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Indoor A&W Shoot hits the mark

Wild, outdoor set up for indoor shoot hosted by Bighorn Archery Club
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Roman Zabaras

Skunks and turkeys, racoons and bears, even leopards and wild boars – all were sighted in 100 Mile House last weekend.

The animal figurines made good targets for the close to 70 archers who took aim at the Stan Halcro Arena when the Bighorn Archery Club hosted its Indoor A&W Shoot on March 15-16.

Shooters from Williams Lake, Kamloops and Quesnel drew bows with local shooters of all ages at the event.

The highest score for compound bows in all categories was 163 out of a possible 176 shot by Tyler Parent of 100 Mile House.

The highest score for traditional bows – recurves, longbows and primitive (self made wood bows) was 150 out of 176 made by Fred Streleoff of William's Lake.

In the traditional bow, men's category, Allen Pickering took first and Chico Johnston was second in the master's longbow.

Marcel Bitton (first), Yak Crame (second) and Dirk Dunkel (third) finished top 3 in longbow.

Adrian Messner finished first in master's recurve, while Johnston finished second.

Streleoff (first), Dan Mobbs (second) and Ernie Schmid (third) finished top 3 in recurve.

On the ladies' side, Jessie Mobbs won longbow, while Nikki Mobbs and Shayla Dunkel finished second and third respectively.

Mavis Skerry finished first in recurve and 100 Mile House's Arial Dalpre finished second.

Kiara Pratt won longbow in the junior (11-13 years) category, while Baden Riley won recurve and Lindsey Borgford won longbow in the youth (14-17) category.

In cub's (8-10) category, Haley Plewes won first. In tot's (0-7), Calleigh Skerry finished first.

In the primitive category, Rob Altmannshofer was first, while Ted Swift was second and D. Dunkel third.

For the young compound bow shooters, Cole Skerry won first and Cody Plewes took second in the cub's bare bow.

Roman Zabaras was first in cub unlimited.

Michael Gulbransen was first and Brianna Billy was second in open junior.

In men's compound, Marlon Dalpre was first in bare bow and Tyrone Hunlin was first in open.

In the unlimited master category, Chris Harrington was first and Bill Bjornson was second.

The unlimited category saw T. Parent get first, Brodie Mohorich second and Gord Parent third.

Katie Britton took first in ladies bare bow, while Torrie Berkey (first), Arlene Dalpre (second) and Chanalle Dalpre finished top 3 in the unlimited adult category.

In unlimited master, Dayle Campbell was first and Randi Bjornson was second.