Tournament Targets

[Furface]

As you may gather, we had a small problem at our tournament with too many people hitting the gold!
When I first started, I would look at the entries, put all the longbows in a huddle somewhere in the middle (and put the softer bosses there), then assign one compound to each remaining face as far as I could. Then, as numbers increased, I would try to make sure that those recurves who I guessed were likely to cluster in the custard were kept away from compounds. But then, along would come someone who I did not know about, and I would allocate them at random and, as luck would have it, they usually found themselves with a compound each shooting each others nocks off.
Last year, because of relative numbers, we had a compound and a longbow on the same face - Longbowman refused to shoot.
So this time, we put the compounds on triples (at the last minute, because of numbers) and I randomise allocations - only to find that Fox and Big D are on together (yes, I should have spotted it, but...). Hence our odd solution of having three triple faces per boss, with one slightly lower to avoid the rear leg, and the instructions to the archers to "sort it out between yourselves". OK, cop out but pragmatic.
So, in future, should we:-
a) Attempt to seed archers, presumably by asking for an expected score
b) Randomise (as we are meant to) and expect arrow damage
c) Limit compound entries so that we can offer one archer per face
d) Limit arrow sizes
e) Not have compounds
Any experience to share? (Remember, as a non-record-status shoot, we can do what we like!)

[TJ Mason]

Seeding seems the best option to me, though when I've been asked to predict my score I've always exceeded it. I've heard a suggestion that many people overstate their expected score when asked it for seeding purposes, which would work in favour of avoiding breakages.

Another option is to have three-spots for any recurves that expect to shoot over 520 on a Portsmouth. I wouldn't mind it, and it would allow compounds and recurves on the same boss.

[timppa]

Two groups morning and evening. Compound in evening group and all the others morning group.

[Medoc]

We use 3 spots at our double Portsmouth and offer the choice to the archers, most compound elect 3 spot with the occaisional recurve, we then seperate the higher scoring archers and limit it to 2 per 3 spot face. (as per GNAS as it is recored status)

[sky_high30]

...you go in and expect to get broken nocks?! It's a fact of life - longbow not shooting with compound? Stop being picky...

Seriously, it's a fact of life. Broken arrows happen - can't take a joke, shouldn't have joined. Any two decent archers pretty much regardless of discipline have a risk of shooting the backs of arrows out.

[MrM]

At Berks indoors we had 4 x 3-spot faces per boss for compound archers and 2 x single faces for everyone else, max 4 archers per boss in 2 details, thus each compound had their own face, eveyone else 2 archers per face. Didn't have to change many faces.

Did have 4 sessions though over 2 days....

[Stylisht]

Talking out your $@"! MrM.

We had 2 targets on each boss three-spot or not.

4 x 3 spot portsmouth faces wouldn't fit on a round boss.

[MrM]

Originally Posted by Stylisht

Talking out your $@"! MrM.

We had 2 targets on each boss three-spot or not.

4 x 3 spot portsmouth faces wouldn't fit on a round boss.

Ooops my bad! Getting confused with 3-spot FITA 18 faces - its an age thing...

[WhitehartFB]

Shot a Portsmouth with a compound archer on Sunday single spot face we had 3 target face changes and the boss needed rotating twice (must have been a pain for the organisers). Although there was lots of smashing of arrows (I love that sound) surprisingly only one nock was broken but now both our sets of arrows have silver go faster stripes.

[magic Squares]

Originally Posted by stu369

At our indoor we use 3 spot for compounds, and single for recurve. it seems to work as we never have to change a 3 spot and probably only 2 single targets in a round.
We have a club in the county (their shoot is next sunday) who shoot 3 to a single target it doesn't matter what style goes onto which target! that gets very messy!

I remember it well, a compound,longbow and a recurve on the same target
i had a smashing time