Archery Judging in South Africa

 

Judging of archery competition within the South African National Archery Association (SANAA) is structured very closely along the same lines as the International Archery Federation (FITA). We have a Judges Committee with a chairman and three other members. In addition, there is a panel of serving judges that currently numbers twelve.

 

These judges must all be members of SANAA and are responsible for ensuring that the rules drawn up by FITA and SANAA are enforced properly at all appropriate competitions throughout the country, throughout the year. In addition to this, there are a number of Club Judges.

 

BREAKDOWN.

 

The distribution of judges around the country is:

 

• Western Province 3
• Eastern Province 5
• Gauteng 4
• Kwazulu-Natal 3 (one of whom is resident in Namibia)
• Free State 1

 

LEVELS.

We currently have five levels of judges within SANAA. They are:

 

• FITA Judge Emeritus
• FAA Accredited Continental Judges
• National Judges
• Provincial Judges
• Club Judges

FITA Accredited Continental Judges are the same as International Judges and are tested and appointed by FITA. They have to have served for at least three years as a national judge. Continental Judges are Charmaine Ho, Dave martin and Lorraine vd Westhuizen.

 

National Judges are appointed by the SANAA Judge committee after they have served well as a provincial judge for a minimum of three years and have satisfied the re-accreditation criteria on a regular basis.

 

Provincial Judges are nominated by their Provincial Executive for consideration by the Judge Committee. If accepted, the nominee is sits a written examination set by the Chairman of the committee. This exam contains 65 questions, some of which are multi-part questions. A minimum pass mark of 80% is required. At that point, they become Provincial Judge Candidate until they perform a practical test adjudicated by a committee member.

 

The Club Judge appointments and tests are administered by the various provinces and are not controlled by the SANAA National Judges Committee. However, the Club Judge appointment process, the written exam and the practical test were designed by the National Judge Chairman.

 

RE-ACCREDITATION PROCESS.

Once a provincial judge has been accredited, their accreditation is automatically renewed provided they meet the following criteria:

 

• They must officiate at a tournament at least once each year.
• The must ensure that reports of any competitions at which they officiate are submitted to the committee chairman.
• They must respond to the case study questions that are set by the chairman in the regular judge newsletter. These newsletters are produced roughly every six months.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION.

The South African National Archery Association judge committee (2008/2009) consists of David Martin (Chair), Konrad van Warmelo and Selwyn Moskovitz.

Committee

Dave Martin
Konrad van Warmelo
Selwyn Moskovitz

National Judges

Grant Gammon
Alec Kitley
Noneen Knox
Sharon Layton
David Martin
Gavin Tweddle
Mike Wisch

Provincial Judges

Rita Schenk
Franco Fourie
Rick Wilson