Postal Competitions

The club registrar manages a series of postal competitions throughout the year for members. Information on what they are, how to enter, and how to win are listed below. Any queries contact the registrar at the usual email address.

Archery NZ Interclub
  • All club members can shoot the Archery NZ Interclub postal
  • The rounds shot are variations of the “Canadian 900” round. You can read more in the Rules section at ArcheryNZ site and scroll down to rules for details.
  • Interclub scores to be submitted to the registrar.manaarchery@gmail.com before end of month. Mana has three teams and top nine scores will be submitted for the teams.
  • The competition has a number of divisions (currently 6 divisions), usually with 6 teams per division (some lower divisions may have less). Each division is a round robin competition.
  • This gives 5 rounds for the season. Three rounds are one month long, and two rounds are two months long during the busy time of the season., i.e. Round one is October/November, round two is December/January, round three is February, round 4 is March and round 5 is April.

NZFAA Summer Postal
  • Open to all but members will need to join the NZFAA prior via NZFAA club application online form.
  • The NZFAA Postal Indoor League series consists of 4 single round postal events, typically 1 each month over the summer period. See NZFAA flyer for details
  • The Series is managed and administered by the club Registrar if your interested in competing.
  • The cost is $20 for the four rounds which each competitor will be required to pay the club on receipt of invoice at the end of the series.
  • Archers compete in their respective bow division for each event and will be grouped by bow division with points being assigned for relative placing in each division at each Round.
  • Points assigned are 10 for first place, 9 for second etc down to 1 for archers placed 10th or lower.
  • To compete and be crowned a bow division series, archers must compete in all 4 postal league rounds.
  • The NZFAA Indoor League (bow division) series winner is the archer with the highest point score for the series, and in case of a tie the archer with the highest cumulative score including Xs. There are individual and teams awards for this league series.
  • NZFAA Records are available in this postal series but will need to be supported by providing a signed and validated score card from a current club executive member.
  • The series shoots two rounds: IFAA Std Indoor (can be shot outdoors) with score sheet and the NZFAA Short Flint, details here with score sheet here
  • Failure to submit scores by due date will cause a zero to be submitted for that event.
  • NZFAA Summer postal series:
RoundWhenScores to Club Registrar
Event 1IFAA IndoorNov to end Dec1st January
Event 2NZFAA Short FlintJan to end of Feb1st March
Event 3NZFAA Short Flintend of March1st April
Event 4IFAA Indoorend of April1st May
IFAA World Indoor Archery Mail Match (WIAMM)

The IFAA World Indoor Archery Mail Match (WIAMM) is a worldwide archery competition open to all non-professional archers, not just IFAA archers. The competition runs from January through to March, with results published by the end of April. IFAA website information here

PARTICIPATION: Worldwide open to all non-professional archers!

REGISTRATION: Participants must register before the Round 1 cut-off date. No late entries will be accepted! Participants may register more than one style. For each additional style entered, an additional entry fee must be paid.

COST: Entry costs NZD $17 (AUD $15) per entry. This will be collected by the registrar.manaarchery@gmail.com once you have confirmed you wish to enter. Payment must be paid prior to 10th December – no late payments accepted.

Alternatively, you can registrar as a independent, pay the entry fee direct and manage your own scores.

SCORE SUBMISSIONS:

WIAMM OPENS – 1st JanRound 1Round 2Round 3
Score submission date to registrar20 Jan.20 Feb.20 Mar.
Publishing of scores on IFAA website14 Feb.14 Mar.14 Apr.