WALSALL COMPANY OF ARCHERS About Archery Target Archery Target archery is the type of archery most people think of when you say archery. It involves shooting at a circular face on a static target at a range of distances from 10 yards all the way up to 100 yards for imperial rounds and 10m to 90m for metric rounds. It is shot by all bow types but limited to recurve at Olympic games. In the UK rounds are still shot at imperial distances however the World Archery Federation use a set of Metric rounds which are now shot all over the world in competition. The archers are split up into Seniors and Juniors with the Juniors split up into U12, U14, U16 and U18s. Field Archery Filed archery is the type of archery that will appeal to more adventurous people. It involves shooting at targets at varying distances that are often unmarked in woodland or rough train. In the UK it is normally shot at 2D pictures of animals but in Europe is often shot at 3D targets. The field rounds are shot at distances of up to 80 yards and the faces have a target printed on them with a black bullseye worth 5 points, a white centre ring worth 4 points and a black outer ring  worth 3 points. The Hunter rounds are shot at uneven distances of up to 70 yards and although the scoring is identical the whole target is black with a white bullseye. The child versions of these rounds are shot at no more that 50 yards. Clout Archery Clout archery is where the archers shoot arrows at a flag to score points. The clout is shot at distances from 80 yards to 180 yards for the imperial clout, and 125m to 185m for the metric clout. It can be shot by all types of bow and is scored 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 depending on how far away the arrow lands from the flag. A person will then mark where the arrows are and lay them on the ground and each archer then scores there arrows. The scoring zone is sometimes marked on the ground but usually is measured by a using rope tied to the flag. A single clout is 3 dozen arrows and is shot in ends of 6 however in competitions you will normally shoot a double clout. Archery Darts Basically a game of darts using a specially marked archery target and using a bow and arrows instead of darts. Click Above For The List of Indoor Rounds Click Above For The List of Outdoor Imperial Rounds Click Above For The List of Outdoor Metric Rounds A recurve bow has tips that curve away from the archer when the bow is strung. By definition, the difference between recurve and other bows is that the string touches a section of the limb when the bow is strung. A recurve bow stores more energy and delivers energy more efficiently than an equivalent straight-limbed bow, giving a greater amount of energy and hence speed, to the arrow. A recurve will permit a shorter bow than the simple straight limb bow for a given arrow energy and this form was often preferred by archers in environments where long weapons could be cumbersome, such as in brush and forest terrain, or while on horseback. This is the only bow type allowed in normal Olympic competition. Recurve Bow Compound Bow A compound bow is a modern bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. The limbs of a compound bow are much stiffer than those of a recurve bow or longbow. This limb stiffness makes the compound bow more energy-efficient than other bows, in conjunction with the pulley/cams. The compound bow has its string applied to pulleys (cams), and one or both of the pulleys have one or more cables attached to the opposite limb. When the string is drawn back, the string causes the pulleys to turn. When the draw commences, the archer has reduced mechanical advantage, but during the draw, as the pulley cams rotate, and the archer gains mechanical advantage over the bending limbs, more energy is stored, in comparison to other bows. Long Bow The longbow is a type of bow that is tall (roughly equal in height to the person who uses it), this allows the user a fairly long draw at least to the jaw. A longbow is not significantly recurved. Its limbs are relatively narrow and are circular or D-shaped in cross section. Flatbows can be just as long the difference is that in cross section it has limbs that are approximately rectangular.