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ie. If, for example, there is a national team of 4 attending and the top 3 scores comprise the “Team
total”. This will be the sum of the top 3 "final scores" (the combination of an individual’s
Tower+Raid+Hunt scores) not the top 3 scores from that team for each event of Tower, Raid, and
Hunt (ie. the score in 18.2)
18.6 The championship rules will state the maximum size allowed for a team. The
individuals forming this team must be stated in writing or by email, by the team manager
(or team captain if there is no manager), before the championships commences.
Additional riders from that country may participate in the competition, if they are o fered
a space, but their score may not go towards the team score.
18.6.1 If a team member is disqualified or withdraws from the competition a ter it
starts another competitor may not be substituted. If disqualified, a competitor's
scores cannot be counted, if they withdraw then all scores up to that point may be
used if necessary.
18.6.2 Competitors of any age may form a team (unless in an age restricted
championships).
18.6.3 A team must be a minimum size, ie. if the top 3 scores are used for the team
total a country may not enter a team with only 1 or 2 competitors. If there are only 1-2
riders from a country present, they may only be counted within the individual
ranking, not team ranking.
18.6.4 In the Grand Prix / Nations Cup series, rule 18.6.3 does not apply, due to the
di ficulties of attendance over the whole series. If a GP team contains fewer than 3
members at a particular stage, the scores of those riders will simply be added, there is
no allowance made / average calculated.
19. Protecting fair play in horseback archery
Horseback archery has had, and continues to have, a particularly high level of integrity
and friendliness at all levels of competition. This is something that the IHAA are very
keen to preserve. However we must be realistic that with increased professionalism in
our sport, introduction of cash prizes and growth in participation we cannot take this for
granted and must start to take steps to protect this honourability.
- The IHAA has no plans at present to carry out widespread or random testing on
human or equine athletes; these rules should be followed on an honour system.
However suspicions or reports of contraventions may be followed up on an
individual basis and investigated by the IHAA Appeals Committee. They may issue
penalties and consider appeals as per FEI/WADA guidelines; whilst taking into
account the complication of hiring and sharing horses in our sport.
- We do not intend to require Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE) at the current time
– if human or equine athletes require medication for genuine health purposes they
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