World Archery Categories
In South Africa, we tend to compete in three types of Target Archery:
In Outdoor archery, World Archery recognise the Recurve, Standard Bow and Compound Divisions
In Indoor archery, World Archery recognise the Recurve and Compound divisions, and for
Field archery, World Archery recognise the Recurve, Compound and Barebow divisions (the World Archery Field Round is not really shot in South Africa).
In addition, the following classes are recognised;
- 50+ Women
- 50+ Men
- Women
- Men
- Under 21 Women
- Under 21 Men
- Under 18 Women
- Under 18 Men
- Para-Archery Classes
Para-achery is open to athletes with a physical disability (including spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, amputee…) in three functional classes (Open, Standing, and Wheelchair)
The combination of a class and a division is called ‘Category’ as shown by the table below.
4.2.2. Separate events for Under 21 and Under 18 Women, Under 21 and Under 18 Men, 50+ Women and 50+ men can be recognised by World Archery in the disciplines of Outdoor, Indoor and Field Archery.
4.2.2.1. At each competition and athlete can compete in 1 class only. This applies in all classes for which they are eligible.
4.2.3. An athlete may participate in a Under 18 Class in tournaments when the competition takes place up to and in the year of their 17th birthday
4.2.4. An athlete may participate in a Under 21 Class in tournaments when the competition takes place up to and in the year of their 20th birthday
4.2.5. An athlete may participate in a 50+ Class in tournaments when the competition takes place in the year of their 50th birthday and thereafter.
SANAA Categories
SANAA recognises the following categories for development in addition to the World Archery categories listed above:
- Compound Cub Boys (U15) CCB
- Compound Cub Girls (U15) CCG
- Recurve Cub Boys (U15) RCB
- Recurve Cub Girls (U15) RCG
- Compound Boys Under 13 CBU13
- Compound Girls Under 13 CGU13
- Recurve Boys Under 13 RBU13
- Recurve Girls Under 13 CBU13
- SANAA Standard Bow SB
- SANAA Recurve Limited SRL
Note that:
An athlete may participate in Cub Class in tournaments when the competition takes place up to and in the year of their 15th birthday
An athlete may participate in the U13 Class in tournaments when the competition takes place up to and in the year of their 13th birthday