SCAS or Southern Counties Archery Society is the umbrella organisation which includes amongst its members Kent, Essex, Sussex and our own County of London to which 2020 Archery is a member. For a full list of counties and other info about SCAS you can check here. This year they held their indoor championship at the K2 centre in Crawley.
The day started with what is fast becoming the usual routine on a competition day. I picked up Richard (TheAgeingArcher) before setting off to the venue.
The venue was ... very nice. It was effectively a sports centre in its own right. The facilities included a climbing wall, gym, swimming pool, climbing wall, running track, squash courts, halls, conference rooms and its own car park. This would definitely be a place I would like to come back to ... if only they had more parking spaces. Fortunately, I arrived just in time to occupy the the last space in their overspill area. Phew.
Once we figured out where we were meant to go we spotted something which always brings a smile to my face ... a t-shirt vendor selling custom shirts for the event.
Front view
Back view
hose of you with keen eyes will see that the back panel is a list of all registered competitors. Unfortunately they didn't have this in red. There were other stickers and logos available. You could choose what you wanted and where you wanted them on the shirt.
After buying our first trinket of the day we booked in and set up. At this point we started getting worried that Jeff still hadn't appeared. We got even more worried once we started making our way into the hall and were about to assemble. Richard informed the judges that we were short an archer but that he was on his way. They said that as long as he turned up and was ready to shoot by the time the competition started (ie missing the sighter ends) then he could still compete ... he arrived just in time to set up and start scoring. Don't do it again Jeff!
Jeff ...
Speaking of judges, we bumped into Steve Vallis again. He remembered us ... that's always a good sign ... I think.
Anyway, the actual competition didn't go too badly. I only managed 501 but I knew I was still a bit rusty and in need of more range time. Richard managed 550 which equalled his best competition score. He might have got 552 if his penultimate arrow hadn't coincided with his long rod falling off ...
Anyone seen my long rod?
With the competition over, all that was left to do was buy one last trinket ... a red zip up hoodie. Unfortunately, they didn't have any at the stall but I could order one for delivery. Yay!
Next competition ... Sutton Bowmen charity shoot 2014.
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