What's the Difference between 50m and 70m?
(Or: “Why does the target suddenly shrink like it’s been left in a hot wash?”) Five points if you said 20 metres. Minus ten if you said it smugly. And if you’re the sort...
Category: Archery Oddness
Trading Cards for Archers
People collect stuff. This is probably down to shared ancestry. 150 million years ago (somewhere between the late Triassic and early Jurassic period), we share an ancestor with squirrels. Probably as a consequence, we...
Random Archery Thoughts - Insanity
While in a long boring meeting, the following quote was used in the presentation .. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results" .. causing this archer to...
We've got the inside Scoop
At Glasgow Archers we do things a little different. Towards the end of Covid a hero arose and his name was Captain Sausage. Initially distributing savory snacks (pigs in blankets) to cold and soggy...
Big Fat Cheating Ali's
Spend any time near the archers who tend to congregate on the left side of GA's indoor hall and you will hear the term "big fat cheating ali's" thrown around several times a session....
Enough Arrows to Shoot in the Shade
In sports there are many feats of great endurance. The classic Marathon (26.2 miles). The Ironman Triathlon (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile cycle and 26.2 mile run). Any of the mountain stages of the...
A very unique Robin Hood
Hopefully everyone knows what a "Robin Hood" is. In case you don't, its where an arrow hits a previously shot arrow and destroys it. Its named for the folk hero Robin Hood who, in...
This Sunday .. do Archery or get Arrested?
While archery is simply a sport today (and a damn fine one), it was once vital for national defence. English, Welsh and Scottish medieval armies all used archers to a greater or lessor extent....
Happy New Card Day
For some its a financial annoyance because it comes with a cost. For others it used to be a stressful time, till it was delivered there could be no competitions (no card no insurance...
