RN South Coast Archers Portsmouth Tournament 15th Feb.

A small contingent of three archers attended the above shoot today at HMS Collingwood in Fareham. It was a record status shoot, with 29 bosses and over 100 archers in attendance.

William was not on form and scored a very mediocre 560 (mediocre for Will and not us mortals that is!). His performance allowed his old arch-rival Daniel Phillips of Holbrook to take first place by a solitary 1 point.

John Nolan had a slow start but after the 15 minute break at half-way, his luck turned and he started to find the custard.

Unlike John, I was on track for a 560 but lost the winning form after the half-way break and finished on 547.

Apart from a small hick-up on the junior compound scores (I believe one boy put his score in the wrong box confusing everyone), all went well and the tournament was very well run.

RN South Coast Archers are holding a FITA 25 (25m distance with a 60cm face) on March 14th (the day before the County Indoor).