I was called to represent the N.C.A.S. (Northern Counties Archery Society) in a shoot against the E.M.A.S. (East Midlands Archery Society) held at Wetherby, Yorkshire Saturday 6th June.
I got up at 4am ready to travel to Yorkshire where the shoot was being held. It was a FITA/Metric competition, I myself shooting a metric 2 round (3 dozen at 60m, 3 dozen at 50m, 3 dozen at 40m and 3 dozen at 30m, 12 dozen in total). I went there feeling confident after having a good win the previous weekend at the competition in Wales, and determined I was going to win the competition for my age group (U16).
Having to set off to Wetherby at 5am left me pretty tired so I regained some of my lost sleep on the way to the competition by falling asleep in the back of the car (another way I have for preparing for a comp).
When we finally arrived, the sun was beating down on us; it was about 16 degrees at 7am! It was also very humid. The shoot started off ok, my score wasn’t that good, but I wasn’t complaining as after the first dozen I was in the lead. As the day progressed, the heat and humidity took its toll, a couple of the archers retired. I also started to feel tired myself, technique became a little sloppy, and taking too long to shoot each arrow.
Scores were collected every dozen, and the names of the highest scoring archers placed on the leader board. Although I felt like I wasn’t doing particularly well, I was happy to see that I was in the lead for my age group throughout the competition. I won In the under 16 category, equalling my personal best for this round, and the N.C.A.S. team of which I was a member, won the team prize.
09 June 2010, 20:31Posted by: