252 badges
We have a new progression award for the outdoor season along with a series of badges to collect. Once you have been able to score a score of 252 at a given distance on 2 occasions you can claim a new badge**.
This is a great way for both beginners and experienced archers to improve their consistency and to know when they are ready to move to the next distance.
All of the details you need about this award i.e. the rules and to download a scoresheet can be found if you visit our Getting Better page. If you are looking to bag that purple (the highest award) you need to get started soon ... we only have 5 and at least 6 archers are chasing them like their lives depended on getting it!
Our new 252 badges along with our 70th-anniversary badge. © Catherine Coddington
A big thank you to our very own Catherine for organising this new progression award.
** badges cost a small monetary fee but what is mere grubby cash when you can own such gorgeousness to remind you of the struggle, the anguish and eventual triumph!
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[…] Problem 1: Shooting beyond your skill. Archers long to shoot distance. There’s something about arrows flying through the air to strike distant targets that speaks to us. The problem comes when you don’t strike the target. Now few of us never miss, it happens. But when a significant number of your arrows miss the boss, its time to rethink what you are doing. This distance is beyond your ability and problem 4 (read that one last) is eventually going to be the result. This is why we have the 252 award, to gently walk people up the distances til they reach Olympic distances and beyond. You shoot a round at a set distance. Practice til you achieve consistency at that distance. Get the badge for averaging seven over two rounds then move onto the next distance confident that the next distance is not beyond you. What you don’t do is keep shooting into the grass where people lose shooting time looking for your arrows. Everyone should be chasing 252 badges, its how you get better in a controlled and safe way. You can read about the 252 Award, hopefully going on to chase these badges, here and here. […]