| Robtattoo, I think I agree with what you are saying. I also feel archery can become too competition orientated. I am not against competition but there should be equal room for those who just want to shoot; and shoot very well.
The point about classification is, I feel, the score was achieved under competition stress, if that's the right term. Getting the same score at home on your own makes life easier for many, so they had an advantage over those who scored equally well but in a competition.
That apart, I see no reason why you can't enjoy the scores you have shot on home ground. Some might say,"Yes, but can you do it in competition?"
The answer might be "No", but that misses the point. Why should you need to compete to have a score recognised as good or excellent?
Being realistic, I think it would be difficult to have two sets of classifications. One for scores shot at competition and one for those shot at home, for enjoyment. Not difficult in the sense that it would require a huge amount of work by a large number of people. Perhaps difficult in getting some to accept the non competition scores.
Having said that, does it matter if others don't accept the score? I think not.
Unless you want to use the score as an entry to an elite squad.
I never reached MB but I shot several MB scores. I feel quite good about the scores but realise that I would probably have shot lower scores had I been in competition on those occasions.
Perhaps the answer is to describe your shooting as "To the level of......" without claiming to be that classification. If you are doing that at your own club, everyone will understand and probably feel the way you do about it.
If you are talking about having names on lists as in archery magazines,"These archers gained MB status this year," etc. then that is very different, I feel.
That would require two lists one for those who reached the level at competition and one for those who shot at home for fun.  |