Gator Cup 2014

Gator Cup 2014 was a real blast! I had the honor of shooting on the same target as Khatuna Lorig and Jenny Hardy for my qualifier round, where I finished 37/49 with a score of 468/720.  Pretty darned good for a recurve newbie (well... late February...) with extensive longbow training!

Here's a list of my footage from Gator Cup: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz5OzYz3v1I8F8bg8qEt5jl16W0FjTnmm

Also here is the full suite of pictures: http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/GuenhwyvarAnCrosaire/library/DUNHEASA/Gator%20Cup%202014

 My best round of the day... 50/60with my first shot being a 4 and then the rest just fell into place!

 There I am with my 50/60! I think my head shrunk in the heat though!

 Qualification round with J. Grellner (left) and L. Stephens (right). Gotta love action at 70 meters!

Approaching full draw... yes, I have the cute stabilizer that weighs next to nothing but it works!

 Let's drill that target again!

 Follow-through! I may need a bit more weight in the front of my stabilizer though but I like the way it feels.

 My qualification round group... from left to right: me, K. Lorig, J. Hardy, J. Grellner. We were one kick-butt group!

 Me and K. Johnson. Yes, she's THAT tall. I'm 5'2". She's stooping over a fair amount too for this picture... One of our Wounded Warriors who's done some serious butt-kicking in the world of archery.

 My first elimination match against B. Phillips (right) and H. Koehl (left) warming up. Setting up for action...

 Here goes!

 Time to own that gold ring!

 Firewolf vs human... who shall win?

 Firewolf emerged victorious from her first battle and must now face H. Koehl, a well-seasoned young archer despite her seemingly harmless appearance!

 Here goes! Let's see who will emerge victorious...

 Getting set up...

 Setting up some more...

 Full draw... transferring and expanding...

 And POW!!!!

 Re-loading...

 Concentrating...

 And another ready to go...

Transfer... hold...

POW!!!!

 Analysis time...

And we're done with that end!! My opponent ultimately won this match but it was a real blast shooting with her!!

 Female recurve winners (1st-3rd): J. Hardy, L. Pritchard, and M. Brown.

 Male recurve winners (1st-3rd): C. Duenas, J. Kaminski, B. Ellison.

 Our top shooters sponsored by Easton...

And our top shooters sponsored by Hoyt...