The largest archery competition in the world recently took place in Las Vegas on Feb. 10-12. Held at the South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa, the 51^st Vegas Shoot and the 4^th round of the Indoor Archery World Cup launched their events with many of the top archers in the world. Participation in this year’s competition almost reached 3,500 shooters, with an astounding 275 last-day registers. There were 300 more participants than last year. Over $400,000 in cash and scholarships were given away to those deserving winners in this year’s events. There were 217 competition targets lined up across six halls, all being used at the same time.

The Vegas Shoot had an amazing opening day with a total of 64 shooters who shot perfect scores, which is 24 more than in 2016. Among those 64 perfect-shooters was Sara Lopez, who bravely entered the open championship division, which includes male and female competitors. Lopez ultimately became the first woman to enter the open championship division, placed 79^th in the category, and was deemed the compound woman of the year. Sara Lopez made a statement on the competition: “I wanted to challenge myself,” she said. “In this competition the mental game is essential. It has taken me three months of heavy practice to prepare for this event and shooting against the men. It doesn’t matter if I shot 300 on Saturday or Sunday. What I really wanted to prove is that men and women can be at the same level in archery.”

Jesse Broadwater impressively defended his 2^nd Indoor Archery World Cup Champion Title during the finale. “The Vegas Shoot is one of the toughest competitions to win in archery, it’s very satisfying that I made it happen,” Broadwater said after this intense archery session. Jesse earned his title for the second year in a row.

Ultimately, Mike Schloesser became the Vegas Shoot’s 2017 champion. Schloesser pulled a perfect score on day two, leading him to his much deserved second championship. “Mister Perfect” shot a perfect 600 on the World Archery 18-meter ranking round, leading him straight to his $51,000 cash prize.

Check out this video and this video to see some of the action.

For other videos, info and events, check out worldarchery.org.

Other winners of this major world archery event include:

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What happens in Vegas sometimes wins you $50,000.

The 50th annual Vegas Shoot just wrapped up and it set the bar for attendance, with over 3,000 shooters from across the globe. Three tense days of shooting yielded some interesting results. The most interesting perhaps being that this year saw a remarkably low number of perfect scores, possibly due to the stress caused by a massive payout of $50,000 and a huge, enthusiastic crowd.

On day 1 alone only 38 archers ended with perfect scores, as compared to 49 in 2015, 46 in 2014, and 42 in 2013. As the weekend progressed the numbers continued to drop until only 5 shooters remained.

This year the 900 Club comprised of: Chance Beaubouef, Justin Hannah, Logan Wilde, Reza Zamaninejad and George Ryals. They were also joined by Sergio Pagni, the ‘lucky dog’ shooter who scored an almost perfect 899.

The 50th Vegas Shoot was given another moment for the record books as ‘lucky dog’ Sergio Pagni beat out the 5 previously-perfect shooters for the championship, marking the first time in the Vegas Shoot’s entire history that a ‘lucky dog’ won the competition.

On the women’s side of the freestyle finals there were three archers that remained: Inge van Caspel, who came all the way from the Netherlands, and American archers Sarah Lance and Christie Colin. Ultimately Inge van Caspel won with a score of 29, the other two scoring 28 and 27.

Other notable victories include:

Brady Ellison (USA), who won the gold for men’s recurve;

Khatuna Lorig (USA), who won the gold for women’s recurve;

Jesse Broadwatter (USA), who won the gold for men’s compound;

and Sarah Holst Sonnichsen (Denmark), who won the gold for women’s compound.

All in all it was an amazing competition. Let’s see if we can break more records next year!

For complete results and stats visit click here.

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The 2016 Vegas Shoot kicked off today and should be quite the event. Novices to Olympic archers from around the world are gathered for 3 intense days of shooting.

This year marks the tournament’s 50^th anniversary.

The weekend competition includes the traditional 3-spot 20-yard “Vegas Round” that made this tournament famous. Attendance this year is expected to reach 3,000 archers and thousands more spectators.

The Vegas Shoot offers the World’s largest indoor purse with a 2016-projected payout of $350,000 in cash and prizes.  The top Championship Male Freestyle will walk away with a record $50,000 check!  All Championship archers that shoot a score of 900 will be guaranteed a prize of $2,000.

For more information and the latest updates, visit NFAA’s website!

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Video: Indoor Archery World Cup Final  •

Video: Freestyle Men’s Championship Shoot-off  •

The largest indoor archery tournament in the world, the NFAA World Archery Festival, known more commonly as the Vegas Shoot, was held February 6-8, 2015, at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

The 2015 Vegas Shoot had a record-breaking turnout with 2,578 registered participants.

Over $275,000 in cash and prizes was distributed at the end of this three-day event. $30,000 went to the top male freestyle shooter and tournament champion, twenty-year-old Alex Wifler with Team Mathews!

New to the Vegas Shoot was the Young Adult Championship Division which included freestyle and limited recurve shooters. Shooters ages 15-17 could compete in this division for cash prizes on the same stage as the pros! This year, over 80 young adults competed.

For more information on the Vegas Shoot, go to thevegasshoot.com.

For a full list of results, click here.

Photo credit: NFAA USA

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