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Archery Competition Description | Provisonal Archery rules
Glima (icelandic/Welsh) Wrestling
Preliminary heats and finals will take place at the archery range
Will be judged by public acclaim and a panel of judges.
There will be 2 awards
late night entertainment.
will be a round robin tournament during the Fayre or as agreed by any serious contenders. Junior competitions will be held any time there are sufficient players.
please submit entries by 3pm Friday. All items will be placed in safekeeping for judging at the appropriate time.
to be registered at admin between 11 am and 5pm Friday.
Entries will be on view during the market - Saturday between 2:00pm – 3:30pm in the marquee and judging will commence at 2pm.
Categories will be as follows
includes Fine art, Textiles, Tablet weaving, Pottery and Domestic equipment
If 2 or more items are entered under any of these categories at the judges' discretion may be moved into a category of their own.
The committee reserves the right to move entrants from the amateur to the professional category.
All items will be judged on
* Should there be several complete outfits of clothing submitted a separate category will be created, otherwise you may select your best single item to compete with other single items. (Two items, if in different fabrics, will be allowed, each as a single item entry). All clothing items must be clean (not worn since the last wash) or they will not be accepted for judging.
No Exceptions to this final rule.
The event will be a staggered distance timed shoot.
The objective will be to achieve the highest score possible by hitting the
targets as many times as possible within the given time. This event is felt
by the organizers to be representative of the performance
requirements of archers in a mass combat situation.
All equipment shall be submitted to scrutiny by the supervising marshal prior to commencement of the competition. Suitability shall be entirely at the marshals discretion.
Bows shall be constructed is such a manner that they are in accordance with the historical concept of a bow. All types of bows shall be permitted, including fibreglass and laminate, so long as they comply with the stipulated restrictions.
Bows shall not have a draw weight greater than 60lbs @ 28".
Prior to the commencement of competition, the marshal may request a
demonstration to determine if a bow inflicts excessive damage to
the target.
Crossbows shall be permitted so long as they comply with the requirements for bows.
Each competitor will be required to provide at
least twelve target arrows, each with clearly
identifiable markings for the individual competitor.
Fiberglass, aluminum, and metal shafted arrows will
not be permitted. The only acceptable material
for the shaft of an arrow shall be wood (typically
cedar). Fletching shall be mounted in such a way
that flight stabilization is maintained both
vertically and horizontally at all times of flight.
Both feathered and solid style fletchings shall
be permitted. Target style bullet-head and field-
points shall be the only acceptable arrow heads.
Broadhead, hunting, and barbed arrows will not be
permitted.
The event will be divided into six rounds, each round being a twenty second shoot. Competitors are required to check all personal equipment for damage and fatigue prior to the commencement of each round. Damaged or unsafe equipment shall not be used during competition, and be stored away from the shooting area to prevent accidental usage.
Competitors shall position themselves on the
shooting line and be given adequate warning
before the commencement of shooting. Archers
may assume any posture that provides a suitably
stable shooting position, so long as the posture
does not represent a hazard to competitors.
Arrows may be inserted into the ground around the
archer, provided they do not represent a hazard to
competitors. At no time shall a loaded bow be pointed
in any direction other than towards the target area.
At the time-marshal's discretion, an audio signal shall
be given and the round timer started.
Competitors may load and draw their bows prior to the commencement of shooting, but may not release their arrows prior to the start-signal. Any shot made before the start-signal shall be disregarded, the arrow retrieved, and the round done over. Once the designated time has elapsed, the time-marshal shall give a second audio signal and the round ended. Any shot made after the finish-signal shall be disregarded at the marshals discretion.
Competitors shall place their bows at rest and, at the marshals signal, advance to the targets to score and retrieve arrows. A round may be terminated at any time, by a competitor, marshal or spectator, by any suitably informative signal, for reasons of hazard or safety. A cry of 'HOLD' is recommended. Any round that is terminated prior to the finish signal shall result in the arrows being retrieved and the round done over. Any person found to abuse this authority shall be dealt with accordingly.
Each target shall be a single hay bale, oriented such that the largest surface is facing towards the competitors (the target face). The hay bale shall be rigidly mounted at least 10cm off the ground by any means that does not present undue hazards to the competitors arrows. The typical dimensions of target face of a hay bale are Xcm wide and Ycm high. These dimensions are representative of the central body mass of an armoured human target. Each target shall have a number, clearly visible from the shooting line, indicating the point value of the target.
The field shall be an open area with a slight decline towards the
targets from the shooting line. The shooting line shall povide
sufficient space such that each archer not interfere with those
around them. If insuffient space is available to accomadate all
archers simultaneously, each round will be broken into two or more
groups of archers, with all archers having an opportinity to shoot
before proceding to the next round.
The targets shall be positioned at four distances of 10, 20, 30, and 40 meters. The respective point value of the targets at each distance shall be 4, 6, 8, and 10 points. At least 40 meters of clear space shall extend behind the targets.
Spectators shall not be permitted forward of the shooting line. At least two marshals shall be present at all times:
Time-Marshall - provided with a timing device and signal, this marshall is responsible for starting the round and signalling when the designated time has elapsed.
Safety-Marshal - maintains general supervision of the event to ensure safe conduct.
To score a hit on a target, the arrow must come to rest in such a fashion that the material of the target suspends the whole arrow off the ground. Arrows that glance or bounce off the target will not be counted as a scoring hit. Arrows that penetrate through the target shall be counted at the marshals discretion, in accordance with the spirit of the event.
Each target shall have a point value, which the marshal shall tally for each scoring hit of the competitor. The Tally shall then be multiplied by the number of scoring arrows (Hits) to give a Round Score.
Eg.
| During a round, eight arrows we fired and six arrows hit targets: |
| The scores for each hit were 4,4,4,8,10,10. |
| The target Tally would be the sum of these scores: 4 + 4 + 4 + 8 + 10 + 10 = 40 points |
| The Round Score would thus be 40 x 6 = 240 points. |
| (Note: if the archer had struck the 4 point target with all eight arrows, the score would be 288 points.) |
| Author Note: the score can be interpreted as (average target value) x (number of hits). Thus the emphasis is on the number of scoring hits, not the value of the targets. |
| recommended format for a scoring sheet. | |||||
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Prepared by Wayne Robinson,
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