Gainesville, FL, January 24, 2007 - The Archery Shooters Association (ASA) is starting this year's McKenzie ASA Pro/Am Tour in Gainesville on Friday, February 2nd thru Sunday, February 4th. The event will take place at the Gainesville Raceway Road Course. More than 1,000 amateur and professional archers from across the United States will compete for cash awards, trophies, and accumulate points toward the impressive "Shooter of the Year" award in their class. Another 900 family members are also expected to attend. This is the 13th year the ASA and Gainesville Sports Commission, formerly the Gainesville Sports Organizing Committee, has teamed up to bring this event into the city of Gainesville.

The ASA Pro/Am Tour is a national series of six Pro/Am tournaments, plus the Championship "Classic". This tour is recognized as the best run, highest paying, and most exciting events in 3-D archery. The ASA 3-D archery includes competitive rounds of 20 lifelike, three-dimensional, animal targets made of foam. The competitors must aim at the scoring rings located on the foam targets. To earn points an archer must determine the distance to the target, pick a good aiming point, and execute the shoot.

The ASA uses a scoring system of 14,12,10,8,5 or 0 points per arrow. Scoring is based on zero points for a miss, five points are earned for a hit anywhere in the body, eight points for the largest scoring ring in the foam animal, tens points for the 4 -5 inch center circle inside the 8-ring, and twelve points for the smaller ring offset to the bottom or top of the 10-ring. Another circle housed in the upper rear of the 8-ring is a 14-ring.

The McKenzie ASA Pro/Am Tour is a true archery festival with over 40 of the top archery and outdoor manufacturers showing the newest and latest products, a special archery program with activities for the whole family, and many archery challenges. In addition to the two days of competition featuring McKenzie 3-D targets, other activities include Delta Target bales for warm-up, the Realtree practice range, the Zebra Twist Team Shoot, the LimbSaver Known Distance Shoot, the Delta Field Target Speed Shoot, and the opportunity to meet, watch, and learn from great professional archers.

This event offers everyone the chance to experience the fun of the ASA Pro/Am Tour with competition ranges that are specifically designed to be spectator friendly, and competition classes that allow everyone from age six-to-sixty plus compete. In addition to providing world class competition, this ASA Pro/Am tour will bring into the Gainesville area an economic impact of over $500,000 as this event attracts thousands of archers, sponsors, family members and spectators. Funding for the ASA Pro/Am Gainesville Tour stop is provided by a grant provided through Alachua County tourist tax funds and a grant from the Florida Sports Foundation. Parking and Admission are free. For information about the Archery Shooters Association, visit their website www.ASAarcherya or email: info@asaarchery.com.

2007 McKenzie ASA Pro/Am Tour
February	2 - 4	Delta Targets Florida Pro/Am	Gainesville, FL
March	2 - 4	Hoyt USA Mississippi Pro/Am	Hattiesburg, MS
March	23 - 25	Carbon Express / Bow Tech Texas Pro/Am	Paris, TX
April	27 - 29	Easton Arrows Georgia Pro/Am	Augusta, GA
June	1 - 3	LimbSaver Kentucky Pro/Am	London, KY
June	29 - July 1	Mathews Solo-Cam Illinois Pro/Am	Metropolis, IL
August	10 - 12	Realtree ASA Classic	Columbus, GA

About Archery Shooters Association:

Since its inception in 1993, the Archery Shooters Association (ASA), headquartered in Kennesaw, Georgia, has hosted tens of thousands of amateur and professional archers from across the United States in national ASA Pro/Am and ASA Federation competitions. The state level organization is known as the ASA Federation, while the national level shoots are known as the ASA Pro/Am Tour. The ASA has Federation chapters in 30 states with over 7,000 members and 250 clubs. With a focus on the growth of the sport of 3-D archery by supporting local clubs and making a commitment to youth education and training, the ASA has established itself as a leading force in the movement to bring the sport to mainstream America. Features that distinguish ASA Pro/Am and Federation competitions include a standardized set of competition rules; professionally executed shooting ranges; high standards for dress and conduct; safety standards that include a maximum arrow speed standard of 280 feet per second; the copyrighted 12-ring and 14-ring scoring system; and the largest paybacks in competitive archery.

About the Gainesville Sports Commission:

Founded in 1988, formerly the Gainesville Sports Organizing Committee (GSOC), the Gainesville Sports Commission is a not-for-profit organization that promotes tourism through sports while creating a positive economic impact on Gainesville and Alachua County. In the past 18 years, we have generated more than $150 million in direct economic activity from participants and spectators to events we help bring to our community. Annually our organization hosts or helps others host more than 30 sports events, providing an annual economic impact of $10 million. For more information about the Gainesville Sports Commission, please call 352-338-9300 or visit www.gainesvillesportscommission.com.

For more information about the McKenzie ASA Pro/Am Tour in Gainesville on February 2 - 4, 2007 at the Gainesville Raceway Road Course, please call the Gainesville Sports Commission at 352-338-9300 or email: jcacciatore@gainesvillesportscommission.com