General Information on Competitions

Archery is a sport in which the participant uses a bow to shoot arrows at a target which has ten concentric circles. The score of each arrow depends upon where it lands on the target. The highest score, a ten, is achieved by shooting an arrow into the center, or Bull's-Eye. Scores go down from nine for the next circle out to one for the outermost circle. Missing the target results in a score of zero for that arrow. For indoor compound archery, a ten is scored only when the arrow lands inside the inner ten ring .After each end of arrows is shot, the arrows are scored. The number of hits (non-zero scores), tens and Xs (hits within the inner ten ring) are also recorded for the purpose of breaking ties in the final scores.

There are several Disciplines, Classes and Divisions recognized by FITA (International Archery Federation).

Disciplines

Disciplines recognized are:

- Outdoor Target Archery
- Indoor Target Archery
- Field Archery
- Run Archery
- Clout Archery
- Flight Archery
- Ski-Archery
- 3D Archery (FITA 3D and 3DI)

Classes

Classes recognized are:

- Women
- Men
- Cadet Women (Cadet =< 16th age)
- Cadet Men (Cadet =< 16th age)
- Junior Women (16 < junior =< 18th age)
- Junior Men (16 < junior =< 18th age)
- Masters Women (50th age =< Masters)
- Masters Men (50th age =< Masters)

Divisions

There are many divisions for Field, Clout and Flight archery, so only Outdoor and Indoor Archery divisions are listed here:

Outdoor Target Archery Divisions:
- Recurve Division(also called classic or olympic)
- Compound Division
- Standard Bow Division

Indoor Target Archery Divisions:
- Recurve Division
- Compound Division