County records outside the county?

[TJ Mason]

If you shoot a score outside of your county that beats the county record, can you claim your county record?

Reason I ask is that I shot a couple of lousy scores in a category (FITA 24 field, compound limited, unmarked and marked) where the YAA records are vacant, but I'd really rather not claim the records with such low scores. I'm confident I can beat those scores handsomely now that I have a plan, but there aren't any upcoming tourneys in Yorkshire. So if I shot better scores elsewhere, would I be able to claim the YAA records?

[PaulT]

I would expect so. Most, if not all, counties operate county records as being shot by members of their county associations wherever they are shot.

[joetapley]

Rules for what qualifies as a County Record are defined by the county. The county website should define the requirements.

So for my own area:
County Record - open tournament (No location restrictions specified.
Regional Record - GNAS Record status tournament
National Record -never bothered to look

[grantwomack]

Yes, you can shoot them outside of the county.

As far as it goes, I think tournament organisers inside your county forward the results to the county records officer. Records shot outside of the county need to be forwarded to the records officer by the archer who has shot the round (or their club records officer).

[Furface]

Originally Posted by joetapley

The county website should define the requirements.

So I'd check with the county webmaster.

[MrM]

That's the way we do it down south! The record is for the person not the location. I would imagine it's the same everywhere, as there are a lot of countties who don't hold the full range of record status shoots.