Tournament Rounds

Imperial rounds (measured in yards) are mainly shot in the United Kingdom. Metric rounds, also known as WA rounds, measured in metres, are used for most other tournaments. These are the main rounds that are able to be shot in target archery:

How to use the tables

Go down the first column of the relevant table until you get to the round you require. Go across this row to find out how many arrows you shoot at each distance (yds=yards, m=metres, doz=dozen). An – means no arrows are shot at this distance.

Imperial rounds

These rounds use 5-zone scoring, as opposed to the usual 10-zone scoring. The points are awarded as follows: 9 for a gold, 7 for a red, 5 for a blue, 3 for a black and 1 for a white. Arrows are shot at increasingly closer distances - for example, in a York round, an archer shoots six dozen at 100 yards (91 m), followed by four dozen at 80 yards (73 m), followed by two dozen at 60 yards (55 m). Senior rounds are for archers aged 18 and over and junior rounds are for archers under the age of 18.

Senior outdoor
Round	100 yd (91 m)	80 yd (73 m)	60 yd (55 m)	50 yd (46 m)	40 yd (37 m)
York	6 doz.	4 doz.	2 doz.	–	–
Hereford	–	6 doz.	4 doz.	2 doz.	–
St. George	3 doz.	3 doz.	3 doz.	–	–
Albion	–	3 doz.	3 doz.	3 doz.	–
Windsor	–	–	3 doz.	3 doz.	3 doz.
New Western	4 doz.	4 doz.	–	–	–
Long Western	–	4 doz.	4 doz.	–	–
Western	–	–	4 doz.	4 doz.	–
American	–	–	2 ½ doz.	2 ½ doz.	2 ½ doz.
New National	4 doz.	2 doz.	–	–	–
Long National	–	4 doz.	2 doz.	–	–
National	–	–	4 doz.	2 doz.	–
New Warwick	2 doz.	2 doz.	–	–	–
Long Warwick	–	2 doz.	2 doz.	–	–
Warwick	–	–	2 doz.	2 doz.	–

Indoor
Round	Distance	No. of arrows	Target face diameter
Portsmouth	20 yd (18 m)	5 doz.	60 cm
Worcester	20 yd (18 m)	5 doz.	16 inches

Junior outdoor
Round	80 yd (73 m)	60 yd (55 m)	50 yd (46 m)	40 yd (37 m)	30 yd (27 m)	20 yd (18 m)	15 yd (14 m)	10 yd (9.1 m)
Bristol 1	6 doz.	4 doz.	2 doz.	–	–	–	–	–
Bristol 2	–	6 doz.	4 doz.	2 doz.	–	–	–	–
Bristol 3	–	–	6 doz.	4 doz.	2 doz.	–	–	–
Bristol 4	–	–	–	6 doz.	4 doz.	2 doz.	–	–
Bristol 5	–	–	–	–	6 doz.	4 doz.	–	2 doz.
Short Windsor	–	–	3 doz.	3 doz.	3 doz.	–	–	–
Junior Windsor	–	–	–	3 doz.	3 doz.	3 doz.	–	–
Short Western	–	–	4 doz.	4 doz.	–	–	–	–
Junior Western	–	–	–	4 doz.	4 doz.	–	–	–
Short Junior Western	–	–	–	–	4 doz.	4 doz.	–	–
St Nicholas	–	–	–	4 doz.	3 doz.	–	–	–
Short National	–	–	4 doz.	2 doz.	–	–	–	–
Junior National	–	–	–	4 doz.	2 doz.	–	–	–
Short Junior National	–	–	–	–	4 doz.	2 doz.	–	–
Short Warwick	–	–	2 doz.	2 doz.	–	–	–	–
Junior Warwick	–	–	–	2 doz.	2 doz.	–	–	–
Short Junior Warwick	–	–	–	–	2 doz.	2 doz.	–	–

Metric rounds

These rounds use standard 10-zone scoring. For outdoor rounds, arrows are shot at increasingly closer distances - for example, in a Gents 1440 round, an archer shoots three dozen at 90 metres, followed by three dozen at 70 metres, then three dozen at 50 metres, then three dozen at 30 metres. The furthest two distances are shot on a 122 cm face target; the nearer two on an 80 cm face target.

Indoor
Round		1st		2nd
Round		Distance	Arrows	Distance	Arrows
WA	WA 18	18 m	5 doz.	–	–
	WA 25	25 m	5 doz.	–	–
	WA Combined 25/18 m	18 m	5 doz.	25 m	5 doz.
Bray I		20 y	2 ½ doz.	–	–
Bray II		25 y	2 ½ doz.	–	–
Stafford		30 m	6 doz.	–	–
Vegas		18 m	5 doz.	–	–

Outdoor
Round	90 m	70 m	60 m	50 m	40 m	30 m	20 m	15 m	10 m
Gents 1440	3 doz.	3 doz.	–	3 doz.	–	3 doz.	–	–	–
Ladies 1440/ Metric I	–	3 doz.	3 doz.	3 doz.	–	3 doz.	–	–	–
Metric II	–	–	3 doz.	3 doz.	3 doz.	3 doz.	–	–	–
Metric III	–	–	–	3 doz.	3 doz.	3 doz.	3 doz.	–	–
Metric IV	–	–	–	–	3 doz.	3 doz.	3 doz.	–	3 doz.
Metric V	–	–	–	–	–	3 doz.	3 doz.	3 doz.	3 doz.

Outline

SPORTS WORLD

Target Archery

Target archery is the most popular form of archery, in which members shoot at stationary circular targets at varying distances. All types of bow - longbow, barebow, recurve and compound - can be used.

Rules: Archery competitions may be held indoors or outdoors. Indoor rounds are normally shot at one distance, whereas outdoor competitions normally consist of several distances.

Scoring: Standard WA targets are marked with 10 evenly spaced concentric rings, which generally have score values from 1 through 10 assigned to them, except in outdoor Imperial rounds under AGB rules, where they have score values 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Tournament Rounds: These rounds use 5-zone scoring, as opposed to the usual 10-zone scoring. The points are awarded as follows: 9 for a gold, 7 for a red, 5 for a blue, 3 for a black and 1 for a white.

SPORTS

Target Archery

Target archery is the most popular form of archery, in which members shoot at stationary circular targets at varying distances. All types of bow - longbow, barebow, recurve and compound - can be used.