JOAD

JOAD

Hemlock JOAD  Archers Travel and Excel

Nate Trovinger and Tyler Kleinfelter Showed their Archery Skills at two recent events.
At the Lancaster Star FITA shoot,  Nate Trovinger shot a score of 351  in Bowman Male Recurve to take 1st place.   Tyler Kleinfelter took 4th place in Cadet Recurve with a 426 .
At Reading’s  Mid-Atlantic JOAD shoot Nate Trovinger shot an impressive 477 in Male Bowman Recurve giving him 3rd place.  Although Tyler Kleinfelter did not place, he shot a strong 387 in Male Cadet Recurve.
Several Hemlock JOAD Archers attended the Mid Atlantic Star FITA event sponsored by Reading Archery Club on Feb. 19 and 20,  2011.    TJ Foltz , Nate Trovinger, Zachery Bell, Andrew Foltz, and Nathaniel Bell participated in “Recurve Male Bowman Class” and represented Hemlock in style at the event.  Also attending the event were Joseph Dowdrick, III.  Joseph Won the Compound Male Collegiate Class with a score of  560 with 21 tens and 38 nines.
Congratulations to these young Archers.

Hemlock JOAD instructors

Don Grenier Bill Krum Bob Altrath
Scott Trovinger Tony Shutter Patricia Gray Jen Trovinger
Joad celebrated it’s 40th anniversary in April, 2011, and recognized 3 of it’s original coaches. Bill Krum, Don Grenier, and Bob Altrath have volunteered more than 70 years of combined leadership to the JOAD program.
Thank you to all of our coaches who volunteer their time to make our program what it is.

Above:  2011 Hemlock Joad  Participants :
First row- Paul Rissler, Peter Rissler, Clayton Gabriel, Julian Coleman.

Second row – Toby Betz, Jacob Bucks, Elliott Haine, Thomas Curtin, Emma Durning, Nate Bell, Andrew Foltz, Frank Honey, Kyle Kreider.

Third row – Nate Trovinger, Charity Rissler, Emily Bucks, Sara Dundore, Trevor Quarry, TJ Foltz, Gabe Detter.

Back row – Hope Rissler, Coaches  Bill Krum, Don Grenier and Bob Altrath.

Following is a list of JOAD Participants that attended PSSA State Shoot in Harrisburg on April 2,2011:

Zach Bell   260 - Nathaniel Bell 327 – Gabe Detter 437 – Jacob Bucks 352 – TJ Foltz  396 – Andrew Foltz 325 – Sarah Dundore( NO Score yet) – Nate Trovinger Shot a 442 in Olympic round for Bowman Class Taking 3rd place -Ttyler Kleinfelter Shot a 434 in Merit Class taking 2nd place.

What Is JOAD?

JOAD stands for Junior Olympic Archery Development. JOAD is a national program under the coordination of the National Archery Association (NAA). The goal of the JOAD program is to instruct and refine the young archer’s skills. In the process, the shooter will develop confidence, friendships and success through discipline and practice. JOAD was begun about forty years ago, with the goal of eventually developing archers for the Summer Olympic Games and since that time many of our Olympians have graduated from a JOAD program.Hemlock is privileged to have a number of dedicated and knowledgeable instructors who are willing to help young people discover the enjoyment and satisfaction archery can provide and our JOAD program is a great way to start. All JOAD programs offer an achievement award system based on how well the archer shoots. There are 11 levels in the achievement system; beginning with Green Star and extending to Gold Olympian.

When is JOAD?

Hemlock has various youth oriented archery programs with excellent instructors. JOAD Archery is our biggest one and is based on olympic style shooting for both boys and girls ages 8 years old and up. This program has two segments:

  1. Fall (indoors) begins the first Saturday of November at 10:00 AM and runs to the end of March.
  2. Spring (outdoors ) is for JOAD shooters only and runs in June and July.

JOAD participants must have an individual or family club membership to participate, which currently runs $55.00 per year for you or your family.

There is also a beginner’s 4-H program that starts the first Saturday of November at 9:00 AM. It runs for 8 weeks and is free of charge. If the 4-H shooters decide to continue into the JOAD program, they would start shooting at 10 AM along with the other JOAD shooters, after joining with a yearly membership.

All necessary archery equipment is provided for these courses.  For each JOAD participant there is a registration fee of $5.00 and a weekly target fee of $3.00.

For More information, or to register your child, call Jen Trovinger at (717) 273-5472.

Hemlock Field Archers is the largest archery club in Central Pennsylvania. From the humble beginning of just a few members and a small clubhouse grew a well-respected club of over four hundred members. The Hemlock Archer’s Club of today can be attributed to the dedication, hard work and love of archery by past and present members. Located just south of Lebanon, we offer indoor target shooting as well as an outdoor course. We hold target and 3D shooting events throughout the year.
Below are links to documents for JOAD:

Adobe Document Hemlock Application (PDF) Adobe Document Bill’s Safety Rules (PDF) Adobe Document JOAD Handbook (PDF)
Word Document Hemlock Application (DOC) Word Document Bill’s Safety Rules (DOC)

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Just slide on over to our sign-up page and get your application to us today!