INDOOR, outdoor and field archery attracted Blue Lake Archers members this week.
Friday night the club ran an indoor round, while on Sunday the members had the choice of the local outdoor target or a trip to visit The Greater Hamilton Archers club who ran a field archery round as part of the South West Games.
Ben Kilsby elected for the indoor and field archery option and was rewarded with a win in one of the indoor rounds, before a solid third place in the field event competing in the Open Male Compound Bow division.
Friday night a pair of 18-metre Australian indoor rounds were programmed in.
Round 1 was a tight contest as the four archers competing finished with a spread of just five points across the group.
A count-back was required to define the winner as both Paul Freeman and Kilsby carded an adjusted score of 295 points.
The win was awarded to Kilsby with his superior tally of 10-point arrows.
The close result pushed the archers tostrive for better results in Round 2.
Kilsby found and extra four points with a streak of three perfect 60-point ends.
Garry Jacques found a couple of extra points and overtook Graham Lock.
Freeman produced the best gain, scoring an extra seven points to run out the winner by three points over Kilsby.
Sunday the local outdoor range was the scene of a World Archery 60-metre, 90-arrow round.
While the sunshine and temperature were comfortable, the wind was the proverbial fly in the ointment.
An unpredictable crosswind pushed the archers aim off and kept the final scores below the adjusted benchmark.
Not to be intimidated by the breeze, Len Bayley and Freeman locked horns in the race for superiority.
Freeman held the upper hand early in off-the-bow scores including picking up an all-gold at 60 metres.
Bayley made a late charge at the final 40 metre distance but was not in a position to post a serious challenge as Freeman logged another win, a comfortable 26 points ahead of Bayley.
RESULTS
Greater Hamilton Archers South West Games Field Archery – Open Male Compound bow division: Ben Kilsby, third.
Australian Indoor 18 metre, Round 1, handicap scored, benchmark 300 points: Ben Kilsby 295 (off-the-bow 292); Paul Freeman 295 (273); Graham Lock 293 (288); Garry Jacques 290 (263).
Australian Indoor 18 metre, Round 2, handicap scored, benchmark 300 points: Paul Freeman 302 (off-the-bow 280); Ben Kilsby 299 (296); Garry Jacques 292 (265); Graham Lock 284 (289).
WA 60/900 outdoor round, handicap scored, benchmark 900 points: Paul Freeman 886 (off-the-bow 805); Len Bayley 860 (715); Graham Lock 854 (811); Garry Jacques 838 (730).
