If anyone here has ever been curious about trying "target" archery but didn't know where to start, consider shooting one of the TSAA "TOTS" events.
Texas State Archery Assn. is a target archery organization that traditionally follows "fita" (now "World Archery") rules and shoots Olympic-style competitions on flat fields with big round bullseye targets. But we also do some things that might appeal to more traditional archers as well.
First, the TSAA state field archery event will be held in Eagle Lake the last weekend of this month. Field archery was the predecessor to 3-D, and was the fastest growing sport in the U.S. back in the 50's and 60's. It was so popular in fact that years ago, the NFAA was created to devote their attention to field archery. However, fita/world archery and the NAA (now USArchery) never dropped field archery and we still shoot it to this day. The state championships will be shot on the Blaschke game farm between Eagle Lake and the Colorado river. A month later, TSAA will host the U.S. National Field Archery Championships at the same location, and that event will be attended by the best archers in the U.S., including Olympic medalists, and world champions in all three disciplines (recurve, compound and barebow). It's also the qualifier for the World Field Championships that will be shot in Croatia later this year. So yes, it's a rare opportunity to qualify for a chance to represent the US at a world championship event, without ever having to leave Texas!
Second, the Texas Outdoor Target Series, or "TOTS" is a fun, relaxed outdoor target event that features a 108-arrow round shot at 3 distances. Adult barebow archers will shoot at 60/50/30 meters on three different sized target faces. These events were designed to introduce new archers to outdoor target archery, and provide a season-long series in an "outdoor league" atmosphere that leads to a series championship event in the fall.
The first TOTS event was shot in Columbus, TX on March 22, and the next will be in the San Antonio area (Floresville) on April 12. Another TOTS event will be held in Victoria in May.
For more information about these events, look up the TSAA website at texasarchery.org.
You can PM me here for more info as well.
Hope to see you out there!
John
Texas State Archery Assn. is a target archery organization that traditionally follows "fita" (now "World Archery") rules and shoots Olympic-style competitions on flat fields with big round bullseye targets. But we also do some things that might appeal to more traditional archers as well.
First, the TSAA state field archery event will be held in Eagle Lake the last weekend of this month. Field archery was the predecessor to 3-D, and was the fastest growing sport in the U.S. back in the 50's and 60's. It was so popular in fact that years ago, the NFAA was created to devote their attention to field archery. However, fita/world archery and the NAA (now USArchery) never dropped field archery and we still shoot it to this day. The state championships will be shot on the Blaschke game farm between Eagle Lake and the Colorado river. A month later, TSAA will host the U.S. National Field Archery Championships at the same location, and that event will be attended by the best archers in the U.S., including Olympic medalists, and world champions in all three disciplines (recurve, compound and barebow). It's also the qualifier for the World Field Championships that will be shot in Croatia later this year. So yes, it's a rare opportunity to qualify for a chance to represent the US at a world championship event, without ever having to leave Texas!
Second, the Texas Outdoor Target Series, or "TOTS" is a fun, relaxed outdoor target event that features a 108-arrow round shot at 3 distances. Adult barebow archers will shoot at 60/50/30 meters on three different sized target faces. These events were designed to introduce new archers to outdoor target archery, and provide a season-long series in an "outdoor league" atmosphere that leads to a series championship event in the fall.
The first TOTS event was shot in Columbus, TX on March 22, and the next will be in the San Antonio area (Floresville) on April 12. Another TOTS event will be held in Victoria in May.
For more information about these events, look up the TSAA website at texasarchery.org.
You can PM me here for more info as well.
Hope to see you out there!
John
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