How to Run an Archery Event in Colorado

Running an archery event in Colorado? Here's how to plan it, pick a format and run it on Colorado Under Par, start to finish.

What it looks like

Colorado archery events are held at club ranges, indoor lanes and foothill 3D courses, for youth through adult archers shooting recurve, compound or traditional bows, with indoor season in winter and outdoor shoots in summer.

Formats

3D Archery

Archers walk a trail course and shoot foam animal targets at varied distances.

Indoor Target (18m)

Archers shoot at paper targets 18 meters away in timed ends of three arrows.

Outdoor Target (720)

Archers shoot 72 arrows at a set distance on an outdoor field, in ends of six.

Vegas 300 Round

An indoor round of 30 arrows at a three-spot target from 20 yards, ten points max each.

Field Archery

Archers move around a wooded course of paper targets at marked and varied distances, often uphill or downhill.

Fun Shoot / Novelty

Casual shoots with balloons, playing cards, moving targets or team games.

Balloon Pop Target

Attach balloons to target faces and give archers a set number of arrows to pop as many as possible. It is quick, colorful and easy to score.

Buy an Extra Arrow

Archers donate to shoot one bonus arrow during a scoring round. It raises money while keeping the competition fair and fun.

Golden Arrow Award

Present a painted golden arrow to the top scorer each year. Add their name to a plaque that hangs at the range.

Build it

In the Organizer Dashboard, click Create event and pick archery and your format. Every tab, word and Start here guide then follows your sport.

Registration

Choose your team size and divisions, like compound, recurve and barebow. In Registration, ask what you need from each entrant, like bow style.

Results

Open Scores and results to enter each score, and totals rank automatically by division. Tick Post results so everyone can see the standings on the event page.

Event day

Archers check in and get target assignments, have equipment inspected, take practice ends, shoot scored ends under range officer whistles, then scores are tallied for awards.

Fun ideas

Make it memorable. Three ideas people love. Balloon Pop Target. Attach balloons to target faces and give archers a set number of arrows to pop as many as possible. It is quick, colorful and easy to score. Buy an Extra Arrow. Archers donate to shoot one bonus arrow during a scoring round. It raises money while keeping the competition fair and fun. Golden Arrow Award. Present a painted golden arrow to the top scorer each year. Add their name to a plaque that hangs at the range.

Tip

One tip for first-timers: name one range officer who controls every shooting and retrieval call, and brief everyone on whistle signals before the first arrow. Building is free, then 1% per paid order plus card processing, paid to your own Stripe account. Stuck? Ask Caddie or search Need help in your dashboard. Start at coloradounderpar.com/sell-tickets.