Training – an update

Since January I have been working hard on improving my archery performance. I have done well over the last few years but I have always felt that I wasn’t shooting to my potential. So I spoke to the sports dept at my uni for some help. I also got new glasses so I can now [...]

Update on archery stuff – November

I’ve been very lame lately on my updates – mainly due to having lots of work to do with my degree. I have an assignment due next week (boo), I have just finished writing and successfully submitting a job application for a promotion (interview on 9th December) plus I’ve been very busy at the dance [...]

Owen’s funny face!

My partner Owen has recently started shooting a compound bow – off the fingers with a pin-sight. When he anchors he pulls a series of funny faces! I videoed him to prove it! For a comparison here’s me shooting a compound (no sights or stabilizers!)

Fleet Pre-3D Champs 2010

Wow what a weekend! The Saturday was great – spent a few hours coaching my friend Tim in the ways of traditional and modern archery. He was brilliant! Got his ‘field taster’ next week so I hope he’ll join our club Then I went down our woods for a practise before Fleet Ibex the next [...]

Silly me!

Ok – feeling slightly silly! This is the last weekend before the NFAS 3D Champs in the Lake District. For those who are interested I’ll be camping at Hawkeshead-Croft from the Friday (my birthday!) and going home on the Tuesday (Owen’s birthday). Jo and Pete will be camping with us, and we’ll hopefully be pitched [...]

Update on archery things!

It feels like ages since I last shot my bows! Target will have to wait as I am not around to do any of the outdoor sessions, which is a shame as I was getting a lot more consistent! We have just sent off our forms for lots of camping shoots – Jim’s jungle Jaunt [...]

Coaching Owen

OK, so my lovely Owen has had a huge dip in his archery performance – so much so, I actually beat him in a recent indoor competition (and I was shooting barebow!) I have always offered to help him as I could see lots of issues that needed sorting. But as he was doing ok [...]

The Perfect Day!!!

This weekend has been awesome! I’ll talk about the Sunday in another post, but this one will focus on Saturday’s events! 10-11:30 am: Coaching My lovely Owen has managed to develop a bit af target panic. He can’t seem to get his sight to stop where he wants it to, then can’t let go of [...]

GNAS Coaching Update…

Just a quick update on how it’s going with my Level 1 Archery Coaching Award. I had passed my practicals & portfolio of evidence at the end of last summer (all signed off and very happy), completed my Safeguarding and Protecting Children Course, kept a log of anyone I have coached/mentored and now need to [...]

Wonderful weekend of archery with great friends!

Wow, what a weekend I’ve had! Saturday AM: A couple of archers from the Southampton University Archery Club (SUAC) came and had a go at field archery, Freestyle (sighted recurve) in the morning and then Barebow in the afternoon. So much fun! All three were pretty useful at the Freestyle – Dan managed to score [...]