Autumn Challenge 2026

CMA Autumn  Challenge 2026

You will need one FITA 60 target that needs to be ten metres from your shooting line.

The challenge is open to anyone who shoots a bare bow (i.e. a non-centreshot bow, where the arrow is shot off the hand, with no sighting-aids). It will run until the end of November 2026

You will need to shoot 8 ends (sets) of 6 arrows. The first end will be side shots. The second is also side shots but using your off hand (non-dominant hand, so right-handed archers shoot with their left and vice-versa). The third end is front shots (the archer must have at least one foot pointing towards the target) and the fourth back shots (one heel towards the target). Then repeat the same 4 ends again (this does not have to be done on the same day)

 Scoring is 1 – 10 points: the usual 1, 2, 3 for the first 3 colours but then 5 for red and 10 for gold (see picture below). You may hold up to 3 arrows in your bow hand before starting each end (and may NOT start nocked) The other three arrows must be drawn from a quiver, belt or arrow holder such as a cone etc. but do not need to be drawn one by one, so all 3 remaining arrows may be drawn at once.

The time for each set of 6 arrows is 25 seconds. Points are awarded for shooting all 6 arrows in less than this time and deducted for going over the 25 seconds. One point is awarded or deducted per second or part thereof (to two decimal places if using a digital timer, just as for mounted archery timing). The lowest score for an end is zero. If the time penalties exceed the arrow score the competitor scores zero (not a negative score).

Scores should be returned to Cotteswoldma@gmail.com on this scoresheet 

The outer ring should be 60cm diameter, the outer edge of the black ring 48cm, that of the blue 36cm, red 24cm and gold 12cm.