How the Rankings Work
The National Rankings are open to all members of Archery GB. An archer’s ranking is the points from their best 5 world record status events of the season, and one result is enough to be ranked.
Ranking points
- Points go to places 1 to 64 at each event, and how many depends on the event’s tier.
- Tier 1 is a National Tour stage, the UK Masters or the British Target Championships head-to-heads. The ranking round earns points and so does the final head-to-head place.
- Tier 2+ is a WA 1440 or double WA 720 the day before or after a tier 1 event at the same venue, and the National County Team Championships.
- Tier 2 is any other open world record status event with head-to-heads.
- Tier 3 is an open world record status WA 720, double 720 or WA 1440 with no head-to-heads.
- An archer who shoots the round but not the head-to-heads keeps the round’s points.
- Closed events earn no ranking points.
- Equal totals share a rank.
Points for each place
| Place | Tier 1 round | Tier 1 head-to-heads | Tier 2+ | Tier 2 round | Tier 2 head-to-heads | Tier 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 300 | 450 | 600 | 200 | 300 | 300 |
| 2 | 240 | 360 | 480 | 160 | 240 | 240 |
| 3 | 210 | 315 | 420 | 140 | 210 | 210 |
| 4 | 189 | 283.5 | 378 | 126 | 189 | 189 |
| 5 | 177 | 265.5 | 344 | 118 | 177 | 177 |
| 6 | 168 | 252 | 336 | 112 | 168 | 168 |
| 7 | 159 | 238.5 | 318 | 106 | 159 | 159 |
| 8 | 150 | 225 | 300 | 100 | 150 | 150 |
| 9 | 141 | 181.75 | 282 | 94 | 121.25 | 141 |
| 16 | 105 | 181.75 | 210 | 70 | 121.25 | 105 |
| 17 | 102 | 119.25 | 204 | 68 | 79.5 | 102 |
| 32 | 57 | 119.25 | 114 | 38 | 79.5 | 57 |
| 33 | 54 | 38 | 108 | 36 | 25.25 | 54 |
| 64 | 1.5 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 25.25 | 1.5 |
From Appendix 1 of the National Ranking Rules, with some places left out.
Who is ranked
- There is a list for recurve, compound and barebow, each for the open and the women’s class.
- The rounds that count are the WA 720 at 70m for recurve and 50m for compound and barebow, the double WA 720, and the WA 1440.
- An archer’s page shows every event they shot, what each earned, and which 5 count.
Master Bowman awards
Master Bowman, Grand Master Bowman and Elite Master Bowman need 36 dozen arrows of prestige rounds, shot at world or UK record status events, each at or over the award’s score. A WA 720 is 6 dozen and a WA 1440 is 12. A double 720 is two rounds, and each has to make the score on its own.
| Category | Round | Elite Master Bowman | Grand Master Bowman | Master Bowman |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recurve Open | WA 720 | 659 | 631 | 597 |
| Recurve Open | WA 1440 (90m) | 1320 | 1266 | 1197 |
| Recurve Women | WA 720 | 640 | 607 | 566 |
| Recurve Women | WA 1440 (90m) | 1283 | 1219 | 1137 |
| Recurve Women | WA 1440 (70m) | 1316 | 1261 | 1191 |
| Compound Open | WA 720 | 695 | 681 | 662 |
| Compound Open | WA 1440 (90m) | 1389 | 1362 | 1327 |
| Compound Women | WA 720 | 686 | 669 | 648 |
| Compound Women | WA 1440 (90m) | 1371 | 1339 | 1299 |
| Compound Women | WA 1440 (70m) | 1392 | 1364 | 1330 |
| Barebow Open | WA 720 | 626 | 599 | 565 |
| Barebow Open | WA 1440 (90m) | 1124 | 1042 | 945 |
| Barebow Women | WA 720 | 599 | 565 | 525 |
| Barebow Women | WA 1440 (90m) | 1042 | 945 | 835 |
| Barebow Women | WA 1440 (70m) | 1108 | 1023 | 921 |
These are an adult’s scores. An over-50, under-21 or younger archer has lower scores to make: an over-50 or under-21 man needs 556 on a recurve WA 720 for Master Bowman, where an adult needs 597. An archer’s age group is shown on their page where it is known.
Classifications and handicaps
Below the Master Bowman tier are Bowman 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class, which need 18 dozen arrows at the class’s score, and Archer 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class, which need 12 dozen. An archer’s page shows the class their record status scores this season support, and the best class each score is good enough for. Scores from club target days count for these classes too, and aren’t shown here.
Every score has a handicap: the lower the handicap, the better the score, whatever the round. An archer’s handicap is the average of their first three rounds’ handicaps. After that, each round better than their handicap moves it halfway to that round’s. Handicaps are rounded down.
Junior rankings
A junior’s ranking is their three best handicaps of the season added together, from rounds shot at world or UK record status events between 1 March and 5 October. A lower total is better. A double round is two single rounds, and each age group has rounds too short to count for it.