1. Equipment Inspection Inspection of equipment is something that is no longer routinely done at internal shoots or even all international events. It can, however, be done at the request of the organisers or an individual archer, or at the discretion of a judge. Inspection by a judge can be done at any time during a tournament. There are rules of what is acceptable on a bow and other equipment and an archer who is found, during a tournament, to have infringed any of these will be required to make the necessary changes right then and there. This could be extremely unsettling to any competitor. To avoid this happening, the facility of an equipment inspection by the officiating judge is always available. Any competitor who wants, or needs, to verify that the equipment used complies with the regulations, is at liberty to approach the judge and request an inspection. Once equipment has been accepted, do not make any changes unless you are certain that they are permitted. If uncertain, approach a judge before making any change and obtain the necessary approval. Since an inspection is only really valid at the time of the inspection, it behooves every archer to have a look at the equipment used by the other competitors. A bow may have passed an inspection and then have had changes made afterwards which are not legal. Any competitor who observes something in the equipment of another archer is entitled to request a judge for a ruling on the suspected deviation. It is of course possible that the change may be strange to the person requesting a decision and yet be legal, or it may lead to the discovery of a transgression.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 08:15:49 +0000
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