TEXAS CUP

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TEXAS CUP – JUNE 27 & 28, 2026

27th 10AM 36 arrows, 2PM 36 arrows $50 entry, Olympic Round Match play for 8 top scores per equipment style (no age bracket)

28th 10AM Mixed teams, 2PM same gender teams $50 entry

Hosted by: Texans Archery Club

Location: Gabe Nesbitt Park 7001 Eldorado Pkwy McKinney, TX 75070

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Set up 8AM, tournament start 10AM

Entry fee $50 per day (Registration link)

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FORMAT

First day: A World Cup format of 72 arrows qualifier round (6 arrow ends, 4 minutes/end) held outdoors. Top 8 scores from Compound, Barebow and Recurve equipment progress to an Olympic Round match play. Minimum of 8 participants per equipment style for match play. Second day: morning Mixed teams, and afternoon same sex teams

Olympic Round – Top 8 archers progress into a bracket match play (ie. 8vs1, 7vs2, 6vs3, 5vs4) to yield 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placements for money. Money pot of $200 per equipment style, split: 1st (50%), 2nd (30%), 3rd (20%). Match play is 5 ends of 3 arrows for compound with highest cumulative score advancing. For Recurve and Barebow, goal is first archer to win 6 points in their match, achieved by each 3 arrow end’s score – 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie. As tournament registration grows in the future the brackets will grow to 16-32-64 shooters.

DISTANCES

All compound archers & Barebow – 50 meters
Recurve Cadet & Masters – 60 meters
Recurve Junior & Senior – 70 meters

These are the only distances available, participants must be able to consistently hit their target, time constraint for arrow retrieval.

Recurve and Barebow will use a 122cm target. Compound uses a 6-ring 80cm. Four archers per target bale.

AGE DIVISIONS

Cadets – (15-17).
Juniors – (18-20).
Seniors – (21-49).
Masters –(50+).

WORLD ARCHERY RULES ➤

USA ARCHERY DRESS CODE ➤

NATIONAL RANKING SYSTEM ➤

AWARDS

All participants may qualify for USA Archery Star Pins per 36 arrow round (possibility that two pins may be earned)
Recognition award of $25 for top qualifier score achieved per age division.
Olympic Round Match play is for money pot of $200 for each of the three equipment styles split: 1st ($100), 2nd ($60) and 3rd ($40)placements.
Mixed teams, and same gender teams, awarded 1st-2nd-3rd in bracket competition based on score. Must have a minimum of 10 teams in a bracket.

Competitors are may be eligible to earn World Archery Target Awards.

ARROW REGULATION

An arrow consists of a shaft with a tip (point), nocks, fletching and, if desired, cresting. The maximum diameter of arrow shafts shall not exceed 9.3mm (arrow wraps shall not be considered as part of this limitation as long they do not extend further than 22cm toward the point of the arrow when measured from the throat – nock hole where the string sits – of the nock to the end of the wrap); the tips (points) for these arrows may have a maximum diameter of 9.4mm. All arrows of every athlete shall be marked with the athlete’s name or initials on the shaft. All arrows used in any end shall be identical visually.