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JOAD Achievement Awards

Membership to USA Archery (excludes Recreational and Temporary) and membership to a USA Archery Youth, Both Youth and Adult, or Collegiate Club is required to participate in the JOAD Achievement Program.

 

JOAD Star Pins

JOAD Achievement Award Star Pins are awarded for scoring achievements. Archers can earn JOAD Achievement Award Stars Pins for shooting indoors and/or outdoors with barebow, basic compound, fixed pins, recurve and/or compound bows. A current USA Archery Youth, Adult, or Family membership is required to participate in the Achievement Awards Program, as outlined in the Club Membership Form.

In addition to Star Pins, JOAD archers can earn the official "6-Gold" pin when they shoot six 10's in a row - either in a single 6 arrow end, or in two consecutive 3-arrow ends.

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JOAD Achievement Lanyards

JOAD Archers can display their Stars Pins on lanyards designed for their archery specialty. Each lanyard holds all Stars pins as well as the optional 6- Star Gold pin.

 

Olympian Awards

JOAD Archers can earn advanced levels of recognition with the Olympian Award Levels-Bronze, Silver and Gold. An archer reaching these levels is honored with special recognition from the USA Archery Office.

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Adult Achievement Awards

Membership to USA Archery (excludes Recreational and Temporary) and membership to a USA Archery Adult, Both Youth and Adult, or Collegiate Club is required to participate in the Adult Achievement Program.

Adult Star Pins

Adult Star Pins are awarded for scoring achievements. Adult archers can earn Stars Pins for shooting indoors and/or outdoors with recurve and/or compound bows. A full USA Archery Youth, Adult, or Family membership option is required to participate in the Achievement program, as required in the Club Terms and Conditions Agreement.

Each Star Pin is a different color, and each has a successive number of stars on it to represent the increasing challenge in earning that particular award pin. In order to allow the greatest flexibility in terms of indoors/outdoors, recurve or compound, each pin can be earned in a variety of ways.

In addition to Star Pins, Adult archers can earn the official "6-Gold" pin when they shoot six 10's in a row - either in a single 6 arrow end, or in two consecutive 3-arrow ends.

Adult Achievement Lanyards

Adult Archers can display their Stars Pins on lanyards designed for their archery specialty. Each lanyard holds all Stars pins as well as the optional 6- Star Gold pin.

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Adult Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards

Adult Archers can earn advanced levels of recognition with Bronze, Silver and Gold pins. USA Archery honors archers who reach these levels with special recognition. To earn an Adult Bronze, Silver or Gold Award the archer will be required to shoot the distance and target face that corresponds to their Class at National Events (i.e. Senior or Master)

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Guidelines for the Scoring Matrices

  1. Archers participating in the Adult Achievement Award Programs will not be asked to re-earn any pins they have already been awarded through the JOAD Achievement Award Program.
  2. Archers should earn pins one at a time, in consecutive order.
  3. Archers progressing through the scoring matrices should use the new scoring guidelines starting with the next pin they are working toward.
  4. If an award level has more than one distance/target size, the club leader will choose what target face to have the archer positioned at based on the skill level and experience of the archer.
  5. To earn an an Olympian Award the archer will be required to shoot the distance and target face that corresponds to their age class at National Events (i.e. U13,U15, U18, U21).
  6. The Achievement Program is not based on gender.

Scoring Matrix and Equipment Specifications

Achievement Awards Resources


3D Achievement Program

The 3D Achievement Award Program is for USA Archery members of any age. Membership to USA Archery (excludes Recreational and Temporary) and membership to either a USA Archery Youth, Both Youth and Adult, or Collegiate Club is required to participate in the 3D Achievement Award Program. The program is designed to allow archers to develop their 3D archery knowledge and skills and to help prepare archers to compete in 3D archery competitions. Participants may earn skill-based awards using a recurve, compound (fixed pins permitted), or barebow. Archers can proudly display their 3D Awards on lanyards designed for the 3D Achievement Program.

Club Leaders may click here for additional information on the 3D Achievement Program, Guidebook, Student Guidebook and how to orders awards

 

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