Winter Classic

Event Sponsors:

Event Type: NAA/Lancaster

Event Duration: You shoot ONLY 1 day.

Line times: 9am, 1pm

Cost: $35 (Money $50)

Hotel Info: Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 400 Stevenson Highway Troy MI. 48083 Located 2 miles south of venue.  Room Block available until November 16th  King $149.00,  King Suite  $160 To reserve, call 248-583-1900 Group Name Rising Phoenix Archery

Registration opens September 22th, 2026

To register you must have a profile in our registration software, Upper Hand. Follow any registration link on our website to create an account.

Saturday 9am Event link 

Saturday 1pm Event link 

Sunday 9am Event link

Sunday 1pm Eventlink

Sunday 9am Championship link

The Winter Classic by Rising Phoenix features  thirty  genderless shooting categories

We will be shooting a 660 round format where the X counts as an 11 – Lancaster style.

Follow along anywhere as this event features real time LIVE scoring on betweenends.com!

Awards will be after the Sunday 1pm line. Estimated at 4:30pm

Barebow includes a stock genesis bow. 

Championship division features a 90% Payback pool.

U18 pays a scholarship to the top 3 finishes. 1st – $300, 2nd – $200, 3rd – $100 

 

Winter Classic Shooting Categories

Are not gender specific and follow USA Archery age guidelines: Call us with questions.

• U10 Compound
• U10 Pins
• U10 Recurve
• U10 Barebow
• U12 Compound
• U12 Pins
• U12 Recurve
• U12 Barebow
• U14 Compound
• U14 Pins
• U14 Recurve
• U14 Barebow
• U18 Compound – Scholarships
• U18 Pins – Scholarships
• U18 Recurve – Scholarships
• U18 Barebow – Scholarships
• U21 Compound
• U21 Pins
• U21 Recurve
• U21 Barebow
• Senior Compound
• Senior Pins
• Senior Recurve
• Senior Barebow
• Masters 50+ Compound
• Masters 50+ Pins
• Masters 50+ Recurve
• Masters 50+ Barebow
• We will add a 60+ division to any category that has at least 3 participants
• Championship (Money class)

Registration: September 22nd , 2026

• Awards will be Sunday around 4:30pm

Interesting facts:

2025 tied the record for attendance at 162 Archers

At the 2024 Winter Classic, men and women equally split championships at 15 a-peace. We had 156 participant’s.

At the 2023 Winter Classic, women won 14 of the 27 categories that offered medals. The youngest archer was age 7 and the oldest was over 80. Men won 39 medals compared to 34 for women. Set record for registrations at 162.

Winter Classic Rules: Winter-Classic-Rules-2026v2