Archery tournament to support Warrior Bonfire Project

Published 12:00 am Saturday, May 30, 2015

BULLSEYE: Thomas Tarver sights in his bow on the lawn of the Duff Green Mansion in 2012.

BULLSEYE: Thomas Tarver sights in his bow on the lawn of the Duff Green Mansion in 2012.

With quivers full of arrows and bows packed up, people will be flocking to Clinton today for the 3D Archer Tournament hosted by Hobie’s Outdoor Sports of Vicksburg.

All proceeds from the tournament will be donated to the Warrior Bonfire Project.

Warrior Bonfire Project Director of Special Events Helen Phillips said the organization takes post-9/11 Purple Heart veterans on adventure trips.

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“Next week we’ll take a group to North Carolina to drive NASCARs, do zip lines and go white-water rafting,” she said.

“It all helps them break their boundaries from their injuries.”

The archery tournament will be held at Camp Down Range, 3213 Clinton-Tinnin Road, Clinton, and registration will be from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. the day of the event.

There will be six divisions: men’s open, men’s hunter, women’s open, women’s hunter, youth boys and youth girls. The youth divisions are open to competitors ages 11–16, and adult divisions are open to competitors age 16 and up.

The entry fee is $30 for adults and $15 for youth competitors, and children 10 and under are invited to come shoot for free.

Winners for adult divisions will be awarded $300 gift cards for first place, $150 gift cards for second place and $75 gift cards for third place.

Winners for the youth divisions will be awarded $100 gift cards for first place, $50 gift cards for second place and $25 gift cards for third place.

At the event there will be applications for supporters to take part in the Mississippi Car Tag campaign, which has a new deadline of Oct. 15 to meet the required 300 preorders.

“We will be raffling off a signed WWE Million Dollar Belt signed by Ted DiBiase Sr. and Ted DiBiase Jr.,” Phillips said.

“Ted Jr. will be working the grill in support of the Warrior Bonfire Project.”

Several door prizes will be raffled off at the tournament, including a crossbow, a Primos Double Bull Blind, a feeder and game camera combinations, a pair of Costa sunglasses and more.

At the event, there will be an official American flag retirement ceremony to demonstrate the proper process for retiring an American flag.

Breakfast and lunch will be available for purchase at the tournament.