Archery Club

CLUB ARCHERY: Club Archery is OLP’s parent-led program based on the format and curriculum
of an International Archery program called the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) -- you can find more about NASP on the internet at naspschools.org. Through this program, International Olympic Style target archery is taught to 4th -12th graders. OLP Club Archery is open to all OLP students 4th grade and older and no one is cut from the team.

COST: The OLP Club Archery season will run from November – March and the cost is $85 per
archer which goes directly to fund our team’s equipment such as bows, strings, cables, arrows, rests, and targets. PLEASE SIGN-UP BY FILLING OUT ENROLLMENT FORM AND SUBMIT FORM AND
PAYMENT TO THE FRONT OFFICE.

TOURNAMENTS: While shooting in tournaments is not required for our archers, it will be
encouraged for students to compete in NASP sanctioned tournaments in the Kansas City Area. OLP will even host a tournament during the archery season. Cost for shooting in each tournament is $10 per archer due the day of the tournament. Shooting in these tournaments is meant to be fun for our archers and will help our children prepare and thrive in a competitive environment for individual high scores but with an ultimate goal of achieving a high cumulative team score for each tournament. We will shoot mostly in local Lee’s Summit archery tournaments almost every Saturday from January – early March. Our goal is to have an early AM and mid-day PM shoot times for every tournament to give our archers options to shoot in order to provide flexibility for them to participate in other winter sporting events such as basketball. The end of archery season culminates in our final tournament – the Missouri State Archery Tournament in Branson, MO. This tournament is completely optional and is scheduled for one day from March 7 – 10, 2023 and is an absolute blast to attend and maybe get some family fun at the same time. We will not be able to pinpoint which day or shoot time at state until our slot is picked by lottery early March.

PRACTICE: Practices are every Wednesday night for the following time slots:
Beginning archers (no experience): 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Intermediate archers (5th – 6th graders): 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Advanced archers (7th – 8th graders): 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
You can choose a different time slot if it fits your archer’s schedule better. Please let Coach
Rastorfer know ahead of time. First practice is Wednesday, November 16th.
Starting in January, there will also be a Friday morning open practice from 7:00 am – 7:45 am for
any archer who wants additional practice time before tournaments.

COMMUNICATION: TeamSnap will be used for all communication for tournaments and practices.

EQUIPMENT: The OLP Archery Club has bows that can be loaned to archers for the season.
Archers will receive arrows to shoot with from the Club. Some families choose to purchase their own Genesis compound bow and Easton 1820 aluminum arrows. Please circle on the sign-up sheet if you need a loner bow and arrows or if you have your own. Please check with Coach Rastorfer before you purchase equipment to ensure you buy only NASP approved equipment.

QUESTIONS: If you have further questions, contact Coach Rob Rastorfer: olparchery@gmail.com

Head Coach: Rob Rastorfer - olparchery@gmail.com
Assistant Coach: Tim Allen
Assistant Coach: Rick Lyon
Assistant Coach: Cheryl Melton
Assistant Coach: Sabrina Rogers
Assistant Coach: Clint Rogers
Assistant Coach: Erik Timpson