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The Crooked Stick: Home-made String Jig In 30 Minutes
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Tuesday, 9 October 2012. Home-made String Jig In 30 Minutes. Having completed my longbow course up at Heritage Longbows. Having downloaded the pdf and printed it off it was time to put it all together and the following entry shows just out simple it is. Making a String Jig in 30 minutes. As you can guess by the title of this blog it will only take you 30 minutes to build this once you have all the part together. It's just like putting an Ikea flat pack together. Full size printout of jig. To finish off t...
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The Crooked Stick: 3D Nationals Shoot Report 25th & 26th May 2013
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Sunday, 26 May 2013. 3D Nationals Shoot Report 25th and 26th May 2013. It was the late May bank holiday weekend and time for the 2013 NFAS 3D Nationals and having shot last week at Fleet Ibex. And lost / broken three arrows I was hoping for a less destructive two days. With the weather looking to be totally the opposite of last years 3Ds it was looking as though it would be a cracking weekend at Osmaston Park. Near Ashbourne, a wonderful drive down the A515 from my parents. With the dinosaur out of the w...
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The Crooked Stick: Westfield Driving Experience
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Sunday, 7 July 2013. Okay this is not the typical blog entry for this site but on this historic day in 2013 when Sir Andy Murray (okay not yet Sir but by this time next year! Became the first Brit to win Wimbledon for 77 years I had decided to do something far more entertaining that watch a ball go back and forth. Once we had practised around the short circuit it was time for some figure 8 and donut driving best shown before time for lunch and the morning only people to pack up. Figure of 8 and donut.
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The Crooked Stick: Raven Shoot Report 15th & 16th June 2013
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Sunday, 16 June 2013. Raven Shoot Report 15th and 16th June 2013. So having arrived in plenty of time on Saturday it was time for the usual tea to kick off the day and burger for John before picking up the cards and the off to our starting peg, 24, and time to meet our fellow archers. So today and as it worked the weekend we would be shooting with Ben and Rob two fellow longbow archers and a fun weekend we would have. So with the first breakage of the weekend and one lost arrow it was time to switch some...
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The Crooked Stick: Druids Shoot Report 19th February 2012
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Sunday, 19 February 2012. Druids Shoot Report 19th February 2012. Having had a short break from shooting, in all forms, today I would be doing something that I haven't done for a while and that was shooting at a new club and hence a new course. I have been meaning to shoot Druids for quite sometime but other commitments always managed to get in the way and so I was looking forward to shooting this highly recommended course. At least it's a 16. So after a thoroughly enjoyable days shooting with a great gr...
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The Crooked Stick: Making my own Longbow
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Sunday, 9 September 2012. Making my own Longbow. In Cannock. One great advantage with Lee's courses are that he does not restrict you to specific dates rather you can simply phone him and arrange dates to fit. So having travelled up on a Wednesday evening and stayed over at the local Cottage B&B. With a quick lesson on how to make a double loop flemish string it was time to have a go myself and so having picked a couple of colours I made my first bow string, using fast flight material, and then fitted it...
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The Crooked Stick: Nationals Shoot Report 15th & 16th September 2012
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Sunday, 16 September 2012. Nationals Shoot Report 15th and 16th September 2012. Having not shot since the Druids Summer Solstice shoot this years Nationals were going to be rather interesting and the aim of the weekend was to come away with as many arrows as I arrived. This years Nationals were going to be held at Arley Hall. This was going to be the trend for the day the South Cheshire course layers had used the woods and terrain extremely well and what looked like easy shots were not. Most were cov...
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The Crooked Stick: Raven Shoot Report 14th April 2013
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Sunday, 14 April 2013. Raven Shoot Report 14th April 2013. So this being only my second shoot since last years Nationals it was off to Raven for a round of 36 3Ds in their rather hilly woodland. With the weather having been wet for the last few days I was expecting a rather stick and muddy shoot but at least it would be warm and no chance of frostbite unlike the Fleet Ibex. With the deer dead it was time to head across the bottom of the valley and shoot the White Goat, this was probably the second longes...
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The Crooked Stick: Fleet Ibex Shoot Report 19th May 2013
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Sunday, 19 May 2013. Fleet Ibex Shoot Report 19th May 2013. With the 3D Nationals looming it was time for the Fleet Ibex pre-3Ds shoot and what initially looked like a wet shoot but as it turned out was quite a glorious day. So with only a few layers of clothes, a bit different from the Easter. Shoot, it was off to registration and then a quick chat with some of my fellow archers before setting off to our starting target. So with some jovial comments and an audience it was time for a second shot but unfo...
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The Crooked Stick: South Wilts Shoot Report 5th & 6th May 2012
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Sunday, 6 May 2012. South Wilts Shoot Report 5th and 6th May 2012. With the success of last years Bluebell Shoot South Wilts were again running it over two days with camping and partying on the Saturday night although given the weather of the previous week the field was likely to be wet and as such I decided I'd rather drive than camp. Rob was also having a slightly bad day given that he had just recovered from back problems and by half way through he was in the situation of drawing until it hurt and the...
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