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Sir Gordon Traditional Shoot & Swap Meet!

In honor of our favorite San Diego Archer!!
The San Diego Archers
Will host the Sir Gordon Traditional Shoot & Swap Meet
This Sunday, July 29, 2018
At the Balboa Park Rube Powell Archery Range

Registration opens at 7:30am
Registration Closes at 8:45am
Shoot begins at 9am

Swap Meet from 7am to ~2pm (details below)

Volunteers needed to help set up and take down targets!
Trad archers, here’s your chance to set up fun shots for all Trad shooters.
At nearly all past Sir Gordon Trad Shoots, our Compound buddies are the ones who show up early to set up the targets….then, Trad shooters moan about how far or difficult the shots were! Here’s your chance to contribute.
Parents, we hope you can help, too: We also want to be sure to set up Cub cones at every target for our up-and-coming champion archers!
If you aren’t able to help set up targets, help in taking down targets is very much appreciated, too!
Remember: Volunteers shoot for FREE!

The Sir Gordon Traditional Shoot includes:
32 3D Targets
2 Arrow per Target
Scoring: 10-8-5
Maximum Score: 640
No Rangefinders allowed

This is an Unmarked 3D Target shoot. All you compound bow shooters, dust off your longbows & recurves. Get out and do it like it should be done!

There will be one Compound bow class for those who haven’t got a REAL Bow.

A wide range of high-quality Rhinehart and Mackenzie targets are set in various hunting scenarios.

Back By Popular Demand!!
Thanks to great feedback from fellow archers throughout California, we have increased the number of targets in the Sir Gordon Trad Shoot from 28 to 32 and from one arrow per target to two arrows per target!

SDA Novelty 3D Format: Two arrows per target !! The San Diego Archers host four novelty shoots each year: The Flying Pig, Iron Turkey, King Arthur and Sir Gordon’s Trad Shoot. Each of these 3D shoots now include two arrows per target. All other monthly 3D shoots remain at one arrow per target.

Distances: As an unmarked shoot, you have to estimate the distance to the target yourself without the assistance of a range finder. This is a difficult and challenging aspect of these shoots, so don’t let your shooting partners know what you think the distance is!

• For 15 years and older, the longest distance is 40 yards.*
• For Youths (12-14 yo), the longest distance 40 yards.
• For Cubs (11 yo & under, the longest distance is 25 yards.*FYI: for Adults, there might be one or two longer shots, because some of our Trad Shooters really like to challenge themselves. If the Adult cone is set at over 40 yards, Trad Shooters may shoot from the Youth Cones.

About Mulligans and Doe Tags:

Mulligans:  A maximum of two mulligans and one-two doe tags may be purchased at registration for an additional $1 each.
If you missed or scored low with either of your two arrows, a mulligan allows you to take another shot at a target. If you use a mulligan, your score is determined by that mulligan arrow, even if you score worse than the previous arrow. You may use the second mulligan on the same target.

Doe Tags:  There will be 1 or 2 buck-doe spreads in the field, where the doe placed between the buck and the archer. If you hit the doe and do not have a doe tag, you score -5 on the target. If you have a doe tag, you score zero. You cannot use a mulligan if you hit the doe, whether or not you have a doe tag. If you hit the buck or miss completely, you may use a mulligan and your score is determined from that second arrow.

Entry Fee:
$10 for SDA members & Active Duty Military
$15 for non-members.

Please arrive at the Balboa Park Archery Range with plenty of time to register.

Note: As with all 3D Shoots – We will shoot come rain or shine.

 

ARCHERY SWAP MEET!!
From 7AM to ~2pm
Just outside the entrance gate to the Balboa Park Rube Powell Archery Range.
Please bring your new or used archery-related equipment and gear to sell or swap during the Sir Gordan’s Traditional Shoot on July 29, 2018. Our “Swap Meet” will be BYOT (bring your own table). Sellers may set up equipment for display or sale between 7am through the end of the day’s tournament awards ceremony.

A few notes about our San Diego Archers Swap Meet:.
~Each Seller is responsible for securing their equipment. No security will be provided.
~Each transaction is private between the seller and the buyer.
~Crossbows are not allowed at the Balboa or Morley Archery Read more...

Hunter Round
The San Diego Archers
Will host the Hunter Round
This Sunday, July 15, 2018
At the Balboa Park Rube Powell Archery Range

Registration opens at 7:30am
Registration Closes at 8:45am
Shoot begins at 9am

The Hunter Round includes:
28 2D Paper Hunter Targets
4 Arrows per Target
Maximum Score: 560

The Hunter Round is a field archery tournament of 28 2D paper targets firing 4 arrows per target from RED colored stakes. There are 3 scoring zones on each target. Each arrow scores either 3 points for the outer black ring, 4 for the middle black ring or 5 for the center white ring. There is a center X ring to the inner 5 point zone.

Add up each arrow’s score to give a total score out of a maximum 560.

Yardages are marked and are in ‘uneven’ increments (not always in multiples of 5 yards) from the target from 33 feet up to 70 yards.

Targets may have different shooting positions:

1) All four arrows shot from one marked stake.

2) “Fan”: Each arrow shot from a different marked stake spread in a fan pattern, with each stake at the same distance to the target.

3) “Walk Up”: Each arrow shot from a different marked stake at decreasing distances to the target. For example, one arrow each at 45, 40, 35, 30 yards, or two arrows each at 45 and 40 yards.

For Youths:

• Under 15, the longest distance is 50 yards.
• For Cubs, under 12, the longest distance is 30 yards.

Entry Fee:
$10 for SDA members & Active Duty Military
$15 for non-members.

Please arrive at the Balboa Park Archery Range with plenty of time to register.

Paper shoots may be canceled due to heavy rain (Animal, Hunter, Field Rounds).
3D Shoot are NOT canceled because of bad weather!

If you would like to fill out the Membership Application and Waiver Form in advance, please click on the links below to print the forms.

• SDA Membership Application
• SDA Waiver Form

Turn in the forms with payment at any tournament registration or mail to:
San Diego Archers
PO Box 2205
La Mesa, CA 91943

So Much ARCHERY Fun in Balboa Park This Summer!

Dates	Event	Location
NEW:
Sunday, July 15	Royals Archery Tourney hosted by The Barony of Calafia (same day as Hunter Round at Balboa Range)	Morley Field Archery Range
Sunday, July 29	Archery SWAP MEET at the Sir Gordon’s Traditional 3D Shoot	Balboa Park Rube Powell Archery Range
Sunday, August 12	Season Opener 3D Shoot hosted by San Diego Muleys	Balboa Park Rube Powell Archery Range
CONTINUING:
Mondays, 10am-noon	Wounded Warrior Battalion Archery Clinics	Morley Field Archery Range
Tuesday Evenings	Tuesday League	Morley Field Archery Range
Friday Evenings	Friday Night Lights	Morley Field Archery Range
2nd Saturdays	Alpine 3D Shoot hosted by Lemon Grove Rod & Gun Club	Alpine

Hello Fellow Archers!

There are LOTS of fun and exciting things happening this summer at both of our archery ranges in Balboa Park (& elsewhere, too!) For anyone looking for a great volunteer opportunity, please scroll down for details about the Wounded Warrior Archery Clinic, run by the Wounded Warrior Battalion and hosted by the San Diego Archers on Monday mornings! Other archery events to choose from are a new prep for deer hunting: the Season Opener 3D Round, a long-awaited SWAP MEET, a Royal Archery Tournament, and, of course, the Tuesday League continues, come join the Friday Night Lights at Morley and the monthly Alpine 3D Shoot! Phew! So much to choose from!

Check out the new San Diego Archers Facebook group for SDA members HERE for more information about most of these events!

ONGOING:
Wounded Warrior Battalion Archer Clinics
Mondays, ~10am-noon, (except Federal holidays)
Morley Field Archery Range.

The San Diego Archers supports the Wounded Warrior Battalion Archery Clinic by providing volunteer instructors, maintenance of existing archery equipment, archery range use and, of course, our donation of $4000 from the Flying Pig 3D Fundraiser to buy new equipment & supplies for the program! The Monday morning clinics are always looking for more volunteers to fill in as current volunteers move away or take on new jobs. You don’t need to be a Level II Coach, just be enthusiastic about archery & share that enthusiasm with our Wounded Warriors. This is one of many Health & Wellness clinics offered through the USMC Warrior Athlete Reconditioning Program, held year-round (except Federal holidays) at the Morley Range. You don’t have to commit to every Monday, but if you have a free Monday morning, please join us. It is a very casual, yet incredibly rewarding program, especially when you watch someone who has never held a bow, keep signing up for the clinic, then showing up with their own equipment, then SDA Tournaments, then becoming an SDA family member! We are truly honored to be a part of this program. Contact: info@sandiegoarchers.com for more info.

NEW:
The Society for Creative Anachronism presents
Royal Champion Archery & Thrown Weapons Tournament
Sunday, July 15, 2018, 8AM-5PM
Hosted by The Barony of Calafia
Morley Field Archery Range
  (NOTE: Same day as SDA Hunter Round at Balboa Park Rube Powell Archery Range!)

Pre-registration to participate is required. Please visit their Facebook page HERE.
A full day of archery and thrown weapons activities, including:
The Royal Champion competitions
A tiered elimination shoot
A coin/bag shoot
A collection of novelty shoots
Clout shoot.

Spectators are welcome! Printable flyer HERE.

**More combat activities will be happening at UCSD, Stonehenge Park on Saturday, July 14, including armored, rapier, unarmored, youth. More information on Facebook HERE.**

NEW:
Archery Swap Meet at the SDA Sir Gordon’s Traditional 3D Shoot
Sunday, July 29, 2018, 7AM-2PM
Balboa Park Rube Powell Archery Range
“Give me your new, your used, your piles of archery gear yearning to breathe free…”

Please bring your new or used archery related equipment and gear to sell or swap during the Sir Gordon’s Traditional Shoot, July 29, 2018. Our “Swap Meet” will be, BYOT (bring your own table). Sellers may set up equipment for display or sale between 7am through to the end of the day’s tournament awards ceremony.

A few notes about our San Diego Archers Swap Meet.
– The SDA have a few tables available, but we recommend you bring your own.
– Each Seller is responsible for securing their equipment. No security will be provided.
– Crossbows are not allowed at Balboa Archery Range and will not be allowed for sale.
– Each transaction is private between the seller and the buyer.
– The San Diego Archers Club accepts no liability for faulty equipment or payment defaults.

NEW:
Season Opener 3D Shoot hosted by San Diego Muleys
Sunday, August 12, 2018, 6:30AM- ?
Balboa Park Rube Powell Archery Range
Are you ready for deer season?
Come try out the new Season Opener 3D Shoot! Sign up and start anytime between 6:30AM Read more...