Williamsburg, KY – South Carolina S3DA held their Indoor State Championship at the Barr Road Sports Complex in Lexington, South Carolina. Over 300 plus were in attendance with 124 archers from sixteen teams competing in the event. The setup for the Indoor State Championship featured twenty-two lanes after the purchase of Walk-On Archery targets. The large gymnasium was maxed out across three flights and twenty-three individuals were crowned South Carolina S3DA Indoor State Champions in their respective class and division. Point-On Archery was awarded the Indoor Team Award. There were many displays of sportsmanship and fellowship!

South Carolina State Coordinator, Sheila Tadlock stated, “We had five new S3DA teams this year with Hillside Crusaders joining us just in time to qualify for the state shoot. We specifically added the Universal Novice Compound Class for South Carolina archers that have only competed with a Genesis bow. This class opens entry into more traditional styles of archery and allows participants the opportunity to get up close with the four different equipment choices that the S3DA program offers. I am so proud of these archers and their accomplishments this season. Our archers from across South Carolina that had participated in the annual “Shooting Arrows for a Cure” Fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital raised $715 to help kids with cancer and that just makes my heart so happy.”

Lisa Suttle, Sherwood Forest Archery Coach said, “This event was a great experience for my team. We had a fun time competing with all the other teams. We got the chance to learn from others, while making new friends across the archery community.”

David, with Fine Designs, was on-site and offered custom apparel to archers and their families. Archers had the opportunity to get “Champion”, “2nd place”, or “3rd place” added on their t-shirts or hoodies at the conclusion of the event.

South Carolina Conservation Coordinator, Patty Reel said, “The goal of the South Carolina S3DA Conservation booth is to teach our archers that they can support conservation through bowhunting and learn how to help in their communities. We gave away two Rough Ryder knives, one for a boy and one for a girl. We plan to give away a piece of hunting equipment at every South Carolina State Tournament.”

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 3D, 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 youth participate in 3D and target archery using compound and traditional archery equipment. Youth members can participate at 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 3D shooting and bowhunting. The program currently operates across the United States with hundreds of certified coaches serving thousands of youth archers.

Contact the Scholastic 3-D Archery National Office at:

www.s3da.net or 410 Sycamore Street, Williamsburg, KY 40769, Ph: 606.524.3685

Media contact Kayla Bolton at kaylas3da@gmail.com, Ph: 423.494.2204