Monday 10th January 2010

@ SOPA
Windy gusts upto 30km/hr, light rain sprinkle at times.

3x 6 arrow ends @ 70m, 122cm warmup
2x 70m rounds
1x 6 arrow end cooldown.

Total 96 arrows shot.

Being the first QRE since 2007, I was a bit nervous for no reason at all, quite silly really....
My scorecard from their electronic score keeping system:

Session: 1 ( FITA 122cm at 70 metres )

1  = 41  41 2  = 51  92 3  = 45  137 4  = 40  177 5  = 34  211 6  = 42  253

Session: 2 ( FITA 122cm at 70 metres )

1  = 28  28 2  = 39  67 3  = 36  103 4  = 40  143 5  = 41  184 6  = 38  222

	It was a interesting shoot, I think the pressure got to me a little, but when I got to the apathy state I was more relaxed and shot better, but my arrows were pitching lower than expected, not entirely sure why.  I know that a lot where poor releases and some hitting my bow arm, but the scoring was significantly worse than my usual practice rounds.  In addition, the wind was quite challenging to shoot with also.
	In any case, it doesn't matter, all the more for me to work on.

Saturday 8th January 2011

@ UNSW
Indoors, 15m range with Fluro tube lighting.

I shot an un-kept count of arrows.  I was pretty tired from Kendo training earlier but thought I would drop down to their facilities and shoot to see what it was like.  I'd estimate maybe 30-40 arrow shot in the space of the 3 hours i was there in a mix of 3 and 6 arrow ends.

My form wasn't great, the lighting wasn't helping very much either in forming a solid sight picture.

The resulting thing from my visit however was the loss of 2 arrows in their layered carpet target.  Unfortunate.

Sunday 2nd January 2011

@ Sydney Bowmen
Some sun, overcast, gusty winds running in the early afternoon.

4x 6 arrow ends @ 70m, 122cm unscored
6x 6 arrow ends @ 70m, 122cm scored
1x 6 arrow end @ 70m, 122cm unscored
5x 6 arrow ends @ 30m, 122cm unscored
1x 9 arrow end @ 30m, leapfrog
1x 2 arrow end @ 30m, X shoot-off
1x 18 arrow end @ 30m unscored
1x 9 arrow end @ 30m unscored

Total 134 arrows.

70m round scored was a 292.  Could have been a bit better as every single end had at least one 6.  Bumping that up to even just a 7 would result in 298, bumping to an 8 would be a 304.  Just got to stop the silly outlyers from happening.

Tuesday 28th December 2010

@ Sefton

Cool, overcast, slight wind movement.

2x 6 arrow ends @ 18m, 40cm 6 ring no scoring.
5x 6 arrow ends @ 18m, 40cm 6 ring scored (Indoor)

Total 42 arrows.

Indoor round scored at 267.

Bow shoulder deltoid was worked pretty hard, as shooting speed and return rate was faster than other distances.  First several ends, release also did not feel normal, quite poor plucking resulting in flicked shots.  More concentration upon the release provided smoother feeling releases, while aiming with the open ring was not strained too much with the increased focus.

Sunday 19th December 2010

@ Sydney Bowmen
Initially cloudy and overcast, turning bright sunny with strong gusts of wind

All ends at 60m, 122cm, no scoring
10x 6 arrow ends
19x 7 arrow ends
1x 16 arrow end
1x 3 arrow end with 30lb recurve
1x 6 arrow end with 26lb wooden recurve
1x 6 arrow end.

Total 224 arrows.

I didn't shoot very well today, mainly attributed to the 2 hours of sleep I had Saturday night due to having to go to the hospital for something.

My groups were consistently to the right of the center when I didn't have what I would describe as perfect shots.  A range of group sizes between shotgun in the 7 ring, to small groups of about the 9 ring size but not in the middle were put down range today.

Good exercise at least for my back.

Friday 17th December 2010

@ St Pauls
Started cloudy and overcast, ended up sunny and bright, with odd wind gusts

2x 6 arrow ends @ 70m 122cm warmup
2x 36 arrow rounds @ 70m 122cm scored
1x 6 arrow end @ 70cm 122cm warmup
2x 36 arrow rounds @ 70m 122cm scored
3x 6 arrow ends @ 70m 122cm cooldown

Total 180 arrows.

Scored for my double Olympic rounds.  First two were a 281 and 295 for a total of 576, the second was a 276 and 280 for a total of 556.  Both lots were slightly disappointing due to a lot of 6's and even the odd 5 or 4 here and there.  If, on average those arrows were one point better, I would pick up probably another 10-15 points for each set, bringing me to around a 590 for a good set, a much more reasonable round to my progress.

The current goal is a 300 round for a 600 double, slowly working towards a 320 for a 640.  It's early days yet for sure, but I have confidence that I can do it since I had two really good ends, a 56 (10 10 10 10 9 7) and a 51 (with X X 10), I feel that those aren' flukes, but it is more about getting rid of the randoms that ruin the end more than anything else.

Thursday 16th December 2010

@ Sefton,

Dark, sunlight fading post sunset.

6x 6 arrow ends @ 8m, 40cm 6-ring spot

Total 36.

Tried to work on release being better for most part, had solid groupings but at this distance, is not particularly indicative.