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
- Analysing the point gain from thicker arrows
- 720 vs 660 round comparison
- Handicap System Maths
- 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
Recent Articles
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What is in a (round) name? Why one person’s Albion is another’s Long Windsor
Note: This article previously featured the equivalency of Albions and Long Windsors prominently. After a recent AGB decision, Albion is now the preferred name for all categories of archer, so classification tables now reflect that. For now, both round names are still listed in the Rules of Shooting, but the reference has been removed from…
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Raw Data for the New Handicap and Classification Systems
This article is aimed at fellow archery geeks who are interested in the data behind the new handicap and classification systems. For non-geeks, this data is much more accessibly presented in the official tables, available from ArcheryGB, or from the links at the top of this page. One of the key principles of the new…
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A Graphical Look at the new Classification System
The 2023 release of the ArcheryGB classification system is the biggest change for some time. In total, the new system contains 18,479 individual scores across all the different categories and bowstyles, and with that many individual values it’s hard to fully appreciate the structure of the system. Luckily, we don’t need to try and visualise…
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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.…