The South African National Archery Association organized an Ianseo course from May 31 to June 2, 2024, in Marks Park, Johannesburg. The course was partly sponsored by World Archery through bearing some of the costs of the expert Matteo Pisani, Head of Technology at World Archery.
The objectives of the course were:
• to train tournament administrators in the various South African provinces on how to use the Ianseo scoring program better
• to standardize the score sheets that are used so that all the archers are being educated on how to complete the same format of score sheets used
• to introduce the use of electronic scoring to archers by using their cell phones/tablets
• to standardize the results that are produced
• to start working with the rest of the member associations in good standing in Africa to ensure that we all use the same scoring system.
The course was a blend of theory and practice where all the participants had the chance to take part in planning and managing a local competition on the last day of the training. Hopefully, future courses of this kind will culminate in having fully qualified result managers in Africa, which is essential to archery development on the continent.
The course was open to participants from other African countries than South Africa. Thus 11 participants took part in the course including one participant from Algeria and one from Tunisia.
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