Falcon JOAD want to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a Happy NEw Year.

With this years uncertainty, USA Archery has made changes to the Regional events that they have held in the past. This year they are using state indoor tournament scores as the regional events. These scores can then be used for the 52nd Indoor Nationals event
This is a great way for your archer to participate on the national level without the need to travel far. PA has 2 tournament locations to choose from, Chieftan Archery Club or Lancaster Archery Academy.
If your archer has considered participating on a national level but you couldn’t make the trip possible, this may be the year to participate.

This is not the same as the PSAA event that is usually the 1st weekend in April. This would be for our veteran archers. This is not a requirement. Registration is also on your own, just like in the past.

Pa State Indoor Championship 2021

January 8, 2021 – January 10, 2021

General Information and Format and WAIVER AND RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND ASSUMPTION OF THE RISK for the State and JOAD State 2021 Indoor Championship and the waiver form.  The waiver form will be signed within registation. Register for States & JOAD States.https://www.lancasterarcheryacademy.com/fita-archers-of-pa-indoor-states

Date: Jan. 8-10, 2021

Tournament: Pa State Indoor Championship

Location: Cheiftain Archery or Lancaster Archery

Important Details:

-Availability is first come, first serve. No walk-ins the day of event

-Registration deadline is January 3, 2021

-Late fee begins December 23, 2020

-Equipment inspection begins 30-45 minutes prior to your selected shooting time: **Please note WA/USA Archery Equipment Rules, 23/64″ or 9.3mm max arrow diameter, no camo, etc.

– Rcherz electronic registration, scoring, and results for family and friends

– All archers will have the choice of a 40cm single-spot or 40cm vertical three-spot (Rcherz may display target size incorrectly)

-The tournament is a FITA I Indoor 600 round at 18m (60 arrows) Registered as a STAR FITA with USAA for World/USA Record Qualification

-There will be no unofficial practice available 

-Awards will be mailed

-Due to COVID-19, concessions will not be available onsite

– To increase air circulation on our ranges our doors will remain open during the event, resulting in our ranges being cooler than normal. Please dress appropriately

Shooting Times:

States

Saturday, January 9, 2021: 8:00am & 12:00pm

Sunday, January 10, 2021: 8:00am & 12:00pm

Joad

Friday, January 8, 2021: 4:00pm

Saturday, January 9, 2021: 4:00pm

Registration Fees:

-$35.00 per archer

-Late fee additional $5.00 beginning December 23, 2020.

Divisions:

Yeoman 9 meters Recurve, Barebow & Compound 18 meters Recurve, Barebow & Compound (18m Yeoman division available upon request, please contact the Academy)

Collegiate:
18 meters Recurve, Barebow, Compound & Bowhunter

NOTE FROM USA ARCHERY:

For States: By participating in this state event, you are eligible to register separately for the 52nd USA Archery Indoor Nationals. More info here:   https://www.usarchery.org/events/event-information/37938

FOR JOAD: By participating in this state event, you are eligible to register separately for the 2021 USA Archery JOAD Indoor Nationals. More info here:  https://www.usarchery.org/events/event-information/37937

Dates may be changed due to PA restrictions

Just a friendly reminder to take a few moments to decide if your archer will participate in the tournaments scheduled for the 2021 season.

Tournaments are happening at most of the other clubs in our area. Participation is always up to you and never mandatory. Keep in mind that most clubs will only permit 1 parent per archer at tournaments this season.
If you do choose to participate please add the times that you would like to shoot at each tournament to the TOURNAMENT SIGNUPS spreadsheet. With possible limits of participants at tournaments, we suggest that you pick at least 3 times per tournament.
I do expect to get invitations to the 1st tournament in the next 15 days.

You can sign up for the tournaments using this google form:

Tournament Signups

To sign up, find the row with your archer’s name, and for each tournament indicate your preferred line time by entering 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Keep them in the Gold

by Coach_Jeff

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:

1. 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.
2. 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).
3. 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!
4. 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.
5. 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!
6. 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.
7. Verbal communication and coaching on the line is NOT permitted.
   Communication must occur behind the wait line while your line is not shooting.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Any questions or problems, ask a coach or line judge.

Parents are able to order team apparel this season. Orders and payments are Due December 7th. Order forms were emailed to all provided email addresses