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 4^th 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 $55 per archer which goes directly to fund our team’s equipment such as bows, strings, cables, arrows, rests, and targets.  If your archer would like an OLP archery jersey, an additional $30 is required.  PLEASE SIGN-UP BY FILLING OUT ENROLLMENT FORM AND SUBMIT FORM AND CASH OR CHECK 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.  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 – March and 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, cross country and track & field.  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 between March 20-23, 2024.  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 THURSDAY night for the following time slots:
Elementary archers (4^th – 5^th graders): 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Middle School archers (6^th – 8^th graders): 6:30 pm - 7:30 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 Thursday, November 9^th.
                  Starting in January, there will also be a Tuesday 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 and arrows that can be loaned to archers for the season.  Some families choose to purchase their own Genesis compound bow (Easton 1820 aluminum arrows will be provided to each archer with their own bow).  See links on the website for equipment info.  Please circle on the sign-up sheet if you need a loner bow and arrows or if you have your own.  Equipment will be checked out in early November before practice begins.

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
Assistant Coach: Drew Brown
Assistant Coach: Matt Perkins