Sporty Week
March 22, 2007 at 6.13 pmLast week was rather sporty…even more so than usual, anyway, at least during the week.
Bang!
Monday. Shootin’. As you do. Took Workmate Maxine down, and she turned out to be pretty good for a beginner. Well, almost a beginner. She did even better this week…it’s a pity we’ll lose her to Altrincham, as it’s just unfeasible for her to get down to Handforth.
Slap!
Tuesday. Hoecky. A rare appearance at hockey practice. I’ve just not been much recently. I’ve missed loads of matches this season too. Definitely NOT a vintage hockey season for me, and I’m glad it’s just about over.
Twang!
Wednesday. Archery. I went for a bit of a taster session with work at North Cheshire Bowmen. I’ll get some pictures up at some point. By the way, have you lot noticed the pictures I put up from Claire’s birthday hovercraft thing? I only got them in there waaay after the post was made.
So, archery. It was ace! I managed seven golds (bulls), including one that was absolutely slap bang in the middle. Lots of reds, blues and whites too. No-one else got more than three from their 27 shots, even the people who’d done it before.
*smug*
Before you all start saying that, well, I shoot rifles so have an unfair advantage…that’s rubbish. It doesn’t quite work like that — that’s like suggesting that a cyclist (in the Tour de France sense) would automatically make a good motorbike racer. Silly, y’see? Okay, I can aim, but that’s only a small factor.
Anyway, my shooting experience turned out to be a bit of a hindrance, if anything. At one point, the instructor actually asked me "You shoot rifles, don’t you?" Basically, when aiming a rifle, you cock your head. That just doesn’t work when you’re using a bow…but I couldn’t stop myself.
Actually, I have tried archery once before, but only briefly, and I was rubbish — it was part of the 3-in-1 clay pigeon shooting, archery and quadbiking day out I organised for my birthday (and Ross’s and Josephine’s and Marty’s) a few years back. I really must surpass that one for next year’s 30th.
I’m going to try and organise an archery evening for the MUGSS and summer hockey bunch.
Thwack!
Thursday. Badminton. One court, and five of us turned up — me, Andy, Si, Raman and Matt. Matt and I are of quite a similar standard, but very different in style, so it always makes for interesting games.
