I like many archers have not really picked up a bow for many months, my plan was to use all the spare time not competing over the past 18 months to sort out all those shooting issues, get even fitter and watch my scores go up, this was working great until the end of June last year, then I lost all enthusiasm due to the lack of competitions to prove that I was progressing so I decided to take a break and quite literally I am now back to square one.
So far the weather for 2021 has been poor to say the least, its been cold, time is at a premium at the moment and the likelihood of getting enough practice in to make shooting national competitions worthwhile is diminishing day by day. I thought I would use the rest of the year with the promise of good weather from this weekend to enter a few local shoots - but wait my membership has lapsed, the offer of annualised membership for direct members was as quickly removed as it was offered, so I am now faced with paying £55.00 for 4 months of shooting and AGB wonder why people are not re-joining. After the annualised membership offer debacle it is a bit of a case of principle not re joining - petty I know but, I could join a club and get pro rata club fees and AGB fees, but not as a direct member who has no need to join a club. I think I will give it a miss this year and start again in October after all I don't need to be a member of AGB to practice on my own privately insured ground.
So far the weather for 2021 has been poor to say the least, its been cold, time is at a premium at the moment and the likelihood of getting enough practice in to make shooting national competitions worthwhile is diminishing day by day. I thought I would use the rest of the year with the promise of good weather from this weekend to enter a few local shoots - but wait my membership has lapsed, the offer of annualised membership for direct members was as quickly removed as it was offered, so I am now faced with paying £55.00 for 4 months of shooting and AGB wonder why people are not re-joining. After the annualised membership offer debacle it is a bit of a case of principle not re joining - petty I know but, I could join a club and get pro rata club fees and AGB fees, but not as a direct member who has no need to join a club. I think I will give it a miss this year and start again in October after all I don't need to be a member of AGB to practice on my own privately insured ground.