Author Archives: Rob Jones

Jul 30 2012

House packing verses Olympic archery

I am finding it very hard to pack in readiness for our house move with the Olympic archery on 🙂

The BBC are giving great coverage to the games and even though I shoot field and not target archery as being shown on the TV it is great to see the greater hobby having this kind of coverage.

The other thing is it has been fantastic watching the team events and now individual rounds. The weather played a part yesterday with some very heavy rain showers and then bright sunshine.

Sadly Team GB haven’t done too well so far.

Good luck to all and thanks for reading.

Jul 27 2012

London Olympic 2012: Archery records already broken

Its the first day of archery and records are already breaking. South Korean archers beat world record.

Read the full story on the BBC website London 2012: First two world records broken at Games

Jul 26 2012

3D targets stolen

I’ve just heard that Company of 60 archers have had a load of 3D targets stolen. 19 3D targets in total, varying in size and condition (some were new, but all are branded with CO60). I’ve copied a list below, so if you get offered any cheap 3D it could be theirs.

This is a massive loss for any club and a real setback for them, but as I understand it their shoot later this year (September) is still going ahead.

If you have any details can you contact http://www.co60.co.uk/index.shtml or DC Gamble at Surrey Police. A full list of the targets and photos can be found here (word format)

Large Targets

  • Reinhart Rising Boar l Used
  • Reinhart leopard / stump l Used
  • Reinhart cougar l Used
  • Reinhart browsing buck l New

Medium Targets

  • Reinhart Cinnamon bear m Used
  • Reinhart Bowhunter Buck m Used
  • Reinhart Bowhunter Buck m Used
  • Eleven WhiteSpot Pig m New
  • Reinhart Peccary s New
  • Reinhart Baboon m New
  • Reinhart Snarling Fox m New
  • Reinhart Coyote m old
  • Reinhart peccary s Used

Small Targets

  • Reinhart skunk s Used
  • Reinhart green frog s Used
  • Reinhart mini bear s Used
  • Artefact Large Owl/Stump s Used
  • Reinhart Raccoon s New
  • Artefact Chipmunk w Log s poor

Lets hope the thieves are caught, please pass this on to other archers and be on the look out. 3D targets are valuable and sadly a target for thieves.

Thanks for reading