Tuesday 29th September 2009

@ St Pauls,

Warm day, slight odd breeze, not significant.

6x 6 arrow ends @ 30m, 122cm face, no scoring

1x 6 arrow end @ 70m, 122cm face, sight setting

6x 6 arrow ends @ 70m, 122cm face, scoring

6x 6 arrow ends @ 90m, 122cm face, scoring

6x 6 arrow ends @ 50m, 80cm face, scoring

6x 6 arrow ends @ 30m, 80cm face, scoring with fading light.

Total 31x 6 arrow ends = 186 arrows shot.

While I shot a FITA out of order, it was still good to attempt to shoot one.  It took me nearly 5 hours to shoot the whole thing, with a break in between while talking and investigating some strange riser phenomenon on a club bow.

The scores, in FITA order are:

90m: 45 39 39 44 46 42 = 255, average = 42.5, Rating of 78

70m: 41 47 49 49 47 47 = 280, average = 46.7, Rating of 74

50m: 51 48 47 35 44 49 = 274, average = 45.7, Rating of 71

30m: 57 52 56 54 53 55 = 327, average = 54.5, Rating of 75

Total FITA Score = 1136, Rating of 74, 1 point from 75 Rating.

The comments:

At 50m, I was starting to fade in the second half, evident by the terrible 35 point end.  I was struggling strength wise to complete the set of six, and was forcing the shots through, which cost points.  I stopped and slowed down, pulling up the scores in the remaining two ends for the distance.  At this point, I had already shot a FITA equivalent number of arrows, even if I considered warmup into it, thus the entirety of the 30m distance was also very challenging.

A 1136 is only 50 points lower than my competition Personal Best of 1186, so at this point of my shooting and progress, I am quite happy with it, and I was pleasantly surprised at how my 90m score went.  I was expecting more around my usual 210 range for the distance.  70m and 30m were on my expectations, but my 50m was slightly down (for obvious reasons).

I think I am making good progress.