Lancaster Archery Foundation Assists California Club Seeking More Gear

A long-time California archery club will upgrade its mid-level shooting gear to keep more intermediate archers in the game, thanks to a grant from the Lancaster Archery Foundation.

UCLA Club Archery of Los Angeles, Calif., was awarded $1,000 by the foundation to buy intermediate gear for archers in its program to use.

The club has a fair amount of gear for beginners, but that doesn’t help those higher-level archers looking to compete in outdoor target archery.

“We find that financial barriers are often most prevalent during outdoor season, when beginner equipment, especially in poundage and arrows, struggle to reach competition distances,” the club wrote on its grant application.

“Thus we are looking to acquire more intermediate level equipment that will allow more of our archers to compete in the outdoor season.”

Founded in 2003, UCLA Archery practices on a UCLA campus soccer field, and has members ranging from first-time archer to experience JOAD competitors. It hosts various USA Archery sanctioned tournaments throughout the year, offering free equipment rentals, National Training System coaching and other services and opportunities to dozens of young archers.

“Something we hear about time and again is kids dropping out of archery due to the inability to acquire suitable equipment,” said Rob Kaufhold, president of Lancaster Archery Foundation.

“We wholeheartedly support UCLA Archery’s efforts to keep kids on the line for as long as possible.”

Based in Lancaster, Pa., the Lancaster Archery Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expand, develop and promote 3D and target archery to help people improve their confidence, discipline and leadership skills through participation in competitive archery.

For more information on how you can donate to help organizations like UCLA Archery, visit lancasterarcheryfoundation.org.