The competition had only two divisions — compound and recurve. Men, women, juniors and seniors were all in the open division as, based on the distance, poundage advantages did not apply. Poundage is a measurement of the force needed to draw a bow, and it’s measured in pounds.
Archers had the option of a separate shoot in which they entered both recurve and compound. Under this demanding formula, archers shot continuously for two days. Normally the two divisions would run at the same time, so this option would not be available.
The first day was the ranking round. Archers shot their rounds and were ranked by score. The second day was matchplay and the archers were seeded based on their first-day score. The top-ranked archer came up against the bottom-ranked competitor, and so on.
When they got down to the last four, a third/fourth decider was held, followed by one to decide first and second.
These matches were designed to put the archers under pressure.
With the combined shoot, the archers’ combined placings from the matchplay were used to determine the top two archers, who had a shoot-off using both bow-types. This, too, was a pressure-based shoot and both Matheson and MacRae shot well.
Matheson had been 10th in the compound division and fourth in the recurve before coming into his own in the combined.
MacRae finished third in the compound division, second in the recurve division and second in the combined.
The best Gisborne performance at the weekend was from Chloe Underdown Rickard, who made it to the bronze-medal match in the compound division. She finished fourth overall.
Multiple world champion Mike Lainchbury, of Auckland, not only took on two bow types but also shot A and B detail in the same round to get a matchplay score for both bow types.
Final placings —
Compound: Riku Van Tonder 1, Shane Reid 2, Craig MacRae 3, Chloe Underdown Rickard 4, Gustav Bam 5, Benjamin Martin 6, Linda Lainchbury 7, Levi Wesford 8, Ben Trim 9, Finn Matheson 10, Nelson Chiew 11, Marcus Barclay 12, Rynard Van Tonder 13, Ocky Blignaut 14, Steven Harding 15, Stephen Mann 16, Neville Clark 17, Robert Knight 18, Luke Christie 19, Stephanie Croskery 20, Daryl Trim 21, Chris Underdown 22, Hanlie Bam 23, Simon Young 24, Dean Williams 25, Colin Marshall 26, David Croskery 27, Ary van Onselen 28, Tessa Doherty 29, Mike Lainchbury 30, Rhys Grimson 31, Alyssa Mowbray 32.
Recurve: Ben McLean 1, Craig MacRae 2, Shaun Ryan 3, Finn Matheson 4, Vanessa Jim 5, Tim Chant 6, Chris Underdown 7, Danny Neill 8, Judy Hunt 9, Peter Rowe 10, Ary van Onselen 11, John Ellis 12, Murray Prowse 13, Mykel Turner 14, Simon Young 15, Matt Jackson 16, Ocky Blignaut 17, Mike Lainchbury 18, Jenni Donald 19, Tyler Manson 20.
