BUTC – February

This is the British University Team Competition, teams of 3 archers from a univerity can compete. It consists of a Bray I ranking round and the combined score for the team is used to determine the seeding for the team. This seed then determines the matchings for the head-to-head elimination round. This is an 8 arrow (per team member) hit/miss round where the highest score at the end wins.

 

BUCS Indoor Championships – March

This is the British University and College Sport Indoor Championships. The format is a straight ranking system (highest score wins) with a Portsmouth round. Since 2017 it has been run in a (Northern/Southern) regional format where the best archers in each division qualify for the finals. At the finals archers shoot a WA18 (FITA-18) round. Novice medals are awarded at each regional event so novices score on Portsmouth rounds.

Rounds

 

Varsity – March

This match forms part of the annual varsity competition in all sports between the University of Southampton and the Univeristy of Portsmouth. It is an indoor Portsmouth round (see BUCS Indoors) and is held alternately at Southampton and Portsmouth depending on the year.
 

BUCS Outdoor Championships – May/June

This is the British University and College Sport Outdoor Championships. The round shot depends on which category you shoot in but each round consists of 144 arrows (3 dozen at 4 different distances). The format is the same as BUCS Indoors where the highest score wins. And as well as individual medals, since 2015 there have been medals for teams of 3 senior archers.

Rounds