Badges and awards are great recognition of an archer's growth! Part of the joy in archery is the personal challenge to improve your scores, through lots of practice and experience. Look here for all the different badges/awards you might be eligible for and how to claim them!
Internal Badges
CUB recognises the importance of rewarding our archers' progress and improvement and try to do this with a variety of different badges. Read on to see may be relevant to you.
CUB Badges
The CUB badges award steady improvement in scores from beginner all the way to highly advanced archer and are designed to bridge the gap between classifications and other awards.
They may be obtained from the club Records Officer upon presentation of a qualifying score shot in competition or on an official club target day. Badges cost £2 and may be back claimed - you should claim first for the score you achieve.
The scheme was developed by Jack Atkinson and designed to be fair and comparable across all bowstyles, competition types and rounds. Note that the following scores are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license to Jack Atkinson and CUB.
| Round | White | Black | Blue | Red | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth | 338 | 446 | 514 | 541 | 559 |
| WA18 (Full Face) | 228 | 361 | 514 | 541 | 559 |
| WA18 (3-spot) | 141 | 280 | 433 | 493 | 526 |
| Bray I | 111 | 178 | 228 | 249 | 262 |
| Worcester | 126 | 195 | 244 | 264 | 277 |
| WA 1440 | 205 | 508 | 873 | 1037 | 1141 |
| WA 720 | 41 | 165 | 374 | 477 | 541 |
| Hereford | 139 | 417 | 780 | 952 | 1061 |
| Windsor | 245 | 519 | 743 | 828 | 881 |
| Albion | 134 | 366 | 629 | 746 | 819 |
| National | 109 | 287 | 459 | 526 | 568 |
| Warwick | 80 | 201 | 312 | 355 | 382 |
| Western | 159 | 402 | 625 | 710 | 764 |
| WA Field 24 Unmarked/Marked/Mixed | 103 | 210 | 254 | 275 | 296 |
252 Badges
The 252 scheme encourages archers to shoot longer distances outdoors by providing a target at increasing distances and recognition of an archers ability to reach these. Archers are encouraged to keep pushing themselves on increasing distance and claiming new badges. The distance relevant for each badge colour is as listed:
- Green: 20 yards
- White: 30 yards
- Black: 40 yards
- Blue: 50 yards
- Red: 60 yards
- Yellow: 80 yards
- Purple: 100 yards
To obtain a 252 badge, an archer must obtain the score relevant to their bowstyle (see table below), with 3 dozen arrows on a 122cm face using 5-zone scoring. The round can be shot on any shooting session and is encouraged within regular practice sessions. However, scorecards must be dated and witnessed with the relevant distance recorded. Badges can be back-claimed, though only one badge can be claimed per scorecard.
| Bowstyle | Score |
|---|---|
| Recurve | 252 |
| Barebow | 162 |
| Longbow | 108 |
| Compound | 288 |
WA Arrow Awards
The WA arrow awards offer all archers, especially beginneres a guided path to improve their overall archery. Each badge has four components to it including shooting ability, shooting form/technique, general archer know-how and equipment skills. As archers progress along the scheme and claim each badge they will progress from a beginner archer just starting out to an experienced archer capable of maintaining all of their equipment, shooting high scores with good form and confident in their knowledge of the archery field.
To claim a badge, print the corresponding scoresheet and get a committee member to sign off each box as you achieve them. A badge can be claimed for £3 from the Records Officer.
More general information on the scheme is available from World Archery here, or you can read the manual here, while the scoresheets for each level are available below.
External Badges
CUB isn't the only ones handing out badges -- other archery bodies also reward hard work and progress by the distribution of shiny awards!
We've listed some that are likely to be relevant to our archers here, but there might be more featured on each governing body's website. Feel free to reach out to the Records Officer if you need help finding information on a specific award.
TOUCAN Badges
These can be claimed from the League organiser following any TOUCAN or BUCS event. They cost £2 each and can be back claimed, but you should first claim for the score level achieved. The scores required for the TOUCAN badges indoors on a Portsmouth Round are as follows:
| Bowstyle | White | Black | Blue | Red | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recurve | 331 | 399 | 454 | 496 | 553 |
| Barebow | 276 | 336 | 391 | 437 | 505 |
| Longbow | 84 | 123 | 174 | 235 | 364 |
| Compound | 449 | 491 | 521 | 541 | 566 |
TOUCAN Badges can also be claimed outdoors. The appropriate scores, gents shooting a St. George, ladies shooting an Albion, or the appropriate WA1440 round can be found on the TOUCAN League official website.
There is also a purple TOUCAN badge. These are awarded for exceptional contributions to student archery, TOUCAN, or a club, and are presented at the TOUCAN ball each year.
WA Star
The WA Star awards are run by World Archery. WA Stars can be claimed at any WA 1440 round of World Record Status for Recurve and Compound archers. To do so, complete a form at the end of the tournament. The scores for the WA Star awards are as follows:
| Award | Score |
|---|---|
| Star | 1000 |
| Black Star | 1100 |
| Blue Star | 1200 |
| Red Star | 1300 |
| Gold Star | 1350 |
| Purple Star | 1400 |
WA Target Awards
The WA Target awards are run by World Archery and awarded for rounds other than the WA 1440.
WA Target Awards can be claimed at any WA round of World Record Status. To do so, complete a form at the end of the tournament. The scores for the WA Target awards are the same for both recurve and compound and are as follows:
| Round | White | Black | Blue | Red | Gold | Purple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72-arrow 70m | 500 | 550 | 600 | 650 | 675 | 700 |
| WA 900 | 750 | 800 | 830 | 860 | 875 | 890 |
| 60-arrow 25m | 500 | 525 | 550 | 575 | 585 | 595 |
| 60-arrow 18m | 500 | 525 | 550 | 575 | 585 | 595 |
English Crosses
The English Crosses are run by Archery England (formerly EAF or English Archery Federation).
English Crosses can be claimed at any WA 1440 round of UK or World Record Status shot in England. To do so complete the form found here and send it to Archery England at crosses@archeryengland.org. The scores for the English Crosses are as follows:
| Bowstyle | Green | White | Black | Blue | Red | Gold | Purple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recurve | 850 | 950 | 1050 | 1150 | 1225 | 1275 | 1325 |
| Barebow | 450 | 550 | 650 | 750 | 850 | 950 | 1025 |
| Longbow | 250 | 350 | 450 | 525 | 600 | 650 | 700 |
| Compound | - | 950 | 1050 | 1150 | 1250 | 1350 | 1400 |
Rose Awards
Rose awards are run by Archery GB. In 1844, the first Grand National Meeting was held at York, where they shot a 12 dozen round now known as the York Round. The award given was the White Rose of Yorkshire, which is where the Rose awards come from.
Rose awards can be claimed at any York, Hereford or Bristols I-V tournament has both UK Record status and Rose Award status. Claims can be made at the event by filling out a form at the end of the competition. Awards are made for gentlemen shooting the York round, and ladies the Hereford. The scores for the Rose awards are as follows.
Rose awards cannot be back-claimed, but if you achieve a score for a particular colour Rose that you have already claimed, you can choose to use that score for one of the lower Roses that you haven't claimed instead.
| Bowstyle | White | Black | Blue | Red | Gold | Purple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recurve | 800 | 900 | 1000 | 1100 | 1200 | 1250 |
| Barebow | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
| Longbow | 225 | 300 | 375 | 450 | 525 | 600 |
| Compound | 800 | 900 | 1000 | 1100 | 1200 | 1250 |
WA Arrowhead
WA Arrowhead Badges can be claimed by recurve, barebow and compound archers shooting the WA Arrowhead field archery round at tournaments with a WA Award Status by filling out a form at the end of the competition. The scores required for the badge at a 24 target round are as follows:
| Bowstyle | Green | Brown | Grey | Black | White | Silver | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recurve | 196 | 227 | 249 | 279 | 302 | 323 | 339 |
| Barebow | 182 | 198 | 226 | 250 | 275 | 299 | 312 |
| Compound | 275 | 301 | 318 | 338 | 357 | 377 | 388 |
Blues
The Blues awards are the highest level of recognition for Cambridge University sporting achievements. They award exceptional performance, but specifically exceptional performance within the university setting and dedication and hard work towards your sport.
Archery is a Half-Blue sport, meaning at the end of the year the outgoing captain can choose to award Half-Blues at their discretion to athletes that they feel are worthy of the award.
In addition to performance the captain will also take in to account the Six Blues’ Criteria as set out by the Blues Committees. These are the athlete’s:
- Ability
- Excellence
- Effort
- Determination
- Overall contribution to the sport
- Contribution to the result against Oxford
In more concrete terms, an archer can be awarded a Half Blue if they fulfill ALL 3 of the criteria below in a single academic year. Note that all classification terms are based on AGB standards. More information about classifications can be found here.
For truly exceptional athletes it is possible to obtain a Full Blue award at the Captain's discretion. These award performance on a national level by athletes in the university setting.
Specifically, an archer can achieve a Full Blue award if they fulfill all Half Blue criteria AND the following criterion in a single academic year:
All Blues related criteria specified above are correct as of May 2026. Please contact the Captain or Records Officer if you suspect these are out of date.