Attention All Youth Members. ArcheryNSW has put as much information as we can about the Youth Series Event for 2024 in our first newsletter to you. This does not mean that you cannot shoot other tournaments on the Society Calendar, but we thought we would entice you to compete in your own Youth Series Events.
- Venue locations can be found on ArcheryNSW website under clubs, and/or are in the summary document when you register (take a copy) rather than send emails seeking where locatations are! Be prepared.
- Also each time you attend an event, you are provided with a Youth Series Pin, which you can swap with members from other clubs – Cool!
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- ArcheryNSW runs these events for YOU, Youth Members of ArcheryNSW, we will be supply coaches to assist you on your archery journey at each event, and this is kick started by….
12- 14 January – Armidale Archers (Which peg would your age group shoot from?).
Day 1 Development Day, coaching with Dennis Carson followed by BBQ Dinner.
Day 2 24T marked field course.
Day 3 24T marked field Course. Final day of competition
18 February –Coast Archers, Erina
This has become one of the coolest events on the calendar and has something to offer for everyone!
WA 60/900, Short Canberra, Junior Canberra, Mini Canberra (Which round would you shoot)
BBQ lunch included for archers!
18 May – Newcastle City Archers
720 Ranking Round +Matchplay, remember to check your tournament & shooting rules as to what round you would shoot for your age group!
22nd June – Penrith City Archers
Youth Indoor – the distance for this is 18m on 40cm face. Have you ever practised this at your club? as the State & National Titles are held in July annually.
2 November – Warringah Archers
This is an iconic event. 90 Arrows, 20 metres – it is a challenge for the best of the best to get 900 and allows for newcomers to take part in a relaxed environment!
Archers can gain an All-Gold Range if a bracket of 5 ends scores 9/10 or ’x’, then the next step is to achieve an All Round Award, where all your arrows for the whole round (15 ends) are either in the 9/10 or ‘x’. Any archer that gains 900 out of 900 also receive a Cash Incentive.
At the conclusion of this event, we have an elimination shoot.
9th November – Troy Adams Oval, PCA, Werrington
Shoot some arrows in the air, hang out with your friends for a big BBQ lunch and have a great day out!
Have you ever tried clout? or are you a seasoned clout archer? Come along to this event and let some of our mingle and show how shooting Clout works. Again, know what distance you would be required to shoot for your age group & equipment!
Who can take part: All youth archers must be financial members of Archery Australia/ArcheryNSW for each event.
The series is open to all youths and bow divisions:
Under 14 (U14) (Male, Female)- Athletes born in the year 2010 or since 2010 – An athlete may compete in the U14 class in tournaments until December 31 of the year of his or her 13th birthday.
Under 16 (U16) (Male, Female) – Athletes born in the years 2008 or 2009 –An athlete may compete in the U16 class in tournaments until December 31 of the year of his or her 15th birthday.
Under 18 (U18) (Male, Female) (Para, VI 1, VI 2/VI 3, Para W1)- Athletes born in the years 2007 or 2006
An athlete may compete in the U18 class in tournaments until December 31 of the year of his or her 17th birthday.
Under 21 (U21) (Male, Female) (Para, VI 1, VI 2/VI 3, Para W1)- Athletes born in the years 2003, 2004 or 2005 – An athlete may compete in the U21 class in tournaments until December 31 of the year of his or her 20th birthday.
Archers from other states may participate in the events but will not be eligible to win a trophy. Only NSW Youth Archers are eligible to win a trophy.
Scoring: Each event will be a standalone whereby the actual score will count. Organisers of these events may or may not issue medals or prizes.
You do not have to attend each event, but you will stand a better chance of a final placing if you do.
For the series, handicapped scores will count based on your‘floating handicap’ from Archer’s Diary. It will be handicapped scores that will determine placings. For the purpose of the Youth Spirit Event, Handicaps will be based Outdoor Target Archery, not Field because a number of youth archers do not have a separate rating for field archery.
Archers will need to have a base rating to qualify for scoring in the series which is based the best scores from three previous target rounds. Should an archer not have previously competed in at least three target rounds with scores recorded in Archer’s Diary, then the series organisers reserve the right to adjust the archer’s handicap to keep the competition fair.
The series results will not be per age class, but the overall attendance. The handicap system allows for an archer with a lower rating to compete against an archer with a higher rating and will even the scores up.
For the Youth Spirit Event, it will be the combined handicap scores from the two days that will determine the placings.
Points for each event will be awarded to the top 20 positions, with 20 points given to 1st place:
1st 20 points 2nd 19 points
3rd 18 points 4th 17 points
5th 16 points 6th 15 points
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19th 2 points 20th 1 point
21st 0 points
Over the four events, the points will accumulate as they are added together. So, say an archer places 3rd in event 1, 6th in event 2, 1st in event 3 and 19th in event 4, they will accumulate 55 points overall.
There will be two perpetual trophies awarded at the end of the series: 1st Place Compound and 1st place Recurve.
In 2022, the Compound Trophy was won by Alban Thornycroft (Coast Archers) with the Recurve Trophy won by Maja Kecskes (Warringah Archers).
Trophies will be awarded at the 2024 Archery NSW Presentation Night.
Any questions about the Series Rules of for further information please contact Tracey Hansford Youth Coordinator via email: [email protected]