High Performance Funding Program
Funding for our Performance level BC Archery athletes comes from various sources and the amount payable to our athletes varies each funding year. Athletes must meet benchmark scores and attend mandatory events to qualify.Funding Overview and Allocation
BC Archery supports athletes in Target, Field, and 3D disciplines through funding from membership fees and viaSport annual contributions. Funding amounts vary annually, with support also available for coaches What is the funding?
Funding for performance level BC Archery athletes (cadet and older) in Target, Field and 3D comes from a combination of BC Archery membership fees and viaSport annual funding contributions. The amount of funding varies each year. Funding is also available for coaches.Who is eligible?
To be eligible, applicants must:- be a member in good standing with BC Archery
- be working with a coach with a minimum certification of Instruction of Intermediate Archers
- have submitted all required documents and met required benchmark scores (Benchmarks listed within the applications)
- attended required events for the applicable funding year
Application & Deadlines
Applications open January 1st & Close on January 30th, you can expect payments to be distributed by March.How to apply?
- Choose & complete the appropriate Application form from below that applies to you
Applications Forms:
2. Before (Or shortly following) submitting your Application form, send an email to the High Performance Funding Coordinator with the documents listed below.
Documents to submit:
The items listed below can be submitted at any format you and your coach choose to use, it is not required to use the ones provided by BC Archery these are just examples or suggestions.- Training Plan -This should be provided and completed for you by a Instructor Intermediate Coach or preferably a Competition Development Coach ( Examples & Templates: Training Plan 1 , Training Plan 2 )
- Activity Log - Log kept by the Archer throughout the year documenting competitions attended and scores, practice times, strength training. Record anything that can contribute to your development as an archer. ( Both of the Training Plan examples listed above include templates for activity logs or you can use - Activity log)
- Competition Plan- This will be noted in your training plan, no need to complete a secondary document.
- Competition Debrief- Can be a journal entry format reflecting on a competition and note feedback from a coach, or you can simply list results and placings at competitions.
- Completed documents must be submitted no later than January 30 of the year following the funding year. The log and training plan may be completed for a full year, but has to be submitted alongside the rest of the documents by January 30. Funding will only be considered for the time frame of the plan whether it is a Yearly Training Plan or a seasonal plan.
Everything the athlete achieved and attended during the funding season, such as:
*Note that only events shot in equipment categories approved for funding will be accepted towards funding.
- tournaments
- clinics
- training camps
- Performance Program or 3D Team participation
- AC squad ranking
- records set/broken
- performance in elimination rounds at events
Mandatory events
Along with meeting the benchmark scores, the following events are considered mandatory in order to be eligible for funding:
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2 of the 5 following events, one of which MUST be the BC Indoor or BC Outdoor Championships:
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After the 2nd year of funding, it is expected that the athlete is progressing through the LTAD (Long-Term Athlete Development Plan) by attending higher level events.
In addition to the above criteria, one of the following will also be required in each subsequent funding year (year 3 onward):
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Failure to meet the event requirements (over and above the benchmarks) would incur a penalty of 50% of the total funding allocation. (Benchmarks must be met or the athlete is ineligible for this program)
If event requirements are not met across two consecutive years, the athlete will not be eligible to receive funding.
The athlete may re-qualify for funding after waiting a one-year period, provided they meet the benchmarks and event requirements stipulated at that time
If event requirements are not met across two consecutive years, the athlete will not be eligible to receive funding.
The athlete may re-qualify for funding after waiting a one-year period, provided they meet the benchmarks and event requirements stipulated at that time