Judges Liaison Officer Judges needed News about judging Timing system available to clubs Rule Changes Judges Resources (including score control forms) Judges Confirmation and Expense Form
Allan Shuker is the Judges Liaison Officer and Yorkshire's single point of contact for archery judging. Please contact him if you want to book judges for your tournaments. His email address is:
Yorkshire-Judges@outlook.com
If any tournament organisers book judges directly for their tournaments, please complete the Judges Confirmation and Expense Form and email to Allan Shuker at:
Yorkshire-Judges@outlook.com
Your Yorkshire Judging Team urgently need more Judges and are reaching out to you!
We’re a friendly supportive team and can offer, where possible, taster sessions to see if you want to join us. These taster sessions are a great opportunity to experience judging at grass roots level and will help you decide whether to volunteer for training.
Becoming a judge is an excellent way to take an active part in the archery community, whether you are still shooting, taking a break from shooting, or are no longer shooting.
YAA also provide a starter pack with all essentials needed to become a judge.
Interested and want to know more? Please email Allan Shuker at:
Yorkshire-Judges@outlook.com.
or talk to any of the Yorkshire judges
The Judges Confirmation and Expense Form was designed following comments made by a number of judges, who have had to approach tournament organisers to seek reimbursement for their various expenses, almost feeling that they have had to negotiate the matter or value of their expenses for the day. They have also not been sure of the arrangements being provided (or not provided) by the club for the judge's lunch.
The approach we're recommending is for the tournament organiser or club secretary to send the form to the judge well in advance of the event, and for the judge to return the confirmation of their attendance and expected expenses, such that these matters can be settled well before the day.
If you are responsible for organising such a tournament, or are the secretary of a club that runs such a tournament, we request that you use this form.
To prevent double booking of Judges, the Judges Confirmation and Expense Form includes a tear off slip to send to Allan Shuker, the Judges Liaison Officer, when the booking has been confirmed. The form can be downloaded as a Word document:
Judges Confirmation and Expense Form (Word document)
Many thanks for your anticipated support.
The YAA's Danage timing system is available to YAA clubs for use at their own WA shoots. The system combines timer, lights, sound, scoreboard, archer rotation indicators and control panels. It's so energy efficient that the whole system can run for a two-day shoot using two car batteries.
Please contact the YAA's Judges Liaison Officer if you are interested in using this system at your club's open shoot:
Yorkshire-Judges@outlook.com
Instructions for the YAA's new Danage Timer system are available online:
Danage Timer - quick start guide
Danage Timer - user manual
Danage Timer - most asked questions
I am pleased to announce that Sarah Dickinson has become a National Judge after passing her examination.
Congratulations to Sarah on this excellent achievement.
Allan Shuker
YAA SPOC
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
I am pleased to announce that David Coates passed his theory exam at Surrey National Tour Stage 5 at the weekend.
David has become a County Judge.
Congratulations and welcome to the team, David.
Allan Shuker
YAA SPOC
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
I would like to welcome back to our ranks Martin Middleton who passed his theory then his practical assessment at Thirsk Bowmen in April.
Martin is back as a Regional Judge.
Welcome back to the team, Martin.
Allan Shuker
YAA SPOC
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
I am pleased to announce that Claire Bell passed her practical assessment at Thirsk Bowmen in April and passed her theory exam on Saturday the 18th of June at Barnsley.
Claire has become a County Judge.
Congratulations and welcome to the team, Claire.
Allan Shuker
YAA SPOC
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
I am pleased to announce that Yorkshire has a new County Judge.
Candidate Judge Paul Dean has recently passed his written and practical assessments and has now been upgraded to County Judge.
Congratulations Paul from all the Yorkshire Judging team.
Karen Hunt
YAA SPOC
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
I am pleased to announce that Yorkshire has a new County Judge.
Candidate Judge John Fell has recently passed both his written and practical assessments and has now been upgraded to County Judge.
Congratulations John from all the Yorkshire Judging team.
Karen Hunt
YAA SPOC
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
Following attendance at a Continental judge seminar in Germany Gareth Beeby has been informed that he has passed the assessment he took at the end of the seminar and has now been awarded World Archery Europe Continental Judge status.
Well done Gareth, congratulations from the YAA Judging team.
Karen Hunt
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
Kieran Dexter has passed his National Judge exam, having passed his practical last year. This is fantastic news and Yorkshire now has another National Judge.
Congratulations from all the Yorkshire Judges.
Karen Hunt
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
The updated AGB rules of shooting came into use from the start of April 2018. We would like to draw your attention to rule 306 which concerns the correct scoring of arrows. The change in the rule highlights that it is the responsibility of all the archers on a target to ensure that the arrow values called out and recorded on the scoresheet are correct.
306. Scoring
(a) (i) For all bowstyles the scoring points for hits on the target face for Archery GB Imperial Rounds are: Gold 9, Red 7, Blue 5, Black 3, White 1.
(ii) For all bowstyles, the scoring points for hits on the target face for Archery GB Metric Rounds are:
Inner 10 Record as X score value 10.
Inner Gold 10.
Outer Gold 9.
Inner Red 8.
Outer Red 7.
Inner Blue 6.
Outer Blue 5.
Inner Black 4.
Outer Black 3.
Inner White 2.
Outer White 1.
(iii) The value shall be determined by the position of the arrow shaft.
(iv) A miss is to be recorded as a letter M.
(b) It is mandatory to adopt a system of recording scores which prevents the archer being the sole recorder of their score. Approved systems are included in appendix A
(c) When scoring each archer must identify their arrows by pointing at the nocks, but not touching them and calling out the values clearly and in descending order. An arrow touching the dividing line between two scoring zones shall score the higher value. The scorer will then record the scores in Blue or Black Ink only.
(d) A Judge must be called if:
(i) The scorer incorrectly records an arrow value, or the value is not clearly shown
(ii) Arrows are recorded in the wrong order
(iii) The archers on a target cannot agree on the value of an arrow, in which case the judge shall give a decision, which shall be final.
(e) If the target face or arrows are disturbed by the archer before an arrow value has been decided the arrow(s) shall not be given the higher value.
(f) No arrows shall be withdrawn from the target buttress until all arrows are scored, and the archers satisfied they are correctly recorded.
(g) The scorer shall complete all elements of the scorecard and sign it. The archer will then check and sign the scorecard confirming it is correct. It is each archers responsibility to ensure their score is correctly recorded and all aspects of their scorecard are correctly completed.
(i) A Tournament organizer is not required to check the scorecards. If they do, when checking the scorecards the Tournament Organiser finds:
(a) That an arrow value has been changed which has not been signed by a Judge then this will be scored as a miss and the total altered accordingly.
(b) If there are found to be any discrepancies in additions then these will be altered accordingly.
(ii) Claims for records and awards will be invalidated if any arrow value alterations have not been signed by a Judge.
YAA Judging Team
The Yorkshire Judging team would like to extend a very warm welcome to Julie Coates who has recently joined us from SCAS. Julie is a County Judge and is already assisting judging at competitions in Yorkshire.
Karen Hunt
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
Having passed her written exam last year, Sarah took her Regional Judge assessment at the Bronte York/Hereford shoot on Sunday 6th May. I am pleased to announce that Sarah passed her assessment and that Yorkshire now has a new Regional Judge.
Congratulations Sarah from all the Yorkshire Judging team.
Karen Hunt
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
I am pleased to inform you that Yorkshire has a new National Judge.
Louise Smith took her written assessment and interview down at Lilleshall and passed. This follows her successful practical assessment at Netherhall Archers in June.
Well done Louise, congratulations from the Yorkshire Judging Team.
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
This weekend Yorkshire Judge Gareth Beeby was accepted to take his written National paper after passing his practical earlier this year. I am pleased to announce that Gareth passed his written, Yorkshire has another National Judge.
On behalf of the Yorkshire Judging team I would like to congratulate Gareth for his hard work and commitment.
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
At the NCAS Indoor Championships on Sunday 15th November, Candidate Judges Martin Middleton and Karen Hunt were assessed for County Level. I am pleased to announce that both Karen and Martin passed and are now Yorkshire County Judges.
On behalf of the Yorkshire Judging team I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate them both. Well done!
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
At the Single WA1440 at Wetherby on the 6th of June, Louise Smith was put forward for her Regional Assessment.
I am pleased to announce that Yorkshire has another Regional Judge.
Well done Louise, from the Yorkshire Judges Team.
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
Being a Judge is a fantastic way to be involved in archery. We are now recruiting young people (16-25) onto our new judge training programme to be part of the Judging team at the UK's biggest tournaments in 2015.
We are also providing bursaries of £200 to support young judges with the travel costs involved in attending tournaments within the programme. For more information, watch our new Judge video and if you're interested get your application form in as soon as possible.
Archery GB: Judge video
At the NCAS/YAA Double FITA at Wetherby, Richard Ford was assessed for Regional Judge.
I am pleased to announce that today I have it confirmed that Richard passed!
Congratulations Richard from the Judging team - Yorkshire has another Regional Judge.
Regards,
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
On Saturday at the Single Fita at Wetherby, Gareth Beeby took his Regional Judge assessment. I'm pleased to confirm that Yorkshire has a new Regional Judge. Well done Gareth.
Congratulations from the Yorkshire Judging Team.
Regards,
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
On Sunday at the YAA Indoor Championships Allan Shuker was assessed for County Judge. I am pleased to inform you that Yorkshire has a new County Judge - well done Allan.
Congratulations from the Yorkshire Judging Team.
Regards,
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
I have recently received an email from Richard informing me of his retirement from judging.
Richard has been a Yorkshire Judge since 1998 when he first took up Candidacy. He has gone through all the assessments of judging until he reached International status. He has Judged all over the world including the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games.
The Yorkshire Judges would like to wish him well in all the ventures and interests he becomes involved with.
Regards,
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
Dear Colleagues,
I have been asked on many occasions by Candidate and County Judges about the opening assembly briefing that's given at competitions. Sometimes Judges struggle to get all the information over to the Archers. I have asked Gareth & Louise if they would allow us to put their briefings onto the Judges web site to show how it can be done.
At all Record Status shoots the correct information must be given at assembly. At local Club shoots it doesn't have to be as in-depth as this, but basic information is still required and has to be given by the Judges especially if novices are present.
We have all come across Archers who have not been given certain information by their Clubs, so it is important that the Archers know exactly what are the requirements at competitions.
Please look at the briefings. I'm sure Gareth & Louise would be pleased for you to use them.
Outdoor assembly briefing (DOCX)
Indoor assembly briefing (DOCX)
Briefings Compiled by
Gareth Beeby
Louise Smith
Regards,
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
I would like to inform the Yorkshire Archery Association that we have a new National Judge. Congratulations to Mark Hayes on passing his National Assessment this weekend.
Well done Mark, from the Yorkshire Judging Team.
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
Yorkshire has another new County Judge. On Sunday the 10th of March 2013, Louise Smith took her County Assessment and passed.
Well done Louise - on behalf of the Yorkshire Judges, welcome to the team.
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
Congratulations to Gareth Beeby on becoming Yorkshire's newest County Judge. He passed his assessment at the Savile Double Portsmouth on the 3rd of February 2013.
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
Congratulations to Richard Ford on becoming a County Judge. He passed his assessment at the Wakefield Indoor shoot on the 13th of January 2013.
Best wishes to Louise Smith and Gareth Beeby, who have their County Judge assessments coming up soon.
And welcome to two new Candidate Judges - Mark Fieldhouse and Martin Middleton. If anyone is interested in becoming a Candidate Judge, please contact me.
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
Congratulations to Amanda Bartram, who has been selected to be a National Official in the role of Assistant Director of Shooting at the Paralympics, from the 29th of August to the 9th of September 2012.
On behalf of all the Yorkshire Judges - well done Amanda!
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
Congratulations to Amanda Bartram, who today became a National Judge. This is fitting recognition of all the hard work Amanda has put into her judging work.
Richard Breese is to judge at the London 2012 Paralympics. This is in addition to being the Official Scorer at the Olympic archery at Lords, judge at the Paralympic test event in May 2012, and recently being upgraded to a full International Judge.
Richard's in for a busy year of international archery without even leaving the country!
Congratulations from the YAA to Richard.
I have just been informed that Richard Breese has now been upgraded to a full International Judge. Congratulations and well done Richard!
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
Yorkshire has a new Regional Judge. Congratulations to Mark Hayes on passing his Regional Assessment at Shotton on the 17th of September 2011.
WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
Following an incident at a recent field shoot, the practice of leaving a bow propped against a target whilst searching for arrows will stop forthwith.
Henceforth, when it is necessary to search for arrows behind the boss, one member of the shooting group must stay visible in front of the target to ensure that following groups do not shoot until all archers are clear of the target.
A formal rule confirming this guidance will be published in due course.
Andrew Rees
GNAS Field Committee Chairman
WHY?
During at least 2 field shoots this year archers have needed to be removed from the course quickly due to a medical emergency.
In both cases it took time to communicate this to someone with a radio who could then arrange the medical assistance.
The archers raised the fact that there was currently only one call for assistance: "JUDGE Target x".
When a judge hears this, they go to the target, waiting for groups to shoot, taking the paths. This takes time.
This doesn't distinguish between "JUDGE we need a line call or there is a twig in the way" and "We need help now".
The archers felt vulnerable and discussed a solution before coming to the committees.
The process is not a rule change.
It is a procedure to be used in emergencies, emergencies being the normal meaning of the word - it does not include arrows stuck in trees or overhanging branches.
Archers should ask themselves - does someone need help quickly? Would you normally call 999 in this situation?
If the answer to either question is YES, then call RED.
THE PROCEDURE
An incident occurs and the archers on the target decide they need EMERGENCY help.
The group call "TARGET x RED" - e.g. "TARGET 15 RED"
This call is heard by other archers who IMMEDIATELY STOP SHOOTING and REPEAT THE CALL
The course has now stopped shooting and is clear for Judges, First Aiders, and Organisers etc. to make their way to the target by the shortest and quickest route.
The incident is dealt with.
Judges will re-start the shoot on WHISTLES.
No one will shoot until this re-start is signalled.
Neil S E Foden
Judges Liaison Officer
Northern Counties Archery Society
All judges, please be aware that after 1st April 2011, scopes may be left on the line for both GNAS and FITA rounds.
This is of course subject to safety conditions, e.g. wind or bad weather when they must be secured down or removed. If they cause aggravation to other archers on the same target, then they should also be removed on these occasions.
From 1st April and not before.
WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
Following an incident at a recent field shoot, the practice of leaving a bow propped against a target whilst searching for arrows will stop forthwith.
Henceforth, when it is necessary to search for arrows behind the boss, one member of the shooting group must stay visible in front of the target to ensure that following groups do not shoot until all archers are clear of the target.
A formal rule confirming this guidance will be published in due course.
Here are some downloadable resources for judges.
Outdoor assembly briefing (DOCX)
Indoor assembly briefing (DOCX)
The forms below are used by judges when working with some of the more popular record status rounds. These are all in PDF format.
Revised 19 June 2013.
Combined FITA
FITA 18
FITA 25
FITA 720
Double FITA 720
FITA 900
FITA Standard
Full FITA
Long Metric
Portsmouth
Double Portsmouth
York/Hereford/Bristols
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