| I've only ever found judges helpful. Being an archer who has often held up shooting due to equipment failure, I know that people get annoyed having to wait. At my last comp, I pointed out to a judge that one of my target mate's arrows seemed to be dangling and I was worried he'd lose his arrow score if it fell out. The judge looked through my scope and stopped the shoot. Turns out the chap's arrow had broken at the point on contact and the judge marked it, hammered out the pile and allowed the shoot to resume. I got a lot of angry stares, but in the end, the judge said I'd done the right thing. And while the archer was disappointed about breaking an arrow, he was happy he got the score.
Normally, shoots go off without a hitch, but judges are there to help. My beef is with comps the don't supply large enough work parties to help find lost arrows, move targets, etc. I find that slows down a shoot more than anything. |