Archery’s international mass participation series concludes this weekend at its traditional final stop in the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, USA.
The first two days of the three-day Vegas Shoot – which is set to break participation records with nearly 4000 entrants in its 57th year – act as the fourth and last stage of the 18-metre circuit. The archers placed high in the series’ elite ranking will then qualify for the Indoor Archery World Series Finals on Saturday night.
Under this year’s rules, archers only need to have competed in one event to qualify – so anyone shooting in the championship categories in Vegas is eligible.
Archers shoot 30 arrows a day for three days at the Vegas Shoot. The main event is the compound championship open category – open to both men and women – which boasts a prize fund of 57,000 USD in 2023.
Anyone who shoots a perfect score of 900 points (Vegas uses the big, recurve 10-ring for compounders) qualifies to the big shootdown, a sudden death eliminator that leaves just one shooter standing.