• FITA 70 Metre Round: 6 Dozen arrows at 70 Metres, 122cm face, 10 zone scoring
• Teams of three archers
• Each archer shoots six (6) 70 Metre rounds
• Men's, Women's & Cadet Recurve/Compound/Longbow/Barebow Teams results are automatically calculated by The Glade 70m League software
• The league runs: 1st January – 30th September in any given year
• The Records Officer adds all team, archer & score information. It is the Records Officer who interacts with this website
• A Records Officer can administer one or several teams
• Click HERE to become a Records Officer
• Awards to top Individuals & Teams
  
  
• Entry Fee: US$5.00 per team (which can be a whole club), payment by PayPal
• Each subscription to The Glade gives One Free Team Entry
  
  An example: ABC Archery Club has 9 recurve archers who shoot 70m and the club has a subscription to The Glade. The records officer Larry sets up an account and uses The Glade subscription address to create a team. Larry enters the scores and the league software calculates and ranks the nine archers into sub-teams of 3: ABC Archery Club Team 1, ABC Archery Club Team 2 & ABC Archery Club Team 3.
  
  Larry and two friends also shoot compound and want to set up a named Team of Three, The Three Archerteers. As Larry is already a Records Officer, he can go to his control panel web page and either subscribe to The Glade and set up a new free team or he buy a new team for $5.00, payment using PayPal.
  

  Overview

• The aim of The Glade 70 Metre Internet League is to develop a form of competitive archery where clubs and groups of archery friends can shoot together in a relaxed atmosphere – at a pace they like – so as to produce their very best performance.
• The Glade 70 Metre Internet League is designed to enable teams and individuals to judge how they are progressing, both locally and internationally. The rules are designed to be smart but casual. There is no stipulation as to when or where the six rounds are to be shot: an individual or team is quite at liberty to [attempt to] shoot all six or 18 rounds in a 24 hour period. Likewise, two archers can be shooting their sixth and final rounds with an archer who is shooting their first round. Three archers from the same team are at liberty to shoot together on the same target. A club may decide to shoot the 70 metre round on the second Sunday of the month, or two friends may phone each other and say: "It's a nice day, let's go down to the club and shoot a league round now". Exactly how shooting is organised is left to clubs & teams.
• However, the scoring must always be rigorous.

   Types of Team

• Club Teams can consist of any number of archers, and the league software will calculate the various team aggregates and team of three positions. All archers in a club team must be formal members of a particular club: no ringers allowed. County, state, regional, national and other associations will be treated as a club. One Glade subscription or US$5.00 per Club Team with any number of archers. Club teams will normally have sensible names that reflect the name of the club.
  
  
• Named Teams consist of ONLY three archers. Named team members do not have to be members of the same club, just three archers who wish to form a team. A named team may not change its makeup in a year and all members must shoot the same type of bow. Named teams are at liberty to adopt silly but non-offensive names. One Glade subscription or US$5.00 per named team.
  
  
• An archer is at liberty to enter as an individual, and provide six scores, however, it is still necessary to set up a team... one archer called her solo team MeByMyself.. Or an archer could set up three instances of themselves: John_A Doe, John_B Doe & John_C Doe and shoot 3 x 6 = 18 rounds to be a single person Named Team. Score sheets for individuals must be counter-signed by one or more other archers, obviously.
  
  
• New for 2010: In the individual competition an archer can shoot up to six scores, and the best three scores count.
  
  
• Just enroll as a records officer and enter scores. The Glade 70m Internet League software will determine if a team is a Club Team or a Named Team, individual and team rankings, etc.
  
  
• An archer can be a member of more than one team.
  
  
• Records officers (see below) always at liberty to start new teams.
  
  In subsequent years it may be possible to introduce more types of team.

   Rules of Shooting

• An archer must state that they are shooting a Glade League round BEFORE shooting/scoring commences.
• If the archer is a member of more that one team they MUST STATE which team that they are representing BEFORE shooting/scoring commences: One score can only be used for one team!
• Once a round is started it must be finished unless there are extreme weather conditions and shooting is generally abandoned, or an individual has an equipment failure or injury. Please, no: "I'm not putting this score in because it's not good enough... "
• Archers may not shoot by themselves.
• Up to 45 min of practice is allowed before scoring commences.
• Archers may submit scores club shoots and/or from open tournaments. Indeed, archers shooting at a Double 70m tournament may submit both scores to the league.
• Cadet archers must be under 18 at the time of shooting.
• Line cutters: Always ask yourself: Would a judge give it at a tournament?
  
  
• Download a Glade 70 Metre League score sheet HERE

   The Records Officer & Their Role

   Every team must have a designated records officer who's duty it is to:

• Have access to an email address and the web.
• To Set Up a NEW Records Officer Account CLICK HERE
• Have access to a subscription for The Glade or organise payment of the registration fee. The Glade subscriber's name and address are required for free registration.
• Provide and remember a user name & password.
• Register one or more teams.
• Double check the addition on ALL the physical score sheets.
• All scores must be added to the database within 21 days of being shot, the date on the score sheet or the tournament results. This is to stop an archer or team joining at the end of the season and submitting a season's scores.
• Retain ALL the physical score sheets and/or tournament results. The league organisers reserve the right to ask to see the original physical score sheets at any time (postage paid by the league).
• Enter all scores to the web site in a diligent manner.
• Act as a point of contact.
  
  
• When a cadet archer turns 18 they become a senior according to FITA rules. When this occurs the records officer must create a new archer, and NOT just change the archer from Cadet Woman to Woman or Cadet Man to Man. If they do so all of the cadet scores will be converted to senior scores.
  
  
• Final scores must be submitted by midnight on the 30th September so that a full report can appear in the end of year issue of The Glade.
  
  
• Should any club or named team be found to be putting in false scores, all team members will be banned from the league.

Contact The Glade 70M League Webmaster: Mark Leach