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Apr 24 2012

Scottish NFAS Championships

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Easter saw the NFAS Scottish Champs come round and this year it was to be a little different, with there being both a 3D course and a paper faces course.

Traditionally the champs have always been 2 paper faces courses so there was quite a bit of interest in how this might be organised, especially as the site is a disused quarry.
Having shot the site a couple of years ago, and not being able to make it last year we thought it worth the investment in time, fuel and potential arrows 😉 Also very aware of the weather, last time we ventured north it threw it down on the first day leaving us all soaked cold and wet
The first day would see me on the paper course (B) and second day on the all 3D course. Sharon would do A first and B on Sunday as she was now shooting in the Bare Bow class
This was my first target of Day 1
Scottish Champs - first target on first day
Sadly Saturday saw me shoot abysmally, scoring little over 400 on a 36 target round, just couldn’t get my head in it at all (think that was one of the worst scores I’ve had in years, having blanked 5 targets). Having said that I had a great group and the 3 of us didn’t stop laughing and joking all the way round the course.
Scottish Champs - another target on first day
Really enjoyed the 3D course and thought it was well set to make use of the terrain with nothing stretched. The use of dead ground and the natural geography was done to complement the shots not to make them impossible. Came in with over 580 and only blanked one.
Score card from first day course
Score card from 3D course on second day
Speaking of the ground, there had been much talk and concern over the use of 3D targets in a disused quarry, can anyone say snap, oops another broken arrow. There were no backstops other than ground, which was liberally covered in very hard stones or trees. Having said that I only broke one arrow, though Sharon does have a very nicely bent one. I know a few people snapped arrows but it wasn’t as bad as it could have been.
Would have liked to have seen all archers in the same class shoot the same course on same day. Think it would give a fairer reflection on the difficulty of the courses.
We were also very lucky with the weather, with the rain only appearing late on Sunday.
Congrats to Sharon on getting 4th place. Not bad for only shooting the bow for less than 3 months
The full results are available from the Aulk Kirk Bowmen website
Feb 24 2012

Paget de Vesey Company of Archers Feb 2012

Well last weekend saw us head to Birmingham for the annual Paget de Vesey Company of Archers shoot. A shoot where there is always a great selection of cakes and top notch catering. Lovely lemon drizzle cakes.
Having spent time on the range on the Saturday i was hopeful of doing ok. Sadly this would not be a return to form other than poor form.
I Always think of this shoot being the start of the NFAS  year with it often being  a little chilly. This year it was a couple of weeks later in the calendar. Not sure how but organisers had managed to have a dusting of snow which made the woods look great if a little cold. This was to be their first all 3D course and i think it worked well.
Organisers had also invested in some New 3D targets which was good to see and were  positioned to be challenging for archers. Thought a few could do with backstops that weren’t trees as this took a heavy tole on arrows (one in our group broke i think 6 ACE carbons and i broke 3 piles. Though a couple of mine were more due to my poor shooting rather than target placement 😉 )
I think the format of a shoot this year worked well, with a shoot through rather than stopping for lunch. Meant it wasn’t such a long day and we got to leave whilst still light 🙂
The one positive I can take from the event is I didn’t blank any target. I came in with just over 14 point average. Top afb came in with 666.
Sharon won ladies barebow. Would have liked the organisers to have released the scores at prize awards rather than just 1st 2nd and 3rd but they have posted them on the web (http://www.nfas.net/shootreports/paget_19022012.pdf). Guess I didn’t do too bad with 5th place
Big thanks to the organisers and will look forward to next year.