World Mail Match Information
Mail Match Rounds
The IFAA has 2 mail match events normally each year, they are the World Outdoor Flint Mail Match and the World Indoor Archery Mail Match. These events are so as you can compete against your fellow archers from all current Member Nations. It is more of a fun type shoot as no champion title is given and medallion type buttons are issued for 1st, 2nd and 3rd and all participants do get a participation button.
Normally the indoor competition is around the Jan, Feb and Mar period with the outdoor event being around Jul, Aug and Sep period of the year.
For both of the Mail Match events, results are published for each round after all scores have submitted by the required date for that round.
World Outdoor Flint International Mail Match
The “Outdoor Flint Round”, is a “short” field round where the maximum shooting distance is limited to 30 yards and the number of targets is limited to either a seven targets standard unit and shooting two such units, or a double standard unit of fourteen targets. The latter one is of course more work and needs more ground. However if the number of competitors exceeds 28 archers, you will require fourteen butts.
This range can be set out on the practice range or a small field like a soccer field. As the distance between the butts need not be more than 5 yards, such a field need not be more than 40×40 yards to allow for seven butts, provided there is a “safe area” behind the butts. Such a seven butt range allows for a single detail of 14 archers, to which a second detail can be added. The archers in the second detail shoot after the archers in the first detail have scored.
Disabled archers may enter the mail match in their own division. The divisions are limited to the Freestyle Unlimited, Freestyle Limited and Bowhunter Unlimited shooting styles for adult men and women (Veterans, Adults and Young Adults are combined in the same division)
Archers who shoot these styles for the first time are required to submit proof of their disability.
Full rules of the game of the Outdoor Flint Round are available in the download area of this web site
World Indoor Archery Mail Match
This event is a series of the official indoor round from the Book of Rules of the association. It is conducted over a series of 3 months and scores for each month will be required to be submitted by a certain date so that all participants can see the results and enjoy this chance to compete with your fellows archers from all the member nations of the IFAA.
The main criteria for this mail match event is that you shoot as per the rules for the 300 indoor round at 20 yards and 10 yards for cubs. This can be shot indoors or outdoors ( On your club practice range)
Disabled archers may enter the mail match in their own division. The divisions are limited to the Freestyle Unlimited, the Freestyle Limited and the Bowhunter Unlimited shooting styles for adult men and women (Veterans, Adults and Young Adults are combined in the same division)
Archers who shoot these styles for the first time are required to submit proof of their disability.
Full rules of the game of the Outdoor Flint Round are available in the download area of this web site
Registering for the Flint Round or Indoor Round
Normally a number of months prior to the events starting date, notification, registration and payment forms will be available on the website so that those wishing to compete may carry out the process of registering and paying for the competition they are entering.
