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Invitation to 2025 10m World Cup and Austria Open in Innsbruck

 

Dear Athletes, Officials, and Crossbow Enthusiasts,

The Tyrolean Shooting Union (Tiroler Landesschützenbund), under the patronage of the International Crossbow Shooting Union (IAU), is pleased to invite you to the Austria Open and World Cup in Match Crossbow Shooting, taking place from 19th to 22nd June 2025 on the well-known location on the shooting range in Innsbruck, Austria.

This prestigious event will gather top athletes from around the world to compete in the spirit of excellence, precision, and international friendship. Competitions will be held according to IAU rules in the disciplines of 10m Match Crossbow, and the event will serve also as a starting milestone in the 2025 World Cup series.

The shooting programme of the World Cup consists of two 10m competitions for the categories of men and women. In addition to the World Cup, the participants and also shooters not competing in the World Cup, are invited to take part in the 14th year of the Austria Open. Austria Open offers individual competitions in U23 m/f, men, women, seniors over 45, all classes with finals. Team and mixed team competitions are also part of the programme. 

The schedule of all competitions can be looked up in the overall timeline.

We are looking forward to meet you in Innsbruck at the traditional site!

The information, invitation and registration documents for both competitions can be downloaded from the calendar section.

 

New IAU Field Rules 2025

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At its 12th Meeting, by remote voting, the Executive Committee of the IAU approved the 2025 edition of the IAU Field Rules.

Download the rulebook here: 2025 IAU Field Rules

The overview of changes can be downloaded here: IAU Field Rules Changes 2025

We kindly ask all organisers of competitions of the Field Division to apply these rules in the upcoming events.

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In Memoriam: Josef Beckmann (July 2, 1954 – March 12, 2025)

With great sorrow and profound sadness in our hearts, we have to announce the passing of Josef Beckmann, a dear member of our crossbow family and a great personality of the international sport.

His shooting career began as soon as in 1968 in the Crossbow Shooting Guild in Zirndorf, to be continued in Armbrustschützengilde Frundsberger Fähndl, his later home club. Since 1974 we know him not only as a shooter, but also as an official, dedicating his boundless energy to numerous roles within regional and national crossbow sports, carrying out his duties with unparalleled zeal and success. He acted as a referee, as a team leader, organized the German Crossbow Championships in multiple disciplines, including 10m, 30m, field crossbow, and traditional crossbow shooting. The German and Bavarian crossbow teams greatly benefited from his vigilance, fairness, experience, and tireless dedication, with many of their remarkable successes attributed to his efforts.

On the international stage, Josef Beckmann contributed significantly to the activities of the International Crossbow Shooting Union (IAU) since 1987, holding various positions such as IAU Treasurer, Member of the IAU Executive Committee, jury member, and member of the Match Crossbow Technical Committee. Thanks to his outstanding global reputation, Germany hosted several prestigious international crossbow events, including the 2023 World Cup at the Munich Olympic Shooting Range, the 2019 and 2022 World Cup Finals in Munich-Allach, and the 2014 World Crossbow Championship in Frankfurt am Main.

With Josef, we are losing a compassionate, empathetic, and always helpful personality. We will miss his humour, kindness and friendly way to approach people and life.

Our thoughts are with the family and all friends. Josef, thank you for everything.

2nd MORAVIA CUP - IAU WORLD CUP, Plumlov, CZE, June 27-29, 2025

The hardworking and diligent organisers of the Czech Crossbow Association Field Division, the respected members of the Falcon Crossbow Plumlov, and SAVANA Kostelec na Hané clubs will once again host the world's best crossbowmen in the IAU Field discipline.
The beautiful and picturesque Czech town of Plumlov will host the IAU WORLD CUP this year, where the world's best athletes will compete in the second MORAVIA CUP. This competition will likely live up to the great tradition of its predecessor in Otrokovice in the future. There is a victory ceremony and a grill party on Saturday, and the banquet starts at 17 o'clock on Sunday.
We invite all world athletes to respond to this invitation to participate and collect points for the IAU World Ranking and secure a place for the IAU World Cup Final in Vienna in early September.                                                         Official documents!

IAU FIELD CROSSBOW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025, DUNAVARSÁNY, HUNGARY

The Hungarian Shooting Federation saves the IAU and its members the third time in the last four years by organizing the IAU World Crossbow Championship 2025. This fantastic competition will be held again this year at the Dunavarsány Olympic Center, south of Budapest.
We invite all IAU members to send their best athletes in the categories of men, women, juniors, cadets, senior men and senior women.
The following link will find all the necessary information and application forms for this competition.
Thanks to the Hungarian Shooting Federation and the hard working organizers. You will again present the top and professional organization of the IAU World Championships 2025.

Edwin Hirte

Dear friends of crossbows, we have lost a valuable family member. Edwin Hirte has passed away.
A true crossbow enthusiast, Edwin combined his life with our beautiful sport.
Until 2009, Edwin held the responsible position of crossbow leader and coordinator for the German Shooting Association for 17 years. He was an indispensable member of the Visier 59 Shooting Club. He was a respected expert in interpreting crossbow rules in the IAU, and for one term, he was also the IAU Vice President for Europe.
He liked to say:
- At all the competitions I attended, there were always exciting moments and funny encounters that motivated me to work for crossbow sport and to support our sport.
- I was pleased when championships were successfully held in Germany. But every medal taken was also a success for the whole team. I consciously include the helpers and supervisors on our trips.
Our crossbow family lost one of the great legends of our sport.
Our thoughts and best wishes go to his family and friends.