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May 25 2012

Distance calculator for NFAS shoots in UK

distance calculator

In a time when fuel costs have been rising along with the costs of living, more and more archers are selecting the shoot they travel too not only on the quality of the course but increasingly based on the cost of getting there. Many are car sharing, in an attempt to keep costs down, but this isn’t always easy. Lets face it getting 2 people and bows, arrows, cases etc in a fully loaded car can be a challenge.
For this reason I thought I’d let people know about this really useful website for all NFAS  archers trying to work out how far shoots are from their home.

You enter your home postcode and then select the NFAS shoot club. It calculates distance and directions. Details are available off the this excellent archery blog website The Cooked Stick http://thecrookedstick.blogspot.co.uk/

Here is a direct link to the distance calculator.

http://www.theoldtoxophilist.co.uk/

Hope you find this of use

Aug 1 2011

I went, I shot and kind of conquered

So Sunday saw me venture to Pines Park  http://www.pinesparkarchers.org.uk/ NFAS shoot just outside Nottingham. 40 3D targets and only 11 arrows. The new course is a little long as far as walking round the woods concerned, but has been designed so you walk past catering a couple of times making it a shoot through.

To say I was a little apprehensive as I had 11 arrows, and the day before I had only managed to shoot 10 targets before my shoulder gave out. 3 targets in and I was one arrow down with the pile coming off, a second one also came off after another 10 targets. Think I will have to look at the glue I‘m using.

I managed all 40 targets, though was wondering if I would at the midway point. I had 2 blanks over the day and came in with 580 in total. Not great, but ok I guess, considering the number of pain killers I was taking, I think I would have failed a drugs test 😉

Shoulder was knotting up after about 20 targets, and was aching lots last night and is very stiff today. Not helped by a restless nights sleep.

Sharon did really well scoring 600 and getting 2nd place, despite her thinking she wasn’t shooting well.