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Benchmark Shootout 2018

August 5, 2018 6:54 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

3DAAA Benchmark Shootout The 2018 Benchmark shoot started early for Grant Elsley, Jamie Bradshaw, Robbie Vayro, Brett Pirlo and Greg Scott setting the ranges and getting the venue sorted. The meet and greet on Friday night with Pizza at the Saloon was a great event. But the debate still rages on about using Banana as a filling on a pizza....


Caboolture 2018

July 21, 2018 6:47 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

3DAAA Queensland State Titles What a weekend we had at our shoot. Everything about the weekend – the ranges, the fabulous food and of course all of the awesome people that braved the cooler weather to come out and shoot and also the people that didn’t shoot and volunteered their time to help out. The guys set some very challenging...


Mendooran 2018

July 15, 2018 6:51 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

3DAAA NSW State Series The weekend of the 14th and 15th July 2018 will be remembered for years to come, officially Dubbo recorded it’s coldest ever day with -5.8C, the first ever sanctioned shoot for Dubbo 3D Archers and the first Castlereagh 3D Championship, hosted in Mendooran, NSW. The weekend saw 91 shooters come to Mendooran for a winter shoot...


Hinterland 2018

July 1, 2018 6:36 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

3DAAA Queensland State Series We welcomed 98 competitors to our club for the shoot. The usual cool brisk morning with a warm gas heater and open fires at our newly renovated undercover area. 5 ranges were open making for a fairly smooth shoot and most seemed to enjoy the ranges. Canteen was very consistent with hungry competitors for most of...


Diamond Valley Archers – June 2018

June 25, 2018 6:27 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

3DAAA Victorian State Series The time came round for the second 3DAAA event to be run at Diamond Valley Archers Inc. for 2018. This also gives the course setters a chance to review the layout and the grounds from running our first event in summer to now planning to manage the ranges in now winter. Trees and foliage change, the...


State of Origin- Casino 2018

June 10, 2018 6:32 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

3DAAA State of Origin Saturday started off with a surprisingly beautiful morning with no forecast of torrential rain unlike last year, much too everyone’s relief. Shooters set off to shoot ranges in high spirits, with a major difference in the use of land across the road, so made things a little bit more interesting. With the finish of shooting and...


Lake Macquarie 2018

May 20, 2018 6:21 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

3DAAA NSW State Series Thursday, still two days to go, and already the camper vans started rolling in. By Friday afternoon the club grounds were already packed. After having low numbers the previous year, things were looking much more promising this year. The new committee, especially newly elected President Michael McRae, had spent the last few months cleaning, painting and...


Ipswich 2018

May 6, 2018 6:19 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

3DAAA Queensland State Series Another Ipswich Field Archery Club shoot is done and dusted for the year. The weather was very kind to us  with glorious sunshine on both days. The first QLD 3DAAA Sanctioned shoot of the year was on the 5th and 6th May  2018.  We had a total of 105 competitors from NSW and QLD who travelled  to...


2018 3DAAA Australian Championships

April 21, 2018 8:30 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

It is with great pleasure that 3DAAA offically announce that the 2018 3DAAA Australian Championships in partnership with Forestry Corporation of NSW will be held at Nambucca State Forest. As part of the event 3DAAA is working with and supported by the Nambucca Big 4 Holiday park, Nambucca Bowling club and Nambucca RSL to bring to our members an outstanding...