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This year I missed the target unlimited round (sight, compound & release). I misread the time and Debbie had a flat tire to be fixed the morning of the competition. I got the tire fixed in time and could have made the morning shoot had I not misread the time.

I did make the afternoon round, which was also a target round, only five yards closer as there could be no sights or releases. It was shot bare bow. There are different divisions in bare bow, i.e. bare bow recurve and bare bow long bow. For the first time bare bow compound was added this year. Two years ago I shot 237 out of 300 shooting bare bow recurve. This year I shot bare bow compound and scored 247. I was the only one in the new division, but did manage to score the highest score of the competition. I’ve gone to the bare bow compound as it’s easier on my shoulder than shooting a recurve or long bow.

It was all a lot of fun. Here are a couple of pics. Simply select to enlarge.

We should all show our support to bare arms. How?     You say, how?

By wearing short-sleeved shirts of course : )

Perhaps you heard of the sad lonely ghost that had no one or house to haunt. He went around crying, “Boo-Who, Boo-Who, Boo Who”.

(Would you believe, I made this one up?!)

So, just what DO you call a hair-lip bee?  Why a “Mumble Bee” of course.

(Some of you might like to tell me to buzz off with this one.”

If you wonder why I do not have a category for “Pistol”, wonder no more. Just for fun (not sure it was) I entered the Sporting Pistol and Precision Pistol venues. I thought I’d most likely get crushed, and I was right. Actually, it was quite an experience. In the “Sporting Pistol” venue I had no idea of what was happening, and even less of an idea of what was happening in the “Precision Pistol”.

Check in was scheduled for 9:00 AM and the competition scheduled to start at 10:00 AM. This venue was well attended, so when they had enough competitors present they decided to start, as they’d need to have a second shooting line. We started shooting before 9:00 AM. I asked the fella next to me how much warm-up time we had. Answer: None! Well to speed this along, it did not take me long to figure out that I was in way over my head. I should have noticed this when the fella on my left set up his equipment. Here’s the pic:

As I looked down the shooting line I noticed that most all of the shooters had similar equipment boxes and mounted spotting scopes on top of the boxes. Not only all of this, but they were really good too! Later I found out that most all of the shooter knew each other, were active members of the shooting club, and shot 2-5 times weekly; along with a match every couple of weeks.

The only other pic I took was this one.

I do not know how many were in my age group, 65-69, but from the scores that won I do know that I was no where near placing. Not only this, but I was no where near being in the running. Besides this I was completely stomped out of the competition. Not only so, but ………… I think you get the idea. And just think, this was in the “Sporting Pistol” venue. Next I shot in the “Precision Pistol” venue. This was REALLY ugly. The lady that collected the score cards tried to tell me that I shot very well for my first time, she was very nice, but definitely a liar!!

Next year? I think I’d need the entire year to prepare in order to perhaps be competitive.

At any rate, it was fun and I got free pop and a piece of pizza.

This is Nick. I got him in here (yep, you guessed it) just in the nick of time. He may be our youngest member (29), but in time he’ll get older : )   Not only is he young, but he’s good. Perhaps we can vote him out of our club for unevenplaymenshiplike conduct. Actually, he’s a really neat young man and we’re just thrilled to have him in our club. (Select pic to enlarge it)

July 10, 2009, was the opening day of the Prescott Senior Olympic Games, which will run until July 26, 2009. There are many venues, of which table tennis is one. Our club was quite well represented at the table tennis venue. (Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures at the site.) Here are a couple pictures of some that received medals from our club, there is at least one more, but I haven’t cornered him to get his picture as of yet. (Simply select the picture to enlarge it):

Here is a pic of Debbie (Lt) and Mae-Ann (Rt). This was Debbie’s first tournament. She had a great time and played VERY well (perhaps a little bias on my part). Mae-Ann appears to be a nice, kind little lady. But appearances can be very deceptive; she has a really wicked serve.

The next pic is of Dick (Richard). He looks like a nice old guy and walks around like an old grandpa, but don’t let him fool you, he has game!!

This is Carroll, who did NOT get a gold, but a silver medal. I decided to put his pic in here anyway, as I wouldn’t want to hurt the old guy’s feelings. This gentleman does NOT know what table tennis warmup is supposed to be about. HE PLAYS FOR THE POINT!!!

This good looking young lady with me is NOT my daughter! She is my wife — did good, didn’t I    : )

Hans received a gold in his age group for singles. He also managed to win a gold in bowling. The bowling is right up his alley.

Perhaps you’ve heard the expression, “Two Hans are better than one.” Well, we have two Hans in our club. Our second Hans won gold in the 70-74 age bracket.

This was not the first Prescott Senior Olympics for Hans. He has won several medals since he began competing in the games.

We have many excellent players in our club that choose to not participate in the tournaments, to the joy of many of those that do, as they are “excellent” players.

Thought to ponder:  If one tries to fail, and succeeds, which has he done?

Sooooooo, just why DO they call it Tourist “Season” if you’re not allowed to shoot them?

(I thought about this some, but just drew a blank : )

Thought to ponder: If all the world is a stage, then just exactly where does the audience sit?