As we move Indoors for the Winter, here is some information for new archers, and a bit of a refresher for others.
The 2 main distances indoors are 18 meters and 20 yards (there is about 28cm/11″ difference).
The 2 main face sizes indoor 60cm and 40cm. 80cm and 122cm can be used for practice.
Archers shoot 3 arrows per end before collecting.
Compound archers may choose to shoot on a 3-spot face, shooting 1 arrow in each face. This is mandatory at most competitions.
All scoring indoor uses the 10-zone system.
There are 3 scoring rings in the gold. Compound archers will score only the inner most ring as 10, with all other archers will scoring the two inner most rings as 10.
Popular competition rounds for indoors are:
- Portsmouth – 20y, 60cm face, 60 arrows (5 dzn 20 ends)
- WA18m – 18m, 40cm face, 60 arrows (5 dzn)
Other competition rounds for indoors are:
- WA25m – 25m, 60cm face, 60 arrows (5 dzn)
- WA Combined – WA25m + WA18m
- Vegas – 18m, 40cm face*, 60 arrows (5 dzn)
- Worcester – 20y, 40cm**, 60 arrows (5 dzn)
Other less common rounds are:
- Stafford – 30m, 80cm face, 72 arrows (6 dzn)
- Bray 1 – 20y, 40cm face, 30 arrows (2½ dzn)
- Bray 2 – 25y, 60cm face, 30 arrows (2½ dzn)
*Vegas Round
The Vegas Round is unusual in that it is shot on a 40cm, 5-zone, 3-spot face, arranged in a triangle format, requiring 1 arrow per face.
**Worcester Round
The Worcester Round is unusual in that it is shot on a special black-and-white face, which is only used for this round. The target face is 40cm with a 1-5 zone scoring system. The round is shot at 20 yards. One end of 5 arrows is shot for sighters, then the round is 5 dozen (60) arrows shot over 12 ends of 5 arrows. There are 2 faces on the target, one above the other. After 30 arrows the archers swap over (so archers shooting on the top face now shoot on the bottom face and vice versa).
