An archery competition against yourself (Challenge). You will start easy, on a 122 cm target face on 30 meters, but with every challenge it will get harder. The target faces keep getting smaller and smaller, in the end you are shooting a 10 cm target face........ at 30 meters. Till you have collected every Ribbon and Perfect Bar.
The Ribbon and Perfect Bar Challenge is a competition to get the best out of yourself. You don't shoot against an opponent, but against yourself.
Every Ribbon you can get gets harder.
You start on a 122 cm target face at 30 meters and you can keep testing yourself up to and including the 10 cm target face at 30 meters.
Youth shoots the challenge at 20 meters.
You can shoot the Perfect Bar in every Ribbon color if you shoot all 6 arrows in yellow (9 and 10) in 1 round.
You can compete with any bow, as long as it complies with WA regulations.
To participate you must be a member of a local archery club. A membership of a federation is not required.
You can only participate by pre-registration using the form below.
There is no registration possible on competition days.
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| March | 31 March - E.S.H. Da Vinci / Ogio Eindhoven Registration Closed! |
| May | 26 May - HSV Waterlandschutters Purmerend Registration Closed! |
| July | 28 July - HBS Artemis Lelystad Registration Closed! |
| September | 29 September - Haaksbergsche Schutterij Haaksbergen |
The Challenge starts at 10:00.
Administration is open for archers from 9:00.
The Challenge will end at approximately 16:00 with 2 breaks during the competition.
For all information about our competition venues and for route information, click on Our Locations . If you click on the small map, you will be send to Google Maps for route information.
Are you as a location interested? Click on With us?? for more information.
All our photos and videos taken at our competitions are posted on Flickr. If you click on our link of the Photo Gallery, you will be sent to our Flickr page.
For the score processing we make use of Ianseo. For each lane we ask an archer who is willing to install the Ianseo scorekeeper app on their phone and keep the scores for that lane.
At the end of the competition it is possible for every archer to receive their scores printed.
The first logs, Ribbons and Participation Pins
The creators and organizers of this Challenge.
vltr. Brett Sutcliffe, Evalien Sutcliffe and Derek Vredeveld.
The Ribbons and White Perfect Bar.
Wondering who's participating? Take a look at the Participants list for the next Challenge.
In 2017 Brett Sutcliffe went to New Zealand to participate in the World Masters Games. During his stay he came in contact with the Wellington Archery Association and the 600 shoot with Ribbons and Perfect Bars.
The main idea of this challenge is for every archer (beginner or advanced) to improve themselves in a competition form.
With this idea in the back of his head and with permission from the WAA Brett returned to the Netherlands.
Here Brett, Evalien, Derek and many others transformed this idea into the competition we now organize.
The objective of this Challenge is to introduce novice archers to a competition environment and thus improving their shooting technique, to build up their confidence and to increase the fun of archery.
The advanced archers can test their technique as the Challenge becomes more and more challenging.
You start for the white Ribbon on a 122 cm target face and for each following Ribbon the target faces are getting smaller.
If you shoot a round of 6 arrows in the yellow (9 and 10), you will receive the Perfect bar.
And the ultimate goal? The Challenge on a 10 cm target face.............. which is positioned at 30 meters. Are you up to it?
Have you collected all the Ribbons and Perfect Bars possible in this Challenge? Then you truly deserve the Golden Ribbon and muniment.
| 1. | No alcohol may be consumed during the competition. |
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| 2. | The competition is held according to NHB / WA regulations. Check the WA-Site for all the regulations. |
| 3. | Bows and sporting material must comply with the NHB / WA rules set out in book 3 and 4. |
| 4. | The competition is directed and supervised by a designated Referee. |
| 5. | The competition is preceded by 3 times 2 minutes test arrows. |
| 6. | During the competition, 90 counting arrows are shot in sessions of 30 arrows. |
| 7. | The breaks between the sessions are at least 15 minutes. |
| 8. | Shots are fired on time. For 6 arrows there is a time limit of 3 minutes. |
| 9. | Scores for a Ribbon are written in the logbook by the Organization. |
| 10. | A “Perfect Bar” round is checked by the referee and subsequently written into the logbook. |
| 11. | A “Perfect Bar” round requires a shooter to shoot all 6 arrows in a round in yellow (9 and 10). |
| 12. | If a shooter in a Category shoots the minimum required number of points, he will receive a Ribbon in the category's color. This allows him to move on to the next category. |
| 13. | An archer who shoots a ribbon but not a “Perfect Bar” can choose to try again to shoot the Perfect Bar in this category at the next match. He will no longer be able to get a Ribbon for the category. |
| 14. | The green ribbon is shot on a 3 spot of 20 cm. The orange ribbon is shot on a 6 spot of 10 cm. |
| 15. | The date of birth determines the age category. |
| 16. | The minimum required number of points to get a Ribbon is: a. Compound: 600 points b. Recurve: 600 points c. Barebow: 550 points d. Traditional: 500 points e. Longbow: 450 points |
| 17. | The age of 8 to 18 years applies to the Youth division. The Adults division is 18 years and older. There is no Veterans or Masters division. |
| 18. | For the youth under 10 years old, the parents are responsible for ensuring that the youth shoot safely and can shoot the entire match. |
| 19. | Youth shoot the competition from 20 meters, Adults shoot from 30 meters. |
| 20. | Youth from 12 years and older are allowed to choose whether they shoot the youth distance or the adult distance. |
| 21. | Youth reaching adult age will receive an empty logbook and will start the challenge again in the adult category. |
During our competitions the Clothing Regulations of the NHB applies
At your first entry in the Challenge you will receive a Logbook and a Competition pin. In the logbook all the Ribbons and Perfects Bar you shoot are kept up to date. If you shoot a Ribbon and/or Perfect Bar, you will receive a Ribbon and/or Perfect Bar in the color of the challenge you shot. After each competition the Ribbons and Perfect Bars which have been shot that day are handed out. ATTENTION! We don't send Ribbons and Perfect bars by mail.
To participate in this Challenge you must be a member of an archery club. A membership of a federation is not required.
The Target distance for adults is 30 meters. For Youth the distance is 20 meters. The Ribbons in the order you will shoot them:
| Ribbon | Targetface |
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| White | 122 cm (Compound and Recurve 5 ring 122 cm) |
| Blue | 80 cm (Compound and Recurve 6 ring 80 cm) |
| Red | 60 cm (Each archer their own targetface) |
| Yellow | 40 cm (Each archer their own targetface) |
| Green | 20 cm 3 spot (Each archer their own targetface) |
| Orange | 10 cm 6 spot (Each archer their own targetface) |
To receive a Ribbon, you must shoot the reguired minimum points in your bow class:
Compound: 600 points
Recurve: 600 points
Barebow: 550 points
Traditional Bow: 500 points
Longbow: 450 points
If you want to participate in multiple bow classes is that possible.
You can do this by selecting a different bow class on the entry form.
The first time you enter in a different bow class costs € 2,50 extra. For this you will receive a empty logbook for the new bow class you are entering.
Are you a novice archer and this will be your first major competition? Then read this information, because it will help you.
When everbody has finished their shooting of a round, the points will be called. Remember that it is not allowed to touch any arrows and target faces, until all the arrows are called and written down.
This compatition is shot by the timer. Voor each arrow an archer gets 30 seconds, so a shooting round of 6 arrows lasts 3 minutes (180 seconds). This is annouced by sound signals. 1 beep means that shooting can commence, 2 beeps means changing of archers (no shooting allowed) and 3 beeps means that the shooting round is over and scoring can be noted (no shooting allowed).
Please read the rules, regulations and clothing regulations. If you want to know everything, read book 2 and 3 from the World Archery Regulations (See Regulations or External Links for the link). If you read all of this there will not be any suprises for you on the competition day.
If after this, you still have questions, please contact me at: derek@ribbonchallenge.nl and I will try to answer your questions.
This competition (Challenge) is being orginized by DJV Arrows (Derek Vredeveld), Evalien Sutcliffe and Brett Sutcliffe. We are doing this with the help of a number of volunteers who help us on the competition days.
The first competition you enter costs € 17,50.
On the competition day you will receive a competition pin and your logbook.
All the following competitions you enter costs € 10,00.
Participation in a different bow class will cost the first time € 12,50.
You will receive a new logbook for the new bow class you are entering.
Have you lost something? No worries, you can request everything again (Ribbons, Perfect Bars, Logbook, Competition pin). Unfortunately we have to charge € 7,50 for competition pins and Perfect Bars. For Logbooks and Ribbons we charge € 2,50.
Please contact Derek Vredeveld via:
derek@ribbonchallenge.nl
organisatie@ribbonchallenge.nl
If you are interested as a location to host this Challenge, check the page WITH US??
(c) Copyright 2021 Derek Vredeveld
All the texts, illustrations and images on this website are protected by copyright.
It is not permitted to copy, distribute or otherwise make public or use of the texts, illustrations or images on this website without written permission.
(c) Copyright 2020 Brett Sutcliffe.
The Ribbon and Perfect Bar Challenge and all associated documents, designs, targetfaces and pins are copyrighted by the authors and organizers. Brett Sutcliffe, Bootmine (Ruben Kuijpers) en DJV Arrows (Derek Vredeveld).
No part of the Challenge may be copied, organized or otherwise released without written permission from the authors.
Entering the competition is at your own risk. The organization cannot be held liable for damage to and/or loss of the archers equipment.
This Challenge uses goats and target suits provided by the venue. The organization cannot be held responsible for damage caused by the target suits and/or goats. Complaints about this should be directed to the venue.
The organization of the Challenge and/or the administrator of this site are not liable for the consequences of any errors on this site.
This site contains links to external websites. The organization and website administrator have no influence on the correctness of the content of these external links.
The information you provide will only be used for the organization of the Challenge and for keeping track of the Ribbons and Perfect Bars achieved.
Photos and Videos taken during competitions are used by the organization for promotional purposes. This can be on Social Media channels such as Facebook.
You will not receive any other emails from the organization or from DJV Arrows than those that apply to the next match.
If you do not participate in the challenge for a year, your data will be deleted.
NHB (Dutch Handboog bond) Handboogsport.nl
World Archery reglementen Nederlands Reglementen
World Archery regulations Englisch Regulations
Boogwereld Boogwereld.nl
Pins Passion www.pinspassion.nl 
Bootmine|Boo(s)ting digital https://bootmine.com/nl 
ASC Archery Webshop www.archerywebshop.com
Click on the small maps to be send trough to Google Maps for route information
| Amazonenlaan 4 5631 KW Eindhoven Website Maximum number of Archers: 60 Cash BankCards |
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| Westerweg 56 B 1445 AD Purmerend Website Maximum number of Archers: 80 Cash BankCards |
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| Larserringweg 25 8219 PX Lelystad Website Maximum number of Archers: 52 Cash BankCards |
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| Scholtenhagenweg 40 B 7481 VP Haaksbergen Website Maximum number of Archers: 80 Cash BankCards |
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