Welcome
Archery Geekery is an occasional blog about topics related to the mathematical, statistical aspects of archery, Everything from handicaps and classifications, to records and visualisation. This site was originally created as the development environment for the offcial ArcheryGB Handicap and Classification tables, and now hosts some tools for creating of handicap and classification tables, and a quick calculator, but more content and tools will appear all the time.
Recent Posts
- How Does the Olympic Archery Quota System Work?
- Modelling Archery Awards Ceremony Structures
- UK Indoor Archery Rounds – The Finer Details
- Overview of the New Indoor Handicap and Classification Systems
- Master Bowman Tier Classification Claim Validator
- Beginner’s Series: Part 3 – Outdoor Classifications
- Beginner’s Series: Part 2 – Handicaps
- Beginners Series: Part 1 – Rounds
Recent Articles
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Overview of the new 2023 classification system
The new UK archery classification is a significant change compared to the previous system. Let’s take a look at the what’s new – Classification Levels Old System New System 3rd Class2nd Class1st ClassBowman / Junior BowmanMaster Bowman / Junior BowmanGrand Master Bowman Archer 3rd ClassArcher 2nd ClassArcher 1st ClassBowman 3rd ClassBowman 2nd ClassBowman 1st ClassMaster…
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Understanding the new ArcheryGB Age Groups
In October 2022, ArcheryGB changed the standard age-groups that are used for target archery in the UK. The 5 previous age groups were supplemented by 3 new age groups bringing the total to 8. The addition of the 50+ and Under 21 groups brings the UK in line with the standard World Archery age groups.…