wheresthetorch?
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Having a received a number of warm welcomes and advice on the forum's 'Welcome' page when I said my wife had bought me a 30 clay 'Have a go' session for my birthday, I thought I should report back how it went yesterday at Southdown.
I hit the first 5 clays straight off on the first novice's stand, much to my astonishment! The benefits of good instruction, clearly. We then moved onto a more challenging stand with two clays, one from each side. This was more difficult as the clays were faster and further away, but I seemed to be doing OK with a few misses; the instructor reckoned I hit 85% in total which felt good. Despite being right-eye dominant, I think my left eye was sometimes taking over, as I struggled to know which barrel to point at the clay, if that makes sense. It got a bit easier when I closed my left eye, but then all seemed a bit two-dimensional. The instructor said this was something he could help with if I took it further with proper lessons.
Anyway, I absolutely loved it, and could have gone on all day. I'm currently selling an old motorcycles outfit, so when that's done I think I know where the proceeds will be going!
The instructor's name, by the way, was Simon Arbuckle - top bloke.
I hit the first 5 clays straight off on the first novice's stand, much to my astonishment! The benefits of good instruction, clearly. We then moved onto a more challenging stand with two clays, one from each side. This was more difficult as the clays were faster and further away, but I seemed to be doing OK with a few misses; the instructor reckoned I hit 85% in total which felt good. Despite being right-eye dominant, I think my left eye was sometimes taking over, as I struggled to know which barrel to point at the clay, if that makes sense. It got a bit easier when I closed my left eye, but then all seemed a bit two-dimensional. The instructor said this was something he could help with if I took it further with proper lessons.
Anyway, I absolutely loved it, and could have gone on all day. I'm currently selling an old motorcycles outfit, so when that's done I think I know where the proceeds will be going!
The instructor's name, by the way, was Simon Arbuckle - top bloke.