Rules

Chapter 1 Prize Money

60% of your division's entry fees go toward prize money!

Prize money is based on the entry fee, minus processing fees, and is rounded to the nearest $5.

PAYOUT PERCENTAGES BY DIVISION SIZE:

1-2 archers: 1st 80% 2nd 20%

1-3 archers: 1st 65% 2nd 25% 3rd 10%

4+ archers: 1st 50% 2nd 30% 3rd 20%

15+ archers: 1st 50%, 2nd 25%, 3rd 15%, 4th 10%

Chapter 2 Tournament Format

Qualification Rounds are Friday and Saturday.

Qualification rounds will be 12 ends of 5 arrows for a total of 60 arrows scored. Archers will have 4 minutes to shoot their 5 arrows.

Two official practice rounds will occur prior to the start of each qualification round. There will be no open practice in the competition range. Practice passes may be purchased for $10/day or $20/weekend (starts Friday at 3pm). Practice passes will include one Texas Ringer target per day.

Elimination Rounds

The (Adults top 16 )and (13U/17U Top 8 )archers from each division advance to the elimination rounds on Sunday.

Bracket play will be used: (Adult) Round of 16, (13U/17U) Round of 8, Round of 4 (for finals seeding only – all archers in the round of 4 will shoot in the Finals), and Finals

Finals will be held (17U Saturday) (Adult Sunday) afternoon live on the platforms and will consist of a 3rd place match and a championship match.

Lucky Ringer

The Lucky Ringer format will be used in any division with 24 or more registered archers.

Qualification

The Top 8 archers after qualification automatically advance to Sunday’s Final 8 eliminations.

Archers finishing 9th through 16th will compete in the Lucky Ringer Shootout immediately following the final Saturday shooting line.

Lucky Ringer Shootout

Eight archers (places 9–16) will shoot simultaneously.

Each round consists of 5 arrows.

Round 1: Archers must score 34 or higher to advance.
Round 2: Archers must score 35 or higher to advance.

The final remaining archer is designated the Lucky Ringer and advances to the Lucky Ringer Match on Sunday.

Sunday — Lucky Ringer Match

Prior to the start of the Final 8 eliminations, the #8 qualifier and the Lucky Ringer will compete head-to-head on the finals platform.

The winner of this match:

Receives a set of bowstrings.
Claims the #8 position in the elimination bracket.
Advances to the Final 8 eliminations.

The loser is eliminated from the competition.

Eligibility: The Lucky Ringer format is only activated when a division has 24 or more registered archers.

Divisions (all distances are 20 yards)

Open Divisions (Male/Female Shoot Together)

13 Under (If you are 13 or younger, you shoot in this division)

17 Under (If you are 17 or younger, you shoot in this division)

Adult (18 years and older)

Archers may choose to shoot in a higher division.

If there is only 1 archer in your division, you will be moved up to the next division

Chapter 3 Equipment Definitions

Recurve

Recurve Archers may use stabilizers and adjustable sights.
No magnification is allowed in the sight.
No mechanical release aids are allowed.
Archers must use fingers, a glove, or finger tab to hold the string.

Recurve Barebow (if it has wheels it’s a compound)

This equipment class is reserved for recurve bows with no sights.
An arrow rest, arrow plate, and cushion plunger are allowed, but a clicker, draw check, and level are prohibited.
Riser weights are permitted.
The entire unstrung bow much be able to pass through a 12.2 cm ring.
“String walking” is allowed in this class.
No mechanical release aids are allowed. Archers must use fingers, a glove or finger tab to hold the string.

Freestyle Compound

Any type of sights or stabilizers are allowed in this class, as long as the rear stabilizer does not touch the archer’s body.

Bowhunter Freestyle Compound

Bows in this class are limited to five fixed pins in the sight with no magnification and a front stabilizer no more than 12 inches long as measured from the bow's riser. (For example, any quick release connectors that would be attached to the bow and all stabilizer weights or vibration dampening attachments would be included in the 12-inch maximum length.)
No modifications to the sight, peep, draw weight, or other related equipment on the bow is allowed once scoring begins.

Traditional

No metal risers
No string walking
No sights
Recurve, Long Bow, Asiatic Bow (max 12" stabilizer)
Carbon, aluminum or wood arrows are acceptable.

THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON ARROW DIAMETER IN ANY DIVISION.

EQUIPMENT CHECKS WILL NOT BE PERFORMED PRIOR TO SHOOTING. It is the responsibility of the archer to ensure their equipment adheres to the above rules. Spot checks may be performed by the judges and equipment found to be illegal may result in disqualification of the archer or zeros being awarded for ends shot with that equipment.

Procedure

Shooters must straddle the shooting line
An end will be composed of 5 arrows with a time limit of 4 minutes
- Official Timing (For Qualifications and Eliminations): The audible sound signal is the official signal for the beginning and end of a shooting. The countdown clock and display are provided as visual aids only.
- An arrow must be released before the audible signal indicating the end an archers time to shoot.
An archer may shoot all five arrows into the same spot on a 5-spot target and they will all still score.
The qualification round will be composed of 12 scoring ends
After 6 ends, the bottom shooters change to the top target and the top shooters change to the bottom target.
There will be two official practice ends before each qualification round.

For qualifications: Tie breakers will be determined by who has more 7's. If still tied, highest number of 6's. Still tied, there will be a 1 arrow shoot off or a coin flip depending on availability of archers.

For eliminations: Tie breakers will be determined by a 1 arrow shoot off, closest to the center. (Cannot determine winner, reshoot closest to the center)

Jury of Appeal

The Texas Ringer will appoint a three-person Jury of Appeal prior to the start of competition. The Jury exists to provide a fair and impartial review when an archer, parent/guardian, coach, or team representative believes a tournament rule has been incorrectly applied or a decision has unfairly affected an archer.

Filing an Appeal

Cost: $50 cash for an appeal (refundable if overturned)

An appeal must be submitted to the Chair of Judges or Tournament Director as soon as reasonably possible after the decision or incident being appealed.

If the appeal could affect an archer advancing to the next round, elimination match, Lucky Ringer, Final 8, or any other stage of competition, the intent to appeal must be made before the next applicable round or match begins.

The appeal must clearly identify:

The decision or incident being appealed
The individuals involved
The reason for the appeal
The Texas Ringer rule believed to have been incorrectly applied, when applicable

Jury

The Jury of Appeal will consist of three individuals who are knowledgeable about archery and the Texas Ringer rules and who can evaluate the appeal fairly and impartially.

A Jury member who has an actual or perceived conflict of interest involving the archer, coach, family, or circumstances of the appeal must recuse themselves. An alternate Jury member may be appointed by the Tournament Director or Chair of Judges.

Jury Decision

The Jury may speak with the appellant, judges, tournament officials, witnesses, or other individuals necessary to understand the circumstances of the appeal.

The Jury will review the applicable Texas Ringer rules and the facts surrounding the incident and will make a decision by majority vote.

The decision of the Jury of Appeal is final.

Any awards, payouts, advancement, or tournament results directly affected by an appeal may be withheld until the Jury has issued its decision.

Limits of Appeal

A Jury of Appeal is intended to review the application or interpretation of tournament rules and other protestable decisions.

A judge's determination is final and is not subject to appeal.

The Jury may not create or modify a Texas Ringer rule during an appeal. Its responsibility is to determine whether the rules in effect for the competition were correctly and fairly applied.

Scoring

The scoring area values will be 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.
On the 5-spot target face, the only scoring values are 7, 6, 5, and 4. An arrow not touching a scoring area will be scored as a Miss.
The 7 will be an arrow entirely inside the center area without touching the line.
The 6 will be an arrow that touches the blue line around the center area.
The line that separates the scoring area will be entirely in the higher scoring area (i.e., all the arrow must do is touch the line for the higher score) except for the center area, which is scored as indicated above.
An archer who shoots more than five arrows at the target will lose the arrows of higher value in that end. A penalty of one point is assessed for each arrow shot over the prescribed number of arrows. The penalty point comes only after the extra arrow/arrows are shot.

Elimination Rounds (Before Finals)

Shoot off format (Adult Round of 16), (13U/17U Round of 8), Round of 4)
The winners of the two matches in the Round of 4 will advance to the Championship Finals match, and the losers of the two Round of 4 matches will advance to the 3rd Place Finals match.
Each round will be composed of 3 scoring ends
An end will be composed of 5 arrows with a time limit of 4 minutes
Top score moves on
Ties will not be determined by the number of 7s; any tied score will be decided by a one-arrow shoot-off closest to the center, with additional one-arrow shoot-offs if a winner cannot be determined.

Finals

Shoot off format (Finals)
The round will be composed of 3 scoring ends
An end will be composed of 5 arrows
Shooting format will be alternating shots
Each archer receives 20 seconds to shoot each arrow
Top score wins
Ties are determined by one arrow shoot off closest to the center (Cannot determine winner, reshoot closest to the center)
All finals will consist of a 3rd place match and a Championship match unless there are less than 4 archers in the division.
Divisions with 3 archers will advance straight into a shoot up format (no elimination rounds), with seed 3 vs seed 2 and the winner of this match advancing to the Championship match against seed 1.
Divisions with only 2 archers will advance straight to a Championship match with no elimination rounds.