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Originally Posted by grimsby archer  Very confused!
Isnt a FITA 25 an indoor round? How can there be a limited overshoot that affects compounds? Is the netting close to the back wall or something? What is a compound doing missing at 25m anyway. I have been to shoots where there is NO backstop netting - miss at your peril.
Is this the first of many shoots to BAN COMPOUNDS    |
I'll answer, but please bear in mind that I do so as a friend of and occasional visitor to Castle Archers (Dyfed). I am not a member of Castle in any capacity; neither am I one of the organisers of this tournament.
That said...
Newcastle Emlyn leisure centre is big enough to hold a 25m indoor shoot, but only just. Backstop netting will be used, but it will be only a matter of inches away from the wall. This is because of the way the hall is laid out, and is beyond the control of Castle Archers.
The bosses kept at Newcastle Emlyn are foam rather than pressed straw. A pass-through from a 60lb bow could possibly end up with the point of an arrow impacting on the wall behind, resulting in complaints from the archer that the venue is unsuitable for compound bows.
Having seen plenty of pass-throughs at 30m and over from fast high poundage bows, I agree that there is a risk of damage to arrows in the hall concerned, and I fully understand the reasons that the organisers have issued the warning. Low poundage bows from which arrows are unlikely to pass through the boss are not a problem - and this includes compounds. The organisers are NOT banning compounds
per se: to do so would prevent people such as my 10-year old son from shooting his massive (OK, it's actually rather sweet) 12lb compound bow - and that is definitely not the intention. On the other hand, if you (for example) go along to shoot with a 50lb bow, and get several pass-throughs (or misses...
) you might be justified in requesting some sort of explanation for the damage caused to arrows.
It may be possible to borrow a couple of 'nappies' for the backs of vulnerable bosses, but that's something that hasn't yet been finalised. It's worth bearing in mind too, that this shoot started life only a few weeks ago as a club-and-invited-guests tournament. Opening it up to other interested archers has been a last-minute decision by the organisers.
Howzat?