Tim Swane

I was born in Bishops Stortford in 1958 but my family soon moved and I grew up in East Anglia. After a completely uneventful school career, I studied Psychology at the University of Wales, Bangor and on graduation joined the NatWest Bank where I still am 31 years later. I live in Kendal, shoot with Kendal Bowmen and currently work as a Business Development Manager in the South Lakes. I still cannot believe my luck that I get paid to spend my days driving around one of the most beautiful parts of the world. My other hobbies are sailing, kayaking and fell walking.

I normally shoot a recurve but do possess both a longbow and a compound. I took up coaching in 2002 and since then have worked my way up to be a Senior Coach. My ability as an archer seems inversely proportional to my ability as a coach.

email: chair.coaching@archerygb.org

Committee Terms of Reference

• The National Coaching Committee has responsibility to the Operations Committee for the organisation, management, development and coach education of all Coaches
• The National Coaching Committee will submit an annual budget request to the Finance Director and will be responsible for the management and control of all of the expenditure from the allocated budget.
• The National Coaching Committee will advise the Operations Committee and the Board on all matters relating to archery coaching.
• The National Coaching Committee will be responsible for the development and maintenance of 'Best Practice' of all matters relating to archery coaching and coach education.
• The National Coaching Committee will be responsible for advising all members on all matters relating to archery coaching and best practice.
• The National Coaching Committee will be responsible for all coach education matters including the training and education of Coach-Educators, Verifiers and Assessors.
• The National Coaching Committee will work with the Performance unit to develop and maintain Regional and County squads and squad staff.
• The National Coaching Committee will work with the Performance unit to develop archery performance coaching in the UK to world-class standards.
• The National Coaching Committee will work with the office staff to develop and maintain registers of Leaders, Coaches Coach - Educators, Verifiers and Assessors including relevant and related records.
• The National Coaching Committee will work with Coaching development and education officers to develop and maintain plans that will deliver Coaching within the various SDP and Government agenda's.
• The National Coaching Committee will be responsible for the organisation of Annual Coaching and Coaching Development conferences.
• To provide a service for monitoring the Leader renewal application requests.
• To monitor the Leader renewal service and advise on revenue appertaining to the registration and authorisation for the running of Leader courses.
• To produce and develop the Coaching Manual.

Chris Christopherson

Chris has been an archer since 1985 and spent the early part of his archery activity shooting field until he was told he could be part of the Paralympic group. He was for sometime a member of the GB Disabled Squad and has competed at a number of international events. He gave up archery for three years to return to his first love of motorcycle racing.

After two rather exciting incidents at Brands Hatch in 2003 he decided that archery is actually a lot less painful and has now returned to the fold.

email: chair.disabled@archerygb.org

Committee Terms of Reference

• To inform the Operations Committee on all matters relating to Disability Archery.
• To recommend any changes to rules for Disability Archery.
• To act as the primary interface with other national bodies for Disability Archery (e.g. BWAA; BALASA; BBS etc.)
• To liaise with the Performance Unit in the setting of qualifying scores and Squad Selection.
• To support/assist the Performance Unit in the identification of 'New Talent'.
• To provide a channel for addressing queries and issues raised by members.
• To ensure that emerging legislation related to disability is understood and taken account of.
• To meet as a committee at least twice a year.

Andrew Rees

I started shooting in 1995 and, after a few years shooting Olympic recurve, I decided to try field archery shooting barebow: this has remained my passion. Normally I shoot field but, on occasion, I shoot target and I am currently a Master Bowman in both disciplines. I have had the honour of representing GB & NI in European and World Field Championships.

I represented GWAS on the National Council and I am still closely involved with the running of my County and Regional Societies. I am very proud to be the current President of the Somerset County Archery Association.

email: chair.fieldarchery@archerygb.org

Committee Terms of Reference

• To inform the Operations Committee on all matters relating to Field Archery.
• Recommend to the Operations Committee any changes to the Field Rules of Shooting.
• Maintain the Classification system for Field Archery
• Consider and approve, if appropriate conditions are met, applications for Record/Arrowhead status tournaments.
• To select the tournaments for World Ranking and inform the FITA Office.
• To keep the membership informed of developments in Field Archery.
• In association with the Office, maintain appropriate support documentation for Field Archery.
• To ensure that the National Field Tournaments are staged at appropriate intervals
• To co-ordinate dates with the other committees/Specialists for the year ahead.
• To Furnish FITA and UK Sport with Field Archery Performance data.
• To collect and collate the ranking data. To organise the Ranking Tournaments.
• To ensure Ranking Tournaments are organised to reflect World class standard.
• Nominate the BWGA Representative
• To maintain and develop the Field web site.
• A minimum of one meeting per annum to constitute at least 75% of the committee and be face to face.
• Set out the Committee budget for the following year. Set Committee budget(s).
• Keep the information for the SDP updated.
• Encourage, advise and work with any Region, County field squad.
• Set out the Criteria for Squad selection. Set out the Criteria for Team Selection. Select the Squad and Team at the appropriate times. Select Team Manager(s).
• Draw up the budgets for the Squad and Team.

Andy Pointon

In 1985 as a Police Officer in Nottinghamshire, I made some enquiries into a case at the former Marksman Archery Shop on Welbeck Estate, near Worksop, Notts. The sport fascinated me enough to go on a Beginners Course and then become a member of Welbeck Archers. I shot reasonably well for some years, making the County Team, but in 1988, I decided to become a Judge. I progressed through the ranks finally obtaining my National Judge Grade which I am now in 1998. Not wanting to just be a Judge, I offered my services to the National Judge Committee for election in 2002 and was elected. In 2003, I became Registrar and was elected Chairman in 2006, I have just been re-elected and will stand again until 2013.

Over the years, I have also served my County and Region in various positions, Nottinghamshire County Secretary for 3 years, East Midland Archery Society Vice Chairman and later Chairman from 1998 to 2001. My love for the sport and my position has allowed me to officiate at World Cup events i.e. Dover 2007, Junior World Championships in 2004 and many National Events. I currently control the National Judge Committee and have an excellent team with me, 2 National and 2 International Judges. We try to oversee Judging within the UK in training, equipment, event participation and discipline which I am glad to say is very rare.

I still shoot my longbow and recurve bow occasionally, but not as much as I would like. I still remain a member of Welbeck Archers.

email: chair.judges@archerygb.org

Committee Terms of Reference

• Inform Operations Committee on all matters relating to judging & judge training.
• To maintain a register of judges and candidate judges within GNAS.
• To maintain and monitor the National Judges Training program.
• To appoint judges to National Tournaments.
• To resolve the queries of judges appertaining to problems that arise when applying the rules and to make recommendations to other committees which involve clarification of the rules or misappropriation of the rules.
• To keep the membership informed of developments in judging matters and activities.
• In association with the Office maintain appropriate support documentation for judging.
• To issue training manuals and review when required.
• To organise National Conferences and Seminars.
• To investigate any complaint or misdemeanor made against a judge and take any necessary action that may seem appropriate.
• A minimum of one meeting per annum to constitute at least 75% of the Committee face to face.
• Deal with all matters appertaining to the Rulebook and the SAPs, which will include amendments and alterations.

John Wilson

I was born in 1942 during the war and have memories of the of the bombs being dropped and being pushed under the bed for safety, also seeing in the sky as I lay in my pram in the garden the hundreds of planes gathering in the sky during the early evening forming up to go to Germany.

I lived in Hadleigh Essex and grew in the Shadow of Hadleigh Castle used by King John as a hunting lodge, which is the site of the Mountain bike competition at the 2012 Olympics. I played in the local woods where deer, and roe buck roamed freely and my Archery club Rayleigh archery was originally founded by King John in 1219, to protect the animals from the local inhabitants from his livestock, and also fill his larder with fresh meat. More

email: chair.junior@archerygb.org

Committee Terms of Reference

This document contains the Terms of reference for the Junior Committee. The Chairman of the Committee may delegate all or any of the functions to members of the committee, or, with the approval of the Committee and the director of Operations, to any other member of the Society. The list of functions is not exclusive. The Committee may take on extra functions as necessary, with the approval of the Director of operations.

• To hold at least one formal meeting per year, at which three-quarters of committee members are present.
• To forward to the Office and the Director of Operations any information provided by the committee that is to be used in the public domain regarding Junior Archery. To advise the Operations committee on all matters relating to Junior Archery, keeping the Office and the Director of Operations informed.
• To co-ordinate dates with other committees/specialists for the year ahead.
• To liaise with the Junior Officers from the Regions and Counties to develop and maintain an continuing and consistent structure for Junior Archery throughout the United Kingdom.
• To maintain a record of the financial activities of the Committee.
• To provide an annual report on Junior Archery within the United Kingdom for presentation at the AGM.
• To provide input into the Strategic Development Plan on all matters relating to Junior Archery.
• To be fully informed and consulted on any matters that impact on Junior Archery within the United Kingdom.
• Recommend to the Operations Committee any changes to the Rules of Shooting and Shooting Administrative Procedures that affect Junior Archery.
• In association with the Handicap Advisory Officer, maintain the Handicap and Classification systems for Junior Archery.
• Work in conjunction with the Child Protection officer of the on child protection matters.
• In association with the office, maintain appropriate documentation for Junior Archery.
• To maintain, develop and implement the national Junior Ranking system.
• To furnish FITA and Sport UK with Junior archery performance data as required.
• To keep the membership informed of developments in Junior Archery
• To liaise with the Office in publicising Junior Archery to the wider community
• To provide regular material to the Editor of Archery UK on the subject of Junior Archery, to the deadlines set by the Editor.
• To ensure that the Junior Archery web page is maintained and updated.
• To liaise with bodies external to the of relevance to Junior Archery, or Junior Sport generally, whether within the UK or abroad.
• To work with the Tournaments Committee to ensure that the National Junior Tournaments are staged at the appropriate intervals, and the results publicised promptly.
• To work with the Tournaments and Field Committees to ensure that those National Tournaments where there is no direct Junior equivalents take account of the requirements of Junior Archers.
• To ensure that the National Junior Postal Competitions are publicised and staged at the appropriate times and the results publicised promptly.
• To ensure that the Junior Awards Scheme functions smoothly, continues to develop, and is publicised appropriately.
• To develop any additional schemes and competitions as are felt beneficial to Junior Archery.
• To work with the Performance Unit in selecting Junior Archers for UK Development and Elite squad training.
• To work with the Performance Unit in setting the selection criteria and selecting Junior Teams for International competitions.

Geoff Malyon

I joined the society in 1993 and two months later found myself as club treasurer and later chairman. The pace really started to pick up as I became club rep to the county, then county rep to the region, then regional chairman, as well as regional rep to EAF. I have also managed MB for a few years, and become a National Judge recently. Quite a while ago our daughter, Christina, started to show some ability, and we were off to the big events. So we offered to help at the Junior Outdoor when Christina decided she could "do it by herself", and next thing you know we are a permanent fixture, and then I became an official fixture to national tournaments in 2007, and here I am now as Chairman. National Tournaments have already started changing, there is more to come......

email: chair.nationaltournaments@archerygb.org

Committee Terms of Reference

• To prepare and manage an annual programme to meet the Operations Committee's agreed requirements for National tournaments, as specified in the Performance and Development Plan, within the budget allocated.
• To provide National Tournament input to the Performance and Development Plan.
• To consider and approve applications for Record Status for Target, Clout & Flight archery.
• To prepare and submit an annual budgeted plan for the subsequent years National tournament programme.
• To inform the Operations Committee on all matters relating to the organisation and running of the National tournaments for Target, Clout and Flight archery.
• Recommend to the Operations Committee any changes to the National Tournaments.
• To ensure that the National Championships for Target, Clout and Flight are staged at appropriate intervals.
• To agree with the Judges Committee the appointment of judges to the National Tournaments.
• To co-ordinate dates with other Committees/Specialists for the year ahead.
• To liaise with the Field Committee on their organisation and running of the National Field Tournaments.
• To liaise with the Disabled Committee on their organisation and running of the National Disabled Tournaments.
• In association with the office maintain the appropriate support for Target, Clout and Flight archery.
• To keep up to date all trophy books and tournament files for National Target, Clout and Flight Tournaments.
• To provide detailed accounts for all National Tournaments.
• To hold a minimum of one formal meeting per year, with at least 75% of the committee in attendance.

R K de B Nicholson

email: chair.rules@archerygb.org

Terms of Reference for the GNAS Rules Committee

1. Introduction and Authority. The Chairman of the Rules Committee is a member of the Operations Committee and is responsible to the Director of Operations (D Ops), primarily to maintain the content of the Rules of Shooting (RoS) and the Shooting Administrative Procedures (SAPs) on behalf of D Ops.
2. Specific Responsibilities. The Chairman of the Rules Committee is specifically responsible for:
   1. Providing interpretations of the RoS and SAPs.
   2. Considering proposals for changes to the RoS and SAPs from D Ops.
   3. Presenting draft changes to the RoS to the Operations Committee and hence for consideration by the GNAS membership. Thereafter, considering responses from the membership and making a final recommendation to the Operations Committee about changes to the RoS.
   4. Presenting proposed changes to the SAPs to the Operations Committee.
   5. Liaising with the GNAS Operations office, other Operations Committee members and other parties as required.
   6. Assisting the GNAS Operations office by maintaining computer files of the RoS, SAPs and amendments thereto.
   7. Maintaining up-to-date copies of the RoS and SAPs on the GNAS web site.
   8. Preparation of amendments to the RoS and SAPs in electronic format and forwarding to the GNAS Operations office for hard copy printing and distribution.
   9. Other tasks as required by D Ops
3. Implementation. The tasks of the Rules Committee are to be implemented in the following way:
   1. The Committee is to comprise a suitable number of members with experience of the various archery disciplines. The Chairman of the Rules Committee may delegate any action, but not the responsibility, to any Rules Committee member.
   2. Communications within the Rules Committee will normally be by e-mail or by telephone. Occasionally face to face meetings may be required.
   3. The Rules Committee may seek advice from others when necessary.
   4. Members of the Rules Committee may answer queries directly if the answer is clear from the RoS or SAPs. Where the query requires further consideration, it is to be passed to the Chairman for action, which might include raising the matter with the Operations Committee. No member of the Rules Committee shall act as an independent negotiator on matters appertaining to the RoS or SAPs.
   5. The Rules Committee will use the GNAS website and Archery UK as the means of communication with the membership
4. Practical Application. The Rules Committee should operate in accordance with the following guidelines:
   1. One member of the Rules Committee should act as the technical author and draft changes commensurate with the existing style of the RoS and the SAPs.
   2. When considering changes, a wide view must be taken of the overall effects of the proposed change in all areas of the RoS and SAPs.
   3. The RoS and the SAPs should maintain a principle of consistency. For example, if one Rule lays down a course of action, then a second, similar Rule should direct a similar course of action.