Over the
years Salt Grass Archery Club has received many requests for a money game.
The top shooters spend a lot of time and money traveling the circuit and
they enjoy an opportunity to duke it out not only for bragging rights, but
for cold, hard cash. In response to these requests, the President of Salt
Grass Archery Club, George "The Greek" Avouris, has come up with "The
Spartans' Round".
The
Spartans' Round is a difficult and challenging course designed to test the
skill and the determination of the cream of the crop. The Spartans' Round
is a positional shoot. This means no standing flat-footed at a stake and
shooting straight ahead. Although the yardages may not be so tough, the
angles and shooting positions will be. You will be bending, stretching and
leaning to hit these targets. This is not a game for sissies and
light-weights.
Anyone
who feels the need for some serious competition is invited to participate.
The Spartans' Round will be held on the same course as the regular 3-D
shoots, but Spartans' Round shooters will shoot from special stakes.
Mulligans are not allowed in the Spartans' Round. Spartans' Round shooters
will pay a $10.00 fee in addition to the normal shoot fee:
Members
- $10.00 shoot fee plus $10.00 Spartan Round fee = $20.00 total registration
Non-members - $15.00 shoot fee plus $10.00 Spartan Round fee = $25.00 total
registration.
The
first Spartans' Round was held at Salt Grass at the June shoot with five
shooters competing in the inaugural round. The $10.00 fee goes in the pot
for the top shooter. If there are more than 10 shooters, the club takes 20%
of the pot. If there are 10 or less shooters, the club will not take a cut
and the entire pot will go to the top shooter. In the beginning we will pay
first place only. Once the game has become established and we are seeing
consistently good turnouts, we will then start splitting the pots among the
first 3 places.
If you
are looking for an exciting, challenging new twist on a very old game,
you've found it! Like the Spartans of ancient Greece - only the strong
survive!
