Twenty-two archers competed in the first event for the prize of a silver arrow.
The original silver arrow is held at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds.
The Antient Scorton Silver Arrow claims to be the oldest sporting event still running.
Several other sporting events claim to have been running for longer than the Antient Scorton Silver Arrow, notably the Papingo shoot at Kilwinning[4] and the Kiplingcotes Derby Horserace.
[5] They may well be correct, but reliable records of these events do not go back as far as those of the Scorton Arrow.