Practicing last day of february

The place where I go to practice is in Rumst. So if someone have the Google Earth, you can actually see the target in there. The cordinates are 51° 5'0.00"N and 4°25'53.00"E. It has been okey weather this week, so I have been shooting there three times this week. Today I notised that my motivation was not the best, arrows went all over the targets... Also I noticed that my marks were different than before. It was because I turned a little bit more power to the limbs. Now I can shoot about 55 meters under the knock. Still all the distances stayed in yellow, and arrows worked fine. My feathers are so twisted, that some of them should be changed... But still the K-Wines works fine, but maybe some of them should be changed. Lets see, if during the weekend I have motivation to change them ;).

Shooting outside with Sirius 25.02.2008

It was beautiful weather today, so I went outside to test the Sirius riser. I shooted the distances between 5m - 70m, and the bow worked so nice :). I was shooting the field targets, cause the field season is not so far away. All the field distances worked fine, meaning that most of the arrows were usually in yellow. So, no need to adjust the bow, just shoot more all the distancies, and take up all the marks. Best group was in 60m/122cm target.. All nine arrows inside the yellow, and four tens :).

Couple shooting in Netherland 24.2.2008

This kind of shootings should be in Finland too :). First you have four groups, where in every group is five teams. You shoot against every team in your grop. Two roud three arrows. Winner takes 2 point and loser 0. If tied, then both 1 point. Then you count your points after 3 games and one "dummy" game. Then the groups winner compete against other groups winners and the second competes against others two's, etc.. That was fun competitions, even we did not were very good in the first group. But we had to compete against 3 compound groups, so it was expexted, that we lose those.. But we had a good time ;)

Green Horn / Sirius

I got the new Sirius riser from Green Horn. I have shot this week with it, with my limbs (Winact). The balance of te riser is better than in Nexus. No need to add so much weight front of it, like in my Naxus (800g). I think that it would be enough, if I add like 200-300g to it. I have the same draw weitgh in it like in Nexus, so I can use the same arrows in it. Not nessessery to buy new arrows right now. But in some point I think, that I would like to shoot with Nano Xr....

Merkplas www.barebow.com Competition 16.2.08

Well my goal was 540, but I just couldn't make it. 532 was the result. First I was a little bit nervious, cause I haven't compete inside soooo lont time, it was just something new. So I lost too many points in the beginning.. After 3-4 four round it was good to shoot. The shooting was not good, but it was not bad. I made one time maximum 30points in one round, others was round 26-28, more 26-27 than more... I think there was also one time three eights, not good, for me. The results was also part of the barebow indoor world championhip, that score was enough for second place, at this point. www.barebow.com

Green Horn / Sirius

Next wednesday I get my new sponsored bow from Green Horn. Lets see do I have to change my arrows also. New limbs are 2# bigger, but now my bow is tuned up, all bounds that I can get from Nexus. So it could be same 40#, that I get from Sirius too. Lets see what happends. I hope that it would be allready wednesday ;)), like waiting for christmas..

Practicing january-february

I have started to visit the gym two times a week. Have to lose some weight and get some strenght to the muscles, not too much. Also ones a week I go playing floorball for two hours. I have been shooting two times a week. Thanks to www.kjss.be that they took me in their club. They have outside field (open all year) and inside "hall" /club. If I'm alone, I can shoot up to 25m. If it's good weather, then I go outside to shoot up to 90m. I don't shoot 90m, cause I don't have any aiming point to that lenght. I have noticed, that 60m and 70m (they are in finnish Barebow FITA) are very good practicing lenghts.

Pictures / Scores from Oedenrode

Can be found from the www.fieldarcher.org pages

Second day in Oedenrode

Sunday.. The warming up shooting were inside the club, like in saturday. I forgot my arrow vine in my car, when I changed the car in Dirks place. But fortunately some shooter had a spare vine, didn't had to go to the field arrows in hand. I added one shirt more, under the jacket, so it was much warmer to shoot. Both days were quite windy, witch made the aiming difficult. On sunday the longer distancies were better than saturday, but the bunnies were worse. I was happy to the score. 349, without X=6, that would be 328. So two days 341 + 349 = 690 (647 old style). Very good start to the field season !!!

First Field Competiton

The Field season started early this year, 12th and 13th of january in Oedenrode, Netherland. Place was about 150km from Brussels. The saturday morning was little bit rainy, but the rain stopped after we got to the field. Weather was about +4, so it was very good idea to take with me thick gloves. Without those, the first days score (341) would not be possible. This competition was the first where the inner X was counted as 6. Whithout the X=6, the score would had been 319.
My marks, bow and arrows have not been changed from the last year, so it was quite easy to go to the competition. First two target was a little bit difficult, cause I haven't have shot field since september in Lier, Belgium Open. But after I got some bunnies shooted, it feld much easier. I got some difficulties to "measure" some distancies, so those targets were about 12-13 point only. Now it's easy say "only", cause the maximum score is 18point. 6points from maximum is quite alot. I shot two times 18 point to the cooking plates (40cm) ;).

Starting new season

The season started 6.1.2008 in Jyväskylä, Finland. There was 25m competition inside. The result was quite good, considering how I was practising before that. Ones, twices a week, not much..
Score was 541 (268 + 272). :)