LSBA Sponsoring Archery Events at the Texas Police Games
 

This year the Lone Star Bowhunters Association is a proud sponsor of the Texas Police Games' Archery Events, which is held by the Texas Police Athletic Federation.

If you are a law enforcement officer or fireman, please consider registering for the archery events and bring a guest! More participants will insure that archery continues to be offered as an event in the Texas Police Games. The numbers have been in decline the last several years and we want to change that.

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TEXAS POLICE GAMES~ARCHERY EVENTS INFORMATION

The purpose of the Texas Police Athletic Federation is to promote the physical fitness for members of the Law Enforcement Community of Texas, and other States, by promoting athletic competition through the annual Texas Police Games!


REGISTRATION -- Will begin at 12 Noon on Wednesday June 16, 2010, at the Host Hotel, Holiday Inn, 3777 N. Expressway, Brownsville. 956.547.1500

Archery

The outdoor shoot will consist of a 900 and 3-D.

Maximum of 12 inch stabilizer for pins and releases. No stabilizer restrictions on pins, adjustable scopes.

Coordinator:

Tino Puente
956.592.2980
956.547.3180
shallowsport21@gmail.com

State Coordinator:

Dwight Kinney
325-691-0091
dkinney@clearwire.net

Guiding Bodies:

TPAF/NAA/NFAA

Location:


Indoor

Boys & Girls Club
190 Port Road
Port Isabel

Outdoor

Christianson Ranch
FM 510
Laguna Vista


Divisions:

Open M/F
Fire Fighter/Guest eligible

Dates/Times:

Indoor Thursday June 17th Time 9:00 am
Outdoor Friday June 18th Time 9:00 am

The National Archer Association (NAA), the National Field Archery Association (NFAA), and the TPAF are the guiding bodies for the Games. NAA and NFAA rules will apply in all cases with the exception of any local rules and the following TPAF rules.


Categories

Categories are for men and women, no age limits. Each category will have 3 classes of competition.
1. Pins & Releases (Aided) (12 inch or less stabilizer)
2. Releases, Scopes, & Adjustable Sights (No restriction on stabilizer)
3. Traditional

Events

Events will be the following for both men and women.
1. 3D targets
2. Field event
3. 300 inside range

ELIGIBILITY: The Police Games require all competitors to meet the following basic standards, or have retired from an agency where, when employed, did meet these standards.

1. As your primary vocation be employed/retired as a law enforcement officer, parole, probation officer, correctional/detention officer on a full time basis. Retired military police officers from all branches of military service whose career duty assignment was law enforcement. Active reserve officers with at least one years service with the law enforcement agency who holds his/her commission (verification of active status and tenure is required) .

2. Law enforcement officers must meet the standards set forth by the state or country in which you work, and be certified in your state or country if your state or county requires such certification.

3. Fall within the guidelines of the agencies specifically included by the TPAF and not fall within those agencies specifically excluded by the TPAF, and if not specifically named be accepted in writing by the TPAF.

RESERVE OFFICERS -- Reserve Officers with at least one (1) years active service to his/her Law Enforcement agency are now eligible. Verification from the head of the agency represented must provide written authentication of the active one (1) year status.

RETIRED MILITARY LAW ENFORCEMENT -- Retired military Law Enforcement personnel whose career duty assignment was law enforcement/investigations are eligible.


Firefighters & Guests

FIREFIGHTERS -- Firefighters are invited to participate in the 2010 Games. Firefighter eligibility is indicated on each event schedule link.

GUESTS -- Each authorized competitor can sponsor a Guest (Must be 18 years of age, with exceptions) to participate in the 2010 Games (except where excluded). The Guest must compete in the same event as their sponsor! All Guests must complete an application. Guest eligibility is indicated on each event schedule link.

For more information, please visit their website at www.texaspolicegames.org.

Deadline is May 15th for early registration. Registration is $50.00.

Late registration after May 15th is $60.00.

Will have to see if my funds allow it this year. It was a great time last year!

I've already registered and will be there for the fun.

Bisch

So, somebody tell me about these games. Will my hunting bow suffice, or do I need to do the target bow set-up.....Toying with the idea, but have never shot 3-D, just a hunter....

Speed Trap,
I believe that your regular bow hunting equipment will be fine. However, to be sure of any rule clarification please contact the individuals listed below.

The outdoor shoot will consist of a 900 and 3-D.
Maximum of 12 inch stabilizer for pins and releases. No stabilizer restrictions on pins, adjustable scopes.
Tino Puente
956.592.2980
956.547.3180
shallowsport21@gmail.com This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Dwight Kinney
325-691-0091
dkinney@clearwire.net This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it TPAF/NAA/NFAA Indoor
Boys & Girls Club
190 Port Road
Port Isabel
Outdoor
Christianson Ranch
FM 510
Laguna Vista
Open M/F
Fire Fighter/Guest eligible Indoor Thursday June 17th Time 9:00 am
Outdoor Friday June 18th Time 9:00 amThe National Archer Association (NAA), the National Field Archery Association (NFAA), and the TPAF are the guiding bodies for the Games. NAA and NFAA rules will apply in all cases with the exception of any local rules and the following TPAF rules.

TPAF RULES

Categories
Categories are for men and women, no age limits. Each category will have 3 classes of competition.
1. Pins & Releases (Aided) (12 inch or less stabilizer)
2. Releases, Scopes, & Adjustable Sights (No restriction on stabilizer)
3. Traditional
Events
Events will be the following for both men and women.
1. 3D targets
2. Field event
3. 300 inside range

3D
The archer has to guess the distance to the target as well as the location of the higher scoring ring on the target. Score is higher for the archer closest to the center score ring. Archers will keep their own score.

Field Event
A Field tournament is comprised of two ranges, a field and a hunter. Each range has 14 targets with 4 arrows shot at each target. The maximum value per target is 20 points. Each arrow has a max value of 5 points. Ex: 4 arrows x 5=20. 20 points x 28 targets = 560 total points per day. The field range has marked distances from 20 feet to 80 yards. All distances are divisible by the
five (5). Ex: 20, 35, 60, 15. There is no particular order to the targets. The first target can be at 40 yards and the second can be at 15 (feet or yards) and so on. The maximum distance is 80 yards. The hunter range is also marked but the distances are not necessarily divisible by five (5). Ex: 32, 26, 44, 11 yards. The maximum distance on the hunter side is 70 yards. Each target is marked and indicates how the target is to be shot. There are four (4) different ways to shoot targets. Standard, Walkup, Fans and Birdies
Standard, competitors shoot all 4 arrows from the same spot.
Walk-ups, competitors shoot one arrow at each target. Ex: The 80 yard target is a walk- up. Competitors shoot one arrow at 80, 70, 60 and 50.

Fans are targets in which competitors shoot the same distance but fan out to different spot on the line to shoot each arrow.

target => O

shooting line=> - - - -

Birdies are targets competitors shoot from short distances. The birdies on the field side are also a walk-up and are shot at 35, 30, 25 and 20 feet. On the hunter side they are all shot at 11 yards. The birdies usually historically have a greater level of difficulty if the competitor has never shot them before.
-Indoor 300 Round
This is shot on an indoor range at 20 yards. There are 12 rounds or ends with 5 arrows being shot per round for a total of 60 arrows with a possible high score of 300. Each archer will shoot 5 arrows per round at either a spot or a 5 spot target. Archers will keep their own score.

Hope this helps and hope you get to attend. Bring some other law enforcement fiends with you.:cheers:

Categories

Categories are for men and women, no age limits. Each category will have 3 classes of competition.

1. Pins & Releases (Aided) (12 inch or less stabilizer)
2. Releases, Scopes, & Adjustable Sights (No restriction on stabilizer)
3. Traditional

Your hunting bow should be fine. That is what Bobby uses. We never really shot 3-D either when Bobby started shooting in the Police Games a couple of years ago. We both shot last year and I shot my recurve. You will see target bows, hunting bows and trad equipment. Come on out and shoot!

So where is everyone staying. Would be great if we were all close by to spend some evening fellowship together. I still have not registered or booked, so looking for ideas on Hotels. Bob

Bobby,
I know some people are stay at the host hotel. Do you know if the guest division was broke down into different categories such as male/ female and trad/compound?

Jo Ann, I think Dena can answer that better than me since she has been the one to bring home the gold. I cannot remember if any of the guest shot trad against her. Bob

True true...Blondie did bring home the gold.:cheese:

If anyone wants to shoot in the Police Games, please contact me by PM, email or at 409 739-2630. Each officer can sponsor 2 guests each this year. There are several officers wanting to sponsor 2 shooters. It is going to be fun!

Registration is $60.00 for all three shooting events. Hotels are listed on the website.

Good luck to all who are participating! Keep us updated.

Well the trip was made and many, many, many arrows were flung at targets from 60 yards, 50 yards, 40 yards, and then indoor at 20 yards, and then on to the 20 target 3-D course. I would like to think the LSBA for help in sponsoring the Texas Police Games this year. We had our banners being flown and have a banner inside the official program for the police games. I have to say, we still did not have a great turn out for the fun. We had right at 30 shooters. I did manage to bring home two silver medals this year in traditional. I just could not get Bish to make a mistake. Bob

Bobby,
Congrats on the hardware! Glad to hear you had a fun time. Hopefully, I will get to be there next year.

Congrats to Dena and Bisch too!

I think Bisch was using this Tx Police Games as a warm up to the Tx Recurve Championship.:D