Sheila Hoekstra wins High Overall Lady at Revolver Championship
In a reversal from 2009, Hoekstra edged out the defending women’s champion, and this year’s top junior, Sarah Irish of Dearborn, Mich., by a mere 0.03 seconds to claim the High Overall Lady title in the Central STates Regional REvolver Championship held Sun., July 18, 2010, in Buchanan, Mich. Through the match the two swapped stage wins with Hoekstra opening up a lead of 8.65 seconds after the sixth stage to give her just enough cushion to hold off a late two-stage-win charge by Irish.
“The battle for top lady was probably the highlight of the match,” observed Leach. “Both Shiela and Sarah are phenomenal shooters and with just a 0.03 second margin of victory, there is no doubt that was the nail-biter of the season.”
The ICORE Central States Regional Revolver Championship was held at the Bend of the River Conservation Club on Sunday, July 18. The competition drew shooters from California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
The match was the fifth in a series of six regional events sponsored by Smith & Wesson whose revolvers are widely used in competition. The final regional event is scheduled for Sunday, September 26 when the East Coast Revolver Regional will take place in Tripoli, Pa.
For further information on the ICORE competition season, as well as complete match results, visit www.icore.org, or follow @ICORE_Shooting on Twitter.
WOMA member Kirstie Pike featured on Bowhunt America’s blogspot The Archeress
Bowhunt America has recently taken the plunge into the electronic world with the release of the web-based version of their acclaimed publication. This online magazine has many great features, all focusing on, you guessed it, bowhunting. With articles ranging from gear to tactics to shooter profiles, you are sure to find great tips and insights on Bowhunt America.
Great news for the ladies, too! Kirstie Pike, WOMA member and CEO of Prois Hunting & Field Apparel for women now hosts the featured blogspot, The Archeress. Check out Bowhunt America online to see what is happening in the world of archery!
Fishing in Loreto, Mexico
May 29, 2010 by Amy Shaw
Filed under On the Road
The WOMA’s Marsha Petrie Sue is fishing in the Sea of Cortez at Loreto, Baja, Mexico. She shared these photos from Friday, May 28.
Sunrise over the Sea of Cortez
Marsha's husband Al battles a 40-pound pilot shark, which was returned to the sea.
Dolphins play around the boat.
Marsha battles a roosterfish.
Marsha poses with guide Antonio and a roosterfish.
Julie Goloski Golob wins again
The WOMA’s Julie Goloski Golob has won her second title in as many matches in the young 2010 handgun competition season. Read more
Julie Goloski Golob wins Single Stack Ladies title
Champion competition handgun shooter and WOMA member Julie Goloski Golob has won . . . again.
Julie took the Women’s Single Stack division title at the USPSA Area 6 Championships, held April 16-18 in Conyers, Georgia. USPSA Area 6 was the first match in her busy 2010 competition season. “Montana’s News Station” KTVQ ran a feature story on Julie’s win this week. She lives in Glasgow, Montana, with her husband and their young daughter.
She will travel to Barry, Illinois, this weekend to compete in her second 2010 season match, the USPSA Single Stack Nationals, held from April 30 to May 2.
A competition handgunner since age 14, Julie was a member of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit for eight years, and was named U.S. Army Female Athlete of the Year in 1999. She has won more than 70 titles in national and international shooting competitions.
Julie also serves as team captain for the Smith & Wesson pro staff.
Anne Vinnola’s new book, ‘Cañon City,’ on store shelves
Anne C. Vinnola’s book Cañon City, published recently by Arcadia Publishing, now is available online and at book stores. Author Anne Vinnola, a Cañon City area resident and history aficionado, has written scores of magazine and newspaper articles for hunting and outdoor publications. With these vintage images and assistance from the Royal Gorge Regional Museum and History Center, she provides a vivid window into the Cañon City of yesterday.
Vinnola moved to Cañon City, Colo., in 1996 with her husband, Jerry, and their busy family. She home schooled her four children and took them on many field trips where they would explore the Cañon City area discovering a fascinating, rich and diverse history.
An outdoor writer for several years, Vinnola shares her family’s love of hunting and fishing while writing for several outdoor magazines including Sportsman’s News, websites, her own outdoor blog (AnnieGotHerGun.com) and new blog about Fremont County (royalgorgeous.com).
She and Jerry own Colorado Institute of Taxidermy Training Inc. and Big Timber South Taxidermy Studio in Cañon City.
Vinnola is an avid reader and beginning photographer. She loves being with her family and is researching her next book, a historical novel also based on Cañon City.
She was delighted to work closely with the staff and volunteers of the Royal Gorge Regional Museum and History Center to compile this book.
Vinnola hopes this work with bring back fond memories and inspire people to tell their stories about the fascinating and colorful community where they live. She also hopes people will keep in touch with their own family history. And to remember the photos people take today need to be carefully preserved and labeled. They may be significant many years from now.
Order the book here.
Branson Tri Lakes WITO Ladies Day Out – Saturday, May 15
March 16, 2010 by Amy Shaw
Filed under On the Road
Branson Tri-Lakes Women In The Outdoors will host Ladies Day Out on Sat., May 15, 2010. Have you ever wanted to try a new sport or activity but didn’t know where to start? The Branson Tri-Lakes chapter of the Women In The Outdoors is offering a full day of introductory classes for women only. You may choose four different classes to get the basics from a professional instructor. Learn the verbiage and actually try it out to see if you may like it.
The day will include: Four 1 ½ hour classes of your choice (options listed on back), a catered lunch, a one-year subscription to the Women In The Outdoors magazine, a silent auction, raffles and lots of prizes all for only — $55. Registration begins at 7:30am – Classes run 8am – 5:30pm
Grab a girlfriend, sister, mom or daughter and enjoy a great day! Special hotel rates are available, if needed, call for more information. All classes held at Branson Rec/Plex and Ozark Shooters Complex, Branson, MO
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To register: complete the form below and send the form and $55 payment to:
Catherine McGregor for more information: Catherine McGregor
Women In The Outdoors 417-593-6333
921 Lee Ave., Branson, MO 65616
JLandCM@yahoo.com
Please give me six or seven class choices in the order of most desired. I will do my best to get everyone the classes they wish. Thanks
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Ladies Day Out includes four (4) classes of your choice:
All classes are introductory classes (no experience necessary) unless noted otherwise. All equipment will be provided. All firearm classes will be held at Ozarks Shooters Complex.
Archery – Learn the basics of target archery and actually shoot a bow and arrow! See the difference between recurve and compound bows. Then shoot some more!
Adv Archery – This class is for those ladies who have experience. Learn more advanced techniques from 2 Missouri state ranked shooters. You will get to shoot a short 3-D course.
Cycling – Have you been afraid to take up cycling here in the Ozark Mountains? Don’t be afraid. It’s all in the right bike and good techniques.
Dutch Oven Cooking – Enjoy camping? Learn the basic techniques to great dutch oven cooking over an open fire! Even pies!
Emergency First Aid – Learn basic first aid techniques to use while waiting for help – bleeding, hypothermia, broken bones, etc. This class will be taught by professional EMT’s.
Fly Casting – Ever thought about learning to fly fish? Learn fly casting from one of the area’s best so you can get out and enjoy our area lakes.
Golf – Do you want to try to swing a gulf club but don’t dare ask your husband? Here’s your chance to learn the basics. How is it scored? Birdie? Boogey?….Hit the ball!
Hand Gun – This class is for those who have little or no experience with handguns. Learn basic safety from a professional and actually target shoot!
Hiking – Learn the basics of hiking in order to enjoy the wonderful trails we have here in the Ozarks.
Kayaking – Lakes, lakes and more lakes! Learn the basics of this wonderful, fun sport! It will be held in the swimming pool, but you shouldn’t get wet, unless you want too!
Orienteering – Learn how to read a topographical map and a compass! This is great knowledge to have particularly if you hunt, camp or hike.
Outdoor Photography – There will be only one photography class offered, so register early!!
Self – Defense – Learn basic self defense from an advanced status black belt instructor!
Scuba Diving – Learn the basics from the area’s leading scuba diving instructors. This class will be held at the pool. You do not have to get wet unless you want to try on a tank and give it try!
Shotgun – One of the nations leading shotgun instructors will have you breaking clay birds in one class time! Don’t be afraid, try it! It’s a lot of fun!
Sporting Clays – For those women who already shoot shotguns, try stepping up to a Sporting Clay course. Learn from the best!
Turkey Hunting – Learn basic turkey hunting from one of Bass Pro’s leading female pro-staffers and Hunter’s Specialties Pro-Staffer, Marti Davis. What to take, what to wear, how to call and more!
Cabela’s Owes Lane Bryant a “Thank You!”
The next time you find your mailbox stuffed with Cabela’s catalogs, remember they’re just following a woman’s lead. Cabela’s wasn’t the first to launch a full-blown mail-order catalog. Neither was Sears—Lane Bryant was, in 1904. She had no choice. Newspapers called her ads for maternity clothes obscene and refused to run them.
Bryant knew women needed commercially produced maternity clothes. Until then, women were housebound when their wardrobes no longer accommodated their swelling bellies. A few women made their own clothes, but no genteel woman ventured outside pregnant. Bryant cut out the middlemen and went straight to her customers through mail order. By 1950, Lane Bryant ranked sixth among catalog retailers.
Charlotte Waisman, PhD, and Jill Tietjen chronicled Bryant’s story as well as those of 849 other women in Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America. Waisman, formerly a college professor and now vice president of a consulting firm on leadership and Tietjen, author, speaker and electrical engineer, researched over 3,000 women. They pared the number down to only those women who achieved “firsts” without assistance from a male’s money or influence. Waisman and Tietjen sought out women who illustrated diversity from field of endeavor, ethnicity and culture covering adventurers and aviators to scientists and women’s rights advocates. Virginia Dare is the first entry in 1587 as the first child born in America of English parents.
Many names you’ll recognize, such as Amelia Earhart, Calamity Jane and Annie Oakley. Other entries may leave you wondering why you’ve never heard of the women and their achievements. Mountaineer Fanny Bullock Workman reached the summit of 23,000-foot Nun Kun in the Himalayas in 1906—in a very long skirt.
Sacagawea, a young Shoshone Native American woman, guided the Lewis & Clark expedition through the Rocky Mountains while caring for an infant.
Jackie Cochran created the WASP, Women Airforce Service Pilots, in 1942. The WASPs ferried male pilots’ planes to where they were needed in World War II. They sometimes flew in weather deemed too risky for male pilots.
Arlene Blum, only 25 years old in 1970, took command of a six-woman climbing team attempting an ascent of Mt. McKinley in Alaska when team leader, Grace Hoeman fell ill. Blum’s philosophy can encourage today’s ground-breaking women: “As long as you believe what you’re doing is meaningful, you can cut through fear and exhaustion and take the next step.”
I think Fanny Workman must’ve believed in what she was doing as well to climb to over 23,000 feet before Gore-Tex, Thinsulate and fleece.
Her Story: A Timeline of Women Who Changed America
Charlotte Waisman and Jill Tietjen
ISBN: 978-0-06-124651-7
HarperCollins Publishers
Winning big in Vegas
Last week was an exciting time for the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and the firearms industry. I have been fortunate enough to attend a number of Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trades Shows (SHOT Show) over the years. Not only was this year’s show packed, but I was particularly excited to see more products designed for women on the show floor than ever.
I also attended my first WOMA networking event. 
What a wonderful opportunity to meet members of WOMA and talk about generating exposure for women in the outdoor industry! It was such a pleasure to meet and reconnect with some of the people who have pioneered the way into a traditionally male industry. Though not a huge gathering in number, the event hosted a talented and diverse spectrum of participants dedicated to the goals of The WOMA.
For those who didn’t have the opportunity to attend, Kim Pezzeminti of Doeville.com graciously donated several beautiful door prizes at the event. One of these prizes was a beautiful, bronze and peach, freshwater pearl and antler shed necklace with matching earrings. I admit to fully thinking, “Ooh, pick me!” for the drawing and it must have paid off. I was a very lucky winner, not only for the beautiful jewelry, but for the opportunity to meet others dedicated to promoting women in the outdoor industry.
~Julie Golob
Podcast: Barbara Baird on ‘Cam and Company’
The WOMA now offers an opportunity to you to get your podcast out there. In this first podcast at the site, The WOMA’s president, Barbara Baird, talks to Cam Edwards, host of Cam and Company, an NRA radio show on SIRIUS Satellite Radio and XM Radio. Barb and Cam talked about her recent article in America’s 1st Freedom titled “We Just Want Our Guns Back.” The show was recorded on Jan. 4, 2010.
Cam Edwards and Barb Baird at the NRA show in May in Phoenix where Barb told Cam she was going to return to New Orleans to do a follow-up article on gun confiscation after Katrina. And yes, there is a body attached to Barb's head.
