Hereford / Bristol 1 round

[Ffish]

Can anyone explain the difference between a Hereford round and a Bristol 1 round?

From what I can gather, they're both 144 arrows, both start at 80 yards (6 Doz), and both have the same 60 and 50 yard amounts too. So why the distinction?

The only reason I ask is that I've just seen the target list for Woking Open next weekend, (Hereford / Bristol shoot) and there's a section for Bristol 1. Why?

*confused*

[GreenSteve]

have wondered the same myself
was thinking perhaps its
the Hereford is the Ladies round (next down from York for Gents)
and the Bristol 1 is a unisex round

[Tony_zelah]

I am be wrong but i always thought a Hereford was a ladies round and a Bristol 1 was a junior/ male round. Yep same distances and number of arrows at each distance

[Ffish]

Ahh - you might be along the right lines there, but from I can gather (from last years results) the York and Hereford are both senior rounds, (both sexes)and the Bristol 1 is a junior round, as there are no seniors' names on the results sheet for Bristol 1.

Which begs the question - why are there juniors doing the Hereford?

[Wrexham Exile]

yep thats spot on.

as a junior i sometimes shot a Bristol 1 on a same target as women shooting the hereford equivelent.

i think the names are just used to help distinguish at competitions that have a broad range of age groups in the jnr competition

[andrew.paterson]

Originally Posted by Ffish

Which begs the question - why are there juniors doing the Hereford?

The composition of a Bristol I and Hereford are the same, i.e. distances and arrows.

Why are there juniors doing a Hereford? Can be a number of reasons:
1. For the same reason a senior female archer shoot a York - for the challenge.
2. The U18 boys are classified as shooting a Bristol I, so do not compete directly with the Gents doing a Hereford.
3. Junior Girls that want to gain a higher level Senior classification shot the Hereford. There is a JMB girl at our club that shoots the Hereford in order to gain an adult classification. Plus, she wants to prove she can beat the adults- which she does.

[Little Miss Purple]

I shot the hereford on Friday with 3 juniors, 2 male & 1 female. I won overall by scoring more golds but the 14 year old junior had the same score - her 1st attempt