Introduction

In Archery tournaments, and often during practice, we shoot what we refer to as a 'Round'. Rounds can be broken down into Imperial or Metric and Indoor or Outdoor rounds. Outdoor Imperial rounds are based on shooting a distance measured in yards on a 122cm face and scored on what is known as a 5-zone scoring system. Outdoor Metric rounds are based on shooting a distance measured in metres on either a 122cm or 80cm face and scored on a 10-zone scoring system. Indoor Metric and Imperial rounds are a little more complex with 60cm, 40cm, 16in and sometimes a variety of 3-spot faces and generally a 10-zone scoring system. These are broken down below.

Scoring Systems

'Standard' Faces

The most commonly used target face is a series of concentric circles coloured (from inner most to outer most) Gold, Red, Blue, Black and White. Each of the circles is divided into an inner and outer circle. When using 5-zone scoring the zones are based on the coloured circles alone and are scored from inside to outside as 9, 7, 5, 3 and 1. When using 10-zone scoring the zones are based on all of the circles and are scored from 10 down to 1.

However there is an additional smaller circle inside the Gold. From the inside to the outside this actually gives 11 scoring zones. This innermost circle is an 'X' and still scores 10 and (when shooting outdoors) will be marked down on the scoresheet as an X and can be used as a tiebreaker if needed.

Worcester Face

The Worcester face is almost identical in size to a Standard 40cm face but only has 5 concentric circles. The innermost is White and the rest are Black. Worcester rounds use a 5-zone scoring system but in this case scoring is 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 from inside to outside.

Spot Faces

There are a number of faces known as 'spot' faces. These are used indoors where the short distance means there's a greater chance of an arrow hitting the target catching an arrow that has already been shot. Most commonly seen are vertical 3-spot and vegas 3-spot faces. These are equivalent to a 40cm standard face apart from the fact they only have the innermost 5 zones and are scored from 10 down to 6. A shot that would have been a 5 or lower on a standard face will be a miss on one of these spot faces. Additionally there is an equivalent spot face for Worcester rounds, it also only has the inner half of the standard face but as the Worcester round has 5 arrows per end there are 5 spots.

Outdoor Rounds

Imperial

Outdoor Imperial Rounds are all shot on a 122cm target face and are scored using a 5-zone system (9, 7, 5, 3, 1).

York/Hereford/Bristol Rounds

The York/Hereford/Bristol Rounds are shot over 3 different distances, 6 dozen arrows at the longest distance, 4 dozen at the middle distance and 2 dozen at the shortest distance for a total of 12 dozen arrows. This gives a maximum score of 1296.

St George/Albion/Windsor Rounds

The St George/Albion/Windsor Rounds are shot over 3 different distances, 3 dozen arrows at the longest distance, 3 dozen at the middle distance and 3 dozen at the shortest distance for a total of 9 dozen arrows. This gives a maximum score of 972.

Western Rounds

The Western Rounds are shot over 2 different distances, 4 dozen arrows at the longest distance and 4 dozen at the shortest distance for a total of 8 dozen arrows. This gives a maximum score of 864.

National Rounds

The National Rounds are shot over 2 different distances, 4 dozen arrows at the longest distance and 2 dozen at the shortest distance for a total of 6 dozen arrows. This gives a maximum score of 648.

Warwick Rounds

The Warwick Rounds are shot over 2 different distances, 2 dozen arrows at the longest distance and 2 dozen at the shortest distance for a total of 4 dozen arrows. This gives a maximum score of 432.

Others

Metric

Outdoor Metric Rounds are shot at either a 122cm or 80cm target face and are scored using a 10-zone system.

Metric Rounds

The Metric Rounds are shot over 4 different distances, 3 dozen arrows each distance for a total of 12 dozen arrows. The 2 longer distances are shot at a 122cm face and the 2 shorter distacnes at a 80cm face. This gives a maximum score of 1440.

Half Metric Rounds

The Half Metric Rounds are shot over 4 different distances, 1.5 dozen arrows each distance for a total of 6 dozen arrows. The 2 longer distances are shot at a 122cm face and the 2 shorter distacnes at a 80cm face. This gives a maximum score of 720.

Long Metric Rounds

The Long Metric Rounds are shot over 2 different distances, 3 dozen arrows each distance for a total of 6 dozen arrows. Both distances are shot at a 122cm face. This gives a maximum score of 720.

Short Metric Rounds

The Short Metric Rounds are shot over 2 different distances, 3 dozen arrows each distance for a total of 6 dozen arrows. Both distances are shot at a 80cm face. This gives a maximum score of 720.

Others

Indoor Rounds

Imperial & Metric

nb Vegas 300 Round when shot on a full face 40cm target, only the 10 - 6 zones are scoring shots.