Special Events
Illawarra Archers run a number of special events throughout the year.
These include:
**new** The Golden Field
Illawarra All Bow Team Challenge (previously known as the IA Executive Team Challenge)
check the Illawarra Archers Events listing on the home page, news and calendar pages for dates for upcoming events
The Golden Gong
coming Sunday June 15 2025
The Golden Gong is for novice archers of all age divisions and is typically held on the second Sunday in June. It provides a perfect introduction to archery tournaments in a relaxed environment.
The competition is conducted under normal tournament rules and conditions with experienced archers on hand to assist all day.
Rounds to be shot: 90 arrows, 30 at each of 20, 25, and 30 metres on a 122cm face.
Eligibility
All competitors must be members of a club affiliated with Archery Australia or an Archery Alliance Association (ABA, 3DAAA or TAA). Click here for information about this requirement.
More information can be found at Golden Gong 2024
The Golden Field
coming Sunday March 16 2025
New in 2025, The Golden Field is intended to be a similar shoot to the long running and popular Golden Gong, but as a Field shoot. It is for novice archers of all age divisions and is typically held on the second Sunday in March. It provides a perfect introduction to field archery tournaments in a relaxed environment.
The competition is conducted under normal tournament rules and conditions with experienced archers on hand to assist all day.
Archers will shoot the 24 target field course, but from shorter distances (5-30m).
Eligibility
For IA club members, this event will also serve as our mandatory Field Induction.
All competitors must be members of a club affiliated with Archery Australia or an Archery Alliance Association (ABA, 3DAAA or TAA). Click here for information about this requirement.
More information will be coming soon!
Illawarra Farget - coming December 7 2025
The Farget shoot is a combined Field and Target Shoot. This is primarily a fun event and is aimed at recreational and tournament archers alike.
Competitors shoot 12 Marked Field targets (a half field round) and a National Target Round ((consisting of 48 arrows at 60 yards and 24 arrows at 50 yards [yes, yards!] with 5 zone scoring [9,7,5,3,1]).
The scores from both events will be added to produce a final score for use with
placings.
South Coast Field
coming August 23-24 2025
Our South Coast Field event is a 2 day field shoot on our challenging field course. Our course is generally recognised as one of the best in New South Wales (and the country!).
Rounds of 24 marked targets are shot on Saturday and again on Sunday, with BBQ lunches provided, and a medal presentation ceremony on Sunday afternoon. Event medals are awarded for all contested divisions.
The South Coast Field Tournament is World Archery registered. Competitors will be able to claim World Archery Field Awards.
Illawarra All Bow Team Challenge
coming Sunday April 20, 2025
The Illawarra All Bow Team Challenge (previously known as the Illawarra Archers Executive Team Challenge) is open to any 4-person team of mixed shooters to a fun day of competing on the range. The teams must have one each of compound, sighted recurve, barebow recurve, and longbow shooters.
The teams compete over two rounds of different distances, with the separate disciplines shooting together while their other team members, and any others in the open gallery, cheer their archers on. There may, at completely inappropriate times, be some high spirited comments and helpful suggestions and observations for opposing team members. Team scoring is combined off bow.
The details:
Round 1: 3 ends of 6 arrows each:
Compound - 60m
Sighted Recurve - 50m
Barebow Recurve - 40m
Longbow - 30m
BBQ Lunch
Round 2: 3 ends of 6 arrows each:
Compound - 50m
Sighted Recurve - 40m
Barebow Recurve - 30m
Longbow - 20m
Presentations
The emphasis is on fun for archers and their supporters, with lunch included.
Rules:
· Scoring is off-bow.
· Each team must have a team name
· Each archer in a team must shoot only one discipline
· A club may enter more than one team, however all members of each team must belong to the same club
· Cheering and good-natured heckling encouraged
DATE
Sun 20 Apr 2025
Shooting commences: 10:00 AM
REGISTRATION
cost: $40
LOCATION
Illawarra Archers
330 Mt Keira Rd, Wollongong NSW 2500
Longbows on the line
Cheers and Jeers from The Gallery
Family and Friends Day
Jan 2026
This is a come and try day for members' family and friends. Members invite people from their peeps to come along to the club for an introduction to our venue and our sport.
Introduction to Archery
Have you ever wondered what it's like to use a bow and arrow? Our half-day Introduction to Archery course provides everything to satisfy your curiosity! This is a pre-requisite for a Beginners Course
for more information, see the Learn Archery page and the Introduction to Archery page
Beginners Courses
The club runs formal beginners courses, usually every month. These usually take the form of 2 sessions of 1/2 day each, run over consecutive Sunday mornings. Each session is run by accredited coaches, with occasional assistance from experienced senior shooters from the club. Special sessions are sometimes available, depending on demand and coaching availability.
for more information, see the Learn Archery pages and the Beginners Course page
