Montreal wins yet again, but which Toronto team will show up next?
Before we dive-in to the blog, we at Archers Arena would like to thank everyone for coming to the tournament and making it a big success. Special thanks to the teams, friends and family that travelled across from Montreal and Ottawa. We’d also like to thank the people behind the court, without their support wouldn’t have been possible.
Montreal Originals (OG) beat The Untoucha-bows to win the 4th Edition of the Tri-City Combat Archery Tournament on Friday, November 23 in Toronto.
From left to right - Members of Team Untoucha-bows and Montreal OG after the final match of the Tri-City Combat Archery Tournament held at Archers Arena, Toronto.
This was the third tournament, Montreal OG have won under Olivier’s leadership. This time around too, it wasn’t a cake-walk for the Montreal team - here are the highlights.
The 7-hour long event saw back-to-back matches between teams from Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto. The round-robin games saw each team compete against everyone and in the end the top four competed for guts and glory. Here is the round-robin points table from the game-day.
The points-table from the 4th Tri-City Combat Archery Tournament hosted by Archers Arena in Toronto.
Unstable Unicorns, the Ottawa team, took the third place while another Toronto Team – The Lollipops- came in fourth.
The Tri-city Combat Archery tournament is not only - a great way to promote the sport we all love across borders and beyond - but also a healthy way to keep the top-performing players and seasoned veterans in that competitive spirit.
The teams could go head-to-head next in Vegas tentatively on February 19th. If this doesn’t materialize the 5th Edition of the Tri-City Combat Archery Tournament is being planned alongside which will be held in Ottawa. The Archery Games Ottawa will be hosting the tournament sometime in February 2020. The organizers have decided that the tournament this time around will have a giant-ass Tri-City trophy and take-home team-plaques.
This February, Archers Arena will be travelling to Ottawa to reclaim what’s rightfully theirs. And if you’re one of the beloved fans, members of the Archers Arena community from ‘The Six’ – you are all cordially (we can’ be more formal than this) to come and cheer for us in Ottawa.
The tournament will be held over the weekend, so you have even more reasons to join us. Feel free to email us at info@archersarena.com if you have any questions. You can even call at (647)-992-7362. We’ll be posting updates, tournament rules and venue details soon. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more.
While the Montreal has been consistently playing with their ‘A-team’, Toronto experimented by shuffling its players across different teams. This time however, Toronto is expected to stack its best players together.
“We’re coming for the throne. We’re going to be sending out our best team this time,” said Sam Lai, founder – CEO of Archers Arena. “So Ottawa and Montreal teams, better watch out for us.”
Ashley one of the crowd-favourite this year, struck the gong the maximum number of times during the tournament often saving her team entire matches. And coach Josh, the team-captain for The Untoucha-bows caught 3 arrows in magical Super Saiyan god level like mode. Here is the footage.
Who makes the final roster is a mystery as of now, but do comment below or share the names of your favourite coaches and/or players that you’d want to represent Toronto.
Tri-city Combat Archery Tournament comes to Toronto this Saturday
The 4th Edition of the Tri-City Combat Archery Tournament is going to be held on 23 Nov. 2019 in Toronto.
The event will be held at Archers Arena, also where the first edition of the tournament took place about 3 years ago. Archers Arena is located at 1140 Sheppard Ave West, Suite 3, Toronto.
The Tri-City tournament began as an initiative to promote the sport of Combat Archery not just in Toronto but all over eastern Canada.
“Three years ago, we reached out to five other Combat Archery locations in Canada. Since only three accepted, we’re called tri-city,” said Sam Lai, founder – CEO of Archers Arena.
Archers Arena hosted the first edition in October 2017, where Combat d'Archers from Montréal beat Archery Games and Archers Arena.
The Archers Arena team avenged the home-defeat 10 months later when Combat d'Archers hosted the second edition of the tournament in Montréal.
The third and latest edition of the tournament was hosted by Archery Games in Ottawa, where Combat d'Archers came out the winners yet again.
“This year we’ve all gotten better – we know new tricks, we’re all shooting faster, we’re more accurate, everyone is more experienced,” he said.
Since Archers Arena beat Combat d’Archers in Montreal, “this is now going to be a grudge match,” he said.
“We have to watch-out for Combat d'Archers Montréal’s A Team, headed by Olivier,” said Lai.
He said that Archery Games Ottawa, the underdogs, can’t be neglected as the number 2 guy works twice as hard.
Montreal has won two out of the three tri-city tournaments and will be looking to defend their title.
The participation/entrance fee per person is $35.
There are more standard rules this time around. Rules can be found here.
The Tri-city tournament is a great way to test your skills and strength in a safe and competitive environment. Regular players and top-performing amateurs could use this opportunity to rub shoulders with the professionals.
Torontonians are welcome to come and cheer for the home team.
If you have any questions, you are requested to email Archers Arena at info@archersarena.com or call at (647)-992-7362. The public can follow the tournament and keep in touch on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram too.