Youth Age Groups

The following classes of archers (age groups) are recognised by Archery New Zealand:

 U11 - up to and including the year of their 10th birthday

U14 - up to and including the year of their 13th birthday

U16 - up to and including the year of their 15th birthday

U18 - up to and including the year of their 17th birthday

U21 - up to and including the year of their 20th birthday

What's my distance? Click to check below or view the table under downloads.

The following table gives the archers age class they will compete in given the year of the archers birth and the year of competition:

Year Born
Year of Competition
 
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2002 SENIOR SENIOR
SENIOR
SENIOR
SENIOR
2003
U21
SENIOR
SENIOR
SENIOR
SENIOR
2004
U21
U21
SENIOR SENIOR
SENIOR
2005
U21
U21
U21 SENIOR SENIOR
2006
U18
U21
U21 U21 SENIOR
2007
U18
U18
U21 U21 U21
2008
U16
U18
U18 U21 U21
2009
U16
U16
U18 U18 U21
2010
U14
U16
U16 U18 U18
2011
U14
U14
U16 U16 U18
2012
U14
U14
U14 U16
U16
2013
U11 U14 U14 U14
U16
2014
U11 U11 U14 U14
U14
2015
U11 U11 U11 U14
U14
2016
U11 U11 U11 U11
U14
2017
U11 U11 U11 U11
U11
2018
U11 U11 U11 U11
U11


 If you aren't sure how to understand the table, read below:

First, look for the row with your birth year (let’s say 2011) and then find the column with the year the event if being held (let’s use 2022).

Age classes table

 

This means you can shoot in the U14, U16, U18, U21, or SENIOR age classes but not in the U11 or 50+/65+ age classes. This happens even if you are 10 years old at the time of the event.

FAQs:

Q: When should I check what age class I am (or, when does my age class change happen)?

A: 1st of January is when the effective changes happen.

Q: What if the event happens over 31st Dec/1st Jan?

A: You need to be eligible to shoot that age class for the whole event (much like how you can’t swap to compound after starting the ranking round with a recurve).

Q: Can I be eligible for more than one age class at a time?

A: Yes, but you can only shoot each event as one of them. You can be U14 and shoot SENIOR, but you can’t do both in the same event (e.g.: ranking and Matchplay). Merging age classes is done during events to allow events with low entries to happen, but that doesn’t change your age class.

Where else can I find information?

You can ask the judges at any tournament, look at the ArcheryNZ website, or email us at [email protected]

 

What's my Distance?

Entering tournaments is easy when using the below table.  It shows you by division the Distances, Shooting Peg Information and Target Face Type for all Age Classes. In tournaments you can shoot up an Age Class (as long as the distance is further than your current Age Class), but not down.

For detailed information on the different types of shoots and shooting distances please refer to the ANZ Shooting Rules OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED ARCHERY NEW ZEALAND TARGET ROUNDS - Section 3.

Division table