These archery tournament names come five at a press, from Nock and Loose Classic to Bullseye Bonanza. All 120 name a shoot in the words of the range, and none is taken from a federation, club or bow maker.
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Five sets in the menu
Club shoots and opens is the first set in the menu: Final End Invitational, Full Draw Challenge. Arrow and bullseye puns has No End in Sight Shoot. Field, 3D and clout shoots has Peg to Peg Classic, Indoor rounds and leagues has Three Spot Indoor Showdown, and Beginner and family shoots has Borrowed Bow Shoot.
The words in the names
To nock is to set an arrow in the bow, and to loose is to shoot it. An end is one round of arrows, rarely more than six. In clout archery the clout is a flag, and arrows score by how close they land. A boss is a foam or straw target.
Questions and answers
What are funny archery tournament names?
Opportunity Nocks Open, Quiver in Your Boots Open, Fletch Your Legs Open and Straw Boss Shoot are puns on the nock, the quiver, the fletching and the boss. The second set holds 30 of them.
What is a good name for an indoor archery shoot?
Eighteen Meter Indoor Classic, Vertical Three Spot Shoot and Sixty Arrow Indoor Shoot follow the indoor round of the world federation: 60 arrows in qualification, shot over 18 meters at three small target faces in a vertical line.
What do I call a field or 3D archery shoot?
Red Peg Recurve Shoot and Blue Peg Barebow Classic are named after the pegs that mark where each archer stands on a field course. Around the Trail 3D Shoot and Third Dimension 3D Shoot are for a 3D course.
What should we call a first shoot for beginners?
First Dozen Arrows Shoot, New Archer Welcome Shoot and Beginners' Course Graduation Shoot are in the last set, with family names such as Parent and Child Arrow Open.