2002 Junior National Archery Championships

The SunSmart National Junior Clout Archery Championships will be held on Wednesday, 16th January. Practice facilities will be available on Sunday, 13th January between 12:30pm and 4:00pm, following the Opening Ceremony.

For the Championships, each archer and arbalist will be required to shoot two rounds over the following distances:

The distances vary according to bow type and category.  The target is a 12 metres diameter area, which is indicated by a row of flags which can be seen from the shooting line.  The flags indicate the colours of the rings of the target; i.e. gold (10 & 9 scoring zones), red (8 & 7), blue (6 & 5), black (4 & 3) and white (2 & 1).  The centre of the clout target is indicated by a white triangular pennant called "the clout".

Scoring is carried out every end of six arrows using a cord which has the scoring zones marked on it.  It is secured at the centre of the target area and when scoring is simply drawn around the clout.  Arrows are scored according to the part of the cord which touches them.  Arrows are scored based on that part of the arrow shaft which first becomes visible out of the ground.  An arrow which is lying flat on the ground (usually due to bouncing off another arrow or hitting the clout) is scored based on where the point of the arrow lies.

Arrows which are stuck in the clout, score 10.

Archers will be entitled to two ends of three arrows practice before the first round and a single six arrow end of practice prior to the second.

Shooting for all will commence at 9:00am.

The medals for the events will be awarded at the end of the shoot.

The We're Smoke-free National Junior Field Championships will be held at Strathalbyn, home of Strathalbyn Target Archers and their beautiful but surprisingly deceptive course to the east of the Mt Lofty Ranges on the Friday and Saturday.  (For the location refer to the maps below.)

Each recurve, compound or longbow archer and arbalist will be required to shoot two rounds comprising a 24 target marked FITA Field round and a 24 target unmarked FITA Field round from the pegs as indicated in the following table.

Shooting for all will commence at 9:00am.  Limited practice facilities will be available before the shoot each day from 7:30am.

The medals for the events will be awarded at the end of the second day.

Details of further developments for the 24th Australian Junior Archery Championships, Adelaide, 2002 will be published on the News page.

Target and Clout: How to get there....

	From South Terrace, Adelaide: East along South Terrace; cross Pulteney Street and veer right onto Glen Osmond Road (heading south-east), left at Greenhill Road and left at Fulllarton Road. Travel north along Fullarton Road and look for the sign to the carpark entrance on the left.

Field: How to get there....

	From Victoria Park (on Fullarton Road) to Strathalbyn (about 52kms): South along Fullarton Road; cross Greenhill Road and then turn left onto Glen Osmond Road (heading south-east), follow the signs onto the SE Freeway and continue until coming to the Mt Barker turn-off. Travel through Mt Barker to Wistow and turn right onto the road to Strathalbyn.
	Once at Strathalbyn, take either East Terrace, Murray Street or High Street (on your left) and travel the full length to Callington Road and turn right. Then turn left at the train line crossing and travel along the Parker Avenue (past the cemetery) to Forrest Road and turn right.  The entrance to STA is about 150m along the road on your right.

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