252 Improvement Awards
The 252 awards scheme offers an excellent opportunity for archers of all skill levels to enhance their abilities by practising at various distances while celebrating their progress and achievements.
This initiative focuses on refining your grouping skills, which are crucial for accurate shooting.
Obtaining the award at each distance before moving on to the next longer distance shows that you are improving your skills. It also has the added benefit of not spending ages looking for lost arrows when shooting at a distance you are not ready for.
The challenge
After 6 sighters, you shoot 3 dozen arrows on a 122cm face at your chosen distance. The round can be shot at 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 80 or 100 yards with the aim of scoring 252 or better (252 for recurve – alternative scores apply for other bow types).
If you achieve the score TWO times you can claim a badge.
It is an award scheme in use at many archery clubs in the UK and applies to all archers, irrespective of age, ability or bow type (scores differ by bow type).
The Rules:
- To be shot at the specified distance using 5-zone scoring (Gold = 9, Red = 7, Blue = 5, Black = 3, White = 1) on a 122cm target face.
- Six sighter arrows are permitted, which will not count towards the final score.
- Once the archer has achieved the minimum required score twice at each distance, the 252 awards will be awarded for that distance. This can be on the same occasion.
- Novices should complete the distances in order.
- Junior archers may also claim the award at 10 and 15 yards.
- The archer’s responsibility is to record your scores either on an official club scoresheet or by using a score recording app, this should be witnessed by one other club member.
- Two signed and witnessed official 252 score records should be submitted to the records officer to make an award. Submit Score
The Award
The 252 Improvement Awards:
| Distance (Yds) | Award | Badge | Recurve | Compound | Longbow | Flatbow | Barebow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | White |  |
252 | 280 | 164 | 169 | 189 |
| 30 | Black |  |
252 | 280 | 164 | 169 | 189 |
| 40 | Blue |  |
252 | 280 | 164 | 169 | 189 |
| 50 | Red |  |
252 | 280 | 164 | 169 | 189 |
| 60 | Bronze |  |
252 | 280 | 164 | 169 | 189 |
| 80 | Silver |  |
252 | 280 | 126 | 133 | 164 |
| 100 | Gold |  |
252 | 280 | 101 | 106 | 139 |
Junior 252 Improvement Award:
| Distance (Yds) | Award | Badge | Recurve | Compound | Longbow | Flatbow | Barebow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Orange |  |
252 | 280 | 164 | 169 | 189 |
| 15 | Certificate Award | 252 | 280 | 164 | 169 | 189 | |
Current Members 252 Improvement Awards:
| Distance (Yds) | Award | Recurve | Compound | Longbow | Flatbow | Barebow |
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| 10 |
Sam Nicholson |
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| 15 | Sam Nicholson | |||||
| 20 | White | Adrian Sharp Barry Iles Courtenay Welsh Dean Howell Kevin King Linda Sharp Mark Amey Robert Alexander Robert Young Stephen Carrick Susan Linnington Thomas Stoel |
Andy Izard |
Courtenay Welsh
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| 30 | Black | Adrian Sharp Andy Izard Barry Iles Courtenay Welsh Daniel Cull Dean Howell Kevin King Mark Amey Robert Alexander Steve Robertson Susan Linnington |
Courtenay Welsh |
Adrian Sharp |
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| 40 | Blue | Barry Iles Courtenay Welsh Dean Howell Kevin King Sarah-Louise Darwin Steve Robertson |
Courtenay Welsh Philip Churchill |
Adrian Sharp Courtenay Welsh Nick Heckscher Philip Churchill |
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| 50 | Red | Dean Howell John Eastaugh Kevin King Steve Robertson |
Courtenay Welsh | Philip Churchill | ||
| 60 | Bronze | Dean Howell Kevin King Steve Robertson |
Philp Churchill | |||
| 80 | Silver | Ian Bailey | ||||
| 100 | Gold | Ian Bailey |