Archery Association of Singapore

 Archery Association of Singapore

Athlete's Selection Policy

 

Objective : This document aims to provide a clear and transparent delivery of the selection policy as implemented by the Archery Association of Singapore(AAS).

 The selection policy, as implemented without prejudice, should be fair and impartial. It aims to select, from a pool of talented athletes, the best athletes to represent Singapore.

 

Entry into the National Archery Training Team(NATT)

The NATT shall now be grouped in the following :

NATT – Elite (Our top archers, capable of delivering medals in the region and beyond.)

NATT – Developmental (Tier 2 archers, trainees who aspire to be part of the Elites.)

NATT – Youth Developmental (Archers up to and in the 16th year of birth, who shows promise to be groomed to become Elites.)

 

Each category can have a maximum of six (6) archers per group. The categories are Recurve men / women and Compound men / women.

Archers must be able to meet the score criteria, as below, in 2 (two) consecutive trials to be invited to be in the NATT. There will be 3 (three) trials per year. These trials could overlap NATT trials for selection to represent Singapore.

Entry scores into the respective teams are as follows ( Qualification round for recurve is two rounds of 70m and for compound it is two rounds of 50m ) :

Elite (Qualification / FITA) – (updated 18/5/11)

            625 / 1230       (Recurve men)

            600 / 1230       (Recurve women)

            670 / 1340       (Compound men)
 655 / 1340       (Compound women)

Developmental (Qualification / FITA) – (updated 18/5/11)

570 / 1150       (Recurve men)

550 / 1150       (Recurve women)

640 / 1280       (Compound men)

620 / 1280       (Compound women)

 

Youth Developmental (D60m / Cadet FITA / Qualification / FITA) –

570 / 1150 / 540 / 1090           (Recurve men)

550 / 1150 / 520 / 1090           (Recurve women)

620 / 1250 / 600 / 1210           (Compound men)

610 / 1250 / 590 / 1210           (Compound women)

 

Each member of the NATT shall have progressive targets in a calendar year. These targets are set mutually by the Coach, athlete and team manager. This target must be endorsed by the High Performance Committee (HPC).

Should the parties fail to arrive at mutually agreed upon targets, the HPC will attempt to resolve the impasse. Should this fail to set agreeable targets, the said athlete will be deemed to have resigned from the NATT.

 

Failure to achieve the targets consecutively will result in removal from the NATT. The coach, athlete and team manager will be answerable to the failure to achieve targets agreed upon. Should acceptable discourse be available and acceptable to the HPC, the athlete may continue training in the NATT. This will be in the form of new targets.

 

Selection for archers to represent Singapore

 Archers in all three groups of the NATT may attend trials to compete for a place to represent Singapore. NATT elite team members must attend a minimum of 50% of all trials for selection to represent Singapore.

Major events may have up to three trials to determine the archers to represent Singapore. Minor events may have up to two trials.

Major events includes the following, Olympics Games, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, South East Asia Games, Asian Archery Championships, Archery World Championships, Youth World Championships and their indoor equivalent.

 Each event will be represented by up to three archers in each category. Additional archers may be sent if the organizer allows more than three archers and there is strong support from the coach(es) and team manager for the respective archer to gain valuable experience. This archer will attend the event with understanding that he/she is not a team archer in the event.

Trials will consist of a ranking round followed by individual eliminations. The individual eliminations will follow the pairing chart as stated in FITA rule book.

The minimum score required to be included in the individual eliminations will follow the Developmental Team qualification scores.

Through the trials, the top three archers in each category will be selected to represent Singapore in international events. Trials may be used to determine archer for more than one event.

 In the case of having more than one trial, archers will be given points as below. The top three archers will be selected according to the points they accumulate. In event of tied points, the total ranking score for the number of trials will be used to determine the ranking of the archers.

 

Ranking 1^st                  :           5 points

Ranking 2^nd                 :           4 points

Ranking 3^rd                  :           3 points

Ranking 4^th                  :           2 points

Ranking 5^th to 8^th        :           1 points

 

Archers have up to three days to make an appeal after results of selection are announced. Appeals should be emailed to the appeals committee and the HPC. Appeals should be limited to possible breach in the implementation of the selection policy stated herein.

Appeals results will be announce within five days of the appeals being received with comfirmation. Should the parties involved be unsatisfied by this appeals procedure, they can appeals to SSC to further investigate this possible breach in implementaion of the selection policy.

 

Funding and Rewards

NATT Elite archers who hit the following scores will be subsidized up to 100% for the event. Events that can be 100% subsidized will be pre-announced. This is dependent on funding levels from SSC. Scores are taken from the last trial used for the selection of the event.

RM      :           640 / 1280

RW      :           620 / 1280

CM      :           670 / 1350

CW      :           660 / 1350

 

Archers who do not meet the above score but score above the below scores can be subsidised up to 75% for the event. Events that can be 100% subsidized will be pre-announced. This is dependent on funding levels from SSC. Scores are taken from the last trial used for the selection of the event.

 

RM      :           625 / 1230

RW      :           600 / 1230

CM      :           640 / 1300

CW      :           630 / 1300

 

Those who do not meet these scores and qualify for the event will be subsidized up to 50% of the cost.

Archers from NATT Developmental will be subsidized a maximum of 50% for events.

 

Selection Committee

A selection committee of minimum three members will be formed. Their role is to ensure correct and impartial implementation of the selection policy that is endorsed by AAS and SSC. The actual implementing of the policies are being done by the Team Manager and overseen by the HPC.

Should a breach of the policy be found in the application of the policies, the selection committee will be tasked to inform the AAS committee of such an event.

Should the committee agree that the policy is not being implemented correctly, the Team Manager and the HPC will be obligated to answer for such a breach. Should the Team Manager or the HPC be found to have not implemented the policy in its full and proper effect, the person(s) will be suspended from duties for further investigation and may be discharged by AAS.

 

Appeals Committee

An appeals committee of three member will be formed. The appeals committee will comprises of persons deemed to have no interest and relationship with athletes within the NATT. The role of the appeals committee is to handle appeals by athletes, clubs, parents or coaches regarding the selection of athletes for games.

The appeals committee will relook the selection policies and process to ensure all proper protocols were followed in the selections. Should a breach be found, the appeals committee will advise the correct implementation to the HPC and/or AAS committee.

The selection and appeals committee can also recommend amendments to the policies. These recommendations are to be made to the AAS committee.

 

AAS Anti-Doping Policy

AAS is committed to keeping sport in Singapore free from doping and has on 7 March 2011 established the AAS Anti-Doping Policy, thereby adopting Anti-Doping Singapore’s (ADS) Anti-Doping Rules as the AAS Anti-Doping Rules.

These Anti-Doping Rules are established according to the World Anti-Doping Code. All affiliates, members, athletes, participants, staff and any other individual, paid or on a volunteer basis, who are under the jurisdiction of AAS are bound by the AAS Anti-Doping Rules and agree to abide by these Anti-Doping Rules. Please see below for a copy of the AAS Anti-Doping Policy. A copy of the latest ADS Anti-Doping Rules can be downloaded from the ADS website

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