What is Target Archery?
Target Archery is what most people think of when archery is mentioned. Simply, it involves shooting at a target; the closer to centre the arrows are, the more points you score. SWAC offers both outdoor and indoor (winter only) target archery with imperial and metric rounds (see below). In target archery you can choose different rounds to shoot. A 'round' refers to what exactly you will be shooting, e.g. a 'Portsmouth Round' involves shooting five dozen arrows (60) at a target 20 yards away. A round can either be 'Imperial' (yards) or 'Metric' (meters) and the diameter and design of the target face changes depending on which round you do.
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Club Coaches: Alan White and Peter Durtnall are both our club coaches, however there are two trainee coaches - Mark Phillips and Sam Moss.
Click here for more information.
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Clout Shooting:
Clout shooting involves shooting arrows into the air and getting them to land on a target that lays flat on the ground. Sounds simple, but can be quite tricky!
Click here to read more about clout shooting.
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Target Archery committee members:
Ian Askew-Miller (Target Co-ordinator), Peter Durtnall (Target Tournament Organiser) and Owen Blackmore (Records Officer).
Rounds, Handicaps, Records and Classifications
In target archery, you shoot rounds to improve your handicap, gain a classification and hope to get near or even break a club record (confusing eh?),
don't worry - that's what the Record Officer is for!
Your handicap is calculated by the Records Officer and is on a scale of 1 to 100 - the closer your handicap is to 1, the better archer you are (different handicaps are awarded for each bowstyle and class). Your handicap is recorded and used for special Handicap Competitions (such as the SWAC Christmas Shoot) where you are judged on how much your actual score exceeds the score predicted based on your handicap. It is also used for the Handicap Improvement Award which is presented to most improved archer at the Presentation Evening (held every Spring).
Classifications are what the majority of target archers work towards. Each round has a series of 'benchmark' scores ranging from 3rd Class (lowest) to Grand Master Bowman (highest). You need to submit your outdoor scores to the Records Officer so he/she can look to see if it sits in a classification. You need to submit three scores at a specific standard to achieve that classification (all depending on your bowstyle, class and age).
