Colours

A team game that requires both speed and accuracy.

Equipment

• One 80cm FITA style target face per team, mounted on a butt and stand.
• Each archer has 6 arrows.

Game Details

• Archers are divided into teams, each archer having 6 arrows. I advise no more than 6 archers in a team otherwise there is a strong possibility of arrow damage.
• One archer from each team shoots up to three arrows at the white ring of their target. If they hit it, they then withdraw from the shooting line (even if they have not shot all three arrows) and the next member of the team steps up to the shooting line and aims for the black.
• When the black is hit, the next archer steps to the line and aims for the blue.
• The game continues until the team has hit all the colours in order from white to gold and then from gold to white.
• If an archer misses the colour having shot three arrows, the next archer will continue to aim for that colour.
• During the game, as soon as all the archers have shot twice each (6 arrows), then "Fast" is called and the game is paused so the archers can retrieve their arrows from the targets. The game then continues with the next archer to shoot.
• The winning team is the first to go from white to gold and then gold back to white.
• If a team member is unsure where their arrow has landed (e.g. very near the line between two rings), then they can alert the range captain who will shout "Fast". All shooting stops immediately whilst the range captain checks the position of the arrow. If the arrow cuts the line, it is the higher scoring colour that counts. The range captain then resumes the game.

Variations 
Speed Colours

• When an archer in the team hits a colour, they continue to the next colour (assuming they have any arrows left). The team attempts to get from white to gold and back again as quickly as possible.
• The first team to have all their archers shoot twice calls "Fast" and the game is immediately paused and all the other teams must stop shooting. Arrows are collected and the game resumes.
• The winning team is the first to go from white to gold and then gold back to white.

Individual Colours

• Although colours is a team game, there is no reason why it can't be played individually.
• Each archer shoots six arrows, beginning with the white, then black etc.
• An archer can only go for the next colour once the previous one has been hit.
• As soon as an archer has shot all 6 arrows, they shout "Fast" and everyone else must stop shooting even if they have not shot all their arrows.
• Arrows are collected and the game resumes.
• The first archer to go from white to gold and then gold back to white is the winner.

Game courtesy of www.blackcatarchery.com