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Post by Dave on Aug 23, 2004 15:12:13 GMT 1
Well done Tom! How come you had to defect to a Scottish univeristy when you're shooting so well
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Post by Shirt on Aug 23, 2004 15:54:00 GMT 1
Because you've got Grant, and having one good and one acceptable recurve archer at the same club is just being selfish.
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Post by NEUAL Disorganiser on Aug 23, 2004 19:42:22 GMT 1
Well done Tom! How come you had to defect to a Scottish univeristy when you're shooting so well He has punished us enough (I'm still not sure what we did in the first place), and has gone elsewhere to spread the cheer...
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Post by Shirt on Aug 24, 2004 0:05:29 GMT 1
He has punished us enough (I'm still not sure what we did in the first place) You allowed people like Paul Rennie and Mick Urbaniak to move on, rather than forcing them onto even higher courses to prolong their dominance of student archery. The great God of Uk-sa sent me as retribution... ;D Anyone get the impression that I'm getting worse?
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Post by Bx on Aug 24, 2004 0:40:46 GMT 1
I would say I'm trying to imagine it, but its too scary (Just teasing)
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Post by NEUAL Disorganiser on Aug 24, 2004 10:19:06 GMT 1
Anyone get the impression that I'm getting worse? S'not possible...
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Post by Muppet-in-Exile on Aug 24, 2004 12:55:25 GMT 1
Anyone get the impression that I'm getting worse? no, just more arrogant
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Post by Shirt on Aug 24, 2004 15:41:29 GMT 1
True, true...
On that note, has anyone noticed how the club recurve records are higher than the club compound records?
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Post by MB on Aug 24, 2004 18:47:45 GMT 1
Yes, noticed that but wasn't brave enough to mention it... Then again, I haven't shot a full round compound outdoors but the one FITA 70m I did. And that was only slightly better than my recurve PB...
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Post by NEUAL Disorganiser on Aug 25, 2004 10:46:47 GMT 1
On that note, has anyone noticed how the club recurve records are higher than the club compound records? Well, some of us have a Thesis we are supposed to be writing. Apparently anyway...
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Post by Muppet-in-Exile on Aug 25, 2004 15:38:53 GMT 1
Well, some of us have a Thesis we are supposed to be writing. Apparently anyway... thesis? what thesis? I'm beginning to think the whole thing's a big hoax He's been going on about how much work he has to do on this thesis for about the last 2 years (at least). Personally I think he hasen't been enrolled for a PhD at all, but if he convinces enough people he's doing one, eventually they'll believe him!
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Post by NEUAL Disorganiser on Aug 26, 2004 16:36:24 GMT 1
SHHHHH!!!!!!!
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Post by Shirt on Sept 6, 2004 18:10:23 GMT 1
Penicuik FITA 70 and H2H... Well, despite lack of lift and easy place to stay (one hopes that those will have helped someone with his thesis!) I managed to get to this thing due to Marietta Scott and her exploding car. First day - I got 586, qualified in 5th, (Simon Needham, Dave Gregson, Mick Urbaniak and Matt Nowicki ahead of me), did a 157 first round match which won, and then proceeded to shoot TWO arrows on the wrong target in the next match and go out. Go me. Final GR: Needham, Nowicki, Gregson. Final GC: Bjorn Alsmark (Killingworth guy), ASW, and (I think?) Tim Keppie. Second day - got 623, having remembered how to shoot, qualified 2nd behind Needham on 629. Similar faces to previous day at top of list. Got a bye, then someone from Bronte (I think? Maurice someone?) which was 149 - something. Then Ian McGibbon, along with lots of "your powers are weak, old man..." jokes directed at him, who lost (can't remember the score). Then I scraped past Dave Gregson 103-102, and proceeded to humiliate myself in public yet again by going 90-109 against Simon Needham. Whoopsie. But got a silver out of it. GC: Bjorn ran away with it again, but a bit tight at times. Alan Givens? Sounds about right - guy with a Supertec and a customised Beiter longrod (aluminium rods rather than carbon) - got 2nd, ASW in 3rd after a f**king AMAZING shootoff thing to get there. Marietta got the ladies recurve ahead of Lana Needham, Hannah Walton from Ed got ladies compound both days and apparently some scottish records as well. That's about it for familiar faces - Dave Harrison was causing chaos by commentating (comment along the lines of "hello boys, I'm baaaack!") and being utterly unable to pronounce Mick Urbaniak's surname (Ur-bunk was the best, I think) All in all, a pretty cool weekend - the end-of-festival fireworks were quite cool too, although largely obscured by cloud cover that started 50 feet above the castle. (And bloody hell, isn't this a long post! )
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Post by Shirt on Sept 20, 2004 15:00:37 GMT 1
More results! Woo! NWAS (North Wales) FITA and York - I managed to get 3rd on the FITA with a season-worst 30m and almost as bad 90 (my 70 and 50 were quite good, though, and 311 at 50m for the THIRD time this season). Dave Gregson won with 1229. Gents compound was won by a guy on my target called Duncan Busby, who did 1368 and got his 2nd qualifying score for the GB team. Ladies recurve was Charlotte Burgess with 1257 - she's the one of four that made the final selection stage to go to the Olympics and missed by about two points (harsh). Weather was WET. Soaked to the bone by end of practice, rain continued till 30m when it stopped and the wind started. York was reverse - no rain, but lots of wind. 1076 due mainly to an inability to shoot 6 consistent arrows at a time (5 good, 1 bad was usual) with some exceptionally promising stuff. Dave Gregson got 1092, Ray Crich in third with 1020-odd. Same people in GC and LR, with Duncan managing a 1254. Yes, that's a mere 22 points off the national record and without any imperial sight marks. And he didn't think much of his 80 yards. I'm scared. And they gave Centreshot vouchers instead of medals, which combined with the voucher we won in the raffle means I probably broke even for the weekend if you ignore the food bill.
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Post by MB on Sept 20, 2004 18:16:37 GMT 1
Duncan was the one who knocked out Smug in the National Indoors compound bit. Not a bad shooter but I thought he normally went for indoor matches. Guess I was wrong! Nice shooting in the conditions over the weekend. Have you registered your MB scores yet?
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