All rounds must be shot at a recognised shooting range following AGB rules of shooting (excluding the bits about jeans, colours and logos).
Club badges are £2.50 each and can be claimed from the Secretary or Records Officer by showing completed signed and witnessed scoresheets or Golden Records entries. Badges managed by the club on behalf of AGB, NCAS or WA may have other charges.
252 Awards Scheme
- To encourage all members to develop and improve their archery, we have introduced a 252 Award Scheme designed to help you shoot at various outdoor distances and recognise your achievements.
- Distances included are: 20yds, 30yds, 40yds, 50yds, 60yds, 80yds and 100yds.
- Score sheets which include the rules can be downloaded by clicking here or they may be available in the office or container.
The rules:
- Six sighter arrows followed immediately by three dozen scoring arrows, if sighters are not going to be shot this must be declared before shooting starts.
- 5-zone scoring (Gold = 9, Red = 7, Blue = 5, Black = 3, White = 1) on a 122cm target face.
- The three dozen arrows may be shot alone or as the first three dozen of a longer imperial round.
- Scores need to be achieved twice on separate days.
Progress Awards
- To encourage all members to develop and improve their archery, we have introduced the AGB Progress Award Scheme designed to help you shoot at various distances (indoors and outdoors) and face sizes to recognise your achievements and develop skills at different scoring methods.
- Distances included are: 10m, 15m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 50m, 10yds, 15yds, 20yds, 30yds, 40yds, 50yds, and 60yds.
- Certificates and badges will be awarded by clubs at each level
- Badges to be awarded to 5 age groups – U12, U14, U16, U18, Seniors. Over 65 group use U16 scores
- There is no differentiation between genders
The rules:
- 6 Sighters are required as a minimum: extra Sighters can be allowed at the discretion of the club but a “start scoring point” must be indicated
- 5-zone scoring (Gold = 9, Red = 7, Blue = 5, Black = 3, White = 1) on a 122cm target face.
- 10-zone scoring (X ring = 10, Inner Gold = 10, Outer Gold = 9, Inner Red = 8, Outer Red = 7, etc) remembering that the inner gold is a 9 for compounds shooting indoors.
- Archers will be required to shoot 3 dozen arrows in a single session to gain a qualifying score
- Archers will be required to shoot 3 qualifying scores for each badge awarded
- More than one round can be shot in the same session/day
- Imperial scores to be achieved can be found by clicking here
- Metric scores to be achieved can be found by clicking here
Frostbite Award Scheme
- To mark an archer’s performance by achieving certain scores when shooting a Frostbite round.
- Frostbite is an outdoor round shot at 30m
- Score sheets which include the rules can be downloaded by clicking here or they may be available in the office/container.
The rules:
Shot in six arrow ends.
80cm target face.
Six sighter arrows followed immediately by three dozen scoring arrows.
Score needs to be achieved once.
- 10-zone scoring (X ring = 10, Inner Gold = 10, Outer Gold = 9, Inner Red = 8, Outer Red = 7, etc)
The award scores are:
One Way Imperial Clout
The Rules:
- Club Clout Rounds are shot only as an arranged event. Tuition is necessary if you’ve never shot this discipline; Please let us know if tuition is needed when booking to shoot.
- More information can be found here.
Six Clout End Badge
- Can be claimed by any archer shooting six arrows into the zone scoring a 5 at an age and gender appropriate AGB or WA clout. Must be double scored.
Six Gold End and Three Gold End badges
- These badges can be claimed either in competition or on a club night. Scores must be double scored and at one of the age and gender appropriate furthest two distances. (90m, 70m, 100yds, 80yds for Gents – 70m, 60m, 80yds, 60yds for Ladies – reducing for juniors).
- Six gold badge is available for recurve and compound archers. The three gold badge is for longbow archers.
- Claim form can be downloaded here
Portsmouth Award Scheme
- To mark an archer’s performance by achieving certain scores when shooting a Portsmouth round.
- Portsmouth is an indoor round shot at 20yds.
- Score sheets which include the rules can be downloaded by clicking here or they may be available in the office
The rules:
- Shot in three arrow ends.
- 60cm target face.
- Six sighter arrows followed immediately by five dozen scoring arrows.
- 10-zone scoring (X ring = 10, Inner Gold = 10, Outer Gold = 9, Inner Red = 8, Outer Red = 7, etc).For compounds (X ring = 10, Inner Gold = 9, Outer Gold = 9, Inner Red = 8, Outer Red = 7, etc)
- Score needs to be achieved once.
The award scores are:
300, 325, 350, 375, 400, 425, 450, 475, 500, 525, 550, 575, 580, 590, 595, 600
Bray Award Scheme
- To mark an archer’s performance by achieving certain scores when shooting a Bray 1 round.
- Score sheets which include the rules can be downloaded by clicking here or they may be available in the office. Bray II round uses the same scoresheet but badges are not available for Bray II.
- Brays are an indoor round.
- Bray I is shot at 20 yards.
- Bray II is shot at 25 yards.
The rules:
- Shot in three arrow ends.
- 40cm target face.
- Six sighter arrows followed immediately by two and a half dozen scoring arrows.
- 10-zone scoring (X ring = 10, Inner Gold = 10, Outer Gold = 9, Inner Red = 8, Outer Red = 7, etc).For compounds (X ring = 10, Inner Gold = 9, Outer Gold = 9, Inner Red = 8, Outer Red = 7, etc).
- Score needs to be achieved once.
The award scores are:
150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 265, 275, 285, 295, 300
Worcester Award Scheme
- To mark an archer’s performance by achieving certain scores when shooting a Worcester round.
- Worcester is an indoor round, shot at 20 yards.
- Score sheets which include the rules can be downloaded by clicking here or they may be available in the office.
- A Worcester round requires the use of two faces, one above the other. You shoot the first 30 arrows at one face and then the second 30 arrows at the other face. Your sighters must be shot at the face you plan to start scoring on. In competition, there will be 4 faces per boss, the first detail (Archers A&B) will start on the top faces and the second detail (Archers C&D) will start on the bottom faces.
The rules:
Shot in five arrow ends.
16 inch black and white target face.
Five sighter arrows, followed immediately by five dozen scoring arrows.
Scoring as per rings. (White = 5, Black rings 4 to 1 as marked on the face).Score needs to be achieved once.
The award scores are:
150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 265, 275, 285, 295, 300
Robin Hood Badge
- A “Robin Hood” is when you shoot an arrow into the back of an arrow that is already stuck in the target, splitting it, the second arrow should remain in the back of the first.
- To be awarded one of these badges, please take a photo of your arrows in the target and email it to the secretary.