Happy New Year 2012

Sunday shooting

No feeling to shoot toiday?!? Don't know why, but still shot like 200 arrows... 2 times 60 arrows to 10 face and 60 arrows to IFAA five spot... Scores even didn't feel like shooting... 560 and 563 and to the 5 spot... 292... tuesday next training..

220 arrows

After long and tired day of home dad went to shoot some arrows in the evening..
Was it me or why all the other archers left the hall, when I went there. There was like 7 shooters, and all disapeared after I started to shoot, was it the smell or the bad company :))

Well Shot like 40 arrows to warm up and looking the mark.. After that started to shoot 60 arrows scores 3 times... Scores 567, 567, 570... So in practice it's quite level what I shoot. To all scores some bad sets like 25 and 26 points... But I think I was already tired before shooting, so the mind was not with me...

1st competition indoor

Score 549, okey score for the opening competition. Some very bad sets in the beginning... Scores like 26, 24, 26... First half 272 and second 277.. Second half started to shoot the 3rd target badly.. Lots of down hits to 7,8,9.. Same problem than before, cant shoot 3 good arrows... Practice, practice and some more practice...
It the finals won the first one 6 - 2, but the lost the next 2 -6.. After all 6th place in recurve class was better that I expected.. After two weeks next competition in Kurikka...

571

Very nice shooting today.. Just little bit tired/not sharp on last 3-4 set. Shot like 26-28 points..

Had also very nice practice with Aulis (compound). He came after half hour and we started to shoot sets... I won first one, two next went to the shoot off (5-5), I lost both :(... Also lost the last one 6-4.. But still shot very good :)...

565

Score 565 yesterday in Virrat Sporthall... But got a better feeling a in my own finals.. After the normal round I have started to shoot finals to 6 points.. First round, 27 point even, less 0 points and 28 or more 2 points... Second and third round is 28 point even, less 0 and 29 or 30, 2 points..

It's very good practice to shoot high scores :)...

One part

There is something missing in my shooting... It's so close to be very good. Now shooting like scores 550 - 565.. Goal is to go over 570.. I think the bow is ok, or could be that I need little more bounds, that the X7 starts to work.. Need new limbs to get it, now riser turned to full... or just have to buy new arrows.. Just have to find the missing part of the shooting ;)

Some more indoor

Just waiting the Kaya K5 limbs to come, or even some word about them.. Looks like that one Italian and one British has already kaya limbs, and I don't...

yesterday shooting was just a little like wondering how to shoot... Started with ace arrows witch I can shoot more for warming up, then change to X7 that I only have 4 arrows... Some midway I started to worder how it's possible that the bows didn't look the same.. Measured it with Riku and because I had changed the limbs that the tiller (the different between limbs) was like 10mm.. So lot of time went to wonder how it's possible and how o fix it.. Got it to like 2,5mm..
Tomorrow more shooting...

Indoor

So... I thought that I keep some brake after the EC, but no.... Just wanted to go and start shooting indoor straight a way :).... The "bad" result in Italy gave me a boost to keep going..
Now the X7 arrows are tuned to the "red devil" (GreenHorn, Sirius, red) and they are working good, only the man sometimes says can't shoot good.. Like yesterday I started to shoot some 30 arrows scores.. First 5-6 set (3arrows) started like 10,10,8... 10,8,10 and so on.. very good from me, but still could have shot like 10,10,9 even :)... Well, we always hope more than we get...

Competition season in inside is very close, the first one is 15.10, just before two weeks. Starting again to go to the Recurve class with my barebow. I need more tuff competitions and after basic round we have qualification round and the finals.. Very good practice.. Hope to kick some recurve ass also in this season ;)...

European Championships in Italy

So... the main goal in this year is over, with nice results. With the team we won silver medal and in individual class I was inside 8, what was very good result in that kind of weather. We had all week and everyday the temperature like near +40.
I started the tuesday unknown targets with a unsure fealing, that what is going to happend. But after couple targets I was going in the right direction. From that day 345 points and 5th place.
Second day we had given distancies and I had a better feeling, that the shooting was going to bee better. But I think because of the heat like that and some unsure fealing to my shooting the days score was 314 and drop to the 6th place.
To Wednesdays shooting found little better style to shoot and the scores rised up from yesterday.
Was a tuff morning for all, because from the top group dropped out 2 shooters. So went to the next round with 157 point. Afternoon I think that heat was in the top point of the week and It was too much for me, I think that I melted and just couln't shoot normaly anymore. So after that day 8th place, and I'm happy to that.
Friday then the team finals. We started from the 4th place and shot against Austria. We had 8 tuff targets, but we managed to put specially to the 20cm targes very good point, so that we won that match. Next we shot agains Italy, that we had dropped out from the gold medal also year ago in Hungary, so we had a good fealing again of this match. It was only 4 targets and after 3 targets we were level. We started the last 20cm target and put the pressure to Italian with 16 nice point :). they couln't take it and we won.
In the team finals I melted again, like in many other earlier days, and couln't managed to shoot good arrows again. So Germany won by one point..

Happy to last week, Silver and 8th place.
Allready I have a hunger to go and shoot the next year WC, and beat everybody :=)

Bear-competition in Pori

I had practiced all week on 50m to this competition and in practice got nice scores above 660, so the expectation was to brake my own National Record.

The weather forcast did not promesed anything good, like heavy rain and thunderstorm. Allready in warming arrows there was some thunder sounds far away, but they were coming closer and closer.. Weather was like +24, no wind and no rain, so perfect. We managed to shoot almost all round except two (12arrows) when it hit.. Lighning like 500m away and everybody in. Waited like 1h and and after that we could continue the competition. Shot 322 and 326, that's a new National Record from 50m with barebow :). Happy to that. Next time have to strat from the beginning to shoot hard. Many times the arrows stayed low 8, so not a full draw.. Good to continue to Italy. Changed the arrowrest today and tested all the distancies and they stayed in the yellow :). So bow, arrows and man is in shape..

Thanks guys, 60 would be nice start and then rest 12 is extra :).
Always mixing how many errows.. ups arrows we are shooitn and which distance..
But today nice practise, 138 arrows and have to remember to release backwards..

Midsummer competition in Seinäjoki

On Sunday 50m mid-summer competition in Seinäjoki. Yesterday disided to go, and there was place for me in barebow class :), thanks.

Trained to it today in Virrat shooting place. Goal is to have 60 nice and relaxed shot in there.

Today went quite good the shooting. Some not so relaxed arrows, but most of them in yellow.

Lets see whitch kind of weather they have promised for Sunday, not good...

Competition in Kouvola 19.6

My friends from Belgium, Dirk and from Netherland, Xander came to shoot the same competition. This time we had a new field organizator witch was nice. It's very good to have new fields. And it was a very nice one also. They had put 12 targets to the woods and first we had 12 unknown target. After that like 30min brake and then 12 known distancies. Couple misstage in the distancies, but they are learning from it..
My first round with the unknown targets was not so good. All the 40cm targets went all around the yellow and couple mistage with the distancies, but all together bad shooting and not so good distancies. 161 to that round, with two very good arrows. Second half was much better with the known distancies. Remembered again how to shoot relaxed and the arrows started to find the yellow. 172 known target, happy that even there was one 2 and couple 3. Together 333 points witch is the best score for this year :).
Now in the flu, but from that it's very good to continue training knowing that I still can hit the yellow from the long distancies...

60m

It was only snowing when I went to the shooting range. So, nice weather we have it here in Finland :). Enough clothers on and it was okey.
127 arrows from 60m, that was a good training, and most of the arrows (13) inside 8 (122cm).

Field shooting

Went yesterday to Hoods field track, and when I got there it started to rain hiles. Went to the Hoods teepee to cover and had to wait like 15min to the end of the hile rain. During the rain I put some new targets.
Took my measuringtape and looked the new distancies, because I have changed my string to Flamish string and the distancies was like half - one stitch off. Also I have changed my field plunger from Cartel to Easton and also the measuring was little different than before. Now that is okey too. But I will C in Siegburg that are they okey, because it's allways a bit different in the competitions that in practise.
Today to shoot our clubs flat field 60m. That is over distance for the field, but in that distance I can C my faults more easily. No place for errors to hit the yellow, full draw :)

Soooooooo.....

New season, and got to start writing again. Somehow just now enough energy to write anything. Even there has been happening a lot this year.. The natioanal championships went under the bench, won the qualification round, but wasn't in shape in the final rounds men to men.. Next year I will be going there with my X7, I have shot much better with big arrows inside...

But the new season... The main goal is in Italy the European field championships.. and the goal is to won the last match..
I was shooting in Lier (Belgium) the first 5 Nations tournament, and the result was okey. 2 times like 320. It has been long inside season so I'm happy to that score. Ones I was shooting outside before Lier..

Now next goal is in Sierburg Germany.. We were there last year and I know how demaning that field is gonna be. So again happy to 2*320.. It's gonna be tuff and fun at the same time. Can't wait for the walley of cryes (tears). 3 so demanding targets that if U are not in shape U will loose all in there :).
Have to write more offen.. Maybe during the weekend too the woods to shoot some targets :)

Lots of happening

Newspaper story in Ilkka of the training session in Teuva.. Only in Finnish, sorry :).

Last weekend I was shooting in Espoo some 60 arrows + finals competition. Hole day the shooting was forsing to shoot. There was like 2 or 3 really relaxed shot. I think it's the 10 face target that makes this so hard. Next weekend we have the finnish national indoor championships in Oulu, and I have lot to do if want to win it. The bow works very good, so it's all up from the head. Have to shoot little quicker and more relaxed, then the arrows finds the yellow.

In two week going with Timo to shoot 5 Nations field in Lier, Belgium, then I'm relaxed. Shooting to right targets, the yellow black field targets :))))))

A2A (F2F)

So, we had our own F2F tournament in Finland. I was already on Friday helping to put up the targets and stuff. And on Saturday morning we put rest of the stuff in the right place. It was nice worming up of the body. Shot like 20 arrows before competition, witch was ok.
We had changed the the F2F rules of Amsterdam a little bit. Barebow shooters had a little bigger 10 (the yellow untill it hits the 8-9 like), and with a compound and recurve there was also a twist of the scores, so that everybody could shoot in one class. Ladys had the normal scoring..
During the day I shot 14 F2F matches and one shoot-off arrow. 181 competition arrows during the day was to some too much, but I shot better and better. My 60 arrows scores was 552, 557 and 562.. My 12 arrows scores were between 107 and 116.
Happy to 8th place, there was all the best compound and recurve shooters of finland.

Some photos of the shooting here LINK,
and the scores here LINK

Light?

Finally some light end of the tunnel. When going to hall the shooting was the same, than many times before. But then found wrong body position. My hip and upper body was too much facing to the target and couldn't release to the rightway back. After correcting the hip, the shooting was much easier. Shot 60 arrows score and in the half way found the fault.. 279 and 286, so 565..

Maybe next time shooting on Sunday.. or next Tuesday..

New season

Soooooo....
After a long time some words to my site also..
I have been shooting like a ones a weeks after the F2F and it has been a good idea to do so. To take some time to do something else also.
Got my new arrows and wraps, thanks to Timo, he chose the wraps and they are looking pretty nice. Now I have been tuning the new GreenHorn riser (golden one) to my winact limbs. So little change to the bow, but it works as good as the red one. Next time some fine tuning, because the 18m is still a little to the left. We can shoot inside up till 45m and all the distancies has been nicely to the yellow and the max distance is also under the nock, so no problems there.

We made the new goal for the season and it's gonna be a medal from the European Field Championships from Italy, what else ;). Mid goals are to win in the National Championships inside (18m) 26.3 and field NC 20.8.
Now shooting a little more, like 2-3 times / week.

Went to shoot like 70 arrows. Put a 40cm field targer and looked again how the arrows hit the target. I have 14 arrows and 7 are very good hits the 6, 3 good hits yellow and 4 not so good.
Time to get new arrows..