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Who ?

Every (youth) archer who is insured can participate at this tournament! A membership in any kind of federation is not required. Though upon registration at the tournament, proof of insurance must be submitted. Without this proof, an exoneration clause (statement on honor that the archery is insured) must be signed.

Start

The tournament will start at 10.00 a.m.

Cost

Inscription fee is € 7 per archer for the complete tournament. At inscription and payment by bank transfer at least 7 days before the competition, the inscription fee is € 6 per archer for the complete tournament.

Clothing

Clothing is free to choose, though we prefer team clothing.

Program of the tournament

The qualification consists of 36 arrows (12 ends of 3 arrows). There is no break during the qualification. The qualification is preceded by 2 warming-up ends.
The individual eliminations are shot according the WA-rules (non alternating) : set system for recurve and a 15 arrow match for compound.
Starting from the semi-finals, all individual matches will be shot according to the "best-of-5"-system.
The qualification and individual matches will be shot with a shooting time of 2 minutes per end.
All mixed-team matches will be shot according to WA rules (non alternating).

Categories youth

There are 16 individual categories, divided by age, bow type (recurve and compound) and sex (boys and girls) :

• U13 (up to and including the year one turns 12) : shooting at 12 meters
• U15 (up to and including the year one turns 14) : shooting at 12 meters
• U18 (up to and including the year one turns 17) : shooting at 20 meters
• U21 (up to and including the year one turns 20) : shooting at 25 meters

All archers shoot at an official WA 60 cm target. It is allowed to compete in a higher category (larger distance). This has to be demanded at inscription.

There are 6 mixed-team categories, divided by bow type (recurve and compound) and distance (12, 20 and 25 meter).

Categories adults

There are 9 individual categories, all at 25 meter :

• Senior (up to the year one turns 50) : men/women, recurve/compound
• 50+ (from the year one turns 50) : recurve/compound
• 60+ (from the year one turns 60) : recurve/compound
• Barebow

All archers shoot at an official WA 60 cm target. It is allowed to compete in a higher category. This has to be demanded at inscription.
Youth archers can participate in the senior category. Women 50+(or 60+) can choose to participate in the women senior category or in de 50+ (or 60+) category.

There are 3 mixed-team categories : recurve, compound and barebow.

Team competition

Each club may register teams (4 archers) to compete for the team awards. There are 2 (3) awards : recurve teams and compound teams (and barebow teams at the adult competition). The number of participating teams per club is unlimited.
Conditions to be satisfied for every team :

• the 4 archers must participate under the same club;
• the 4 archers must shoot the same kind of bow (recurve or compound);
• an archer may only be part of one team;

It is therefore allowed to create teams with men as well as women of different categories/distances.
The scores of the 4 archers of a team will be added (max. 1440 points) to detemine the final ranking.

Each club may register mixed-teams (2 archers). The number of participating mixed-teams per club is unlimited.
Conditions to be satisfied for every mixed-team :

• both archers must participate under the same club;
• both archers must shoot the same kind of bow (recurve or compound) at the same distance;
• both archers must have a different gender (men + women);
• an archer may only be part of one mixed-team;