Williamsburg, KY – The Rend Lake Area Tourism Council will be the host organization for the S3DA™ 3-D National Championship Tournament on June 18th-21st, 2020. Located in the heart of Southern Illinois, Rend Lake provides numerous recreational activities on land and water. After multiple meetings between the Rend Lake Area Tourism Council and S3DA™ National Staff a 3-year contract was signed to host this national tournament. The 2020 event will be located at the North Marcum Day-Use Area, which is a premier location for fishing, biking, hiking, wildlife watching and a host of other activities.
Rick Linton, Executive Director / Rend Lake Area Tourism Council states, “For the past ten years, both Rend Lake Area Tourism Council (RLATC) and Rend Lake US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have worked together to promote Rend Lake as a tourist destination. We have the Corps to thank for keeping this huge facility in pristine conditions as well as adding more visitor attractions and camping facility improvements every year. Our goals are the same, letting people know about the lake and its many visitor activities, attracting more visitors each year and making a visit to Rend Lake the very best experience for everyone who comes.”
Jennie Richardson, S3DA Executive Director said, “We are very excited to bring our 3-D National Championship Tournament to Rend Lake. The recreational and conservation activities that will be available to our student members and families will be of tremendous value. We look forward to building on this relationship to benefit Rend Lake as well as S3DA.”
About Scholastic 3-D Archery
Scholastic 3-D Archery (S3DA™) is a unique, family-oriented youth archery program which has grown exponentially across the United States as a next-step initiative to follow introductory archery programs. The mission of the Scholastic
3-D Archery program is to foster, educate and guide youth in the areas of 3-D, indoor target and outdoor target archery as well as safe, ethical bowhunting practices. The goal of the S3DA™ program is to provide archery and bowhunting opportunities to youth in after-school settings, as well as with archery-affiliated clubs and businesses in the community. S3DA™ students participate in 3-D and target archery using compound and traditional archery equipment. Students canparticipate at local, regional, state and national archery events and earn college scholarships from colleges and universities across the United States. S3DA™ addresses the need for a program to bridge beginning target archery experience and more advanced activities such as 3-D shooting and bowhunting. The program currently operates across the United States with hundreds of certified coaches serving thousands of young archers, grades 3–12.
Contact the Scholastic 3-D Archery National Office at:
www.s3da.org or 225 North 3rd Street, Williamsburg, KY 40769, Ph: 606.524.3685
Media contact Kayla Bolton at kayla@s3da.org, Ph: 423.494.2204