Clout archery

Clout archery is a form of archery in which archers shoot arrows at a flag (known as "the Clout") from a relatively long distance and score points depending on how close each arrow lands to the flag.

An arrow embedded in the flag pole is counted as being in the highest scoring zone.

A designated person collects the arrows in each zone, sorts them into sets, and lays them on the ground.

Each archer in turn points to his or her arrows and calls out the scores in descending order.

Tournaments typically consist of a double clout round, in which a total of six dozen arrows is shot.

2 rounds of 36 arrows in 12 ends of 3 are shot to make a 'Double Clout Round' At the Woodmen of Arden's traditional shoots, the 'marker' at the target end steps from behind his screen, lies on his back and waves his top hat in the air to signify that a clout has been scored.

The information in this section is drawn from Book 5 Miscellaneous of the WA Constitution and Rules.

(WA 2008) Flags are set at specified distances for combinations of gender and bow type.

Small flags are placed on each side of the clout at 1.5 m (5 feet) intervals, so that the archers can see where the outer edges of the even-numbered scoring zones are.

The flags are colored as (from the centre), gold, red, blue, black and white (i.e. the colours of an archery target).