Field Target Competitions
Scoring and Grading in SWEFTA – 2011 update - Valid for 2012
1. Marking the cards
1.1.1. Competitors will mark their shooting partner’s card, and vice versa, unless there is an
independent marker marking both cards.
1.1.2. Every target knocked down counts as 1 and will be marked X on the card. A hit on the
faceplate counts as a miss, to be marked as O on the card.
1.1.3. Changes to the card and mistakes rectified must remain visible and must be initialled by a
third person, not the shooting partner. This can be a marshal or someone on the next lane.
1.1.4. Cards must be handed in before 1530 on the day of the shoot. Cards not handed in will
be deemed to include just one hit, and scored accordingly.
1.1.5. Cards that show signs of alteration not properly amended as in 1.1.3 above will be treated
as not handed in.
2. Partners
2.1.1. Shooters must not shoot with the same partner on two successive occasions save for
accompanying a minor.
2.1.2. Partners must be from another club.
2.1.3. The partner’s name must be written clearly on the score card.
3. Scoring
3.1.1. All scores at FT shoots will be shown as a percentage of the top score achieved on the
day.
3.1.2. Some targets will be defined by the host club as eliminators; in the event of tied scores
the competitor with the greater number of eliminators will be ranked the higher, but the
percentages remain as scored.
3.1.3. Each competitor’s scores (as percentages) will accumulate through the league season.
3.1.4. Your best six scores will count towards grading position. (EGM decision 02-01-2011)
3.1.5. Your best six scores will count towards league position.
4. Shooting two rounds
4.1.1. Competitors can shoot the FT course twice, once with a PCP and once with a piston rifle.
Only the first round can be accepted for grading and counting towards their club score; the
card must be marked accordingly and the stats office informed so that the start sheet can
also be marked.
5. Grading
5.1.1. Shooters are graded into four grades, AA, A, B and C.
5.1.2. Novice shooters will initially go into C grade and will be regraded after they have
completed three shoots. Whatever scores they have achieved will migrate with them to their
allocated grade.
5.1.3. Novice shooters who have not done three shoots by the end of the season will have those
probationary scores carried over to the next season.
5.1.4. Shooters arriving in the SWEFTA region with an existing grade from either their previous
region or a national BFTA grade will go into that grade. If they have different grades locally
and nationally then the higher grade takes priority and they will be placed into that grade.
They will not be regraded after their first three shoots.
5.1.5. All shooters will be assessed for regrading at the end of the season. Shooters who have
not completed three shoots in the current season will remain in their previous grade.
5.1.6. Depending on the average score they will be placed in the relevant grade for the next
season.
5.1.7. The break points between grades are:
Under 55% C grade
Under 70% B grade
Under 80% A grade
Above AA grade
5.1.8. Shooters can elect to shoot in a higher grade, and will remain in that grade for the rest of
the season.
6. Club Championship
6.1. FT competition
6.1.1. The FT scores at each league shoot will be rank ordered within club. The top three scores
from each club will be totalled.
6.1.2. Actual scores are used, not percentages.
6.1.3. After each round, the club totals will accumulate.
6.1.4. The FT championship will be awarded to the club with the highest accumulated number of
targets knocked down at the end of the season.
6.2. Hunter competition
6.2.1. For the purpose of determining the Hunter championship, all recoiling scores will be
uplifted by additional points, one point per ten targets on the course, rounded up to the
nearest whole number.
6.2.2. The adjusted scores will be rank ordered within club. The top three scores from each club
will be totalled.
6.2.3. Actual scores are used, not percentages.
6.2.4. After each round, the club totals will accumulate.
6.2.5. The Hunter championship will be awarded to the club with the highest number of points.
7. Information
7.1.1. After each round of the league the scores secretary will distribute the day’s scores and
the league and club positions by email to nominated club contacts and to any other shooter
wishing to be included on the circulation list.
7.1.2. Copies also go to the SWEFTA webmaster for uploading to the website.
8. National Grading
8.1.1. Shooters are entitled to have their scores forwarded to BFTA for national grading
purposes. Each shooter must elect for this to be done; it will not be done automatically. The
option is to have all scores or no scores forwarded; once the decision has been made to
forward scores, they must all be forwarded.
8.1.2. This election stands for only one season at a time and must be renewed at the start of
every new season.
8.1.3. Please inform the scores secretary if you wish to have your scores forwarded.
9. SWEFTA Open Champion
9.1.1. This will be awarded to the shooter with the highest gross number of targets knocked
down during the course of the league season, i.e., not percentages.
10. SWEFTA Showdown
10.1.1. Places in the Showdown will be awarded to the top four scorers at each of the first eight
rounds of the league, subject to that person not having already qualified at an earlier round.
10.1.2. Shooters not wishing to take part in this event should inform the scores secretary or
competition secretary at the start of the season.
10.1.3. Reserves will be allocated after the eighth round to make up any vacant places, based
upon the next ranked score from the shoot where the vacancy occurs.
10.1.4. A separate rule sheet exists for the Showdown competition.
11. Trophies
11.1.1. Trophies will be awarded to the first, second and third placed shooters in each of the four
grades, plus the piston class, provided that no trophy will be awarded to a shooter who has
taken part in fewer than six shoots during the season.
11.1.2. Trophies will also go the winner of the Showdown and the associated Plate competition.
11.1.3. The Lee Clarke Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the most improved shooter during the
current season, as judged by the competition secretary and the scores secretary.
Scoring and Grading in SWEFTA – 2011 update - Valid for 2012
1. Marking the cards
1.1.1. Competitors will mark their shooting partner’s card, and vice versa, unless there is an
independent marker marking both cards.
1.1.2. Every target knocked down counts as 1 and will be marked X on the card. A hit on the
faceplate counts as a miss, to be marked as O on the card.
1.1.3. Changes to the card and mistakes rectified must remain visible and must be initialled by a
third person, not the shooting partner. This can be a marshal or someone on the next lane.
1.1.4. Cards must be handed in before 1530 on the day of the shoot. Cards not handed in will
be deemed to include just one hit, and scored accordingly.
1.1.5. Cards that show signs of alteration not properly amended as in 1.1.3 above will be treated
as not handed in.
2. Partners
2.1.1. Shooters must not shoot with the same partner on two successive occasions save for
accompanying a minor.
2.1.2. Partners must be from another club.
2.1.3. The partner’s name must be written clearly on the score card.
3. Scoring
3.1.1. All scores at FT shoots will be shown as a percentage of the top score achieved on the
day.
3.1.2. Some targets will be defined by the host club as eliminators; in the event of tied scores
the competitor with the greater number of eliminators will be ranked the higher, but the
percentages remain as scored.
3.1.3. Each competitor’s scores (as percentages) will accumulate through the league season.
3.1.4. Your best six scores will count towards grading position. (EGM decision 02-01-2011)
3.1.5. Your best six scores will count towards league position.
4. Shooting two rounds
4.1.1. Competitors can shoot the FT course twice, once with a PCP and once with a piston rifle.
Only the first round can be accepted for grading and counting towards their club score; the
card must be marked accordingly and the stats office informed so that the start sheet can
also be marked.
5. Grading
5.1.1. Shooters are graded into four grades, AA, A, B and C.
5.1.2. Novice shooters will initially go into C grade and will be regraded after they have
completed three shoots. Whatever scores they have achieved will migrate with them to their
allocated grade.
5.1.3. Novice shooters who have not done three shoots by the end of the season will have those
probationary scores carried over to the next season.
5.1.4. Shooters arriving in the SWEFTA region with an existing grade from either their previous
region or a national BFTA grade will go into that grade. If they have different grades locally
and nationally then the higher grade takes priority and they will be placed into that grade.
They will not be regraded after their first three shoots.
5.1.5. All shooters will be assessed for regrading at the end of the season. Shooters who have
not completed three shoots in the current season will remain in their previous grade.
5.1.6. Depending on the average score they will be placed in the relevant grade for the next
season.
5.1.7. The break points between grades are:
Under 55% C grade
Under 70% B grade
Under 80% A grade
Above AA grade
5.1.8. Shooters can elect to shoot in a higher grade, and will remain in that grade for the rest of
the season.
6. Club Championship
6.1. FT competition
6.1.1. The FT scores at each league shoot will be rank ordered within club. The top three scores
from each club will be totalled.
6.1.2. Actual scores are used, not percentages.
6.1.3. After each round, the club totals will accumulate.
6.1.4. The FT championship will be awarded to the club with the highest accumulated number of
targets knocked down at the end of the season.
6.2. Hunter competition
6.2.1. For the purpose of determining the Hunter championship, all recoiling scores will be
uplifted by additional points, one point per ten targets on the course, rounded up to the
nearest whole number.
6.2.2. The adjusted scores will be rank ordered within club. The top three scores from each club
will be totalled.
6.2.3. Actual scores are used, not percentages.
6.2.4. After each round, the club totals will accumulate.
6.2.5. The Hunter championship will be awarded to the club with the highest number of points.
7. Information
7.1.1. After each round of the league the scores secretary will distribute the day’s scores and
the league and club positions by email to nominated club contacts and to any other shooter
wishing to be included on the circulation list.
7.1.2. Copies also go to the SWEFTA webmaster for uploading to the website.
8. National Grading
8.1.1. Shooters are entitled to have their scores forwarded to BFTA for national grading
purposes. Each shooter must elect for this to be done; it will not be done automatically. The
option is to have all scores or no scores forwarded; once the decision has been made to
forward scores, they must all be forwarded.
8.1.2. This election stands for only one season at a time and must be renewed at the start of
every new season.
8.1.3. Please inform the scores secretary if you wish to have your scores forwarded.
9. SWEFTA Open Champion
9.1.1. This will be awarded to the shooter with the highest gross number of targets knocked
down during the course of the league season, i.e., not percentages.
10. SWEFTA Showdown
10.1.1. Places in the Showdown will be awarded to the top four scorers at each of the first eight
rounds of the league, subject to that person not having already qualified at an earlier round.
10.1.2. Shooters not wishing to take part in this event should inform the scores secretary or
competition secretary at the start of the season.
10.1.3. Reserves will be allocated after the eighth round to make up any vacant places, based
upon the next ranked score from the shoot where the vacancy occurs.
10.1.4. A separate rule sheet exists for the Showdown competition.
11. Trophies
11.1.1. Trophies will be awarded to the first, second and third placed shooters in each of the four
grades, plus the piston class, provided that no trophy will be awarded to a shooter who has
taken part in fewer than six shoots during the season.
11.1.2. Trophies will also go the winner of the Showdown and the associated Plate competition.
11.1.3. The Lee Clarke Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the most improved shooter during the
current season, as judged by the competition secretary and the scores secretary.