Do judges (U.K.) slow up shoots?

[tel]

thats because they don't have so far to walk....

[Watch_Man]

Originally Posted by tel

thats because they don't have so far to walk....

So the guys must be giving the girls a head start by remaining at the bosses until the girls are back at the tent line and of course we know that the real reason FITA decided ladies would shoot 70m instead of 90m was to save the embarrassment of the guys who would all give up archery and go fishing or play golf

[PaulT]

Might I suggest this as an alternative question - judges do slow down shoots; is this a good thing?

[clickerati]

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.

[pwiles1968]

Originally Posted by Chumpzilla

It's not just a rumour, it was confirmed to Angry Gaz and myself at the GNAM that the timings will be changed on imperial rounds to fall in with metric. We were told that this will be being implemented at the British Targets in August.

How is timing a York going to work then, All the York's I have shot you shoot3 retire someone else shoots 3 they retire repeat, you go onto the line and come off in your own time as and when you finish, obviously taking care not to disturb anyone either side of you.

Are we going to have a timed 2 minutes for 3 arrows then all change together?

Or are we going to shoot in 6 arrow ends in 4 minute time frame please say it is this .

[bimble]

they don't slow it up as much as students in large number!!!

[Old Bloke]

Leigh, I'm not questioning the role that judges have at a shoot and the contribution they make, but more of the time they take to clear themselves from the shooting area. From recent experience, all archers are ready to shoot and behind the shooting line but for some reason the judge(s) are ambling back to the line before blowing their whistle..if they were to speed their walk up a little, over the period of a York, say, an hour could be crimmped off the finnishing time.

[Tony_zelah]

Originally Posted by tel

thats because they don't have so far to walk....

or is it because they can say twice as much in half the distance

[bluetick1230]

Hello Everybody

In my vast experiance of one Double Fita, organised by Rivernook Bowmen. I found the Judges to be excellent and the field team were so fast and professional they were finding my arrows before I could ask them to look.

4 mins for 6 arrows is so generous that the Judges were asked to drop the mid point comfort break which they happily did. We just did not need it.

So I would be happy to see a time constraint applied. It focuses everybody and keeps the day moving.

Bye bye for now

[Robin the Hood]

Does this time reduction apply to the York / Hereford or to all the GNAS rounds i.e National,Western etc.....

Paul...