OFF TO WORLD CUP #1

I was notified this week that a spot had become available on the team to compete at the first World Cup in Croatia. I accepted the spot and since then I have been busy organising a passport, setting up a second bow and putting together some new X10ProTours. I am looking forward to getting back on the international circuit and competing again plus to catch up with old friends and meet new archers.

I will keep updates coming with how things go during the practice and competition days.

COMM GAMES TRIAL-AIS 16-18 APRIL

I arrived at Canberra around 9:30ish and to my surprise, my equipment followed me up this time... This was great as it meant I could take in some extra practice before the trial started on Saturday. Practice went well at 70mtrs and I had two nice rounds of 354 and 354. Conditions were great and the weather for the weekend was looking promising.
We were not let down and Canberra really turned on the best weather I have seen in a long time... Both day were perfect for shooting. I was very happy with my results and over the two days I shot 19 matches of which 17 were wins and 2 were ties.
My match scores are listed below
Saturday
tie 58-58-58 (Lyndon 56-58-59)
tie 60-58-60 (Sten 60-60-59)
win 58-60-58 (Marcel 58-54-57)
win 59-57-59 (Dennis 59-56-59)
win 58-59 (James 56-55)
win 60-58 (Derek 56-56)
win 57-59-60 (Bryce 59-57-58)
win 59-57-59 (Guy 58-60-57)
win 58-58 (Jack 56-55)
win 58-59-60 (Rob Timms 60-58-59)
win 58-58 (Craig 56-56)
win 57-60 (Brendan 55-57)
Sunday
win 58-58 (Lyndon 56-55)
win 57-58 (Bryce 55-57)
win 59-59-60 (Marcel 59-56-58)
win 59-60 (Dennis 58-58)
win 58-56-59 (James 55-56-59)
win 58-59 (Derek 56-58)
win 60-60 (Bryce 58-59)

over all average: 58.575 (47 ends)
Saturday average: 58.548 (31 ends)
Sunday average: 58.625 (16 ends)

PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE

With yet another Comm Games Trial this weekend, I went to the club to get a few arrows away at 70mtrs. Pretty happy with how it went and after a couple of practice ends I shot 355 (118-119-118)

COMM GAMES TRIAL - AIS CANBERRA 9-11 APRIL

Another early start for the friday morning and off to the airport, I arrived in Canberra around 10:30 but once again no gear... that turned up around 8pm. Had a bit of a practice that night under lights to get ready for saturday and sunday.
I was pretty happy with how things went all weekend, the sunday was very hard with trying to shoot in the wind. I managed to get most shots off without being caught out too badly, but every now and then a shot went off when a gust came or the wind suddenly stopped.
My results for saturday were
win 57-57-58 (Lyndon 57-56-58)
win 58-59 (Pat 57-55)
win 58-59 (Sten 57-57)
win 59-59 (Dennis 57-57)
win 57-57 (James Hirth 55-54)
loss 58-54-58 (Derek 58-57-58)
win 58-57 (Bryce 54-52)
win 56-60 (Guy 51-54)
loss 58-55 (Rob Timms 60-58)
win 59-56-59 (Rob Turner 58-57-55)
win 60-57-58 (Craig 53-59-57)
My result for sunday were
loss 57-56-54 (Brendan 57-58-57)
win 57-54 (Marcel 54-53)
win 52-52 (Lyndon 50-50)
loss 56-55-57 (Pat 56-56-57)
loss 51-54-49 (Sten 56-53-56)
tie 54-48-56 (Dennis 54-52-53)

AVERAGES
OVERALL:56.28
SATURDAY:57.73
SUNDAY:53.88

TAYLAH MAKES IT 3 GOLD FROM THREE EVENTS

Today was the matchplay event for each division and Taylah won her way into the final where she defeted a Singapore archer to take the GOLD medal..... 3 from 3 Tay, does not get any better than that. Well done again sweety

DAUGHTER WINS AUSTRALIAN CADET FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP

The first day of the field event started on Tuesday and after day Taylah was place second with 359pts just 2pts off the leader with 361pts but on day2 Taylah shot a National Championship Record of 375pts to win the GOLD medal by 18pts.... congrats once again sweety, great shooting.

CONTENDER ELITE XT2000 ARRIVES

I was again very excited today coming home from work to find another parcel. This bow is the shorter axle to axle in the Contender Elite line..38". With the XT3000 model I will most likely shoot it with just a long rod but with this XT2000 model I will try it with the keel aswell as the long rod.

The bow looks great, it is the orange with black pockets and cams..... very nice

DAUGHTER WINS AUSTRALIAN CADET TARGET CHAMPIONSHIP

The second day of the Target event at the Australian Junior Championships concluded today. My daughter (Taylah) was tied after day1 for the lead on 1240 points after battling through some tough conditions all day but today in much better conditions for shooting, Taylah shot 4 National/Tournaments records and finished with a 1363 to win the cadet division by 49 points.
Great shooting sweety... well done on the gold medal.

Taylah's records were
60 meters - 339 (old record-338) National Championship Record
60 meters - 339 (old record-338) Tournament Record
40 meters - 338 (old record-337) National Championship Record
Fita60 - 1363 (old record-1361) National Championship Record

More practice with the Matrix

Took the Carbon Matrix up the club for a bit of practice and had a couple of practice ends before shooting 6 ends at 90mtrs and 6 ends at 70mtrs. I was happy with 90mtrs other than 1 end where I shot a 55 but I still ened up with 344. 70mtrs was ok and I ended up with 350 (118-117-115) but until I finished I never really thought about where my misses were or where my group center was situated. For all six ends at 70mtrs my group center was high in the 10 ring and eight out of the ten shots that missed the 10 were high... next time I will more attention as to where the arrows are landing and give away free points.