Open to archers shooting recurve, compound, barebow (recurve or compound), longbow or competition crossbow in age groupings of 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79 & 80+.
Sport Fee
Target:$40.00
Clout: $20.00
Indoor:$30.00
Field: $25.00
3-D: $25.00
Dates/Times/Venues
Target
Mon 10 Oct, 10:00am start
Victoria Park Racecourse Fullarton Road Adelaide
(entry off Wakefield Road)
Clout
Tues 11 Oct, 9:30am
Victoria Park Racecourse Fullarton Road Adelaide
(entry off Wakefield Road)
Indoor
Wed 12 Oct, 10:00am (Flight 1)
No earlier than 1:00pm (Flight 2)
The Parks Community Centre Cowan Street Angle Park
Field
Thur 13 Oct, 9:00am
Eden Field Archers
Shepherds Hill Recreation Park Ayliffes Road St Marys
3-D Field
Fri 14 Oct, 10:00am
Southern Field Archers Majors Road O'Halloran Hill
Description Of Events
Target
The "traditional" form of the sport.
Each recurve, compound, barebow or longbow archer will be required to shoot one round of 144 arrows (Fremantle Round).
Six arrows are shot each "end" and then scored and 6 ends (i.e. 36 arrows) are shot at each range (or distance).
The targets butts are aligned so that archers shoot from north to south and the target size is 122cm for the two longer distances and 80cm for the two shorter distances.
For the arbalists (crossbow shooters) the round of an
"Australian 960" consists of a total of 96 arrows (generally known as bolts, whenever talking about crossbow shooting) shot to the same timing and distances as the other disciplines, but at a 60cm target for the longer distances (70m, 60m & 50m) and at a 40cm target for the shortest distance (30m).
Clout
Clout has its origins in archers shooting from castle battlements practising longer distance shooting.
The distances (up to 180m) vary according to bow type and category. The target is a 12 metres diameter area, which is indicated by a row of flags which can be seen from the shooting line. The flags indicate the colours of the rings of the target; i.e. gold (10 & 9 scoring zones), red (8 & 7), blue (6 & 5), black (4 & 3) and white (2 & 1). The centre of the clout target is indicated by a white triangular pennant called "the clout".
Scoring is carried out every end of six arrows using a cord which has the scoring zones marked on it. It is secured at the centre of the target area and when scoring is simply drawn around the clout. Arrows are scored according to the part of the cord which touches them. Arrows are scored based on that part of the arrow shaft which first becomes visible out of the ground. An arrow which is lying flat on the ground (usually due to bouncing off another arrow or hitting the clout) is scored based on where the point of the arrow lies.
Arrows which are stuck in the clout, score 10.
Archers will be entitled to two ends of three arrows practice before the first round and a single six arrow end of practice prior to the second.
Indoor
The indoor version of target archery....
The venue can accommodate up to 48 archers on the line; therefore, shooting will be undertaken in flights based on bow types/sections. There will be 2 flights.
For the event, each archer will be required to shoot a FITA Indoor I round, i.e. 60 arrows at 18 metres, will be shot.
Shooting of the first flight will commence at 8:30am with practice ends. Shooting of the 2nd flight will commmence after the presentation of medals from the 1st flight (at about 1:00pm). Please note, there will not be separate practice/warm-up facilities available.
The quality of the lighting is usually an issue at indoor events. The
Organisers are confident the lighting will exceed archers' expectations. The lighting has been significantly improved over the years.
Field
Archers navigate a course in a bush setting shooting at targets ranging in distance from 6m - 60m and in size from 20cm to 80cm.
Each recurve, compound or longbow archer and arbalist will be required to shoot one round comprising a 28 target marked National Field round.
Shooting for all will commence at 9:00am. Practice
facilities will be available before the shoot from 7:30am.
3-D
The newest form of the sport; archers shoot one arrow at each foam target, which are shaped as life-sized animals. Animals can be as small as rabbits and cats or as large as lions and buffalo - they are only limited by the organisers' imagination! The scoring is knife-edge stuff - one miss can mean all the difference at the end of the day after 40 targets.
The distances will be marked.
With the exception of the Indoor event, the medals for each event will be awarded at the end of each day's shooting. For the Indoor Event, medals will be awarded at the end of each of the two flights.
