I shot the
GNAS Premier event on the weekend. Whilst I didn't do too well on the Saturday, I shot in the team event on Sunday. Our team was allocated to us based on the ranking list from Saturday. We all three shot worse on Sunday than on Saturday and ended up right down the rankings in 21st. But we had a few fortunate matches and managed to get through to the semi-finals and bronze match, placing 4th in the end. Not only did I enjoy the round but I am fairly sure everyone did. There was plenty of cheering and encouragement from the crowd and archers alike (as well as a lot of goading towards opposing teams).
What interests me is that this is the only tournament of its kind I know of in the UK. I'd really like to see another FITA 720 with team H2H where archers can choose their own teams. Otherwise, there is no chance for UK archers (other than those competing internationally) to break team round world records or even to practice for this round if they do happen to compete internationally.
The problem I can see is a team like Roy Nash, Larry Godfrey and Alan Wills coming, who would probably flatten opposition. But it would be worth going just to have the
chance to beat them!