National Champion Bowhunter Competition
| Australian Champion Bowhunter Competition Incorporating the Craft Competition |
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The Australian Champion Bowhunter is decided by a points scoring competition which is out of 600 points and is only open to TBA members. If time permits non TBA members may shoot this event but there will be no points issued. How do I enter? All you have to do is be a TBA member and register for the Sneaker and Speed rounds at the National Safari. You will recieve two hundred points maximum from your hunting points for game claimed over the previous calendar year. Two hundred points from the combination of the sneak and speed rounds and two hundred points from the craft section. The whole idea of craft within the overall competition is the utilisation of what you harvest. The Best Chance To give your self the best chance you need to be as close to, or above the 200 points from game claimed. You can enter with 50 points, but naturally you will be at a 150 point disadvantage to those going into the overall competition with 200 points. Make sure you cover as many of the eight craft categories as possible, the more categories, the more points. Then all you have to do is shoot well. |
| Synopsis of the Events used for the Australian Champion Bowhunter |
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Bowhunting This is taken from your game claims from the previous calendar year. It doesn't matter how many points you get from your hunting claims, only a maximum of 200 can be used. Sneaker Round Only open to TBA members for competition purposes. The sneaker round consists of 10 targets which are typically 3D or silhouetted ABA targets. These are placed in a bush setting in such a way as to represent a hunting situation. The archer is required to walk a defined path and spot and shoot the targets. This is done over a pre-determined time frame and must be spotted and shot before a pre-determined point is reached. The make up of the course will be decided by a TBA member or appointee. This person will then become the scorer and will be following the hunter throughout the event. The scorer will give the hunter a half time used warning and also a one minute remaining warning. Targets shot after the pre-determined point is reached will receive a zero score. The scoring will be 10 points for both the A and B zones and 5 points for the C zone. No score will be given for the rest of the body. A maximum of 100 points available. Speed Round Open only to TBA members for the competition purposes. The speed round consists of two lanes of 5 silhouetted ABA targets or 3D targets, making 10 in total. The lanes are set side by side and are staggered in such a way that all faces can be seen from the one shoot position. They begin at 5 metres and can go out to a maximum of 25 metres. Each set of 5 targets will be shot once and scored. The scoring is the same as for the sneaker round, 10 points for the A and B zones and 5 points for the C zone, nothing for the rest of the body. The Archer will begin each set of 5 targets with the arrow on the string and the bow at waist level. The Archer may also grip the string or place their release aid on the string. They will then be given a 5, 4, 3, 2, go signal, they have then 30 seconds in which to fire as many arrows as possible. Typically you have one arrow at each target, fired in any order. If time permits additional arrows may be fired at any target to improve your score. The Archer will continue to fire until told to stop by the official. Any arrow in the air at this time will be counted. If there is more than one arrow in a target face the higher scoring arrow will be scored. Only one score can be taken from each target, to a maximum of 100 points Sneak/Speed Competition A parallel competition is run within the Australian Champion Bowhunter Competition. This will be decided upon by the combined scores from the Sneaker round and the Speed round. This competition is open to all those that have shot the two events whether they have entered the Australian Champion Bowhunter Competition or not. Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd will be given. Craft Display Any ABA member is permitted to enter items in the craft competition, but will not recieve any points towards Champion Bowhunter unless they are TBA members. There are eight point scoring sections for the craft display and one non point scoring section. These are judged by three members of the Bowhunting Division or their appointed representative and one independant observer. Each of the eight sections is worth a maximum of 25 points. The point breakdown is:-
with 5 points given for entering a section, providing you haven't received points in one of the places. The 5 points can only be given once for each section. This adds to a total of your maximum 200 points. The one non point scoring section will have a first place and receive a prize for this. The competitor can enter each division as many times as they like but can only recieve a maximum of 25 points per section, ie. If a competitior takes 1st and 3rd they will still only get 25 points, but if they take 2nd and 3rd they will get the total of these points which is 25. All of the sections must be from the previous calendar year. In the case of game, or products from the game they must have been harvested in the previous calendar year. For the physical making of craft, they have to be made the previous calendar year. The only exception is the photo album. This can be from an accumulation of previous years but can only be entered in the competition once |
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At the National Safari each year trophies will also be presented to those Bowhunters who have had outstanding success in the previous calendar year. these include:
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