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[TomL]

Here is the link to the official site of the World Indoor Championships which starts on Tuesday.
http://www.arcomnimes2003.com/

I didn't see the Australian flag in the list of participants, is no one comming over???

[Marcus]

I've heard nothing of a selection shoot or even information this was on, so I doubt Australia is sending a team. It's a shame.

[Aarleks]

Official practice will start today. Sad no Australians are there. Any predictions?

[James Park]

I don't recall us actually having a chance to register an interest in attending.

[TomL]

Here are the top 3's of the different seniors competitions :

Women Recurve
1. VALEEVA Natalia ITA 589
2. LOBZHENIDZE Yulia UKR 586
3. KAWAUCHI Sayoko JPN 581

Women Compound
1. RAGSDALE Michele USA 583
2. WILLEMS Gladys BEL 583
3. ZORN Mary USA 582

Men Recurve
1. GALIAZZO Marco ITA 594
2. FRANGILLI Michele ITA 593
3. IVASHKO Markiyan UKR 591

Men Compound
1. JERVIS Stephen USA 595
2. GENET Dominique FRA 595
3. WILDE Reo USA 594

The rest of the qualification results can be found at
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/monde03/Classement%20individuel.pdf

[Aarleks]

According to GT, Air France lost all Cousins' equipment apart from his release device. He still scored 592 and came 5th with borrowed gear!!

Why is it that no Australian even had a chance to go, even if they paid their own way?

[Marcus]

If it were a World Clout team we would have sent a fully funded squad.

For some reason Indoor is still a fringe aspect in this country.

[James Park]

Some one "wise" must have assumed no Australians would be interested. Would be nice if we were asked first.

[James Park]

I notice that DC was eliminated by a Matthews shooter (using a single cam, of course).

[TomL]

Hey Jim, where did you find the results of the elimination rounds, because they're not yet on the official site.

[James Park]

http://www.archery.org/NimesWC/Edition%20des%20r%e9sultats%20des%20duels%20en%20i ndividuel.pdf

[James Park]

I notice that Frangili twice shot 180 (perfect) in the elimination rounds.

[James Park]

I notice that the high score for mens compound (inner 10) for 30 arrows was 299.

[TomL]

There is not a lot you can do about that kind of scoring.

I also noticed that the 1/4 finals of the men compound most have been very exciting, 3 of them needed a shoot-off (BTW one of them at a score 119 each).

[robbo]

I notice that DC was eliminated by a Matthews shooter (using a single cam, of course).

I read some where that he had to use borrowed gear, his got lost in transit or something.

[Marcus]

Morgan Lungdin was knocked out in the finals by Reo Wilde who is now the winner. Martin Scepter 3 with dual cams wins the worlds.

Gee that website sucks big time!!!

[JDES900X]

Congratulations, Reo Wilde. The Scepter tradition of World Championships continues...[/img]

[OldDog]

Hey jimmy, whatever martin is paying you bro, It aint enough :D :D How often do you have to return to the factory to have the key in your back rewound, Good to see a prostaffer earnin his keep, BTW congrats to Reo wilde a chip off the old block forsure. :P

[Freeman]

Well done to Reo, but how about Morgan......he has been the consistant performer over the last 3 years.
2000-world field-GOLD
2001-World Indoor-GOLD
2001-World Target-SILVER
2003-World Indoor-SILVER

[OldDog]

good call their clint, those swedes keep bobbing up all the time in all disciplines of archery.

[James Park]

I watched Morgan Lundin at the World Field in 1998. He did not win, but on an impossibly vertical course he shot a perfect score. Leigh Cornish and I though it was just about the most difficult course we had ever seen (although Cortina in 2000 was worse).

[Freeman]

Just imagine what he could achieve if he shot HOYT

[James Park]

Or a PSE.

[Tony Pearce]

or a Merlin...

[OldDog]

yeah clint, from perfect to what :D :D

[James Park]

For those who have never seen Morgan Lundin. This is from the World Field 2000, Cortina, Italy. He is the one closest to the camera. The third archer from the end is Dave Cousins. This was practice for the finals, and I was by this time a spectator (although I shot the unmarked round with Dejan Sitar and managed to beat him).
http://www.archery-forum.com/4sale/20030310061811.jpg

[robbo]

Just looking at their stance, both Morgan and Dave have their feet very close together. :-?

[James Park]

Yes, I think their feet are too close, but you need to remember that the course was extremely steep (far, far steeper than anything I have ever seen in Australia) and on many of the shots it was the only way to get a viable stance at the shooting positions. You can see from Morgan's followthrough that he pulls very hard into the wall (as does Dave - his followthrough is similar). Note that Dave's bowarm is straight as with virtually all of the top archers - Morgan's bowarm is bent, which I don't like, and he was the only one like that. Note that Morgan's bowarm has moved left and down following release, as we want, showing he gets a surprise release.

[GKF Tech]

He won the World using..
Martin Bow
Toxonics Sight
Carter Release
and the GOLDEN KEY INFINITI Arow Rest!
Great Shooting !
GKF Tech :lol:

[Marcus]

JDES900X posted this on ArcheryTalk. It's Reo's practise target at the Worlds.

http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=92391

[robbo]

:o :o :o :o

[robbo]

Jim I have noticed a few archers with a similar stance and some of them shoot very good.

They must be gifted with very good balance. I still sway around with a wider stance..:D

[Kuru]

Scepter 3 all the way :)

[Jay Bowden]

I didn't think I would ever get to see a target face like that!
Thats incredible! :o
congatulations Reo.

[Lusch]

I happend to be there as a spectator. I was kinda dissapointed no Australians were present...

BTW: Dave Cousins' bows were recovered before the qual. rounds, so he shot with his own bows.

[SteveFSA]

Jim, Why do you think Morgan does so well with the bent arm? Doesn't seem to be much of a handicap to him.

-- Steve

[James Park]

Steve,
Yes, his style is unorthadox but he scores very well. It is apparent to me that he pulls hard into the wall and I think this helps him get away with it to some extent, however the orientation of his bowarm would make it difficult for him to get an optimum shoulder alignment. He is also risking tendonitis in his left elbow from using the bent arm. Other than that, I think he is just plain good. It is not a technique I would recommend.

[2Dogs]

Ahh boys you see Martin wins another one :D

Some dam fine scores shot at this shoot.

Maybe if someone asked the CEO of Archery Australia why no Aussies went we may get an answer.

But then again his attitude towards "Archery- Forum" is that we are an irresponsible bunch and it's probably "20min of his life he may not get back" :lol: :lol:

Pity......his loss I guess

[minotaure]

I'm busy to get the Eurosport broadcast on 19 March taped. When this is done, we will make an affort to get the tape into mpeg and placed on the website of the KNHS Concordia (http://www.knhs-concordia.org).

I'll make an announcment when its online.

[2Dogs]

Great!....looking forward to it

[TomL]

Hey minotaure, do you have the exact time for the broadcast?

[minotaure]

TV Coverage of Nimes is scheduled on Eurosport on 19th March at 13:30 CET.

http://www.eurosport.com See TV Schedule.

[tigrou]

Hello everybody.
Here are a lot of pictures about World Indoor Championship :
http://www.placedusport2.com/?doc=937&rub=0&lang=fr
This is a french website about archery. If some of you speak french, don't miss the "sisterforum" in phpBb format.
Bye.

[minotaure]

The broadcast of Eurosport Indoor WC 2003 Nimes, France is online and streaming at the website of Concordia.

Follow the link below.

PS: The spoken language is Dutch, i coudn't change that :(

http://www.knhs-concordia.org/boogschieten/downloads/movies.htm