BLBS Clout
The British Long-Bow Society has its own form of clout shooting. The Society restricts the archers to the use of English longbows and wooden arrows.
Ladies shoot 120 yards (110 m), gentlemen 180 yards (160 m). BLBS clouts are generally two-way.
The target is 30in diameter, white, resting on a frame at 45 degrees to the ground with a 4in central black spot. Concentric rings are marked at 30in, 4 feet, 7 feet, 10 feet (3.0 m) and 13 feet (4.0 m) from the centre.
Scoring is 6 for a clout, down to 1 for the outside ring. 2 rounds of 36 arrows in 3 ends of 12 are shot to make a 'Double Clout Round'
At the Woodmen of Arden's traditional shoots, the 'marker' at the target end steps from behind his screen, lies on his back and waves his top hat in the air to signify that a clout has been scored.
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Famous quotes containing the word clout:
“Still we live meanly, like ants; though the fable tells us that we were long ago changed into men; like pygmies we fight with cranes; it is error upon error, and clout upon clout, and our best virtue has for its occasion a superfluous and evitable wretchedness. Our life is frittered away by detail.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)