Juoksa Open 2023 – results and report

27.3.2023

Juoksa Open – results, report and photos

The competition is now complete. On behalf of Juoksa and the competition committee, many thanks to all participants. It was wonderful to see you on our course.

We will add photos as they arrive. If you have good competition photos you would like published here, please send them by email to jousimetsastysjuoksa@gmail.com), but first the results. The competition was shot first as a normal round, after which the winners of the compound and traditional classes competed in a one-arrow shoot-off for the product prizes. This was followed by the Call of the Iron Deer challenge, which delivered even more excitement than ordered. Now to the results:

Talja, miehet:

1. Pauli Laine, EPJM, 63 points
2. Markus Höglund, Artemis, 61 points
3. Kari Uuttu, VSJM, 60 points

4. Jaakko Aaltonen, Juoksa, 48 points
5. Jarno Kallioinen, Juoksa, 46 points
6. Matti Keinänen, VSJM, 41 points
7. Petri Linna, Juoksa, 24 points

Vaisto, miehet:

1. Jani Lahtinen, Keuruun Jousi, 34 points
2. Juha Juvani, Juoksa, 26 points
3. Markus Laukkanen, KPJM, 23 points
4. Petteri Oinas, KPJM, 12 points

Vaisto Open, naiset:

1. Susanna Laamanen, Artemis, 7 points
2. Enni Pyykönen, 6 points
3. (tied), Marja Vikström (Artemis) & Johanna Kahra (SAJO), 3 points

Open:

1. Petri Vainikainen, Arcus, 63 points
2. Mika Ojala, VSJM, 60 points
3. Juuso Koivusaari, Riihijouset, 43 points

Sighted Open:

1. Susanna Laamanen, Artemis, 9 points

Talja (55+):

1. Juha Tohka, Juoksa, 39 points

Shootoff, vaisto (20m):

Susanna Laamanen > Jani Lahtinen

Shootoff, talja (50m):

Pauli Laine > Petri Vainikainen
Huom!! Voitto irtosi 1 millimetrin erotuksella (27mm vs. 28 mm keskustasta)

Rautapeuran kutsu:

In the traditional class, Enni Pyykönen defeated the Iron Deer from 15 metres.

In compound, the finalists were Mika Muukkonen (Juoksa), Perttu Vapamaa (Juoksa) and Kari Uuttu (VSJM), at 90 metres.
At 100 metres none of the gentlemen found the target, so the result was agreed as a tie. The prize goes to Kari Uuttu.






There were more competition events than can be described here, but the additional competition—the Call of the Iron Deer—also appeared to be very high-quality entertainment.

We have trained our Iron Deer, which has not yet been named and for which suggestions are welcome, to be quite merciless. Below are two examples of how it strikes. It respects no one and bites immediately when given the opportunity, regardless of bow type:


Horsebow, 15 metres


Compound bow, 50 metres


Open-class bow, 50 metres


Finally, Juoksa would like to thank the companies that supported our competition.

Uittokalusto sponsored the Call of the Iron Deer challenge by donating a dozen MeatSeeker arrows in the winner’s chosen spine. Admittedly, the losers might need arrows more, but “to the victor go the spoils”, as the saying goes.



Jousivaruste sponsored the main scoring competition by donating convenient small targets as prizes for both the Compound/Open and Traditional winners. If they make ad hoc practice easier anywhere and at any time, all the better.



And finally, Maatila-Liha Meronen provided the competition committee with drier working conditions during rain showers by lending a pavilion tent, and gave our club an excellent offer on sausages, which tasted particularly good to the competitors after cooking over charcoal.


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