Welsh Open 3D Championships 2008
Pontyruchain Farm, Tal-y-Coed,
Monmouthshire
14th - 15th June
Contents
The 2007 tournament logo was designed by Gary Hart
The hosts for this tournament will once again be Hawk Archers. The course we will be shooting forms part of the area which will play host the the European Field Archery Championships in July 2009. As with last year's tournament, the course will be laid from scratch especially for this event.
In order to encourage competition, this event is fully open to all archers who are members of an IFAA affiliated governing body.
Last year's format was received well by those who shot
the tournament so this will remain unchanged for 2008. We were encouraged by
attendance last year and the feedback from those who took part was very
encouraging. Those who had not shot bowhunter tournaments before appeared in
many cases to have 'caught the bug'. If you shot last year and enjoyed
yourself, please tell your clubmates as we need to improve attendance at
this event this year. If you have not shot 3D targets before, please come
along and try it out. It is good fun and well worth trying!
Useful
Information:
Entry List
The entry list for the tournament will be updated frequently in
the run up to the tournament. Keep an eye on this to see who you will be
shooting against.
Camping Available at the Course
You will be able to camp at the course for a small fee. We will
publish details on this website shortly. There
will be running water and a toilet block. Please pay on registration.
Useful Information:
Facilities
Hawk Archers have been developing their course and its facilities for the
last few years and they have achieved a lot in this short time.
The club has a permanent toilet block, ample car parking and catering will be provided for the tournament. Practice butts will be provided for the shoot.
The Shoot Format
Day 1 will be a Marked 2 shot 3D round. This round will be exactly the
same as the unmarked IFAA 2 shot round except that the distances will be
marked. The aim of shooting this round for the first day is to encourage
field archers who have not previously shot 3D rounds. This round is
usually only shot from unmarked distances but in this instance the
distances will be marked to help the archers who do not have experience in
shooting unmarked rounds.
Day 2 will be a 3 shot unmarked 3D round. This will effectively be an unmarked Big Game round except that we will be shooting at 3D targets instead of paper faces. The 3D animals will conform to IFAA size groups for the Big Game round. This will be the same as that shot at the IFAA World 3D Champs last year.