World Games : FITA Field

 

The World Games will be held between 16-26 July 2009 in Kaohsiung, where the SANAA selected team will participate in a FITA Field Tournament. In preparation for the World Games, the first of a series of local tournaments will be hosted by Magnum Archery, 8km outside of Pretoria on the weekend of 30-31 August. The final team will be selected at the end of the series, based on the SANAA qualification criteria. The team members will be awarded National Protea Colours.

 

 

The Tournament

In the FITA Field Archery World Championship Round there are no walkup or fan targets and comprises of a qualification round consisting of two FITA Field Rounds each of 24 targets, one marked(long course) and one unmarked course.

 

The FITA Field Round

The FITA Field Archery Rounds may be shot by the Barebow, Recurve and Compound Divisions, in separate divisions. The FITA Field Round consists of any number of targets totaling between 12-24 targets which is divisible by four (4), and three (3) arrows to be shot per target. These targets will be arranged along a course with such difficulties in aiming and shooting as the terrain presents and the spirit and traditions of the discipline require. The course may be all marked or unmarked or a combination of marked and unmarked and be shot with any number of walk-ups or fan targets.

 

Qualification round

The FITA Field Archery World Championship Round (in which there are no walkup or fan targets), consists of the Qualification Round, two FITA Field Rounds each of 24 targets, one marked (long course) and one unmarked course. 144 arrows are shot in each qualification round. In the SANAA Championships a qualification round is shot over two days. On day one, 72 arrows will be shot at marked distances and on day two, 72 arrows will be shot at unmarked distances. (See distances)

 

Elimination round

In the first elimination round the top sixteen (16) athletes in each class and division shoot twelve marked targets, 3 arrows per target. In the second elimination round the top 8 athletes in each class and division will shoot twelve marked targets, 3 arrows per target. If there are less than 17 or 9 athletes, all of them will be admitted to the respective Elimination Round.

 

Basic Instruction

Each athlete will stand or kneel at the shooting peg. The athlete can stand or kneel up to approximately 1 meter in any direction beside or behind the shooting peg, taking into consideration the condition of the terrain. In exceptional circumstances a Judge may give permission to shoot from outside the defined area.

Every shooting position will have a shooting peg or mark to accommodate at least two athletes. Under no circumstances may an arrow be re-shot. An  arrow may be considered to have not been shot if: the athlete can touch it with his bow without moving his feet from their position in relation to the shooting line, and provided the arrow has not rebounded; The target face or buttress falls over (in spite of having been fixed to the satisfaction of the Judges). The Judges will take whatever measures they deem necessary, and compensate adequate time for shooting the relevant number of arrows.

If the buttress only slides down it will be left to the Judges to decide what action to take, if any.

When an athlete or a group of athletes are causing undue delay for that group or for other groups during the Qualification and Elimination Rounds of a competition, the Judge observing this will warn the athlete or group verbally after which he and/or a fellow Judge may time the athlete, or group throughout the remainder of that round of the competition.