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Spider Cup Series

The Spider Cup Series was created to encourage archers to compete in the many different disciplines archery has to offer. There are six separate tournaments held throughout the year that will decide the overall champions of the series. Shoot one or shoot them all and experience the thrill of competition!

NEW In 2024:

• Barebow Bowmen, Cub, & Cadet will be combined into the Barebow Youth Open division.

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Schedule

Bow Divisions

Equipment rules shall follow the type of round being shot (e.g. NFAA rules for NFAA competitions, USAA rules for USAA competitions).

• Olympic Recurve

• Compound

• Barebow

• Recreational Open & Novice Open

  • These divisions are intended for archers learning to compete and are not meant to be competitive, therefore no awards will be presented for these divisions.

  • These divisions are open classes, there are no equipment restrictions

  • Distances for each of these divisions will be detailed under the appropriate round information.

Age Classes

Age classes will be determined by the age of the archer as of December 31st of the calendar year. Masters, Adult and Cadet divisions will be separated by gender.

• Masters: 50+

• Adult: 18 and older

• Cadet: 15 through 17

• Cub: 13 through 14

• Bowman: 12 and younger

• Yeoman: 9 and younger

Notice: Age divisions are not the same as NFAA or USAA divisions, they are modified for our Spider Cup.

Tournament Format

There will be three archery disciplines shot over the course of the six tournaments including Indoor, Outdoor, and Field. You must shoot at least one of each discipline to qualify for the rankings. For details on individual competitions see below.

Indoor

All indoor tournaments will include a 60-arrow qualification round.

NFAA Indoor Round

This round will be a 60-arrow qualification round following NFAA rules. Never shot an NFAA indoor round? Check out this short video by clicking here.

• Age division:

  • Adult - NFAA Adult, 40 cm target at 20 yd

  • Cadet - NFAA Young Adult, 40 cm target at 20 yd

  • Cub - NFAA Youth, 40 cm target at 20 yd

  • Bowman - NFAA Cub, 40 cm target at 10 yd

Novice division will shoot at 10yd on a 40cm target. Recreational division will shoot 20yd at a 40cm face.

USAA Indoor Round with Individual Eliminations

This round will be a USAA 60-arrow indoor round with elimination matches. This round will follow USAA indoor round rules. All divisions will shoot from 18 m and have the choice of a 40 cm single spot or vertical 3-spot. Due to spacing constraints, we may cut eliminations to the top 8 in each divisions; athletes will be notified ahead of time. Novice division will shoot at 9m on a 60cm target. Recreational division will shoot 18m at a 60cm face.

Lancaster Indoor Round with Knockout Eliminations

This round will be a 60-arrow qualification round followed by a brand new elimination format following Lancaster Archery rules. All divisions will shoot from 18 m and have the choice of a 40 cm single spot or 40cm triangle 3-spot. Novice and Yeomen division will shoot at 9m on a 60cm target. Recreational division will shoot 18m at a 60cm face.

Knockout Eliminations: 8 athletes will be pulled out to do a head-to-head elimination match. Archers will shoot 3 arrows. The lowest scoring archer at each end will be knocked out. Ranking is based off how many rounds you last in the Knockout round with the first eliminated archer being 8th place, and the last archer eliminated taking 2nd place. The final athlete standing will be the Knockout champion.

Outdoor

NAST Outdoor Round w/ Knockout Eliminations

This round will consist of a 60 arrow qualification round and knockout eliminations. Format and Equipment Rules are similar to the National Archery Scholarship Tour. See below for distance and target face size for your division. Qualifications and Knockout round will be 6 arrow ends for 4 minutes.

USA Archery 720 Outdoor Round with Individual Eliminations

This tournament will consist of a 720 qualification round followed by individual elimination rounds or team elimination rounds. Recurve divisions will run set scoring and Compound divisions will run cumulative scoring during elimination rounds. The outdoor tournaments will follow World Archery rules where applicable.

Divisions with distances and target faces will be as follows:

Novice division will shoot at 20m on a 122cm. Recreational division will shoot at 40m on a 122cm.

Note: Barebow Youth Open Division consists of Cadet, Cub, and Bowmen age classes as listed on our rankings page.

Team Rounds:

Preferred team mates should be submitted with your registration. Any remaining participants will be randomly placed in teams. Teams may have mixed divisions to maximize competition play.

Field

The field tournaments will be shot on a wooded roaming field course.

FITA Field Round

This round will be a modified World Archery field round following World Archery rules. This tournament will be shot on a 12-target field range. During the tournament, the range will be shot twice to constitute a round. 3 arrows will be shot per target. All distances will be known. Current field layout can be found here, subject to modifications. Novice Open will shoot at green stakes (max 20m), Recreational Open will shoot at yellow stakes (max 40m).

Never shot a FITA Field round? Check out this link for more information.

Notes for Barebow Divisions:

• Master & Adult Barebow will shoot blue stakes (max 50 m)

• Cadet Barebow will shoot yellow stakes (max 40 m)

• Cub Barebow will shoot black stakes (max 30 m)

• Bowmen Barebow will shoot green stakes (max 20 m)

NFAA Field Round

This round will be a modified NFAA Field round following NFAA rules. This tournament will be shot on a 14-target field range. During the tournament, the range will be shot twice to constitute a round. 3 arrows will be shot per target. All distances will be known. Current field layout can be found here, subject to some modifications. Novice Open will shoot at green stakes, Recreational Open will shoot at blue stakes.

Never shot an NFAA Field Round? Check out this short video.

Notes for Barebow Divisions:

• Master & Adult Barebow will shoot Blue stakes (max 50 yd)

• Cadet Barebow will shoot Black stakes (max 30 yd)

• Cub and Bowmen Barebow will shoot Green stakes (max 15 yd)

Overall Ranking

Every archer will receive points based on their ranking for each tournament shot. To be considered for the final rankings an archer MUST shoot at least one competition from each discipline: Indoor, Outdoor and Field. If an archer shoots more than three tournaments, the best rank from each discipline will be used to calculate their final ranking.

For field and indoor tournaments, the archer’s qualification rank will determine their points for the event. For example, if an archer ranks 5th in qualification they will receive 5 points towards their final ranking.

For outdoor tournaments, the archer’s tournament points will depend on qualification and elimination rounds. The weight of each factor will be 50% for qualification and 50% for eliminations. Final tournament points will be calculated as such:

• (Qual. rank * .50) + (Elim. rank * .50) = Tournament Points

Match Play Rank: Any archer eliminated before the semi-finals will be ranked according to their qualification score. For example, the archer eliminated in the 1/4 round with the highest qualification will have a elimination rank of 5th.

Team Match Play Rank: Archers on a team will receive the same elimination rank as their fellow team members. If there are not enough archers to make competing teams, elimination rank will not be used for that competition points.

The overall ranking will be calculated by adding the archer’s best tournament ranking from each discipline. Therefore, the best overall points an archer can receive is 3.

Example of Calculating Points:

• Indoor ranking: 3rd place = 3 points

• Field 1 Ranking: 1st place = 1 point

• Field 2 Ranking: 4th place = 4 points

• Outdoor Qualification Ranking: 3rd Place

• Outdoor Elimination Ranking: 1st Place

  • Outdoor Ranking: (3 * 0.5 + 1 * 0.5) = 2 points

• Final Score: 3 (Best Indoor) + 1 (Best Field) + 2 (Best Outdoor) = 6 points

In the case of a tie, the archer’s ranking from their best outdoor tournament will be used as the tiebreaker.

Awards

Awards will be handed out after the last tournament in November/December. Awards will be given to the Spider Cup Champion in each division. To qualify you must have a valid score for at least one Indoor, one Outdoor, and one Field event.