Welland Valley Fita 18

[Lowfat]

Originally Posted by stu369

Well done Paul on your 2nd Place today.
I think you scared off Chris White!

Well done to Paul from me as well and to Hoodoo who won the junior recurve and Mace 24 for his award in the junior recurve.

Well done as well to Mick and Dibble who came first and second for recurve in the Countersthrope triple and to me!for coming 4th and 2nd in the handicap adjusted

Scored 493 in the Fita 18 , did well for the first 2 dozen then it went to pot, so did not get the 500 i wanted

but boy it was a hot and long shoot

[photoshooter]

Originally Posted by Lowfat

Scored 493 in the Fita 18 , did well for the first 2 dozen then it went to pot, so did not get the 500 i wanted

Same here had a good 2nd & 3rd dozen then went completley to pot, but got 494 , look forward to seeing the full results.

James was a little shocked when he saw he had to shoot on the 3 spots but he did well for a little fella (although he couldn't reach the top spot to pull his arrow )

[Lowfat]

Originally Posted by photoshooter

Same here had a good 2nd & 3rd dozen then went completley to pot, but got 494 , look forward to seeing the full results.

James was a little shocked when he saw he had to shoot on the 3 spots but he did well for a little fella (although he couldn't reach the top spot to pull his arrow )

nooooooooooon beaten by 1 point , i dont believe it

[Mick]

Cheers Lowfat and well done yourself, I had a lousy shoot, hot, out of practice and suffering from nicotine withdrawal symptoms, are among my list of excuses.
Just as well I had a good lead going into the last leg or that young upstart dibble would have pinched it :-) Seriously Well shot Dibble I can see we'd all better watch out come the county selection shoots.

[Lowfat]

Originally Posted by stu369

I must add that watching dibble today, I thought i would have to get the fire extinguisher - some of the ends he was putting in were so hot that i was scared that he would burst into flames!

do not encourage him , but yes he does shoot very well for a newbie ( 6 months into the sport )

[pwiles1968]

Originally Posted by stu369

Well done Paul on your 2nd Place today.
I think you scared off Chris White!

Thank You again you are so kind I think I was alucky on the day, I don't think I scared anyone and I really hope he does not see this as he may well come looking for a match that really would not be plesant , but was very pleased to place considering the level of competition, you should have seen the look on my face when I realised nearly every other compound shooter in my session was Shop/Manufacturer sponsored, shot for GB or Both. The fact that I had not expected to be competitive was a blessing as I was not too nervous, though my first dozen was not too hot 110 and there was an 8 in there , the end score was a surprise (I try not to keep track through the comp) plus I got a PB and that is always nice , I think there were several high scores in my session, I'm waiting to see the results, luckily they were the second shoot of the day and only the first ones counted.

[pwiles1968]

Originally Posted by stu369

Yes Paul, only the first scores counted for this comp.

I know, I would not have placed otherwise, or at least I don't think I would have, we will see when the scores come out.

By the way Guys I will be at Enderby this week not sure if it will be Tue or Wed atm, Shot twice this weekend and my back seems OK, anyway I cant leave my box of biscuits from the raffle with you guys too long they will get wont be safe , if there are even any left.

[pwiles1968]

Yes Just got the Mail, Was Jon Nott the Matthews Staff Shooter?

So 3 scores above mine on all sessions, 10 points above admittedly.

[pwiles1968]

Originally Posted by stu369

I think he is - he shoots an Apex 7, and I think he is on here as well as 'bulldog'. if I am wrong then I apologise.

Was watching him trying to get some pointers he was fantastically steady may have been shooting BT release but could not see for sure and did not ask, should have hung around a while and watched Terry on his second session.

[Lowfat]

i came 14th out of 39 in my first Fita 18 shoot so after my disappointment of not getting the 500 i wanted i am a bit happier