Outlands Archery Scores

Rules for Royal Round

The Royal Round is composed of 4 ends. One end each of 6 arrows at 20, 30, 40 yard and a 30 second timed end at 20 yards. These can be done in any order, but once a Royal Round is started it cannot be interrupted until complete. Prior to the start of the Royal Round the archer must declare their intent to begin.

Scoring:
There are two standard target faces used in SCA archery. The 24-inch (60 cm) five-color target (also known as the Las Vegas style or FITA target) is the required target for Royal Rounds and Inter-Kingdom Archery Competition (IKAC) tournaments. The colors are gold in the center, followed in turn by red, blue, black, and ending with white as the outer band. The agreed SCA scoring values are:

• Gold 5 points (6cm Radius or 12cm Diameter).
• Red 4 points (from Gold to 24cm Diameter).
• Blue 3 points (from Red to 36cm Diameter).
• Black 2 points (from Blue to 48cm Diameter).
• White 1 point (from Black to 60cm Diameter).

The other is also a 60 cm target, but is a more 'Period' adaptation of the FITA target, used to score those competing in the PERIOD division. The 'Period' target is also 24 inches (60 cm), and can easily be made on the obverse of a regular FITA target by using the colors and dimensions given here:

• Gold 8 points (3cm Radius or 6 cm Diameter).
• Green 4 points (from Gold to 24 cm Diameter).
• White 2 points (from Green to 60 cm Diameter).

Arrows that touch the line into another color are scored in the archers favor skewing toward the higher point value.