Well in the last month a few things of interest have happened. Firstly our new archery range has open this month. Huzzah! Just in time for the outdoor season, though as a said previously on the one had its a good thing so anything left in the piggy bank doesn't get spent on utilities. Also admittedly the range isn't entirely finished, in the sense that there isn't any heating as of yet, and there are a few holes that need to be plugged so as long as people don't mind shooting in the cold, which is one step up from the cold and wet so people are happy using it as is. In fact here is a picture of the first official shoot shot in the range, our monthly medal, and as fate would have it I was unable to attend.
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| See all those happy smiling faces. |
As to why I was not able to attend is simple, due to me wanting to see my family at some point during the weekend I had gone off to shoot on Saturday at the Archers of Bridlington & Burton Agnes Abba Dabba Doo Longbow shoot. I mean who could resist going to a shoot with a name like that. Being the first time shooting outdoors at a range longer than 30m for about six months, it went as well as could be expected really. Though in honesty I'm not sure how I did as the scores for the first half of the shoot were whipped away before I could see what I got, and the final listings haven't been listed yet. The shoot was enjoyable, though the weather could have been better, a constant misty drizzle, mud and cold wind made for a less than perfect day. But the atmosphere was positive and the field party who at the end of each end would help find arrows sped up the day, plus the usual sherry and cake and a win on the raffle secured it as a good day.
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| Definitely need to invest in high shooting boots. |
On a disappointing note, our friendly archery darts match with CCB had to be cancelled due to snow, though it was fine at our end at theirs they had a lot of snow and more on the way, so archers may have got there, but they wouldn't have left that night.
But to bring us out of that disappointment, the following week we were scheduled to shoot a Vegas, but due to the whole range being built not everything had been moved in and the faces were no where to be found, so resigned to shooting a FITA 18m instead, which turned out to be a bonus as not only boosted my PB from 344 to 366 with a couple of misses, so need to work on them. One end saw me shooting this:
This is one of my VERY few three gold ends (hence the photo), shame its not a three 10 end but that would be greedy wouldn't it. and still something to be proud of, esp since these arrows are about 2 years old and well shot in.
So with next Sunday being the last shoot of the outdoor season, its with some irony that its our Frostbite shoot so it has to be shot outside. The fates do like their games.
Oh one thing that I almost forgot, after being influenced by friends I bought a Chinese horse bow off eBay, though a bit apprehensive about whether it'll actually arrive I decided that the cheap price was worth the risk, and the reviews were positive. Though still waiting for it to arrive which in my mind should be sometime this week.
I end this update with a biblical quote, happy shooting everyone:
Psalms 127:4 As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.
