Rounds

What is an archery round?

An archery round is a number of arrow shots.
They are used for competitions and practice.
Most archery rounds are shot six arrows at a time and this is called an ‘end’.
Some rounds are shot at a single distance, others in stages at two, three or four different distances always starting with the furthest distance and then moving closer.
Most outdoor rounds are shot at a 122cm diameter ‘face’, but 80cm faces can be used. Indoors we use 60cm faces, 40cm and special faces.
Rounds can either be ‘Imperial’ (scoring 9, 7, 5, 3, 2 or 1) or ‘Metric’ (scoring 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1).

Target Face

Here are four tables of archery rounds:

Imperial / Outdoor Rounds (number of arrows at each distance)

	Yards (122 cm)
Round	100	80	60	50	40	30	20	15	10
York*	72	48	24
Hereford*		72	48	24
Bristol I*		72	48	24
Bristol II*			72	48	24
Bristol III*				72	48	24
Bristol IV*					72	48	24
Bristol V*						72	48		24
St George	36	36	36
Albion		36	36	36
Windsor			36	36	36
Windsor 50				36	36	36
Windsor 40					36	36	36
Windsor 30						36	36		36
New Western	48	48
Long Western		48	48
Western			48	48
Western 50				48	48
Western 40					48	48
Western 30						48	48
American*			30	30	30
St Nicholas					48	36
New National	48	24
Long National		48	24
National			48	24
National 50				48	24
National 40					48	24
National 30						48	24
New Warwick	24	24
Long Warwick		24	24
Warwick			24	24
Warwick 50				24	24
Warwick 40					24	24
Warwick 30						24	24
2 dozen 5 zone at 60 yards			24
2 dozen 5 zone at 50 yards				24
2 dozen 5 zone at 40 yards					24
2 dozen 5 zone at 30 yards						24
2 dozen 5 zone at 20 yards							24
2 dozen 5 zone at 10 yards									24
252-100	36
252-80		36
252-60			36
252-50				36
252-40					36
252-30						36
252-20							36
PA 60 (122 cm)			36
PA 50 (122 cm)				36
PA 40 (122 cm)					36
PA 30 (122 cm)						36
PA 20 (122 cm)							36
PA 15 (122 cm)								36
PA 10 (122 cm)									36
* = can a be double round

Metric / Outdoor Rounds (number of arrows at each distance)

	Metres (122 cm)							Metres (80 cm)
Round	90	70	60	50	40	30	20	50	40	30	20	15	10
WA 1440 (Gentlemen)*	36	36						36		36
WA 1440 (Ladies)*		36	36					36		36
Metric I*		36	36					36		36
Metric II*			36	36					36	36
Metric III*				36	36					36	36
Metric IV*					36	36					36		36
Metric V*						36	36					36	36
Long Metric (Gentlemen)	36	36
Long Metric I		36	36
Long Metric II			36	36
Long Metric III				36	36
Long Metric IV					36	36
Long Metric V						36	36
Half WA 1440 (Gentlemen)	18	18						18		18
Half WA 1440 (Ladies)		18	18					18		18
Half Metric I		18	18					18		18
Half Metric II			18	18					18	18
Half Metric III				18	18					18	18
Half Metric IV					18	18					18		18
Half Metric V						18	18					18	18
WA 70m^		72
WA 60m			72
WA 50m (122cm)^				72
WA 50m (80cm)^								72
WA 30m (Frostbite)										36
WA 900			30	30	30
Metric 122-40					72
Metric 122-30						72
Metric 80-30										72
Short Metric I								36		36
Short Metric II									36	36
Short Metric III										36	36
Short Metric IV											36		36
Short Metric V												36	36
PA 50 (80 cm)								36
PA 40 (80 cm)									36
PA 30 (80 cm)										36
PA 20 (80 cm)											36
PA 15 (80 cm)												36
PA 10 (80 cm)													36
* or ^ = can a be double round

Imperial / Indoor Rounds (number of arrows at each distance)

	Yards (60 cm)				Yards (40 cm)	Yards (Special)
Round	25	20	15	10	20	20
Portsmouth (Full-size face)*		60
Portsmouth (Triple spot face)*						60
Worcester*						60
Bray I					30
Bray II	30
PA 20 (60 cm)		36
PA 15 (60 cm)			36
PA 10 (60 cm)				36
* = can a be double round

Metric / Indoor Rounds (number of arrows at each distance)

	Metres (80 cm)	Metres (60 cm)	Metres (40 cm)	Metres (Special)
Round	30	25	18	18
Stafford	72
WA 25m (Full-size face)^		60
WA 18m (Full-size face)^			60
Vegas				60
* or ^ = can a be double round