Williamsburg, KY – North Carolina S3DA recently held their 2nd regional 3D qualifier for the 2022 season in Grover, North Carolina at Broadheads and Bloodtrails Archery Club. Archers from seven teams across the state met to compete. All archers that participated in the event qualified for North Carolina S3DA’s 3D Shooter of the Year in their respective class and division. S3DA members that have been in the program for a while were very eager to show the newcomers the ropes and welcome them into this big archery family. There were several new participants as well as familiar faces seen throughout the range.

Jason Gladden said, “The day started off a little misty, but it wasn’t too bad. We let everyone know that we highly recommended boots because we knew the course would be a little muddy on some of the lanes as some of the course held water from recent rain falls. The kids didn’t care anything about the mud, they love it! This was a mentally challenging course, so I would be confident in saying that all the kids were winners today.”

S3DA Parent, Jayme Bradley stated, “Corbin is brand new to S3DA and he shoots with Nebo Crossing Archery Team. Today was his very first competition. He was very nervous to the point that he didn’t want to come. When we arrived, everyone was super nice and helpful, so it took away that nervous feeling he had and replaced it with joy and laughter. He had such a wonderful time that he can’t wait to shoot again.”

North Carolina S3DA State Coordinator, Chris Poston stated, “It does my heart good to see these kids come together and make new friends, spend time with old friends, and enjoy being in the outdoors shooting archery. We kicked off the 3D season with a great turnout and we are looking forward to welcoming several new teams and archers over the course of this season.”

For more information on North Carolina S3DA, be sure to check out the Facebook page here!

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 3-D 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 3-D 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.org or 410 Sycamore Street, Williamsburg, KY 40769, Ph: 606.524.3685

Media contact Kayla Bolton at kayla@s3da.org, Ph: 423.494.2204