BC 3D Team

BC Archery supports athletes attending the Canadian 3D Championships by selecting a team at the Provincial 3D Championships.

Funding Overview and Allocation

This team will be eligible for financial assistance based on their performance and participation at Nationals. If you are attending the Provincial 3Ds and National 3Ds, and you would like to try out for the BC 3D Team.

Purpose

To put the most possible BC athletes on the medal podium at the Canadian 3D Championships.

Competitors:

  • Must be a paid member of BC Archery, or have membership paid prior to competing at the BC Provincial 3D Championships
  • Must declare his/her intentions to be available for the team no later than one week (7 days) prior to the start of the Provincial 3D Championships (archers MUST compete at Provincials and Nationals in their declared category). *For 2025, Compound Youth divisions will shoot unknown at Provincials and known at Nationals
  • A declaration form and $10 fee MUST be included with their registration for the BC 3D Championships (cut off is one week prior to the start of the competition). A declaration form will be available on the registration page.

No late submissions or ‘walk on’ declarations will be accepted 

 

  • Must declare the class in which they are going to shoot. Archers MUST compete at Provincials and Nationals in their declared category.  Category descriptions can be found in the Archery Canada rule book, as these (in general) will be the rules and classes shot at the Provincials and the Nationals.  Consideration will only be given to categories deemed as a competitive class at the Canadian Championships.  In the event that an athlete competes in a category deemed non-competitive, their scores with be included in the higher divisions for team selection consideration. Example, M70f or M70m categories in the BC Championships and declares for the BC 3D Team, their scores will be included with the M60f or M60m. CFPm and CFPf scores will be included in the CUm and CUf or M50m and M50f division (if age qualifies) scores. 
  • Must shoot the BC Provincial 3D Championships. Placement in the BC Provincial 3D Championships will be used to select the team based on the established handicapping system. Funding for attending the Provincials may be available through Athlete Assistance. Eligibility criteria can be found on the Athlete Funding page.
  • The Provincial 3D team is made up of twelve (12) archers competing in all classes and age groups, excluding PeeWee.  
  • A maximum of 2 archers will be selected for any given category, based on the handicapped results. 

Youth Team Members (includes PreCub through Junior archers):

Given the amount of money BC Archery dedicates to youth programs, limited consideration will be given to the selection of PreCub through Junior athletes on the Provincial 3D team. A maximum of 2 youth may qualify for the Team. Youth are subject to the same handicapping system as adults, making chances of qualification even across the board.

  • Youth team members MUST have a parent/guardian or an adult chaperone accompany them to the Nationals. This accompanying adult will be responsible for direct supervision of the youth at all times. This includes age categories that require a chaperone on course, whether it be a shooting chaperone or not. The youth will have all benefits of being a team member made available to them, but BC Archery athletes and representative will not assume any responsibility for the supervision of the youth at any time. Given this, BC Archery will require a letter attached to any youth declaration stating who the youth’s accompanying chaperone will be and that the chaperone understands their supervisory responsibilities. Chaperones will receive no funding.

Team members will receive the following from BC Archery:


·Team Shirt, funding support paid shortly after the 3D Nationals. Typical funding levels provide for $12,000 (50% of the funding will be allocated to the 12
  • Team BC members directly.  The other 50% of the funding shall be disseminated using a merit system, or performance award, which will depend upon performance at the Canadian Championships.)  Since funding levels can change on a year to year basis, be sure to check the allocated funds for the current year. 
All athletes must sign an Athlete Agreement (those athletes selected will be able to sign the Agreement at the BC 3D Championships). Violation of this Agreement will result in loss of funding.

Notes:  In general, Canadian Outdoor 3D Championships gold medal scores must be available for at least four of the past eight years to create a handicap.  Categories not meeting this criteria will usually use the handicap of the closest category ‘up’ from theirs.  This is consistent with the Archery Canada method of ‘bumping up’ archers in under-attended categories.  In some cases, this is not equitable, so handicaps were calculated with available scores

Explanation of BC 3D Team Payout Calculation:

This method will help alleviate the almost inevitable course discrepancies. The amount of
money to spend is $12,000. There will be 12 Team members chosen to represent BC.
The Team will be chosen at the BC 3D Championships using a handicapping method (see
Handicap document).  Half the money is equally divided among the 12 Team members as a travel allowance.
The other half of the money, will be disseminated among the 12 selected representatives using a merit system or a performance award (for their performance at the Canadian Outdoor 3D Championships that year). A point system will be used:

Gold Medal 5 points
Silver Medal 3 points
Bronze Medal 1 point.

The points will be added up based on medals won and then a “dollar value per point” will be
calculated and paid out to the athletes who podium.
 

Funding Cap and Distribution of Balance:

In the unlikely event that only a few BC Team members make it to the podium, there will
be a ‘cap’ of $2000 paid to any one athlete.  Additionally, any of the remaining athletes who finish 4 th , 5 th  or 6 th  will share the ‘left over’ money in similar fashion to the first
formula (4 th  = 5 points, 5 th  = 3 points and 6 th  = 1 point).  
The remaining funds will be distributed in the same way with the points added up based on
medals and then a “dollar value per point” will be paid out to those athletes.

*disclaimer- wording and numbers may change or be updated as needed



Handicap Chart

 

 

 

Category abbreviations explained


m and f
 		 male and female
 
   
M60m and M60f
 		 Master 60 Compound Unlimited
 
M50m and M50f
 		 Master 50 Compound Unlimited
 
CUm and CUf
 		 Compound Unlimited
 
HUNm and HUNf
 		 Hunter
 
K50m and K50f
 		 Known50
 
   

 
 
CUU18m and CUU18f
 		 Compound Unlimited Under 18
 
CUU15m and CUU15f
 		 Compound Unlimited Under 15
 
CUU13m and CUU13f
 		 Compound Unlimited Under 13
 
   
BBm and BBf
 		 Barebow
 
INm and INf
 		 Instinctive
 
LBm and LBf
 		 Longbow
 
   
M50TRm and M50TRf
 		 Master Traditional
 
U21Tm and U21Tf
 		 Under 21 Traditional
 
U18Tm and U18Tf
 		 Under 18 Traditional
 
U15Tm and U15Tf
 		 Under 15 Traditional
 
U13Tm and U13Tf
 		 Under 13 Traditional
 

Age Category means age as of December 31 of this year


M60
 		 60 or older
 
M50
 
21+ 

U21 (Under 21)
 		 50 or older
 
U18 (Under 18)
 		 17 or younger
 
U15 (Under 15)
 		 14 or younger
 
U13 (Under 13)
 		 12 or younger
 
U10 (Under 10)
 		 9 or younger (not eligible for Team BC)
 

3D World Championships

The 3D World Championships are held every second year. They have generally been held in early fall and in Europe (Italy in 2009, 2013, 2015, Austria in 2011, France in 2017, Alberta in 2019, Italy 2022, Slovenia 2024).
 

There are four categories offered and each country is allowed to send three female and three male contestants in each – a total of 24 athletes. The categories are Longbow, Barebow, Instinctive and Compound.