March 2010 Announcements
Help Raise Funds for Haiti
The Woodley Venue for the Haiti Shootathon is not available on March 14th. We have been asked if we can host at our range - we have said yes so we need volunteers to help out. If you can help contact us at pra@lidar.com so I can start a list of volunteers. If you can't help I hope you can come out and shoot - details at: http://www.archers-travel.com/Shootathon4Haiti.html
Here's how the Shoot-A-Thon will work:
Before arriving at the range, participants collect sponsors to challenge them in the Shoot-A-Thon. The challenge is to shoot as many arrows within the time limit as accurately possible. The sponsors will donate one amount per arrows that "hits" the target and a larger amount per arrow that hits the "gold" (9 or 10 ring).
The Shoot-A-Thon will run from 9:00 AM until 3:30 PM. Pre-Registration is not required, and walk-ups are welcome!. We will have soft drinks, water, and snacks for sale. We recommend that you provide your own lunch.
The PRA's regular competitions will also take place on the 14th. We will donate our target fees from the day's competitions to the Shoot-A-Thon. The Shoot-A-Thon will, of course, also accept direct personal donations, as well.
Next General Meeting
The next general meeting will be held on March 9th at 7:30 pm at Van's Studio. For directions, new members can email the club or ask another member. Minutes from the previous meeting can be found here.
US Archery National Indoor Championship Congratulations to the several PRA members who competed at the US Archery National Indoor Championship ending on Feb 28th!
PRA 75th Anniversary Celebrations
2010 is our 75th Anniversary Year. If you have knowledge of the club history, beyond what is contained in "The First Fifty" or have suggestions on events for our anniversary year contact Jim MacQuarrie and/or join the discussion on Facebook.
2009 Season Scores<
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November and December 300 Round scores have been posted HERE.
General Information
Pasadena Roving Archers is an archery club that has been dedicated to the art of the bow and arrow in Pasadena’s Lower Arroyo Seco Park since 1935. Incorporated as a non-profit organization, our membership includes men, women, young adults and children. It is a melting-pot of archers from all walks of life. PRA is home to beginners, weekend enthusiasts, regional, state, nation and international champions and maybe a future Olympic Gold medal winner. All are bound together by the sport of archery.All archers are required to adhere to the Range Rules.
Free Saturday Morning Archery Classes
We conduct an ongoing program of archery instruction classes for people interested in learning the sport of archery. PRA offers a Beginner's class and public instruction.
Classes are held every Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. throughout the year. These classes are popular and fill up quickly so we recommend that you arrive at the range by 8:15 a.m. in order to be fitted with equipment. The introductory class is free and we invite a donation of $5.00 for subsequent classes.
Classes are open to all residents of Pasadena and Southern California. Everyone is welcome to participate. Young archers must be a minimum of 10 years of age. All young archers must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Pasadena Roving Archers also offers a 6 meeting Basic Archery Instruction Program (BAIP) class for new archers who want to learn effective shooting form. The six meeting BAIP class costs $60.00 and includes instruction and equipment use. Adults who complete the class and who wish to continue in archery are encouraged to join the club and to take advantage of our Mentor Program for intermediate archers.
This is a shooting sport, and all students, regardless of age, must, in the opinion of the instruction staff, be able to safely and comfortably handle the equipment.
An archer takes aim in one of
our many competitions.
Pasadena Roving Archers conducts an NFAA regulation club shoot or qualifier every Sunday morning. We shoot 28 field or hunter targets (not to be confused with 3-D targets, hunter targets are simply a different type of field target) or a combination of the two. All of our events are open to guest archers who wish to participate.
A 3D tournament is held on the 3rd Sunday of each month.
A 300 tournament (30 arrows at 20 yards) is held on the second and fourth Sunday of each month.
PRA sponsors three fundraising tournaments during the year. The Oaktree 3-D tournament in May, a traditional shoot in October and the 21 or Bust tournament in early December. Trophies, Food and a Raffle are part of these events. All archers are invited to participate in our tournament offerings. Archers from all over the state come to compete in these events.
Contacting us
Our clubhouse was destroyed by fire in April of 2002. Until it is rebuilt, club leaders may be contacted at the range on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to about 11:30 a.m. and on Sunday mornings, as early as 8 a. m., during the summer, and 9 a.m. in the winter, until about 1 p.m.
Feel free to stop by and speak with any of our members or
club officers. Email questions to pra@lidar.com.
