1 October to 30 November Every year
The Fraser, Hamilton, Inamata, and Ryan Shield Inter-Club Challenges are postal-style tournaments shot at your home club, with scores submitted to the Archery NZ Interclub Coordinator.
Archers who shoot the tournament in a team must be current shooting members Archery NZ through an affiliated club. Teams are determined by each club and include 4 archers (Ryan, Fraser) or 3 archers (Hamilton, Inamata) of mixed gender.
Club teams shoot these events each October-November, with the results of the tournament held in confidence until the Shields are presented at the next National Outdoor Championships.
- Recurve archers shoot for the Ryan Shield using its Ryan Shield Round (also known as the Short Ohio): 96 arrows at 46 meters on a 122 cm target face.
- Compound archers shoot for the Fraser Shield using its Fraser Shield round: 96 arrows at 46 meters on an 80 cm target face.
- Barebow archers shoot for the Hamilton Shield using its Hamilton Shield round: 96 arrows at 35 meters on a 122 cm target face.
- Longbow archers shoot for the Inamata Shield using its Inamata Shield round: 96 arrows at 35 meters on a 122 cm target face.
All of these rounds use 5-zone scoring (9, 7, 5, 3, 1).
Full rules for these events are in the Archery NZ Competition Rules and the rounds being shot are described in the Archery NZ Shooting Rules.