VBA
Annual Championship Tournaments
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OPEN or CLOSED STATE TOURNAMENT
At the State Closed, all archers must have a
current VBA membership/tournament card to participate for awards. (Not necessary at the State Open.) Pros of other organizations are not recognized
but are welcome to compete.
On the first day, archers will be
grouped with their competition according to Style, Division and Class when
possible. Archers must stay in their
assigned groups unless the group has less then three and then the remaining
archers will join another group as prescribed by VBA rules. Grouping for the second day will be done
based on the first day scores.
Archers and scorekeeper must sign the score
cards. All cards must be turned in as a
group as soon as possible after finishing the last target.
X's
shall be counted as a tie breaker. In
the event of any ties, there will be a sudden death
shoot off as soon as possible after the scores are
turned in.
SHOOTING RULES: Field and/or Hunter
1. Shooting
groups shall be made up of 4 archers. No more than 6 or less than 3 in a group.
2. Archers
will shoot from the same side of the stake at the same target for targets 1
thru 14, and then they will change from shooting first to last, bottom to top
targets, and move to the other side of the shooting stake.
3. Archers
will straddle an imaginary shooting line, marked by the shooting stake. No one will advance to the target until all
arrows are shot by the group except for the 20 cm or the 35 cm targets if there
are more than 4 archers in the group to remove a set of arrows.
On
walkups, arrows shot from other than the correct distance and/or not in the
pre-designated order shall not be scored.
4. If a
target has multiple faces, the first two archers will shoot the bottom
target(s). If targets are placed side to
side, then the archer on the left side of the stake will shoot the left target;
right side archer will shoot the right target.
If an arrow hits the wrong face, it will be counted as a miss. The 20 cm targets will be shot vertically
either from top to bottom or bottom to top in order. No archer may shoot in a previously shot
target.
5. While
looking for lost arrows, one group shall not hold up another group. The delaying group shall let backed up groups
shoot through if there are more than one open target ahead of them and two or
more groups being held up.
6. No shooting allowed on the range where a
tournament will be held that day.
7. No
archers shall leave the range except for equipment failure or in case of an
emergency. If the situation is
acknowledged as equipment failure or emergency, that archer will be allowed to
make up the missed targets with a tournament official.
8. An
archer will have a maximum of 45 minutes for outdoor rounds and 15 minutes for
indoor rounds to make repairs or exchange equipment and shoot practice
arrows. This occurrence will be allowed
once a day.
9. If
the weather becomes unsafe, the tournament committee will sound a signal to
halt competition.
10. No alcoholic beverages on the range.
11. There will be a three-arrow let down rule. The fourth letdown will be counted as a shot
arrow
SCORING:
1.
Official VBA Rounds will be the Field and
Hunter Rounds sold by Maple Leaf. All Classification
will be based on these rounds. Scoring areas will be 5, 4,
and 3.
2.
The arrow only needs to touch the higher
scoring area to be given the higher score.
All arrows shall remain in the target until all arrows are scored.
3. Any doubtful arrow must not be touched nor
may the target face be touched until all arrows are scored.
4. The group shall elect two scorekeepers,
5. Arrows
may be re-shot if they strike anything over the shooting lane. Glances from the ground and into the target
will be counted as a missed arrow.
6. Shoot through still in the butt will be
pushed back and scored.
7. Arrows
believed to have shot through may be shot with a marked arrow which will not be
scored if the original arrow is still in the butt.
8. Unsuspected
shoot through will be shot from the obvious distance or the furthest distance
if the arrow is found to have obviously been shot through the target in a
scoring area.
9, Witnessed bounce outs that are believed to
have hit the scoring area, will be re-shot.
10. If
an archer shoots more than the correct number of arrows, the arrow(s) scoring
in the higher area plus one point per excess arrow(s) will be taken from the
archer.
11. An
arrow that drops from the string during a controlled let-down or in preparation
of the shot may be re-shot.
12. After
the score cards are turned in, an archer can’t change their total. If the score cards are signed as correct and
they are incorrect, the archer shall be disqualified.
13. The
X-ring shall be counted during scoring and shall be used in all classes only as
a tiebreaker. (Meeting #120, page 672,
9/86)
14.
OUTDOOR
CLASSIFICATIONS:
Official VBA Rounds will be the Field and Hunter sold by Maple
Leaf. All Classification will be based
on these rounds
Classification Breakdown for Field/Hunter Rounds: Scores must be
from the previous twelve months.
No Score or
2, 3, or 4 Scores = Best Score
5 or 6 Scores = Average of Best 2 Score
7 or more Scores = Average of the 3 highest of
the last 7 Scores.
OUTDOOR CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
VBA
SHOOTING STYLES
FS/R - Freestyle / Release BH - Bowhunter
FS/F - Freestyle / Fingers BHFS/R
- BowhunterFreestyle/Release
BB - Barebow BHFS/F
- BowhunterFreestyle/Fingers
TRAD - Traditional
FS/R FS/F BB TRAD, BH BHFS/R BHFS/F
ADULT MEN (Over 18)
AA 525-560 495-560 450-560 435-560 515-560 490-560
A 490-524 420-494 400-449 350-434 475-514 415-489
B 425-489 295-419 300-399 275-349 290-474 290-414
C 000-424 000-294 000-299 000-274 000-289 000-289
ADULT WOMEN Over 18)
AA 500-560 440-560 400-560 300-560 450-560 425-560
A 440-499 370-439 300-399 200-299 375-449 350-424
B 360-439 300-369 200-299 100-199 250-374 225-349
C 000-359 000-299 000-199 000-099 000-249 000-224
YOUNG ADULT CLASSES ARE THE SAME AS
ADULT (15 through 17 yrs)
YOUTH ALL STYLES SAME BREAKDOWN (12 through 14 yrs)
AA 490-560
A 430-489
B 350-429
C 000-349
CUB ALL
STYLES SAME BREAKDOWN (Under 12 yrs)
A 400-560
B 200-399
C 000-199
SENIOR (55 +): No
class breakdown in this division. Seniors
must declare Senior or Adult, not both.
Guests: Are Non-VBA Members or without a VBA Card
(Closed only)
3-D SPRING/FALL
SHOOTING RULES
This
section contains the combined shooting rules for the Spring
and Fall 3-D Classic Tournaments. The
major differences will be noted.
All
archers are welcome to shoot. Pros of other organizations will not be
recognized but may shoot in the First Flight.
Targets are to be at marked distances for the Spring Classic, unmarked for the Fall Classic.
Equipment rules will
be the same as for VBA’s Field and Hunter Rounds.
All Divisions will be
broken down into male and female. Styles will consist of: Freestyle-Release,
Freestyle-Fingers, BHFS-Release, BHFS-Fingers, Bowhunter/Barebow,
& Traditional.
Age
groups consist of: