Attention National Indoor Championship Archers: If you think you have shot a new record, verify on these pages below what the current score is for your Gender, Bow, and Division.  Then if you wish to submit a new record claim, please click to this Adobe Acrobat file, fill in the fields onscreen FIRST!, and then PRINT the document.  Sign it, and send a copy along with a LEGIBLE copy of your signed scorecard, to the NAA at the address listed on the form.

10/11/2007: THIS IS AN EXPANSION/EXPLANATION OF RECORD CLAIM OPPORTUNITIES, BASED ON INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM FITA:
An archer, properly registered for a tournament, may legitimately claim ANY record for which the score he/she shot exceeds an existing record, even if the record is in a higher division.

For example, a cadet who shoots an indoor 600 round score that exceeds the existing record score of the Junior (or Senior) division may claim that record as well as the cadet division record.
Also, if the archer registers "up" one or more divisions yet still exceeds the record for his/her natural divsion (ie, a cadet registers as a JUNIOR and shoots a score that exceeds the existing cadet record for the distance shot) may lay legitimate claim to the cadet record even though the archer did not compete in that lower division during the tournament.
Likewise, if an archer is old enough/qualified to compete as a Master 50+, and shoots a score that ties or exceeds an existing SENIOR record score, that archer can then claim that SENIOR record as well as the Master 50+ record, simply by executing properly the claim form process

IN ALL CASES IT IS INCUMBENT UPON THE ARCHER TO FILE A PROPERLY COMPLETED CLAIM FORM, FOR ALL RECORDS TIED/BROKEN, WITHIN THE 10 DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE EVENT.

Guidelines for records/distances, including Traditional Championship rounds

    Adult
   Figure out what JOAD division you or your child belongs in
    Youth/JOAD

    Chart of all distances, target sizes, etc. (acrobat file)

National Traditional Championship Records
    Indoor    Updated 03/15/07  
    Outdoor    `Updated 08/20/07

The Outdoor Traditional Championship is held annually during the weekend just prior to the National Championship and Indoor Traditional is held concurrently to the National Indoor Championships.   Archers in this event use gear that harkens to the early days of archery - Traditional longbows, Modern Longbows, and the relatively new Traditional Recurves all are bare of the modern devices - stabilizers, sights, plungers, clickers and the like are all absent. There is no age grouping - all records are considered shot as "senior".

National Championship Records
    Indoor     Updated 04/15/08
    Outdoor (Includes Clout)     Updated 04/15/08

These (National Championship) records can only be achieved at the National Indoor & Outdoor Championships.  A score shot at the National Championship may be a National Championship record, but not necessarily a Star FITA record. If a score shot at the National Championships exceeds a Star FITA record then it is considered the record score in both files. Any score that is a World Record (by an NAA member) is by definition a U.S. Star FITA record.

Star FITA Records
    Indoor     Updated 04/15/08
    Outdoor     Updated 05/09/08

These (Star FITA) records can only be achieved at events properly registered either with USA Archery or any other FITA-recognized organization as a "Star" FITA tournaments.  Star FITA Records include any scores shot by U.S. archers (NAA members) anywhere in the world. So if a U.S. archer shoots a record at a European Grand Prix or World Championship, it should be listed in our Star FITA Records. It does not have to be limited to events within the U.S. or sanctioned only by the NAA. Also, no JOAD score can be a Star FITA record - the JOAD program is not part of FITA.

JOAD National Records
   Please note that "JOAD" is not a FITA standard, and therefore NO JOAD event is recognized by FITA and no JOAD records can be "Star FITA" records with the USA Archery 

    Indoor     Updated 04/15/08
    Outdoor     Updated 11/08/07

These records can only be achieved at the JOAD Indoor & Outdoor National Championships
*Note: To be recognized for a record, the archer must be a current NAA member at the beginning of the event.

FLIGHT Records
    Flight records have been compiled by Rulon "Ike" Hancock
        Flight archery is distance shooting - how FAR can an arrow be shot? Some of the distances are astonishing!
        Contact Ike Rulon for information on Flight Records

All records are subject to verification.  Record Claims sent to the USA Archery office for consideration MUST have a completed "NAA Record Claim Form" (updated 3/6/2007) and a legible copy of the archer's scorecard.  The scorecard MUST have been signed by a recognized tournament official (preferably the director of shooting or else the head judge, or both). 

A printable Certificate of Accomplishment, in the form of an Adobe Acrobat file, will be emailed to the archer at the email address entered on the claim form. Use this link to download a free copy of Acrobat Reader if you do not have one.

Tournament Historical Information

Event Photos