Progress Pathway – Pathway

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Novice Archer Progress Pathway

Our Progress Pathway has been designed to help Novice archers, new to Archery to progress through different award schemes, at each step along the way increasing the shooting distance, the number of arrows shot or reducing the size of the target. This gradual change in shooting with measured levels of success gives you the confidence to improve your archery with small incremental changes whilst maintaining confidence. You choose when to move onto the next stage of the pathway, when you are ready. There is no rush to work up through the stages, its your journey, move up when you’re confident and ready.

You don’t need to do each stage in order, you can skip stages if you want to try something different, and there is no qualification or graduation to the next level, move up when it feels right for you.

Progress Pathway – 252 Award

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Novice Archer Progress Pathway

The 252 scheme consists of shooting 3 dozen arrows at increasing distances using five zone scoring (9, 7, 5, 3, 1), with 6 sighter arrows first on a 122 cm target face.

When a score of 252 or more is achieved, a quiver badge is awarded for displaying the distance and the legend 252. These are available at 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 80 and 100 yard distances.

If you wish to apply the 252-scheme to shooting styles other than recurve, be sure to consult the following table for equivalent scores across different bow styles.

Distance
(Yards)
Recurve
Score
Compound
Score
Longbow
Score
Barebow
Score
20252280164189
30252280164189
40252280164189
50252280164189
60252280164189
80252280126164
100252280101139