triplespot
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I've seen a few references to the fact that if an archer doesn't have a handicap but wants to enter a handicap shoot, then a temporary handicap can be calculated from the first two or 3 dozen, and that can then be used to calculate the allowance to give them an adjusted score
e.g. (from Handicaps and scoring | Rayleigh Town Archery Club)
That all sounds entirely sensible to me, but I'm struggling to find out if that's an official rule, or if it's just a practice that some clubs have adopted unofficially. I don't have a copy of the tables and the rules of the handicap scheme that go with them, so I can't check.
Anyone have any experience of doing this, or a current green-binder to check what the current rules say?
Thanks
e.g. (from Handicaps and scoring | Rayleigh Town Archery Club)
"Some archers may not have completed 3 qualifying rounds to achieve a handicap. In this instance, a temporary handicap can be worked out by using the first 2 dozen score of a 5 zone scoring round, or the first 3 dozen score of a 10 zone scoring round on a 122cm face using GNAS tables 13 & 14. This method cannot be used for handicap reduction, however."
That all sounds entirely sensible to me, but I'm struggling to find out if that's an official rule, or if it's just a practice that some clubs have adopted unofficially. I don't have a copy of the tables and the rules of the handicap scheme that go with them, so I can't check.
Anyone have any experience of doing this, or a current green-binder to check what the current rules say?
Thanks