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updated 15/4/2025
The Oceania Challenge (1 April – 31 May) is an international tournament for archers of Oceania Member Associations, including Illawarra Archers.
The competition will be shot on individual Club grounds, including our own.
Each host Club may choose any suitable date(s) during the months of April and May.
Our rounds will be April 5, 19 and May 3, 17.
The Oceania rounds (see below) will replace our currently scheduled rounds on these dates
Participants may compete more than once, but only one result per person may be submitted (no multiple entries with different bow types or in different age groups).
Scores will be submitted in June to World Archery by our Recorder.
Oceania Challenge Guidelines
What:
The Oceania Challenge is an online tournament to engage our Member Associations in competitive shooting. Who: It is open to members of all current financial WAO Member Associations. Members who study or work in a country other than their own may compete for their home country, as long as they hold a passport for their country or are affiliated with their country.
Where:
The competition will be shot on individual club grounds, there is no need to organise a national event. However, if it is feasible MAs may do so and use this as their national championships, if no other event has been organised. When: Each host club chooses one or more suitable dates during the months of April and May 2025. Participants may compete more than once but only one result per person may be submitted (no multiple entries with different bow types or in different age groups).
Rounds:
For all rounds archers will shoot 5 ends of 6 arrows at each of the three distances on a 122cm face.
Each end takes 4 minutes = 40 seconds per arrow.
Short Round (for people shooting Recurve, Compound or Barebow who have been in archery for 12 months or less or have never shot further than 40m): 30 arrows shot from each of the 40m, 30m, 20m distances on a 122cm target face.
Barebow Round (for everybody else shooting Barebow): 30 arrows shot from each of the 50m, 40m, 30m distances on a 122cm target face.
Long Round (for everybody else shooting Recurve and Compound): 30 arrows shot from each of the 60m, 50m, 40m distances on a 122cm target face.
This is based on an honour system, and we expect participants to enter the round that applies for them. Clubs are expected to check that their members have entered the correct round.
Categories:
Under 15s (born in 2009 or later): male/female – Recurve, Compound, Barebow
Under 18s (born in 2006 or later): male/female – Recurve, Compound, Barebow
Under 21s (born in 2004, 2005, 2006): male/female – Recurve, Compound, Barebow
Open (born in 2003 to 1973): male/female – Recurve, Compound, Barebow
50+ (born in 1974 or earlier): male/female – Recurve, Compound, Barebow
Cost:
WAO will not charge individual entrants or Member Associations, however individual clubs may charge a nominal entry fee to cover the cost of target faces.
Prizes:
Certificates for 1st, 2nd and 3rd .
Method for registration and submission of results:
There is no pre-registration with WAO required.
Scoring can either be done electronically or on paper.
Australian clubs will send their results to their RGB.
Each MA will collate these results and record the scores on the system that works best for them – e.g. spreadsheet for smaller MAs.
After the end of May, scores will be forwarded to the WAO Secretary General to be collated to determine the placings in each category.
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