BUCS

So, turns out BUCS is not what I thought it was; it is just a much larger university competition. BUCS also includes English universities, so we had some archers from Leeds. The other main difference was that the classifications for bows were: compound, recurve, barebow, and longbow.

We left Aberdeen at about 9:20 (it was supposed to be 9:15) and with a short stop to buy lunch, we managed to get to Edinburgh by a bit after twelve. Registration (basically checking id and checking your name off a list) started at 12:30. Since the morning people were still shooting, we put our bows in the sports hall and sat in the normal hall for a little bit. As soon as registration opened, we got our names checked off the list and set up our bows. We then had to have an equipment inspection to make sure that we were in the right category. Although my bow is a traditional, it does not classify as a longbow (it is too thin for its width, has an arrow rest, and doesn't have horn ends). So I was shooting barebow. 

I shot pretty decently and apart from a few annoying shots, had a very good competition. For the first time ever, I had to help with keeping track of the scores. I think I would rather not repeat the experiment if I don't have to. They were keeping two score sheets. One had 10 ends on each sheet of paper (there were two sheets) and the other was to be tallied up and turned in every 12 arrows. I was in charge of the second one and it was a real pain. But I still managed to have a good time. 

They published everyone's scorecards (http://ianseo.net/Details.php?toId=5150) Mine is on page 73... Sorry I couldn't figure out how to get just mine on here.

This Sunday was just the qualifiers, later, they will have more competitions to get to the finals. Anyway, we'll see how it goes, and have fun along the way.

Jutta, team captain. She shoots recurve

Team photo- one girl didn't want to be in the photo

Me

Amy, our compound archer

Photos courtesy of Malcom Rees


Ciao,

Florence