State JOAD Championship

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Looks like there IS a PA State JOAD Championship this year, split between Bill’s Archery for Western PA, and Ontelaunee JOAD in Tripoli for the Eastern half of the state.

General Information:

  • Bill’s Archery Center JOAD Archers are hosting the JOAD Indoor
  • 242 Birchwood Dr. B, Transfer, PA
  • April 13th, Lines at 9:00 and 1:00
  • Register online @ USArchery.org under events.
  • Registration Link: https://usarchery.sport80.com/public/wizard/e/44444
  • Must be a USA Archery member
  • Must be a JOAD Club member
  • Fee – $40 per person
  • Divisions: Barebow, Recurve, Fixed Pin, Compound

Archers will need to use the link above to register themselves for this tournament.

Upcoming Shoots

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On Saturday March 9th at 1:00 PM, we will host the Foxtown Virtual JOAD Tournament at Falcon Archers. This will be a standard 60 arrow JOAD style tournament. After the scores are collected, we will forward the results to Foxtown JOAD. If you are planning to come shoot this tournament, please let coach Jeff know (just so we have some idea of the headcount).

The Crowfoot Three Rivers Classic tournament will be held on Saturday March 23. JOAD shooters and their families are invited to shoot this 600 round together. You will need to contact Crowfoot directly to reserve a line spot.

When: Saturday, March 23, 2024
Times: 8:30 AM / 12:00 PM / 3:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Fees: $12.00 per shooter; $25.00 per family of 3 or more (adults included)
To Register: Submit registration to: crowfootjoad@gmail.com
Specify line preferences and bow type (compound, fixed pin, recurve) when registering.

See the Three Rivers Classic flyer for more details.

Archer of the Year Info

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We haven’t talked about this much, but qualifying is underway for Archer of the Year (formerly “Shooter of the Year”). Here are the basics:

All archers in Western PA JOAD groups are included in the competition. Scores from each JOAD tournament are accumulated, with the top 6 scores for each archer being added together. Then the top 6 scoring archers in each category are invited to a shoot-off to determine the Archer of the Year. These are the categories:

  • Male Recurve U13 and U15 combined
  • Female Recurve U13 and U15 combined
  • Male Recurve U18 and U21 combined
  • Female Recurve U18 and U21 combined

  • Male Compound U13 and U15 combined
  • Female Compound U13 and U15 combined
  • Male Compound U18 and U21 combined
  • Female Compound U18 and U21 combined

  • Male Fixed Pins U13 and U15 combined
  • Female Fixed Pins U13 and U15 combined
  • Male Fixed Pins U18 and U21 combined
  • Female Fixed Pins U18 and U21 combined

This year the shoot-off will be held at NSSA on Saturday, April 6th. The shoot-off will be a bracket, similar to the way we did our shoot-off last week at practice. The specifics of the scoring look like this:

In the match-play competition, archers will shoot three-arrow ends. The total score of each end from each archer will be matched. The high-score holder gets 2 points for winning that end, while the loser gets 0. A tie results in a 1-1 split. The match winner is the one who earns six points first. If there’s a tie at the conclusion of five (5) ends, then there’s a one-arrow shoot-off. The winner is the archer with the arrow closest to the center.

You can see the current rankings for Archer of the Year here: Archer of the Year Qualifying

Announcements / Lancaster Classic

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  1. Crowfoot times are available from the website.
  2. With the Charleroi tournament being cancelled, the Three Rivers Classic is moving to that weekend — March 24th. The Three Rivers Classic is held at Crowfoot, and adults and youth can shoot it together. It’s run in a standard JOAD format. If you are a mom, dad, or grandparent who shoots, it’s great to go and shoot WITH your kid(s) at the Three Rivers Classic! More info when it becomes available.
  3. If you’re a mom or dad who doesn’t shoot, why not take the Intro to Archery at Falcon Archers, and change that? You don’t know what you’re missing.
  4. This weekend is the Lancaster Classic, so this is my yearly admonition to WATCH GOOD ARCHERS, it will improve your shooting! You can watch live on Lancaster Archery’s YouTube channel. They will live-broadcast the qualifying rounds on Thursday and Friday, but what you really want to see is the Shoot-Up. The Schedule is below. It’s ALL fabulous, but I especially recommend watching your discipline — Recurvers watch “Women’s Recurve” and “Olympic Recurve” on Sunday ; Fixed Pin watch “Bowhunter”. (And there’s a good chance you’ll see someone from Falcon Archers in the Bowhunter finals).

Lancaster Archery Classic Shoot-Up Finals Schedule

Saturday, January 27th, 2024Sunday, January 28th, 2024
1:00-1:35 p.m. – Senior Open8:00-8:35 a.m. – Master’s Open Pro
1:40-2:15 p.m. – Women’s Open8:40-9:15 a.m. – Bowhunter
2:20-2:55 p.m. – Masters Open9:20-9:55 a.m. – Women’s Recurve
3:00-3:35 p.m. – Women’s Masters Open10:00-10:35 a.m. – Olympic Recurve
3:40-4:15 p.m. – Youth Male Recurve10:40-11:15 a.m. – Youth Male Open
4:20-4:55 p.m. – Youth Female Recurve11:20 a.m.-12:50 p.m. – Men’s Open
5:00-5:35 p.m. – Youth Female Open12:55-1:30 p.m. – Women’s Open Pro
5:40-6:15 p.m. – Women’s Barebow1:35-3:05 p.m. – Open Pro
6:20-7:50 p.m. – BarebowAwards Ceremony – 3:20pm
Awards Ceremony – 8:15 p.m.

Jobs and Food for our 2024 Falcon JOAD Tournament

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These links are now available on the website to sign up for jobs and food donations for the Falcon JOAD Tournament, January 19-21, 2024.

Falcon Tournament Jobs (link fixed)
Falcon Tournament Food

Our Falcon JOAD tournament is the only fundraiser of the year, and is important to keep the program going. So all families are asked to work at least one job, and to donate at least one item for the kitchen. Because we are much smaller this year (only 20 active archers), we could really use the help if your family can work more than one job slot, or donate more than one food item.

As a note on the tournament jobs, the “Hang Targets / 50/50” jobs are just for youth archers. So if parents are scheduling to come and work one of the other jobs, why not bring your youth along to help sell tickets?

Announcements

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There will not be any coaches at practice this Saturday (Nov 25), but the clubhouse WILL be open for archers, so come down and practice! Parents are reminded that they are responsible for their own children. (My thanks to working members the Nugents for agreeing to open the club.)

Join us for the Marianne Nuzzo Memorial Archery Tournament, December 9th and 10th. You can just send coach Jeff an email or a Remind message to reserve a line spot.

The form is now open to request your line spots for all upcoming JOAD tournaments. Go to the Google form, find your line, and mark your choices as 1, 2, 3, etc. Try to be flexible — not everyone gets their first choice.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Archery This Weekend

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Since there is no local tournament scheduled this weekend, I will be at the clubhouse from 9 AM to Noon this Saturday, if anyone wants to get in some extra practice. Come join me!

This weekend is the Lancaster Archery Classic, and you can watch it live on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@LancasterArcherySupply/streams

Usually they start streaming Thursday and Friday to show qualifying , but the fun really kicks in with the shoot-down finals. Here is the weekend schedule, with the youth recurve and open (compound) times highlighted.

Lancaster Classic Schedule

Saturday, January 28th, 2023Sunday, January 29th, 2023
1:00-1:35 p.m. – Senior Open8:00-8:35 a.m. – Master’s Open Pro
1:40-2:15 p.m. – Women’s Open8:40-9:15 a.m. – Bowhunter
2:20-2:55 p.m. – Masters Open9:20-9:55 a.m. – Women’s Recurve
3:00-3:35 p.m. – Women’s Masters Open10:00-10:35 a.m. – Olympic Recurve
3:40- 4:15 p.m. – Youth Male Recurve10:40-11:15 a.m. – Youth Male Open
4:20-4:55 p.m. – Youth Female Recurve11:20 a.m.-12:50 p.m. – Men’s Open
5:00-5:35 p.m. – Youth Female Open12:55-1:30 p.m. – Women’s Open Pro
5:40-6:15 p.m. – Women’s Barebow1:35-3:05 p.m. – Open Pro
6:20-7:50 p.m. – BarebowAwards Ceremony – 3:20pm
Awards Ceremony – 8:15 p.m.