Archery update

The Saturday before last, we went to the park for our archery lesson and there was no one there!  I'm guessing it was because of the rain, as the ground was wet.  It didn't rain too much at our place unfortunately.  We really need it!

It's so nice to have our own gear as we can still just set up on the archery range.   We even have our personal bow holder :-D

Bobby is looking very elegant and professional indeed as our official bow holder.  He he!

The only bad thing about shooting at the open range is if you miss the target, you have to go behind it and try and find the arrow(s)!

Can you believe it... lucky shot!  Daddy somehow managed to hit the "X' or the bullseye on his 2nd try:

And oh, I think someone owes me a lobster dinner.  Bobby said something like "if you can shoot 2 arrows in the yellow,... lobster dinner!".  And when I did do that, it was "Oh wait, you're suppose to do that consecutively."  And I thought I did that too.  Maybe I'll just go out and buy a couple of fresh lobsters and throw them in the pot at home this week.  Ha!

We have one more official archery lesson this week and then, we'll see what happens.  Charlie really still does enjoy it and shooting just on Saturdays doesn't seem to be enough for him.  And in the meantime, Bobby doesn't think the kids are learning anything during the lesson.  We are still getting used to the bow and I feel they still need some instruction.  So hopefully Daddy has some money saved up somewhere in the budgie :-P

Here's a video of Graham shooting at 12 meters (we started at 9m) last week at the lesson.  He was able to hit the target perhaps only about half of the time.  And before that, at 9 meters, he actually shot it on the "X"!  It's crazy how the difference of 3 meters can make.  And he is also now using a finger sling so the bow can rock gently with the balanced weight after he releases the arrow.  

Still needs some work but it's some good progress!  Charlie has yet to use a finger sling but at least now we have adjusted the pull weight on the bow so it's a bit easier for him to pull the bow. He's been complaining about how his left shoulder hurts.  

Paris Olympics 2024... here we come! Ha ha! :-P