Yesteday was not too bad as far as shooting was concerned. Well, let's try that again. I did not shoot yesterday. I had been out on a walk as a walk leader, got back home had some late lunch, & waited for My Good Lady to finish watching her TV program. I did what I do best when waiting for her...I went to sleep. Somewhere between 4-5 in the evening. I came around to see another program ending. I was then asked "When are we going to the club?" I did intend shooting, for indoor practice but as it was so late, I thought "No way". The chill factor of the wind was not to my taste although the readout in the car stated 16degrees mild for this time of the year. The sky looked very heavy with low cloud, another reason to not shoot. Well, we got to the club to find quite a few archers down there. just as well, we needed the money for tomorrows Fish'n chips shoot. I sat & talked with various members whilst Carol collected the money. Next thing I knew, she was on scoring duty for a couple of ladies who are trying to get their indoor handicaps for when we start at the end of October. It was getting on in the evening & there were still two targets in use. OK, shooting at a target at 20yds perhaps is no big deal, but for accuracy? The mind boggles. Well, they are junior archers shooting long-bow, but even so, ...

Here's a few pictures from the 2005 Fun shoot . It was a cold one allright, snow & wind but we enjoyed it


 

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had a good day on today. 6hrs of archery coaching to the untried...never had a go but want to do it again. We must have had 37 folks shooting. Makes me glad I packed up work & get paid for doing that which I enjoy

We went to Wingfield, near Chesterfield today, LNER archey club held a 50/50 shoot. That is 50 arrows @50mtrs, 10-zone scoring & 50 arrows @ 50yds, 5-zone scoring . I did not do very well at 50mtrs, in fact, I WAS LOUSY. I scored well under 350 I can't remember what it was, but it wasn't good. At the 50yd mark, I did get 2 5-Gold ends (The end consists of 5 arrows in this shoot) this was much better. I do not understand how such a great difference of performance can be affected by such a short difference of distance. However there you go.
I did manage to claw back quite a few points, but not enough, I ended with a score of 785 (I think).

What was/is my problem? I could blame my equipment, but I should look to myself first. Yes, equipment does come into it, I think I should have shot my old ACC's, & not my new Tripples. The Tripple/Bow combination has not realy been tuned in: my fault I have also discovered that I have started to move my arm in an upward direction with a touch of side movement away from my face. NOT GOOD this will interfere with arrow flight. Another point to ponder; am I concentrating enough, or am I just letting go when I'm in the Gold, & trusting to luck???
Time will tell, I'll just have to wait & see

I had an e-mail from Glen the other day telling me of his progress so far. Things are looking good. see below


7thth August 2006: EUROPEAN JUNIOR CUP – 2nd Leg in Prague, Czech
Glen Croft representing Great Britain came 30 out of 61.
GB SQUAD UPDATE: After achieving the necessary qualifying scores and attending a selection shoot, I am pleased to inform that Glen Croft is following in his brother’s footsteps and has been selected to represent Great Britain in the 2006 Junior World Championships, These will be held in Mexico in October.
The next is an add to his mail
I am also pleased to announce that Glen is one of fourteen GB Juniors to be selected on to the GNAS World Class Development Programme 2012, this includes training and funding.

18thrd July 2006: EUROPEAN JUNIOR CUP – 1ST Leg in Whyl, Germany.
Glen Croft representing Great Britain came 35 out of 54 achieving a personal best of 1262 in the Ladies FITA ranking round.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – Glen Croft 1st place & National Champion
ACHIEVEMENTS: Glen has achieved the ranking of a junior master bowman and a master bowman this year.
Glen has not said that he is going to Mexico in October
If you want to keep up with the teams progress take a look here

http://invite.filmloop.com/x?3i5-LCPvo-w1LbfEqIvXaOEpTAcd0JAK Take a look at this one.
A story in pictures, saved a lot of typing

You know who we are, so there's no need to tell you. Why have I posted these pic's? 'Cos I'm trying out the various things I can/can't do here

Just opened a google account for archery related items, mainly BBA... Pickies & things. Hence the title.I'll not be in here evey day, but I'll be posting this 'n'that as & when it occures.
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