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AJ  Sparkes, Gent, Recurve

Rounds Shot Each Year
Handicap Attained Each Year

Date Round     Score Hits Golds Xs HCap Class Status
24 Dec 21 FITA 30m
313
36
25
1
36
 
Frostbite 
06 Feb 22 FITA 30m
296
36
14
2
42
 
Frostbite 
07 Nov 21 FITA 30m
273
36
4
0
48
 
Frostbite 
09 Oct 22 FITA 70m
512
72
14
0
38
1st 
Club Round 
11 Dec 22 Long National
524
72
20
0
34
1st 
Club Round 
31 Aug 21 Long National
510
72
20
0
36
1st 
Club Round 
26 Sep 21 Long National
484
72
0
0
39
1st 
Club Round 
16 Oct 22 Long National
460
72
19
0
41
1st 
Club Round 
25 Oct 21 Long Western
695
95
36
0
36
1st 
Club Round 
20 Mar 22 National
538
72
26
0
40
2nd 
Club Round 
25 Apr 21 National
532
72
28
0
41
2nd 
Club Round 
01 Jun 21 National
532
72
26
0
41
2nd 
Club Round 
15 Apr 21 National
496
72
15
0
45
2nd 
Club Round 
12 Jun 22 Short National
508
72
20
0
49
3rd 
Club Round 
11 Sep 22 Western
714
96
35
0
41
2nd 
Club Round 
23 May 21 Western
679
96
28
0
44
2nd 
Club Round 

Classifications & Handicaps in Archery

As archers improve they can measure their progress by looking at their handicap and by gaining GNAS classifications.

In the 1980s David Lane developed a set of handicap tables that ranged ability from beginning juniors to international compound archers. Any score shot on any outdoor round has a corresponding handicap, ranging from 100 to 0.

The main use of handicaps is that they enable different rounds to be compared. If an archer scores 700 on a Albion they should expect to score about 437 on a FITA 70M round, for example. An archer's current handicap is the rolling average of their three best scores in any given year.

Ranging from 3rd Class to Grand Master Bowman (GMB), GNAS classifications are set at various handicap levels, with minimum distance requirements. For example, a Lady Recurve archer will achieve her second class when she shoots three scores of handicap 57 or better at distances of at least 50 yards.

GNAS classifications and requirements do change, but the handicap tables remain constant.

We use a reverse engineered version of the D.Lane tables and there are some very minor variations. GNAS numbers are used for classification calculations.

 
Ladies
  Recurve  
Ladies
  Compound  
Ladies
  Longbow  
Gents
  Recurve  
Gents
  Compound  
Gents
  Longbow  
 
   
3rd Class HCap
65
56 82
58
48
74
Dist. Including:
40 yards
50 yards
 
   
2nd Class HCap
57
49 73
50
38
69
Dist. Including: 
50 yards
60 yards
 
 
1st Class HCap
50
8 70
44
32
65
Dist. Including:
60 yards
80y/70m
 
   
Bowman HCap
41
29 65
36
23
60
Dist. Including:
80 yards / 70 metres
100 yards / 90 metres
 
   
Master Bowman
33
21 62
28
16
55
UK Record Status:
Hereford / Ladies FITA
York / Gents FITA
 
   
Grand Master Bowman
27
15 59
22
10
52
UK Record Status:
Hereford / Ladies FITA
York / Gents FITA