Explanation of BC 3D Team Payout Calculation:
This method will help alleviate the almost inevitable course discrepancies.
Let us pretend that we are sending a team to Ontario. It is an eastern province, so the amount of
money to spend is $12,000. There will be 12 Team members chosen to represent BC. (further
explanation of fund amounts and number of team members can be found in the selection criteria
document)
The Team will be chosen at the BC 3D Championships using a handicapping method (see
Handicap document). Half the money is equally divided among the top eight Team members as
a travel allowance.
The other half of the money, after the costs of the shirts has been deducted, will be disseminated
among the 12 selected representatives using a merit system or a performance award (for their
performance at the Canadian Outdoor 3D Championships that year). This means that all the
Team members have an opportunity to share in this portion of the funds. A point system will be
used:
Gold Medal 5 points
Silver Medal 3 points
Bronze Medal 1 point.
The points will be added up based on medals won and then a “dollar value per point” will be
calculated and paid out to the athletes who podium.
Funding Cap and Distribution of Balance:
In the unlikely event that few BC Team members or Alternates make it to the podium, there will
be a ‘cap’ of $2000 paid to any one athlete. Additionally, any of the remaining athletes (Team or
Alternates) who finish 4 th , 5 th or 6 th will share the ‘left over’ money in similar fashion to the first
formula (4 th = 5 points, 5 th = 3 points and 6 th = 1 point).
The remaining funds will be distributed in the same way with the points added up based on
medals and then a “dollar value per point” will be paid out to those athletes.
So, those persons who may have been left off the team due to course discrepancies can still earn merit/performance points and share in the money allocated. This provides several advantages. First, it helps to alleviate the unfairness of any course discrepancies (orange, green and white peg placements). Secondly, it gives both groups incentive to perform well at Nationals. Thirdly, those Team members who some may feel may not necessarily deserve to be on the Team have the chance to prove their worth and the Alternates also have a chance to prove their worth. This also gives ‘up and coming’ athletes a better chance to share in the funding. Additionally, if the BCAA VP 3D shoots well enough at the BC Championships to be selected for Team BC or its Alternates, she/he will be considered the 12th person (regardless of their actual ranking) and will be eligible to share in the Performance Award. The VP-3D has travel funded by Archery Canada to attend the annual 3D Committee meetings held at the Canadian Championships, and therefore the VP will not share in the BCAA travel/participation portion of the funding.