The sheriff decides to trap him with an archery contest, where the prizes would be arrows with golden and silver heads.
Robin decides to compete, despite a warning from David of Doncaster that it is a trap, though he does order the Merry Men to attend in great number and disguised.
[5] Other variants are more closely related to the older contest included in A Gest of Robyn Hode, where they are recognized and must fight free.
The event also appears in the animated Disney film, with the prizes instead being a golden arrow and a kiss from Maid Marian.
The event also appears in the computer game Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood, where the player, as Robin Hood, can win a golden arrow in an archery contest, thereby adding its value (15000 marks) to a ransom to free Richard the Lionheart from prison abroad.