As mentioned in the previous post, to make things interesting and challenging for everyone this tournament is not a competition for the highest score in each category, but for who can beat their own handicap the most (or do worse the least). Therefore, the winners have the lowest (preferably negative) score for handicap change.
In this way, everyone has a chance to win, everyone is pushed to shoot at their best, rather than think, ‘I’ve got no chance so no point competing’. Furthermore, the handicap is updated with these results if people shoot better than normal, so next time they are pushed to do better still.
Tournament results
We had four groups, each containing two archers.
Archer | Current Handicap | Score Handicap | Change |
---|---|---|---|
Alun (R) | 54 | 50 | -4 |
David (R) | 57 | 73 | 16 |
Freya (R) | 81 | 89 | 8 |
Keeley (R) | 71 | 85 | 14 |
Cindy (B) | 84 | 80 | -4 |
Graham (B) | 60 | 58 | -2 |
Tarryn (B) | 85 | 86 | 1 |
Holly (B) | 89 | 92 | 3 |
Raw scores
Here we have the absolute scores and number of X’s (which would be used for tie-breakers if necessary):
Archer | Score | Number X’s | Classification |
---|---|---|---|
Alun | 522 | 4 | Indoor Bowman 2nd class* |
Graham | 484 | 1 | Indoor Bowman 2nd class* |
David | 380 | 2 | Indoor Archer 3rd class |
Cindy | 314 | 0 | Indoor Archer 3rd class |
Keeley | 266 | 1 | Indoor Archer 2nd class |
Tarryn | 252 | 0 | Indoor Bowman 3rd class* |
Freya | 229 | 0 | Indoor Archer 3rd class* |
Holly | 196 | 0 | Indoor Archer 1st class |
As this is a tournament, it does count towards establishing ArcheryGB classifications. Indoor Archer needs two Portsmouth rounds (including club night shoots); Indoor Bowman needs three tournament scores, so these are currently provisional.
Unlike handicaps, classifications do take age, sex, and bowtype into account.
Handicap updates
Three people get an updated handicap as a result of this tournament. Remember that during the year handicaps never go up. If there is a lower score, the new handicap is mean of the old handicap and the tournament score.
- Alun: 54 -> 52
- Cindy: 84 -> 82
- Graham: 60 -> 59