Firstly I have a huge apology to make to all my followers and to Black Arrow club. I recorded the podcast shoot report but I didn’t get chance to create a blog post for the episode, to include all the photos I took at the shoot.
Sorry all, my bad.
Below is a gallery of the photos from the event which was the 20th anniversary of the clubs founding. With 38 3D targets, yes 38 as they added a few in due to the numbers of attendees it was a very well added event and raise several hundred pounds for Prostate Cancer charity.
I’ve had a few questions about where people can hear the podcasts and I normally post a link to the Spotify media site, but discovered some readers don’t use Spotify. The podcast is also available on my Amazon channel and a specific link to episode 116
Keep your eyes and ears out for the new episode which will be another shoot report, this time for Duvelle shoot at the end of April
Over the weekend I was incredibly fortunate to be asked to appear as a guest on Archery Geek Outdoors podcast. I was not expecting it to end up as a 3 hour plus conversation about all things archery.
It was definitely out of my comfort zone being in front of the camera! Thanks Rich
Thank for watching and let me know what you think.
Over the last few months there has been a fair amount of talk on various NFAS Facebook groups and in clubs about what slows down an open competition down. What factors play a part, along with lots of myths and rumours. I wanted to tackle this head one and gather some actual facts and data.
There have been general assumptions quoted by some archers as to what slows progress. These include taking excessively long tea or lunch breaks, the use of binoculars, searching for missed arrows etc.
For reference binoculars can only be used in some shooting classes in NFAS. Though there is a proposal that is has been muted and will be voted on next year to all allow all classes the option. As they say that’s another story. The vast majority are not allowed to use them. The feeling by some is that by expanding their use would result in slowing things down even more.
To gather some facts I created a simple poll on a Facebook group and invited people to vote on the options, add other options and comment if they thought elements were omitted.
The feedback has been great and I’d like to thank all those who contributed. I received 215 votes and over 50 comments. In the podcast episode I dive into the details more offering some thoughts on how the top aspects can be addressed.
Here are the results. I gave respondents the ability to add additional options as I felt this might highlight topics I had overlooked. They were also allowed to vote on more than one thing.
The core question was “What makes it a long day, and detracts from the enjoyment?”
Question options
Percentage result
archers searching for missed arrows
44%
time spent on the peg preparing to shoot, distance judging, etc
19%
discussions / scoring at the target
16%
group size I.e. large number in a group
6%
poorly thought out shot, (multi targets predator/pray)
6%
taking long tea / lunch breaks
5%
people blaming other people
2%
Fully subscribed shoots
1%
People taking photos/videos of themselves to add to their social media
1%
announcement before the shoot begins
0%
navigating difficult or challenging terrain round the course
0%
I’d encourage you to listen to the podcast where I unpick some of the above points, offering some ideas on what can be achieved or changed to improve the situation.
Thanks for reading and let me know what you think.
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