BUTC – February
This is the British University Team Competition, teams of 3 archers from a university 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.
| Round | Distances | Face Size | No. of Arrows | Shot for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bray I | 2.5doz. @ 20yds | 40cm | 30 | Ranking |
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/Central/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
| Round | Distances | Face Size | No. of Arrows | Shot by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth | 5doz. @ 20yds | 60cm | 60 | Everyone (regionals) |
| WA18 | 5doz. @ 18m | 40cm | 60 | Finalists |
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. It is a weekend long event consisting of WA720 and Head-to-Head rounds on Saturday followed by a WA900 round on Sunday. The overall ranking is done using a combined score based on an archers performance over all three rounds. Medals are available for both individual archers and teams consisting of the 3 (2 for compound) highest scoring archers from each institution and category.
All archers shoot the same WA900 round however the distance for the WA720 round varies based on category: Experienced Recurve and Longbow – 70m, Novice Recurve and Longbow – 60m, Barebow – 50m, Compound – 50m (80cm 6 ring face) (See the rounds page for more information). H2H’s are shot at the same distance as the WA720.
