Competitions

SSS League and Championships

The SSS (formerly SUS, formerly SUSF) Archery League is currently contested by seven university archery clubs, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt, Napier, St Andrews, and Strathclyde. There are 4 other leagues that cover other parts of the UK.

From 2011/12, there are four League Matches in a season. The format is all vs. all, physically split across two venues, but combining results together. 10 points for 1st place team, 9 for 2nd and so on, with 0 for a no show. Senior and Novice leagues run in parallel. League matches are mixed team of 4 Portsmouth for seniors and mixed team of 3 Portsmouth for novices.

SSS Indoor Champs are a free standing competition, held on a Portsmouth with the usual team categories and individual categories.

SSS Outdoor Championships work in the same format in terms of senior team being mixed and the top four scores used, with the novices also mixed and top three used. From 2011, senior gents shoot a St George, senior ladies and novice gents shoot an Albion, whilst the novice ladies shoot a Windsor.

BUCS Championships

BUCS (formerly BUSA) Indoor and Outdoor Championships involve all the university clubs from around the UK – there are over 30 in total – rather than just those in Scotland.

BUSA Indoors follows the same format as SUS Indoors.

From 2007, at BUSA Outdoors, senior gents shoot a Gents FITA, senior ladies/novice gents shoot a Ladies FITA/Metric I, novice ladies shoot a Metric II. Because of the difference in round novice scores do not count towards the senior team.

British University Team Championship – BUTC

Starting in 2003, this is easily the most colourful and entertaining shoot in the student calendar year. It consists of up to 32 teams of 3 archers (up to 2 teams from a uni) shooting a Bray I ranking round (half a FITA 18). The teams are then ranked and shoot in a head-to-head format at hit/miss targets.

Open Competitions

It’s not just students that do archery. It’s good to get a taste of archery in the real world. Open competitions take place all year round and come in all shapes and sizes.

If club archers attend Opens it will be more on an ad hoc basis, however they form an essential part of your development as an archer.