FAQs

Bows and Equipment

St. Martins has bows and cases that can be checked out to archers

• Archers are free to take bows home
• We have parts for the school bows and will repair when necessary
• For tournaments, we will bring all arrows and hand them out to archers
• Practice arrows are provided at all practice sessions and we prefer that any personally owned arrows remain at home

Archers are free to use their own bows also. They must be stock Genesis bows. Here a link NASP bow

These bows are availabe locally and online. It is worth noting that some of the local shops will tune and provide some lessons with purchase

Tournaments

In mid-Missouri we are fortunate to have lots of tournaments. We usually provide a tournament opportunity every weekend in January-March. They're usually Fridays, Saturdays, or both. It isn't mandatory to attend every tournament but the more the better as they offer the chance to qualify for the State tournament

Tournament cost varies from $5 to $10 each. It depends on the tournament host. St. Martins athletics pays for a number of them which we'll communicate out

For each tournament we register with our team roster. We will check with your to see if you're avaiable that weekend and not out of town, etc.

Then, for each tournament there is a specified date/time that flight picking occurs. A flight basically just a time an archer shoots in a tournament

When the flight picking occurs it is sort of a free for all and we're competing with all of the other schools for flights. Unfortunately sometimes this means we don't always get a lot of options in the flght times. If we cannot make a date/time work for your archer there is usually ample time to cancel and avoid a charge

Your archer only has to be at the tournament for their flight. It usually takes about an hour but we ask everyone to be there 20 minutes before their flight time

The dress code for tournaments is the uniform shirt and jeans. It is also best to wear the same or similar shoes as those worn at practice

St. Martins hosted tournaments

We typically host 2 tournaments at St. Martins. We'll communicate those dates when they're set

We're proud to be able to offer 520 flights at each tournament and offer Friday evening and Saturday spots

State Qualifying Scores

The State tournament qualifications can be confusing but here are the basics

All archers must meet a minimum score in at least 1 tournament throughout the season in order to qualify for the State tournament

Here are the requirements

Bullseye

3D

To take an entire team (or teams) to the State tournament each member must meet the individual scores mentioned above but we also need to recieve a high enough 'Team Score' at at least 1 tournament throughout the season. The team scores determine what 'Tier' we are in.

There are 2 types of tournaments: Bullseye and 3D. Bullseye team scores only apply to the Bullseye Tier and 3D team scores only apply to the 3D Tier

Depending how the season goes we could take both a Middle School and Elementary team to State. NASP has special rules for smaller schools that allow us to put Elementary school archers on a Middle School team. Our goal is to at least get a Middle school team qualified but it could have both middle school and elementary archers. The last couple of years we've been able to get a Middle and Elementary team qualified which meant the majority of our archers could attend the State tournament

The higher the team score we attain, the higher Tier we get. Tiers are used when selecting the times/dates our archers shoot at the State tournament

The higher Tier we get the better spots we can get. We typically want to acheive a Tier 2 at least

The team score is determined by summing the team's highest 12 individual scores, ensuring that at least 4 scores from both genders are included.

Bullseye

3D