Friday 15th April 2011

@ Waringah Archers

Started warm, bright, sunny, turned grey, cool, gusty winds throughout.

3x 6 arrow ends @ 70m, 122cm, warmup

F70/720

3x 6 arrow ends @ 70m, 122cm, warmup

F70/720

Total 180

I was hoping for a reasonable score today after having changed by draw style, and my anchor, and shooting using a blind properly.  At the Liverpool shoot, at 60m I was putting down 51's, so another 10m distance I was hoping I wouldn't be shooting worse by much but the previous week at the SOPA club shoot I was shooting quite poorly.

It was a mixed day I felt in that while I shot really well and my scores were actually pretty good I thought, I was annoyed and disappointed by the fact that I was making so many mistakes along the way.

I was putting in good ends but nearly every end that wasn't a 50+ score, was a lone six, usually a little low, and at times to the left.  The left positioning is due to alignment since I changed my anchor position to be more front-of-chin, and the low, well, just poor execution and expansion I guess.

I was also kicking myself since I shot a miss also.  It went through the clicker and I had a total collapse including the release.  Very annoying.

Scores from the double F70/720:

Round 1

Set 1: 48 47 49 52 47 50 = 293

Set 2: 50 46 48 52 53 47 = 296

Total: 589

Round 2

Set 1: 48 48 46 52 51 48 = 293

Set 2: 54 55 45 39 (with the miss) 46 52 = 291

Total: 584

Had I not missed, the 291 could have been a possible 300 for the first time in an event... ~sigh~.  It doesn't really matter since it's all a learning experience.

I was really happy with good execution in much of the shooting.  The wind wasn't a huge factor for me I felt, but I had issue with expansion through the clicker at times, so I'm still working on that, and I might need to shift my clicker a mm or so out too since my anchor has shifted from side on to front of chin.  Just got to keep shooting.