Three new SBG records were made at the Dunbrody shoot
Privacy
The IFAF Secretary and Membership Secretary both possess a file consisting of details of your membership. As there is nothing of a sensitive nature on them, and no details apart from name and club are ever published, they need not be registered with the Data Protection Commissioner. However, any member wishing to view their details held may do so on request
Change in name only
The notion of having a new style, Historical Bow, was raised at the AGM
To avoid yet another style English Longbow is now classed as Historical along with Horsebows, Magyars, home made Selfbows etc.
Be Seen
All competitors are reminded that they need to be wearing either bright clothing (including rain gear) or a hat or top in hi-vis.
The score needed for a Gold Gain for Compound Bowhunter has been reduced from 558 to 550 as it was very much out of line with other styles. The change is retrospective for 2010 but has only affected one competitor
Extent of Insurance Cover. It was thought that many members believed that the current policy covers for all accidents, but being a liability policy this is not the case unless an instance of negligence by one or more other members, helpers or officers can be established.
Guest competitors from other archery organisations are not allowed to shoot at national calendared events unless they are from overseas. They need to be IFAF members. The exception is for competitors not resident in the island of Ireland.
However, they may attend up to three club events provided that they are accompanied by a club member and that the name, address and date are noted.
This was attended by Chris Dawkins, our International Rep
For the minutes of the meeting in PDF format click HERE For some considerations concerning the future of IFAA click HERE
SBG Gains Scores
As voted in at the AGM, the scores for a Gold gain have increased by 5% and the scores for Bronze have decreased by 5%. The scores for Silver remain the same. There is also another level of attainment, the IFAF Star, requiring scores mere mortals can but dream about!
Hopefully all the scoring and distance parameters for SBG will now stay constant for the forseeable future.
All changes are from the next SBG shoot.
To see what scores you need to get a Gain in your style click HERE
SBG Course layout for 2010
There are some changes to the course layout.
All distances to 3D's are now to be 15% longer than for paper faces. This is to compensate for the more than 20% higher 3D scores recorded over the last two years.
Peg 2 is now to be set at a random distance between pegs 1 and 2. This is to deny the chance of competitors pacing from 1 to 2 and thus getting a much more accurate estimate for their second shot. The randomness is decided by the SBG distance calculator.
For those laying out an SBG course, the calculator and notes are in "The SBG Round", "For RUNNING an SBG"
IFAF Club Instructors
Additional club instructors may be proposed by a current Recognised Instructor by completing the form to be found under MEMBERSHIP or by clicking HERE
IFAF Extraordinary General Meeting. 18th October 2009
The edited minutes of the meeting and of the following IFAF Executive meeting are HERE
Records, IFAF Arrows, Results, and Errors
If you detect errors in any of the above, send an email with details and it will be investigated
Aug 09
IFAF Annual General Meeting 16th August
The minutes of this meeting can be found HERE However, some decisions effective from now
They are
In the interests of safety, competitors who wear dark or DPM (camo) clothing will, at the discretion of the shoot manager, be instructed to wear high vis jackets or they will not be allowed to shoot
Parents or guardians may entrust their children to another member provided that all persons concerned are in agreement to this arrangement. Shoot organisers must not arbitrarily group any child (under 18) separate from the parent
Any archer who finds that he cannot see the whole target at whatever stance or considers the shot to be dangerous in any way e.g. slippery footing, can, with the consent of the rest of the group, move to a more satisfactory place to make the shot, usually to one side
From now on you can qualify for the Platinum or Excellence arrow pin. The exact name/badge/pin for this award is yet to be decided. Watch this space. The qualifying scores are published under "SBG Round"
NOTE that any other modifications to the SBG Gains qualifying scores or to SBG shooting distances will only become effective from January 2010
In order to speed up shoot registration and avoid errors each competitor needs to fill in hand in a Registration Slip with full name, division (adult/jun/cub male/female), and bowstyle.
Immediately you arrive at the shoot you will be handed a slip which you can fill in whilst in your vehicle.
When you're kitted up take the slip AND YOUR BOW to registration.
There will be 3 stages for registration - 1.Bowcheck 2.Pay 3.Grouping, where you hand in your slip.
Do NOT register other competitors - that includes your children
Alternatively, you can print our a sheet of 4 slip from DOCUMENTS - but each competitor presents one slip only
IFAF Instructors
On 18th April a seminar was held for those members who have been instructing beginners within their clubs
It had two main aims -
1. To compare and share ideas on how they go about turning complete novices into archers
2. To gain recognition as IFAF instructors listed as able to sign off beginners as having satisfactorily completed the IFAF Training Schedule
Conclusion - that there was no fundamental difference in the methods used. All were satisfactory, but none of them were identical i.e. that there was to be no rigid format in the training.
IFAF Safety Officer
Chris Dawkins has kindly agreed to take on the responsibility of this post, which has been initiated to ensure course safety issues are addressed
Chris will contact a club before an event to get the identity of the shoot "manager", and to find out when the course is being inspected and by whom. He need not inspect any courses himself
He will receive, either personally, by mail, or email, the signed Event Record sheet as soon as possible after the shoot
What to do when safety issues occur Inspecting an empty course can be extremely difficult and when the shoot is under way some problems may come to light. It's not appropriate to leave it and report it after the shoot is over
One of the group who detect the problem should phone the shoot manager and describe the circumstances. The manager should see that it's fixed.
If the group decide that it's a serious issue they should wait on the scene until it's fixed. Following competitors will also need to wait.
If the problem cannot be rectified fairly quickly then alternative solutions will have to be found e.g. stationing a marshal, closing down the target.
Competitors are therefore encouraged to take their mobiles on the course but switched off They are also encouraged to be proactive in dealing with problems they come across.
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