70MTR PRACTICE

Took some time today to continue working on my form change while shooting at 70 meters... all went pretty well and the change is starting to feel more natural. I scored 117-117-117-118... pretty happy with the consistency but still think things can improve.

COMM GAMES TRIAL - AIS CANBERRA 18-20 JUNE

Headed up to Canberra for the next stage in team selection for the Commonwealth Games.

All scores below were shot at 70mtrs

Day1(Friday) we all took part in a 36 arrow ranking round and I ranked 2nd with 346, I then had a shoot off with 1st place and lost the match with a 108.... condition were very cold but it was good experience with the conditions.

Day2(Saturday) We had 3 ranking rounds followed by match practice.
Each ranking round was 3 ends of 6 arrows and I scored 171-171-175(perfect score being 180)
The matches that followed each ranking were all slightly different it started with 3 arrow matches, then 6 arrow matches and finally 1 arrow matches... this simulated the set structure shot at World Cups and for the Comm Games.
My 3 arrow scores were 29-29-29-30-29-30(perfect score being 30)
My 6 arrow scores were 59-59-59(perfect score being 60)
My 1 arrow scores were 10-10-10-9-10-10(perfect score being 10)

Day3(Sunday) We had a fun day competing in a multi mixed team event with each team having a mens and ladies recurve and a mens and ladies compound. We shot two competitions and for each competition each team member shot 18 arrows ranking to form a qualification score. The teams I participated in both went through to the bronze medal match where each member shot 4 ends of 1 arrow each member.
For my rankings I shot 172 and 173(perfect score being 180)
For my match arrows I shot 39-39-39(perfect score being 40)

At the end of the day while the recurvers were having a tuning session, I decided to shoot and score 36 while working of my technique/structure changes and I scored 355(60-60-60-58-58-59)

Next camp in 2 weeks and then they will name the top 4 shooters for each division

NAMED IN COMM GAMES TOP 5 MENS COMPOUND SQUAD

I received notification on the last day of the Turkey World Cup that I was to be apart of the next stage of the Comm Games selection..... very happy with this. Now all squad members were to meet up again the following weekend in Canberra for another trial.

Other compound members are

Guy Phillips
Rob Timms
Marcel Verstegen
Pat Coghlan

WORLD CUP #2 - TURKEY

I was once again looking forward to competing at the second World Cup. We had a team shoot off on the unofficial practice day to select the mens team for the team event... unfortunately I finished 4th which meant I would be supporting the team rather than competing in it.
Another unfortunate thing was that I was starting to feel the effects of a cold coming on.... the official practice was the next day, so in an attempt to save some energy/strength, I decided to shoot only a limited number on ends. Practice went well and I was working on getting my shots off quicker as when I held on to shots too long I lost strength quickly.... so that was going to be the plan for the qualification round, be efficient by executing quicker shots.
Qualification day turned out to be a little windy, but still I had my plan and I was looking forward to competing. The first half went well with only a few shots that I took too long to execute(resulting in poor scoring) and I finished with 347, the second half did not go so well as I started to feel more tired as the each end went on but I still managed to shoot a 338 and qualify in 35th place.
Elimination day conditions were much the same as qualification, slightly windy but still shootable. I again wanted to get my shots off quicker and be positive with my shooting. Unfortunately I did not make it into the second round as I was knocked out in 3sets.. my opponent won each set by scoring a perfect 3 hits for each set, I scored 1-3-2.... oh well, win some/lose some. It was disappointing in getting a cold during the tournament but some times these things are unavoidable.