E-LEAGUE
WHAT IS E-LEAGUE?
Currently in its third iteration, the E-League is a virtual competition for UK students in which novice and experienced recurve, barebow, compound and longbow archers submit scores in order to win league points. E-League has existed since 2002, with brief breaks and major improvements made between 2004 and 2005, and again in 2019.
The current format allows any archer at a UK university to compete against each other virtually over the indoor season. Archers shoot Portsmouth scores (rounds 1-4) and WA18 scores (round 5) under competition conditions in order to see who scores the highest.League points are awarded to the top 20 ranked archers and teams, with the archer/team placed 1st receiving 20 points, those in 2nd receiving 19 points and so on until 20th place receives 1 point.
After each round, league points are summed together and the archer or team with the most points at the end of the E-League Season is crowned the winner!Both experienced and novice team awards are available for recurve, barebow and longbow archers, with a combined experienced team award given to compound archers.
WHEN DOES E-LEAGUE TAKE PLACE?
The E-League runs every year in line with the academic year indoor season. There are five rounds in total:
Round 1 = September - October
Round 2 = November
Round 3 = December - January
Round 4 = February
Round 5 = March
See the Rules & Regs page for exact timing details for this seasons competition.
HOW DO I ENTER?
Entries for E-League are managed by a designated representative at your university archery club. This is usually the tournament officer, or a different member of committee.
If you are your clubs' tournament officer, you can find the sign-up link at the top of the current seasons' page! Once you have signed-up, you will receive a link to a Google Sheet which is used to collect your teams monthly scores.
If you are an archer at a university without an archery club, feel free to get in touch and we can work out a way for you to take part!
Photo credits: Malcolm Rees