2012 NFAA League Scores

[Scooter]

Just figured I would start a new threard for 2012.

My first league night was last night. I shot a 275 16x. Considering how little I have shot this year and that it was my first time on a five spot target (with one miss) I was fairly pleased with that. There are some more points to be had.

[Scooter]

Shot a 277 20x last night.

[Bowbender Mike]

Nice shooting Scott! Ya gotta like that X count!

[Scooter]

Shot a season best 283 18x tonight on my league.

[bows'n'roses]

Great shooting! Impressive X counts.

[Scooter]

Thanks

[Ranger B]

Great shooting Scott. I had a great practice today 283 22x. Next league night is Monday for me.

[Scooter]

Nice shooting!

[Ranger B]

Good practice round this morning 284 15x

[Scooter]

Nice. I am fighting a bug so no league shooting tonight.

[Ranger B]

282 on both of my last two rounds.

[Ranger B]

Two practice rounds today - 281, 284 both barebow.

[Scooter]

Shot a 279 17x yesterday in league. Hoping to get some practice rounds in this weekend.

[Bowbender Mike]

Shot a personal best tonight. 282 19X, two robinhoods:(:D kinda stinks busting nocks, but I'm improving! They're making more arrows all the time.:)

[rsarns]

my last 3 practice rounds are 285/279/282 and league starts this week. The 285 is my PB so pretty happy with the changes I have made to my anchor and arrows to get me close to point on this year. Last year I was holding on an imaginary spot below the paper, not conducive to good scoring, even though I was avg'ing low 260's. Made the change before our MC (Vegas face) started and have been pretty happy with it. We shall see how it holds up this week. Great shooting Bowbender Mike... anything close to 280 or above is pretty solid.

[rsarns]

Bad night at league.. shot good groups most just below the 5 in the 4.... 258 14X. Way too much practice today I guess, got tired and didn't focus well. All those 4's add up to a below avg score.. had 1 end that all 5 arrows were less than a 1/4 inch below the 5 and all arrows were touching each other.. oh well... humbling. Especially shooting next to Grant who shot well for the 1st 8 ends, and kind of got some of my mojo in the last couple.. he still shot a 273.

[bows'n'roses]

Impressive. Are you guys going to Louisville? We're not going this year due to high dental expenses.

[rsarns]

I will be there for my 2nd time, last year was my first. Had a great time and got to shoot with some of the people I only get to see once a year or so.

[bows'n'roses]

I'm glad you're getting to go. Enjoy. Oh! And shoot those X's.

[rsarns]

Shot a 273 19X in league last night, still need to stop practicing on the morning of our evening league... I just think that with 7-8 hours of rest I can do it... but it shows up in the middle of my round that evening with focus and shoulder strength (bow arm) issues. Focused well the last 2 ends to pull out the 273...

[Scooter]

I will be there. 283 19x in my league last night.

[rsarns]

I will be there. 283 19x in my league last night.

Between you and RangerB I am glad I am in the senior division... your guys AVG's is my best.

[bows'n'roses]

I shot 242/5X's at Bargain Hunters' Outdoors in Weatherford, TX. Had a few almost X's, too. I'm not up with you guys yet, but I'm trying.

[Bowbender Mike]

242 ain't bad, Bows, it'll come...
( We only post our "good" days ;) )

[Scooter]

Good shooting.

I shot a best of the year practice round tonight of 288 24x. Form is coming around and bow seems really soft and forgiving.

[bows'n'roses]

I like you, Mike. Thank you.

That's great shooting, Scott.

[Scooter]

284 18x practice effort tonight

[Scooter]

Thank you! BTW I meant it 240+ is very good shooting. Everything in steps. First 240 will fall consistently, then 250 etc.

[Ranger B]

Great shooting Scott

[Grantmac]

268 16x, still having issues getting focused when there are others around.

-Grant

[rsarns]

Grant,
Last night was a comedy of errors... 269 for me.. Grant and I were within 1-2 points all night. I need to quit trying to shoot different bows in practice and concentrate on just this one.

[rsarns]

277 18X in league tonight too many 4's just out...

[bows'n'roses]

251 with a few x's today in the last SYWAT (Shoot Your Way Across Texas) before the State Championship next weekend. Life is good.

[bows'n'roses]

Thank you, Scott. My first 250+ today. Oh! I said that already. Guess I'm wanting to brag.

You guys continue to impress me with your scores. I lost concentration a few times today, but all in all I had fewer "drive by" shootings.

[rsarns]

Good shooting Bows! Good luck at your State Championship...

[bows'n'roses]

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[Scooter]

After a week off I shot a 283 21x this afternoon.

[bows'n'roses]

Congratulations, Scott. That's great shooting.

[Grantmac]

276 20X at league tonight. Pretty well in with my league average, had a couple of pretty horrid ends though with a 20 and 21 in there.

-Grant

[bows'n'roses]

Way to go, Grant. Good shooting.

[Scooter]

285 21x tonight in my league.

[Bowbender Mike]

Excellent shooting Scott!

[bows'n'roses]

I am very impressed with you guys' shooting. Can I ask you how old you are? I'm thinking you're probably a lot younger than I am and have better physical strengths. (I'm 65)

[Scooter]

Uh hmmm 42 in a few weeks.:eek:

Thanks Mike!

[bows'n'roses]

Scott, thank you. I prob shouldn't have asked. I was just curious. My son's 45. Guess I am looking for an excuse for not shooting as high as you guys.

[Bowbender Mike]

Well Bows, in the interest of full disclosure, I've shot 261 the last two weeks in league. Still have some things to work on.

(I'm older that Scott too ;) )

[Scooter]

279 15x and 275 19x this weekend at the GL sectionals.

[rsarns]

Good shooting Scott... last weeks score was a 270 12X... had a great start 95 first game, 140 at the half... then lost some focus after breaking a nock in the 7th end. However not too far below my league avg, just could have been a lot better. Oh ya, I turned 57 this past Friday. Our State and NW sectionals are this weekend, hope I can keep it together for that.

[bows'n'roses]

We're home from the TX ST Indoor Championship. I shot 255/8x on the first day. Didn't shoot as well the 2nd but won and set a new state record T MSFBB. (I shot my Comet XL recurve not a barebow compound.)

This coming weekend I'm shooting my Martin Savannah Longbow in USA Archery Indoor Nationals. Modern Longbow Style for women of all ages. Should be fun.

Can I post results here or do I need to find a different thread.

As to asking for your ages--I apologize. It sounded like I was looking for excuses for why my scores are lower than ya'll's. Well, maybe I was. That said--I'll just keep on reading your successes feeding off you and also work to get higher scores.

Oh! Speaking of excuses--did I mention I'm a great grandmother? lol

[rsarns]

Bows... Congrats!

[Scooter]

Congrats bows and good luck rsarns!

[bows'n'roses]

Thank you. Ya'll keep posting those high scores for me to read. I'm loving it!!

Guess ya'll have heard--NFAA is adding longbow beginning next year. Adult and Senior Divisions only. Now longbow folks won't have to compete in TRAD or against recurves/sights. Life is good!

[Grantmac]

276 19x tonight in league, right in with my average. I just gotta keep reminding myself to keep my bloody chin up (literally).

Young whipper snapper of 27 for another few weeks. State champs with Ren this weekend.

-Grant

[Ranger B]

281 16x
287 20x

[rsarns]

Good shooting RangerB

[Scooter]

Good shooting Jimmy. Is that practice or sectional scores?

[Scooter]

288 15x practice round this morning.

[rsarns]

Great shooting, I will have to come watch you guys shoot this year at Louisville. Hope to see you guys shoot scores like that!

[Scooter]

Me too :)

[Ranger B]

They are practice Scott. We have a Monday night league but that is it here. I will only shoot our league up to Nationals. I think we all may shoot a bit higher this year. In talking to guys and looking at the Senior scores it seems that a lot of people have lifted their game a bit. It's always tougher in Louisville, but who knows?

I look forward to meeting you rsarns.

[Scooter]

Are you shooting the NAA indoor this year? I am not. Too little time.

Yes there are some people putting up good scores. Jim Powell has not shot many tournaments here in MI this year so far but when he has he has been right there. Should be fun. My money is on you Jimmy!

I am hoping to win the GL sectionals this year. I do not have that one yet for trad just one in barebow. Should know by maybe end of next week.

[Scooter]

284 21x tonight in league.

[rsarns]

277 21X in league Wed night, shot 1/2 round last night in practice for a 141 12X... took it easy as I shoot in the State and Sectionals tonight and tomorrow.

[arrowwood]

Best of luck everyone!

[Scooter]

Shot a 278 18x in our State NFAA shoot today.

[Ranger B]

Good work Scott. Are you king of MI?

[Ranger B]

I can't make NAA happen. The closest location is OH and that is 6 hours away. I just can't do it. I'll shoot Louisville and that will be it for me. I am shooting IFAA Worlds but that is the mail in match. Can't shoot Barebow Worlds because they want me to shoot our NAA shoot in order to score.

[Scooter]

Good work Scott. Are you king of MI?

I think I have some work to do before that happens. Jim has been the man for too long I think. Shoot out state shoot still has tomorrow and next weekend so either he or Ken are likely to come in and whoop me.

[rsarns]

Ughhhhh Got sick but still went and shot our NFAA State Blueface and NW sectionals. Hard to shoot when you have no equalibrioum... shot a 267 and 265, way below my average but thats the way it goes sometimes... Spending today eating chicken soup and laying on the couch. Grant had a bad day yesterday (his first day), hope he picked it up today. My scores were good enough to beat the Senior Trad State 1 and 2 day records but not by the level I had hoped to.

[Grantmac]

Shot state with Ren this weekend.
Day #1 was just horrid: 268 14x, way below my league average.
Day #2 was weird. I just couldn't find the X-ring for the first game: 92 0X, how do you do that? Managed to get into something like a groove after that. Finished-up at 282 14X. So I tied the State record for score plus beat the X-count by 2. Anxiously waiting for everyone else's results now.

-Grant

[Ranger B]

More practice rounds.
284 19x today
287 21x Friday
281 ?x Thur.

[Ranger B]

288 29x
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[bows'n'roses]

Beautiful target!

[Scooter]

Strong Jimmy.

[rsarns]

Great shooting!

[arrowwood]

Congratulations everybody.

I found out today that not only was I the only trad competitor in the state championship, I actually won! :p :o

[Bowbender Mike]

Congratulations Mike!

[gitnbetr]

Arrowood,
Which one? Where did you shoot? You know you have to tell us the score, too, especially since you were the only trad shooter.

[arrowwood]

The PFATA (http://www.pfata.net/Forms/PFATA%20Indoor%20Registration.pdf) state indoor. It was held in four locations, one of them being Stowe Archers where I'm a member. 248 5X and 243 10X. I guess I mentioned it on the shoot scores thread, not here.

I thought I'd do better than that and maybe come in second. They say showing up is half the battle; this time it was the whole thing.

[gitnbetr]

You can't do any better than beating everyone who shows up! That's great! Congratulations.
I've been to so many shoots where I was the only trad or barebow recurve, I can't remember them all. I sometimes change to recurve if I get there and am the only trad just to have someone to shoot against.

[Scooter]

What Mike said. You can't control who shows up or how they shoot. Shoot your game and if at the end you are happy with how you shot that is all that counts. Let the chips fall where they will.

Found out today my state score was good enough for first and a new state record.

Oh and shot a 282 20x this afternoon on a way to nice to be shooting indoors day.

[Ranger B]

Great work Scott.
I shot 288 26x Fri.
I shot 287 22x Thr.

[Bowbender Mike]

Congratulations Scott! Well done!

[Matt_Potter]

Congrats Scott - great shooting

Jimmy those are some scarey scores.

Matt

[rsarns]

Practice today, shot blank bale for a bit, then shot a round. My personal best 286 29X, hope I can come close to that at Nationals.

[barebowguy]

Wow I have not been on here for awhile you guys are shooting some great scores congrats to all

[Ranger B]

Thanks Matt.
Smokin' rsarns. You're going to be tough at Louisville.

[rsarns]

Thanks Matt.
Smokin' rsarns. You're going to be tough at Louisville.

I just need to shoot like that.... focused. Thanks!

[Scooter]

Darn nice rsarns great x count.

[Ranger B]

Allen I see you didn't shoot Vegas. Are you shooting the Spokane in May?

[barebowguy]

work got in the way of vegas I could not get the time to even practice, but things are better now and yes I am going to try to make it to Spokane. are you going to be there?

[Greysides]

Rsarns, absolutely great shooting.

[rsarns]

Home indoor range is a different animal than a big venue... just want to shoot close to my scores this year when it really counts.

Thanks,

Ren

[Ranger B]

I don't have the time to make it happen. I will shoot Louisville and then focus on IBO 3D. I really wanted to go to Spokane but I was hoping it would be later in the year. As of right now I plan to shoot NA field champs in Dec.

[rsarns]

SPokane is only 5 hours for me, but I think its the weekend after Redding....

[Matt_Potter]

Ren - that is a beautiful piece of paper - I just can't get the mental game together to shoot at that level - I can string together 3 or 4 good targets and then I start thinking about it and shoot a 17 or something like that - would you believe that Missoula a town of about 100,000 doesn't have an indoor league.

The shoot is Thurs. - Sun. 10 - 13th of May


Guys - I am just 2 hours away and am going to drive over and get a room - if any of you are flying in from out of town let me know and I can save you the cost of renting a car - if you don't mind some snoring we can split a room as well.

Matt

[bows'n'roses]

Matt, have you talked with them at ACM about starting a TRAD league? I remember a few years back they had one on Friday nights, but it wasn't the 5 spot. It was 2d foam animals. They might be open to starting one if you could get some guys to help you push it.

[Matt_Potter]

They didn't have a league of any kind this winter trad or compound - in fact most of the winter the lanes weren't even open

thanks

Matt

[Ranger B]

Today I just started shooting and shot a 25 then another and another and another. 147 at the half and I just kept shooting. 146 second half for a 293.

[Scooter]

Great shooting Jimmy. A new personal best if I am not mistaken.

Interesting week and a half for me. Hit a snag in my shooting with some inconsistency creeping up. Had a horrible league night a week ago shooting my worst for the year (265 11x). Basically a comedy of focus and a form glitch errors. Worked on some things and shot a best ever 290 25x Saturday only to follow up with a somewhat disappointing 275 12x. The following day.

Well after that I just worked on my very basic shot foundation and after some practice outside Monday (143 half round) to confirm my thoughts and a talk with Rod I think I have isolated the issue. Yesterday morning I shot a 280 26x practice round and shot a really easy 284 25x league last night with a really nice looking target Crazy how you can lose just some small shot principles if you are not paying enough attention.

BTW I ended up wining my league which is kind of cool being one of only two recurve shooters in the group.

[rsarns]

Great shooting Jimmy and Scott.

279 19X in league last night, had a 278 23X in league on Monday. Some good ends and some bad ones.

[Ranger B]

Great work working through it Scott. Shot two practice rounds this morning.
284 30x
281 19x

[Scooter]

288 27x practice round today.

[Ranger B]

Smoking Scott. I stunk it up today. Rough day.

[Scooter]

It happens. Likely just one little detail throwing you. Take a break and hit it again. See you in a few days.

[rsarns]

Shot 2 rounds in practice today, started out good (for me) 97 with a 146 at the turn (97 2nd game). Stunk it up 3 of the last 4 ends and shot a 282 22X. Real happy with the score but lost concentration for those 3 ends, last end was a 24 4X which helped. Shot another round and felt good except for one really bad end, 280 23X.

[rsarns]

Struggled with the rights all day... great groups just outside the 5 ring to the right, or just catching the edge.... 277 17X. Went back tonight to see if I could figure it out, after about 15 min's I realized I was torqueing (sp?) the bow. Hate to use a finger sling, but thru one on and sorted it out. Shot a half round, 141 12X, much better. We shall see what happens tomorrow, my last day of practice before heading to Louisville.

[bows'n'roses]

Good success to all of you heading to Louisville. Have fun and nail those X's!

If any of you find out info on the new longbow division beginning next year, please post it here. Thanks.