US Armbrust Association

5th IAU Match Crossbow World Championships
& 1st World Cup for Seniors, Rohrbach, Austria
July 11-19, 1987

USA Team Members:
Ethel-Ann Alves (Female)
William Boyle (10m)
Spenser Coe (Junior)
David Cramer (30m)
Glenn Dubis (10m, 30m)
James Eberwine (Senior 30m)
Elizabeth Espointour (Senior 30m)
John Herr (Senior 30m)
Tim Hogan (Junior)
David Kimes (30m)
Denise Loring (Female)
Bruce Meredith (30m & Senior 30m)
James Meredith (10m, 30m)
Richard Neill (Senior 30m)
James Remaly (Junior)
Leonard Remaly (10m)
Rolfe Smith (30m Alternate)
Bob Vangene (Senior 30m)
Karen Wedlock-Hunt (Female)

Medal Results:
Ethel-Ann Alves - World Champion - 10m Women
Glenn Dubis - Bronze - 30m Combined
Glenn Dubis - Bronze - 30m Kneeling
USA (David Cramer, Glenn Dubis, David Kimes, Bruce Meredith, James Meredith) - Bronze - 30m Kneeling

Results:
10m Standing 40 shots:
Men's Team:
1. Germany 1538
2. Switzerland 1521
3. France 1515
5. USA 1488 (James Meredith 382, Glenn Dubis 382, Len Remaly 365, William Boyle 359)
8 teams

Men's Individual:
1. P-A. Dufaux Switzerland 392 (EWR)
2. D. Nipkow Switzerland 386
3. H. Riederer Germany 386
9. James Meredith USA 382
11. Glenn Dubis USA 382
28. Len Remaly USA 365
33. William Boyle USA 359
37 competitors

Women's Team:
1. France 1142 (WR)
2. Switzerland 1136
3. Germany 1134
4. USA 1127 (Alves 386, Loring 383, Wedlock-Hunt 358)
6 teams

Women's Individual:
1. Ethel-Ann Alves USA 386 (EWR)
2. G. Buehlmann Switzerland 386 (EWR)
3. F. Maquin France 384
4. Denise Loring USA 383
17. Karen Wedlock-Hunt USA 358
22 competitors

Junior Team:
1. Germany 1142 (WR)
2. Switzerland 1127
3. France 1122
7. USA 1020 (S. Coe 351, James Remaly 350, Tim Hogan 319)
7 teams

Junior Individual:
1. G. Hoher Germany 383
2. Schanzer Germany 382
3. Florenz Switzerland 380
17. S. Coe USA 351
19. James Remaly USA 350
22. Tim Hogan USA 319
22 competitors

30m Standing 30 shots:
Open Team:
1. Germany 1390
2. Switzerland 1383
3. France 1379
5. USA 1344 (G. Dubis 276, B. Meredith 264, J. Meredith 282, D. Cramer 272, D. Kimes 250)
9 teams

Open Individual:
1. P. Le Goueff France 287
2. B. Duparchy France 286
3. K. Bertschy Switzerland 282
5. Glenn Dubis USA 280
11. Bruce Meredith USA 279
16. James Meredith USA 277
25. David Cramer USA 271
38 competitors

Junior Team:
1. France 817
2. Austria 806
3. Germany 780
4 teams

Junior Individual:
1. D. Gasset France 277 (Junior World Record)
2. Wuest Switzerland 277 (Junior World Record)
3. Zheng China 275
6. Spenser Coe USA 273
16 competitors

30m Kneeling 30 shots:
Open Team:
1. Switzerland 1449
2. Germany 1443
3. USA 1429 (David Cramer 282, Glenn Dubis 293, David Kimes 287, Bruce Meredith 276, James Meredith 291)
9 teams

Open Individual:
1. D. Nipkow Switzerland 297 (World Record)
2. K. Jaeggi Switzerland 293
3. Glenn Dubis USA 292
15. James Meredith USA 282
24. Bruce Meredith USA 277
26. David Cramer USA 276
38 competitors

Junior Team:
1. Switzerland 857
2. Austria 853
3. Germany 845
4 teams

Junior Individual:
1. A. Wueest Switzerland 289
2. L. Ganzer Austria 289
3. L. Plancke France 287
5. Spenser Coe USA 284
16 competitors

30m Combined 30 + 30 shots:
Open Team:
1. Germany 2833
2. Switzerland 2832
3. France 2802
5. USA 2773 (Glenn Dubis 569, James Meredith 573, Bruce Meredith 540, David Cramer 554, David Kimes 537)
9 teams

Open Individual:
1. Daniel Nipkow Switzerland 577
2. Philippe Le Goueff France 576
3. Glenn Dubis USA 572
14. James Meredith USA 559
17. Bruce Meredith USA 556
25. David Cramer USA 547
33 competitors

Junior Team:
1. Austria 1659
2. France 1659
3. Switzerland 1633
4 teams

Junior Individual:
1. A. Wueest Switzerland 566
2. L. Ganzer Austria 564
3. D. Gasset France 558
4. Spenser Coe USA 557
16 competitors

Opening Competition and Grand Prize of Rohrbach - 10 meter
Men:
1. Betrand Duparchy France 196
2. Juergen Wallowsky Germany 195
3. Philippe Le Goueff France 194
8. James Meredith USA 193
21. David Cramer USA 189
36. Glenn Dubis USA 179
37. Len Remaly USA 177
41. William Boyle USA 175
51 competitors

Women:
1. Monika Kani Germany 197
2. Denise Loring USA 193
3. Gaby Buehlmann Switzerland 193
13. Ethel-Ann Alves USA 186
17. Debbie Cummings USA 182
19. Karen Wedlock-Hunt USA 178
27 competitors

Junior:
1. Stephan Sattel France 194
2. Werner Schanzer Germany 193
3. Thomas Farnik Austria 193
15. Spencer Coe USA 182
21. James Remaly USA 177
24. Tim Hogan USA 161
24 competitors

Opening Competition and Grand Prize of Rohrbach - 30 meter
Men:
1. Daniel Nipkow Switzerland 288
2. Rudolf Krenn Germany 288
3. Friedel Roggendorf Germany 287
6. James Meredith USA 286
11. Glenn Dubis USA 283
24. David Cramer USA 276
37. David Kimes USA 267
40. Len Remaly USA 265
58. Rolfe Smith USA 231
59 competitors

Junior:
1. Andreas Wueest Switzerland 284
2. Wenjun Zheng China 281
3. David Gasset France 280
8. Spencer Coe USA 277
18 competitors

Narrative:

The IAU changed to a new 30m target. The 30m target was changed to 6mm rings. They also added Junior 30 meter events.

From 'THE BOLT' April 1988:
"Rohrbach, Austria was home to crossbow shooters 11-19 July 1987. The opening parade was ushered in by three marching bands, followed by welcoming speeches, traditional dancing, free fall parachutists unfurling flags and a fireworks display."

The IAU also added Junior (under 21) 30 meter events in addition to the existing 10 meter standing event.

Denise Loring won the silver medal with a 193 in Women's 10 meter standing opening Grand Prix event.

The USA team stayed at the Hotel Almesberger. At the Annual Meeting the following were elected as USAA Officers:
President: Bruce Meredith (He resigned in early 1988 and was replaced by VP Len Remaly.)
Vice President: Len Remaly (Replaced by Troy Baker.)
Treasurer: Jim Meredith
Secretary: Nancy Eaton
Executive Officer: Richard Neill

Richard Neill appointed Nancy Eaton, Dan Morse and Rolfe Smith to the Incorporation Committee.

Rohrbach ’87 – Seniors World Cup / Extract from Xbow magazine issue 1 (Autumn ’87 edition):
A 30-metre Seniors World Cup was staged for the first time in Rohrbach. The match (15 shots standing, 15 shots kneeling) was shot in 2 relays – Division I for those born between 1927 and 1937 (50-60), and Division II for those born before 1926 (61+).

The Division I match was a victory for newly elected IAU Vice President Bruce Meredith. A member of the US World Championship 30 metre squad, Bruce was a clear winner ahead of Germany’s Richard Sichert and Alfredo Donati. The Division II match gave newer shooters the rare opportunity to see crossbow veteran Georg Winzeler in action. Austria’s Leo Pammer led after the first 15 shots, with Robert Vangene (USA) second. Georg Winzeler came into his own with the highest score in the Kneeling phase [the Swiss speciality] which moved him into second place overall. Leo Pammer held on to win and Robert Vangene USA finished in third place. Germany’s senior squad of Sichert, Stecher and Dorner took the team award.

30m SENIOR WORLD CUP DIVISION I (born 1927-1937)(50-60) Results – 1. Bruce Meredith* USA 271 (131/140), 2. Richard Sichert Germany 266 (128/138), 3. Alfredo Donati Germany 265 (229/136), 10. Elizabeth Espointour USA 247 (113/134) – 16 competitors.

30m SENIOR WORLD CUP DIVISION II (born before 1926)(61+) Results – 1. Leo Pammer Austria 264 (130/134), 2. Georg Winzeler Switzerland 259 (120/139), 3. Robert Vangene USA 259 (126/133) - 7. Richard Neill USA 195 (94/101) - 7 competitors

30m SENIOR TEAMS Results – 1. Germany (Sichert/Stecher/Dorner) 784, Austria (Pamer/Kerschbaumer/Manner) 762 (27x10), 3. Austria (Polz/Tomitza/Stieglbauer) 762 (25x10), 4. USA (Meredith/Eberwine/Herr) 706, 5. USA (Vangene/Espointour/Neill) 701).

*Bruce Meredith had ignored a raging toothache to take the win. (From Bruce: It was a lower molar on right side which for a right-handed shooter is right next to the stock. That felt really good to shoot! I went to an old (WWII vintage guy) Austrian dentist, who looked at it and said, "raus" obviously meaning "pull it out". I wanted to get a root canal and save the tooth. They did not do that up there in the Austrian mountains. I did not get a prescription for a pain killer, which was I felt might be an illegal drug to take since IAU was blending with UIT rules. So I called long distance to my dentist in Georgia and asked for his advice. He said, "load up on aspirin". I asked, "how much is load up"? I do not recall the response or what I took, but it might have been two to four an hour. Just do not recall. I survived the shooting and made it home days later.

Photos:

Thanks to Chris Aston (GBR), Bruce Meredith (USA) and Len Remaly (USA) for the photos!