This free archery scoreboard is a live scoreboard you can open on any phone or laptop at the side of the game. It runs fully in your browser, needs no app download and no sign-up, and both teams can see the same clear score at a glance. It is made for coaches, scorers and players who want a scoreboard that just works, without hunting through menus while the game goes on.
To use it, type the two team or player names at the top, then tap the buttons as the game happens. The score updates at once, and the running log below the scoreboard keeps a plain record of every change, so a disputed point can be checked in seconds. If you tap the wrong button, press Undo to step back one move, and press Reset only when a new game starts.
The scoreboard follows archery ends and set points. Each end has three or six arrows, and every arrow scores from zero for a miss up to ten for the inner gold, with an X counting as ten. After both archers finish an end, the higher end total wins two set points, and a tied end gives one set point each. The board keeps the end totals, the running arrow totals and the set points side by side, so a coach can see at once whether a match is being won on accuracy or on consistency.
For example, arrows of ten, ten and nine add up to twenty-nine for the end, and a six-arrow end of tens adds up to sixty. If one archer ends on twenty-nine and the other on twenty-seven, the first archer takes two set points. If both end on twenty-eight, each takes one set point, and the match stays level.
Reading the scoreboard is simple: the big numbers are the current score, and the smaller lines show the detail behind them, such as frames, ends or rounds already played. Keep the phone or tablet where both teams can see it, and call the score out loud after each change, because a visible scoreboard ends most arguments before they start.
Enter arrows in the order they were shot, and close an end only when it holds the full three or six arrows, because a half-entered end gives a false set result. Keep the other archer waiting until the end is closed, and check the set points after every end so a scoring slip is caught early.
A common mistake is letting one person keep score in their head while the board stays out of date. Update the board at once, after every point, and check it against the other scorer at natural breaks, such as between frames, ends or rounds. If the two records disagree, stop and agree on the last point both sides remember, then carry on from there, because a scoreboard both sides trust matters more than a fast one.
Over a season, a simple scoreboard habit pays off in more ways than one. Players learn to check the score before arguing a call, coaches spot patterns such as slow starts or lost leads, and organisers can run more games in a day because less time goes to disputes. Save a note of the final score after each game, and after a few weeks you will have a fair record of form that no memory can match.
This scoreboard is free to use as often as you like, for practice games, league matches and tournaments alike. Try it with your own teams now, and come back whenever you need a clear score that everyone can see. Keep the link saved on the home screen of the phone you take to games, so the board is one tap away when the match starts and nobody has to search for it.