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