North Georgia Traditional Archery Club Championship Shoot

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North Georgia Traditional Archery

2295 Lee Land Road

Gainesville, GA 30507

Annual Club Championship Shoot

Saturday, August 5, 2023​

The North Georgia Traditional Archery Club Championship shoot takes place on Saturday August 5, 2023, at 2295 Lee Land Road in Gainesville, GA. This is also our final shoot of the 2023 3-D season. It’s been a good year and we look forward to this event to cap off our season.

We will set 20 targets in the woods at varying distances from one of three shooting stakes. Men’s class will shoot from the blue stake, Women, Primitive, and Youth classes shoot from the white stake, and Junior and Kid’s classes shoot from the red stake. Please familiarize yourself with the rules, published separately from this notice, before beginning your round.

Shoot fees – Unchanged since who knows when?
Members
$5.00 per shooter
Family of three or more - $15.00
Non-members
$10 per shooter
Family of three or more - $25.00
The first-time shooters and kids under 12 discounts are waived for the Club Championship event. All shooters must pay to shoot at this event.

Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., and we ask for a $5 per person donation to cover the cost of the food and supplies.
To help us to prepare appropriately for the meal, we will institute a 10:00 a.m. cut off time for lunch sign up.

NOTE: All shooters and spectators must register at the registration tent upon arrival.

At the North Georgia Traditional Archery Club, we define traditional archery equipment to include longbows, recurve bows, and primitive bows.
Please, no compound bows, crossbows, or any equipment that does not fit our definition of traditional bows. Loaner bows and arrows are available for anyone who doesn’t have their own equipment. Let us know at the registration tent if you need to borrow any equipment.

 

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North Georgia Traditional Archery Club Championship - 2023 Rules​

PLEASE READ ALL RULES AND GUIDELINES COMPLETELY TO HAVE A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS COMPETITION WILL BE CONDUCTED.​

Classes – please choose only one class to compete in
Men’s Class – Recurve and Longbow in the same class – Blue stake

• Women’s Class – Recurve and Longbow in the same class – White stake
• Primitive – co-ed – White stake – * See arrow restrictions below.
• Youth – Age 13-16, co-ed – White stake
• Junior – Age 9-12, co-ed – Red Stake
• Cub – Age 8 and under, co-ed – Red Stake

Courses open at 8:00 a.m. Score cards must be turned in by 2:30 p.m.

General Rules
• Scoring is 10/8/5/0. Arrow must be touching the line to receive higher score. An arrow in any part of the foam target is to be scored accordingly. Hits in the horns, hooves, or any other portion of the target not defined as scorable will be scored as a ZERO.
• Field points only, no broadheads, no Judos, no blunts.
• No sights of any type. No markings on riser of bow that could be used to facilitate sighting.
• No stabilizers or anything remotely resembling a stabilizer.
• Fingers only, either bare or with glove or tab. Mechanical release aids allowed only for those with arm/hand disability.
• One finger must touch the arrow when shooting, no string walking. The only exception is if the shooter must use a release due to disability as outlined above.
• Any arrow material is OK for all classes other than Primitive
• *Primitive Class – Wood bow, backing OK but must be of a “natural” material (no glass), with wood, cane, or bamboo arrows, plastic nocks are OK.
• Shooter must maintain contact with stake with foot or other body part through the shot. Violation means a ZERO score.
• Use of binoculars is acceptable. No range finding devices are allowed.
• If an arrow bounces back from the target and is witnessed by the group, it shall be the decision of the group to score the arrow as agreed upon. Glancing blows (or ricochets) off the target score a ZERO.
• No arrows should be pulled from any target until all scores have been recorded.
• Your first time through the course will determine your score. Shoot the course as many times as you like, but only the first time through the course will count for your score for the day.
• Any ties in scoring for 1st place will be broken by sudden death shoot down, with targets selected or placed by club officers. For this tie-breaker, sudden death is defined as one arrow each until a winner is determined.
• 1:00 p.m. deadline to start the course if shooting for score. Score card turn in deadline is 2:30 p.m. sharp!

Courtesy, Safety, and Course Etiquette
• Please keep shooting groups limited to four shooters. If you have more in your group, please start another group. No competitor may shoot the course alone.
• When searching for arrows that miss a target, please limit your search to not more than five minutes if another group is waiting behind you. You can always come back later and continue your search.
• Please allow faster groups to “play through.” This is especially important if a group shooting for score overtakes your group which is shooting for fun only.
• Please, for the sake of safety, do not nock your arrow until you have reached the shooting stake for your class and you have taken your position to shoot. Mixed groups should shoot from back to front, blue stake first, then the white stake, and finally the red stake.
• Please dispose of water bottles and any other trash that you may carry onto the course in the trash bags/cans provided. Please help keep our club property clean and do not litter.
• Please do not move any target or shooting stake or remove any limbs, brush or other potential obstacles from around the stake or target. Every competitor should have equal opportunity on the courses, all day long. Sometimes, this means taking an indirect path to the target to pull arrows.
• Please do your best to leave all vegetation in place at shooting stakes and in shooting lanes. The shot should be the same for everyone as far as is possible, all day long.
• When marking your score card, please mark each shot with the number scored for that target. Please do not mark the card with an X, a dash, or any other letter or symbol. Use a number only and write legibly.

If you have any questions on any of the information above, ask questions BEFORE you begin your round.

 

[Gordief]

THE BEST SHOOT OF THE YEAR...

thanks to the management & crew...

"never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world ;
indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

 

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What a day and what a year!

Our Club Championship was the best attended since before 2018. We had 93 folks registered! We filled our available parking spots and had a few folks parked on the roadside. We'll try to fix that before next time, but suffice it to say it was some turnout!

Gerad Pearson won the men's class by a couple of points.
Lisa Godwin won the ladies class by a single point.
James Wood won the primitive class by a few points.
Johnny Powell won the kids class.
Kytle Cochran won the Junior class.
Clint Farey won the Youth class.

My sincere thanks to the set-up crew, The Faithful Few, and the take down crew. We had lots of help yesterday. And my thanks to all who came out and shot with us this season to make it the best attended year that NGTA has had since 2018. It was awesome.

See y'all on January 6, 2024, the Lord willing...