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Tournament Calendar and Signups

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Okay, we’re finally rolling with the website for the 2020-2021 Falcon JOAD season. The official tournament calendar is available at this link:

Tournament Calendar

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. This year, Lisa brought her spread-sheeting skillz to bear, and your choices are automatically populated into the “request” forms for each shoot. That way, as soon as we get an invitation, we can send out the request with the latest updated requests! SO — you do not have to notify Lisa if you make any last minute changes.

At this time, most of the clubs ARE planning to hold tournaments. If you sign up and are awarded a spot, you are expected to attend. If you are not sure that you WANT to attend tournaments (because of Covid or for any other reason), then just don’t sign up. Of course, last minute health & safety regulation changes may affect whether any given tournament actually happens.

Update on JOAD States

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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

Sport Pack and auction items

COVID-19 Update

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It seems like every website has a COVID-19 Update, and I did not want to be left out. So here you go.

The Shooter of the Year competition scheduled for March 28th has been postponed.

The PSAA State Indoor Championships scheduled for April 4th and 5th have been cancelled.

The JOAD State Championships scheduled for April 4th have been postponed. We share the venue with PSAA, which means that we’ll have to find a new venue to host the shoot. That’s not going to be easy, but we’ll see what happens.

Falcon Archers sent out the following update, which should have been emailed to all members. If you didn’t see it, contact me so I can figure out why.

In response to the public health concerns I am requesting your cooperation in implementing the following guidelines:
1) Until further notice Falcon Archers facilities are open to MEMBERS ONLY.  Sorry no guests.
2) Please exercise proper social distancing at the club. Six (6) feet is recommended.  We urge everyone to shoot outside weather permitting. 
3) Please sanitize all indoor surfaces you contact before leaving.  We will try to have cleaning supplies available in the clubhouse, but it might be advisable to bring your own sanitary wipes. 
4) Please limit work teams to small groups of 3 to 5.
5) These guidelines will be in effect until March 31st at which point the Board of Directors will reevaluate the situation. 

I do hope to begin outdoor shooting as a group on Monday evenings, once we get the “all clear”. In the mean time, remember that there is plenty of room to shoot outdoors at the club for solo practicing.

Shooter of the Year Qualifiers

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Calculations are complete for the Shooter of the Year qualifications. These are the SOY invitees from Falcon Archers:

  • Emily Kamp
  • Cassie Chappo
  • Tommy Morneweck
  • Elijah Jones
  • Faye Conrad
  • Eva Conner
  • Gryffyn Jones
  • Jasper Cook
  • Noah Hrelec (alternate)

The full Shooter of the Year spreadsheet is available from this link.

DETAILS about the shoot:

The shooting will start at 10:00 am on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at Beaver Valley Archers.

ALL 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place shooters will be shooting in the first elimination round.
(The 1st and 2nd place have a bye, so we won’t need a score from them to see if they advance to the semi-finals. They are already advancing.)

Before we start the shooting for the semi-finals, ALL 1st & 2nd place shooters will get (2) practice ends. Then ALL semi-finalist will begin shooting for scores for the semi-finals .

We will be doing A and B lines for the elimination round AND for the semi-finals.
(NOT for the FINALS)

Once we have completed the first elimination AND the semi-finals, we can now go onto the shoot-off for the Shooter of the Year Champions.

WE WILL GIVE ALL FINALIST, (1) ONE PRACTICE END.

The 8 finalist from all the Bowman/Cub classes (male & female, compound and recurve) will be shooting at the same time. They will be shooting on one line.

When they have finished, then all 8 finalists from Cadet/Junior classes will shoot. They, also, will be shooting on one line.

Upon completion of the FINALS, we will be handing out the awards and getting some
information from ALL Shooter of the Year Champions for jackets.

Book your room for States!

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Our block of rooms for States is confirmed at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites : Harrisburg W – Mechanicsburg   (2055 Technology Parkway, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17050)

The contracted rate of $94 is available for Friday, Saturday, and/or Sunday. You can call the hotel at 717-732-8800, and give them our group code “FNJ”. Or try this booking link:

https://www.hiexpress.com/redirect?path=hd&brandCode=EX&localeCode=en& regionCode=1&hotelCode=MDTES&_PMID=99801505&GPC=FNJ&viewfullsite=true

Room Details:  2 Double Beds, Nonsmoking.  Includes:

  • free high speed wireless internet access.
  • sofa bed
  • microwave and a fridge
  • hotel pool

Make your reservation by March 22nd to be assured of this rate.

Three Rivers Classic

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Individual registrations are now being taken for the Three Rivers Classic and JOAD Tournament, held at Crowfoot Sportsmen in March 14th. Youth AND adults can shoot together, which makes this a fun event. To participate, you need to register and pay yourselves. Details:

Where: Crowfoot Sportsmen’s Club 4997 Crowfoot Road Murrysville, PA

When: Saturday, March 14, 2020 8:30 AM / 12:00 PM / 3:30 PM / 7:00 PM For archers of all ages, First grade and up. FITA Adult Categories, too.

Fees: $12.00 per shooter; $25.00 per family of 3 or more.

AWARDS:

  • FITA 600 round – 3 places in each division (male, female, recurve, compound).
  • JOAD Indoor – 3 places in each merit class (recurve, compound). Genders combined.
  • Four places will be awarded in any division at 15 participants and another place for every additional 10 participants after that.
  • Under 18 – JOAD merit divisions awarded only. Open to all.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: March 10, 2020
USA Archery Dress Code Applies for JOAD participants. USAA membership NOT required, but follow USAA equipment rules.
Food and Refreshments will be available. Make checks payable to Crowfoot Contact:

To register, email Dean Cook at crowfootjoad@gmail.com

State Tournament April 4th

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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.