My first competition back yesterday, went exactly as it should have. The fact that I even mentioned shooting an arrow off of the top of my button in my last post, and how I didn’t win a competition because of it, means that of course, that was how this was going to go. I even said in the post that ‘I find that now, I always check that my arrow is on the rest properly while positioning my hand in the grip.” What a ###.

Actually I really do check the arrow. But on that end/shot I found ...

Last September the itchiness started again after watching Jamie win gold with the GB team, and especially when I found out about Indoor Archery Ltd. I’m not 100% sure, being sort of out of the loop for a while but, I’d say there can’t be many if any other dedicated archery shooting ranges in the UK? By that I mean facilities not attached to an archery shop, such as Merlin, Chiltern Archery or Aim4Sport for example who have a range to facilitate the retail side of the business. Indoor Archery Ltd ...

The bow went away again then until August 2016. Setting up a target in our new garage, tried to get in there most evenings after putting Harriet to bed. Now working in Little Billing, Northampton meant it would be tricky time-wise to get to Brampton to shoot with Duston Bowmen. So upon re-affiliating I joined Northampton Archery Club. They shoot at Sywell Range during the summer and at Moulton College during the winter, both of which are much easier for me to get to from work. I think my very first ...

Wow... I’ve written a blog entry. First since September 2014! I’ve tried numerous times to do this over the last few years, and this is made up of several parts of several previous attempts.

In reading back through a lot of my old posts, I’m so glad I started this blog originally back in November 2007. Despite the terrible spelling, grammar and the general poor writing (I’m thinking of the time Ian Hannaford told me that it read like a student blog, hahaa). It’s really great reference, ...

THE VIRTUAL ARCHERY LEAGUE HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1999.

This year we are celebrating the 18th season by offering a FITA18 competition in addition to the Portsmouth divisions. Have a look at our website at: Virtual Archery League

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