Sunday, July 15, 2012

ABA 3A 14/7

Well in a state of euphoria I wrote down all the names & scores then put them somewhere safe. Then lost them, more or less in that order. From memory Brett shot 386, Alastair 380, Tea bag 372, Granddad 364,
Cupcake 356, sorry but that's all I can remember, if the missing link turns up I will update the scores. Finally I scored more than Cupcake. Granddad and I went head to head all arvo until about target 11 where I had a brain fade, missed with my first, hit exactly what I aimed at with the second, problem was I hadn't aimed on the target, but the bale slightly to the side. Lovely shot it was as well.Finally my third hit the a zone and Granddad moved 12 points ahead, with a lovely 20. By the time we reached the last target the gap had narrowed to only 6 points. Our last target was a group 1 rabbit. How on earth can you pick up 6 points on a group 1? All afternoon the light had been dull and on some targets it was like starring into a mine shaft, so it was on the last target. I peeped through my new 6 power lens, but no matter how long or how hard I looked   the rabbit was nowhere to be seen. Fortunately the print was mounted on red corflute and I could make out a faint red line around the edges. In a stroke of brilliance I figured the rabbit had to be in the middle so I aimed at the middle......Bingo 18. Now granddad thought this quite funny and proceeded to explain how he could see the target. Cupcake went next and scored but said how hard it was to see. Then came granddad glasses off, glasses on, glasses off followed by strange noises mumbling about not been able to see. Arrow released followed by questions about its' location, which non of us could answer. Granddad stayed at the peg whilst the rest walked forward to find his arrow. That took a while, then we announced that he had missed. We all got out of the way and allowed him to miss again, by now I couldn't keep a straight face and my sides were getting sore from laughing. His third shot just managed a lowly 4. oh! heaven. I really would have had more sympathy if only he hadn't said he could see the target.
I should point out Granddad had the flu and by the last target had run out of steam. I should, but I'm not going to. Heck I beat him fair & square him & Cupcake.
Cheers all don't forget next week is the Branch titles here at Macleay.
Tea Bag

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