Ladders

[Furface]

I have this crazy idea of setting up a "shooting ladder" type thingy. Like a squash ladder, etc. The concept is easy - done on handicap, allowances published etc.
But, how could it physicall work? I could put up a paper list, but that would get scrawled over, and very consuing as members moved up and down. So what we need is a physical ladder. Does anyone know where to get one? Or what would I look for on ebay? Any other thoughts/suggestions?

[simon m]

White board?

[BowSurfer]

If you just take hadnicaps, then all you end up with a list of members current handicap ratings. Might be more exciting if getting up the ladder involves shooting a head-to-head with the person above you - then it doesn't matter what round you shoot it's the score on the day that moves you up - or is that what you were thinking of anyway?

[grantwomack]

Try this:
http://www.ropeyladder.com/index.php
Might be something a bit fun to do. I'm sure they would introduce an archery one if you asked them nicely.

[rohenwto]

Originally Posted by Furface

I have this crazy idea of setting up a "shooting ladder" type thingy. Like a squash ladder, etc. The concept is easy - done on handicap, allowances published etc.
But, how could it physicall work? I could put up a paper list, but that would get scrawled over, and very consuing as members moved up and down. So what we need is a physical ladder. Does anyone know where to get one? Or what would I look for on ebay? Any other thoughts/suggestions?

How about T-Cards
see http://www.visual-planning.co.uk/

[BobCat]

Check out the Squash section. They used to have a card system that might be akin to the T card system previously proposed.

[Barndoor]

My club shoot to a ladder indoor (or is that shoot at a ladder?). Now just about everyone seems to have their own version of the rules but I think it goes:

A standard round of 2.5 dozen at about 16 yds.

An archer can challenge anyone in the two places above them. If neither of the two archers above are present then you can challenge anyone who is there.

If the challenger wins then the winner moves above the loser.

The disagreement come if the challenger loses as there are several different versions of the rules! The most sensible seems to be that nothing changes unless the challenger was higher in which case they swap places.

The fun bit is when a senior club member challenges a junior who is much lower and the junior wins (jnrs are given adjusted scores); not only does the junior leap up but the club chairman goes down to where the junior was!

New members are added to the top.

We have a very nice board with tiles held in a track that can be slid out and dropped back that a club member made.

[Little Miss Purple]

Nothing to do with archery....waaaaay back in my school days, we played a chess club ladder. Newbie's started at the bottom, you could challenge anyone 3 spaces above or below - the challenge was for the following week so you had to check to see if that person had already been challenged. If the person challenged lost, they swapped places on the ladder - if the person challenged did not turn up it was classed as a loss and again they swapped places on the ladder. It worked great and if memory serves me correctly, it was a clocking in board that they used - with everyone's name on a seperate card.

[Haywain]

I remember seeing a pyramid once upon a time ago. It was a wooden board with hooks on it, archers names on tags over the hooks. You were able to challenge anyone in the line above you. If you won, you went up.

Works okay, until you get to the stage where you realise the top 3 only turn up once a year!!!

[Little Miss Purple]

Originally Posted by Haywain

I remember seeing a pyramid once upon a time ago. It was a wooden board with hooks on it, archers names on tags over the hooks. You were able to challenge anyone in the line above you. If you won, you went up.

Works okay, until you get to the stage where you realise the top 3 only turn up once a year!!!

Which is why they should lose by default