The 18th annual Tim Farmer Archery Classic will be held May 18-19 at the headquarters of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources in Frankfort, Ky.

Tim Farmer, host of the department's popular "Kentucky Afield" television show, will attend.

Competition will be in 19 classes for men, women and youth.

Registration for the weekend target archery shoot is from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on both days. Archers should register in the classroom building, located on the grounds of the department headquarters, two miles west of Frankfort on U.S. 60.

The cost to shoot is $15 for an adult and free for youths 10 years of age and under. The top finishers in each class will receive cash or trophy prizes.

Archers in the competition will shoot at three-dimensional (3D) foam animal targets at varying distances. Farmer said 3-D shoots are good practice for bow hunting. "They help archers learn to judge distances and reward proper arrow placement with high scores," he explained.

The event is sponsored by the Christian Archers of Kentucky, an archery club headquartered in Nicholasville.

Kentucky Afield-Tim Farmer Classic on YouTube

Classes

Pro Class: Orange Stake: Max 50 yards: any release, any bow, any stabilizer, any sight.

Open Class: Orange Stake: Max 50 yards: any bow, any release, any stabilizer, any sight.

RangeFinder Class : Orange Stake: Max 50 yards: any bow, any release, any stabilizer, any sight. RangeFinders can be used by participants of this class, Do Not Share Distances with other Class Participants.

Open 'B' Class: Green Stake: Max 45 yards: any bow, any release, any stabilizer, any sight.

Women's Open: Green Stake: Max 45 yards: any bow, any release, any stabilizer, any sight.

Senior Class: Green Stake: Max 45 yards: any bow, any release, any stabilizer, any sight. Age must be 50 or over.

MBR Class: Green Stake: Max 45 yards: any bow, any release, any stabilizer fixed pin sight with no lens, No movable sight, any sight that moves on the course is a movable sight.

Hunter : Yellow Stake: Max 35 yards: any bow, any release, One 12 inch stabilizer measured from point of attachment to the bow, fixed pin sight with no lens, No movable sight, any sight that moves on the course is a movable sight. No back weights ,side weights or any additional stabilizers. Any arrow combination.

Women's Hunter: Yellow Stake: Max 35 yards: any bow, any release, One 12 inch stabilizer measured from point of attachment to the bow, fixed pin sight with no lens, No movable sight, any sight that moves on the course is a movable sight. No back weights ,side weights or any additional stabilizers. Any arrow combination.

Youth Class: Yellow Stake: Max 35 yards: any bow, any release, any stabilizer, any sight.

NASP Class: White Stake: Max 20 yards: Must follow NASP equipment, Genesis Bow, full length arrows, no sights, no release. Trophy Class Traditional: White Stake: Max 20 yards: Recurve or Longbow, no sights, no release.

Cub: White Stake: Max 20 yards: any bow, any release, any stabilizer, any sight.

Pee Wee: May select a reasonable yardage to hit target