ADAA Field Championships

These rules are designed to facilitate competition at events between archers who are used to shooting events under either Archery NZ rules or NZFAA rules, blending the two rulesets to accommodate a wider range of bow types and abilities.

Generally:

• Any specific rules of either discipline (Archery NZ or NZFAA, and their respective international associations World Archery and IFAA) that are likely to have no bearing on the outcome, e.g., clothing or bow colours, use of judges, can be disregarded for the purposes of an ADAA event. Rules that relate to safety (i.e., no camo clothing on a bush course) remain in force,
• Event placings will be awarded with a certificate at most events.  Medals may be awarded at the discretion of the organiser of a larger ADAA event such as, for example, a multi-discipline, multiple day event.

Equipment: 

1. Any kind of bow, having two flexible limbs, except a crossbow or a bow incorporating a mechanical drawing device.
   
   1. Note: “Split limbs” or “lever action limbs (“power/outer limbs”) are considered to be single limbs.
2. The archer shall support both the mass weight and the holding weight of the bow without any assistance from any external aid, other than those defined in the relevant styles.
3. Arrow speed shall not exceed 300 foot per second (fps) (91.5 m/s).
4. Bow poundage shall not exceed 60 pounds (lbs).
5. The archer will be responsible to use and maintain their equipment in compliance with the warranty regulations of the manufacturer of each specific type of equipment they use.

Shooting styles/bow divisions:

This set of shooting styles is a simplified subset of styles/divisions that incorporates the existing rules and divisions of Archery New Zealand (Archery NZ), WA (World Archery), and IFAA (International Field Archery Association). The table below indicates how each original shooting style combines with others to form an ADAA shooting style. In this table and in the rest of this document, “shooting style” and “division” are used interchangeably and have the same meaning.

The World Archery and IFAA rules already provide specific requirements for your bow division, which you are usually already using at other events. There is no intention for these ADAA rules to override the WA or IFAA equipment rules.

Find each federation’s rules at:

• IFAA: 2021 Archers Handbook - Shooting Styles starting at page 5.
  https://www.ifaa-archery.org/documents/rule-book/book-of-rules/
  
• World Archery:
  Book 3 Target Archery, Chapter 11 Athletes Equipment
  https://www.worldarchery.sport/rulebook/article/793Book 4 Field and 3D Archery, Chapter 22 Athlete Equipment
  https://www.worldarchery.sport/rulebook/article/3138

Divisions of Competition:

Each person may enter only one division and age class at each event.

The ADAA Shooting Style divisions in the table above are available for all Men’s and Women’s age classes:

• Barebow recurve and compound: BB-R and BB-C
• Freestyle recurve and compound: FS-R and FS-C
• Bowhunter recurve and compound: BH-R and BH-C
• Bowhunter Multi: BM
• Traditional: TR
• Historical and Longbow: HB

Age Classes:

It is compulsory to provide birth date information during event registration. This information will be used for the purpose of calculating archer ages and verifying eligibility for age classes. It may also be used for analysis of entrant statistics; any such analysis will be done with names anonymised.

Organisers may choose to combine classes; for example, 65+ and 50+ classes may be offered as a Combined Veteran class.

65+ Men and Women (65+ years of age) 

Those archers who are 65 years of age on or before the first day of a Tournament may choose to participate in the 65+, 50+, or Adult class. The decision to participate in the 65+ class is not binding on subsequent Tournaments. The choice is always optional.

50+ Men and Women (50+ years of age) 

Those archers who are 50 years of age on or before the first day of a Tournament may choose to participate in either the 50+ or Adult class (not both). The decision to participate in the 50+ class is not binding on subsequent Tournaments. The choice is always optional.

Adult Men and Women (21-49 years of age)

Young Adult Men and Women (17-20 years of age)

Those archers who are below 21 years of age on or before the first day of a Tournament may choose to participate in either the Young Adult or Adult class (not both). The decision to participate in the Adult class is not binding on subsequent Tournaments. The choice is always optional.

Junior Men and Women (13-16 years of age)

Those archers who are below 17 years of age on or before the first day of a Tournament may choose to participate in either the Junior or Young Adult class (not both). The decision to participate in the Young Adult class is not binding on subsequent Tournaments. The choice is always optional.

Cub Boys and Girls (under 13 years of age)

Those archers who are below 13 years of age on or before the first day of a Tournament may choose to participate in either the Cub or Junior class (not both). The decision to participate in the Junior class is not binding on subsequent Tournaments. The choice is always optional.

Novice 1 and 2 Classes:

Organisers may choose to not offer these classes on a per-event basis, e.g., they may not be offered at indoor events where there is no distance change with age classes.

1. The purpose of these special classes is to make an easy transition from a beginner archer within the relevant Junior, Young Adult and Adult classes.
2. Novice 1 – Archers who are novice to the sport of archery can, at the discretion of their club registrar, and in consultation with the Club Delegate, grade a new archer Novice 1.
   • All rules of competition apply, except, maximum distance shot will be 30 yards (NZFAA event) or 40 metres (ANZ event) (i.e. the same shooting peg as per the Cub division). The purpose of this grading is to encourage beginners into the sport of Archery, whilst maintaining an adequate level of safety. Archers may be promoted to Novice 2 as recommended by their club delegate.
3. Novice 2 - After recording 3 satisfactory scores for their shooting discipline, an Archer may be re-graded to Novice 2 at the discretion of their Club Registrar in consultation with their Club Delegate.
   • All rules of competition apply, except, maximum distance shot will be 50 yards (NZFAA event) or 50 metres (ANZ event) (i.e. the same shooting peg as per the Junior division).
4. After recording 3 satisfactory scores an archer may be promoted to adult classes as recommended by their Club Delegate.
5. A satisfactory score is at the discretion of their Club Registrar in consultation with their Club         Delegate/coaches/instructors and the member. Scores may be attained at both club and NZFAA/ANZ events.
6. Archers who are more advanced but new to the sport of archery, can, at the discretion of their Club Registrar, and in consultation with the Club Delegate be graded Novice 2 or start immediately in their respective division.
7. All archer age classes/shooting styles/bow divisions are combined in these two special divisions for any competition.
8. If offered at that event, archers in Novice 1 and 2 divisions are presented a placing certificate and/or medal as with other divisions.