Welcome to the 2022/2023 Cheshire Winter Leagues
© Cheshire Archery Association 2024
Cheshire Winter Leagues
Rules for 2023/2024
1.
Round to be Shot
a.
Bray I (i.e. 30 arrows at 20 yards at a 40cm WA Face) under GNAS Rules.
b.
The Bray I Round is an Indoor Round, but it may be shot Outdoors
2. Club League Secretaries
a. Clubs must appoint a League Secretary whose familiar with using Email and the Internet.
b. Each Club’s League Secretary duties will include:-
1.
to register all the their club's teams, ensuring the correct payment is paid to the CAA Bank Account by
Bank Tranfer. Details of payment will be sent to each Club League Secretary shortly after Teams are
registered.
2
.
to
gather
together
their
Club's
scores,
work
out
their
Club’s
Teams
and
submit
them
correctly
each
month
not
later
than
the
end
of
the
3
rd
day
of
the
following
month
.
3
.
to
communicate
back
to
their
Club,
the
League's
Divisions,
Fixtures,
Results
and
Latest
League
Tables.
This
can
done
by
encouraging
their
members
to
use
the
Cheshire
Archery
Association’s
Website
–
www.cheshirearcheryassoc.org
and
following
the
link
to
the
Leagues
Website
by
clicking
on
the
Cheshire
Leagues
Button
and/or
printing
off
the
Divisions,
Fixtures,
Results
and
the
Latest
League
Tables for posting on their club’s Notice Boards/Websites.
4.
Distribute any Medals won by their Club’s Teams sent to them by the League Organiser.
3. Bow Disciplines definitions in the Leagues –
as described in the ArcherGB/GNAS Rules of Shooting - April 2014
Recurve - Rule 202
Compound - Rules 207 & 208
Longbow - Rules 206
Recurve Barebow - Rule 204
4. Registration of Teams in the League
a
.
Club’s
League
Secretaries
must
submit
their
Clubs
Teams
with
Bow
Type
(Compound,
Longbow,
Recurve
or
Recurve
Barebow)
and
Estimated
Team
Score
(if
a
new
team
for
this
coming
season).
This
Estimated
Team
score
or
the
aggregate
team
score
from
the
last
Season
is
going
to
be
used
to
decide
which
Division
a
team
competes
in
so
please
to
be
fair
to
other
Club's
do
not
under
estimate
your
team's
score.
b
.
Club’s
must
register
their
interest
and
each
team’s
details
via
the
website
(‘Register
a
Team’).
Once
the
League
Organiser
receives
the
Registration,
he
will
confirm
your
details
via
Email
and
will
also
supply
the
CAA
Bank
Account
details
to
make
the
payment
of
any
Entry
Fees
for
the
Teams
registered.
Once
the
correct
fees
have
been
confirmed
back
to
the
Leagues
Organiser
by
the
CAA
Treasuer
he
will
Email
each
Club
League
Secretary
to
confirm
their
Teams
are
now
in
will
be
confirmed
by
Email
and
also
be
allocated a Userid & password to allow them access to the Submit A Team Score page.
c
.
Registration
of
teams
(this
includes
sending
of
any
payment
Entry
Fees
to
the
League
Organiser)
must
be
completed
by
no
later
than
25th
October
2023
in
order
for
the
Divisions
and
Fixtures
to
be
calculated.
Once
these
have
been
calculated
they
will
be
posted
on
the
Website
as
well
as
a
copy
being
sent
to
each
Club’s League Secretary ready for the 1
st
November, the start of the matches.
5. Team Make up
a.
The estimate Team score or the aggregate Team score from last season's score will be Separate
Divisions for Compound, Longbow, Recurve and Recurve Barebow.
b.
There is no limit on how many teams a Club can enter into each of the Leagues. However, there could
be a restriction depending on how many teams register and how many Divisions can be formed from
the teams registered. Final Decision will lie with the League Organiser.
c.
Team Sizes: For Compound and Recurve Teams - 3 Archers per Team and for Recurve Barebow and
Longbow - 2 Archers per Team.
d.
Teams are made up of each club’s top scoring rounds – If more than one team is entered from a Club for
a Bow type then the Team is made up of the top 3 scores for Recurve and Compound) and top 2 Scores
for Recurve Barebow and Longbow for that month and the B team is made up of the 4
th
, 5
th
and 6
th
top
scores (Recurve and Compound) and 3rd and 4th for Recurve Barebow and Longbow Teams for that
month and so on.
e.
Archers can shoot as many rounds as they like each month, submitting only their top scoring round to
their Club’s League Secretary for assessment.
f.
An Archer can only shoot for one Club in these Leagues.
g.
An Archer may shoot in one or more of the Leagues, but can only represent their chosen club once each
month in each of these leagues.
h.
7. Payment
a.
Entry Fee for each Team is £5.00.
b.
Payment for each team registered to compete in the league must be received by the CAA Webmaster by
no later than 25th October, 2023.
c.
Payment of Entry Fees is be made by Bank Transfers to the CAA Bank Account. Payment details will
provided to each Club League Secretary at the time of confirmation of Teams.
8. Awards
d.
Medals will be awarded to the top team in each of the divisions in each of the leagues - A Medal for
every Archer who has shot for the winning Team over the 5 months the league has been operating.
e.
Medals will be posted to the Winning Club League Secretaries during May 2024.
9. General
f.
All communications is via Email or via phone(Text and Voice).
g.
The League Organiser has the final decision with matters concerning these Leagues.
6. Matches
a.
5 Monthly matches starting in November, ending in March the following year.
b.
Points will be awarded as follows: WIN - 3 points DRAW - 2 points LOSS - 1 point.
c.
If a Team fails to submit a Team score then please Submit a Team Score of NIL with 'DID NOT SHOOT' as
the first Archer Name as this useful for the Organiser to know.
d.
To gain any points a team score must have at least one score in a team.
e.
All scores MUST to be submitted online via website. The County League Organiser will confirm receiving
each Clubs teams score. That way we can practically eliminate invalid submissions.
f.
A Bonus Point will be awarded each month in each division for the highest individual score in that
month. If there is more than one archer with the same highest Score in a month then a Bonus point will
be awarded to each archer unless they are from the same club in which case only 1 Bonus point will be
awarded to their Club.
g.
At the end of the season (after the March Matches) a team has managed to win all their 5 matches then
4 extra Bonus Points are awarded, if necessary, to that team to ensure that they win their respective
Division.
h.
Scores from clubs for each month’s matches must be submitted no later than the end of 3
rd
day of the
following month and it is each Club’s League Secretary responsibility to ensure the County League
Organiser has received these scores.
NOTE: failure to do so will lead to your club forfeiting those matches.
i.
Where a Team's fixture is set as a BYE they must shoot and submit a Team Score to gain the maximum
points.
j.
At the end of season, after the March Matches, 4 Bonus points will be awarded to the team winning
ALL of their 5 monthly matches , should it be necessary, to ensure they finish in 1st place in their
Division.
Welcome to the 2023/2024 Cheshire Winter Leagues
Page updated: 18-Sep-2023