Wow, I haven’t shot a gents FITA (3 dozen at 90 meters, 3 dozen at 70 meters, 3 dozen at 50 meters and 3 dozen at 30 meters) in a while, in fact I have only shot one this year. So I was looking forward to competing against all of the top-ranked adults this weekend to see how I fair with them.
The weather was quite good, some showers throughout the day, but practically no wind! Excellent conditions for shooting the longer distances.
I was happy with the way I was shooting, getting ranked 10th place out of 37 after the first 4 dozen. I was shooting the best I have ever shot for this round and was on form for a personal best score.
I started to slack at 50 meters, loosing points to the rest of the competitors, meaning I slipped into 14th place. At 30 metres I was on fire and clawed back some of my lost points, scoring the best score I have ever got for that distance.
Although I ended up in 13th place (out of 37 competitors in that category), I scored my personal best which I was reasonably happy with, and I know with a bit more practice, I will be in 1st place in time to come.
12 August 2010, 17:20Posted by: