Tag: handicaps
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How to be an Archery Club Records Officer: Part 1 – The Basics
I get lots of questions from people who are new to the role of Club Records Officer about what the role involves and how to do it, so I thought I’d write it all down into a multi-part guide. This first part will cover the basics of what the role involves, and then subsequent parts…
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Handicap Tools and Table Generation
The UK archery handicap system is one of the most underrated assets we have in this country. It provides a mathematically rigorous way of quantifying accuracy in archery, and then uses that to calculated expected scores on different rounds for that level of accuracy. The system was originally devise by the late David Lane, and…
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Raw Data for the New Handicap and Classification Systems
This article is aimed at fellow archery geeks who are interested in the data behind the new handicap and classification systems. For non-geeks, this data is much more accessibly presented in the official tables, available from ArcheryGB, or from the links at the top of this page. One of the key principles of the new…
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Overview of the new 2023 classification system
The new UK archery classification is a significant change compared to the previous system. Let’s take a look at the what’s new – Classification Levels Old System New System 3rd Class2nd Class1st ClassBowman / Junior BowmanMaster Bowman / Junior BowmanGrand Master Bowman Archer 3rd ClassArcher 2nd ClassArcher 1st ClassBowman 3rd ClassBowman 2nd ClassBowman 1st ClassMaster…