Tag Archives: injury

Apr 14 2014

Compound bow riser snaps

broken bow

Compound bow snap

Anyone ever seen or heard of this happening?
A Bowtech compound bow riser, not limb, but the metal riser snapped when the archer was at full draw. This happened at our club open shoot yesterday, in fine dry warm weather. The archer had shot about half of the course and was drawing up on her next target when bang. You can see from the above photo how the metal has deformed.
Close up

Close up of the metal

Thankfully the archer wasn’t seriously injured, though she has extensive bruising to her face from the limb and cam hitting her. It could have been much worse. She could have easily lost an eye or been knocked unconscious.

I know everyone at the shoot would like to wish her a speedy recovery. 

Thanks for reading.
May 3 2013

bit nervous about weekend

So why am I a bit nervous about weekend?

Well I am hoping to be able to shoot for the first time since before Easter, but not sure if shoulder will cope. I managed to trap a nerve in my shoulder whilst digging in the garden which resulted in a lot of pain and discomfort, including lack of sleep.

It has aggravated an old problem I had a few years back following a car accident. I’ve been having physiotherapy and have built up to this weekend by shooting my 20lb practice coaching bow but still nervous.

Will let you all know how I get on. Thank for reading

Apr 15 2013

Sorry, No shoot report, no shooting

So another weekend without shooting. Not great start to the season, have shot 3 times since beginning of year.

Why? Well I have a trapped nerve in my shoulder which means I can just about draw my 20lb beginner’s bow and that is all.

It seems to have aggravated an old injury I had following a car accident a few years back.

We’ve had to cancel attending one of my favorite shoots Lyme valley, hence there being no shoot report. By all accounts it was a good shoot just a little windy.

Won’t be shooting next weekend as we will be marshaling our club shoot.

Just hope it will settle down.

Thanks for reading.