Effective date: July 21, 2026 · Last updated: September 8, 2026
These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding agreement between you and BowStrike ("BowStrike," "we," "us," or "our"), the operator of the BowStrike platform and the website at bowstrike.com and its subdomains (the "Service"). By creating an account, accessing, or using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
BowStrike is a software platform for organizing and participating in archery activities. It includes tools for competition timing, registration, live scoring and results, club and membership management, class and lesson scheduling, an events calendar, and online payment collection. Features are provided "as they exist" and may change, be added, or be removed over time.
You must be able to form a binding contract to create an account. Archery is a youth-friendly sport, and the Service supports youth programs such as JOAD. If you are under the age of 18, you may use the Service only with the involvement and consent of a parent, legal guardian, or a supervising organization (such as a club or coach), who agrees to these Terms on your behalf and is responsible for your use.
We do not knowingly allow children under 13 to create their own accounts without verifiable parental consent. A parent, guardian, or supervising organization who registers or manages a minor's participation represents that they have authority to do so and to provide the minor's information. See our Privacy Policy for how we handle information relating to minors.
Account activity. A BowStrike membership is considered active after a successful sign-in and remains active for six months. Signing in again restarts that clock. During the final month, we may send no more than one activity reminder per week. If the clock expires, access becomes inactive and you must request reinstatement from support; an approved request opens a limited sign-in window. Inactivity does not delete your profile, scores, or account history, and it is separate from club dues and paid organizer plans. Accounts created before this rule was introduced may receive a temporary transition period.
Organizer plans. Running competitions, collecting fees, and certain organizer features require a paid plan or an active promotional credit. Plan prices, limits, and terms are shown at the point of purchase. Paid one-time and per-competition purchases are charged when you buy them; monthly plans renew automatically each month until cancelled.
Founding-organizer promotion. Where offered, eligible organizers may run free for an introductory period (currently the first six months). This promotion collects a payment method and creates a subscription with a free trial. Unless you cancel before the trial ends, the plan converts to a paid subscription and your payment method is charged at the then-current price. You may cancel at any time before the trial ends to avoid any charge.
Payment processing and the platform fee. Payments on the Service — such as competition entry fees, class fees, club dues, and paid range reservations — are processed by Stripe or PayPal, according to the organizer's checkout choice. Organizer proceeds are paid to the connected processor account of the organizer or club collecting them. BowStrike does not hold, escrow, or take custody of organizer proceeds. BowStrike charges a platform fee (currently 5% of the transaction), deducted from organizer proceeds at payment, and the selected processor's own fees also apply. Your use of payment features is additionally subject to the Stripe Connected Account Agreement and Stripe's terms or the applicable PayPal User Agreement.
Refunds. Because organizers and clubs receive participant payments directly, any refund of an entry fee, class fee, or dues is a matter between the participant and that organizer or club. BowStrike is not a party to those transactions and does not issue refunds on an organizer's behalf. Refunds of BowStrike plan charges are handled per the plan terms shown at purchase and are otherwise non-refundable except where required by law.
Taxes. You are responsible for determining and paying any taxes applicable to fees you collect from participants or members.
If you use the Service to run an event, class, club, or membership program (an "Organizer"), you are solely responsible for that activity — including its rules, safety, eligibility decisions, scoring accuracy, disputes, communications, collection and refund of fees, and compliance with the rules of any governing body and with applicable law. BowStrike provides tools and does not run the Organizer's event or independently verify every result. Scores, standings, and verification indicators shown in the Service are provided for convenience and are not official rulings. Optional BowStrike Ranked approval means only that an event has met BowStrike's published eligibility controls for BowStrike's own community standings. It is not sanctioning by NFAA, USA Archery, or any other governing body; event insurance; a range inspection; a safety guarantee; or an endorsement of the Organizer. An event may use BowStrike without requesting this designation.
Independent program; no affiliation. BowStrike is not affiliated with, sponsored by, endorsed by, administered by, or acting as an agent of the National Field Archery Association (NFAA), USA Archery, World Archery, ASA, IBO, or any other archery governing body unless BowStrike expressly announces a written relationship. References to an organization, its rules, or a credential such as “NFAA Certified Judge” or “USA Archery Judge” identify an independent source or issuer only. BowStrike's review of a third-party credential means solely that BowStrike reviewed the submitted claim for use within BowStrike; it is not issuance, renewal, certification, approval, or endorsement by the issuing organization.
A BowStrike Ranked event must designate an official with an active BowStrike membership who is either a person holding a current NFAA-issued Certified Judge or National Judge credential that BowStrike independently reviewed, or the responsible organizer who passed the current BowStrike Event Official Assessment with at least 43 of 50 answers correct. A BowStrike assessment pass is personal, nontransferable, and limited to competitions owned by that account. It is not an NFAA, USA Archery, or other third-party certification, does not authorize the person to officiate another Organizer's event, and creates no qualification outside BowStrike. A third-party-credential holder must separately accept an assignment for another Organizer's event. BowStrike may revoke its recognition when a credential expires, the applicable BowStrike rules or assessment change, or submitted information is false.
By enrolling an event in BowStrike Ranked, the Organizer certifies that the competition, participant identities, categories, scorecards, signatures, and results are genuine and accurate to the best of the Organizer's knowledge. Archer participation in the public season rankings is optional; opting in authorizes publication of the ranking fields described at registration, and the archer may later revoke that choice without leaving the event. At publication the archer must also have an active BowStrike membership. A later lapse does not erase an already-finalized historical result. A minor may be opted in only through the recorded attestation of a parent or legal guardian. BowStrike may exclude questionable events or results and may suspend or terminate accounts for deliberate falsification, manufactured participation, collusion, or coordinated ranking abuse.
"Your Content" means anything you submit to the Service — organization profiles and blurbs, event listings, sponsor logos, class descriptions, product-release announcements and images, forum posts, marketplace listings, scores, and similar material. You retain ownership of Your Content. You grant BowStrike a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, and distribute Your Content solely to operate and provide the Service (for example, showing a leaderboard, a public event page, an approved product announcement, or a sponsor logo on a scorecard).
You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary rights to Your Content and that it does not infringe or violate the rights of any third party. This is especially important for logos, brand names, and images (including sponsor logos): by uploading them you confirm you are authorized to use and display them on the Service. You are responsible for Your Content, and you agree to remove anything you no longer have the right to use.
Product releases. By submitting a product release, you confirm that you are authorized by the named manufacturer, brand, distributor, or its representative; that the announcement concerns a genuine new or meaningfully updated archery-related product; that it is intended for public release; and that you have permission to share its text, link, and image. BowStrike may verify, lightly edit for length or clarity, approve, decline, or later remove it. Approval only permits publication and is not an endorsement, certification, or BowStrike product review.
Staff profiles. The staff finder is an optional introduction service, not an employment agency, credential issuer, background-screening provider, or endorsement. Unless expressly marked as BowStrike-reviewed, roles, certifications, SafeSport status, background-screening status, experience, and availability are self-reported. Clubs and individuals remain responsible for interviews, reference and credential checks, safeguarding requirements, employment classification, insurance, compensation, taxes, and compliance with applicable law. Staff-directory contact begins only through BowStrike Messages; do not publish personal contact details in a staff profile.
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To limit abuse, some community features (such as forum posting) may require a waiting period after you request access, and submitted listings may be reviewed by automated and human moderation. We may remove content or restrict features at our discretion to enforce these Terms.
The Service includes a directory of archery events. Some listings are created by users; others are compiled from, or link to, third-party websites such as associations and event organizers. These listings and links are provided for convenience. BowStrike does not control, endorse, or take responsibility for third-party events, websites, or their content, availability, or accuracy. Following a link to a third-party site is at your own risk and subject to that site's terms.
The Service relies on third-party providers, including Stripe and PayPal (payments), and providers for email delivery, hosting, and automated content review. Your use of payment features is subject to the selected processor's agreements. We are not responsible for third-party services' acts or omissions, but we select providers we consider reputable.
The Service, including its software, design, text, graphics, and the BowStrike name and logo, is owned by BowStrike or its licensors and is protected by intellectual-property laws. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable license to use the Service as intended. All other rights are reserved. Trademarks, product names, certification titles, and logos of other organizations referenced in the Service belong to their respective owners. Their use identifies the relevant organization, credential issuer, competition format, or source and does not imply affiliation, sponsorship, approval, or endorsement.
BowStrike's ranking rules, help text, and Event Official Assessment are independently authored for BowStrike's own program. BowStrike may cite or link to public third-party rules as factual reference material, but it does not reproduce or administer another organization's certification examination. Organizers and officials remain responsible for consulting the current official rules of any governing body whose event they conduct.
BowStrike's original content — including our event summaries and descriptions, tool outputs, editorial and instructional text, and the selection, arrangement, coordination, and compilation of listings and data (collectively, the "BowStrike Database") — is the copyrighted work of BowStrike, protected as an original work of authorship and as a compilation. Except as expressly permitted in writing, you may not copy, reproduce, scrape, harvest, republish, resell, or otherwise exploit the BowStrike Database or any substantial part of it, and you may not use automated means to access, index, or extract it. We do not claim exclusive ownership of individual public facts (such as an event's date or location); our rights extend to our original expression and to the compilation as a whole.
Copyright complaints (DMCA). We respect intellectual-property rights and expect our users to do the same. If you believe material on the Service infringes your copyright, send a notice through our contact form that includes: (a) your contact information; (b) identification of the copyrighted work; (c) identification of the allegedly infringing material and where it appears on the Service; (d) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law; (e) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf; and (f) your physical or electronic signature. You may also send the notice by mail to BowStrike, PO Box 587, Bethel, CT 06801. We will remove or disable material we determine to be infringing and may terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, that timing, scoring, or results will be accurate or reliable for any official purpose, or that any event listing is accurate or current. You use the Service and rely on its output at your own risk.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BOWSTRIKE AND ITS OWNERS, EMPLOYEES, AND SUPPLIERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL, OR FUNDS, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO BOWSTRIKE FOR THE SERVICE IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM, OR (B) US $100. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless BowStrike from any claims, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from Your Content, your events or activities run through the Service, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any law or third-party right.
You may stop using the Service and close your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these Terms, create risk or legal exposure, or if we discontinue the Service. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including ownership, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and indemnification) will survive.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut, United States, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. You agree that the state and federal courts located in Connecticut will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute not subject to other agreed dispute-resolution terms, and you consent to their jurisdiction and venue.
We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above and, for material changes, provide reasonable notice. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms.
Questions about these Terms? Reach us through our contact form, or write to BowStrike, PO Box 587, Bethel, CT 06801.