Finnish Archery Magazine

Wow, this time cover of the Finnish Archery Magazine ;))

Hmm..

Yesterday some volleyball and today about 130 arrows. Testing the Hoyt 550 limbs and compairing them to Winact limbs. I shot from 18m to 40m and the tab marks stayed the same with both limbs. So the Hoyt limbs gives the same bounds than the Winact. Only different was that the Hoyt limbs were more noisy. I put to them the limb saver, maybe that help with the sound. I'm gonna test to reduce the noise with the string hight, adding and redusing the turns on the string.

Merry Christmas to everybody

Shopping

No shooting, instead shopping in townshop Veljekset Keskinen. I hope that on Tuesday evening is nothing else..

This week

No shooting this week, but 2 times real volleytraining and today some curling :).
I try to go shooting tomorrow, some hour to test the new Hoyt 550 limbs. I had some time to test them quickly, and they was almost like the Winact limbs. Thats good, so I don't have to change anything else.

Vaasa 5.12.2009

Very nice competition in Vaasa, little grouded but othervise very nice. The brakes were nice and shorts, and the shooting phase felt quick, even we shot in 3 groups.
First quoter was okey 140, second 136. End of that quoter started the difficulties, I couldn't regognice the reason to that. Third was 132, shot there 3*8 in one serial, after that I knew what was wrong. It was my hip that started to turn to left. So I put my hip straight again and started to hit yellow again. Last 5 set 140. Score 276 and 272 makes 548. Little disapointed but 8th place after that from 16 shooters was okey.
Before the man to man round there was a little bigger brake and I just couldn't keep the fealing. I shot 27,27,29 and 28. Just lost two point to Juuso who shot 29,29,27,28. But I was the best of the loosers, so my final place was 9th :).
I was competing in recurve class to get some tuffer opponets. Very good practice to the next season. And the X7 arrows worked very good, man didn't ;)

Story about the WG in local paper

Got a Archer of the year 2009 title in Finland

WOW, what a title. It feels so Great, and I'm so happy.
Thanks to all who supported me this year;
My coatch, Riku Lahtinen
Sponsors, Fat Archery and Ksat
And the Family at home :).
Also everybody else who has supported me!

-Pasi-

ACE / X7

Second test.
I tought that in the shooting range would be somebody else also shooting, but supprice there was nobody. First started with the ACE arrows shooting some warmup arrows. Then shot 30 arrows score, 282. Changed to X7, score 284. So now its 2-0 to X7 arrows... Also I shot with ACEs 3*8, but with X7 only 1...
And it's fun to shoot with the X7 arrows ;))), I have some motivation to shoot, that's more important than shoot better with those arrows.

X7 inside

Thanks guys for the comments, but ;), I was today shooting with them and it was mutch more fun to shoot with them. Also shot the first half with X7 (30arrows) to score 282 and with the ACEs second half 278.. So, after first trainings winner is X7 :). In our archery hall in Virrat, X7 was easier to aim in the middle. With ACE, the point reflected the light from the roof to the points both sides and the upper part was unvisible.
The shooting style does not change at all, I only have different plunger..

But this is for having something else and fun inside than shooting the same everytime.
And lets see the other shooters faces when they see Barebow with big arrows ;)).

This evening again training, now I'm gonna shoot first with the ACEs (30 arrows) and then with X7. Dirk, lets see Xanders face, when I'm pulling my special weapons in the couple shooting.

X7

Trying to put some feathers to the arrows. It's very long prosess to glue the feathers. Like wait 25min glue to dry, and then next... So one arrow 1h15min... Takes all evening to glue 4 arrows.. It's so easy and fast to put the K-Vanes, that I have in the ACE arrows... Like 2min arrow..

Now in Finland and Virrat. Maybe tomorrow I can visit the shooting cave in here and shoot some arrows, BIG and ACEs :)...

What

Yesterday 227 arrows and today 108. I visited the archery shop in Vilvoorde here in Belgium just to buy some nocks. But I have longer thinked to buy some BIG arrows for indoor shooting, so I bought 4*X7 2312 arrows. Lets see how they work whit my bow :). It's just for fun to try them out.

Watch out finnish recurve shooter (see the picture :=)

More shooting

Today 117 arrows. Shooting to the Vegas targets(40cm) and 10 ring (6ocm)... Broke one nock today like yesterday, but yesterday also the shaft broke :(..

Vegas

My next competition is in Vaasa (Finland) 5.12.2009, and I'm shooting in the recurve class to the vages targets. So I founded some vages targets from my club, and shot to those about 120 arrows.
Founded nice tuning to 18m and shot result 2*30 arrows. First 30 was 287, with 3*30 and the second half 280, with one 30. I shot only like 3-4 eights, so I was more that happy to that result :).

Indoor

Some indoor shooting on Thursday, like 130 arrows.
I'm planning to go challenge some recurve shooters in Vaasa 5.12.2009, if there is still places open..
And I get a babysitter ;). They have also the finals, so that's a very nice practice to the future.

Not a word from Green Horn about the limbs, so I'm not gonna shoot with their limbs next year.
I ordered Hoyt's 550 limbs from FatArchery ;).

What limbs

Second promise of the limbs deliver was beginning of this week, and still no limbs :(((((((((((((((.
Most defenedly I'm going for the next season with my W&W limbs, and I got a very nice offer for a new limbs, for my real sponsor from finland. The FATarchery shop, and they keep what they say :).
Otherwise I have been sig all of this week. I had on Monday vomit desease, and I lost like 2kg of my weight, couldn't eat enything. Now I could eat a nice steak and some red wine :)).

Nice weather

It was very nice weather yesterday, so went to shoot in Rumst outside.
about 180 arrows, distancies 30m, 40m and 50m.
Weather was sunny, no wind and +10..

108

Yahoo, 108 arrows today.. Felt quite nice, and it was like riding the bike for the long time. Still hitting the yellow ;).
Limbs are promesed for next week ;).

Green Horn limbs

Haven't heard from the limbs... And it's November... They promesed the limbs in October..
So, looks like that I'm going with the W&W limbs again next year. Have to buy some spare limbs from them also... :((((((

Mechelen

Waiting for the limbs, only few days of this month, Green Horn..
Meanwhile visiting Mechelen, some pictures from there.
Just when I was going to the church tower, my cameras battery went
dead, nice timing. Have to buy a second one.

Some pictures from Mechelen

This week

2 times gym and 2 times volleyball, maybe tomorrow also some gym..

Volleyball strats to go better after some gym :).
Also my back is better after the gym.

40 years.... aaark...

Thanks to Jarkko all the support (he wrote in finnish some comments).
Since we moved to Belgium, I haven't shot almost any inside competitions, because here they are little different than in Finland. I shoot like one 18m competition and one 25m competition during the winter time. And I really don't practice those distancies. Let's see, maybe someday. Latest next year, when the Face2Face is again, I'm gonna go there to drop some recurve shooters :). Also the field season is staring here on January, so no time for indoor shooting :).

Green Horn promised me a new pair of limbs this month, I hope I get them.
And a new riser before next year. I keep my fingers cross..

Nothing new under the sun

Just taking brake from the archery. Two times in a week spinning and two times volleyball training, and a match. I think that's enough for now :)..

Fun Shooting in Lier

Very nice field ;). Animal targets, 3D and 2D, were the worst targets, but fun.
Some pictures here http://picasaweb.google.com/pasi.ahjokivi/2009_09_27FunShootingInLier#

Shooting

Like 50 arrows. Just testing the bow for the Sundays "FUN" shooting. There is a competition in Lier. I heard that they have made a special course for Sunday. There's gonna be some old field targets, and some IFFA targets and also some animal targets, and some "normal" fita field targets.
So, its gonna be nice and fun round to shoot, everyhting unknown :)

Pro Archery in Lier, Belgium

I was during the weekend marking the scores in Lier. Here some pictures from there..

http://picasaweb.google.com/pasi.ahjokivi

Still something else

I was just golfing last week. Tooked a couple of practice rounds and on Saturday I had a competition, where I golfed quite well. I did a 31 (par 36) points during the round with a couple of birdies. Best hole was nr. 9, where I opened with my driver about 310m. So it left me like 60m shot to the green. After the shot it leaved me like 3m put to the hole, and I did it :).

Lets C witch point back to the archery, not yet.

Something else

Golfing ;). I was playing a round (9 holes) of golf today. In Overijse Golf Club. They have only 9 holes there, but very nice field. Score +4 over the par (36). I was supriced how well it went after like two years of no golf at all. Yeasterday I was in range, but stil that result is very good.
It looks like its gonna rain rest of the week, so maybe next round next week.
But I had big fun :)... and the Burger and the frites were also nice in the club, and glass of white wine..

346 + 351

Very nice weekend in Esch. The shooting was very good and the weather was also nice. Now the shooting was mutch better when I consendrated to the pressure point in my left hand, that it's the same in every shot. Only one very bad target during the two day, first day 50m level. Just couldn't get the arrows even inside the 4, 3,3,2 there :(. And also too many targets that I start with a 6,6 or 6,5 and then I shoot like a 3 or 4. And those targets are in a short range..
But very happy to weekends results. Now the field season is over.
Thank you to all who supported me, and special thanks for the sponsors;
Riku Lahtinen ( my coatch)
Fat Archery
Koillis-Satakunnan Sähkö
And my Family

-Pasi-

163 arrows

I think that I founded atleast one fault that I have done wrong, or haven't think of it during the shooting. My left hands pressure to the handel hasn't been the same in every shot. So the pressure has been changed like up and down, left and right... Today I concendrated to it, and the shooting was better. Even the 20m were very good :).
Now it's little easier to go to Esch ;)

117

So, shooting again after the week in France :).
And I didn't find anything wrong in the bow or the man?!? I shot the 20m to the 60cm target, and all the 10 arrows were in yellow and only one of those in 9. So it looks like the bow or the man just doesn't work in the hot hot hot weather. Why? Maybe I have to take a another trip to some hot hot hot place and start testing that. Lets hope that next year in Hungary, the weather is little less :).

Team Finals

It was a very fun experience :). We were almost like a winners, as U can see in THIS picture :).

In warming place we had a 40cm targets in 20m. So the same thing continued than in the elimination day, just couldn't hit the yellow?!? I don't know what is the reason, but I changed the arrowrest again, like in almost every competitions. Maybe I have to start to think to change it. But atleast it helped in all other distance than the 20m, witch was still bad in the team finals.

Now the season is almost over. Next weekend I'm gonna go to 5Nations in Esch (Luxenbourg), atleast for a one day. Just see my archery friends and thank them from the support, that I have had in this season. So it will be a fun shooting :)))

No final place

The first final track there was lots of up and down hills. I haven't practiced those in three month, so I had to quess the marks, and usually I started with 3. So it was really hard. I try to kick my self, but the normal score was like 5,4,3 or 6,5,2 or so :(. One down hill shot, my string hit my pants, low one. And at the last target, I just couln't hit the targer, even I was fighting to the end. 4,4,2 there :(. Just have to do more fysic training. Only the shooting is not enough..

But the last to BIG competitions has been very hot and tuff. So I'm more than happy that I got the Silver medal at the WORLD GAMES :).

Tomorrow the team finals...

666

Nice score after two days :). I'ts veeeery hot hot hot in here. Tomorrow we continue the finals... Cutting the 16 to 4...

Thalys

Surfing in the train speed of 300km/h :). This is like in the trip to Taiwan. First class. I see rest of the finnish team in CDG Paris. First have to take the train from Paris Nord to Airport. I think it easy, just following the sign RER B.

Rumst

Went to the Rumst to shoot some arrows. Urmas was also there. So thats for my shooting, just talked what has happened during the summer :). But still 90 arrows. Tomorrow is a rest day. I think that I can shoot enough next week ;))

Bunker

Back in Brussels, shot 96 arrows in by backyard bunker (4,5m). Tomorrow to Rumst and maybe on Sunday also..

Rowing pictures

Pictures of the finish rowing competition.

80 Arrows

Couple days off, today 80 arrows. Thats enought to keep the shooting good. I think if I'm shooting more, its bad for me. So max 1hour or 100arrows per practice. I think that I'm gonna shoot second time today in the evening, after watching the SM-rowing. They are rowing front of the yard. The rowing distance is 10km, so they row four times front of the yard. Have to take some photos of the competitions also :)

EC

Just shooting every second day like 50 arrows. Just keeping the good shooting from World Games going on..

Final day

I was so nervous in the first tree tarkets, my hand was shaking like hell. I had chance to be in lead in every target, but i had to leave it to the last target. It was a 25m/40cm uphill. I just disided, that this is my best target, and that I can shoot it very good. Even it didin't work in the second day. But I changed my string to the final day, and it worked like hell :) So the Italian started with 4, I was like that now I have a chance, I put there 5 or 6, didn't look, cause it was in yellow. Then Italian put another 4, so i disided to shoot even better, so 6. He shot again 4, and I knew that 4 is enough, so when i saw the yellow, I led it go, and it was a 5 :).

I wasn't so nervous in the last 4 target, cause the medal was sure and I got use to the groud. In the last target we were even with Giuseppe, he shot very nice 5,5,5 and I wasn't able to put even four in the. But I'm more than happy to my SILVER medal.

Silver in Kaohsiung

I WON a silver medal , ou, YEAHHHHHH

Thank you all for the support..

It has been a very tuff, wet and hot week.

Official practice

It's HOT HOT HOT.. and have to drink, drink, drink and drink more. The temperature is like 33 and the sun doesnt even shine. But all the marks are okey, and I'm fealing ready.. The field looks like very flat, what we have seen. There not gonna be lots of up and downs. So the scores will be very high..

Pictures from Kaohsiung

http://picasaweb.google.fi/pasi.ahjokivi/

Hotel

Now at the hotel, very nice. And mutch better connection than in the acreditation center.

But everynbody(me, Haije, Marko and Anns) are here, and all the luggages also. Tomorrow to the Archery range to shoot.

Kaohsiung

We are here (me and Haije).

This machine doesent work... dam..

70 + 32

I woke up at 5.30 this morning to shoot. Its like 10am in Taiwan, so I try to be in the same time than there allready. So maybe it helps to the jet-lag. Tomorrow also up at 5 :). Then at 11 nose heading to Tampere, Tikkurila, Helsinki-Vantaa (airport), Amsterdam, Hongkong, Kaohsiung.
Takes like 32h or so...

Flu

And now the summer flu tryes to get me... Maybe few hot-rhums helps :). Have to try at the evening.. Have to shoot before that, to test all spare things, tabs, string and so... No spere limbs, but if they brake they brake. Hope not. Lets how I feel tomorrow...

Night off

Not shooting today.. I have had some butterflyes in my stomac, that's a good sign :). But on sunday starts the trip to Kaohsiung :)... Can't wait ;)

WG

Going nice very nice, I'm ready :)

Morning training

Veeery good, tested the bow, and after that shot all the distancies. All in yellow, if I just remember all the shooting rutines. Feets, hip, left arm and so. I got mutch confidense of that.
Also I heard, that I'm now number 1 in the Field Archery Ranking ;))))

Brake

I have shot like 60 arrows during the last two days.. The weather has been bad, and I have had something else to do. But It's also good to take some brake and think something else time to time. Gonna shoot some arrows today :)

Hood Field

Score 334, so almost the score that I ordered :).
But I'm happy to that. The field was very long, and only one target was in level. Others were in nice up and down hills. Lots of pictures in Timo's page www.timorantanen.com :).
Couple special targets, one 49/53m 80cm, one 28m/40cm (thats too long for Barebow), I shot the 15points. And one 9m bunny. Plus there was all long distancies, 50m/80cm, and so..
I'm in the right way to World Games... Just couple easy weeks practice and that's it ;)..

Work accident

I was pealing a electronic cable up in the ladders like in 5 meter, and I cut my left thumb.
Doesn't effect to the shooting, thank god ;).

Today like 130 arrows. No measuring tape, just "guessing" the distance and then 3 arrow. Looking very nice. Can't wait for the Sundays competition. The field is gonna be tuff, so I would be happy to score like 340, then it would be easy to go to World Games.

Tomorrow I will visit the Helsinki with Dirk and Xander, we are gonna go to Suomenlinna and some other tourist places there. Can't wait.

Monday

I shot all the distancies and everything looks great. Lets see on Sunday, how it goes in the competition. Goal is over 340, then the road has been right, and don't have to panic, what to do before World Games.

No time

No time to write to the pages. But everything is going well. Practising like under 100 arrows a day. Not too mutch, but just enough to keep the good feeling to the shooting..
Not so mutch time to practice, after work, eating, making some house work and so.

Back to normal

Tuned my bow to work in 20m without featherless. Before it was from between 25 or 30 meters.. Now the arrows worked very (extra) nice all the way to 40m :). Better than before. I was planned to shoot today, but I didn't had the fealing, even the veather was nice...

Article in the Aamulehti

Competition Tampere 70m

It was perfect weather in Tampere, no wind, like +20 and it was clowdy. I was little late for the competition, I had just time to shoot 2x6 arrows for warming up. First 5 arrows were left, like in 7-8, and the last was in the middle. Second 6 was also little left, so I tuned plunger couple rounds. After that and some string lining and some lining of feets I started to hit the yellow. I usually shoot better in the competitions, "more" time to shoot and I'm making all the things just more sharper :). Score 647, and a new finnish record in the Barebow class (50m/122cm), old one 638 was from year 2001 :). Now good to go forward to the World Games..

Too fast pace

Looks like that I have been shooting in too fast pace. The 50m arrows was flying everywhere. even 2s and 3s :(. I went to 30m and the arrows still went to 3s and 4s.. I was wondering why?!? Then I slow down the pace. I started to take more time between arrows. I have been shooting 10 arrows at the time. Also have to start to shoot max 6 arrows at time or 3-4 arrows. It the field competition it's 3 arrows, so have to get use to that... Lets see tomorrow.. max 100 arrows and more time.

Hmmm...

Nothing special to add, going good ;). Saturday 50m competition in Tampere..

45m, couple arrows slipped..

Shooting good

Thats the view, where I'm practicing ;).

The shooting got much better after I got the new arrows and tuned the bow. The shooting is also better, even with the old arrows. With those I'm getting also much better grouping, and can practise with those.
Before I didn't hit the yellow enough, so it got to my mind. But now its so easy to shoot ;)))

128 + 176

On Monday I shot the naked arrow test. All 12 arrows, and the best goup was that in the picture, from 20m :). Today it was very stormy weather here in Virrat, so I went inside to tune my bow to fit the arrows. First the naked arrow test, had to put some rounds more, that the naked arrows hit the same spot with the feather arrows. Then the walking test to tune the plunger. And rest of the time to shoot some 25m, to try how it works. Looking good, put have to test it also at outside too. It was very difficult to see the string inside. Mutch easier to see it outside.
And also lets see how the long distancies works..

Competition in Riihimäki, Finland

It was rainy and cold morning. First 8 targets went to worming up, after that the shooting was mutch better. The first half was harder than the second, even the first 11 was unknown, but they were much harder, cause they were in up and down hills. First half 162 and the second 170. I haven't practice in field, so the start was like practicing again, how to shoot up and down hills..
Best thing was, that I got my new arrows, finally. Big thanks to
FAT ARHERY :).
Now I can see is the man or the arrows that are twisted ;)

Marks and measuring

Today just checking my marks and measuring. Looking good for tomorrow, execpt the weather. Again they have promesed rain during the competition. So, its gonna be wet and cold competition again, like in Zirkos competition. I don't mine, it starts to be normal, that its raining during the competition.

99 today and....

I think that I found the reason why my marks were changed in Vertus.
Last week I noticed that I was opening my mouth. Before I have shot mouth closed, but now it was open. Also that's why the shooting was not stable. Now when I closed my mouth, the shooting came more stable in all way. The marks changes the one stitch :). Ou Jee, I'm happy, so happy..

108 & 153

Last Thursday 108 arrow and on Sunday 153. Waiting for new arrows, maybe my motivations will be better after the new arrows.. Now the arrow don't hit the yellow enough, I know it's the arrows that goes round and round in the target... or then it's the man ;)

Today 56 arrows..

After work day, my last work day has been like 2,5 years ago, and after I changed the car tires, from back to front and otherwise, and after I carried some woods (half and hour) with wheelbarrow, 56 arrows was enough :).

I made the frames to the targed myself, just have to add couple wheels and I can push it around the yard :). I have here some up and down hills.

126

I built a frame to my target, and shot 126 arrow in short range. I put a line from yellow tape, and shot short range (5m), with 5-40m marks.

Back in Finland, Zirkos competition

It was a dark and stormy morning in Vantaa, like Snoopy starts he's story ;).
The rain started at 9 in the morning, and it rained all day, till the competition was over, nice...
Who ordered the rain? And the temperature was like +6, only.

But, it was nice to shoot finally after two years back in Finland. I was prepaired to bad weather, so it the weather didn't get to my mind, much. The arrows worked better today, than week ago in Vertus. I tuned the string high down, so the long distancies were better. But then I missed many short target, like fourface 17m, first 3, then half stitch more, second in the same, and also the thirt..why? Dont know :)

But score 334 in that weather was ok.. Now just new arrows and more practice..

The Vertus price ;))

And mine and Chris pictures from the trip are here..
Vertus 2009

Vertus, France

Score 324 + 331. Veru nice field, many tuff targets, up and won...
After two years, I finally won the Vertus, and had the magnum bottle of Champagne :)))

But more later on the week...
Now backing the car and to Finland

Shooting this week and some volleyball

We had a volleyball game yesterday evening, it was my last before the next season. So they had a bottle of Viru Valge with them, cause they didn't find any Finlandia Vodka anywere. Very nice of them. I have never ever found peope like that in Finland, I like them a lot :).
Its very different here than in Finland, people come to kiss U and all, its very weard in Finland..

So thank U guys, I will bring some finnish spirits back, when I come back :)

I was shooting today, just checked that marks were okey, only 100 arrow... not shooting tomorrow.
They have a double competition in the practice field on weekend, so the practice field is full of caravans...
On Saturday and Sunday, the 5 Nations competition in France...

Tongeren sunday

What to say... Now the short marks were half stitsh down?!? I dont understand... Score 333, first half 158 and then the second 175. I think, in the first half I didn't had the motivation to shoot. Some target after the half way I disided to shoot better, and it worked... So the score is only in the head, but the marks were again wrong...
Practising today, like 60 arrows. Just checked the sundays marks, yes, they are still low...

Last serie, arrows 141-150, from 40m to 80cm target... Little low, new arrows and they will be in the middle :). But the old marks are still good, still can't figure out, why the marks were up, in Wuustwezel?!?..

2nd day

Score 331, I expected similar score than Saturday, but pffff... I didn't feel any different that on Saturday. And the weather was much better, sun was shining. It started with a 10m bunny. First high four, what the heck?!? Then moved the mark half stitch down, 5, 5. On Saturday my long marks were off (high), like one stitch (2,5m) and now all the short mark were also off?!? Next one was about 24m/60cm.. I measured it and shooted, low 3, what?!? Yeah, its gonna be one bad day.. Next one low 3, and the last 4... then I noticed, that I measured it ok, but I was thinking about the 40cm targets distancies, yeah nice. I strugled all day, with the marks, execpt last four targets... There I put 14, 16, 16, 16 ;). I managed to shoot two arrows past the target. First one was 40m/60cm. Tooked 40m mark, and it just went high to the white. One 17m/40cm I shot with a 27m mark, nice...
Well, what I learned? Have to be allert in every target, what it is, and the distancies could be. Have to by new arrows to the competitions. And more training...
Haven't test the bow yet, but it could be that the lover tiller has ben changed like 1,5mm, could that be the reason for higher hits?

5 Nations, Wuustwezel, 1st day

Nice score 356 today. Weather was okey, but it was little cold, no rain... The first half was very good shooting, 185 to there. I think that in the second half I started to be little tired, cause the last arrows started to be not good. Also my longer marks was not right, I shot to 40m, 45m and 50m targets with my first arrow high 3 to all... Dont know why... Tomorrows target is to get better score than today, and shoot better than today.

This week

...Goal is in the couple shooting with Dirk in Netherland. Its a similar competition, than F2F, but U shoot with a partner against another pair. Thats gonna be fun, again.
That would be a nice competition to pring in Finland too.
Monday and Wednesday 160 arrows. Monday just shooting to 60cm and Wednesday I shot first 80 arrows to 60cm, and then I added one 40cm three spot, cause we are shooting to that on Saturday.
Then 80 arrows like 3 in the spots and five to 60 target. Next week I can start to go outside and using the field targets ;))

Last Week

Was quite nice. I were practising 3 times during the week. Shooted like over 400 arrows. And the weeks goal was the 18m Barebow Indoor World Championship shooting in Rumst.

It was very hard to get the feeling to the shooting. In the first half there was couple 10,10,7 and 10,10,8. I got score of 272 in the first half. The second half was much better, cause i got the real shooting feeling on after first 3 set. After those all were in the yellow, and gave me a score 278. There was one 26, that I didn't like. So, days score 550, witch is my personal best, and only 7 point from the finnish national record.

I tooked the second place in the Indoor WC. Erik is still leading that with points 559.
www.barebow.com

Emil

Emil has also started to practice ;).

6 + 60 + 18

I went to the klub to shoot 18m competition, like we have in 15.2. It's 6 warming arrows and after those starts the competition. So, I have to use to that, that there is no 45min warming up shooting, like in finland we have. I think that the 6 arrows is not enough, but I just have to use to it. Maybe before the competition I'm gonna shoot some arrows at home, to warm up. Well, maybe it's not so nessessery, I shot 557 after the 6 warming up arrows. Still there was 8 8's, some of those were very bag shooting. But I have next week time to practice ;).
And those 18 arrows, I just shot two times nine arrows to 60cm target..

Yesterday

I had made a new string during the week, so I just went to test it. It worked like the other one I have, so now I have two similar strings. Most of the time I'm shooting 18m to the 60cm 10 face target. It don't give so mutch pressure to hit the yellow. And also it's more relaxing, don't have to shoot 100% all the time. I shot 203 arrows..

Shooting on Friday

I went to the klub to shoot, but I wasn't on the mood to shoot. So I started to service my stuff. First I checked the arrows. There was couple knocks, feathers and one point missing. Just fixed those, but I left two arrows whitout feathers, just test the bow. Then I checked that the bow was in tune, that was fine. I only shooted like 60 arrows.
Again till Thursday I have to be with Emil at home. He's sick again :(. Just pulling the bow at home and evenings I will go to play volleyball.

Emil

Emil wanted the head to be Emil :).
But, today i went to the klub to shoot, but I wasn't not so interested to shoot.
So I fixed my arrows first. Put some feathers and some knocks and points.
After that I checked my strings. I have to by some string (FF) to make the knocking
points to other strings (3 of them). One of them had the knocking point little up.
I tryed that and the arrows went to up clock one. Also the sring had the knocking point made of
tape. The "real" one had the metal ring and some plastic tape. No wonder that the hits were up.

So next week to shop, or visit my friend Urmas. I think that he has some string, to make some knocking point :)
Yesterday 111 arrows and today some 60...

Volleyball

Now my son Emil is sick and home, so no time to go shooting. Just playing volleyball on the evenings, but that's enough for now. Next competition 15.2, the barebow WC-competition.

No shooting

Just taking easy, after the weekends competition. Next week some tuning and shooting..

Winter field, score 345 + 346

New personal record in field ;). One point more than the last one.. The weather was better than I expected, but still it was cold in the open areas, where the wind could blow. Temperature was about +5, both days. And only little rain in the first day. So very nice winter field conditions.

On saturday I had some problems with measuring and shooting, exept in bunnies. But what else you can expect for the first day in field :). Second day was much better shooting and measuring, but the arrowrest broke again, I noticed it in target 16 :(. So that's why my short marks were off, and to the first bunny I shot 4,4,4..

So I have to start to change the arrowrest every month or so, that it works fine. In barebow the arrow kicks so hard to the arrowrest in short distancies. The rest get tired offen that in recurve.
But it was a nice start for the season.

The results will be in fieldarchery.org pages in some point. Some photos are allready there..

100 arrows outside

It was calm and nice +4 here in Virrat. So I desided to go outside to shoot, cause the weekend competition is also outside. Just testing the distancies and how much have to put on. Now it looks like, that the weather in Netherland is the same :).
Picture is from the Virrat. There I practice, when I visit the town.

Tuff

Its very demanding to shoot that good than I shot in Jyväskylä. After the competition I was mentaly and physicly done. It tooked couple days to recover. That was new feeling in archery ;).

I have had something else to do than shooting. We were couple days in Helsinki area, and after that I was the weekend in Tampere. But today I have time to go and take the distancies / measuring for the weekends field competition. Lets see how that works out. Also some fine tuning or checking that all the distancies are in the middle.

Scorecard

Thanks Guys :)
Here the Scorecard

Score 561

YES, I did it. New finnish record in 25m, 561 points. Its 2 points more than the last record 559 (Jarmo Hilli, 1993).
What elso to say, the shooting was very good, except coulpe of 7s and few 8s. But other hand I had 32 tens. Thats more than half of the arrows were in the middle, very happy ;).
Its result of lots of practice, and thanks to physic training I did not felt tired in any point of the shooting, that was new feeling. Yellow is enough I said, and it was true. I didn't hunt tens, I knew that the tens comes if they comes. I think, that was the secret to get 3 times 30points :).

133 yesterday

Its good to have someone to compete with in the practice. Yesterday i shot with Aulis (compound). We shot 18m to 2 vegas targets, so 6 arrow at time. My best 6 arrows was 59 and the worst was like 54. Some 6 arrows were really tight, but the I shot like two 8s or 7, and the game (12 arrows) was gone. But very good practice. Today just go and pick 4-5 good arrows to tomorrows competition.
Weather here in Virrat is cold, its -16 outside.

Easy 160 arrows

Had to put tape in the nose, no string anywhere, to change the metal ring... I shot to two 60cm targets. Could not hit the right target. The lightning was different, couldn't see the point clear. Arrows went left to line of 8-9. Same time, when shooting, marking witch arrows hit most in ten. Found 4 arrow that were better that others, so those are gonna be the competition arrows :). Tomorrow to play volleyball, we have a "ham melting" tournament.