]]> http://woaf.org/portfolio/hoyt/feed/ 0 http://woaf.org/portfolio/usa-archery/ http://woaf.org/portfolio/usa-archery/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:55:52 +0000 admin http://woaf.org/?p=304

The Hoyt World Open, the fourth and final part of the World Outdoor Archery Festival, will award total prize money of $54,000, second only to the World Archery Championships and Olympic Games, capping off a week of premier archery events at the World Outdoor Archery Festival.

USA Archery and Hoyt are proud to announce that Hoyt will be the title sponsor for the 2011 and 2012 Hoyt World Open Championships (formerly U.S. Open Championships), which will be held in conjunction with, and immediately following, the U.S. National Target Championships. Designed to attract the world’s best archers, the tournament will offer prize money totaling an unprecedented $54,800, an amount surpassed only by the World Archery Championships and Olympic Games.

USA Archery will pay $2,000, $500 and $200 for all four senior divisions (Men’s Compound, Men’s Recurve, Women’s Compound, Women’s Recurve).

Hoyt will pay contingency of $8,000 (1^st), $2,000 (2^nd) and $1,000(3^rd) for the same premiere senior category archers winning with a complete Hoyt bow.

First place winners in the four Senior divisions have the potential to win up to $10,000 for first place. Second place in each of those categories could win up to $2500, while those who place third would be eligible to win up to $1200 each, totaling $13,700 per division.

In order to qualify for the Hoyt portion of the prize money, archers must be shooting a complete Hoyt compound or recurve setup (riser and limbs) throughout the competition including qualification. The USAA portion of the prize money will be paid to all who place in the top 3.

“This is a huge step forward for USA Archery, and target archery in general,” states Denise Parker, CEO of USA Archery. “Our goal is to attract the world’s top target archers to this event, which in turn will offer a significant benefit to Team USA, in that our archers will gain excellent international competitive experience at the Hoyt World Open Championships. In placing the event the week prior to the World Cup in Ogden, we are also hoping many international shooters use the event as a warm-up Ogden.”

Hoyt’s Director of Marketing, Mike Luper states, “The tremendous advancement in professionalism and event management shown by the USAA in the past seasons has really encouraged us to step up and provide an incentive for more of the world’s top archers to come to the United States for world-class competition.  We’re very proud to offer our support to USAA and their effort to bring World Class events to the USA for the benefit of the USAA membership and archers around the world”.

Four events. One outstanding venue. Registration is now open for the World Outdoor Archery Festival: the USA Archery National Field Championship, the National Field Archery Association Outdoor Nationals, the U.S. National Target Championships, and the Hoyt World Open. Click here for more information.

The World Outdoor Archery Festival will be comprised of three international tournaments over the course of six days: the NFAA National Field Championship which will take place July 25-27, the USAA National Target Championship occurring July 27-29, and the Hoyt World Openon July 30. The USAA National Field Championship will also be held in Yankton, SD the weekend prior to the World Outdoor Archery Festival on July 22-24.

In order to ensure fairness to all archers, NFAA has cut their event from the traditional 5-day event format which included two optional days for the Field and Hunter rounds to having only three days which are all mandatory. The field round will be shot Monday, July 25th, the Hunter Round will be shot Tuesday, July 26^th and the Animal round will be shot Wednesday, July 27^th. With these changes to the schedule, the only day of “overlap” will be July 27^th, the Animal round of the NFAA National Field Championship and the practice day for the USAA National Target Championship.

“The changes to the format solved a couple of different issues for us, “states NFAA president, Bruce Cull. “It allows for a fairer event, as all archers will compete under the same conditions and pressure, knowing they can’t eliminate one of their rounds. It also allows archers to be able to shoot in all events without having any competition days where and archer would have to shoot multiple events.”

Designed to attract archers from across the United States as well as other countries, the events of the World Outdoor Archery Festival will offer the fun, camaraderie and excitement of an international archery tournament, as well as an unprecedented $54,800 in potential prize money. Additionally, event organizers have announced that all archers who compete in the World Outdoor Archery Festival (NFAA National Field Championship, USAA National Target Championship and Hoyt World Open) will be eligible to participate in the New Car Shoot-Off on Saturday, July 30, in which archers will compete for a new car or cash prize.

“We intend to put as much emphasis on the ‘Festival’ as on the events themselves, says Denise Parker, USA Archery CEO. “With improvements to the event schedule and the addition of the New Car Shoot-Off, the World Outdoor Archery Festival is quickly shaping up to be the premier outdoor archery event of the year. This event will offer archers the fun and camaraderie that are such an integral part of the archery experience, while also offering the excitement and professionalism of an international archery event.”

The Hoyt World Open will be held in conjunction with, and immediately following, the U.S. National Target Championships. Designed to attract the world’s best archers, the prize money offered for this event is an amount surpassed only by the World Archery Championships and Olympic Games. USA Archery will pay $2,000, $500 and $200 for all four senior categories (Men’s Compound, Men’s Recurve, Women’s Compound, Women’s Recurve). Hoyt will pay contingency of $8,000 (1^st), $2,000 (2^nd) and $1,000(3^rd) for the same premiere senior category archers winning with a complete Hoyt bow. First place winners in the four senior categories have the potential to win up to $10,000 for first place. Second place in each of those categories could win up to $2500, while those who place third would be eligible to win up to $1200 each, totaling $13,700 per category.

To encourage archers to participate in all three events of the World Outdoor Archery Festival, the NFAA and USAA will be providing a discount on registration for those who sign up for all three events. USA Archery and the National Field Archery Association are working together to offer archers the convenience of one-stop online event registration and accommodation information for all events, which will be announced on www.woaf.org as soon as it becomes available.

Yankton, South Dakota is the home of  the National Field Archery Association, and the first of the Easton Archery Centers.

Located on the Missouri River in eastern South Dakota, Yankton is known for hunting and outdoor recreation.  The NFAA Headquarters includes multiple outdoor field archery ranges and a FITA range, an indoor range with a raised viewers mezzanine, two classrooms, and an expansion area for a future museum or additional offices.

The Easton Sports Development Foundation Center for Archery Excellence offers many opportunities for beginning archers as well as the more experienced.

For more complete information, please click here to go to the Easton Foundations Training Center site.

Bed and Breakfasts
Cogan House/Dakota Custom Hunts
31133 Bon Homme Rd. (Tabor, SD – Located 25 minutes from Yankton and ranges)

(605) 464-0238 or (605) 464-1046
www.thecoganhouse.com

Historic Argo Hotel
211 W. Kansas St. (Crofton, NE  – Located 20 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(800) 607-2746
www.theargohotel.com

Hotels and Motels
Best Western Kelly Inn
1607 E. Hwy. 50
(605) 665-2906
www.bestwesternyankton.com

Broadway Inn
1210 Broadway Ave. 
(605) 665-7805 / (800) 336-3087 
www.broadwayinnyankton.com

Colonial Inn
1509 Broadway Ave.
(605) 665-3647

Days Inn
2410 Broadway Ave.
(605) 665-8717

Holiday Inn Express
2607 Broadway Ave.
(605) 665-3177
www.hiexpress.com/esyanktonsd

Lewis & Clark Resort
43496 Shore Dr. (Lewis & Clark Lake)
(605) 665-2680
www.lewisandclarkpark.com/resort.html

River Rose Hotel
214 W. 3rd St.
(605) 664-0121
www.riverfronteventcenter.com/riverrosehotel.shtml

Star-Brite Inn
412 E. 4th St. 
(605) 665-7856

Star-Lite Inn
500 Park St. 
(605) 665-7828

Super 8 Motel
1603 E. Hwy. 50 
(605) 665-6510

DJ’S Specialty Resort & Sports Rentals
31110 Walleye Dr. (Located 10 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(605) 665-3206
www.DJsSportsRentals.com

Gavins Point Lighthouse
125 Crest Ln. (Lewis and Clark Lake- Located 10 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(402) 669-9212

Midway Gulch Campground & Cabins
125 Kniest Ave. (Located 10 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(605) 668-9574 
www.lewisandclarklake.com/midwaygulch.htm 

Shore to Shore Realty – Cabin in the Woods
55075  897th Rd., Lot 104 (Lewis and Clark Lake- Located 15 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(402) 418-0402 
www.lewisandclarkshores.com
Located 10 miles from Yankton and ranges.

Shore to Shore Realty – Starry Nights Cabin
150 Madison Dr. (Lewis and Clark Lake – Located 15 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(402) 418-0402
www.lewisandclarkshores.com

Shore to Shore Realty – Sunny Days Farm Cabin
43412 SD Hwy. 52 (Lewis and Clark Lake -Located 10 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(402) 418-0402 
www.lewisandclarkshores.com

Sunset Ridge
41039 304th St. (Lewis & Clark Lake – Located 15-20 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(605) 286-3634 / (888) 409-9636 
www.byelectric.com/~sunridge

Buffalo Run Resort
1500 W Main Street (Vermillion, SD – Located 20 miles west of Yankton and ranges)
Phone:  605-624-4500

Comfort Inn
701 West Cherry (Vermillion, SD – Located 20 miles west of Yankton and ranges)
Phone:  (605) 624- 8333

Prairie Inn
916 N Dakota (Vermillion, SD – Located 20 miles west of Yankton and ranges)
Phone:  605-624-2824

Super 8 Motel
1208 E. Cherry St. (Vermillion, SD – Located 20 miles west of Yankton and ranges)
Phone:  (605) 624- 8005

Non-State Campgrounds
Aten Riverview
55423 Hwy. 121 ( Crofton, NE – Located four minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(605) 660-2465

Cogan House RV Park
31133 Bon Homme Rd. (Tabor, SD – Located 24 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(605) 464-1046
www.thecoganhouse.com

DJ’S Specialty Resort & Sports Rentals
31110 Walleye Dr. (Located 10 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(605) 665-3206
www.DJsSportsRentals.com

Eagle’s Roost RV Park & Cabin
55368 Hwy. 121 (Crofton, NE – Located six minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(402) 640-8439

Larson’s Landing RV Park
99 Max Ave.  (Located six minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(605) 668-9885

Midway Gulch Campground & Cabins
125 Kniest Ave. (Located 15 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(605) 668-9574
www.lewisandclarklake.com/midwaygulch.htm

Yankton Missouri River KOA
807 Bill Baggs Rd. (Located next to the ranges)
(605) 260-1010
Reservation line (800) 562-7218
www.koa.com/campgrounds/yankton

Yankton Motorsports, L.L.C.
4306 W. 8th St. (Located 10 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(605) 665-3500
www.yanktonmotorsports.com

Ryken’s RV
2512 W. 8th St. (Located 10 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(605) 665-5394

Spring Water RV Village
3002 W. 8th St. (Located 10 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(605) 660-1497

Vacation Village
3104 W. 8th St. (Located 10 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
(605) 665-3265

Chief White Crane, Lewis & Clark Recreation Area and Pierson Ranch (All parks are located 10 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
All three parks reservation line: (800) 710-2267
www.campsd.com
Park Entrance Fee is $28 annual or $6 daily

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Parks
Cottonwood  Nebraska Tailwaters (All Parks are located 10 minutes from Yankton and ranges)
Both parks reservation line: (877) 444-6777
www.recreation.gov
No Park Entrance Fee Required

Clay County Park
Timber Road (Vermillion, SD)
800-809-2071
www.vermillionchamber.com

Accommodation information and Yankton photos courtesy of Yankton Chamber of Commerce.