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As a result of feedback received about the Archery GB age group changes the following changes have been made to Golden Records both the Online and Desktop versions:The new Men and Women age groups no longer have an upper age limit, there is no break point between Men and Men 50+ and Women and Women 50+ Either can be used for senior members, but will be separate for calculating classifications. Age checks are no longer made when adding scores.The necessary changes have already been made to the online version and no action is required to implement the change. An update version of the Desktop is now available.

nGolden Records Online has been updated for the new Archery GB age group changes. New categories have been added to reflect the change to fall in line with World Archery (Ladies will become Women) and use of the old categories will be disabled from 1 October 2022. For club record purposes it will be possible to link old and new categories so they are considered the same. This linking has been added as part of the update.n

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nAt this time updated classification and handicap tables are not available so the old tables will remain in use for a while. In the interim the new 50+ and under 21 category will use existing senior values.n

Golden Records Online has now been updated to add the new Archery GB age groups which come into effect from 1 October. The linking for club records purposes has also been added.Users of Golden Records Desktop who sync with online will receive these updates on the next sync. A new version of Golden Records Desktop will be available very shortly which will complete the deployment. The new version will be needed for category mappings to work fully for club records.

Golden Records both online and desktop will be updated shortly for the new Archery GB age group changes. New categories will be added to reflect the change to fall in line with World Archery (Ladies will become Women) and use of the old categories will be disabled from 1 October 2022. For club record purposes it will be possible to link old and new categories so they are considered the same. At this time updated classification and handicap tables are not available so the old tables will remain in use for a while. In the interim the new 50+ and under 21 category will use existing senior values. From 1 October 2022 the age qualification rules will also change.https://www.archerygb.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Archery-GB-Age-Group-changes.pdf

Jeff Allan of Malvern Archers has produced an app for iPhone and iPad that integrates with Golden Records Online for club members and personal users. Archery Link allows you to record your archery score to an internal database, which can be uploaded to the Golden Records on-line data base.Featuresn* Supports WA and Archery GB roundsn* Score arrows with buttons, or touch location on a target facen* Login to Golden Records on-line database, to retrieve previous scored rounds.n* Upload round to Golden recordsn* Save sight marks for each distance, on each round, suggest a sight mark setting using previous setting same distance.n* Sight mark setting suggestion, using interpolation from previous distances.n* Scored round will be saved to internal database, round results converted to scorecard image, which can be emailed to Records Officer.n* Database back-up and restore feature.n* Arrows can be assigned a number, which when scored using target face scoring, can be individualy selected on target face to show grouping.n* Handicap and classification is calculated for each round, if uploaded to Golden records, database gets updated.n* Archers handicap and classification is calculated, for each bow type.n* Create custom rounds.n* Score sheet image created from score, with ability to put archers and Scorers signature on, before email to Records Officer.n* View all previous rounds on App, and filter by Start/End date, round, Distance Yds/m, Bow type, Location, Season.n* View Scores retrieved from Golden Records.n* Add notes for each round.n* Set colour scheme for App. Available through the App Store using the link below.https://apple.co/3J1Lj96This app is maintained by Jeff and is independent of Toxik Software using an API to exchange data with Golden Records Online. Toxik Software is not responsible for use of this app and receives no income from sales of it. Support of the app is by Jeff not Toxik Software.

The new Archery GB rounds and matching handicap and classification data have been uploaded to the server to update both online and desktop versions of Golden Records. To update the desktop version got to the Manage Toolbar and click Rounds, then click the update tool on the toolbar. For the desktop only you will need to update the handicap and classification data also from the Manage toolbar.For online users go to https://archery-records.net/clubs/rounds for club users and https://archery-records.net/personal/rounds for personal users and open Manage Data then click Load Missing Rounds. For online users there is no need to update core classification and handicap data.To clarify these are the renamed Warwick, Western, National and Windsor rounds where Short National from April 1 will become National 50, Junior National National 40 and so on. For details see the latest Archery UK magazine.

Archery GB has launched a consultation on changing age groups to harmonise with World Archery. If ratified the change will come into effect from April 2022. The proposed change will also affect when a junior archer changes age group as well as introducing new bands.Golden Records Online and Desktop will be able to adopt the change should it be ratified.https://www.archerygb.org/archery-gb-age-group-changes n #archery

Golden Records Online and Golden Records Desktop have been updated to include two new features.The ability to link rounds together for club records purposes has been added. By linking rounds they are considered one round for club records purposes. This is in anticipation of the proposed Archery GB change to Rule 308 in respect of the names of official rounds, but also applies to historic changes such as FITA 25 becoming WA 25. If rounds are linked then the highest score in the group will be taken. A further change for UK users is the addition of a setting to apply Archery GB rules for UK records to club records. If this setting is activated age limits will be applied to club records, preventing seniors from claiming junior round records. It will also restrict double round records to those listed in Rule 308. It doesn't apply to rounds other than official Archery GB rounds.