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ABFAA State Champion Buckle Program

  • Compete in a minimum of 5 ABFAA State tournaments in 2026. No extra opt-in necessary

  • Championship Buckles awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners of each shooting style, age group, and gender. There must be a minimum of one competitor in the division. We will not combine divisions, age groups or genders.

  • Must be a current NFAA member in good standing with Arizona residence to qualify.

  • A competitor can qualify in multiple divisions, as long as they compete in a minimum five tournaments in each division they competed in.

  • If an archer must move up an age group due to a birthday during the year, the archer will qualify in the age group they have the most entries in. For example, an archer turns 12 on October 31st and has competed in 4 tournaments. The archer competes in two more tournaments in the next higher age group. The archer’s points will be applied to the division they competed in most of the year which will be Cub. If an archer competes in 5 tournaments in one age group and 5 tournaments in another, they will qualify for awards in both.

All age groups and genders will be offered for each shooting style.

Shooting Styles: Freestyle, Bowhunter Freestyle, Modern Bowhunter, Barebow Compound, Freestyle Limited Recurve, Barebow Recurve, Longbow, Traditional, Pro Freestyle (must possess valid NFAA Pro Card)

Age Groups: Cub 11 & under, Youth, 12-14, Young Adult, 15-17, Adult 18-49, Senior 50 -59, Silver Senior, 60-69, Master Senior 70+

Gender: Male, Female.

Qualifying Tournaments are listed below. (Note: may change as the 2026 schedule develops):

  • State 5-Spot Indoor (January 17-18)

  • Redding Style Sonoran Trail Shoot (April 17-19)

  • State Field (April 25)

  • State Rushmore Rumble (May 17)

  • State 3-Spot Indoor (June 27)

  • State Classic 600 (October 10)

  • State International (October 11)

  • State 900 (November 8)

  • BTB Style State Trail Shoot 2 Arrow 3D (Tentative)

  • State Animal (Tentative)

  • Points are awarded based on finishing position in the tournament. For example, 1 place is 1 point, 2nd place 2 points, 3rd place is 3 points, etc.

  • Archers with the lowest total number of points at the end of the year will be awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

  • Best 5 tournament results are used to calculate winners.

  • Tie Breakers will be determined by Total Xs earned. The tournaments used to determine total x count will be the tournaments attended by the archers involved in the tie breaker. If the tie can’t be broken by X count, the archers will be awarded duplicate buckles for the place.

  • 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finisher will receive a custom belt buckle.

  • Rules may be modified, and tournaments dropped from or added to the schedule due to unforeseen circumstances.

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Points will be awarded as listed below, with example breakdown:

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