General Chat

well done Jon...........

Thank you all. We have just been on tenterhooks as he has taken a senior to a tie and it came down to a one arrow shoot off. They both shot a 10 so measurements had to be taken and the other chap was a millimetre or two nearer the centre so he goes through. I suspect J will be sleeping through most of the three hour drive home.

yep I'd be proud of that, Vera

Congratulations to your grandson Vera. A wonderful achievement.

Congratulations to your grandson Vera. :-D :-D :-D

Oh Very well done to him Vera, what an achievement for him in the senior men's too. :-) :-)

Thank you Bob and Fly.

Have just had a FURTHER UPDATE from my daughter. The lad is now officially National Junior Champion.

He also finished 19th in the men's qualifying so gets to shoot this afternoon in the competition proper though he is not expecting to get beyond the first round

Well done to your grandson Vera :-D

well done!!!

he'll be a force to be reckoned with..........
Bob

The junior nationals were yesterday and England came second to Scotland by one point. Well done to all the teams.

Grandson however is shooting out of his socks and I haven't stopped smiling since yesterday. He took the gold medal in the under 16 category with the highest overall score of the day and only 4 points short of the junior national record. Today he is shooting in the senior men's contest. Currently coming to the end of the qualifying round and it looks like he will almost certainly make the cut to the next round (top 32).
It's difficult to tell as his computer scoring pad has gone wrong and in the space of five minutes he was showing as 18th, 1st and 75th! He hasn't let it faze him and has stayed focused. Daughter thinks he is around 20th. Not at all bad for a 15 year old in his first major senior contest.

I am so puffed up with pride my chest is three times its normal size :-D :-D :-D

Last Wednesday my grandson spent about a quarter of an hour chatting to HRH The Princess Anne when she visited his horticultural college.

Dawnie it's good that Nathan has found an activity he enjoys and I hope he gets pleasure from it for many years to come.

he probably knows this already, but be careful of carbon fibre arrows
VERY careful
Bob

Worth encouraging Dawnie, it is a good competitive sport.

Well done to him. Our Nathan is into archery and belongs to local club the one thing he seems like he will stick at and could talk for hours on bows and arrow types.

Oooh Vera ,Brag away :-D......Well done to your talented Grandson for being chosen to represent England. <3

Well done to both of you :-D :-D :-D

Well Done, to your Grandson.......
will look out the results with great interest......

And what's wrong with a good Brag ;-) ;-) ;-). I do it too, well done to him <3

Thank you everyone

AnninGlos, it was interesting to read about your daughter. Once a month grandson spends a weekend at an archery performance academy in Glos., receiving special coaching. He has dispensation to have the Friday off school but it is 200 miles from where he lives so not easy for his parents to get him there and back, plus all the travel to competitions etc., and the cost of equipment is, as you probably know, horrendous. Talent doesn't come cheap.