Getting into Archery | Awards, Records & Achievements

Handicap Improvement Medal

The National Handicap Scheme is administered by each participating Archery GB club and is open to all members shooting outdoors. It is awarded by a club to the club member who achieves the greatest handicap improvement over a calendar year. The holder of the medal usually wears it on Club Target days. Club Records Officers keep a record of each round shot and therefore any scores achieved at tournaments outside the club must be submitted to the club Records Officer.

Archery GB needs to be notified by 31 January of the winning archer’s name, starting and ending scores and improvement achieved. This should be sent to membership@archerygb.org .

A list of handicap improvement winners is published by Archery GB annually. The medal is loaned to the club and owned by Archery GB.

Home Nations Awards

There are also special awards from the Home Nations such as the Thistle Awards for Scotland, the English Crosses for England, Feathers for Wales and Hand for Northern Ireland. Further information may be obtained from http://www.scottisharchery.org.uk and http://www.englisharcheryfederation.org, http://www.welsharcheryassociation.co.uk, http://www.nias.co.uk

Indoor Classifications

The defined year for indoor classifications is 1 July to 30 June and applies to recurve and compound archers. There are no separate classifications for juniors shooting indoors. Qualifying scores and rounds are in the Shooting Administrative Procedures.

Outdoor Classifications

This is a score based scheme for seniors and juniors, shooting the rounds appropriate to their age. These are the classifications with Grand Master Bowman being the highest level:

Grand Master Bowman
Master Bowman
Junior Master Bowman
Bowman
Junior Bowman
1^st Class
2^nd Class
3^rd Class

The best three qualifying scores must be achieved in a calendar year at UK Record Status tournaments, and a claim form plus supporting results sheets submitted to Membership Services by 31 December. Once an archer gains a classification, a badge is sent to the archer and their title remains for one year after it was gained. Archers classified as Master Bowman and Grand Master Bowman are invited to the UK Masters national event. Claims for Bowman, 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd Class are administered by Archery GB clubs.

The list of scores appropriate to gender, age, round and bowstyle are in the Classification Tables of the Shooting Administrative Procedures.

Progress

Progress Awards are designed to provide beginners and younger archers with awards for developing their archery skills both indoor and outdoor. The junior age groups are aligned with educational key stages and the scheme can also be used as an adult beginner incentive. It is open to all archers and is operated by archery clubs, schools and youth groups etc who practice target archery. There is no requirement for recipients to be Archery GB members although many will be. Claims are made via clubs and organisations registered on the scheme.

Rose

Open to seniors and juniors when shooting at a UK Record Status York, Hereford, Bristols I-V tournament that also has Rose Award status. Claims are made at the record status tournament and the round shot must be relevant to age group.

Badge Colour	White	Black	Blue	Red	Gold	Purple
Compound and recurve score	800	900	1000	1100	1200	1250
Longbow score	225	300	375	450	525	600
Barebow score	500	600	700	800	900	1000

Six Gold, Three Gold, Six Clout

Claimed at outdoor competitions for Seniors and Juniors who shoot six arrows, one after another, into the gold during one end with a recurve or compound. The Three Gold badge is open to archers who shoot three arrows, one after another, into the gold during one end with a longbow. The Six Clout badge is for six arrows shot one after another, at one end into the Clout i.e. the 5 zone of an Archery GB Clout tournament. Claims may be made either at a record status tournament or club Target Day.

Tassel

The Tassel award scheme for clout archery is run by Northern Counties Archery Society and open to archers shooting double one-way or two-way Archery GB clout rounds with “Tassel” status. For more information http://www.ncas.co.uk/clout.html

WA Arrowhead

WA Arrowhead awards is score based and open to seniors and juniors when shooting recurve, barebow or compound at a UK Record Status field tournament that also has Arrowhead Award status. Claims are made at the record status tournament.

WA Beginners Arrow

These are for beginners over the age of 12. Beginners will be tested on archery scores, skill development and knowledge. Different coloured awards are available depending on the distance to be shot over:

Badge Colour	White	Black	Blue	Red	Gold
115 points from hits on a target face at the following distances	10m	14m	18m	22m	26m

WA Beginners Feather

Red and Gold feather awards are available, testing shooting skills across different distances and different knowledge sets. These are designed for beginners under 12 years old and some disabled new archers. It is up to your coach to decide when you are ready for this award, WA does not require proof of age or disability.

To claim either WA Beginners Arrow or Feather awards please contact Sue Williamson at sue@chelmickforge.co.uk

Badge Colour	Red	Gold
12 hits on a target face at the following distances	6m	8m

WA Silver Star

WA Silver Stars. Badges for recurve archers are shield shaped, while badges for compound archers are round.

WA Silver Star awards are for U17 (Cadet) or 50 or over (Masters) shooting the appropriate Cadet or Masters round and shows a silver Star with coloured silver writing. These awards can only be claimed at World Record status events.

Badge colour	Star only	Black	Blue	Red	Gold	Purple
Score from appropriate FITA round for age group	1000	1100	1200	1300	1350	1400

WA Silver Target

WA Silver Target awards are for archers U17 (Cadet) and archers 50 or over (Masters) shooting the appropriate Cadet or Masters 60m round. The badge is the same colour and shape as the Target badges but has silver coloured writing. These awards can only be claimed at World Record status events.

Round	White	Black	Blue	Red	Gold	Purple
WA 60m	500	550	600	650	675	700

WA Stars

The WA Star badges can only be gained at a World Record or WA Award Status event shooting a cadet round. Badges for recurve archers are shield-shaped, while badges for compound archers are round.

Badge Colour	White	Black	Blue	Red	Gold	Purple
Compound score	1000	1100	1200	1300	1350	1400
Recurve score	1000	1100	1200	1300	1350	1400

WA Target

WA Target awards may be achieved when shooting other WA rounds at World Record Status tournaments.

Round	White	Black	Blue	Red	Gold	Purple
WA 70m	500	550	600	650	675	700
WA 900	750	800	830	860	875	890
25m Indoor	500	525	550	575	585	595
18m Indoor	500	525	550	575	585	595
18m Indoor Barebow	480	500	520	540	550	560
WA 50m Compound	500	550	600	650	675	700
WA 50m Barebow	480	500	550	600	625	640

Awards, Records & Achievements