Classifications
Clout classifications
Tassel Award scheme
National rankings
Tassel Award scheme
The Northern Counties Archery Society administers a national Tassel Award scheme which shows the relative ability of clout shooters.
Awards will be applicable to Double One/Two Way Clouts for Gents, Ladies, Junior Gents and Junior Ladies. There are separate schemes for GNAS clouts and FITA clouts.
The Tournament shall be organised in accordance with GNAS Rules of Shooting and be an Open Tournament.
The Tournament Organiser shall make requests for Tassel Award Status to NCAS at least 6 months prior to the event on the approved application form. If the Tournament is also to be a record status shoot, then GNAS Rule 700(b) applies.
To cover administration costs a registration fee will be paid to NCAS (cheque made payable to Andrew Neal) by the body organising the shoot. This will be based on a nominal fee per entry, decided and indicated in advance by NCAS. The Tournament Organiser can then pass this back to the archers in the form of a surcharge within the entry fee. The Tournament Organiser shall, after the shoot, forward to NCAS a copy of the results list indicating the total number of entries and the associated fee for hosting the shoot.
The tournament shall be advertised as a "Tassel" shoot.
Archers claiming an award shall register their score with the Tournament Organiser on an authorised claim form. The form accompanied by the archer's original score sheet and a copy of the Results List both signed by the Tournament Organiser to NCAS for verification and issue of awards. An ad-hoc check of GNAS Membership Registrations will be made from time to time by the administrator of the scheme with GNAS Headquarters.
Archers achieving a score in the following bands shall be awarded the following badges. Badges will only be awarded for the score achieved:
| Tassel Awards for scores on Double GNAS Clout rounds | |||||
| Badge colour | Score bands | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longbow | Barebow | Recurve | Compound | ||
| White | 25 - 49 | 50 - 74 | 75 - 124 | 75 - 124 | |
| Black | 50 - 74 | 75 - 99 | 125 - 174 | 125 - 174 | |
| Blue | 75 - 99 | 100 - 124 | 175 - 199 | 175 - 224 | |
| Red | 100 - 124 | 125 - 149 | 200 - 224 | 225 - 274 | |
| Gold | 125 - 149 | 150 - 174 | 225 - 249 | 275 - 299 | |
| Purple | 150 + | 175 + | 250 + | 300 + | |
| Metric Tassel Awards for scores on Double FITA Clout rounds | |||||
| Badge colour | Score bands | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longbow | Barebow | Recurve | Compound | ||
| White | 75 - 124 | 125 - 174 | 175 - 224 | 175 - 224 | |
| Black | 125 - 174 | 175 - 224 | 225 - 274 | 225 - 274 | |
| Blue | 175 - 199 | 225 - 249 | 275 - 299 | 275 - 299 | |
| Red | 200 - 224 | 250 - 274 | 300 - 324 | 300 - 324 | |
| Gold | 225 - 249 | 275 - 299 | 325 - 349 | 325 - 349 | |
| Purple | 250 + | 300 + | 350 + | 350 + | |
An individual archer is eligible to claim using all bow types. Once having gained an award at a higher grade with a particular bow type, an archer may not, when at a later shoot, claim for a lower grade using the same bow type.
Junior Tassel Award. The score bands for awards shall be the same as for the senior awards. Claims can be made if:
- The score is obtained shooting the distance for the junior's own age group, or
- The score is obtained shooting a distance above the junior's age group. Once a claim is made for a "higher" Tassel Award, i.e. Black, Blue, Red or Gold, a claim for the "missing" Tassel award can only be made when the junior moves up to the next age band.
All claims must be made before leaving the Tournament field. Altered score sheets which have not been initialled by the Judge will invalidate the claim.
The Tassel Award Scheme is administered on behalf of NCAS by:
Andrew Neal
Chapel View
43a Main Street
Riccall
York
YO19 6QD
Tel: 01757 249233
E-mail: agneal@tiscali.co.uk
National rankings
The Northern Counties Archery Society maintains national rankings for clout archery. These are compiled by Andrew Neal, using each archer's top three scores on Tassel Award status Double GNAS Clout rounds (one-way or two-way) in a calendar year.
The document linked below shows the national clout rankings for 2010:
Tassel Award rankings 2010.
A total of 979 archers participated in Tassel Award shoots in 2010, compared to 898 in 2009.
690 of these only shot in 1 tournament, compared to 647 in 2009.
126 of these only shot in 2 tournaments, compared to 110 in 2009.
163 archers shot in 3 shoots or more, compared to 141 in 2009.
The highest number of shoots completed in by a single archer was 20.
Further information on Tassel Award shoots and on the rankings can be found on the website of the Northern Counties Archery Society.
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