10 February 2011 - World Outdoor Archery Festival promises fierce competition

World Outdoor Archery Festival promises fierce competition Colorado Springs (USA) – 10 February 2011  USA Archery (USAA) and the National Field Archery Association (NFAA) have announced an updated schedule and the addition of a New Car Shoot-Off for the World Outdoor Archery Festival, scheduled for 25-30 July 2011 in Yankton, South Dakota, USA. The event is being hosted jointly by the NFAA and USAA.   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 25-27 July, the USAA National Target Championship occurring 27-29 July, and the Hoyt World Open on 30 July. The USAA National Field Championship will also be held in Yankton, the weekend prior to the World Outdoor Archery Festival on 22-24 July.   Designed to attract archers from across the world, 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 USD 54,800 in potential prize money. Additionally, event organisers 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, 30 July, 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 USD 2,000, USD 500 and USD 200 for all four senior categories (Recurve Men, Recurve Women, Compound Women, Compound Men). Hoyt will pay contingency of USD 8,000 (1st), USD 2,000 (2nd) and USD 1,000 (3rd) 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 USD 10,000 for first place. Second place in each of those categories could win up to USD 2500, while those who place third would be eligible to win up to USD 1200 each, totalling USD 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.   USA Archery 711 North Tejon Street Colorado Springs, CO 80903 USA Phone: +1 719 866 4576 Fax: +1 719 632 4733 www.usarchery.org   Edited by World Archery Communication