Home to the 2015 World Archery Youth and U.S. National Field Archery Championships Eight years ago, a national archery organization decided to relocate its headquarters from sunny California to Yankton, South Dakota. In relatively short order, Yankton has now been frequently referred to as the archery version of what technology is in Silicon Valley. And Bruce Cull has been front and center the whole time. Now the president of the National Field Archery Association (NFAA), Cull played a key role in the effort to relocate the organization’s national headquarters from Redland, California, to Yankton in 2007. Since that time, the NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Complex - as it’s called now - boasts one of the world’s only 90-meter Olympic indoor ranges, and as of a year ago, the NFAA museum which is open to the public. The highlight of Yankton’s entrance into the international archery scene was landing the 2015 World Youth Championships, beating out such locations as Mexico City. An estimated 600 competitors from 60 countries are expected to travel to Yankton for the prestigious event which will run from June 8-14. 48 – Yankton, South Dakota None of the big-time tournaments this town hosts, though, would have been possible without the improvements to the NFAA Easton Archery Complex. The complex saw a $1.5 million addition in 2010, a move that essentially doubled the size of the facility. The overall complex also features a FITA outdoor 90-meter range and redesigned 3D ranges. Perhaps the biggest addition to the complex, however, is the museum. In addition to more than 300 historic bows, its collection includes memorabilia from over 100 national tournaments. It is not only professional archers who have shot arrows in Yankton, however. A number of youth programs have sprouted out because of the archery expansion - as well as a number of archery-related movies in recent years. You can learn more about the archery complex at www.yanktonarcherycomplex. org, or call (605) 260-9282.