Outdoor Shooting

Each category (male/female, novice/experienced) will shoot their corresponding imperial and metric rounds which are shown in the tables below.

To qualify for BUCS Outdoors, experienced archers must submit a 1st class score, novices must submit a 3rd class score, in their corresponding rounds and in a competition between and including last year BUCS Outdoors event and the stated deadline by the club.
Exception: Novices who scored a 1st class score in their respective Metric rounds in last year BUCS Outdoors event will qualify them as experienced archers in the following year's event.

Rules

• Complete each distance from the longest to the shortest.
• Ends of 6 arrows shall be shot (unless specified by the tournament organiser).

Imperial

• Only 6 sighter arrows are allowed before scoring using 5-zone scoring all on the 122 cm face.
• Hits and golds are to be recorded, where the gold is defined by the area within the 9 ring.
• The position of each archer is sorted by score, hits and then golds.
• The timing system used is usually Method 1 (untimed).
• If an arrow bounces out of the target, an archer may shoot a replacement arrow with the judge's permission.

Metric

• Unlimited practice is allowed (45 minutes in offical practice) before scoring and using 10-zone scoring + X.
• 10s and Xs are to be recorded, where the X is defined by the area within the inner 10 ring. Xs still scores a ten but must be recorded as an X.
• The position of each archer is sorted by score, 10s and then Xs.
• The timing system used is Method 2 (timed).
• If an arrow bounces out of the target, the archer must stop shooting and inform a judge to score the unmarked hole on the target face.

Rounds

The tables below shows how many arrows are to be shot at each distance for each round in units of dozens by each student category.

12 dozen Imperial rounds

9 dozen Imperial rounds

12 dozen Metric rounds

6 dozen Metric rounds (cannot be used for BUCS qualification)

Qualification Scores for BUCS