POSTED: Monday August 31st 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Mixed teams, set formats and other major changes accepted at Congress!

The 48th FITA Congress is taking place in Ulsan, Korea on 30-31 August 2009 on the eve of the World Archery Championships.

The congress delegates accepted with strong majority important changes during the first day, including the mixed team event, a new format of competition with set plays and the hit-miss scoring for compound!

The world of archery took again some major steps forwards at the occasion of the 48th FITA Congress. As of 1 April 2010, the mixed team event that was introduced as exhibitions in 2009 will be official. This new competition teams up one man and one woman who shoot four ends of four arrows in a match.

As of 1 April 2010 also, the archers will have to win three sets to win their matches. Each end of three arrows will count as a set. Of course, tie-break as they occur may still be needed!

The Congress also sent a clear message to give more identity to the compound division and differentiate their competitions. Compound means ultimate accuracy and the athletes will be able to prove it with the hit-miss scoring system. They will shoot at 50 metres with a very challenging hit zone. The set system will also apply. In order to give the team and archers time to adapt, the hit-miss will be first introduced in the World Cup next year but will only become official in world championships, major games, etc. as of 1 April 2011.

World Archery has also given more time for the youth to develop. The cadets will now be able to shoot in this category until the year of their 17th birthday and juniors until the one of their 20th birthday. This will help the transition to the true elite level and it is in line with the Youth Olympic Games. For practical reason, this new rule will apply as of 1 January 2010.

Last but not least, the new World Archery logo has been officially presented in style to Congress!

All official decisions will be communicated later on in the official Congress minutes.

Didier MIEVILLE

FITA Communication

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Keywords · FITA · World Archery · Congress · Ulsan · Korea · Archery · World Championships · mixed teams · set formats · compound · recurve · hit-miss scoring · important changes · logo

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Name: Didier Mieville
Organization: FITA - International Archery Federation
Email:
Phone: +41 21 614 3050
URL: http://www.worldarchery.org

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