Sunday 19th June 2011

@ Liverpool City Archers

Sunny, no wind of note

QRE

2x 6 arrow ends warmup

F70/720

Total 84

Liverpool QRE is probably the most informal and relaxed QRE I have shot.  There is no flag signals for time but rather the 'DOS' says 30seconds... smoking from behind the archers in the space of less than 3m is very not helpful and highly distracting.  No visible timing equipment is also something I have a problem with as I can't maintain my shot cycle and rest periods as well as I would like to without the timer.

I was happy enough with what I managed to put down today, but towards the end of the second half I was having problems expanding through the clicker, and after completion, I chose to not do the afternoon session (I wasn't even aware that there was an afternoon session until I got there, it was not the most well advertised of QRE events in terms of detail...).  No clear shooting line or middle of target position marked/lanes either.

In terms of technique and score, I was back to my pre-nationals solid form, but was still cycling between good/bad/good/bad/good end pattern, and still with the 1 blue arrow per end.  I had a total of 8 blues, which if 1 point better is 8 points, 2 points better is 16, which, isn't that unrealistic.

First half:

1) 10 10 8 8 7 5 = 48

2) X 9 9 9 8 8 = 53

3) 9 8 8 8 7 6 = 46

4) X 9 8 8 8 7 = 50

5) 9 9 9 8 5 5 = 45

6) 9 9 8 8 7 7 = 48

Total 290

Second half:

1) 10 9 8 8 7 6 = 48

2) 10 9 9 8 7 7 = 50

3) 10 10 9 8 7 6 =50

4) 9 9 8 8 7 6 = 47

5) 9 8 8 8 7 6 = 46

6) 8 8 8 7 7 6 = 44

Total 285

QRE Total 575. 2X's and 8 X+10's

So, in the second half end 6, although it was a 44, it was a tight group with the 8 8 8 7 all together underneath the gold, while the 7 and 6 were the outliers, 6 to the left, 7 high right.  As you can see the 4th, 5th and 6th ends of the second half were when I was having problems getting through and sustaining.

A 290 is pretty good for me, the 285 was okay and definitely could have been a little better.  8 points better would be a 583, 16 points better would be a 591, which is definitely where I should be.....  My nemesis shot a 293 and a 304....