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.

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

Scoring for the Shooter of the Year was finally released, and is posted on the website. Falcon JOAD archers Cassie Chappo and Tommy Morneweck have both qualified for the SOY competition, which will be held March 26th at Chieftain Archers. SOY qualification takes the top 6 scores from each archer during the season, and the six shooters in each category with the best average score compete head-to-head in the Shooter of the Year championship match. Congratulations Cassie and Tommy!

Remember to sign up for the PA Indoor State JOAD Championship if you’d like to compete. The western PA half of the championship will be held at Crowfoot Rod & Gun Club on April 9th.

Scores from the last tournament of the season at Charleroi are now posted to the website.

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.

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

Here are the details on two great archery events coming up this Spring.  Both events you will need to register and pay for individually, as these are outside the “normal” tournaments that the club arranges.

First up is the Three Rivers Archery Classic, Saturday March 16th at Crowfoot.  This is open to all archers and adults. The cost is $12 per shooter, or $25 per family of 3 or more.  This is a great chance for parents to shoot with their kids!

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.  (Note this is awarded by MERIT class, not by age).

Details here:  Three Rivers Archery Classic

Then our season finale event, the 49th Annual Pennsylvania J.O.A.D. State Indoor Championship, Saturday April 6th at the State Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg.

State JOAD Tournament Registration

State JOAD Tournament T-shirt Order Form

We are working on getting a block of rooms reserved for Falcon JOAD at a nearby hotel, so more details about that will be forthcoming.  This tournament is held in conjunction with the PSAA State Indoor Championship, so there is an opportunity for adults or JOAD archers to shoot that, too.  Details on the PSAA website.