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![[International Archery Federation flag]](../images/i/int@fita.gif)
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The International Archery Federation (FITA, from the French name Fédération
Internationale de Tir à l'Arc) is the governing body of the sport of
archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is composed of 140
national archery associations, and is recognized by the International
Olympic Committee. FITA was founded on 4 September 1931 in Poland. Its
seven founding member states were France, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Poland,
the United States, Hungary, and Italy. The aim of the organization was to
create regular archery championships, and to return archery to the
Olympic Games (the sport had not been featured since 1920).
Zoltan Horvath, 7 July 2010
Its
flag is blue with its emblem in the middle of the flag. Ratio is 1:2.
Image of flag:
www.archery.org
Zoltan Horvath, 7 July 2010
Clout is a form of archery in which archers shoot arrows at a flag (known as
"the Clout") from a relatively long distance and score points depending on how
close each arrow lands to the flag. Scoring zones are defined by maximum radii
from the flag pole. Each arrow scores points depending on which scoring zone it
enters the ground in. An arrow embedded in the flag pole is counted as being in
the highest scoring zone. If an arrow is lying on the ground, it is considered
to be in the scoring zone in which its point lies. Flags are set at specified
distances for combinations of age and gender. The archer's bow type does not
affect the distance the archer shoots. Each flag consists of a 12" square piece
of coloured fabric on a short softwood pole, the flag to be as close to the
ground as is practical.
Shooting may be "one way" or "two way": one way
shooting: a single shooting line and a single set of flags are set up at
opposite ends of the range. The archers shoot from the shooting line towards the
flags, walk to the flags without their bows to score and collect their arrows,
then walk back to the shooting line to continue shooting in the same direction.
Two-way shooting: two shooting lines and two sets of flags are set up. One
shooting line and one set of flags is placed at one end of the range; the other
shooting line and other set of flags is placed at the other end. The archers
shoot from one shooting line towards one set of flags, walk to the flags with
their bows to score and collect their arrows, then turn around and shoot towards
the other set of flags. A minimum overshoot is required behind each set of
flags.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clout_archery
The flags used in clout
archery are seen here:
http://www.rightforu.com.au/ljac/clout.jpg (website:
http://www.rightforu.com.au/archerydisciplines.html)
http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/assets/images/Diagrams/Clout-Archery-target.gif
Esteban Rivera, 12 September 2010
![[FITA flag used at Beijing Olympics]](../images/i/int@fita08.gif)
image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán,
13 February 2011
Flag of International Shooting Federation
Source: "Flag Manual" by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the
XXIX Olympiad, 2008
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 13 February 2011
This flag was reported on 7 July 2010, but without its abbreviation
over the emblem of FITA.
See above.
Anyway, there is no International Shooting Federation, but International Archery
Federation (www.archery.org),
the International Shooting Sport Federation -
ISSF (www.issf-sports.org)
and the International Practical Shooting
Confederation - IPSC (www.ipsc.org).
But they are different organizations. Both ISSF and IPSC have their own flags.
Zoltan Horvath, 13 February 2011
