Orion's Archers

Helensburgh & Cardross local archery club

Category: Tournaments

Summer Handicap Tournament

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On July 6, 2024

In Club info, Tournaments

Friday 5th July 2024

Just like our Spring Tournament this was a handicap event, where each person was shooting against their own current handicap. The person whose score was lower than their current handicap the most, or higher the least, would be the winner. Unlike in Spring, we have no divisions and instead a medal for 1st place and one for 2nd place.

The event was very well attended, with 11 archers (one non-scoring as I did not have a handicap score to compare with). With three target bosses, this meant we had to shoot in two waves, but we still managed to shoot 60 arrows plus two sighter ends with 20 minutes to spare.

Results

Name (bowstyle)Current
Handicap		Score
Handicap		Result
Holly (B)8981-8
Tarryn (B)8578-7
Valerie (B)7873-5
Cindy (B)8278-4
Keeley (R)7168-3
David (R)57658
Graham (B)59678
Alun (R)52608
George (B)556611
Freya (R)8111029

Holly wins 1st prize, and Tarryn 2nd prize.

Raw scores

Here are the scores and classification (considering just this shoot). The Current Handicaps and Classifications page will be updated with the change in handicaps (for those that shot below their current handicaps), and classification if appropriate. Note that these are not qualifying classifications, for which we need scores from three competitions. Those will be updated on the page linked above. This is an indication of the level people were shooting at on this particular night.

ArcherScoreClassification
Holly (B)303Indoor Bowman 2nd class
Tarryn (B)337Indoor Bowman 3rd class
Valerie (B)379Indoor Archer 1st class
Cindy (B)338Indoor Archer 2nd class
Keeley (R)422Indoor Bowman 3rd class
David (R)445Indoor Archer 2nd class
Graham (B)430Indoor Archer 1st class
Alun (R)474Indoor Archer 1st class
George (B)434Indoor Archer 1st class
Freya (R)72Unclassified

Handicap updates

Five people get an updated handicap. We take the average of the current handicap and the tournament handicap (rounding up if necessary). If people shot above their handicap then there is no change.

  • Holly: 89 -> 85
  • Tarryn: 85 -> 82
  • Valerie: 78 -> 76
  • Cindy: 82 -> 80
  • Keeley: 71 -> 70

Spring Handicap Tournament

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On April 6, 2024

In Tournaments

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)5450-4
David (R)577316
Freya (R)81898
Keeley (R)718514
Cindy (B)8480-4
Graham (B)6058-2
Tarryn (B)85861
Holly (B)89923
Winning scores in each category in bold

Raw scores

Here we have the absolute scores and number of X’s (which would be used for tie-breakers if necessary):

ArcherScoreNumber X’sClassification
Alun5224Indoor Bowman 2nd class*
Graham4841Indoor Bowman 2nd class*
David3802Indoor Archer 3rd class
Cindy3140Indoor Archer 3rd class
Keeley2661Indoor Archer 2nd class
Tarryn2520Indoor Bowman 3rd class*
Freya2290Indoor Archer 3rd class*
Holly1960Indoor Archer 1st class
By total score, ignoring junior/senior and barebow/recurve. *=provisional

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

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