The Curling Centre was a hub of archery activity over the weekend, as the 2013 B.C. Indoor Championships was underway featuring competitors from all over the province.
Cranbrook hosted the event for the second straight year, after it wasn’t picked up anywhere else, according to Elaine Johnson, a director with the Cranbrook Archery Club.
“What happened was nobody actually stepped up and when I took it to the executive in the club, I said, ‘Well, what the heck, we may as well, we already have everything now,’” said Johnson. “We have a good amount of targets, we have an amazing amount of help.
“It’s been phenomenal. We didn’t plan on doing it two years in a row, but I’m glad we did it. It was worth it.”
The event featured competitors from across the province, as well as local talent that included Paralympic archer Kevin Evans and his coach, Vladimir Kopecky.
“We’ve got people from as far away as Prince George and the Island that have come over. We were actually supposed to have someone from Washington (state) come up and he never ended up making it,” said Johnson.
“…Prince George and Vancouver have a huge amount of shooters, so it’s very, very big up there, and ours is getting comparable to Prince George.”
Roughly 61 archers came out to put their skills to the test, with approximately 20 local shooters in the ranks, as competition ran on Saturday and Sunday.
Evans, a local two-time Paralympian who competed in Beijing for the 2008 Games and also in the London last summer for the 2012 Parlaympics, wasn’t the only notable shooter in the lineup.
The Cranbrook Archer Club has a few young competitors that have made an impact on the national stage, according to Johnson.
“We have some of the top shooters in Canada right now,” Johnson said. “Brittany Johnson finished as top Cadet in Canada last year and Adam Pitney in the top three.
“…Darbie Wills, Brittnay Johnson, Adam Pitney and Curtis Mummery have all been invited to try out for the World Juniors in China.”
Results
Bare Bow - Cadet
Eden Miller 599
Bare Bow - Cub
Elissa Foley 921
Kelly Murray 446
Bare Bow - Mstr 50
Angela Foley 731
Compound - Cadet
Darby Dean 1152
Krista Pitney 1141
Jessica Krewenchuk 1052
Compound - Cub
Kyra Adachi 1091
Allaina Proctor 1082
Sarah Brown 964
Compound -Jr.
Brittany Johnson 1138
Compound - Sr.
Elaine Johnson 1146 Sheila Killberg 1129
Mary Ostermeier 1061
Recurve - Cadet
Mariessa Pinto 763
Recurve - Sr.
Diana Kaun 923
Bare Bow - Cadet
Keelan Boyle 772
Bare Bow Mstr 60
Johnny Zawada 890
Bare Bow - Sr.
Fred Streloff 993
Shawn Dempster 765
BHF - Sr.
George Terpsma 1079
BHO - Mstr 50
Ed Ford 1136
Ted Kennedy 1113
BHO - Sr.
MIke Ford 1173
Chris Mummery 1163
Randy Grant 1111
BHUn - Mstr 60
Al Campsall 1173
Ron Ostermeir 1151
BHUn - Sr.
Adam Pitney 1154
Collin Pitney 1129
Compound - Cadet
Tony Proctor 1182
Colten Loewen 1169
Jordan Adachi 1152
Compound - Cub
Spencer Schouwenburg 1153
Daylon Stanley 1031
Austin Durham 1011
Compound Jr.
Graeme Black 1181
Curtis Mummery 1168
Adam Pitney 1155
Compound - Mstr 50
Toni Souto 1072
Richard Benstead 1067
Compound - Mstr 60
Greg Birtwistle 1157
Ken Cameron 1140
Al Wills 1140
Compound - Pre-Cub
Darius Brons-Cooney 980
Compound - Sr.
Kevin Evans 1181
Jeff McKay 1162
Rick Krewenchuk 1094
Recurve - Mstr. 60
Brian Kaun 884
Recurve - Sr.
Larry Moyer 1092
Greg Fong 980