Barb, the event in utah will only determine who/what country gets what slots for the jr olympics. there will be a seperate trials to determine whom is going to fill these slots. AT least that is the way the olympic team is determined and I assumed the same process will be followed. According to the notice you linked to.
The full details will be published as soon as the International Olympic Committee
has finalized the qualification system, but at least half of the slots will be awarded in Ogden.
If things are handled the same way as for the regular olympics then there will be trials to determine who goes to the shoot in Utah. (the world target championships in Lepzig was where most of the slots for the 2008 olympics was determined and the USA had the world target championship/pan american team trials to determine who shot for the slots at Lepzig) Then after we know how many slots we have to fill for the jr olympics there will be another trials to determine the team. At least that is how the 2008 olympics has been handled.. in fact the 2nd nomination shoot is next week in chula vista.
I think they will post the rules for it all when they have it decided. Since this is the first time for this jr olympics, there will be lots of rules and proceedures to be determined.
just my opinion as always..
dana
That's the interesting point about it though. The Jr US team will be for the top 3 Juniors, and top 1 Cadet. The World trials will be for the top 3 Juniors and top 3 Cadets. No where scheduled for 2008 is a tournament that puts all eligible aged archers on the same playing field. The only shoots that contest the two clases in 2009 (again, not on the same field) before the trials would be indoor nationals, and JOAD Nationals......Indoor won't work, and JOAD is too close to the event.
So what kind of ideas would work? Hold something at the AZ cup specially for the Juniors and Cadets? Maybe the Texas Shootout? Do we just let the top X number of Juniors compete for the spots? What if they aren't the overall top shooters?
The way I see it, this presents a rather unique problem. In the Senior Olympics, it's easy.....just take the top 'X' # that havn't already qualified and send them in. In the Junior Olympics, there is a chance that someone from two different classes will be eligable to compete.
btw, anyone care to see pics of the range?
Sure! You know the field? I've tried to look it up on google earth, and only a couple fields in the area appear to be sizable enough, but it could be in a different part of town.
Huntmaster and FLarcherymom:
Is this post about soliciting ideas? If so, it isn't totally clear. I read it and took the first post as a request for clarifications on whatever procedures were already in place. However, based on FLaMom's subsequent posts, this is a chance to make suggestions.
So, my suggestion would be to select the team from the best scores from JOAD nationals and Indoor nationals. Most of the best JOAD shooters probably make those 2 events anyway, so that would be simple in terms of not having an organization plan another tourney, and for parents to not make another trip.
Go ahead and suggest. I doubt the NAA will say much too early, but maybe some suggestions will get the juices flowing. Sorry, I meant it to be a debate, not an inquiry :embara:
If you take the finishes, the two classes shoot different distances outdoors, so how do you pitch them agains one another? (Cadets shoot 60M and Juniors shoot 70M) Also, JOAD will have to be held much earlier......will everyone go for that? Would you go for that?