BUCS Outdoor Champs Qualification

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Qualification Process

Archers must first shoot a minimum Pre-Qualifying score, in a competition, or under competition conditions at competitions that meet all of the following conditions:

Must have been shot at, or since the BUCS Outdoor Championships last year
At least 5 archers completed the competition and are shown on the results sheet
At least 2 clubs are present and competing
No more than 67% of all competitors are from a single clubs (can be university or external clubs)

e.g. inter-club friendly, league legs/championships and open competitions etc.

If they do, they become eligible to enter BUCS Outdoors finals.

Minimum Pre-Qualifying Scores - 2023

The scores listed in Table 1 are the minimum qualification criteria for all categories. Archers who achieve the minimum scores listed in Table 2 will be given priority entry. Roughly speaking, Minimum scores for Experienced Senior A2 scores, Novice U21 A3 Scores. Priority scores Experienced Senior B3 Scores, Novice Senior A3 Scores.

2023 - Table 1 - minimum qualification score requirements
		Barebow	Compound	Longbow	Recurve
Male Experienced	WA1440 (90m)	380	982	124	566
	York	243	809	70	394
	St George	218	651	65	344
	WA900	367	721	132	504
	American	374	699	140	502
	WA720	288	485	47	259
Female Experienced	WA1440 (70m)	338	988	94	536
	Hereford	287	900	77	466
	Albion	187	711	69	394
	WA900	291	688	87	432
	American	300	669	93	436
	WA720	225	445	30	205
Male Novice	Metric 2	318	937	87	453
	Bristol 2	330	914	93	562
	Windsor	280	714	83	384
	WA900	223	606	63	311
	American	223	595	68	320
	WA720	170	353	31	176
Female Novice	Metric 2	234	854	55	354
	Bristol 2	245	838	59	365
	Windsor	210	661	52	308
	WA900	166	557	40	247
	American	175	551	44	257
	WA720	125	304	20	133

2023 - Table 2 - priority entry qualification score requirements
		Barebow	Compound	Longbow	Recurve
Male Experienced	WA1440 (90m)	598	1162	248	866
	York	423	1019	149	684
	St George	366	795	136	562
	WA900	524	798	253	669
	American	521	766	263	652
	WA720	419	578	99	425
Female Experienced	WA1440 (70m)	558	1167	195	849
	Hereford	487	1083	163	763
	Albion	410	836	144	615
	WA900	447	776	176	617
	American	449	747	185	605
	WA720	354	551	64	368
Male Novice	Metric 2	422	1044	128	599
	Bristol 2	432	1012	136	602
	Windsor	360	782	118	490
	WA900	291	669	92	403
	American	300	652	99	408
	WA720	225	423	46	243
Female Novice	Metric 2	318	975	82	485
	Bristol 2	330	948	87	493
	Windsor	280	738	77	408
	WA900	223	628	60	332
	American	233	615	64	340
	WA720	170	377	29	190

Minimum Pre-Qualifying Scores - 2022

The scores listed in Table 1 are the minimum qualification criteria for all categories. Archers who achieve the minimum scores listed in Table 2 will be given priority entry. Roughly speaking, experienced archers, priority is 1st class or handicap equivalent, minimum standards is 2nd class. For novices, priority is 2nd class under 18, minimum is 3rd class under 18.

2022 - Table 1 Minimum Standards
		Recurve	Compound	Longbow	Barebow
Male Experienced	Gents WA1440	716	1026	226	328
	York	511	865	89	158
	St George	442	689	92	157
	WA900	603	739	236	337
	American	594	713	258	355
Female Experienced	Ladies WA1440	602	845	187	224
	Hereford	508	752	124	155
	Albion	435	610	121	149
	WA900	481	617	166	199
	American	487	607	188	256
Male Novice	Metric 2	388	769	141	256
	Bristol 2	381	754	132	248
	Windsor	332	605	125	225
	WA900	255	500	88	166
	American	277	504	105	188
Lady Novice	Metric 2	332	449	174	256
	Bristol 2	325	442	165	248
	Windsor	287	379	155	225
	WA900	217	295	110	166
	American	240	316	129	188

2022 - Table 2 Priority Entry
		Recurve	Compound	Longbow	Barebow
Male Experienced	Gents WA1440	885	1134	305	538
	York	698	996	142	335
	St George	575	777	142	307
	WA900	681	783	316	500
	American	662	752	335	504
Female Experienced	Ladies WA1440	817	1092	245	391
	Hereford	723	1010	173	306
	Albion	590	785	165	278
	WA900	603	739	217	337
	American	594	713	240	355
Male Novice	Metric 2	707	981	256	388
	Bristol 2	695	955	248	381
	Windsor	563	743	225	332
	WA900	461**	619	188	277
	American	469**	631	166	255
Female Novice	Metric 2	512	769	256*	360*
	Bristol 2	505	754	248*	353*
	Windsor	426	605	225	310
	WA900	337**	504	188	258
	American	355**	400	166	236

* Corrected 13th April 2022

** Corrected 4th May 2022

Minimum Pre-Qualifying Scores - 2021 only

Automatic Qualification scores were 2nd Class scores (for seniors) and 3rd class scores (for novices).

The table below applies to the 2021 event only:

2021
		Recurve	Compound	Longbow	Barebow
Gent Experienced	American	594	713	258	355
	WA900	603	739	236	337
	Windsor	713	856	310	426
Lady Experienced	American	487	607	188	222
	WA900	481	617	166	199
	Windsor	584	728	225	266
Gent Novice	American	277	504	105	188
	WA900	255	500	88	166
	Windsor	332	605	125	225
Lady Novice	American	240	316	24	66
	WA900	217	295	13	51
	Windsor	287	379	28	79

For seniors there is a second chance at qualification, with a second class score:

2021
		Recurve	Compound	Longbow	Barebow
Gent Experienced	American	469	619	172	222
	WA900	461	631	151	199
	Windsor	563	743	206	266
Lady Experienced	American	335	504	74	116
	WA900	316	500	61	99
	Windsor	402	605	89	140

Minimum Pre-Qualifying Scores - for 2019

Automatic Qualification scores were 1st Class scores (for seniors) and 3rd class scores (for novices).

The table below shows the Pre-Qualifying scores used in 2019 (the event was not held in 2020):

2019
		Recurve	Compound	Longbow	Barebow
Gent Experienced	Gents WA1440	885	1134	305	538
	York	698	996	142	335
	St George	575	777	142	307
	WA70m (Sunday)	437	n/a	98	232
	WA50m (Sunday)	n/a	558	n/a	n/a
Lady Experienced	Ladies WA1440	817	1092	245	391
	Hereford	723	1010	173	306
	Albion	590	785	165	278
	WA70m (Sunday)	340	n/a	53	110
	WA50m (Sunday)	n/a	506	n/a	n/a
Gent Novice	Metric I	571	873	171	224
	Hereford	477	780	110	155
	Albion	412	629	108	149
Lady Novice	Metric II	480	769	101	157
	Bristol II	473	754	92	148
	Windsor	402	605	89	140

For seniors there is a second chance at qualification, with a second class score:

2019
		Recurve	Compound	Longbow	Barebow
Gent Experienced	Gents WA1440	716	1026	226	328
	York	511	865	89	158
	St George	442	689	92	157
Lady Experienced	Ladies WA1440	602	845	187	224
	Hereford	508	752	124	155
	Albion	435	610	121	149

Regional Qualification Venues

Unlike BUCS Indoor Champs, there is no intermediate Regional Qualifying.

History

Pre-Qualifying scores were introduced in 2009.

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