What is an 'X'

[pwiles1968]

Just a bit curious as to what an 'X' is for a compound, is it the middle circle with the light outline on a target or the Outdoor Metric 10 (second circle of three in the Yellow) when shooting a compound that is.

Also While I am asking when shooting Imperial, is a Gold any 9 point Hit (yellow area).

I am pretty sure I have the scoring bit down, Just scored my first ever round, well it was not a full round to be exact, I shot 6 doz arrows at 60 Yds (122 cm Target) and scored 560 points, guess that is Ok considering I have only been shooting compound for about 6 weeks following my recurve lessons.

[geoffretired]

I'm not 100% sure but, outdoors, compound archers score ten if they get arrows into the normal 10 zone. If the arrow is in the inner zone, it is marked as X and should there be a tie, the archer with more X's will get the higher placing.

[Judge]

Outdoors, compound archers score in exactly the same way as recurve archers. So on a metric or FITA round, the outer gold is scored as a nine. Any arrow inside the 12.2cm diameter circle (on a 122cm face) scores a 10. Arrows inside the inner inner gold 6.1cm diameter circle scores as an X. All X's are also 10's, so when you do the math, total your X's and put it in the appropriate column on your scoresheet, then add the number of 10's you have got to the number of X's and put that in the 10's column on your scoresheet. It can be very common for archers to just put the number of 10's they have in the 10's column without including the X's they also have!

Judge

[Bald Eagle]

The inner ring in the gold outdoors is an X for all disciplines, the next ring is 10 and then 9 etc. Imperial rounds score 9,7 5 3 1 for all disciplines. Only indoors do comps have their own 10 zone.

[wingate_52]

X marks the spot. Tie breaker, closest to the centre.

I was told last year at an outdoor shoot that compound X ring scores have been dropped by the GNAS, and only a 10 is scored. Is this true?

[pwiles1968]

Thanks for that, so on Imperial a Gold is in anywhere in the yellow which is why i assume it is called Gold not yellow.

[Judge]

Originally Posted by pwiles1968

Thanks for that, so on Imperial a Gold is in anywhere in the yellow which is why i assume it is called Gold not yellow.

Yes, in imperial rounds the whole of the yellow is a gold. However, sometimes confusingly for new archers, in metric rounds when claiming a 6 gold end award, the whole of the yellow is used, not just the inner gold, ie the 10 ring.

[Judge]

Originally Posted by rgsphoto

I was told last year at an outdoor shoot that compound X ring scores have been dropped by the GNAS, and only a 10 is scored. Is this true?

GNAS or imperial rounds, to the best of my knowledge have never employed the inner 10 X score. It has only been used by FITA, and it is scored by all archers, recurve longbow and compound alike.

[Little Miss Purple]

mmmm, 6 gold end.....