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In recent years 50 metres has become the preferred World Archery distance for international compound competition, including the Archery World Cup. As a result, the WA 50m round – six dozen arrows at 50 metres on an 80cm face – is becoming ever more popular as a tournament format.
The WA 50m round has many advantages for an International Compound Bow League communicating over the Internet: Everybody can shoot together on the same virtual line, the distance of 50m is accessible to most archers including: men, women & progressing cadets, yet it remains a challenge to international level compound shooters. |
For 2019 there has been requested minor rule change, that has major a implication that we hope will improve the operation of the league.
- An archer can now submit as many scores as they like.
- The best three scores will be used to calculate both individual AND team awards.
- As any number of scores can be submitted, it is no longer necessary to decide before shooting whether to submit a score. Shoot a round to WA rules of shooting, either at the club or at a tournament, and then add the score(s) to the league
Core Information
- UC Compound Bows Only (Others may be added if there is a demand.)
- WA 50 Metre Round: 6 Dozen arrows at 50 Metres, 80cm face, 6 or 10 zone scoring
- Individual Competition: the best three scores are added together and ranked
- Team competition: three archers each shoot and their best three 50 Metre scores are used: , 3 x3 = 9 scores
- Men's, Women's & Cadet's awards. Individual and Teams results are automatically calculated by the cloud software
- The league runs: 1st January – 30th September in any given year
- The Records Officer adds all team, archer & score information. It is the Records Officer who interacts with this website
- A Records Officer can administer one or several teams
- Click HERE to become a Records Officer
- Awards to top Individuals & Teams
- FREE ENTRY
An example of how it all works:
ABC Archery Club have 9 compound archers who shoot 50m. The Records Officer Larry sets up a new team called "ABC Archery Club", adds the archers and enters their scores. The league software calculates and ranks the nine archers into sub-teams of three: ABC Archery Club Team 1, ABC Archery Club Team 2 & ABC Archery Club Team 3.
Larry and two friends also shoot compound and want to set up a Named Team of Three, The Three Archerteers. As Larry is already a Records Officer, he can go to his control panel web page and set up a new team, and then he adds the scores for The Three Archerteers.
Overview
- The
aim of The 50 Metre Compound League is to develop a form of competitive archery
where clubs and groups of archery friends can shoot together in a relaxed atmosphere at a pace they like so as to produce their very best performance.
- The
50 Metre Compound League is designed to enable teams and individuals to judge how they
are progressing, both locally and internationally. The
rules are designed to be smart but casual. There
is no stipulation as to when or where rounds are to be shot:
an individual or team is quite at liberty to [attempt to] shoot six
or more rounds in a 24 hour period. Likewise, two archers can be shooting their
sixth rounds with an archer who is shooting their first round. Three archers from
the same team are at liberty to shoot together on the same target. A
club may decide to shoot the 50 metre round on the second Sunday of
the month, or two friends may phone each other and say: "It's a nice day, let's
go down to the club and shoot a league round now". Exactly how shooting
is organised is left to clubs & teams.
- However, the scoring must always be rigorous.
Get your name on a 50m Compound League certificate, and hang it in your clubhouse.
50m Compound League Certificates will given for:
Individual Compound Men – Total of Best Three Rounds
Individual Compound Women – Total of Best Three Rounds
Compound Teams: Three Archer's Best Three Rounds Each (3 x 3 = 9 rounds in total)
Cadet awards will depend upon entries.
An archer must complete at least 3 rounds to be eligible for a certificate
Types of Team & Individual
- Club
Teams can consist of any number of archers, and the
league software will calculate the various team aggregates and team of three positions. All archers in a club team
must be formal members of a particular club: no ringers allowed. County,
state, regional, national and other associations will be treated as
a club. Club teams should have sensible team names that reflect the name of the club.
- Named
Teams consist of ONLY three archers. Named team members do not have to be members of the same
club, just three archers who wish to form a team. A named team may not
change its makeup in a year. Named teams are at liberty to adopt personal or silly but non-offensive names.
- In the individual competition an archer can shoot as many scores as they like (for a team), and the best three scores count.
- A solo archer can shoot as an individual, however, it will still necessary to set up a team. One archer calls her solo team 'MeByMyself'.
- Just enroll as a records officer and enter scores. The 50m Compound League software will determine if a team is a Club Team or a Named Team, individual and team rankings, etc.
- An archer can be a member of more than one team, but only their highest best of three score will be considered in the individual competition.
- Records officers (see below) always at liberty to start new teams.
In subsequent years as the league grows it will be possible to introduce more types of team.
Rules of Shooting
- If the archer is a member of more that one team they MUST STATE which team that
they are representing BEFORE shooting/scoring commences: One score can only be used for one team!
- Archers may not shoot by themselves.
- Up to 45 min of practice is allowed before scoring commences.
- Archers may submit scores club shoots and/or from open tournaments. Indeed, archers shooting at a Double 50m tournament may submit both scores to the league.
- Cadet archers must be under 18 at the time of shooting.
- Line cutters: Always ask
yourself: Would a judge give it at a tournament?
The Records Officer & Their Role
Every
team must have a designated records officer who's duty it
is to:
- Have access
to an email address and the web.
- To Set Up a NEW Records Officer Account CLICK HERE
- Provide and remember a user name & password.
- Register one or more teams.
- Double check the
addition on ALL the physical score sheets.
- All scores must be added to the database within 21 days of being shot, the date on the score sheet or the tournament results. This is to stop an archer or team joining at the end of the season and submitting a season's scores.
- Retain ALL the physical score sheets and/or tournament results. The league organisers
reserve the right to ask to see the original physical score sheets
at any time (postage paid by the league).
- Enter all scores
to the web site in a diligent manner.
- Act as a point
of contact.
- When a cadet archer turns 18 they become a senior according to FITA rules. When this occurs the records officer must create a new archer, and NOT just change the archer from Cadet Woman to Woman or Cadet Man to Man. If they do so all of the cadet scores will be converted to senior scores.
- Final rounds must be shot by midnight on the 30th September.
- All scores must be added within 21 days, that is midnight on 21st October.
- Should any club or named team be found to be putting in false scores, all team members will be banned from the league.
Contact The League Webmaster: Mark Leach
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