VBA Annual Championship Tournaments

 

OPEN, CLOSED and 3-D (Spring and Fall) STATE TOURNAMENTS

The VBA State Tournaments are awarded on a bid system.  All bids are submitted and accepted at the June quarterly meeting.  All Archers are welcome at State Tournaments.  At the State Indoors and State Closed, you must be a VBA member in order to be eligible for an award, and Guest may receive an award at the discretion of the hosting club.

For further details and explanations on the VBA State Tournaments, see the sections on ‘Guide to Shoots’ and ‘Classification System.’  You may also contact Aubrey T. Self, Field Vice-President @ aksarcgert@yahoo.com or 540.493.1522 (H) for any questions.

Download the Application for VBA’s Individual Achievement Awards Here!

Annual Awards Banquet

The Annual Awards Banquet is held on a Saturday evening each year in March to honor the success of our Big Game winners (biggest antler buck by the Virginia scoring system and the biggest buck, doe, bear and turkey by weight in Virginia,) Double & Triple Crown Tournament winners, Double and Triple Slam winners (a deer, bear and turkey with a bow within one season in Virginia,) Clubs with an increase in memberships, Order of the Golden Feather members, and other awards.  The banquet allows our members to socialize with other archers, bowhunters and their guest; win door prizes, a chance for a hunt, to listen to our guest speaker and any other special announcements.

VBA Banquet

 

The VBA banquet celebrated the Association’s 70th anniversary and, like the VBA, was unique in many ways.  It was our first time at the venue (Ruritan club in Keezletown), the first time our guest speaker (Mark Damian Duda, CEO of Responsive Management) has given a presentation in the Harrisonburg area (his home) despite lecturing around the world for years, and it was the first time the primary audience for our speaker’s remarks where the kids in attendance – all of whom were invited to sit right in front of the podium.

 

We also had lots of fun “happenings”: good conversation at the tables, lots of raffle tickets sold,

presentation of a dozen arrows by “Bink’ Yager and Dave Proctor to Steve Hearne (winner of the Trail

Camera Contest).

 

The evening concluded with Terry Ballowe’s induction into the VBA “Order of the Golden Feather”.

 

Bill Bennett Big Game Award

The “Bill Bennett Big Game Award” was established in June 1951.  The award is give to an individual bowhunter in good standing, for harvesting a whitetail deer, black bear or turkey in any state and has submitted a written application.  All applications much be completed and forwarded to Marie G. Bell, Executive State Secretary within 90 days of harvest or NLT then the end of February of each year.

Download the Application for VBA Game Awards Here!

 

VBA Club Range Inspections

(Indoor, Outdoor & 3-D Ranges)

VBA range inspections are needed for all new ranges, ranges that have made changes or within 30 days prior to State Tournaments.  All ranges should be re-inspected every five years.  Clubs that need to have their range(s) inspected (Indoor, Outdoor and 3-D), to please contact Aubrey T. Self, Field Vice-President @ alsarchery@yahoo.com or 540.483.1522 (H).