Qualifications/Classifications

[Rick_M]

As a new archer, (April ish), I am still just going to my club with a mate and shooting for a couple of hours and going home again without doing anything other than practice.

How do I therefore start to legally/officially record my scores and/or start to try for any archery classifications? We do have a club coach, but was on here anyway so asked here first.

Thanks guys

[Snarkhunter]

To work towards a classification (and, indeed, a handicap) you'll need to shoot the appropriate round at a competition (at the club or elsewhere) or shoot the round listed on an official club "target day". Any and every day can be a "target day" - the club just has to publish the date and round(s) to be shot in advance. Look at your club's shooting programme. Submit the completed signed (and countersigned) score sheets to you club's Records Officer.

You'll need any three allowed rounds for a handicap and three rounds at or above the required score for a classification - see the GNAS Rules of Shooting for details of the Rounds and scores.

Hope this helps.

[Tony_zelah]

Originally Posted by Snarkhunter

the club just has to publish the date and round(s) to be shot in advance. .

I was unaware the rounds to be shot on a target day has to be set in advanced and published. Is this the way your club operates or is it a ruling laid dow by GNAS/Archery UK?

[worthipa]

Originally Posted by Tony_zelah

I was unaware the rounds to be shot on a target day has to be set in advanced and published. Is this the way your club operates or is it a ruling laid dow by GNAS/Archery UK?

The GNAS Rules just say that any qualification up to and including Bowman is controlled by your club.

[Snarkhunter]

Originally Posted by Tony_zelah

I was unaware the rounds to be shot on a target day has to be set in advanced and published. Is this the way your club operates or is it a ruling laid down by GNAS/Archery UK?

From the GNAS Rules of Shooting:

313. Club Target Days
(a) A Club Target Day is any day and time appointed under the Rules of the Club and previously announced to the Members.
(b) There is no statutory limit to the number of officially appointed Target Days in any one week.
(c) All scores made must be entered in the Club Record Book.
(d) Target Days should commence punctually at the announced time.
(e) All shooting shall be in accordance with GNAS Rules of Shooting.

[Tony_zelah]

Read through the rules regarding target days, and I can see exactly where it says the day/s of the week and time/s of day target days will take place, and that such day/s & time/s should be published so that club members are aware of these details. But I fail to see where it says that the round/s to be shot need to be announced in advance only that they are recorded in the club record book, & they are shot in accordance with GNAS Rules of Shooting.

[not dead yet]

our club any day is a target day and any round can be shot on a target day, simple everything covered .

[Toxophilus_Archer]

Regarding your quotation/motto, archers do not fire they shoot!!

[paulhuk]

Originally Posted by not dead yet

our club any day is a target day and any round can be shot on a target day, simple everything covered .

That's the way our club operates too.

[Snarkhunter]

Yup, reading the rule it clearly doesn't require the round to be previously announced. It is our club that has previously agreed rounds listed in our shooting programme.