150 Archers Registered for The 2021 Australian Open & Barebow Test Event

With just 1 week to go until the 2021 Australian Open & Barebow Test Event, things are starting to heat up!

The event has reached capacity with 150 archers registered for the tournament being hosted at Sydney Olympic Park Archers from 20-23 May.

About the Australian Open

The Australian Open tournament follows the style of World Cups with a qualification round followed by matchplay. The idea of this competition is to provide archers with experience for international competitions.

Excitingly, this year a barebow test event will run alongside the Australian Open, along with Mixed Teams being included for the very first time.

For more information on the event location, parking and program details visit here.

Qualification Round

The tournament will start with a qualification round to seed archers and teams for matchplay.

Archers will shoot:

• Recurve – WA 70/720 (72 arrows at 70ms on a 122cm target face)
• Compound – WA 50/720 (72 arrows at 50m on an 80cm target face)
• Barebow – WA 50/720 (72 arrows at 50m on a 122cm target face)

Matchplay

Please note there will be no cuts at the 2021 Australia Open for Individual, Teams or Mixed Teams.

Summary

After the qualification round, archers and teams are seeded for matches. Archers and teams will compete head to head where the winning team will progress and the losing team will be eliminated. This process will continue until a champion is crowned.

Individual matchplay – archers of the same gender and bow type will compete against each other. Archers will shoot 3 arrows per end.

Teams matchplay – three archers of the same gender shooting the same bow type, will compete against other teams. Archers will shoot 2 arrows, totaling in 6 per team, per end.

Mixed team matchplay – two archers, one man and one woman shooting the same bow type, will compete against other teams. Archers will shoot 2 arrows, totaling in 4 per team, per end.

Note: Teams must be registered by 4pm on Thursday 20^th May at the registration desk or by emailing recorder@sopa-archery.org.au. Click here to download form to complete to register a team.

Recurve and Barebow Scoring

For recurve and barebow a set scoring system is used. For individual matches, six set points are needed to win, and five set points for mixed/team matches.

Archers/teams will shoot their defined number of arrows; the highest scoring archer/team will win 2 set points per end. If a draw in end score occurs, they will split the set points.

If a final points draw occurs, archers/teams are sent to a tiebreak where archers will shoot 1 arrow each – see resolution of tiebreak below.

Compound Scoring

For compound archers a cumulative scoring system is used. The higher scoring archer/team will progress through while the lower scoring archer/team will be eliminated.

A match consists of a defined number of arrows:

• Individual – 15 arrows from 1 archer. 3 arrows shot per end.
• Mixed Team – 16 arrows split between 2 archers. 4 arrows shot (2 each) per end.
• Team – 24 arrows split between 3 archers. 6 arrows shot (2 each) per end.

In Compound Team and Mixed Team matchplay, there are two faces per team. For team matchplay, teams will need to have 3 arrows in each target face and for mixed teams 2 arrows in each target face.  The archers are free to choose any combination of target faces to shoot their arrows into.

Tiebreak

In the event a match is a draw a tiebreak will happen.

• Individual – each archer will shoot 1 arrow. The closest arrow to the middle of the target wins. If the same value is shot, you must indicate the winner on the scorecard.
• Teams – each archer will shoot 1 arrow. The team with the highest combined total wins. If the total is the same, the team with the arrow closest to the middle wins.

World Archery provides a good summary of Recurve and Compound matches here.

Please note, barebow matches work the same as recurve matches just at 50m instead of 70m.

Particular Rules For Team Matchplay

The Teams must remain behind the 1m line until the signal is given (not the 10 second countdown timer) to start shooting. Additionally, only one archer in a team may be over the 1m line at a time, therefore only one archer per team may be shooting at any one time.

Judges will show a yellow card to indicate a time penalty will occur if:

• an archer moves beyond the 1m line before the start signal
• an archer moves beyond the 1m line before the previous archer has crossed the line on their way back from the shooting line
• an archer removes their arrow from the quiver (point of the arrow visible) before they are straddling the shooting line
• a compound archer crossing the 1m line with release aid “nocked” on the string

If a time penalty is given, the procedure will be as follows:

• The judge will raise the yellow card and notify the team.
• The offending archer must return behind the 1m line before re-crossing to shoot. Another team member may take the offending archer’s place meanwhile.
• If the team does not react to the yellow card and thus shoots the arrow, the judge will raise the red card and the deduction of the highest scoring arrow of the team will take place.

A matchplay explanation session will be available on Thursday (20 May) afternoon at the Australian Open. More details to come.

For more information on the event location, parking and program details visit here.