Bathurst Archery Festival - Field Course Event (Saturday, 1 November 2025)

Bathurst Archery Festival

The Bathurst Archery Festival Field Course Event is held on Saturday, 1 November 2025 (day 1).

An Outdoor Target event will be held on Sunday, 2 November 2025 (day 2). Registered archers can shoot one or both days.

Archers must register via Eventbrite for each day they plan to shoot separately. You cannot register for both days at the same time.

On the day of the shoot if an archer has not pre-registered via Eventbrite they may not be able to shoot. Places for archers who have not registered via Eventbrite are subject to availability on the day. We strongly suggest that you register before the day of the shoot to book your spot.

We require certain information for every archer taking part. You must provide us with the following information for every archer:

• age
• bow type
• Archery Australia (AA) number
• Club
• Other affiliation e.g.: Traditional Archery Australia

Online Registrations via Eventbrite will close Friday, 31 October 2025 at 5 pm.

Spectators (friends and family who are not shooting) are free and welcome.

Archers may participate in men's, women's, and age divisions.

The bow types that archers can shoot are:

• Recurve (barebow or sighted)
• Compound (bareboow or sighted)
• Asiatic Bows
• Traditional and Traditional (Carbon)
  

Gates open at 8.30 am each day.

All participants on the Field Shoot will need to arrive, sign in at reception, and pay their shooting fee for the day by 9.45 am.

Morning warm up will be held from 9.30 to 9.45 am. A space for warm up will be available at other times throughout the day.

Groups will start the course at staggered start times / or staggered targets, commencing at 10 am.

Archers participating in the field shoot will be provided with scoresheets and will be assigned to groups of up to 4 (4 archers).

Archers that are registered with Archery Australia will be able to set themselves up on Archer’s Diary.

Targets will be mix of standard IFAA field targets, 2 and 3 dimensional dinosaurs. Number of targets in total: will be confirmed closer to the event.

Number of arrows to be shot at each target is 3.

All fees will need to be paid at reception when signing in (cash or card):

• $15 per day for members of Bathurst Archers, included sausage sizzle (or vegetarian option) lunch and a drink (water or soft drink)
• $25 per day for members of other archery clubs, includes sausage sizzle (or vegetarian option) lunch and a drink (water or soft drink)
  
  Please note: Children under the age of 12 will require the supervision of an adult archer / parent or guardian

Also check out other Sports events in Bathurst, Workshops in Bathurst, Festivals in Bathurst.