BC 3D Team Selection Criteria

Purpose:   to put the most possible BC athletes on the medal podium at the Canadian 3D Championships

Competitors:

  • Must be a paid up member of BC Archery, or have membership paid prior to competing at the BC Provincial 3D Championships
  • Must declare his/her intentions to be available for the team no later than one week (7 days) prior to the start of the Provincial 3D Championships (archers MUST compete at Provincials and Nationals in their declared category).  Submissions MUST be emailed to VP-Bowhunting@bcarchery.ca no later than one week (7 days) prior to the start of that year’s BC 3D Championships.  A declaration form will be posted on the BC Archery website for prospective Team members to use.   No late submissions or ‘walk on’ declarations will be accepted (these criteria have not been adhered to in the recent past, but have been followed since 2015).

No late submissions or ‘walk on’ declarations will be accepted

  • Must declare the class in which they are going to shoot. Archers MUST compete at Provincials and Nationals in their declared category.  Classes will be as found in the Archery Canada rule book, as these (in general) will be the rules and classes shot at the Provincials and the Nationals.  Consideration will only be given to categories deemed as a competitive class at the Canadian Championships.  In the event that an athlete competes in the M70f or M70m categories in the BC Championships and declares for the BC 3D Team, their scores will be included with the M60f or M60m classes for team selection consideration. Archery Canada does not recognize M70 categories!
  • Must shoot the BC Provincial 3D Championships. Placement in the BC Provincial 3D Championships will be used to select the team based on the established handicapping system. Funding for attending the Provincials may be available through Athlete Assistance. Eligibility criteria can be found on the Athlete Funding page.
  • The Provincial 3D team is made up of eight (8) archers competing in all classes and age groups, excluding PeeWee.  A larger team will be funded when Nationals are in BC or Alberta due to lower travel cost outlays. When Nationals occurs in BC the team will be made up of 12 athletes; for Alberta team size will be 10 athletes. Four Alternates will also be named each year.
  • A maximum of 2 archers will be selected for any given category, based on the handicapped results. When Nationals are in BC or AB, a maximum of 3 archers may be selected in M60m, M50m, CFPm, and CUm. This is based on the fact that these classes represented 39% of all shooters 2014 through 2018 3D Nationals. The percentages for each class are as follows: CUm (16 %), CFPm (7 %), M50m (8 %) and M60 (8%). Known50 has only one year of established scores and is thus not yet considered for potential 3-archer selection.

 

Youth Team Members (includes PreCub through Junior archers):

Given the amount of money BC Archery dedicates to youth programs, limited consideration will be given to the selection of PreCub through Junior athletes on the Provincial 3D team. A maximum of 2 youth may qualify for the Team. Youth are subject to the same handicapping system as adults, making chances of qualification even across the board.

  • Youth team members MUST have a parent/guardian or an adult chaperone accompany them to the Nationals. This accompanying adult will be responsible for direct supervision of the youth at all times. This includes age categories that require a chaperone on course, whether it be a shooting chaperone or not. The youth will have all benefits of being a team member made available to them, but BC Archery athletes and representative will not assume any responsibility for the supervision of the youth at any time. Given this, BC Archery will require a letter attached to any youth declaration stating who the youth’s accompanying chaperone will be and that the chaperone understands their supervisory responsibilities. Chaperones will receive no funding.
  • Team members will receive the following from BC Archery: Team Shirt, funding support paid shortly after the 3D Nationals, and possibly a team leader/coach at the 3D Nationals. Typical funding levels provide for $10,000 allocated for Western Provinces and $12,000 allocated for Eastern Provinces. 50% of the funding will be allocated to Team BC members directly.  The other 50% of the funding shall be disseminated using a merit system, or performance award, which will depend upon performance at the Canadian Championships and will include the four Team BC alternates.  Since funding levels can change on a year to year basis, be sure to check the allocated funds for the current year.  **2022 Funding: Team allocation of a maximum $10000 for the PEI Outdoor Nationals.**
  • All athletes must sign an Athlete Agreement (those athletes selected will be able to sign the Agreement at the BC 3D Championships). Violation of this Agreement will result in loss of funding.

Handicap Chart - 2023

Category   2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 Total Avg. Hndcp  
M60m 780 777 807 779 819 736 784 808 815 7105 789 45  
M60f 732 677 767 748 739   707 734   5104 729 105  
M50m 797 770 804 765 780 714 768 788 758 6944 772 62  
M50f 742 655 748 652 625   662 673   4757 680 154  
CUm 801 786 818 776 793 752 765 823 789 7103 789 45  
CUf 752 703 741 734 792 649 740 786 737 6634 737 97  
CFPm 765 723 778 746 733 633 705 761 769 6613 735 99  
CFPf 676 541 687 612 638   601 693 660 5108 639 195  
HUNm               * 825 825 825 9 *range finders used 2022
HUNf               * 709 709 709 125 *range finders used 2022
K50m             * 838 830 1668 834 0 *Non-competetive
K50f             * 792 807 1599 800 34  
CUU21m 772 723 763 776 760   695 735   5224 746 88  
CUU21f   626 630 611 625 597 678 693   4460 637 197  
CUU18m 774 765 812 786 803 764 778 820   6302 788 46  
CUU18f 700 685 704 687 721 668 708 680 720 6273 697 137  
CUU15m 826 766 818 813 852 742 780 791   6388 799 35  
CUU15f 637 753 746 785 802 773 * 728   5224 746 88  
CUU13m 808 679 775 709 608 504 694 676   5453 682 152  
CUU13f 704 516 559 607   516 626 658 675 4861 608 226  
BBm 742 * 709 641 690 652 675 723 732 5564 696 138  
BBf     445 * * 468 619 552 678 2762 552 282  
INm 664 639 654 664 633 623 731 688 752 6048 672 162  
INf     459 * 487 * 583 592 640 2761 552 282  
LBm 609 566 550 594 612   607 598 665 4801 600 234  
LBf     471 446 453 475 519 564 663 3591 513 321  
M50TRm 687 585 537 613 567   676 * 628 4293 613 221  
M50TRf 486 496             588 1570 523 311  
U21Tm     479       526 357   1975 494 340  
U21Tf             411     1980 495 339  
U18Tm     403           505 1896 474 360  
U18Tf 319                 1804 451 383  
U15Tm 415   562       *     1925 481 353  
U15Tf     285         418   1605 401 433  
U13Tm 458       173   201     1313 328 506  
U13Tf     270 *     250 244   1165 291 543  

 

Notes:  In general, Canadian Outdoor 3D Championships gold medal scores must be available for at least four of the past eight years to create a handicap.  Categories not meeting this criteria will usually use the handicap of the closest category ‘up’ from theirs.  This is consistent with the Archery Canada method of ‘bumping up’ archers in under-attended categories.  In some cases, this is not equitable, so handicaps were calculated with available scores.  U21Tm, U21Tf, M50TRf, U18Tf and U18Tm handicaps were calculated by using the next category ‘up’ from theirs (INm, INf and M50TRm).  Note that handicaps were generally calculated by deleting the lowest score in the past scoring years, averaging the remaining scores and determining the handicap from that information (ideally, there were eight or more scoring years). Some anomalies were ameliorated such as only one shooter with a super-low score (2018 CUU15f and U15Tm); the 2018 Gold medal score too far above the field average (INm, INf, BBf, M50TRm and PCUBCf) so that Gold and Silver scores were averaged. We have 2019 and 2022 Archery Canada scores for K50, and these are used to attain an average (BC, AB, MB, and ON).

Category abbreviations explained

m and f male and female
   
M60m and M60f Master 60 Compound Unlimited
M50m and M50f Master 50 Compound Unlimited
   
CUm and CUf Compound Unlimited
CFPm and CFPf Compound Fixed Pins
HUNm and HUNf Hunter
K50m and K50f Known50
   
CUU21m and CUU21f Compound Unlimited Under21
CUU18m and CUU18f Compound Unlimited Under 18
CUU15m and CUU15f Compound Unlimited Under 15
CUU13m and CUU13f Compound Unlimited Under 13
   
BBm and BBf Barebow
INm and INf Instinctive
LBm and LBf Longbow
   
M50TRm and M50TRf Master Traditional
U21Tm and U21Tf Under 21 Traditional
U18Tm and U18Tf Under 18 Traditional
U15Tm and U15Tf Under 15 Traditional
U13Tm and U13Tf Under 13 Traditional

 

Age Category means age as of December 31 of this year

M60 60 or older
M50 50 or older
Under 21 20 or younger
Under 18 17 or younger
Under 15 14 or younger
Under 13 12 or younger
PeeWee 9 or younger (not eligible for Team BC)