Outdoor Archery Season, 2004
A late start to shooting meant that I thought I would not get enough scores for a
Scottish ranking this year.
Fortunately, the ranking rules were modified again, and I had enough to come
second, with all of my scores over 1200. I was fairly satisfied with
my performance for the part of the year I did shoot.
Summary
See the
key for an explanation of the columns:
Fita average
Dist Hits Golds Score Low High S. Dev. Num
90m 36.00 4.00 276.00 262 289 8.6850 7
70m 36.00 7.43 305.57 297 315 5.7286 7
50m 36.00 6.14 302.43 294 316 7.4615 7
30m 36.00 17.57 336.57 331 339 2.5555 7
All 144.00 35.14 1220.57 1200 1240 13.2650 7
Fita equivalent average
Dist Hits Score Low High S. Dev. Num
All 144.00 1217.80 1177 1240 22.3911 5
Competitions
- Sherwood International, 17th-18th July
- Fourth. Yet again, this tournament was great fun. The
weather was overcast, but warm with a few sprinkles of rain on Saturday,
and hot, sunny, and dry (again!) on Sunday. I was very happy with my
performance, given that I was only a few weeks into rehabilitation for a
second knee operation, and I was
shooting with new lighter weight bow limbs and new arrows, which had
only arrived the previous week. I had good 60 and 50 yard distances on
Sunday, but shot loads of 9s (and nothing below a 9) at 40 yards. I
almost beat my best score from the previous year, even with the 40 yard
score. The winner this year was a newcomer to the Northwest (but not to
archery) Chris Shull.
- Burnaby Fita Star, 21st August
- This was my first Fita for over a year. I was concerned about the
amount of walking aggravating my bad knee, and about the number of
arrows shot aggravating my bad shoulder. As it turned out, these weren't
what I should have been concerned about, which was the weather. At the
end of the 70m distance the rain came on, and it poured for the rest of
the competition. I was not properly prepared for the rain, and had not
expected it to be as hard or as persistent. It was almost impossible to
score on the wet scorecards (replacement Tyvek scorecards helped, but
only pencil would mark them), and at times I got a bit cold. I was
pleased with my overall performance, though it was a bit shaky at the
start of 50m until I accepted that I was wet and the rain wasn't going
to stop. The points of technique that I had been trying to focus on
worked well, and my shot improved towards the end of the day.
- Victoria Fita Star, 28th-29th August
- A promising start at 90m led to over-caution and slow shot execution,
and then a tired collapse at 50m. Fortunately, the collapse wasn't too
bad, and the 30m recovery was reasonable, to put the first day's score
solidly in my previous comfort zone. My resolution for the second day
was to improve my shot execution, which I partially achieved, for
another decent score (and my 100th Fita over 1200).
- Burnaby Fita Star, 11th-12th September
- I was quite pleased with the first day's result at this tournament. A
fortnight of very late nights working, and virtually no practice is not
the best preparation, and the rain on the way to the venue was
ominously heavy. Fortunately, it did not rain during the competition,
but it was windy, especially after the 90m. The second day's weather
was better, but my score was worse. After a good start, my arrows
started flying anywhere but to the centre, even though I felt like I
was shooting good shots. It was a somewhat frustrating day overall.
- Victoria Fita Star, 18th-19th September
- Another good start at 90m on Saturday was followed by a lacklustre
finish to the distance, and an indifferent 70m, before a short metric.
Sunday saw the reverse, with a good 70m and somewhat indifferent
performances at other distances. The weather was perfect, so the only
excuse available was lack of practice, brought about by too much work to
finish the week before. I achieved what I wanted to though, keeping all
of my scores for the year over 1200.
Last modified on 27th July 2005 by angus@harlequin.com