Williamsburg, KY – Hawthorne Christian Academy recently hosted the first ever South Carolina S3DA Indoor Regional at
Midlands Archery Center. The number of South Carolina S3DA members has risen dramatically from the levels of last year and doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. With a large number of spectators on hand for the event, archers brought their best performance to the first regional of the season.
Hawthorne Christian Academy student Sara Cassady said, “I think archery is cool, not fast paced, you can take your time and focus, unlike basketball. I can do archery with my sister and have fun.” One of the parents, Jason Todd stated, “Our family is super excited about becoming members of S3DA and what the future holds for student archers from the state of South Carolina. In 2019, we attended several ASA tournaments and were afforded the opportunity to learn what S3DA was all about. To say the least, we started our 2020 season off well at South Carolina’s S3DA Midlands Indoor Regional with my son, Landen, taking 2nd place in his class of the Elementary division and my oldest son, Ethan, taking first place in his class of the High School division. This program is an incredible opportunity for the students to have a platform to show their talents through hard work and dedication that rewards them with higher education opportunities through the benefits of scholarships. My opinion to any parent or student that enjoys archery is it is a no-brainer to get signed up with S3DA.”
“I saw from the start that there were many opportunities to grow S3DA in South Carolina. We have added two school
teams, five clubs and have successfully hosted our first Indoor Regional State Qualifier including nearly 50 archers. We
also added Beach Bow S3DA Club in Myrtle Beach, SC, which introduced us to our first archery shop with a ten-lane
indoor archery range,” stated SC S3DA State Coordinator, Sheila Tadlock. Scholarship certificates to several collegiate archery programs were handed out to deserving podium finishers in the High School division. South Carolina S3DA now looks forward to their next Indoor Regional.
About Scholastic 3-D Archery
Scholastic 3-D Archery (S3DA™) is a unique, family-oriented youth archery program which has grown exponentially across the United States as a next-step initiative to follow introductory archery programs. The mission of the Scholastic
3-D Archery program is to foster, educate and guide youth in the areas of 3-D, indoor target and outdoor target archery as well as safe, ethical bowhunting practices. The goal of the S3DA™ program is to provide archery and bowhunting opportunities to youth in after-school settings, as well as with archery-affiliated clubs and businesses in the community. S3DA™ students participate in 3-D and target archery using compound and traditional archery equipment. Students can participate at local, regional, state and national archery events and earn college scholarships from colleges and universities across the United States. S3DA™ addresses the need for a program to bridge beginning target archery experience and more advanced activities such as 3-D shooting and bowhunting. The program currently operates across the United States with hundreds of certified coaches serving thousands of young archers, grades 3–12.
Contact the Scholastic 3-D Archery National Office at:
www.s3da.org or 225 North 3rd Street, Williamsburg, KY 40769, Ph: 606.524.3685
Media contact Kayla Bolton at kayla@s3da.org, Ph: 423.494.2204