Archery: Outdoor Championships 2025

Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 11:59pm – Student/Competitor Deadline

(Students/Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Thursday 22 May 2025 at 11:59pm – Institution Administrator Deadline

(Institution Administrators are given 48 hours after the student/competitor deadline to approve entries)

£26.25 per competitor – 1 day competition

£52.50 per competitor – 2 days competition

This fee covers individual entry to BUCS Outdoor Championships and Team entries.

Priority will be given to archers who enter both days of the tournament (please select 2-day entry on BUCS Play). Single day entries will be accepted depending on spaces available.

To apply for the competition all eligible competitors must follow these steps:

1. Competitor to apply to the event on BUCS Play (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
2. Institution administrator approves entry (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
3. BUCS approves/denies entry into competition and publishes confirmed entry list

Any data will be handled in accordance with BUCS Privacy Policy

By participating in this event you agree to adhere to BUCS General Event Disclaimer

To check whether you are eligible to compete in BUCS competitions, please visit REG 4 Individual Eligibility.

Saturday;  

WRS* WA70m/60m/50m Ranking Round followed by Head-to-Head 

Sunday;  

WRS* WA900 

*WRS - World Record Status 

WA Target Awards may be claimed by all experienced archers and novice barebow/compound archers on Saturday and all archers on Sunday providing they achieve the appropriate scores.  

Full details of the rounds to be shot by each category can be found in BUCS Regulation ARC 2.2 

Please be aware that Archers competing at Record Status tournaments may be liable for drug testing, and competitors approached to give samples must comply, refusal will be interpreted as a positive result. 

All archers need to hold a current ArcheryGB membership and be eligible to compete in BUCS events in line with BUCS Regulations ARC 4 and REG 4.1. 

Archers entering the novice category must meet the eligibility criteria set out in ARC 3 of the BUCS Regulations. 

Any individual who enters the tournament and is subsequently found to be ineligible for the category they have entered (ie. novice, barebow), will not be permitted to compete. If this is discovered before the event the individual will be permitted to switch to the appropriate category provided, they have achieved the appropriate qualification scores and the change can be accommodated (determined by BUCS), this will incur a £15 admin fee. If discovered after or during the event, the participant will be disqualified, any awards will be revoked and a £50 fine will be issued to the appropriate Institution post-event.

Archers are required to submit a qualification score with their entry from an eligible qualifying event. The minimum standards qualifying tournaments/events must meet are detailed below. 

• Table 1 shows the minimum qualification score requirements for all categories. Archers must shoot a score equal to or higher than the qualifying scores listed in order to be eligible to compete. 
• Table 2 shows the priority entry qualification score requirements for all categories. Archers who achieve the scores listed in Table 2 will be given priority entry over those that achieve scores in Table 1. 
• All archers are required to have sight marks or reference points for each distance they are shooting over the BUCS Outdoors weekend (as detailed in BUCS Regulation ARC 2.2). They will be asked to confirm this on their entry. If it is discovered that archers do not have sight marks/reference points at the event, they will be disqualified from competing and a £50 fine will be issued to the appropriate Institution. 

• Archers are welcome to complete a round that is a distance up than those specified (i.e. an Albion instead of a Windsor) and their entry will be accepted, as long as the minimum scores for the comparable round in Table 1 are achieved. 
• All scores must have been shot at, or since the BUCS Outdoor Championships 2024 (8 June 2024) and be using the same bowstyle as the BUCS category being entered.  

All qualifying scores must be shot under competition conditions, at competitions that meet the following 3 conditions: 

• At least 5 archers completed the competition and are shown on the results sheet. 
• At least two clubs are in attendance and competing. 
• No more than 67% of all competitors are from a single club (can be university, or external clubs). 
• e.g. inter-club friendly, League legs/championships and Open competitions etc. 

For the purpose of calculating numbers of competitors in a qualifying competition, the university club for each archer shall be considered, even if they entered the competition under a different club. e.g. An archer who shoots for “University A” at BUCS is included in the total number of archers from “University A”, even if they entered the competition under “External Club B”. 

A qualifying score will need to be submitted for each individual on BUCS Play at the time of entry and a URL link to the results list for the qualifying shoot for that archer must be provided. The results list should be either directly hosted on the web, or in a downloadable document, screenshots and photos are not allowed.

This document should have the following minimum details for each archer: 

• Full name 
• Bowstyle 
• Gender 
• Round shot 
• Score obtained 
• Date of competition 
• Location of competition 

Any individual who either fails to provide a functioning link to a results sheet or is found to have given a false score will not be permitted to compete. If this is discovered after or during the event, the participant will be disqualified, and any awards will be revoked. If a space has already been used up by the participant, the entry fee will not be refunded and a £50 fine issued.  

Information requested on BUCS Play;

[1] Name

[2] DOB

[3] University

[4] Gender

[5] Archery GB Number

[6] ArcheryGB Club (if not your University)

[7] Competitors qualifying round

[8] Competitors qualifying score

[9] Date when the qualification score was shot

[10] Please link to the URL showing the competitor's score

[11] I confirm that I have sight marks for all distances that I will shoot at the BUCS Outdoors event

[12] Do you classify yourself as a disabled or visually impaired archer?

[12A] If yes, do you consider yourself to fit into any of the WA/ArcheryGB disability/para categories i.e. VI, W1 (please specify)?

[12B] If [12] is yes, do you require any assistive devices (e.g. wheelchair, shooting stool, tactile sight)

[12C] If [12B] is yes, do you need to stay on the shooting line?

[13] Additional information

All information must be submitted in order for the entry to be processed. Any incorrect information submitted will be rejected.

Please ensure you have checked the information you enter, and that you have changed the relevant fields from entering last years competition.

Please note: When you enter this competition, the listed information may be collected and shared with tournament organisers, scoring systems and other competitors for example Target Lists and Results may be published displaying some (or all) of the information provided.

• Please ensure that you specify any additional requirements on your entry. Where possible we will accommodate all reasonable requests and support athletes as best we can. 

• Please note that we may be unable to provide spotters, wheelchairs, shooting stools or agents for competitors. If you require these items and are unable to provide your own, please ensure you have communicated with BUCS prior to the event, so that a discussion can be had as to how your needs may be met. 

• Competitors in the disability category remain eligible as part of their chosen individual and team categories, with their scores extracted for disability results.  
• Evidence will be required for any classifiable adaptations made in accordance with WA rules (ie. release aids on non-compound bows). 

If you require assistive equipment please include details of this in your entry form on BUCSPlay. It is the responsibility of the archer to ensure that any assistive equipment complies with the ArcheryGB Rules of Shooting, if any assistive equipment is not compliant the archer may not be eligible to compete at the event and therefore, unable to shoot.

If you wish to withdraw from the Outdoor Championships please note the following fines will apply following the closing of entries and you will not be refunded your entry fee;

Where an archer develops a new injury/medical condition between entry and the Outdoor Championship requiring them to withdraw, a medical note can be submitted to avoid incurring a fine.

Notification of a withdrawal should be sent via e-mail by the Institution Administrator to Joe Gallimore, please see REG 7.9 for our withdrawal policy.

Medals (depending on entry numbers) will be awarded for:

Individual:

Female Novice and Experienced Barebow, Compound, Longbow and Recurve Male Novice and Experienced Barebow, Compound, Longbow and Recurve  

Disabled:

Female Novice and Experienced Barebow, Compound, Longbow and Recurve Male Novice and Experienced Barebow, Compound, Longbow and Recurve 

Teams:

Open Championship (Experienced) Female Team, Open Championship (Experienced) Male Team, Open Compound Team, Open Trophy (Novice) Team 

For further information on how awards are calculated and team make up, please see BUCS Regulations ARC 2.2.5 and ARC 2.2.6 

Awarded BUCS points can be found via Appendix 1 

Please refer to the Archery Rules and Regulations.

Anyone wishing to take photos or video at this event must complete the BUCS Media Accreditation Form prior to the event.

BUCS reserves the right to prohibit photography equipment being used at a BUCS event. BUCS reserves the right to request that the individual ceases to take photographs, deletes any images and, if considered necessary, leaves the venue.

If you wish to take photos or videos at this event, please contact the BUCS Event Lead. 

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