Introduction to Field Archery
Field Archery is a way of shooting with bow and arrow which
in many ways can be compared with golf. When shooting competitive
field archery you walk in groups of 4 around a marked course
in wooded or open countryside. Along the course you will
find numbered shooting positions from where to shoot at
various sized target faces at distances from 5 to 60 metres.
Course may be marked or unmarked which means that the distances
are identified or not.
Field archery may be enjoyed on a competitive
or hobby basis. If you enjoy competitions, you will find
all types of tournaments and championships including World
Championships. If you are in the game for fun, you can go
for a walk in fields with your friend and just relax. Either
way you will discover a sport that is relaxing and friendly
- simply great fun.
In FITA championships you have bare bow archers,
recurve archers and compound archers in junior and adult
classes both for men and women. However, in National and
local competitions it is most common to have many more age
classes as well as longbow and bow hunter classes included,
particularly when the competition is shot over a ‘Forest’
or ‘3D’ round. All the mentioned rounds belong
to the ‘field archery family’ the difference
being that a field round is shot on target faces with 5
circular rings, the Forest round is shot on animal pictures
and the 3D round shot on look alike animal figures made
of synthetic foam.
Everybody who enjoys spending time outdoors
will enjoy field archery, and it is challenging on it’s
own as well as great practise for other types of archery
since you will have to shoot uphill, downhill, sidehill
and everything else you can think of – no target is
like the previous, and no course is similar to another.
You just cannot get bored with this sport, it’s too
challenging and varied. If you are a travelling person you
may find field courses to visit all over the world, from
Northern Norway to Southern New Zealand.
Currently in Ireland only a few clubs host
field competitions. We hope that this will increase in the
coming years. The Irish Open Field Championships held in
Enniskerry Co. Wicklow always draws an international crowd
and is well established as one of the most challenging courses
in Europe.
Anybody interested in field archery and would like more
information feel free to contact the IAAA field rep Rohan
at field@archery.ie
FITA
Arrowhead Criteria |
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| A list of
scores required for each arrowhead
award |
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FITA
Field Archery Guidelines |
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| A very useful
informative guide. Essential reading
for all field archers |
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IAAA
Arrowhead Claim Form |
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| This form
is temporarily unavailable |
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Squad Qualification
Junior men's/ladies Barebow: 375
Junior men's/ladies Recurve: 500
Junior men's/ladies Compound: 550
Ladies Barebow 420
Mens Barebow 500
Ladies Recurve 500
Men's Recurve 550
Ladies Compound 600
Mens Compound 620
World Championships 2008
Mens Recurve (senior/Junior) 626 / 578
Mens Barebow (senior/Junior) 564 / 541
Mens Compound (senior/Junior) 704 / 667
Ladies Recurve (senior/Junior) 605 / 503
Ladies Barebow (senior/Junior) 566 / 485
Ladies Compound (senior/Junior) 664 / 632
European Championships 2009
Mens Recurve 596 / 599
Mens Barebow 571 / 517
Mens Compound 702 / 685
Ladies Recurve 591 / 534
Ladies Barebow 534 / 462
Ladies Compound 691 / 585
Qualifying scores for the Field World Championships
2008
using the new 6 x format
These scores apply to all shoots after April the 1st 2008.
All shoots previous to this use the original qualifying
scores.
Men’s Senior compound 783
Women’s Senior compound 711
Men’s Senior Recurve 650
Women’s Senior Recurve 611
Men’s Senior Barebow 582
Women’s Senior barebow 576
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