The ITAA is pleased to invite you to the 2017 JOAD Indoor state championship.  This event is an opportunity to really test your mettle against other competitors and other JOAD teams from all over.

January 7th Town Hall Archery, Belleville

Shooting Times 9:00 AM | 1:30 PM

January 14th-15th Kishwaukee Archers, Sycamore

Shooting Times 8:00 AM | 12:30 PM for both Saturday and Sunday

(*See “One Last Thing” note below regarding the Sycamore Saturday session)

Online Scores are available now.  Final results will be posted Monday.

• JOAD Indoor Round – 18M Indoor 600 ROUND.  All age, gender, and bow style  categories will comply with USA Archery JOAD guidelines.
• There are multiple days of sessions, but each archer only shoots during one session.
• All Compound competitors shoot on a 40 cm FITA target face.  All Compound competitors use the Inner-10 Ring for scoring.
• All Bowman and Cub Recurve and Barebow/Basic Bow competitors shoot on a 60 cm FITA target face.  All Cadet and Junior Recurve or Barebow/Basic Bow competitors will shoot on a 40cm FITA target face.
• PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT.  Register below.
• Trophies or Medal awards will be presented to the first three places in each category.
•  TOURNAMENT FEE       $30.00, pay on arrival.
  • There is a family maximum fee of $75.  Family discounts on ITAA Event Fees are described at the link.
• Arrive 1 hour before your start time for equipment inspection.
• Arrow size must be 23/64 inches or smaller.
• JOAD Participants must be a member in a registered USA Archery JOAD Program and hold a USA Archery Membership card.  This proof of membership will be required during registration and verified at check-in.
• The USA Archery dress code will be enforced.
• Out-of-state shooters are welcome and eligible for awards.  (We had shooters from 5 states last year, and are excited and proud at the performances they put in)
• For more information about what to expect at an ITAA event, read this helpful tournament primer.
• The shooting line for each time slot has a maximum of 36 spaces.  After that, registration for that line will be closed.  Any extra registrations will be contacted for their preference on another line, if available.
• Sycamore/Kishwaukee has a small parking lot.  Where possible carpooling is highly encouraged.
• Sycamore/Kishwaukee encourages parents and observers to bring their own camp/folding chairs.  Their chairs run short, and priority is given to shooters.
• A double-line 600 round takes around 3 hours to complete.  With early arrival for check-in, shooting, and pack-up, plan on the round to require around 5 hours of time in your day.  The rounds themselves take around 3 hours and 15 minutes just for the shooting portion.

JOAD Team Competition

This event also awards a team championship for the best team performance.

The JOAD Team Championship this year will awarded to the club with the highest score from the sum of:

• Any 2 Compound shooters
• Any 2 Recurve shooters
• Any 1 Barebow shooter

So there are 5 scoring slots, regardless of JOAD age or gender.  We will take the highest scores, so you don’t have to designate specific shooters ahead of time.

We will be asking for your JOAD club name during registration to set up our team score keeping.  The Rcherz.com site has some quirks regarding entering club affiliations that can delay displaying your club on the event list.  As long as you’ve typed it into the registration form, we can retrieve it later when we go over the lists. We will follow up with entrants later if we cannot determine your JOAD club.

For clarification, here are the age categories for 2017:

• If you were born in 1997, 1998, or 1999 you are a Junior
• If you were born in 2000, 2001 or 2002 you are a Cadet
• If you were born in 2003 or 2004 you are a Cub
• If you were born in 2005 or more recently, you are a Bowman

If you are in doubt, many people use this handy online JOAD age calculator from the Texas organization.  (Just remember that this event is in 2017, and the division ages change on Jan 1st.)