Sunday 27th February 2011

@ Camden Valley & District Archers, UWS Campbelltown.

Light drizzle, overcast, bright at times with some light glare.

4x 6 arrow ends @70m, 122cm warmup

70m/720 QRE

Lunch

4x 6 arrow ends @50m, 80cm 5-X ring face warmup

50m/720 QRE

Total 192.

The weather was actually really good for the purposes of shooting since there was pretty much no wind at all and the conditions were great.

I didn't feel particularly strong for some reason, could be any series of reasons but I have no idea where to pin it so it really doesn't matter.

My 70m rounds were pretty ordinary, I just couldn't expand through the clicker today, I felt okay in the draw and anchor, even in holding firmly on the target, but as time passed in expansion, I had problems getting through, leading to poor release action and spraying arrows.

70m 

Set 1: 43 50 42 52 48 43 = 278 (first and last arrows for Set 1 were both a 3 -_-; )

Set 2: 46 47 42 54 49 48 = 286

Total 564, with 3 X's and 7 10's+X's

After lunch, the 50m was set up as 5-X ring faces, with three on each target.  I took the right hand position which was lower than the target butt centerline.  The round was much better, unfortunately however due to it being a reduced ring face anything less than a five counts as a miss, and I had two misses.

50m

Set 1: 39 (miss) 44 49 55 51 52 = 290

Set 2: 40 (miss) 48 48 49 52 45 = 282

Total 572, with 2 X's and 11 10's+Xs

Score wise and shooting, the 50m round was better, I concentrated more on my breathing cycles and my elbow position and used them to help me get through around the clicker but it was still quite a struggle.  However, I have been able to get through with letting down and being more patient instead of forcing shots through like I normally would have in the past.  I didn't come within the 30second flag marker time wise, so I at least still completed each end well within time.

They aren't actually terrible scores overall, but I just had hoped to perhaps post something closer to a 585 than a score not even submittable (564).  But thats just the nature of training with up and downs.  Next up is the Northern FITA Star, a double FITA90, so lets see if my 70m+50m scores will be as good as the Metro's or not.