3D World Championships- Terni 2015.

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World Archery, the International Archery Federation, officially introduced 3D archery as one of its disciplines at the beginning of 2000 with the intention of attracting a very high number of archers, who in various countries in the world hunted with a bow, to sporting and athletic archery.
A goal that attained excellent results, considering the ever increasing number of practitioners, who in many cases preferred to put themselves to the test in sports rather than continue hunting.
The 3D event will take place along courses buried in the greenery, using three dimensional targets (hence the name) and envisages the participation of archers belonging to 4 divisions:

- Barebow
- Instinctive Bow
- Compound
- Longbow

The targets, divided into classes on the basis of their size, are laid out on slopes and at various distances from the shooting pegs along the course. The shooting pegs represent the area from which the athletes shoot their arrows and have two colours: red for the compound division, which shoot farther distances and blue for all the other divisions. Targets that are suitably proportioned in relation to the distance and size of the targets are chosen.
Athletes, which are subdivided into teams, shall take turns in shooting at each individual target one at a time. Each competitor, positioned up to a maximum of one metre from the shooting peg, may shoot from a standing or kneeling position. Archers may shoot in groups of not more than six persons and never less than three.


SCORING

Each target has 3 grooves on its surface that outline circles, whose area determines the scores. If an arrow touches a line of the groove, the highest score will be awarded:

11 POINTS – the smallest circle. It represents the “vital” zone and is marked with an X on the scorecard. It is called the “Super Spot” in jargon;
10 POINTS – the area of the circle outside the 11 points circle;
8 POINTS – the vital zone of the target outside the 10 points circle;
5 POINTS – all over the body of the target outside the 11, 10 and 8 points circles is worth 5 points;
0 POINTS – if the arrow does not hit the target or hits the hooves or horns, an M (miss) is marked on the scorecard and is worth 0 points.

QUALIFICATION ROUND

The competition gets under way dividing all participants in the competition into teams which follow two courses of 24 targets each, in which 2 arrows are shot from each shooting peg for a total of 92 arrows. At the end of the two courses, the ranking of the best 16 scores in each division, male and female, is drawn up.
The time limit for each athlete to shoot his/her own arrow is 1 (one) minute.
The time limit of 1 minute for the first athlete of the group begins when the group (team) in front has cleared the target and is verified/assumed to be at a safe distance from same.

The time limit of 1 minute for the subsequent athlete of the group begins when the athlete who shot first, after having shot his/her arrow, leaves the shooting peg to return to the waiting area.



3D SPECIALITY

World Archery, the International Archery Federation, officially introduced 3D archery as one of its disciplines at the beginning of 2000 with the intention of attracting a very high number of archers, who in various countries in the world hunted with a bow, to sporting and athletic archery.
A goal that attained excellent results, considering the ever increasing number of practitioners, who in many cases preferred to put themselves to the test in sports rather than continue hunting.
The 3D event will take place along courses buried in the greenery, using three dimensional targets (hence the name) and envisages the participation of archers belonging to 4 divisions:

- Barebow
- Instinctive Bow
- Compound
- Longbow

The targets, divided into classes on the basis of their size, are laid out on slopes and at various distances from the shooting pegs along the course. The shooting pegs represent the area from which the athletes shoot their arrows and have two colours: blue for the compound division, which shoot farther distances and red for all the other divisions. Targets that are suitably proportioned in relation to the distance and size of the targets are chosen.
Athletes, which are subdivided into teams, shall take turns in shooting at each individual target one at a time. Each competitor, positioned up to a maximum of one metre from the shooting peg, may shoot from a standing or kneeling position. Archers may shoot in groups of not more than six persons and never less than three elements.


SCORING
Each target has 3 grooves on its surface that outline circles, whose area determines the scores. If an arrow touches a line of the groove, the highest score will be awarded:

11 POINTS – the smallest circle. It represents the “vital” zone and is marked with an X on the scorecard. It is called the “Super Spot” in jargon;
10 POINTS – the area of the circle outside the 11 points circle;
8 POINTS – the vital zone of the target outside the 10 points circle;
5 POINTS – all over the body of the target outside the 11, 10 and 8 points circles is worth 5 points;
0 POINTS – if the arrow does not hit the target or hits the hooves or horns, an M (miss) is marked on the scorecard and is worth 0 points.

QUALIFICATION ROUND

The competition gets under way dividing all participants in the competition into teams which follow two courses of 24 targets each, in which 2 arrows are shot from each shooting peg for a total of 92 arrows. At the end of the two courses, the ranking of the best 16 scores in each division, male and female, is drawn up.
The time limit for each athlete to shoot his/her own arrow is 1 (one) minute.
The time limit of 1 minute for the first athlete of the group begins when the group (team) in front has cleared the target and is verified/assumed to be at a safe distance from same.
The time limit of 1 minute for the subsequent athlete of the group begins when the athlete who shot first, after having shot his/her arrow, leaves the shooting peg to return to the waiting area.


ELIMINATION ROUNDS

After the Qualification round, there are 2 Elimination rounds on two courses: the first has 12 shooting pegs and the second 8.


The 16 best scores of the qualification round in each division go to the first Elimination round. At this stage, the 16 archers, divided into teams of 4 athletes, each shoot 1 arrow at the 12 targets on the course.


After the first round, the 8 best scores are admitted to the second Elimination round, where each of the athletes shoot 1 arrow at the 8 targets making up the course.


At the end of the second Elimination round, the best 4 scores pass on to the semi-finals.

SEMI-FINALS AND FINALS

This round involves head-on encounters where athletes shoot 1 arrow per target on a course with 4 shooting pegs, where 1 target for each athlete is laid out (therefore 2 targets for each shooting peg). The 4 athletes in each division challenge each other in the semi-final based on the scores obtained in the second Elimination round: the 1st against the 4th and the 2nd against the 3rd. The winners of the semi-finals shoot for 1st and 2nd place whilst the other two shoot for 3rd and 4th place.


Both the finals for the gold medal as well as for the bronze medal will take place on a course with 4 shooting pegs (having 8 targets, 2 for each shooting peg) and each athlete shoots 1 arrow. Whoever obtains the highest score at the end of the course wins the challenge. In the event of a tie at the end of the 4 shooting pegs, the athletes shoot one arrow each at a target reserved for the shoot off. The archer who obtains the highest score wins. In the event of a tie, the arrow closest to the centre of the circle worth 11 points (Super Spot) wins.



TEAM COMPETITION

The team elimination round (quarter finals) involves head-on encounters on courses with 8 targets for the best 8 teams that qualified on the basis of the results obtained by the athletes at the end of the 2 qualification rounds.


Teams are made up of one Compound athlete, one Longbow athlete and one athlete using either a Barebow or an Instinctive Bow (the captain of the team decides which of the two components may be part of the team), up to a maximum of 3 archers.


The team shoots one arrow per athlete at each target in the elimination and final rounds. The time limit for a team to shoot 3 arrows at each target is 2 minutes. The time limit of 2 minutes begins when the first component of the team reaches the shooting peg and the group in front has cleared the target and is verified/assumed to be at a safe distance from same.


The best 8 teams qualify for the elimination round (on the basis of the score obtained at the end of the 2 courses of the individual qualifications) and challenge each other on a course with 8 shooting pegs according to the following table: the 1st in the qualification round against the 8th, the 2nd against the 7th, the 3rd against the 6th and the 4th against the 5th. After that, the best 4 teams are admitted to the semi-finals and finals.

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COMPETITION SCHEDULE

Sunday August 30th

Arrival of the Delegations
09.30 - 19.00 Team registration, at Archery Village Terni
10.00 - 16.00 Practice field open from unofficial training, Archery City of Terni



Monday August 31st

Arrival of the Delegations
09.30 - 19.00 Team registration, at Archery Village Terni
10.00 - 16.00 Practice field open from unofficial training, Archery City of Terni



Tuesday September 1st

09.15 Transportation from hotels to the practice field Marmore Falls
10.00 - 14.00 Equipment inspection and Official Practice Marmore Falls
15.00 Team Manager's meeting at Marmore Falls
17.00 Transport from Marmore Falls to hotels and from there to the Opening Ceremony
18.00 Opening Ceremony, in Terni toen centre
19.15 (approx.) Transport to the hotels

Wednesday September 2nd

08.30 Transportation from hotels to the practice field Marmore Falls
09.00 - 09.30 Warm up
09.45 Calling of the groups/scorecards/walking into the courses
10.00 Start: 1st Qualification Round - 24 targets
Lunch break
15.30 and 16.30 (approx.) Transport to the hotels



Thursday September 3rd

08.30 Transportation from hotels to the practice field Marmore Falls
09.00 - 09.30 Warm up
09.45 Calling of the groups/scorecards/walking into the courses
10.00 Start: 1st Qualification Round - 24 targets
Lunch break
15.30 and 16.30 (approx.) Transport to the hotels


Friday September 4th

08.00 Transportation from hotels to the elimination field
09.30 - 09.00 Warm up
09.05 Calling of the groups/scorecards/walking into the courses
09.30 Start: 1st Individual Elimination Round - 12 targets
Shoot off
Lunch Break
12.00 - 12.30 Warm up test
12.45 Calling of the teams/scorecards/walking into the courses
13.00 Start: Team Elimination Round - 8 targets
Shoot off
14.30 Calling of the groups/scorecards/walking into the courses
14.45 Start: 2nd Individual Elimination Round - 8 targets
Shoot off
17.30 (approx.) Transport to the hotels





Saturday September 5th

08.30 Transportation from hotels to the finals field (Marmore Falls)
09.00 Warm up possibility for participants in semifinal and finals
09.30 - 10.15 Individual Semifinals - 4 targets
10.30 - 11.15 Individual Final (bronze medal) - 4 targets
11.30 - 12.15 Teams Semifinals - 4 targets
12.30 - 13.15 Teams Finals (bronze medal) - 4 targets
13.30 - 14.15 Teams Finals (gold medal) - 4 targets
14.30 - 15.30 Individual Finals (gold medal) - 4 targets
Transport to Terni town
17.00 Award Ceremony and Closing Ceremony at Archery Village in Terni
20.30 Gala Dinner and party at Archery Village in Terni



Sunday September 6th

Departure of the delegations

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Unoficial practice.... The Vikings have arrived.

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Official Practice.

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Some of the faces are familiar at this stage.

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What do archers do at night? Sleep?

Well no, they need to eat and relax so to accommodate a temporary huge influx a special Archery Village is set up.



And a programme of entertainment is organised.

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Number of Participants per class:

Number of Nations: 22

Women Teams 11
Men Teams 14

Long Bow Women 23
Long Bow Men 36

Instinctive Bow Men 36
Instinctive Bow Women 23

Bare Bow Men 38
Bare Bow Women 16

Compound Bow Men 33
Compound Bow Women 22

Updated 02 July 2015

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Targets in use:

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Event trailer:

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At long last, an Irish team to follow through the week. Best of luck to these entrepreneurs. They know they're up against tough odds but they're there to fly the flag, compete and learn. Good shooting Adrian (Instinctive) Sarah (Longbow) and Terry (Barebow).

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Results from the first day of Qualification are coming in.

Mens BB:



Women's BB:





Full results are available here.

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Women's Longbow:

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AXEFLOD Mats SWEDEN, GIANNINI Alessandro ITALY
SKINNER Corey CANADA, LESKINEN Timo FINLAND

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JONSSON Erik SWEDEN, TORRICELLI Graziano ITALY







Torben, 'TCJ'.

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Part of Team Ireland.

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What's this?

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Day Two results. Top 16 in each category go forward to the Elimination rounds.

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Womens' BB:

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Women's Longbow results:

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Mens Instinctive Qualification Round Results:

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Midnight64

Great coverage. Thank you.

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Some big surprises in Men's BB but with such a strong field someone will be pushed out..





ELIMINATION ROUNDS

After the Qualification round, there are 2 Elimination rounds on two courses: the first has 12 shooting pegs and the second 8.

The 16 best scores of the qualification round in each division go to the first Elimination round. At this stage, the 16 archers, divided into teams of 4 athletes, each shoot 1 arrow at the 12 targets on the course.

After the first round, the 8 best scores are admitted to the second Elimination round, where each of the athletes shoot 1 arrow at the 8 targets making up the course.

At the end of the second Elimination round, the best 4 scores pass on to the semi-finals.

The scores above are out of a maximum of 132 points.

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Hight lights from yesterday.

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First Elimination round.

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Rain before the start of the second Elimination round.

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Out with the old and in with the new...

... a few surprises after the end of the second elimination round.

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Team Elimination round.

Some are ruefully sitting it out ..



..while others are still sweating it out.

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Second Elimination round.