Events
What’s happening at Sydney Olympic Park Archery Club
SOPA Hosted Events
Archery NSW Short Distance Championships – 3 & 4 May 2025
Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Archery Club
Bennelong Parkway, Sydney Olympic Park 2127, NSW
Registrations: Assemble
Search for: ANSW Short Distance Championship
Cost: $50
No Late Entries will be accepted
The deadline for online registration is 11.59pm on Thursday 1 May 2025
Program:
Saturday – AM
Open Male and Female recurve divisions
Saturday – PM
All other Male and Female Recurve Divisions
Sunday – AM
Open Male and Female Compound
Open Male and Female Barebow
Open Male and Female Longbow
Sunday – PM
All other Compound, Barebow and Longbow Divisions
NOTE: We reserve the right to change the shooting program based upon entry numbers, any changes to the program will be sent to competitors by email following the close of entries
Schedule:
AM SESSION
7:30am Registration Open
8:00am Equipment Inspection
8:30am Practice
9:00am Scoring
PM SESSION
11am Registration Open
11:30am Equipment Inspection
12:00pm Practice
12:30pm Scoring
Scoring:
- Scoring will be undertaken using a paper scorecard (one per archer) and an electronic device (one per target) using Archers Diary, a competitor from each target must provide an electronic device for scoring.
- Each archer must be registered and listed in Archers Diary.
- If an archer is not listed in Archers Diary their entry will not be accepted until such time as the archer’s club registers the competitor in Archers Diary. It is not the responsibility of the tournament organiser or ASNSW to register an archer in Archery Diary.
- If an archer is not registered in Archers Diary the host will send the archer a reminder email and it will be archers’ responsibility to ensure their club registers them into Archers Diary by the 11.59pm, 12 May 2022
Individual Awards:
Medals presented to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each division
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.
Catering:
We suggest that you bring your own food and drink to the event.
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.
Important information:
• Code of Conduct
• Anti-doping Policy
• Member Protection Policy
• Tournament Management Policy
• Zero Tolerance Policy
• Smoke Free Policy
• Social Media Policy
SOPA Challenge #3 – Sunday 17 August 2025
CONCENTRATION & ENDURANCE
Date:
Sunday 17 August 2025
Venue:
Sydney Olympic Park Archery Club
Bennelong Parkway, Sydney Olympic Park 2127, NSW
Program:
8.00 am – Bow inspection and registration
9.00 am – Practice commences
All Recurve, Barebow and U14 compound archers shoot 20m on a 122 cm face.
All other compound archers shoot 30m on a 80cm 6 ring face.
Archers will shoot 6 arrows each end within 240 seconds.
After the first 30 arrows archers will be ranked into separate flights based on their total score of 30 arrows
Depending on the number of archers there will be at least 5 archers per flight.
If there is a tie in the ranking of a flight a either shoot off or a coin toss will be called by the judge to determine the archer’s rank.
If a shoot off was called closest arrow to the centre wins the match.
Once archers are sorted out into flights, they will be competing against archers of their same capability in their own flights in the next 30 arrows.
After completing the second 30 arrows in their division archer will receive their ranking position.
All archers will then compete in a “one arrow shoot off” elimination. Lowest score in each flight will be eliminated until the placing of 1st, 2nd and 3rd is determine in each division.
Medals and Awards
Medals will be awarded to winner of each flight in 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions.
This is a AA registered event, Australian and State records are claimable as per age division distance.
Please ensure that your electronic scoring device is fully charged for the day.
Closing date:
Thursday 14th August 2025 at 12:00am
NO LATE ENTRIES
Entry Conditions
- Online entries only
- All archers NEED TO BE at the venue at least 30 minutes before start times.
- An Archers Briefing will be held prior to the start of practice.
- Bow Inspection will be conducted prior to the start of practice.
- No refunds
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.
Inportant Information:
SOPA tournament management reserve the right to postpone or cancel any event on the day due to range safety and inclement weather conditions.
Qualification & Ranking Events
SOPA will run QRE’s throughout the year to support archers in attaining qualification scores for national event selections or National Squads such as AARDP, NPS, NRP, NCP, NPP.
Weekend QRE’s – Registrations for each event will open 2 months prior to the event and close on the Thursday leading up to the event.
Weekday QRE’s – Registration Closing date is 2 days before the event
R = Recurve; C = Compound; BBR = Barebow Recurve; BBC = Barebow Compound; L = Longbow
PLEASE NOTE: NO CLAIMS CAN BE MADE FOR STATE RECORDS OR AWARDS WHEN SHOOTING A QRE
April
Entry Conditions
- Online entries only
- All archers NEED TO BE at the venue at least 30 minutes before start times.
- An Archers Briefing will be held prior to the start of practice.
- Bow Inspection will be conducted prior to the start of practice.
- Refunds are available prior to the close of registrations. After registration is closed refunds are given at the discretion of the organiser and a $10 administration fee will be charged.
- Your membership card must be produced upon request when you register at the venue.
- A zero tolerance policy applies to inappropriate behaviour.
- Be respectful to volunteers and the community.
Registrations close on the Thursday before the event at 11:59pm NO LATE ENTRIES
Venue
Sydney Olympic Park Archers is located at Sydney Olympic Park Archery Centre Bennelong Parkway Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127.
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.
Qualifying Rounds 720 & Divisions
Important information:
Archery Australia Policies and Procedures
National Integrity Framework
Member Protection
Child Safeguarding
Improper Use of Drugs and Medicine
Competition Manipulation and Sport Wagering?
Complaints, Disputes and Discipline
Anti-Doping
Click here for all policies and Procedures
SOPA tournament management reserve the right to postpone or cancel any event on the day due to range safety and inclement weather conditions.