FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 6, 2009

Contact: J.R. Absher   812.836.4444

(jrabsher@psci.net)

2010 IBO World Championships Return to Ellicottville, NY

The International Bowhunting Organization is pleased to announce that Holiday Valley Mountain Resort in Ellicottville, New York will serve as the venue for the 2010 IBO World Championships.

The event will be held August 11-14, 2010 on the scenic slopes of Holiday Valley.

It will mark the third consecutive year the IBO’s premier competitive event will take place in the western New York location.

“Holiday Valley and the folks from Ellicottville have done such a good job and made all of our shooters so welcome in their community that we feel great about the opportunity to return to such a great location for our tournament,” said IBO President Ken Watkins. “We look forward to welcoming all the shooters next August to the 2010 IBO World Championship in New York.”

Holiday Valley Resort and Ellicottville are a four-season resort destination known for outstanding events and festivals, great accommodations and a wide variety of shops and restaurants. Located an hour’s drive south of the Buffalo Niagara International airport and near two interstate highways, Ellicottville is an easily accessible and convenient location for the IBO’s annual championship event.

“We are excited to have the IBO World Championship return to Holiday

Valley and know the competitors and guests will enjoy the new pool complex and the additional on site accommodations of the Tamarack Club Lodge,” said Dennis Eshbaugh, President and General Manager of Holiday Valley.