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Clout Archery

Clout archery is a long-distance archery discipline. Instead of a normal target face, arrows are shot toward a distant flag with ground scoring zones; distance judgement, trajectory, wind and range safety are central.

LevelVariant FamilyArchery Family CategoryPrecision sport

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Classification

Category Precision sport

Family Archery Family

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Long-distance archery toward a flag and ground scoring zones.

Geeignet für Suitable for archers who want distance, wind and trajectory rather than a target-centre face.

Cost Medium: club course/range, bow, arrows and safety gear; clout fields are the bottleneck. Club fees, arrows, event fees, travel and range access. Archery club with clout offer or national clout/Archery GB structure. World Archery lists clout as an additional discipline not recognised in the WA rulebook.

First progress Base archery technique helps; clout distance control takes experience.

Fitness level low to medium

Was du brauchst

bow
arrows
armguard
flag/scoring zones
large safety field
range supervision

First steps

take archery basics
find clout club
confirm safety field
practise shorter distance
learn wind and elevation

Archery club, Archery GB/national-federation club, clout event or supervised range.

Only on approved large fields with range commands, clear shooting direction and closed landing zone.

Weitere Angaben

Tags clout-archery, archery, long-distance, flag-target, precision-sport, bogensport-familie, praezisionssport, clout-shooting

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Place arrows as close as possible to the clout flag/centre.

Teilnehmer

Archers individually or in groups.

Teamgröße

Individual or club/team scoring by event.

Spielfeld

Large outdoor range with flag, scoring zones, shooting line and overshoot safety.

Dauer

Rounds/ends by local or national rules.

Wertung

Points by arrow distance from the flag/centre.

Gewinnbedingung

Highest score after rounds.

Ausrüstung

bow
arrows
flag
markers
safety field

Wichtige Regelpunkte

shot outside command
safety area breach
wrong distance
equipment violation

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Disciplines World Archery · discipline-guide · high
How to shoot Clout Archery GB · beginner-guide · high
Clout Archery Basics Sussex County Archery Association · club-guide-pdf · medium
National Clout Championships Archery GB · event-page · high