JOAD

What Is JOAD?

JOAD stands for Junior Olympic Archery Development. JOAD is a national program under the coordination of the National Archery Association (NAA). The goal of the JOAD program is to instruct and refine the young archer’s skills. In the process, the shooter will develop confidence, friendships and success through discipline and practice. JOAD was begun about forty years ago, with the goal of eventually developing archers for the Summer Olympic Games and since that time many of our Olympians have graduated from a JOAD program.

Hemlock is privileged to have a number of dedicated and knowledgeable instructors who are willing to help young people discover the enjoyment and satisfaction archery can provide and our JOAD program is a great way to start. All JOAD programs offer an achievement award system based on how well the archer shoots. There are 11 levels in the achievement system; beginning with Green Star and extending to Gold Olympian.

When is JOAD?

Hemlock has various youth oriented archery programs with excellent instructors. JOAD Archery is our biggest one and is based on olympic style shooting for both boys and girls ages 8 and up.

This program has two segments. Fall (indoors) begins the first Saturday of November at 10:00 AM and runs to the end of March. The beginning NEW shooters program (4H) also begins the first Saturday of November at 9:00 AM and runs 8 weeks only, and is FREE of charge.

If the new shooters decide to continue into the JOAD program, they would start shooting at 10AM along with other JOAD shooters, after joining with a yearly membership explained below. Spring (outdoors ) is for JOAD shooters only and runs in June and July.

JOAD participants must have an individual or family club membership to participate, which currently runs $55.00 per year for you or your family… All necessary archery equipment is provided for these courses. Weekly new target fee is $2.00 per JOAD participant.

For More information, or to register your child to begin call one of our JOAD instructors:

Hemlock Field Archers is the largest archery club in Central Pennsylvania. From the humble beginning of just a few members and a small clubhouse grew a well-respected club of over four hundred members. The Hemlock Archer’s Club of today can be attributed to the dedication, hard work and love of archery by past and present members. Located just south of Lebanon, we offer indoor target shooting as well as an outdoor course. We hold target and 3D shooting events throughout the year.

Below are links to documents for JOAD:

Hemlock Application (PDF)	Bill’s Safety Rules (PDF)	JOAD Handbook (PDF)
Hemlock Application (DOC)	Bill’s Safety Rules (DOC)