Saturday 16th July 2011

@ Easton Newberry

Very humid and hot, overcast, some wind but hard to determine due to no flags out, but turned calm in the afternoon.

8x 6 arrow ends @ 70m, 122cm unscored

2x 6 arrow ends @ 90m, 122cm unscored

6x 6 arrow ends @ 90m, 122cm scored

6x 6 arrow ends @ 70m, 122cm scored

Total 132

As my final day here at Easton Newberry, Coach Turned wanted me to do some scored 90m to see how I would do after a week of changes.  I had some warmup shooting at 70m before a bit of sighting at 90m and away I went with scoring.

It was really hot and humid, and my strength was already quite low since it was the end of this long shooting period, and I was having difficulty executing as well as I had yesterday. In terms of a end by end scoring, I had a poor start as my execution was quite poor, starting with a 35.

35, 46, 51, 45, 46 38.  For a 261.  For me, 261 is actually quite reasonable since I have a rather large variance, and if I could manage a 261 in competition consistently it would be a huge improvement for me.  I had to have an aggressive draw to anchor with a confident anchoring point as I could expand into the clicker well after that.

The 70m wasn't the best I have shot but the group size was very very solid for me.

43, 46, 47, 49, 50 and 51.  For a 286.  While its a little low, it being close to 290 is good for me, with my sights a bit on the low side and me trying to wind them back into the middle.

The proof though is a picture Coach Turner took on his phone:

I put 5 arrows into the 8-ring at 90m.  The group size is amazing for me, so if I can put that down again, a few more times, it'd be brilliant.

I hope I can keep this confidence up for the rest of the year ^_^