We are so grateful to the individuals, clubs and businesses that have contributed in many ways to make this event possible.

Cascade Mounted Archery Center of Bend, Oregon is hosting, organizing and contributing time and funding. They also hold several mounted archery clinics each year. Holm & Susan Neumann, Katie Stearns and Jet Cowan are members of the Pacific Horde.

Diana Troyk of Arizona for donating prizes & bringing horses.

Saluki Bow Lukas Novotny, boyer, of Julian, North Carolina for donating prizes.

Rose City Archery arrow manufacturer of Myrtle Point, Oregon for donating prizes. RCA is the main manufacturer of Port Orford Cedar arrows in the world. When you want the best arrows, you want Port Orford Cedar for sure.

Top Pin Archery of Sisters, Oregon for discounting equipment for the event.

Pine Mountain Posse a SASS shooting group, for putting on a firearm shoot for the competitors and for helping with logistics and cooking meals on Saturday & Sunday.

Clint Surplus horse & rider trainer for putting on a cattle drive for the competitors, and helping out at the event.

Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) members for donating their Medieval Reenactment demonstrations and volunteering at the event.

Seattle Knights Dameon and other members for donating their demonstrations.

Pat Stoddard for donating his Native American weapons demonstrations & bringing trained horses.

Katie Stearns for training many of the horses, bringing her horses, spreading the excitement about, and helping out at the event.

Russ Beggs, competitor, for a monetary donation and a huge amount of time & energy helping prepare.

Darran Wardle, competitor, for his help in organizing and setting up the event.

David Gray for promoting mounted archery in his books and articles. David will be announcing for parts of the Challenge, and vending some of his books on the worldwide history of mounted archery.

Jet Cowan is an internationally competitive mounted archer, with medals from the Brazilian competitions. Jet is announcing and otherwise helping put on this event.

Diane Gepart is a mounted archery enthusiast. She has made several of the Americans' costumes, and is helping out at the event.

Bill Berner, with DA Davidson/USB Financial for a monetary donation. Bill also teaches vaquero horsemanship with Mike Bridges.

Wendy Holman, with DA Davidson/USB Financial for a monetary donation and time.

Gary Lewis, Gary Lewis Outdoors, for help with publicity.

Oregon Days of Culture, for posting info on their website.

Central Oregon Trail Course, for posting info on their website.

Richard Beard Photography for discounting his videography of the event and other ways his images have promoted mounted archery.

Woodward Photography for donating her photography of the event. Lynn, a mounted archery enthusiast, created the posters and website for the event. She also manufactures the HatCozy, an ear warmer to winterize your cowboy hats, riding helmets and ballcaps.


A huge THANK YOU! to all of our sponsors and volunteers. We could not have done this without your help and enthusiasm!