It was touch and go whether we would shoot at all on Saturday as it had rained hard through the night and right through to midday, when the clouds broke and there was a hint of blue sky. On went the thermals and multiple layers, and in went the waterproofs.
The afternoon's round was a Short Metric, also known as a Metric I (metric one). This is three dozen at 50m followed by three dozen at 30m on an 80cm face. I have to admit I had misgivings about even attempting 50m, given that I was using a club training bow with an 18lb draw weight, but decided to give it a go. After all I had managed to hit the target at 40m a couple of weeks earlier, albeit with a not-very-good score!
So here is what happened in full technicolor:
50m Dozen 1 : 0
50m Dozen 2 : 0
50m Dozen 3 : 8
30m Dozen 1 : 22
30m Dozen 2 : 22
30m Dozen 3 : 35
Total : 87
As you can see, 50m was - erm - ambitious! With the 18lb bow, I had the sights reversed and at the lowest possible setting, and had to really exercise my back muscles to get the arrows to reach the target, but the majority landed either short or off-target. 30m was a whole lot better, but the average at this distance was still not as good as the average in the recent Frostbite round. I think the experience at 50m had a detrimental effect on my performance at the shorter distance. Lesson learned! At the time of writing, I have just shot my own bow for the first time (see next post), and I think I would be happy to attempt 50m again before long.
I am not looking for excuses, but I found the strong, gusty wind challenging and the arrow fell off the rest a number of times.
In conclusion, I can honestly say : I got a PB!
So here is what happened in full technicolor:
50m Dozen 1 : 0
50m Dozen 2 : 0
50m Dozen 3 : 8
30m Dozen 1 : 22
30m Dozen 2 : 22
30m Dozen 3 : 35
Total : 87
As you can see, 50m was - erm - ambitious! With the 18lb bow, I had the sights reversed and at the lowest possible setting, and had to really exercise my back muscles to get the arrows to reach the target, but the majority landed either short or off-target. 30m was a whole lot better, but the average at this distance was still not as good as the average in the recent Frostbite round. I think the experience at 50m had a detrimental effect on my performance at the shorter distance. Lesson learned! At the time of writing, I have just shot my own bow for the first time (see next post), and I think I would be happy to attempt 50m again before long.
I am not looking for excuses, but I found the strong, gusty wind challenging and the arrow fell off the rest a number of times.
In conclusion, I can honestly say : I got a PB!
The Short Metric is also known as the Short Metric 1.
ReplyDeleteA Metric 1 is a 12 dozen round. Shot at 4 distances 70m , 60m (122cm Face) and 50m and 30m (80cm face) (So the Short metric is the second half of a Metric 1 (AKA a Ladies FITA)