Steve Partridge is on the hunt for the history of this extraordinary trophy. He’s requested a bit of help from our Family of Archers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Once upon a time, this was the trophy awarded to winners of the Barebow Recurve division at the IFAA World Championships. It\u2019s lived in my loft so hasn\u2019t seen the light of day for 20+ years. It\u2019s mightily impressive in its way – how could it not be, being adorned with so many eagles! They just don\u2019t make trophies like this these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The trophy had been donated by the NFAA back in 1971 and I suppose its grandeur reflects the status of the Barebow division 50 years ago though, in my time, the number of BBR participants at IFAA events had been extremely inconsistent and often very limited in number. The IFAA BBR division does have a rather different set of equipment rules from WA but, thanks to the rather higher profile of barebow archery these days, thanks to John Demmer and others, I imagine numbers could well rise. I do hope so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u201cmagnificence\u201d of the trophy made it extremely impractical to transport it around the globe. Back in 1996, I pointed this out to the then IFAA President Ken Rogers and it was duly replaced with a far more portable plaque. Anyway, the trophy is now permanently out of the loft and is to be passed on to the IFAA whose intention, I believe, is to secure it a place in an archery museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The trophy base lists the names of the winners from 1971-1996 and I have always thought it would be interesting to try and obtain photos of the winners (preferably in action or with the trophy) and any relevant information from the time of their success. Some years ago, I attempted to contact the home Associations of these winners. I am sorry to say no replies or even acknowledgements were forthcoming so I\u2019m trying again, this time via various Facebook groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please have a look at the list below and if you can offer any contact details, photos – anything, I\u2019d be delighted to hear from you. If you\u2019re out there, Brad Marshall, I\u2019m still waiting to hear from you (don\u2019t be offended that I\u2019ve singled you out – you\u2019re still my barebow hero).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are the names on the base:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1971 B. Hopf (Germany)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1973 & 1975 M. Flier. (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1976. Hakan Svensson (Sweden)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1978 Brad Marshall (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1980 Ed Albright (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1982. Arno Kaczmarek (Germany)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1984. Hans Persson (Sweden)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1986. Arno Kaczmarek (Germany)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1988. T. Jessen (New Zealand)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1990. T. Jessen (New Zealand)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1992. Arno Kaczmarek (Germany)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1994. Reiner Vosen (Germany)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1996 Steve Partridge (England)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I would appreciate any information about any of the above archers, but would especially welcome photos of them from the time.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n