10. Let the games begin

 14/02 - A perfect way of breaking in a new string. A spare string has to be a good idea now the two day comps are about to start! This one is courtesy of Nick @ Norseman Bows in NSW.

Walk back practice 80 arrows. with a break for dinner at 40. Shots every three or five steps from 5.5m out to 40m

15/02 - Walk back practice 50 arrows, same as above. New string has settled in, it stretched a little and I've adjusted the nock point and twisted to achieve preferred brace height. It should be good for the weekend now.

16 /02 - Indoor comp, ABA targets for a warm up to Ballarat, B grade had some 3Ds set up as the kids love them, I had a crack at those too. Shot 35 arrows very poorly, not sure what is going on at indoors the last couple of weeks.

Ballarat two day competition 18-19/02

It was perfect weather, the group I shot in was awesome with three experienced longbow shooters, one fella was using a recurve and myself so there was a bit of pressure on and everyone shot well. I was happy with my shooting overall, I did miss a few I should have gotten, that happens to everyone. My average for the 3 arrow was about normal, around 270 and I'm happy. The one arrow rounds were better than my average so that was pleasing also.

Digs

I lost one arrow which someone found later after I went back twice looking for it, so I still have 14. I lost a tip and have to re-fletch another, some archers lost a lot of arrows in the scrub. The format was a little different which was a nice change, the first day was two x 3 arrow rounds, one ABA, one 3D. Day two was one arrow rounds on each course. I enjoyed it.

I was very lucky to squeeze into first place in B Grade Longbow Traditional by 6 points.


FL14 Tally:

This period  -   130 arrows @ home
                    -   35 arrows @ outdoor shoot
                    -  105 arrows @ competition
    
2023 Total Arrows - 801
Casualties - 0 

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