Archery competitions that hit the mark every time
PlayMetric manages scoring rounds, elimination brackets, and target assignments so you can focus on running a world-class shoot — not chasing scorecards.
Sound familiar?
Running archery competitions shouldn't be this hard
Scorecard collection and data entry takes hours
Collecting paper scorecards from dozens of targets, manually entering arrow scores, and verifying totals against written records is tedious, slow, and prone to transcription errors.
Target and boss assignments are a headache
Assigning archers to target bosses across multiple distances, ensuring balanced groups, and managing shooting line rotations requires careful planning that spreadsheets handle poorly.
Transitioning from ranking round to elimination matches is clunky
Seeding archers from qualification scores into head-to-head elimination brackets — with set-based scoring and shoot-offs — requires manual reconfiguration mid-event.
How it works
Three steps to a better competition
Configure your competition format
Set up bow divisions — recurve, compound, barebow — and distance categories. Define the scoring round format, number of ends, and arrows per end. PlayMetric assigns target bosses automatically.
Archers register with their details
Share a registration link. Archers sign up with their bow type, division, and club. Target boss and shooting detail assignments are generated before the event.
Score ends and run elimination matches
Enter arrow scores by end. PlayMetric calculates totals, ranks archers after qualification, seeds elimination brackets, and manages set-play scoring through to gold medal matches.
Formats
Every archery format, covered
Qualification Round + Elimination Matches
The standard World Archery format. Archers shoot a qualification round for seeding, then compete in head-to-head elimination matches with set-based scoring through to the final.
Qualification Round Only
Archers shoot a set number of ends at specified distances. Final ranking by total score. Common for club-level competitions, postal shoots, and record-status events.
Field Archery
Archers move through a course shooting at targets at varying distances and angles. Scores are tallied across all targets for final placement.
Team Round
Teams of three archers shoot alternately under time pressure. Team scores determine bracket advancement. Used at World Archery and Olympic-format events.
Built for archery organisers
Whether you're running a local club night or a regional championship, PlayMetric adapts to how you organise archery.
- Club championship shoots — Local archery clubs running qualification-round competitions for 20-60 archers across recurve, compound, and barebow divisions at their home range.
- State and national championship events — Federation-level competitions with qualification rounds followed by Olympic-format elimination matches, running over multiple days at dedicated archery venues.
- Field archery and 3D events — Outdoor course-based competitions where archers move between stations, shooting at targets at varied distances and elevations across natural terrain.
No app install. No special hardware. Just a browser.
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