SOPA Cup Series

Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Archery Club
Bennelong Parkway, Sydney Olympic Park 2127, NSW

Registrations: Assemble
Search for: 2026 SOPA Cup Series #3

Date: Saturday 28 March 2026

1. Archers shoot a normal  WA 720 round.   A 6-arrow end will be timed at 3 minutes 180 seconds.

2. All compound archers will shoot an 80cm target face (except U16 and U14 shoot 122cm face), while all recurve and barebow archers will shoot a 122cm face per WA ruling for age groups.

Time:
7:00am – registration & bow inspection
8:00am – practice commences

There will be 3 Practice Ends then straight into Scoring Ends.

There will be a short break after the first 36 and 72 arrows.

After the first 72 arrows, the archer will compete in the SOPA Cup Matchplay as per their age distance.

Each archer will shoot 3 arrows in their age division and a scoreboard will be placed on each archer’s target. Each target shall have 2 archers in the same bow type. For the total score of 3 arrows if an archer shoots a 25 score is considered a neutral score which is 0. Is an archer scored 26 = 1 point, 27=2 points, 28= 3 points, 29= 4 points and 30= 5 points. However negative scoring also applies. If an archer shoots a score of 24 = -1, 23 = -2 and so on. The winner will be the archer with most positive points in each bow type after 10 ends and the WINNER is not gender specific.

If there are ties, the winner will be determined by the highest number of Xs. If there is still a tie then judges will have to call for a tiebreaker shoot in each event.

The winner of the event from each bow type will accumulate their points to win the SOPA Cup at the end of the year. At the end of the year medals and prizes will be awarded to 1st , 2nd and 3rd place. The SOPA Cup trophy can only be awarded if there will be at least 4 competitors in each bow type.

For each event and each bow type:

1st place = 3 points

2nd Place = 2 points

3rd place = 1 point

This is a AA registered event, Australian and State records are claimable.

Please ensure that your electronic scoring device is fully charged for the day

Closing date: Regiatrations closed
NO LATE ENTRIES

Entry Terms & Conditions

Online entries only
All archers NEED TO BE at the venue at least 30 minutes before start times.
Archers briefing will be held before the start of practice.
Archers must show the membership card at registration upon request.

Dress Regulations:

The Organising Committee will be enforcing Archery Australia Rules (7.10) in respect of athlete’s dress.

Results:

Scoring will be both paper and live using Archers Diary.

SOPA Cup is a series of event whereby archers can accumulate points from each event. The SOPA Cup trophy will be awarded to the winner is each bow division, recurve, compound and barebow at the end of the series. Archers need to compete in a minimum of 5 SOPA Cup events before the final SOPA Cup event to be eligible for the SOPA Cup. SOPA Cup will be awarded only when they bow division have a minimum of 5 eligible competitors who had competed in 5 SOPA Cup events.

Communications:

Information or updates will be circulated via email (that is the email address you provided with your entry). Ensure you provide a contact phone number.

We suggest that you bring your own food and drink to the event.

Refunds:

We can only process a deregistration or refund before the closing of the event. The SOPA committee reserve the right not to refund any participants who request refund after the closing date.

Important information:

SOPA tournament management reserve the right to postpone or cancel any event on the day due to range safety and inclement weather conditions.

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