# How a teer result is declared
From the first arrow to the number on the board, a teer result passes through seven steps. Nothing is electronic. Here is the full chain.
**1. Line up.** Licensed archers take their positions at the shooting line, facing the straw target downrange. At Shillong's Polo Ground, the field is the same one the game has used for years.
**2. Shoot.** In the first round, fifty archers loose thirty arrows each — 1,500 arrows in the air. In the second round, twenty each. The shooting takes minutes; the counting takes longer.
**3. Collect.** Officials walk to the target and pull out every arrow that lodged in the straw. Arrows that missed, bounced off, or fell short don't count. Only lodged arrows go into the tally.
**4. Count.** The collected arrows are counted by hand, in the open, with witnesses from the counter. This is the slow, careful part. A miscount here becomes a wrong result everywhere, so it is done deliberately.
**5. Take the last two digits.** The total count is reduced to its final two digits. 1,247 arrows becomes 47. 562 becomes 62. A count of exactly 1,100 becomes 00. This is the result — two digits, 00 to 99.
**6. Announce.** The number goes up on the board at the counter and is called out. This announcement is the official result. There is no website it appears on first, no app that beats the board.
**7. From the ground to your phone.** Reporters, counter staff, and followers relay the announced number outward — by word of mouth, messaging forwards, and result websites. Each hop is a chance for a typo, which is why a careful reader waits for the number to settle before trusting it.
The whole chain, start to finish, is human hands and eyes. That is teer's charm and its risk: no machine to rig, but also no machine to double-check. The count is final the moment it is announced.
Disputes are settled at the ground, not online. If counters disagree on a count, the officials recount on the spot. Once the board shows the number, argument ends — websites don't vote on it afterward.