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About SYWAT Outdoor... The Outdoor Shoot Your Way Across Texas or SYWAT is a Field archery tournament series held at various locations around the state. A Field archery round consists of shooting 4 arrows at 28 targets for a total of 112 arrows. The maximum score is 560 points. The TFAA field round consists of 14 Field target faces and 14 Hunter target faces. Field target faces are black and white with a black center; Hunter target faces are all black with thin white rings and a white center. Target face size varies depending on the distance of each target. Scoring rings on the target face are X (5 points), 5, 4 and 3. There are signs at each target that indicate distance and shooting position for each age class. Shooting positions may include all four arrows from one position, a series of four walk-up positions, or a fan layout of four positions. Each shoot at each shop/club on a given weekend is its own tournament. Line times vary, and are frequently shotgun start, so be sure to check the host location s web site to confirm. Archers can shoot in one or more lines at the same location on the same weekend; only the highest score for that tournament will count. Archers three highest scores from tournaments through the season are posted on the TFAA web site. The shooter from each Division/Style with the top score from their three SYWAT shoots plus their Day 1 State Championship score wins the Aggregate/Shooter of the Year award. TFAA Membership TFAA Membership is not required to shoot in SYWAT tournaments, but is required to be eligible for awards at the TFAA Outdoor State Championship. Sign-up for membership is available via the NFAA Web site at www.nfaausa.com 2
2018 OUTDOOR SYWAT SCHEDULE Date Host City/State Phone March 24-25 Archer's Haven Canyon Lake, TX 210-393-4168 April 7-8 Huaco Bowmen Archery Club Waco, TX 214-723-4018 April 14-15 Tejas Bowmen Archery Club Corpus Christi, TX 361-855-3116 April 14-15 Cowtown Bowmen Archery Club Fort Worth, TX 817-709-7169 April 21-22 Irving Bowhunters Association Irving, TX 682-554-4110 Bobby Hunt Memorial April 21-22 Golden Eagle Field Archers La Feria, TX 956-491-6905 April 28-29 Buffalo Field Archery Club Houston, TX 713-489-6307 April 28-29 Red River Bowman Archery Club Dean Brown Invitational Shreveport, LA 318-949-4200 318-572-6102 May 5-6 Tejas Bowmen Archery Club Corpus Christi, TX 361-855-3116 May 5-6 Irving Bowhunters Association Irving, TX 682-554-4110 May 19-20 Sherwood Archery Bedias, TX 713-645-0400 713-201-8024 May 19-20 Fort Grard Guns & Archery Weatherford, TX 817-360-4015 May 19-20 Golden Eagle Field Archers La Feria, TX 956-491-6905 May 26-27 Huaco Bowmen Archery Club Waco, TX 214-723-4018 June 2-3 Cowtown Bowmen Archery Club Fort Worth, TX 817-709-7169 June 2-3 Flo Bateman Memorial Shoot Canyon Lake, TX 210-393-4168 June 9-10 2018 NFAA Southern Field Sectionals Shreveport, LA 318-949-4200 June 16-17 Fort Grard Guns & Archery Weatherford, TX 817-360-4015 June 23-24 2018 TFAA Outdoor State Championship Irving, TX 682-554-4110 ADDITIONAL DATES AND LOCATIONS MAY BE ADDED CHECK TEXASFIELDARCHERY.ORG FOR UDPDATES TFAA OUTDOOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP JUNE 23-24, 2018 IRVING BOWHUNTERS ASSOCIATION IRVING, TX CHECK TEXASFIELDARCHERY.ORG FOR DETAILS Note: The State Outdoor Championship is its own tournament. Shooting in SYWAT tournaments is not required to participate in the State Outdoor Championship. 3
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FROM THE TFAN EDITOR ATTENTION SHOPS/CLUBS! IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR TFAN AD UPDATED, PLEASE CALL/EMAIL/TEXT GREG NICHOLS (CONTACT INFO ON BACK PAGE) 9
FIELD GOVERNOR REPORTS District 5 Jay Lindsey Doug Bucy We had a great Indoor season in District 5 and now it s time for Outdoor! In April Cowtown will host their field shoot April 14-15. IBA will host the Bobby Hunt Memorial April 21-22. The weather is getting good so come on out and shoot some Field! 10
TFAA FAMILY Thoughts and Prayers Please keep these TFAA members in your thoughts and prayers: Bubba Bateman Ongoing medical issues Emma Jean Brown Cancer Steve Coleman Knee surgery Mike Culwell Stroke Melanie LeBoeuf Cancer Charlie Villarreal Recovering from quadruple bypass Mike Zenon Cancer Jesse Zumwalt Serious work-related accident. If you know of other members that have medical issues, please let us know so we can add them to this list. 11
PRSRT STD US Postage Paid Georgetown TX Permit 91 Greg Nichols Editor PO Box 1452 Roanoke, TX 76262 214 497 7661 greg@thenichols.org President Steve Coleman 909 LCR 120 Mt. Calm, Texas 76673 254 723 4018 j13scoleman@yahoo.com Bowhun ng Director Ken Wi 2100 Rustling Elm Burleson, Texas 76028 817 832 0238 wi sarchery@yahoo.com Field Governor, District 4 Clyde Miller 5564 Ayers Street Corpus Chris, Texas 78415 361 855 3116 clyde@clydesarchery.com Field Governor, District 7 Nathan Taylor PO Box 2646 Kilgore, Texas 75663 2646 903 984 7754 nt4444@aol.com Secretary/Treasurer Be y Johnson 514 Berkshire Drive Longview, Texas 75605 903 758 1969 bjohnson1942@sbcglobal.net Field Governor, District 1 Michael Lowe 805 Cedar Avenue Idalou, Texas 79329 806 831 6014 mlowe0338@gmail.com Field Governors, District 5 Doug Bucy 314 Arkansas Sherman, Texas 75090 903 814 2788 dougbucy@yahoo.com Webmaster Mark Tanner Info@texasfieldarchery.org NFAA Director Steve Coleman 909 LCR 120 Mt. Calm, Texas 76673 254 723 4018 j13scoleman@yahoo.com Field Governor, District 2 James Barkhimer PO Box 42 Iraan, Texas 79744 432 302 1769 fishhntr365@gmail.com Jay Lindsey 1696 Blevins Drive Keller, Texas 76248 817 229 8298 jwljr@yahoo.com Tournament Director Lee Gregory PO Box 210 Georgetown, Texas 78627 512 966 2799 lee@dlprint.com Field Governor, District 3 David Allen 7914 Teal Trail Spring, Texas 77389 281 755 4607 dallen@hcp4.net Field Governor, District 6 Steve Jenkins 3211 Tavern Oaks San Antonio, Texas 78247 210 872 8897 txarcher1@yahoo.com 12