The Bighorn Bow Hunters Archery Club 22nd Annual 3D Traditional Shoot succeeded in dodging rain clouds and thunder storms on the weekend.
Spokesperson denise swift says the event at Cariboo Bonanza Resort on Horse Lake on July 21-22 was a success, with 83 shooters.
It’s deemed the largest traditional shoot in British Columbia and people came from all over the province to compete. Among them were shooters from Williams Lake, Quesnel, Prince George and Mackenzie.
Bighorn club members enjoyed their share of top 3 results, with Adrian Messner winning the Masters Recurve event. He also won gold at the provincial championships in June and will compete at the 2012 Canadian Outdoor 3D Championships in Vernon, Aug. 3-6.
Don Dickerson was second in Men’s Masters Recurve.
Also in the Men’s category was Allan Pickering with a second place result in Masters Longbow; Yak Crame, second in Longbow; and Bob Plewes, third in Recurve.
Rob Altmannshofer won Men’s Primitive competition and Elliot Arnold was third.
In the Ladies category, denise swift earned first place in Longbow and Raena Harper was third.
Tamara Van Loon won the Recurve event and Denise Nelson was third. Dori Dickerson won Masters Recurve.
In Masters Longbow, Sandra Pickering took second place and Deborah Smith was third.
Bighorn shooters dominated in the Youth division Recurve event with a first place result going to Jason Ruscheinsky and second place earned by Sebastian Riley.
This was the third and final 3D shoot to be hosted by the club this year. Next on the agenda is a club meeting slated for A&W on July 31 at 6 p.m.
