How the league is run

The league works rather like a postal competition but it is for individuals not teams. All contact is carried out by e-mail but the organiser can be contacted by post if problems arise. The league is run by its members. The organiser is David O’Carroll.
 
 Role of the organiser

1. The organiser is responsible for running the league. His decision is final.

2. The organiser is responsible for:

Membership fee

3. The membership fee for 2007/08 for all members is £3. Membership covers entry to the competition and costs of running the competition. We will plough the money into badges, medals and advertising. Any excess of income over expenditure will be used for running the competition in successive years.

Round to be shot

4. Each archer will shoot the Portsmouth round as set out in the GNAS rules. Compound archers to score ten for the inner gold.

Allocation of divisions

5. There will be separate divisions for longbow, recurve and compound archers. Members may shoot in all categories (only one membership fee is payable). The organiser will allocate new members to divisions in accordance with their score in October. October scores will be used for ranking only- no points will be awarded. Existing members will be allocated according to their average score last year and October score. Where a division is full allocation up or down will be according to declared:

a). indoor handicap; b). personal best; or c). expected score.

Each division will have no more than ten archers. We expect 6-8 on average. The Organiser reserves the right to reallocate members if their results indicate that they are in the wrong division with the agreement of the Target Captain. In these circumstances points will be recalculated.

When to be shot?

6. Archers can shoot as many times as they wish during the month. They must submit their highest score shot during the month. The duration of the competition will be from 1st October to 31st March each year. Archers must submit scores for five of the six months.

How will scores be recorded?

7. Each division of up to ten archers is hosted by a virtual target captain.

8. The Target Captains will be responsible for receiving the scores each month, awarding league points and e-mailing the results to the division members, the Records Officer and the Organiser.

9. Each archer must e-mail the target captain and organiser by the 5th of the following month with his/her score and number of golds. Results for October will be due by 5th November. E-mails dated after the 5th will be disregarded and no points will be awarded for that month to that archer. Receipt of e-mail by the organiser will be sufficient proof of sending. It is the responsibility of each archer to ensure he/she has an effective e-mail address and notifies changes to the target captain and the organiser immediately. If a group entry is late the same rules apply.

10. The target captain will award 10 points for the highest scoring archer in the division, 9 points for the second etc. If any archers have the same score, the archer with most golds will be placed above the other archer. If both gold scores are the same they both get the same points for the higher place. If the number of golds is not submitted it will be deemed to be nil. Archers who did not shoot in any month will be awarded one point only if they submit a dns result. Only one dns will be accepted during the competition.

11. Each month the target captain will send an e-mail to each member of the division (and the organiser) giving the scores for the month, points awarded for the month and the cumulative points awarded. Each member has one week to challenge the result by e-mailing the target captain and the other members of the division. The Records Officer will check that points have been allocated correctly and send the monthly results to the Webmaster for inclusion on the website.

12. At the end of the competition in April the target captain sends the final league scores to each division member, the Records Officer and to the organiser. Each member has one week to challenge the result by e-mailing the organiser and all division members.

13. If there is a tie the winner will be decided by the highest number of monthly wins. If there is still a tie, then the member with the highest total score over the competition (including the October score) will be declared the winner. If the organiser cannot get agreement of the division members, the division will be abandoned.

E-mail addresses

14. Any archer with access to an e-mail address may become a member. If members share an address with another member, or using a non-member’s address, they are responsible for ensuring messages reach the intended member. Messages from the organiser and target captains need not have the archer’s real name included in it- this is virtual archery after all! The organiser can be contacted at val@virtualarchery.org.uk
 
 Club/group entries

15. Group entries are welcome. It is the responsibility of the group organiser to submit scores on time and ensure that all fees are paid on time. It is acceptable for one e-mail to cover all scores but please split between compound, recurve and longbow and put them in division order

Amendment of rules

16. The organiser reserves the right to change the rules or to add new rules during the competition. Any proposed changes will be posted on the website and sent to target captains. Target captains will forward changes to members in their division. The rules will come into force when agreed by any two target captains.


  The league is organised by David O'Carroll.

Cheques should be made out to David O'Carroll and sent to:

2 Moor Allerton Way, Leeds, LS17 6SA.



 last amended 22 September 2007