3D Round – July 6, 2024

3D Round will be hosted by the San Diego Archers on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at the Rube Powell Balboa Park Archery Range (☀️ AccuWeather)

• Tournament preregistration and pay online today

On the day of the shoot, visit the visitor’s table between 7:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Sign the paper waiver form for each participant and pick up a blank scorecard before entering the practice area.

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Range briefing will begin after 8:30 a.m., and shooting will commence after 9 a.m.

Volunteers are needed at 6:15 a.m. to help set up and take down targets! Volunteers receive a $15 club credit card to shoot for FREE!

Contact us by filling out our volunteer form if you’d like to help.


3D Target ScoringThis 3D Round includes:

  • 28 3D targets
  • 1 Arrow per Target
  • Scoring is 10-8-5
  • Maximum Score is 280
  • Rangefinders are allowed

We utilize a diverse selection of high-quality Rhinehart and Mackenzie targets arranged in various hunting scenarios. Only one arrow per target is permitted unless mulligans are purchased. Participants may buy up to two mulligans and two doe tags for $1 each, either online or at the visitors’ table. The scoring system is 10-8-5 (see picture above).

An arrow that strikes a branch or other object and misses the target is a miss.

About Mulligans and Doe Tags

If you missed or scored low with the first arrow, a mulligan allows you to take another shot at a target. Your score is determined by that second (mulligan) arrow, even if it’s worse than the first.

There are a maximum of two buck-doe spreads in the field where the doe is placed between the buck and the archer. If you hit the doe and do not have a doe tag, you score negative five (-5) points on that target. With a doe tag, you score zero (0) points.

If you hit the buck or miss completely, you may use a mulligan, and your score is determined by that second arrow.

Traditional Stakes for Recurve Archers and Longbows

Orange cone #1Longer-range targets will have a traditional stake (orange cone) set per NFAA rules. Orange cones are for Youth and Traditional archers with a maximum distance of 40 yards.

For Younger Shooters

For Youths (12-14 years old), the longest distance is 40 yards. For Cubs (11 years old & under), the longest distance is 25 yards.

Registration

  • Free online registration
  • Free for children 14 and below
  • $10 for SDA members and active-duty Military ($14 with mulligans and doe tags)
  • $15 for Non-members ($19 with mulligans and doe tags)
  • +$5 for in-person visitors’ table registration (proposed)

Concessions:

  • Water bottles: Pickup free at the visitors’ table
  • Sodas and snacks: $1 each. Drop payment in Pay Pole or visitors’ table

• Preregister and pay online today

• Print and bring along a signed waiver

Paper shoots may be canceled due to heavy rain (Animal, Hunter, Field Rounds). While 3D Shoots will NOT be canceled due to bad weather!

After tallying your paper scorecard, submit your score online at https://sandiegoarchers.com/scoring

Please submit your score online. If you choose not to submit your score online, your participation in the tournament may not be recorded. Your uploaded or paper scorecard is still required for verification purposes.

Real-Time Results and Flexible Awards Presentation

Our online scoring system provides instant access to your scores and tournament placement. We’ve streamlined our after-tournament awards presentation to accommodate  the preferences of our volunteers and participants:

  1. 🏆 Immediate Results: Check your score in real-time without waiting for a formal announcement. Pick up your official award pin at our visitor’s table the next time you attend a tournament.
  2. 🎯 Flexible Awards Presentation: Due to a shortage of volunteers and the tendency of many archers to leave early, we’ve adopted a more flexible approach:
    • For tournaments with over fifty shooters, we’ll have an in-person awards ceremony at the end of the tournament, usually between noon and 1 pm.
    • For smaller turnouts, there may be an informal table awards ceremony presented by one of the staff. If you wish to receive your tentative award day of the shoot, please present your mobile device showing your placement to the staff member running the table awards ceremony.
  3. Always Accessible: Regardless of the physical awards presentation, all results and achievements will be prominently displayed on our website for recognition and record-keeping.
  4. Official Scores: Please note that your unofficial day-of-shoot placement may change. This can occur if scoring discrepancies are identified, data entry errors are corrected, or other adjustments are made during our review process. Official scores will be posted on our website by end-of-day Tuesday. Be sure to subscribe for notifications.

 

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King Arthur Tournament Results – June 16, 2024

Final Tournament Scores are In!

View the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Shooters Scores Below:

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1st, 2nd, and 3rd place pins are available for online-registered shooters only.

Notes:

26 Attended and did not register online for attendance or awards.
104 Registered online and eligible for awards.
78 Scores were posted.

  • Tournament notes: Perfect mid-70s weather. Only three setup volunteers showed up to set up 40 targets, resulting in a late start (9:45 am). Pin awards were given at the end on a one-by-one basis from the real-time online scores.
  • Setup/Takedown volunteers included: Russ, Nate, Jonathan, John M., and Jim Walker.
  • After shoot score corrections:
    Boyle McKenna changed from 848 to 868 (missing entries on card)
    Mariann McCoy changed from 570 to 654 (missing entries on card)
  • Scoring ties: None.
  • Late Score Postings (not previously included in the day-of tournament scores): None

* Scores must be submitted by 3 pm day-of-shoot to qualify for awards.

Tournament Scorecard Details:
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The Rube Powell Archery Range, by Jim Baker, October 2020

The Rube Powell Archery Range, by Jim Baker, October 2020

The Rube Powell Archery Range, in San Diego, is located within the Nation’s largest urban park, Balboa Park.

Note the Park’s proximity to the Downtown area of San Diego. The range is located adjacent to the Air & Space Museum

Set aside by early Civic leaders in 1868, it wasn’t developed until 1913 in preparation for the Panama California Exposition of 1915. Celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal, the Exposition, was San Diego’s way to invite everyone in the U.S. to come and experience San Diego and the sights of the Exposition. It was basically a world fair, showcasing San Diego. Museums were built and filled, reproduction Indian villages and old west towns were constructed. There was even a nudist colony behind high fences that could be seen on a limited basis. Originally built, to last only a couple of years, the Exposition Grounds are largely in tact today and considered one of San Diego’s gems.

On this cover, are seen the Cabrillo Bridge, the California Tower and Plaza, along with a portion of the Fair Grounds.

Back to 1913, when those museums were looking to get filled. Joseph Jessop, local jeweler and immigrant from England was among San Diego’s elite class.

Jessop in 1914 on his personal range

He had a passion for archery and had amassed the world’s largest collection of primitive archery and weapons. He offered his collection for viewing during the Exposition and asked in return for an archery range to be set up in the park. He got his range and was overseer for many years. It was a small area for practicing and exhibiting with a building for young boys to build archery equipment.

Joseph Jessop

Later in 1925, a small group of archery enthusiasts petitioned the Park Board to establish San Diego’s first archery club and hold contests within the Park. Their request was approved and target archery was established on the large flat lawns of the Park. In a letter to Joseph Jessop they asked him to become their very first president. Jessop asked to have his name put down as a member and gave them free use of his name to influence the future success of the club. Very soon thereafter, and for years to come, many of San Diego’s most recognized names became members. Archers from all the world visited Balboa Park for the chance to shoot with the San Diego Archery Club.

Early Picture of the San Diego Archery Club and visitors

Cortland (Corky) Johnson, 5-time State Instinctive Champion and builder of, Custom by Corky, line of bows. He’s seen here on the lawns of Balboa Park and the San Diego Archery Club – Note the California Tower in the background

Then in 1938, field archers asked for their own range and were given an area formerly used as a reproduction old West town called Gold Gulch. Known as the San Diego Field Archers, they operated in Gold Gulch for roughly twenty years.

Out of this group came names such as, Frank Eicholtz, Mart and Beda Mathews, Harry Drake, Corky Johnson and Rube Powell. Around 1960, the Park relocated the Field Archers to their current location about 1000 yards away near the Cabrillo Bridge.

Around the same time, park officials determined that target archery had become too hazardous, at its location on the lawns, and they were relocated to the Morley Field Target Range, still inside Balboa Park.

Sometime after this, the Target and Field Archers merged, forming a single club called San Diego Archers.

San Diego Field Archers in Gold Gulch addressing a target butt

On the right, is Hall of Fame recipient Roy Dill

 

Formerly known as, the Balboa Park Archery Range, the San Diego Archers decided to change the name, in the mid-90’s to, The Rube Powell Archery Range.

The name change honors, former San Diego Field Archer and 5-time NFAA National Champion, Rube Powell. Just two years after picking up his first bow, Rube won his first national championship.

Reuben Powell 5-Time NFAA Freestyle Champion

With his wife Mary, an accomplished archer herself, they promoted and advanced the sport of archery for decades. Rube had the recognition and influence that comes with being a 5-time champ

and Mary had the brains to use this influence to its full potential.

Rube and Mary Powell

Today, the San Diego Archers enjoy an increasing membership and growing participation from the surrounding communities. Archers still come from all over the country to visit the Rube Powell Archery Range.

San Diego Archer, Roy Pelkey, pulls arrows and calls out scores at 3D event on the Rube Powell Archery Range – The California Tower is seen in the background

Archers await their turn in the shadow of the Cabrillo Bridge

The San Diego Archers host each year:

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