Novice status

[acehero]

I've been looking at the tournament lists for the upcoming season, trying to plan which I can enter and noticed that some forms require you to enter whether you're a novice still. I started shooting last june/july time. Am I still a novice until 1 calender year is up, just for the first season I shot in, or is it until I pay my second lot of club subs?

Cheers

[LIzardEye]

As I understand it, you are a novice throughout your first year of shooting, ie until one year from when your club or GNAS membership started.

[darthTer]

Originally Posted by LIzardEye

As I understand it, you are a novice throughout your first year of shooting, ie until one year from when your club or GNAS membership started.

Thats the way I understood it....

[Little Miss Purple]

Originally Posted by LIzardEye

As I understand it, you are a novice throughout your first year of shooting, ie until one year from when your club or GNAS membership started.

Thats what I went by

[cestria]

I may be wrong but I'm sure the DNAA novice comp last year was for those in their 1st year of GNAS or until their 1st open competition.

[jules]

I was under the impression that you are a novice until you get a handicap and a classification! The classification over takes the novice status.

[LIzardEye]

Originally Posted by cestria

I may be wrong but I'm sure the DNAA novice comp last year was for those in their 1st year of GNAS or until their 1st open competition.

You're right, it was.

I guess there is some leeway for each club/comp to have additional conditions.

[josh 77]

Originally Posted by jules

I was under the impression that you are a novice until you get a handicap and a classification! The classification over takes the novice status.

I'm pretty sure thats what i was told aswell.

Maybe it would be a good idea to speak to the tournament organiser.

[Flying Whale]

Originally Posted by jules

I was under the impression that you are a novice until you get a handicap and a classification! The classification over takes the novice status.

Nope. Afraid not.

For a start you can get a handicap before you get a classification (if your scores are not high enough to make 3rd class outdoors).

Until you you have a classification you are 'unclassified'. You could I think remain unclassified for years if you do not shoot scores that are sufficiently high enough to make 3rd class. An alternative is that you may become "non-classified" after the first year, but I would have to check the exact wording in the GNAS handbook.

Novice is for the first year as described above.

[Little Miss Purple]

You need to check if some clubs have their own stipulation for a novice shoot... I was going to enter one in my 1st year but couldn't as they didn't allow anyone bowman or above. (I believe the theory was to encourage everyone along with the knowledge that all would be in with a chance!)