It just gets cooler

There were 2 landmarks reached today, the first one was Shooting at the Practice/Ranking field for the first time, its a very nice field with plenty of shade and it even has an Archers lounge. The archers lounge is a rather large air conditioned room where you can go to have a rest, cool down, get yourself a drink and a snack and basically just chill for a while.

The second landmark was actually stepping into the main Archery Stadium for the first time (known as "Court A"). I swear the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end. It was just such a fantastic feeling walking out into the middle of that stadium, seeing the HUGE tv screen and just trying to imagine what its going to be like when it's filled with spectators. I also took walk inside Court B also, Not quite as impressive but nonetheless shiver inducing.

After taking a few photos of both Courts (see below) I went back to the practice field and carried on practicing. The rest of the gang left at 3 pm so it was just me shooting, Things weren't feeling as smooth as usual and i wanted to get it sorted out. Peter (Suk) also stayed behind to collect my arrows and figured out what i was doing wrong almost imediately. The result was a 58 end so not only was i back on track but actually shooting better. We spent about another 3/4 hour practicing head to head and pressure shooting so i left the field buzzing and full of confidence.

Anyhoo tomorrow is an early start as we start shooting at 8am so i'm going to try and hit the hay early, here's a few of the photos I took today,