Jack Rowe of Sayre, Pa. was the Grand Champion at the Candor Fall Festival held this past weekend in Candor, NY. Jack edged out Doug Bassett by four points to retain his champion status!

The local contest included shots at assorted sizes of pumpkins – to maintain the Fall Festival theme – and a deer target. The final pumpkin shot measured how deeply the dart penetrated the largest pumpkin. Doug’s dart penetrated 11 inches and Jack’s 10 inches.

Young Atlatlist Marlin Bassett, 5 1/2 years, impressed young and old with his accuracy during the competitions. Melissa Dildine won the Women’s Division. Missy is in close competition with Lori Majorski for this year’s Women’s title. There are still a few more competitions for both women. Lori currently maintains the lead. Missy is this year’s reigning champion.

A number of atlatlists participated in the International Standard Accuracy competition and the IAS competition during the weekend. Thanks to all who participated and a special thanks to Doug Bassett and Sue Mercer for their help with the competitions.

There will be two atlatl events this weekend for those in the Northeast! Thunderbird Atlatl will be hosting the annual Candor Fall Festival Atlatl Contests and Demonstrations
at Side Hill Acres Goat Farm, Route 96, Candor, New York from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

There will be local contests and demonstrations, ISACs and IASAC contests both days. All are invited. For further information contact Bob or Cheryll Berg at 1-800-836-4520 or Thunderbirdatlatl@gmail.com

New England Atlatl Day will be held on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hammonasset State Park in Madison, Connecticut.

There will be local competitions and ISACs. The event is co-sonsored by the Friends of Hammonasset and the CT State Museum of Natural History/CT Archaeology Center. Camping Available. For information contact Gary Nolf at gnolf@comcast.net

Bob Berg of Thunderbird Atlatl will be presenting a class on primitive fishing at the Maine Primitive Gathering this weekend, October 2, 3, 4 & 5.

The class will include fish line making, hook making from bone, thorn and bamboo, and simple fish traps. Bob will also cover making and using harpoons and harpoon throwers. The class will be offered on Sunday, Oct. 5.

Along with Bob’s presentation, there will be a variety of other interesting classes and presentations. Jeff Gottleib is organizing a Trade Blanket on Saturday – bring items to trade! Jeff says to bring stuff of interest to a primitive skills person such as tools, books, crafts, raw materials, foods, etc. The Trade Blanket will be on Saturday at 4pm. This is a really fun event.

Arthur Haines will be running ongoing primitive foraging and cooking demonstrations at the cooking fire pit all weekend. Arthur’s phenomenal knowledge of plants. Arthur’s tremendous knowledge of plants, makes any class with him a special treat.

Maine Primitive Gathering Organizer Mal Stephens is asking everyone who is a primitive skills practitioner to bring their handcrafted items to layout as a display during lunch on Saturday. Practitioners are asked to bring hides and blankets to put their stuff on. Mal can be reached at: mallorystephens(at)yahoo.com or 207-646-1856 or his cell: 207-604-2390.

Check out information about the event at: http://maineprimitivegathering.blogspot.com/

The Weapon Masters Show proved to be interesting and top atlatlists Bob Berg, Mark Bracken, Doug Leeth and Mike Waters definitely made tremendous dents in the armour! If given the chance to experiment with the project, we have no doubt a stone point would have pierced the armour. The stone points, as the show’s host, pointed out certainly made an impact on the armour!

There are a number of upcoming events the next two weekends in the atlatl world. If you are in the area, try to attend one of these events!

Sept. 26-28

Golden-Gem Rendezvous & Knap-In. Llano, Texas
ISAC on Saturday and Sunday at 1 PM
Contact: roywenmo2000@yahoo.com
more info: http://llanochamber.com/

Sept. 26-28

Fall Knap-In
Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park, Manchester, Tennessee
ISAC
Contact Keith Wimberley at (931)723-5073 or Keith.Wimberley@state.tn.us

Oct. 3-5

Lake Atwood, Ohio
Ohio Atlatl Association
contact: ohioatlatl@hotmail.com

Oct. 4-5

Falling Blanket atlatl throw & ISAC. Cheyenne, Wyoming
Open to all, equipment and instruction cheerfully provided. Sponsored by the Wyoming Atlatl and Social Club.
Contact: Gary/Regina Dodson wyowinds@aol.com (307-632-0766)
or Russell Richard coyoteclown@aol.com (307-772-0550) for location and time.

Oct. 4-5

Richard’s Back Acres Throw.
Jeffersonville, Indiana.
ISAC and Indiana State Championship throws each day.
For information contact Richard B. Lyons (812) 246-9987 or atlatlin@gmail.com

Oct. 5

Duncan Park, Austin, Texas
ISAC Sunday 11 AM
Contact roywenmo2000@yahoo.com