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
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 17 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?
First, results from theCrowfoot Tournament are available from this link, or from the website.
I have received word that the Pennsylvania State JOAD Indoor Championship Tournament WILL be happening, in combination with the PSAA State Indoor Championship at the State Farms Show Complex in Harrisburg. To make room on the calendar, these changes were also made:
The Coraopolis Tournament is moved to March 25th. Please update your preferred line times accordingly.
The Three Rivers Classic at Crowfoot will be cancelled for 2023.
More about the State JOAD Tournament
Specific details will be coming later, but here is what you can expect from the state championship, and why you should go. The Pennsylvania State Archery Association (PSAA) rents a Farm Show building for the weekend, and sets up about 100 target butts. PSAA members compete in a two day tournament, and on the Saturday evening in between those days, the JOAD Championship is held.
Falcon JOAD will usually reserve a block of rooms at a nearby hotel. Some JOAD archers choose to spend the whole weekend, competing in the PSAA Championship as well as JOAD. Others will just spend Saturday night. After the JOAD shoot, we gather back at the hotel for a pizza party.
With the exception of those who choose to attend Nationals, this is the biggest tournament that most JOAD archers ever attend. You will get to shoot against archers from all over the state (not just the Western half), in a big venue. It’s terrific fun and a great experience.
When I get more details, I will provide them here.
Message from Randy McDonald, about the rescheduled State JOAD Tournament.
I have been working on getting state shoot rescheduled and what I came up with is having he shoot at Crowfoot Sportsmen’s Club 4997 Crowfoot Road Murrysville Pa.15668. The date is Saturday May 23 & Sunday May 24 2020. I tried to have it at Lancaster Archery but they could not fit the shoot in until some time in the fall.Attached is the list of archers that have already sent in there registration forms so they will have first choice if they are going to shoot or not and after I get answers from them I will open it up for others to shoot if I have room on that time because of the way it is set up. The first day Juniors and female cadet recurves will shoot at 9am / the rest of the cadets will shoot at 2pm. The second day cubs will shoot at 9am and bowman will shoot at 2pm. The reason for the long time is that I will have the Olympic round after each line and the age class awards and Olympic round awards will be handed out. Each archer will receive tickets for the auction table when they get there and all the tickets will pulled on the 2pm sunday line. So please send this out to all of your archers so they can get back to me if they are coming. I will send out refunds the ones that can not make it. Thanks Randy Mcdonald
Please contact Randy at this email address to let him know if you will attend, or how to handle your refund: ram32092@comcast.net
Several announcements regarding upcoming tournaments:
The Fox Township JOAD Tournament has been announced, details are in this flyer. Archers interested in shooting this tournament should contact Fox Twp JOAD and self-register. This tournament will be on February 8th at Fox Township Sportsman’s Club, 203 Ridge Rd., Kersey, PA 15846.
North Side Sportsmen Association (NSSA) has slightly revised the times for their JOAD tournament on Feb 29/Mar 1. There are now two lines on Sunday — one at 9:30 and one at 1:00. Anyone who chose a Sunday line option on our signup sheet is now shown on the 9:30 line. You are welcome to change to — or additionally add — the 1:00 line. Go to the tournament signup page to make the change.
The 50th ANNUAL PENNSYLVANIA J.O.A.D. STATE INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP will be Saturday, April 4th at the State Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, PA. The cost is $45 per archers, a bit higher this year because they are doing some special stuff for the archers since this is the 50th anniversary. This tournament is the pinnacle of the indoor JOAD season for most of our archers, and I encourage you attend it if you can. This is a self-registered tournament.
Falcon JOAD will reserve a block of rooms at a hotel in Harrisburg, so that we can all be together. We’ll have more information on that coming soon.
Also note that the PSAA State Indoor Tournament runs at the same time – April 4&5, at the same venue. Parents who shoot may want to consider attending that shoot, and making a full weekend of it.
Congratulations to Emily Kamp, the 2019 Shooter of the Year in the Female Recurve Junior/Cadet division!
It was a great day of shooting, with a fine showing by the Falcon Archers. A special shout-out to Emma O’Hair for defeating the #1 seed archer in the Female Compound Junior/Cadet division and making it into the finals.
Time for our yearly update on tournament requirements and etiquette! Good luck to all our archers this weekend at Beaver Valley Archers.
Things to Remember for Tournaments:
Wear black pants and your team shirt. If you run into an “emergency”, you can come dressed differently, just be sure to not wear camo or old jeans.
Arrive 30-45 minutes prior to shooting time.
You need time to check-in, put equipment together, & listen to announcements (announcements are typically 5-10 minutes prior to start of shooting).
Come prepared
Be sure you have all of your equipment and enough arrows (in your quiver, not your case).
3 arrows are shot at a time, but you need to have extras in case of damage to, or loss of, vanes or nocks (4 arrows is a minimum; 6 or more is best).
ALL of an archer’s arrows MUST match and have their initials on the shafts!
Keep a pencil in your quiver!
Upon arrival, check in at the registration desk and put your equipment together.
You are to verify your merit class, age class, equipment, gender, target type/size.
Sometimes merit classes change often. If you jumped ANYTIME before the tournament (including at the last tournament) be sure to correct it at check-in.
If you are given your scorecard at the registration desk, you are to place it at the target.
Scoring:
NEVER mark or touch arrows or the target before they are ALL called and recorded!
No less than 3 archers may score together, typical group size is 4 archers.
Double scoring is always used.
Archers decide who calls, who scores, and who observes.
Make sure everyone is clear on whether each archer is scoring inner or outer 10 rings.
Do NOT copy scores! i.e. – scorekeepers must do their own addition.
Check scores after every end, before arrows are pulled (even if the other scorekeeper doesn’t want to do this, it is very important, and is a rule – insist on doing it).
Mark your arrows!
Line etiquette:
Step to the line within the allotted time (10 seconds)/
If you are late to the line, do not step to line if archer facing you is at full draw.
Take care not to bump those around you on the line.
Do NOT leave the line if a shooter immediately on either side of you is at full draw.
Verbal communication and coaching on the line is NOT permitted.
Communication must occur behind the wait line while your line is not shooting.
If you are unable to shoot an arrow/end due to an equipment issue, notify a coach and/or line judge. (A line judge MUST be told – a coach can do this for you – BEFORE you miss your time to shoot). If you are on the line, raise your hand to indicate a problem. The line judge will let you know to step off the line and seek help.
At completion of shooting, give both scorecards to the host club’s representative. They will return one of them to you. Keep it for your records, but we will receive the scores from the host club in a few days.
Any questions or problems, ask a coach or line judge.
The Shooter of the Year Standings has been updated, and things have shifted a little now that most archers have attended seven tournaments One more to go! Some things to keep in mind about Shooter of the Year:
Ranking is based on the top 7 scores per archer (There are some who need Charleroi to make #7)
The shoot is on March 24th beginning at 10am and will go until we are done
This year with the addition of the Bowman and Cub Compound Divisions this puts us at 48 Invitees. We will need to be creative with warm up/practice as we can only accommodate 36 shooters at a time. But we’ll figure that out to make it as consistent as possible.
Invites for the Qualifiers will be sent to the clubs as soon as Charleroi’s results are available.
Reminder about States: If you want the group rate for the Hampton Inn, the cut-off date for reservations is 3/6/18. We currently have 9 rooms booked and 5 rooms remaining. Click this link to go directly to our group page, or you can call the hotel (717-540-0900) and ask for the Falcon JOAD group rate.
