Fiddle me this!

Well, Last night was my last practice before the next comp.  Myself, Richard (The Ageing Archer) and Ray will be competing in the Hertfordshire Archery Association Indoor County & Open Championship.  Another weekend another comp.  I'm beginning to like this!

So the session started as most do, build the range, chat to fellow archers and then send some sighters down range.  After sending 9 sighters down range I decide that things are not quite right and change sight marks .... Nothing unusual there.  

I then spend the rest of the evening changing the sights in the pursuit of perfection.  In the end with 15mins to go till the end of the session I realise that the sight marks are back to where I had them when I shot my first sighters!  D'oh!  If that wasn't a lesson in not fiddling between ends then I don't know what is!

All in all, if I can settle down my nerves and don't let missed arrows get the better of me I should be set for some good results.

On a positive note ... Richard is now happy with his bow and set up.  I think he's set to bring home the bacon/beef/sushi (delete as applicable).

Middlesex County Archer Association Indoor Championship - Pt1

Here we go again.  Another weekend another competition.  This time its the MCAA indoor championship. And no FITA triple spot. YAY! It's a Portsmouth round.  60 arrows and a 60cm target at 20 yards.  We know how to deal with these ones.  My buddy The Ageing Archer  will also be attending.  He's been known to shoot 560+ so this should be right up his alley.  Personally, my PB is only 548.  If I can get near that I'll be happy.

I've looked at the target list and seen quite a few archers from Aquarius.  I've heard they are some really good archers ... they've sent their best archer and their club champion!  

Arrows start flying at 3.00pm

Chinese New Year

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR - Gung Hei Faat Choi!

I hope the Year of the Horse brings good fortune and prosperity for everyone!

Hopefully, some of that will rub off into my archery. I have a competition tomorrow so I'm gonna need it.  It's the Middlesex County Indoor Championship at Meadhurst Sports Club.  We're shooting Portsmouths again so this should be a little less daunting than Telford.

On a slightly different note ... it's freezing in my work office!  Yes I know it's Winter but the heating is off!  I hope the sports club tomorrow has a heated shooting line.

Last Practice Before Next Competition

Wednesday 29th January 2014

Its the last chance for me to get some practice in before the next competition.  This one is on Saturday 2nd February.  Its the Middlesex County Open Indoor Championship.  At least it won't be on a triple spot target.  

I managed to shoot a round of 529 with 60 arrows.  About average for me.  It was good to see the club again and shooting a Portsmouth.  After weeks of shooting at triple spot targets it feels good to be back on the target that I started with on my journey.

This will be my third competition.  I've really got the bug for it now.

Let's see how well I do on Saturday!