All over the world, archers are competing on various levels. Here’s a quick guide to keep track of it all.

The International Bowhunting Organization (IBO) schedule can be found here, and their website also offers information about tournament results and membership.

To get up-to-date with the McKenzie ASA Pro/Am Tour, look no further than the Archery Shooters Association (ASA) website, where you’ll find tournament information along with scores and statistics.

Interested in USA Archery events? On the same webpage, search for tournaments on a local, state, regional, national and international level. Just use the sidebar on the left. Go here to search all nature of tournaments including indoor, outdoor and virtual tournaments. Just hover over the TOURNAMENTS tab to select additional search criteria.

World Archery, the international archery authority, is a one-stop site for every tournament going on worldwide. Click on the ATHLETES tab to see world rankings, where Chang Hye Jin of Korea is currently enjoying the top spot. If statistics are your thing, the World Archery STATISTICS page breaks down world rankings by bow-type and gender.

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As the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP®) conducted its World bulls-eye competition in Myrtle Beach, so too was the International Bowhunting Organization (IBO) conducting its World 3D Challenge.

The NASP/IBO 3D Challenge (3D Challenge) was originally designed for the sixty-five percent of NASP students who wanted to play the 3D archery game. These NASP student archers wanted a more “realistic” experience. The 3D Challenge uses targets that are foam replicas of specific animals instead of multi-colored scoring rings. These foam targets simulate turkey, coyote, bear, antelope, deer, and bighorn Sheep made by Rinehart Targets. The archers use the same bows and arrows that they used in the bulls-eye competition, and they shoot from identical distances of ten to fifteen meters. The target’s nine and ten-point scoring rings are exactly the same size as on the bulls-eye targets.

Attending this years NASP World Tournament were 4,135 students, and 1,120 of those archers participated in the IBO/3D section of the event. The top five males, top five females, and top three teams in the elementary, middle, and high school divisions won medals, plaques, and trophies.

While the students and their on-looking family members love the exciting action, the competition was intense! Each archer shot 5 arrows for practice and 30 scored arrows. The top score possible was 300 points. Teams were comprised of 5-12 archers of mixed gender. The top 5 archer’s scores were summed with the top possible being 1,500 points.

In the ES Division, Matthew Harper of Zanesville, Ohio received top honors by scoring a 290. Matthew is a third grader at Maysville Elementary. Caitlin Blair, was the overall female in the elementary division, with a score 291. Caitlin is from Lancaster, Ohio and is a fourth grader at Fairfield Christian Academy.

In the MS Division, the top male went to seventh grader, Henry Thompson, with a score of 297. Henry lives in Lawrenceburg, KY and attends Anderson Co. Middle School. Sixth grader Emma Bunch and seventh grader Lily Machart tied with a score of 291, in the MS female division. After a five-arrow tiebreaker, Emma Bunch received the top spot. Emma is from Benton, Louisiana and attends Benton Middle School.

In the HS school division, eleventh grader, Cole Luburgh and ninth grader, Garet Fyke both shot a 291, which lead to another, five-arrow tiebreaker. Garet of Duncan Falls, Ohio, received top honors, and he attends Philo High School. The top female in this division went to Tabitha Way, who shot a 291. She is an eleventh grader at Carolina Warriors Homeschool AR and lives in Chesnee, South Carolina.

Congratulations to all of the winners!

The first place teams in each division were; East Elementary from Cullman, Al with 1,366 points, Benton Middle from Benton, Louisiana with 1,436 points, and Anamosa High from Anamosa, Iowa recorded 1,454 points.

A big thanks to South Carolina’s Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) for providing most of the lane officials that made the event possible. As the 2016 World Tournaments come to a close, students prepare for the All-Stars Competition on July 10, 2016 in South Africa, while others begin preparing for their respective state and provincial tournaments next spring. The sponsors of the IBO made this event possible. For more information regarding NASP tournaments and sponsors and complete tournament results, please visit NASP’s website.

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A recent press release posted in The Outdoor Wire newsletter on September 3 confirms that the second leg of the Triple Crown of Bowhunting, a national championship put on by the International Bowhunting Organization, will be held at the Fairfax Recreation Area at Monroe Lake in Bloomington, Indiana.

The release reads as follows:

Monroe Lake will host an estimated 1,200 bowhunters in a national archery competition next summer.

The “second leg” of the International Bowhunting Organization’s (IBO) National Championship Triple Crown tournament will run from June 10-12 at Fairfax State Recreation Area.

The Triple Crown of Bowhunting consists of three tournaments hosted in separate states. National championships are awarded for various age, sex and equipment classes.

Initial planning and prep work for the tournament site at Monroe Lakes Fairfax State Recreation Area has already begun.

“There will be 10 to 15 courses, with around 200 total targets,” said Corey Rieman, Monroe Lake assistant property manager. “We will be using most of the fields and woods on the western side of the recreation area.”

New shooters are welcome. Those who aren’t IBO members are allowed to participate in one IBO tournament as a guest.

“We hope that local bowhunters take advantage of this opportunity,” Monroe Lake property manager James Roach said.

There also will be a large vendor area open to tournament participants and the general public.

Local vendors interested in participating should call (812) 837-9546.

To view all DNR news releases, please see dnr.IN.gov.

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The IBO is an organization aiming to “promote, encourage, and foster the sport of bowhunting” by unifying bowhunters around the globe.

During the Triple Crown championship, a national level competition with three legs around the United States, those competing can participate in shooting the IBO Bowhunter Defense Fund Range. All fees from this range are dedicated to the defense and preservation of bowhunting, which has, in the wake of increased hostility towards hunting, seen its fair share of opposition.

Those more interested in the mission of the IBO should visit their website for more information about the organization, as well as news on the 2016 Triple Crown of Bowhunting.

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