Lee was amazing to watch. I'd love to speak with him about barebow shooting

Iced Tea

@@TheShoegazer You are correct my good man, I left out the "d" in iced tea.

Yeah, Lee is really something for standing there and challenge for almost an hour under such a pressure. Really like that guy.

@@StarLight_tu Me too! Yeah I agree with you :)

Lee looks like he could shoot all day until tomorrow and only have to stop to have a pee.

It's because you aren't an athlete anymore. No shame in that.

Absolutely he was ! And if Wilkins could’ve had 3 fresh arrows that the fletchings wasn’t worn out on, then Martin would’ve never beaten him !!!! If that’s a rule that the archer has to shoot the same 3 arrows match after match, well it’s a bad & certainly a unfair rule!

@@CCRider5312 absolutely, a horrible rule

He had way more than 3 arrows. That is definitely not a rule. He just lost.

I see what you mean,

What a day, incredible run, and he got out of going to the wedding, so I’ll go ahead and say, yea, he was the true champion ;)

Knob.

HAHAHA me 2, watched it all, wow

As someone who loves the sport, it's admittedly usually pretty boring to watch. Lancaster changed the game with the format changes they introduced which makes it a much more exciting spectator sport.

That fatigue is no joke. Mental and physical.

So that's part of our game. In any other tournament, Lee would not even get the chance to shoot his way up the finals ladder. He came in to the finals as the 7 seed and was able to shoot his way up to third. In our format, the lower seeds have the chance to win it all, but they have to shoot through the finals field to do it. The key is to attain as high a rank as possible. But short of that, you still have a chance to get to the podium as long as you get into the finals. If you ask the archers who compete here, that's why they love our format. All they want is a chance at the title....

Thank you for the description on the reason behind the tournament format Lancaster Archery Supply. At first I disagreed with the tournament format process and preferred equal match heats until the final two match. Im looking forward getting back into archery. I really enjoyed watching this, and Lee Wilkins performance!

@@LancasterArcherySupply great format imo, fun and exciting. It’s not supposed to be easy for lower seeds, many other sports have more work for lower seeds, fatigue is part of the challenge. Wilkins had a great run, podium performance, and got out of a wedding, quite a day!

@@LancasterArcherySupply It's an ingenious format! Plus adding the bonus 12 for some risk/reward. Very much appreciate the thought that has gone into making the competition fair & exciting to watch.

Just as an explainer because there seems to be some confusion about our format. Lee didn't "draw" his position that led him to shoot first. The archers are ranked according to how they shot the previous two days before the finals. So the top-ranked archer....that is the archer who shot the best scores the previous two days.....gets the No. 1 slot. The other archers behind him are positioned according to their rankings based on score. So Lee started out in the first match because he was ranked 7th among the top 8 archers. Under most tournament formats, Lee would have no chance to finish better than 7th. Our format gives archers the chance to shoot their way up the ladder. So we start with 8 vs 7. The winner advances to take on No. 6....the winner there shoots against No. 5 and so on until someone shoots against No. 1. But each archer earned the position they are in based on qualification scores. There is no randomness to the ranking.

Agreed. Makes no sense.

The archers who rank higher in qualifying have less work to do in the finals. The qualifying round is generally considered to be the better metric of skill (more arrows means less randomness), but it just isn't televised because it's boring to watch. These rounds are there to give more archers a fighting chance at the podium, but the less well you did in qualifying, the harder it is to reach the top.

Its not, Slavic is the middle finger that touches the arrow and its shot from the right side of the riser rather than the left.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e695hcyi2du2dnk.html is the video describing the slavic draw that I watched.

Absolutely… this is clearly unfair!!! So you can put 200 participants… the first participant could have win 198 times. But if the last defeats him by postponing a single victory, then he will become the champion?!? what kind of bullshit is this?

@@SonGOKU-lq8gi exactly...

The archers are seeded for the finals based on their scores in the qualification round, which is not televised (it's boring to watch). The qualification round is generally considered to be a better metric of skill than the final rounds (more arrows makes for less randomness). The most consistent archers who score the highest in qualifications have the least work to do in the finals. This way, you can only be pushed down one place from your qualifying mark, and each match you win after you defend your place moves you up one spot.