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    Ukhaa limbs

    Anybody using Ukhaa limbs? What do you think of them? Does the apparently unique construction method show through to the performance?
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    Stance and draw.

    Thinking about the opinions expressed in the Angular v. Curved Draw thread has made me consider my own draw in an academic sense, by which I mean I'm not shooting at the moment, I'm sitting on a sofa with my laptop. I'll need to buy some lower poundage limbs and arrows to suit before I can...
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    Oh dear...Oh dear...

    We spent a large part of Saturday afternoon on Clapham Common where Sainsbury's were sponsoring 'Super Saturday', supposedly to promote the Paralympics. Despite summoning Murray down from Scotland they deemed archery as too dangerous to actually demonstrate; instead we saw some boccia and...
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    The nature of the beast...

    The quote above is a post by eluned in the 'Punishment for Cheats?' thread. I'm not proposing to start a second thread on that subject (God knows, one is enough!) but if you want the background to it all the answers are there. I think he's raising an important but different point in this post...
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    I'm back - or at least, getting there.

    Hi all. I haven't been here for several months; my MS is usually pretty stable but it played me up and left me concentrating on putting one breath after another for a while and I haven't been able to think about archery (or very much else) until fairly recently. I still don't have the strength...
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    Hunter Recurve

    I posted this enquiry in a rather longer post on the recurve forum, but nobody there has offered me an answer so I thought I'd try my luck with you guys Last week I saw a one-piece Hunter recurve on Ebay. It looked very pretty so I thought I'd put a small bid on it - and won it for thirty-one...
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    Bought another bow!

    Years ago I shot a one-piece wooden recurve made by Kings of Kelso; older readers of this forum will have heard the tale of how I walked away from archery leaving all my kit, including my bow, on a shooting line I had just been thrown off. I didn't come back for over thirty years. I've always...
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    Easton Carbon One Arrows

    Has anybody tried these? If so, are they any good? I had a look at them in the Quicks catalogue because I want some arrows that are significantly lighter than my ACCs, but while they are actually lighter it seems there's not much in it. I'd be grateful for some feedback if anybody's given...
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    Cutting ACEs

    I'm shortly going to get a dozen ACEs as an upgrade to the ACCs I shoot currently. I'm intrigued about cutting them; as they have a barrelled shaft, can one effectively alter the FOC depending on whether one cuts from the front or back of the shaft, and if so by how much? Enough to make a...
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    I'm Back Again - I hope!

    I haven't been around on the forum too much recently, and nothing much has been happening on the archery front either. One of our sons was diagnosed with cancer just before Christmas and everything else has been on hold since. After an operation and a course of chemotherapy we seem to be...
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    What Software? Which PDA?

    When I walk up to the boss I get out a scorepad and a pencil and write my scores the old-fashioned way. Nothing wrong with that, but I would like to be able to use the analytical power of some of the software that is around today. The question is - what software? What are the best - and...
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    Mel Clarke selected for the Paralympic Team.

    Some might remember a thread almost exactly three years ago which reported that Mel, a disabled archer from Norwich, had been assaulted; she pulled over in her mobility scheme car to answer her mobile phone and her face was slashed by a thug who reached in through the window to steal the phone...
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    FITA First Class Scores

    Does anybody know why: If I shoot a Short Metric 1 (36 arrows at 50m, 36 arrows at 30m, both on a 80cm face) I can score 441 and claim a second class score - but there is no first class score available, BUT If I shoot a Half Metric 1 (18 arrows at 50m, 18 arrows at 30m, both on a 80cm...
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    The Unseen Danger of the AGM.

    If you were wondering why I've been silent for so long, it's because I'd forgotten that I have a blog! (You were wondering, right?) Much has happened since my last post. My form has improved no end and as a result my shooting has as well. Being able to shoot more than once a week is partly...
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    Attention all Purple Mafia members!

    Just saw this on Ebay: Hoyt Radian Recurve Riser on eBay, also, Bows Bow Accessories, Archery, Sporting Goods (end time 23-Jun-08 20:48:26 BST) Lovely riser in a nice shade of purple - even if the seller descibes the colour as 'moron' (I think he meant 'maroon'!) :rotfl:
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    Hoist with my own petard...

    Some might recall threads on this forum about coaching, and the lack of any formal GNAS structure to progress archers from their beginners course up through a series of competency levels. I don't think it's too much to ask of a sport's governing body. Someone must have been reading this...last...
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    Further on down the road...

    Well, I was right - I didn't get much outdoor shooting before the season ended, although there is usually someone shooting at the field on a Sunday. It's an informal arrangement; there's no programme for the winter so it's a case of turning up and hoping that a committee member with access to...
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    Angel Majesty

    I have a brand new Angel Majesty string that has been floating around in my bowcase for a year or more. I showed it to someone at the club last week during a discussion on strings and mentioned that it hadn't even been waxed yet. A different someone, who gives the impression of knowing a great...
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    Indoor Shooting

    Well at last I got to shoot! Having heard nothing after a month, I turned up unannounced at London Archers indoor venue on Wednesday evening to see if I could shoot. I have to say that I was made very welcome, not least by the club President (it was the Chairman who kyboshed my shooting at the...
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    Migration - in more ways than one!

    Migration one: Since the Journal thread seems to be giving up the ghost (it's a bit like me - things seem gradually to stop working!) I've migrated to this blog thingy. Can't actually see much difference... Migration two: I've just had an email to tell me I'm officially a member of London...
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