunn (compound – cub), all from the Ontario Association of Archers.

Their performance was matched on the men’s side by Jacob Gagnon from Fédération de tir à l’arc du Québec (recurve – cub), Austin Taylor from Team Heartland (compound – junior), Rudy Jampen from the Calgary Archers Club (compound – master), Alan Hindle from Twin Rivers Archery (barebow), as well as Cass’ Creek Archery Club teammates Spencer Freeze (recurve – pre-cub) and Keegan Crawford (compound – pre-cub).

The Ontario Association of Archers dominated the Target Championships, winning 10 of 27 individual titles. The OAA also claimed four gold medals during the Field tournament.

A complete list of individual gold medallists from the 2018 Canadian Outdoor Field and Target Championships is included below.  

Canadian Open

Stephanie Barrett and Rudy Jampen both completed a rare “hat-trick” by also capturing gold in the Canadian Open head-to-head tournament.

Barrett prevailed in women’s junior-senior recurve, with Amy Louie from Royal City Archers and Woo Lyla Stevens from the Ontario Association of Archers taking silver and bronze, respectively.

Jampen was crowned in men’s compound cadet-master, with American competitor Seth Trahan and Brady Klassen from Team Heartland rounding out the podium.

Other gold medallists on the women’s side were Alba Lucia Villafranca from the Ontario Association of Archers (recurve cadet-master), Kaitlyn Horlock from the Ontario Association of Archers (compound junior-senior) and American Sachiko Keane (compound cadet-master).

In men’s action, Andrew Azores from the Ontario Association of Archers (recurve junior-senior), Julian Murphy from the Ontario Association of Archers (recurve cadet-master) and Luc Martin from Sussex Golden Arrows (compound junior-senior) joined Jampen in the winners’ circle.

Fred Usher Memorial Cup

In the annual team tournament between provinces and territories, Manitoba successfully defended its Fred Usher Memorial Cup title thanks to a 220-179 gold-medal win over Saskatchewan.

In the semifinal round, the repeat champions defeated Newfoundland 216-183, while Saskatchewan beat Prince Edward Island 210-191.

Quarter-final scores included Manitoba 215, Alberta 191; Saskatchewan 202, Quebec 182; PEI 177, Yukon 167; Newfoundland 171, Nova Scotia 143. In the opening play-in round, Saskatchewan had defeated New Brunswick 174-153 and Quebec downed Ontario 167-152.

2018 CANADIAN OUTDOOR FIELD AND TARGET CHAMPIONS (complete list)

FIELD

Women

Recurve: Stephanie Barrett – Ontario Association of Archers (280 points)

Recurve (Junior): Amy Louie – Royal City Archers (253)

Recurve (Cadet): Mia Renaud – Fédération de tir à l’arc du Québec (275)

Recurve (Master): Cathy Relf – Ontario Association of Archers (248)

Compound: Dawn Groszko – Jimbows Archery (371)

Compound (Junior): Emma Chylinski – North Shore Archers (364)

Compound (Cadet): J’lynn Mitchell – Frontier Bowmen (377)

Compound (Cub): Abbigail Bunn – Ontario Association of Archers (378)

Compound (Master): Ann Neumeyer – Lethbridge Bowbenders Archery Club (329)

Compound Unlimited: Catherine Faulkner – Calgary Archers Club (367)

Men

Recurve: Arnaud Ducastel – Fédération de tir à l’arc du Québec (318 points)

Recurve (Cadet): Dawson Oderkirk – Viscount Archery Club (327)

Recurve (Cub): Jacob Gagnon – Fédération de tir à l’arc du Québec (353)

Recurve (Pre-Cub): Spencer Freeze – Cass’ Creek Archery Club (263)

Recurve (Master): Ray Neumeyer – Lethbridge Bowbenders Archery Club (209)

Compound: Cory Smandych – Calgary Archers Club (401)

Compound (Junior): Austin Taylor – Team Heartland (410)

Compound (Cadet): Robbie Comberbach – Interlake Archers (395)

Compound (Cub): Dustin Watson – Ontario Association of Archers (384)

Compound (Pre-Cub): Keegan Crawford – Cass’ Creek Archery Club (328)

Compound (Master): Rudy Jampen – Calgary Archers Club (380)

Barebow: Alan Hindle – Twin Rivers Archery (281)

Compound Fixed Pins: Curtis Braun – Archers and Bowhunters Association of Manitoba (358)

Compound Fixed Pins (Master): Vincent Burgoyne – Twin Rivers Archery (242)

Compound Unlimited: Adam Jarvis – Sussex Golden Arrows (375)

Compound Unlimited (Master): Dean Thornton – Calgary Archers Club (374)

Instinctive: Greg G. Elms – SJRGC Archery Club (203)

TARGET

Women

Recurve: Stephanie Barrett – Ontario Association of Archers (1123 points)

Recurve (Junior): Emily Breitkoff – Ontario Association of Archers (1014)

Recurve (Cadet): Alba Lucia Villafranca – Ontario Association of Archers (1152)

Recurve (Cub): Amelia Gagne – Ontario Association of Archers (1108)

Recurve (Pre-Cub): Audrey Khan Arevalo – Ontario Association of Archers (994)

Recurve (Master): Cathy Relf – Ontario Association of Archers (1069)

Compound: Madison Hart – Wascana Archers (1270)

Compound (Junior): Bryanne Lameg – Archers and Bowhunters Association of Manitoba (1283)

Compound (Cadet): Alexandra Paquette – Fédération de tir à l’arc du Québec (1310)

Compound (Cub): Abbigail Bunn – Ontario Association of Archers (1286)

Compound (Pee Wee): Avery Crawford – Cass’ Creek Archery Club (1261)

Compound (Master): Pat Wiun – Springbrook Archers Archery Club (1152)

Men

Recurve: Andrew Azores – Ontario Association of Archers (1221 points)

Recurve (Junior): Reece Wilson-Poyton – Ontario Association of Archers (1153)

Recurve (Cadet): Hunter Chipley – Estevan Archery Club (1187)

Recurve (Cub): Jacob Gagnon – Fédération de tir à l’arc du Québec (1275)

Recurve (Pre-Cub): Spencer Freeze – Cass’ Creek Archery Club (1312)

Recurve (Master): Serge Lacasse – Fédération de tir à l’arc du Québec (1171)

Compound: Luc Martin – Sussex Golden Arrows (1358)

Compound (Junior): Austin Taylor – Team Heartland (1348)

Compound (Cadet): Brady Klassen – Team Heartland (1327)

Compound (Cub): Dylan Villanueva – Ontario Association of Archers (1299)

Compound (Pre-Cub): Keegan Crawford – Cass’ Creek Archery Club (1296)

Compound (Master): Rudy Jampen – Calgary Archers Club (1342)

Barebow: Alan Hindle – Twin Rivers Archery (915)

Compound Unlimited: Brock Nelson – Battle River Archers (1267)

Compound Unlimited (Master): Ken Saulnier – Scotian Bowmen (601)

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