The tournament was fun, though tiring, especially as we didn't get a break. Every tournament DH has been to before has had a break half way through. Never mind. I shot reasonably well, though I've a bit to go before I can compete with the Scotttish women's barebow record holders! DH came third in the men's recurve competition and got another medal. Pretty good seeing as he's still a novice. I was given a wee trophy because I won my category of women's barebow. Not difficult as I was the only entrant for that class!!!!! It's much harder to shoot barebow, which is why it isn't so popular as olympic recurve. All the sighting and aiming and so on is down to you and not the equipment. That's its appeal for me, plus the fact that one's bow is lighter because you don't have rods and weights fastened onto it.
I was shooting in a group of four which contained the man who won overall, a lady about my age (whose son was also taking part put on a different target; he won his under eighteen category), a girl who was very good (won the under fourteen girls'), and me. There was a boy of eight on the next boss who chatted (a lot!) to me between ends. He was like one of Brave heroine, Merida's, little brothers – red curly hair and full of mischief. His big brother, seventeen and also red haired, was shooting barebow too. I expect he got a higher score than me
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When I said I think of GN when I'm doing archery, I didn't mean any of you were 'on the target'. It's more as if I'm representing gransnet
. Odd really. Anyway, I was quite nervous and butterfly-tummied at the start but that soon settled down. Archery has a way of concentrating the mind, so you're too busy trying to get your centre of gravity right to stay nervous. Or so I find, anyhow 