NFAA® CALENDAR
2010 TOURNAMENT
DATES
of events
r o o d t u O NFAA p i h s n o i p m a h C l a Nation T 1, 2010
UGUS JULY 28—A
VENUE
North American Field Archery Championships ................... Dec 10-12 .................................... Homestead, Florida
2011
A DARRINGTON, W
LINDA PARKER
Southwest Indoor Sectional ...................................................January ........................................... Various locations Kansas City Shoot Out.........................................................Jan 22-23 ..........................................Kansas City, MO The Vegas Shoot ...................................................... Feb 11-13 .................... Riviera Hotel and Casino Northwest Indoor Sectional................................................ Feb 18-20 ..........................................various locations
WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO SPEND
started to fill and the practice range
Weather during the pre-shoot week
the last week of July. For some of us, it
plus the open Dylan course got plenty
and on through the tournament was
was stretched to two full weeks, as we
of use. Others set up tents or parked
(mostly) dry and VERY warm, with
Great Lakes Indoor Sectional .............................................. Feb 26-27 ......................................... Various locations
arrived early to help the Darrington
their campers at the school ball field or
the evenings thankfully cool for restful
Midwest Indoor Sectional................................................... Feb 26-27 .............................. Missouri and So Dakota
Archers get the ranges ready for the
moved into rooms
sleeping. There
NFAA Outdoor National Champion-
or entire houses
was a STRONG
ship, and incidentally to get in a little
in town. The
rain on Saturday
practice.
hotel may have
night, but it
Mid Atlantic Indoor Sectional ............................................. March 4-6......................................... Various locations Northwest Indoor Sectional.............................................. March 12-13 ...................................... Various locations
filled up, but they
passed through
19, (with the event dates of 28 July – 1
had a VACANCY
before morn-
August) and we weren’t the first to ar-
sign posted for at
ing. We quickly
New England Indoor Sectional .............................................April 2-3 ............................................Lunenburg, MA
rive. Several folks from The Nock Point
least part of the
developed a daily
First Dakota Classic ................................................. April 16-17 ....................................... Yankton, SD
crowd had spent the weekend on work
tournament week.
pattern: dog par-
projects, and many of them came back
The restaurant,
ents (lots of us!)
for another weekend’s effort before
grocery store,
walked their pets
opening day. Paul LaRue, John Finster-
and a few other
about 5:30 AM,
busch, Charlie Nations, (and probably
establishments got lots of business!
Southeast Indoor Sectional ............................................... March 11-13 ...................................... Various locations NFAA Indoor National Championships .................. March 26-27.....................................Louisville, KY
NFAA Unmarked 3D Championship........................ April 16-17 ....................................... Yankton, SD NFAA Marked 3D Championship ...............................May 6-8 ......................................... Redding, CA Redding Trail Shoot ..............................................................May 6-8 .................................................Redding, CA Great Lakes Outdoor Sectional ...........................................June 18-19 ............................................... Ypsilanti, MI
TC and I showed up on Sunday July
a few I haven’t remembered) kept busy
Starting on Wednesday 28 July (this
breakfast at 6:00 in the Community Center, helping to hand out scorecards
mowing, weed eating, raking, putting
being a Wednesday through Sunday
7:00 to 8:00 AM, then out to the as-
up signs, organizing and “decorating”
five-day event) there was a hearty,
signed range and target for a 9:00 start
the clubhouse wall. Several groups of
quick, and reasonably priced breakfast
to shoot the day’s round. I would finish
California archers were next to arrive,
available at the Community Center
shooting about 3:00 PM and turn in
U.S. National Target Championships ....................... July 27-31 ........................................ Yankton, SD
and we even put them to work sorting
every morning, and a dinner at the
scorecards, then post new target faces
Hoyt World Open ..................................................... July 27-31 ........................................ Yankton, SD
the target faces and bagging them by
same location on three of the evenings;
(helping TC, who was Range Captain
range and lane for efficient posting.
skipping Friday because of the Opening
for the Dylan range). Then to dinner
Gail and David Culver of Silver Arrow
Ceremonies and Pro-Am, and stopping
at the Community Center and by time
Bowmen brought two quads, and we
after Saturday because of the awards
we got back the day’s scores had been
kept them and the machines hopping
presentation. Snacks and lunch, plus
entered, printed, and posted to see.
transporting targets and equipment
water and other drinks were available at
around the ranges. THANKS to ALL!
the Clubhouse in the morning and on
USAA National Field Championships ....................... July 22-24 ........................................ Yankton, SD NFAA National Field Championships ....................... July 25-29 ........................................ Yankton, SD
North American Field Archery Championships .................... Dec 9-11 ..................................... Homestead, Florida
2012 NFAA Council and Board of Directors meeting ..................... Feb 4-7 ................................................Las Vegas, NV
As more archers and their
FITA World Cup ................................................................... Feb 5-11 ...............................................Las Vegas, NV
families arrived, the camping area
The Vegas Shoot................................................................. Feb 10-12 ..............................................Las Vegas, NV NFAA National Field Championships ....................... July 25-29 ............................. Mechanicsburg, PA
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Total participation was about 325, and of those about 75+ were Wash-
the ranges during the day.
continued on pg. 8
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