Para Archery

Classes Recurve Individual: Women Open Compound Individual Women Open Team: Women Open Compound Individual Women Open Team Women Open Equipment rules are the same as WA rules.

Classes Visually Impaired (VI): VI1 VI2/VI3 There shall be no distinction between men,women,compound or recurve within either division. All will shoot against each other in the appropriate division.

Classes W1 Open (Recurve/Compound) Individual: Women W1 open Team:

Classes Equipment rules are the same as WA rules with the following exceptions: The peak draw weight of the bow is 45 lbs No peep sights or scope sights are allowed Level device is not allowed Release aid are permitted For 50 m compound & match play, we use the full 80 cm target faces

Classification All archers need a current international classification card that must be shown to the judges at the equipment inspection. The judges are able to check the assistive devices of the archer: For established archers a plastic card For new archers a paper sheet in case the plastic card is not yet available New archers that do not have a card of any type may compete at the event but the scores will not be taken into account for World-Ranking and World-Records

Classification

Classification

Assistive Devices Rule 21.6.1; Assistive devices are only allowed if they have been permitted by an international classifier and included in the athlete‘s classification card. Athletes who no longer meet the criteria to be classified as a Para-athlete, may nevertheless require an assistive device to enable them to shoot a bow and arrow in general competition, but not to provide help to shoot well. Such athletes will have an international classification card dated November 2013 or later specifying any assistive device that may be used.

Assistive Devices Wheelchair: Any type is acceptable according to the meaning of the word wheelchair No part of the chair may support the bow arm while shooting All parts of the chair must be at least 110 mm below the archers armpit while shooting at any distance The body support protruding forward from the main vertical frame of the chair back must not be longer than 100 mm and must be at least 110 mm below the archers armpit For W1, if the height is less than 110 mm, it has to be approved by the classifier and mentioned in the classification card The chair must not exceed 1.25 meters in length The use of a anti roll device is allowed

Assistive Devices

Assistive Devices Chair or Stool A chair of any type conforming to the meaning of the word chair No part may support the bow arm while shooting No part may be in contact with the trunk of the archer (no leaning at the back) Space at the shooting line will not exceed 60 x 80 cm

Assistive Devices Block: Prostheses: Possible for archers with different length of legs. Only on one foot Prostheses: A prosthetic arm including hand may be used as long as the attachment is not totally rigged or permanently fixed

Assistive Devices Body support: Only W1 archers are allowed to use a protrusion and a strapping at the same time. As long as there is no support to the bow arm while shooting Other athletes can have single strapping around the chest, wound horizontally only once around the torso, if the Classification card allows it. The strapping can not be more than 2 inches (5 cm) wide at any point

Assistive Devices Release Aid Bow Bandage Any release aid may be attached to the wrist, elbow, or shoulder, or held in the mouth, provided no release aids may be used in the recurve open class Bow Bandage Archers with a bow arm disability may use the bow tied or strapped to the hand provided that it is not totally rigid nor permanently fixed

Assistive Devices Bow arm splint: String arm wrist splint: Archers with bow arm disability may use an elbow or wrist splint. String arm wrist splint: Archers with a string arm disability may use an wrist splint.

Assistive Devices

Assistance W1 archers who are unable to put the arrow on the nock may have a help. This person is allowed to give any verbal or other assistance regarding spotting arrows, adjusting bow sight etc., as long as this person does not disturb the other athletes on the shooting line. The archer and assistant shall be recognisable as partners and wearing the same uniform, numbers etc.

Assistance

Equipment Inspection During Equipment Inspection: Check the Classification Card for the date of classification and the additional devices they are permitted to use Stool or Wheelchair dimension, if any is being used Strapping – single horizontal strap not exceeding 5mm For W1 compound, ensure that the bow is <45lb & the sight is a normal recurve sight Rest of the equipments as per WA Book 3 Chapter 11 If you have a doubt about issues, call the Classifier for assistance.

Equipment Inspection

Equipment Inspection

Rounds Except the VI (Visual Impaired) they shoot the same round like able body archers For team round there are special provisions: All archers may remain on the shooting line They have to rise the arm when they are finished, only then the next archer may remove the arrow from the quiver If arm raising is not possible, they have to arrange with the judge for a convenient signal

Teams

Teams

Visually Impaired Archers (VI) There will be 2 divisions for VI Athletes: VI1 - will wear blindfolds VI 2/3 - will not wear blindfolds A blindfold can be a sleep mask or wraparound glasses or goggles and shall be checked by the Judges during equipment inspection and may be re-checked at any time during the competition The blindfold shall be worn at all times while on the field of play including when setting up equipment, during practice and until the end of the athlete's competition for that day Athletes in both division will use only a tactile sight

Rounds Teams: In the recurve division there is a team round In the compound division: W1 may be grouped with those shooting Open Compound when they shoot the same ranking round There can also be separate W1 and Open Compound team events Mixed teams are made up by one woman and one man with the same type of bow

Adaptive Aid The size of the tactile sight may not exceed 2 cms in any direction and shall only be in contact with the back of the athlete‘s hand or forearm The tactile sight is mounted on a stand which normally includes foot locators The maximum depth of the functional part of the foot locators in contact with the athlete shall be not more than 6 cms (2.5 inches)

Adaptive Aid The total width of the stand/foot locators shall be not more than 80 cms (31.5 inches) There shall be a space of not less than 90 cms (35.5 inches) between each tactile stand (measured from the nearest point of each stand)

Adaptive Aid Once set up the tactile sight & stand may be left on the field of play until the end of the athletes competion (including the foot marker) – but it must not represent an obstacle to other competitiors

Visually Impaired Rounds Athletes may shoot either recurve or compound bows within the same class. The compound bow may be shot with either fingers or a release aid. Compound bows are restricted to a peak draw weight of 45 pounds for both men and women The VI Outdoor Round consists of four times 36 arrows shot at 30m with the following target faces in this order : The first 36 arrows on a 60cm face The next 36 arrows on an 80cm face The final 36 arrows on a 122cm face

Visually Impaired Rounds The VI 30m Round consists of 72 arrows shot at 30m on the 80cm face The VI Olympic Round is shot at 30m on the 80cm target face The VI Indoor Round consists of 60 arrows on a 60cm face shot at 18m. The "recurve" 10 zone will be used for scoring purposes even if a compound bow is used The VI Indoor Match Round is shot on 60cm face at 18m In the VI Olympic Round, target allocations shall be arranged so that athletes do not have to move targets even if this means that their opponent is not on an adjacent target

Assistance VI A VI athlete is permitted to have a person acting as an assistant - who may sit / stand 1m behind the shootong line behind the athlete The role of the assistant is to tell the athlete the position of the arrows in the target face and also to inform them of any safety issue The assistant shall not disturb the other athletes while giving coaching assistance When the athlete has finished his scoring arrows, the assistant will go behind the waiting line

Assistance VI The athlete may remain on the shooting line throughout the shoot or return behind the waiting line at the athlete's discretion The assistant may guide the athlete to the target and back to the shooting line The assistant may only adjust the sight and/or set up equipment between practice and/or scoring ends The athlete may adjust his tactile sight at any time during the shooting

Assistance VI The assistant shall do the scoring for the athlete. Each athlete will sign her/his own score sheet. The athlete and assistant shall be recognised as partners – they need to wear the same uniform An assistance dog is not permitted on the field in WA tournaments.

Venue Practise and warming-up facilities are set-up according to IPC rules Wheelchair archers must be able to move from and to the entrance and shooting line without assistance Two or three archers are allocated to a target Wheelchair and seated archers are allowed to stay on the shooting line after finished shooting (beware DoS)

Venue For Para-archery the FoP will be marked and set up as in the WA rules except: Each archer will be allocated a minimum of 1.25 metre space on the shooting line Lanes for individual events will be 2.6 m (or 3.9 m) in width Lanes for team events will be 3.9 m width