FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 MATCH PLAY - INDIVIDUAL

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 What is the Match Play? Match Play is used as the second stage to a championship competition, which in itself consists of two further stages; the Elimination Round, and the Finals Round. During both rounds archers compete against one another, head to head, according to a seeding chart, where the winner of a match eliminates his opponent, and proceeds to the next round. The Olympic Round is shot at the 70m distance on 122cm faces. The Compound Round is shot at 50m on 80cm faces, 6 ring targets.

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 In Match Play arrows rebounding, passing through the butt or hanging from it will not stop the competition. No extra time for equipment failure or unexpected medical problems. What is the Match Play? At the end of the match, athletes or their agents must sign the score card. By doing so, they indicate that they agree on the sum total, the number of Xs and 10s and who is the winner.

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 Elimination Round: 104 athletes (World Championships) 64 Athletes (Olympics), who are seeded according to their position in the Qualification Round. Byes are permitted. During match play, the position of the archers on the shooting line will follow the match –play chart as shown in the Book 2 of the C&R Match Play – Elimination Round

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 Match Play – Elimination Round During the 1/48 th, 1/32 nd and 1/16 th Elimination rounds there may be two athletes per target butt, however, during the 1/8 th Elimination Round, athletes will shoot on separate target butts. (World Championships) Archers who have been assigned a bye, or archers that have a forfeited match will advance to the next round of the eliminations. At World Championships they may practice on the practice field or the unused portion of the competition field. (Other competitions they may practice on the assigned targets)

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 Match Play – Elimination Round During the elimination round, recurve division archers shoot simultaneously 5 ends of 3 arrows (2 minutes). – Set system to be applied Whilst in the compound division archers shoot simultaneously, 5 ends of 3 arrows (2 minutes), for cumulative score.

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 Match Play – Elimination Round Athletes will go to the target butts to participate in scoring and in the collection of arrows. Timing signals will be given to athletes to proceed to the shooting line ( 2 beeps), 10 (ten) seconds later to start shooting (one beep), stop shooting (2 beeps), proceed to scoring (3 beeps)

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 During the Finals Round; Quarter Finals, Semi-Finals and the Medals matches, alternate shooting will be used, one athlete per target butt. The position of the archers on the shooting line will follow the positions indicated in the match play charts, the highest placed archer in the qualification round decides the order of shooting. Twenty (20) seconds is the time allowed for an athlete to shoot one arrow when shooting alternately (including tie breaks). Match Play – Finals Round & Medals Matches The recurve division shoot 5 ends of three arrows using the set system of points ( first archer to reach 6 set points wins), whilst the compound division shoot 5 ends of three arrows using the cumulative points system.

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 Match Play – Finals Round & Medals Matches Timing signals will be given to athletes to proceed to the shooting line ( 2 beeps), 10 seconds later; start shooting (one beep), The first twenty (20) second period for the first athlete commences, as soon as the first athlete has shot his/her arrow and the score has been posted, the countdown clock for the second archer is started to indicate his/her 20 second period. The athletes continue to alternate their shots following the countdown clocks visual signal until each athlete has shot his/her three arrows.

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 Recurve division - The athlete with the lowest cumulative set score will shoot first the next end. Compound division – The athlete with the lowest cumulative score will shoot first the next end. In both divisions if the athletes are tied, the athlete who shot first in the first end, shoots first in the shoot- off. Athletes do not participate during scoring and must therefore appoint an archers agent to observe the scoring, to withdraw the athletes arrows, and to mark the arrow holes. Match Play – Finals Round & Medals Matches

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 In the event of a shoot-off during the elimination round, archers shoot simultaneously on their assigned target, and have forty (40) seconds to shoot their arrow. There will be a one arrow shoot-off. Match Play – Shoot-off Elimination Round Finals Round In the event of a shoot-off during the finals round, archers shoot alternately on their assigned target, and have twenty (20) seconds to shoot their arrow. The archer starting the match will shoot first. There will be a one arrow shoot-off.

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 During a shoot-off ( elimination and finals rounds), the archer shooting the highest arrow value wins. If the archers both have the same arrow value then the archer with the arrow closest to the centre wins. In the event of a tie, another shoot-off will take place. Successive shoot-offs will take place till a winner can be declared. Scoring during a shoot-off Match Play – Shoot-off

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 Match Play – Equipment In the Match Play Finals, remotely operated score boards at each target will show the arrow scores as they are shot, the total score for each set and the total set scores. There must be provision for the athletes name and country.

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 Blinds are to be provided for the finals round, they will be used by judges, scorers, arrow runners and athletes agents. Match Play – Equipment In the Match Play Elimination Round, a flip score device to show the set score will be placed below each butt.

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 Match Play – Judges Duties

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 Match Play – Judges Duties Judges duties during the Elimination round; Check archer positions against your pairing chart. Signal arrows shot out of time (red card). Make arrow calls. Make sure no arrows are left in the targets. Signal ties. Take care of shoot-offs

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 Judges duties during the Finals Round; Line Judges Check archers positions against your pairing chart. Order of shooting for first end. Are the telescopes at the proper height? Is the field clear? Was an arrow shot out of time or out of sequence? Signal arrows shot out of time (red card). Order of shooting for subsequent ends Are the archers ready to start the next end? Order of shooting in case of a shoot-off Match Play – Judges Duties

FITA Judges Training Aid – February 2011 Controlling everyone in the blinds Making arrow calls Calling arrow values Controlling the runners Ushering AAs in and out Dealing with arrows shot out of time or sequence. Taking care of shoot-offs, signalling results Judges duties during the Finals Round; Target Judges Match Play – Judges Duties