Judges Liaison Officer Rule Changes Judges Resources Judges Confirmation and Expense Form News about judging Archery judging in Yorkshire
Karen Winsett is the Judges Liaison Officer. It's best to contact her if you want to book judges for your tournaments. Her email address is:
If you book a judge directly, please let Karen know by sending her the tear-off slip from the Judges Confirmation and Expense Form. This is important, as it helps to prevent double bookings.
All judges, please be aware that after 1st April 2011, scopes may be left on the line for both GNAS and FITA rounds.
This is of course subject to safety conditions, e.g. wind or bad weather when they must be secured down or removed. If they cause aggravation to other archers on the same target, then they should also be removed on these occasions.
From 1st April and not before.
WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
Following an incident at a recent field shoot, the practice of leaving a bow propped against a target whilst searching for arrows will stop forthwith.
Henceforth, when it is necessary to search for arrows behind the boss, one member of the shooting group must stay visible in front of the target to ensure that following groups do not shoot until all archers are clear of the target.
A formal rule confirming this guidance will be published in due course.
Here are some downloadable resources for judges.
The forms below are used by judges when working with some of the more popular record status rounds. These are all in PDF format.
Combined FITA
FITA 18
FITA 25
FITA 720
FITA 900
FITA Standard
Full FITA
Long Metric
Portsmouth
York/Hereford
The Judges Confirmation and Expense Form was designed following comments made by a number of judges, who have had to approach tournament organisers to seek re-imbursement for their various expenses, almost feeling that they have had to negotiate the matter or value of their expenses for the day. They have also not been sure of the arrangements being provided (or not provided) by the club for the judge's lunch.
The approach we're recommending is for the tournament organiser or club secretary to send the form to the judge well in advance of the event, and for the judge to return the confirmation of their attendance and expected expenses, such that these matters can be settled well before the day.
If you are responsible for organising such a tournament, or are the secretary of a club that runs such a tournament, we request that you use this form.
To prevent double booking of Judges, the Judges Confirmation and Expense Form includes a tear off slip to send to Karen Winsett, the Judges Liaison Officer, when the booking has been confirmed. The form can be downloaded as a Word document:
Judges Confirmation and Expense Form (Word document)
Many thanks for your anticipated support.
YAA Secretary
Congratulations to Amanda Bartram, who today became a National Judge. This is fitting recognition of all the hard work Amanda has put into her judging work.
Richard Breese is to judge at the London 2012 Paralympics. This is in addition to being the Official Scorer at the Olympic archery at Lords, judge at the Paralympic test event in May 2012, and recently being upgraded to a full International Judge.
Richard's in for a busy year of international archery without even leaving the country!
Congratulations from the YAA to Richard.
I have just been informed that Richard Breese has now been upgraded to a full International Judge. Congratulations and well done Richard!
Karen Winsett
Yorkshire Judges Liaison Officer
Yorkshire has a new Regional Judge. Congratulations to Mark Hayes on passing his Regional Assessment at Shotton on the 17th of September 2011.
WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
Following an incident at a recent field shoot, the practice of leaving a bow propped against a target whilst searching for arrows will stop forthwith.
Henceforth, when it is necessary to search for arrows behind the boss, one member of the shooting group must stay visible in front of the target to ensure that following groups do not shoot until all archers are clear of the target.
A formal rule confirming this guidance will be published in due course.
Andrew Rees
GNAS Field Committee Chairman
Stan Snow has decided to retire from judging, after more years than anyone can remember. At the YAA AGM on Saturday the 13th of March 2010, he was presented with a crystal decanter by Karen Winsett, the county's Judge Liaison Officer.
We thank Stan for his outstanding contribution and wish him well for the future.
Photos by Michelle Kiddy
On behalf of the Yorkshire Archery Association, as Vice President, I was asked to make a presentation to Peter Wellbourn of a crystal decanter for his contribution to judging. He retired from judging in 2009.
Peter started in Archery in 1984 with Castle Bowmen of Lincoln. In 1991 he became a Candidate Judge, progressing to County level (Target) in 1991 and County level (Field) in 1993. He progressed to Regional level for Target in 1995 and Regional for Field in 1997. We give him our good wishes for the future.
Peter sends his thanks to the Yorkshire Archery Association.
Peter Wellbourn on Sunday 14th March 2010 with Christine Morgan
Christine Morgan
Vice President
Richard Breese recently attended a FITA Judge Seminar in Weisbaden, Germany and was successful in passing the assessment. He is therefore now accredited as FITA International Judge Candidate in addition to his previous accreditation as EMAU Continental Judge.
Richard says: "This should in no way be detrimental to my performance and availability to judge at YAA tournaments and indeed I very much look forward to being able to bring further experiences and knowledge to bear at our local archery fields for the benefit of all."
Congratulations to Richard on this great achievement!
Karen Winsett today passed her assessment at Shotton, and is now a National Judge.
The YAA sends its congratulations to Karen on this great achievement.
On 20th October 2007 at West Wakefield Methodist Church, Karen Boucher married Michael Winsett.
We wish them both a long and happy future together.
YAA judge John Gilroy successfully passed his assessment at the NWAS weekend at Shotton and so he is now a National Judge for target archery. This is fitting recognition for 6 years of hard work as a judge. Our congratulations to him.
Judging is crucial to archery tournaments. Without judges and other officials, archery events could not take place.
This page will develop into a set of resources for judges, field captains, people interested in becoming judges or field captains, and people looking for officials for their events.
In the meantime, please contact the county secretary for any information you require.
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