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Durham City Archers
Badges
DCA takes part in many Archery GB classifications, schemes and awards which enable archers to be awarded with badges that represents their progress with a given round or general shooting standard.
Each classification, scheme and award has its own set of rules that must be followed in order to qualify for a badge.
Indoor Badges
General Classification
The Archery GB indoor classification system consists of 8 different awards that
recognise progression through various milestones.
The 8 awards are split into three tiers:
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The Archer Tier is aimed at a wide range of club level archers
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The Bowman Tier is aimed at archers who are at the level where they might choose to enter competitions, right the way from club-level events to national level events.
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The Master Bowman Tier is aimed archers competing at the highest levels of the sport.
To claim a classification, you need to shoot rounds totalling a set number of arrows above a threshold score. The total amount of arrows changes as you move up the tiers. You can mix and match rounds of different lengths to make up the total. All levels of the indoor classifications are administered at club level. Speak to your club Records Officer or other officials to find out how to claim these awards. The attached document contains the complete classification tables for all
combinations of bow style, gender and age-group, and also include descriptions of each round.
Portsmouth Award
The Portsmouth Award is the most awarded badge as the round is easily regarded as the most shot round.
This is a progression award, where you shoot a baseline and aim to improve over the course of the season/s.
In order to be awarded with a Portsmouth badge, an archer must shoot 2 Portsmouth scores during any session within 1 season. All badges can be collected and don't have to be handed in when you achieve the next badge.
Worcester Scheme
The Worcester scheme is an change of pace for those wanting to try a different round.
An archer has to shoot at a unique 16" black and white target, and you shoot 5 arrows in an end instead of 3.
This is another progression scheme, where you shoot a baseline and aim to improve over the course of the season/s.
In order to be awarded with a Worcester badge, an archer must shoot 2 Worcester scores during any session within 1 season. Only one badge can be collected at a time and must be handed in when an archer achieves the next badge.
AGB Progression Scheme
The AGB Progression scheme is an award scheme created by AGB to aid with all archers, but specifically new archers to set goals and encourage and motivate archers to recognise their achievements and progress within the club.
Archers must shoot 36 arrows in one session on a standard Portsmouth target face.
The award is separated by colours: White, Black, Blue, Red and Gold.
An archer must achieve a score 3 times to qualify for a badge.
These scores can be shot within the same session or separate sessions.
Outdoor Badges
General Classification
The ArcheryGB outdoor classification system consists of 9 different awards that recognise progression through various milestones. The 9 awards are split into three tiers, each with three classifications in it.
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The Archer Tier is aimed at a wide range of club-level archers.
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The Bowman Tier is aimed at archers who are at the level where they might choose to enter competitions, right the way from club-level events to national level events.
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The Master Bowman Tier is aimed archers competing at the very highest levels of the sport.
To claim a classification, you need to shoot a number of arrows above a certain threshold score. The total amount of arrows changes as you move up the tiers. You can mix and match rounds of different lengths in order to make up the total.
For Archer and Bowman classifications, your club records officer can confirm you’ve met the requirements. Badges are available from retail suppliers for these tiers. Master Bowman tier classifications need to be claimed from Archery GB. A claim form is available on the website where you can submit your qualifying scores.
The attached documents contains the complete classification tables for all combinations of bow style, gender and age-group, and also include descriptions of each round. Click on the respective style below to download the table.
252 Scheme
The 252 scheme is a progression scheme developed to aid an archer outdoors to shoot further distances and feel comfortable at a given distance before progressing,
This round consists of shooting 3 dozen arrows at increasing distances with 5 zone scoring system.
An archer must achieve a score of 252, twice to qualify for a badge.
The badges are based on the distance and start at 30yards then continues up through 40y, 50y, 60y, 80y and 100yards.
We highly suggest everyone to complete this scheme as regardless of if you are a new or current member, it helps with confidence in outdoor shooting and makes an archer feel comfortable at a distance before progressing to the next distance. Although there is no pressure on anyone to go to a further distance, advice as always is to shoot at a distance you feel comfortable at.
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