Just shot a double 60m 720 at Northampton this weekend (Targetcraft Archers). The weather on Saturday was a little unsettled but not too bad and I was able to beat my best 60m score by a couple of points. I had a really good start and after 3 dozen, it looked like I was on track for a 540+. But, I had a couple of bad ends and the wind started to rev up so I wasn't able to capitalize on that good start. The second day was very tricky conditions with rain in the morning and gusting wind and everyone struggled. You know it's bad weather when compounders give up! It was blowing across the field and as it was so variable, it made finding a consistent aiming point very difficult.
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After a long, tiring and wet weekend, I'm happy to say I've retained my South Yorkshire title shooting a met 2. I was really pleased with my day one as I scored 1133 which as I'm still getting used to 60m is really good. I also kept up my 100% JMB streak (7 and counting now!). A great shoot held by our friends over at Greenman and Barnsley AC - a fab, mad bunch of crazy people! Ha ha. Really proud to say I've retained my outdoor Yorkshire title after a hard weekend of shooting. They'd cancelled the NCAS Metric tournament the day before due to dangerously high winds. It was still very gusty today and I struggled to find a decent aiming point. After my first two dozen I was 40 points down on the leader and was worried it was going to slip away. But after a pep talk from mum n dad, I came out fighting and starting putting in consistent scores and the gap to first gradually grew smaller and smaller. My shoulder felt really good and my confidence grew as the day went on. At the last distance (30 yards), I only dropped 10 points over the last 24 arrows with ends of 50, 52, 52 and 52. I also managed to get my fifth JMB score out of 5 which was a major achievement in that wind! It's been another learning curve tho. NEVER GIVE UP! And concentrate only on your own arrows. There's no point worrying about other peoples scores as there is nothing you can do about them - just worry about your own. It's easy to forget that sometimes. Overall it's been an awesome weekend, shooting with great friends (hi Georgia and Catherine!) and I'm chuffed to bits as always! |
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January 2019
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