Saturday 4 May 2013

Six Gold End (but not mine)

Today I witnessed something that I understand is quite a rarity - an official six gold end. The GNAS (Archery GB) rules state that it must be shot in a scoring round and at a minimum distance of  80yds or 70m for gents, or 60yds/60m for ladies.  As this was the first end of a Western it was at 60m, and shot by a lady archer, so it qualifies.

During this end the archer in question was having a problem with her clicker, which basically boiled down to her not setting it when nocking the arrow, which meant that she was last off the line and allowed Martin (coach and records officer) to watch her last couple of shots.  He clearly had an inkling about what had just happened, but the rest of us were blissfully unaware until we got closer to the target.  However, it quickly became clear that we were seeing something special and, after scoring everyone's arrows, we took some photos for the album.

Martin now has the task of getting this record officially recognised by GNAS so that the archer can be awarded a six gold end badge and given a mention in the magazine.

I am VERY proud to say that the lady archer is called Jane. a.k.a. Mrs EA.







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