Yearly Archive: 2020

A year ago I wrote "So as this Annus Horribilis finally winds down ... Good Shooting in 2020". Writing the above, I was looking back sadly over the old and (like Janus) expectantly towards...

With the closure and sale of Craigholme School and all its facilities at the end of 2020, Glasgow Archers were without a home. Had this been the end, the below pic is how I...

There are two types of archer in this world my friend ... Those that come to shoot, and those that don't like to rough it!

As archers we obsess about our form and our scores. Every detail is filmed, analysed, picked over, prodded and worried about until our all our deficiencies are displayed under the harshest of spotlights, laid...

Back when Corona was just a beer, wearing a mask in a bank resulted in a call to the police and someone coughing wasn't reason for buildings to evacuate ... once a month during...

Ever shot a nice Bray 1** for Badge Night to gain your blue badge but when you went to submit your score you had lost the sheet? Wished for somewhere where all your scores...

We think the tiff got a little worse ... in a previous post they were separated by 20m .... separation is now 30m!

Danage are rumoured to be in negotiations with a plastic sheeting company when it was discovered that a single layer of plastic wrap can slow down arrows almost as fast as a 100lbs boss....

Circumstances, (anti-)social distancing or has there been a tiff?  

What happens when the same archer has shot 3 times a week for the last 8 weeks, in exactly the same place and the grass hasn't been cut during that time? And yes, we...

I recently got asked "who is the best archer in the world?" ... and the answer should be easy, whoever is world champion right now. But that answer doesn't sit well with me. We...

Dateline: 1st July Pollock, Glasgow ... Roving band of bow armed ruffians take control of park ... film at 11. Archery returned to Craigholme last night for the first time in over 3 months....

Finally some club news and its good. All being well, Glasgow Archers will be reopening its containers and hauling the bosses back onto the field in the next few days. We are looking to...

The LockDown Knockdown International archery competition has been nothing but innovation since it was premiered a month ago. Now in its second outing, the recurvers got to strut their stuff this time but were...

International archery in 2020 is pretty dead in the water right now. There are no competitions going on and nothing even tentatively planned till September but that hasn't stopped World Archery from getting their...

In the light of the cautionary tale posted below ... there has been some debate over shooting at home. To clear up some of the misconceptions about home shooting, here are some facts. 1)...