How to?

[TrevorK]

Hi all, talking to the guys at the 1 tree cup, mention that we at 'Tauranga' might arrange a shoot, the feedback was postive and do a FITA instead of a made up shoot, so the question is 'how do you go about organising a FITA event, when I never arrange one before, please advise!!

[burt666]

Hi all, talking to the guys at the 1 tree cup, mention that we at 'Tauranga' might arrange a shoot, the feedback was postive and do a FITA instead of a made up shoot, so the question is 'how do you go about organising a FITA event, when I never arrange one before, please advise!!

Hi Trevor!

Good idea, that would give me an excuse to come down to Taurangua!!

you'll have to register the shoot with ANZ, etc... drop me your email by PM, we have here a very comprehensive list of all the stuff do to when organising such events!:D

[The One]

Sounds good Trevor, there's a form that I'll send you that needs to filled out and sent to the judges' commission. Basically, the things that need to be arranged before you can send in that form are:

-Decide on an organising committee
-Arrange for a DOS and judges to attend
-Decide on an entry fee (required on the registration form for some reason I haven't worked out yet)
-Decide on a date (make sure it doesn't clash with other big events in the area, or else attendance will be small)

And ideally you should put together an entry form and distribute it as early as possible, advertising it in the Archer magazine and around the clubs to ensure the greatest exposure. As Burt says, he has a list I made up which is rather extensive, though many parts of it are specific to our club. Feel free to make modifications :)

Let us know if you need any suggestions, and good luck with organising a tournament!

[puddin]

one major thing first is to get your range all setup for a fita even. with lines and lanes etc plus make sure it is safe. eg has enough distance behind the targets (cant remember how much there is at the range)

[burt666]

one major thing first is to get your range all setup for a fita even. with lines and lanes etc plus make sure it is safe. eg has enough distance behind the targets (cant remember how much there is at the range)

"100m total" is a gd rules of thumb: 10m behind the targets we you shoot 90m, 70m when you shoot 30m , etc.... tho 70m at 30m may be very conservative!

[The One]

"100m total" is a gd rules of thumb: 10m behind the targets we you shoot 90m, 70m when you shoot 30m , etc.... tho 70m at 30m may be very conservative!

IIRC, 50m behind the target is a minimum from FITAs point of view. It can be found in the FITA rule book.

Puddin is right, you'll have to consider stuff like ensuring the buttresses are FITA legal (size and angle) and trarget numbers and target flags. Have a look through the rule book at some point, can be quite handy!

[Archangel]

IIRC, 50m behind the target is a minimum from FITAs point of view. It can be found in the FITA rule book.
:rofl:
Having just shot a tournament at Auckland where there's about 10m behind the targets, I assume that rule isn't very strictly applied?

[burt666]

eheh, well in theory there is plenty of space behind the targets, we just can't see behind them clearly really ;)

[The One]

:rofl:
Having just shot a tournament at Auckland where there's about 10m behind the targets, I assume that rule isn't very strictly applied?

Actually, the back paddock was roped off closer to 70m behind the targets :D

[Archangel]

Actually, the back paddock was roped off closer to 70m behind the targets :D
But you can't see anything that's going on past the fence & over the hill - there could be a family of wildebeests having a picnic back there and the archers and DOS would be none the wiser!

[burt666]

But you can't see anything that's going on past the fence & over the hill - there could be a family of wildebeests having a picnic back there and the archers and DOS would be none the wiser!

Well if hell breaks loose i'll hide behind Darwin: too bad if you decide to have picnic with the kids in the middle of red "DANGER: Archery in progress" flags....:o

[The One]

But you can't see anything that's going on past the fence & over the hill - there could be a family of wildebeests having a picnic back there and the archers and DOS would be none the wiser!

Yeah, it is true that we can only see about 30-40m behind the targets. Though with the fenced off regions, the normal two red flags behind the range and another 2 or 3 large red flags with "DANGER, ARCHERY IN PROGRESS, KEEP WELL AWAY!!!!", I figure that if a wildebeasty or two decides on a picnic, then we can certianly fire up a bit more on the BBQ than those sausages and toast to Darwin and his chainsaw of natural selection! :p

[burt666]

save me some ribs!:drool:

[Archangel]

Why not just hang some white cloth behind the targets? That way you can still plead ignorance of what's going on behind them, and as we know it's quite acceptable at certain major international events ;-)

[burt666]

Why not just hang some white cloth behind the targets? That way you can still plead ignorance of what's going on behind them, and as we know it's quite acceptable at certain major international events ;-)

you know you are running out fast of my 2007 allocated gd sens of humour, do you?!?;)

[Archangel]

you know you are running out fast of my 2007 allocated gd sens of humour, do you?!?;)
:rofl:
That honestly wasn't meant to be a joke at your expense, I was talking about the Commonwealth Champs in mighty Jamshedpur where that was their approach at a backstop.

[The One]

Why not just hang some white cloth behind the targets? That way you can still plead ignorance of what's going on behind them, and as we know it's quite acceptable at certain major international events ;-)

:rofl: and you can even hang some white cloth off the 3 ply wooden blinds for the matchplay, I know it made me feel safe ;)

[TrevorK]

This years nationals didn't have 50 metres, well it didn't seem that far. we have say 30 metres min going to around 45 metres and then a huge bank of bush, but no worse than Rotorua or Mountain Green and the only ground that meets this is the one at Napier, please correct me if my memory bad

[John Carter]

Well if hell breaks loose i'll hide behind Darwin: too bad if you decide to have picnic with the kids in the middle of red "DANGER: Archery in progress" flags....:o


Mate,I've seen it happen.
A woman walked out an stood between the archers an the butts,,,pretended she hadn't seen them.
Then she saide she felt archery was dangerous,,,,,this was a public place,and she wanted to make a point of protest.

It wasn't a public place an she got told to PO,,,,but,,,,sheeeeesh:confused:

[puddin]

well maybe in the upper north island no ranges really meet this.(rotorua has bush that is about 40m behind by the way). but all the clubs in wellington would meet this. Mana even has a bank and fence at the top at 50m back.

[The One]

Mate,I've seen it happen.
A woman walked out an stood between the archers an the butts,,,pretended she hadn't seen them.
Then she saide she felt archery was dangerous,,,,,this was a public place,and she wanted to make a point of protest.

It wasn't a public place an she got told to PO,,,,but,,,,sheeeeesh:confused:

Yeah, some tourist walked 2m behind some targets talking photos of sheep today. We finally managed to head her off, explaining the potential danger one would be in. 60 seconds later, she was heading behind some of the butts on the other side of the field...

[Sir Slick]

well maybe in the upper north island no ranges really meet this.(rotorua has bush that is about 40m behind by the way). but all the clubs in wellington would meet this. Mana even has a bank and fence at the top at 50m back.


Part of our fence is now lying down though thanks to some young "tough guys" who like to take their anger out on the inde"fence"able!!!

I'd quite like to get my hands on them.........might do a stake out one night:archer:

[burt666]

Part of our fence is now lying down though thanks to some young "tough guys" who like to take their anger out on the inde"fence"able!!!

I'd quite like to get my hands on them.........might do a stake out one night:archer:

get the Customs gear on or something! always impressive! :p