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