World Cup 4 - France

[James Park]

We are sending three compound men to World Cup 4 in France.
Pat Coghlan, Robert Timms and Zoran Singerov will depart Thursday next week. Quite a strong team and we wish them well.

[James Park]

As I noted above, this is a strong team:
Pat is the current Australian target and field champion. He also won the target in 2005 and 2007, and has been over 1400 twice in major competition this year.

Rob was second in the Nationals target for the past two years and was over 1390 twice in major competition this year.

Zoran has won the Nationals target twice (2003 and 2004). He was leading the target in 2005 but was ill on the second day and could not shoot. He has exceeded 1390 several times in competition.

Both Pat and Rob already have points from strong placings in this year's World Cup events.

[Freeman]

Good luck guys.... shoot well and also to the stick bow olympic guys.

[Eberbachl]

Have a great trip and shoot well guys ;)

[Shermo]

Didn't Zoran also win the Matchplay at the 2007 Nationals in Perth?

[2Dogs]

Yes...and Matchplay at the 2003,2004 Nats from Memory

[Sandy Hancock]

Zoran is too thin. He'll unbalance the team ;)

[2Dogs]

Agree!....no Man :boobies: and your out;)

[frommy]

Good luck to the teams. I will try to follow the results from afar.

:thumb:

[Hannah]

Good luck guys - I know you will do well :)

[Coghlan]

Thanks guys, I didnt like missing number 3, but with little Scout's Autism sometimes other things have to come first.

This should be great :-)

Yes, I am happy with this team, Rob ovbiously is shooting well ranked 3 for the WC's and Zoran winning last years Matchplay and 3 out of the last 5 National Matchplay events I think we might have a good/great chance.

Pat

[C Tyson]

Good luck guys, hope you kick arse

[Simon Hendry]

Agree!....no Man :boobies: and your out;)
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Marcus]

Just a note that Bert is keeping a blog on this event. CHeck it out by clicking on the Blogs link in the Nav bar

[Archangel]

Couple of pictures of the training + competition fields.

[The One]

Good luck to Team nizzle!!!

[Coghlan]

All got here fine at about 230am thismorning. Weather is awesome 26 deg.

Just gone for a walk and a look around pretty nice town, going out to 1st day unofficial Practice thisafternoon.

No wind, best conditions I have ever seen at this stage

[Eberbachl]

Sounds like a great place!

Good luck team ;)

[Coghlan]

Practice was good, bit winder than I first thought. Practice targets are Stramit :-( oh well the competition Targets are not so that is good :-)

Everyone seems healthy so all is good.

[Master_Bowtech]

Good luck to you guys.I'm sure you do us all proud......:thumb:

[Clare Barnes]

Compound men's ranking after 36 arrows:

8th Pat 348
21st Rob 342
30th Zoran 338

http://www.archery.org/UserFiles/Document/Results/Results/2008/08_WCup_Boe/IQRCM.pdf

and the AUS men's team in 4th. :D

[Clare Barnes]

Women's recurve after 36 arrows:

25th Lexie 318
55th Jane 308

[frommy]

Thanks, Clare. I had forgotten this was on.

After 54 arrows, mens compound:

Pat 6th 526
Rob 18th 517
Zoran 21st 513

Small field of 50 competitors only. Surprise there for me.

After 60 arrows, ladies recurve:

Lexie 20th 531
Jane 41st 522

Bloody hell; 122 competitors!

[Marcus]

That's a great first round from Pat

[Clare Barnes]

Final rankings:

MC
Pat 6th (699)
Rob 17th
Zoran 29th

MC Team 3rd (thanks for the correction Pat)

WR
Lexie 23rd (637)
Jane 49th

Good shooting everyone; we're all looking forward to following the matchplay. :D

[Marcus]

Elzinga top scored with a 709 including a 356 for his first pass. :o
12 men broke 350 for one of their halfs.

[Coghlan]

Yeah was some good shooting by Elzinga.

Genet also shot well on my Target.

We are ranked 3rd in Teams (equal 2nd with Canada)

[Sandy Hancock]

Excellent work Pat (and the others).
Best of luck for the matchplay.

[Samuri]

Great stuff from all three of our mens recurve. You're doing Australia proud!

Keep up the fantastic shooting.

currently 1st in Teams above Korea.

Matt 6th
Sky 7th
Mic 9th

after 36 arrows.

[Sandy Hancock]

Matt 6th
Sky 7th
Mic 9th

after 36 arrows.

Great stuff indeed! Keep it up :thumb:

[Clare Barnes]

After the ranking round:

MR
4th Sky 665
14th Matt 657
21st Michael 653

and the team ranked 2nd behind Korea! :D

[tropicalshot]

Good to see Australia putting a good performance across the board,
well done Green and Gold:thumb:

[Eberbachl]

Great shooting guys!

;)

Excellent result on the 3rd ranking for the teams :thumb:

[Hannah]

Awesome shooting - the lot of you :) I look forward to congratulating you in person!!!

[Erika]

Nice shooting Aus!!

[Coghlan]

Considering the sheer volume of recurve archers here, I think both the Recurve Women and Men have done a great job thus far.

We are all of to the Elimination Round in about 15 minutes......so see you all later :-)

[primal]

Considering the sheer volume of recurve archers here, I think both the Recurve Women and Men have done a great job thus far.

We are all of to the Elimination Round in about 15 minutes......so see you all later :-)
cmon aussie!

good luck guys and girls.

[Clare Barnes]

Pat had a bye into the 1/16 round, and Rob and Zoran have just won their matches to make that round too. :D

Rob won 115-112 and Zoran had a 111 tie-break and won 10, 9 to 10, 8.

[The One]

Shaun Teasdale 116
Rosendo Sombrio 111

Wim van den Borne 109
Tony Waddick 107

Nice shooting by Shaun!

[Clare Barnes]

Lexie (97-101) and Jane (97-108 ) both lost in the 1/32 round.

[The One]

Jane is out 97-108
Lexie is out 97-101

[The One]

I note that in the WR matchplay, 12 of the 32 matches were upsets (won by the lower ranked archer). :silly:

[The One]

Go Shaun!!!

Into the top 16, 116-114 against Dietmar Trillus.

He's up against the 3rd seed, Dominique Genet next. Tough match with the home crowd!

Pat is through 111-108
Rob out 109-111
Zoran out 112-115

[Ed]

I note that in the WR matchplay, 12 of the 32 matches were upsets (won by the lower ranked archer). :silly:

Zoran and Rob both out! Pat into the 1/8. Trillus out too.

[frommy]

Pat is up against Dejan Sitar. That will also be a tough match.

[2Dogs]

Nah.... watch Sitar do his usual big flinches :thumb:

[Marcus]

Shaun's showing 2 key aspects to win this. Consistent and good scores. Last few world cups the winners shot around 116 pretty consistently.

[Clare Barnes]

Pat beat Sitar 115 tie; 10 to 9. :D

[Ed]

Pat beat Sitar 115 tie; 10 to 9. :D

GO GO GO PAT:archer::archer::archer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

(IMPARTIAL JUDGE)

[The One]

Shauns out :(

Bad luck mate, great shooting and well done on a top-ten finish!!! :D

[Drift_Puncher]

whats the word...

[Clare Barnes]

Pat's into the semi finals; 113 with a 9/8 tie break. Up against Damsbo who shot a 119 1/4 final! :D

[Sandy Hancock]

C'mon big fella!

[Ed]

Great effort, Pat. WIN WIN WIN

[frommy]

Go Pat. Kick arse. :cheer::cheer::cheer:

[Millar]

C'mon Pat

[Clare Barnes]

Pat in the gold medal match with a 116-114 win! :D

Might that mean a WC finals spot for Pat? :o ;)

[Rachel Coghlan]

He seems to think so - at this stage! (just spoke to him on phone)

GO PAT YAAAAAYYYYYYYY:cheer::smilecolros::cheer:

[Kite]

so when is the gold medal match?

[Clare Barnes]

What's your schedule for Saturday...?? :D

Wednesday 25 June
Individual Elimination (1/32 to 1/2 finals)
All Divisions

Thursday 26 June
World Final Qualification Tournament (FQT)
Quota Places for Beijing 2008
Recurve Men and Women

Friday 27 June
Team Elimination Round (1/8 – 1/4 – 1/2)
All Divisions

Saturday 28 June
Medal Matches (alternating shooting)
Afternoon:
Team Finals
Teams Award Ceremony
Evening:
Individual Finals
Individual Award Ceremony

[Kite]

Cool, ta.

[Rachel Coghlan]

Another call from Pat.
Still not certain on the finals thing. If he gets gold, definitely in. Not sure if he gets silver. Said about 95% sure he's in - but just waiting on confirmation

[dearing]

the gold medal match will be interesting pat vs kevin. both are shooting solid

[PeterBennett]

Congats Pat, way to go

[renae farrugia]

Way to go Australia :thumb:

:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[2Dogs]

Well Done Pat Fn Coghlan! :thumb:

[Coghlan]

Fn aaaaa.

I am happy :-)

Looks like it also puts my in the WC Final in Switzerland with any luck :-)

[2Dogs]

Looks like it.

Just having a look at the current points I think you have.

That will get you some serious Fn Dollars :D

[Tuck]

Semi-final: COGHLAN Patrick (AUS) - DAMSBO Martin (DEN)


Damsbo opened his match trailing by one point as the scores were 27-26. A perfect second end for the Australian made him increase his advantage at 57-55. He managed to keep it until the end, to finally go for Gold against Tataryn on Saturday, with a final score of 116-114. Also, Coghlan is now sure to be in the World Cup Final in Lausanne!
:D

The FITA Communication rep thinks he's in!!
Go Pat :archer::drool:

[2Dogs]

Yeah but you know how reliable the FITA Rep has been in the past :thumb:

Mr Peter Cofflan :D

[Eberbachl]

Onya Pat ;) Great work!!!

:thumb:

[Xs24-7]

I think Marcus needs to set up a vbookie for the final...that way I can place a bet on Pat(which is the kiss of death...I never win)...go Kevin Tataryn!!...all that unfair experience shooting in the hallway must be paying off!!
Good shooting Pat as wel, great to see these 2 guys in the final, both of them are due. It will be a good match.

[Archangel]

Some pictures:
Compound men first.

Shaun Teasdale
Tony Waddick
Pat F'n Coghlan
Rob
Zoran

[Archangel]

Women's recurve and some compound eliminations:
Jane Waller
Lexie Feeney
Shaun Teasdale vs Dietmar Trillus
Pat vs Dejan Sitar
Zoran again

[Archangel]

Women's compound:
Anne Mitchell
Anne vs Jamie van Natta
Alison Bateman vs Nichola Simpson

[Clare Barnes]

MR

Matt (106-108 ) and Michael (107-109) out in the 1/32 round.

Sky made it through to the 1/4 finals with scores of 114, 110, 115 before losing 108-112 to Park. He finished 6th= overall. :)

[Archangel]

Men's recurve:
Sky
Sky vs Park (I think?)
Michael Naray

[Archangel]

And on a lighter note:
- Typical tournament nutrition
- Stephen Clifton was present in spirit
- Maintaining international relations between NZ and Canada

[James Park]

I have missed all the excitment of the event so far, having been in New Zealand to run an archery seminar in Wellington and then touring the North Island. However, it sounds excellent, and I will be watching a lot during the next few days. Wonderful to see them doing to well.

[Leigh Cornish]

Good shooting Rob and Zoran.

Go get him Pat, great shooting and I wish you a little bit of luck to help.

Very impressive.


Leigh

[Jon C]

I know that the matches will be up on You Tube in a few weeks time, but is there anywhere you can see them before then?

[James Park]

According to the FITA web site it certainly looks like Pat has a place in the final.
Wonderful !!!!!

[flyboy_su27]

Wow great shooting Pat!!

All the best for the finals :thumb::thumb:

[Ozzy]

Go for it Pat ! :thumb:
& blow wind, blow !

[Coghlan]

Yeah,

I just check the FITA website.

If I finish 1st here then overall I qualify 2nd if P Hofer finishes 4th here
If I finish 2nd here then over I qualify 4th no matter what this is the lowest I can rank
If I finish 1st and P Hofer wins then I finish 3rd overall for the year.

Really exciting. It is day off today due to the Olympic Qualifier for the last 5 places, so we are just going out for teams training for a couple of hours and then maybe watch the shoot off.

[Drift_Puncher]

good lucky paty

[Peter King]

Good shooting/good luck:
Great position to be in..:thumb:

[wareagle]

Good one Pat, the Hoyts being blue must help.:D:thumb:

[Freeman]

Good going Pat.

Good luck for the team event compound and recurve boys

[2Dogs]

Yep the Aussie Team, Sponsored by Australia Post :D

[Coghlan]

We practiced the team round for a short period today, we made it in the time easily and all seemed to go fine. So hopefully should be good tomorrow

[frommy]

Great shooting all. Keep up the great work. :cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[Coghlan]

I found this on FITA website, dates for next years WC Events

Archery World Cup Stage 1 FITA Round/Olympic Round 3 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 31-03-2009 05-04-2009
Archery World Cup Stage 2 FITA Round/Olympic Round 3 Porec Croatia 04-05-2009 09-05-2009
Archery World Cup Stage 3 FITA Round/Olympic Round 3 Antalya Turkey 02-06-2009 07-06-2009
Archery World Cup Stage 4 FITA Round/Olympic Round 3 Shanghai PR China 04-08-2009 09-08-2009

[Drift_Puncher]

thats good the dates are spread out a month apart, better then this year id say.

[iscap_boy]

Yaaiiii, a portuguese in the Olympic Games!!! :D

[Brocky]

Considering the sheer volume of recurve archers here, I think both the Recurve Women and Men have done a great job thus far.

This can not be correct as I thought recurve was dying ;)
Well done all, now for all the recurvers to get serious as the Olympics are just around the corner and the rest of the world think they are safe :thumb:

[Marcus]

I found this on FITA website, dates for next years WC Events

Archery World Cup Stage 1 FITA Round/Olympic Round 3 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 31-03-2009 05-04-2009
Archery World Cup Stage 2 FITA Round/Olympic Round 3 Porec Croatia 04-05-2009 09-05-2009
Archery World Cup Stage 3 FITA Round/Olympic Round 3 Antalya Turkey 02-06-2009 07-06-2009
Archery World Cup Stage 4 FITA Round/Olympic Round 3 Shanghai PR China 04-08-2009 09-08-2009
Apart from China it's the same venue schedule as last year. :(

[James Park]

The AA Elite Compound Committee will of course be looking at which we will use as development events for our compounders in 2009.

[Welky]

Did Rob make the WC finals as well or is it just Pat?

[Coghlan]

Rob did not make the finals I think he finished around 7th or 8th, I havent checked.

[Clare Barnes]

AUS archers who got World Cup ranking points:

MC
4th? Pat 39
8th Rob 32
18th Brendan 13

WC
24th Erika 5

MR
9th Sky 24
39th Sky 2 (:-? and adding the 2 lots for Sky together means he in fact finished 8th = with 26 points)
42nd Michael 1

[Clare Barnes]

The AUS MR Team that ranked 2nd were beaten in the 1/8 (first) round 211 - 216 by MAS...:(

[Clare Barnes]

After a bye in the 1/8 round the AUS MC Team has beaten VEN 229 - 217 to advance to the semi finals. :) Their next opponent is CAN and it will decide which medal match they are in.

[frommy]

The other semi match is France and Spain. France shot a 232 in the previous match - hot shooting. By our guys as well with 229. :thumb:

[Clare Barnes]

AUS will meet FRA in the gold medal match after beating CAN 226 - 225!

Good shooting guys! :D

[Sandy Hancock]

Consistent shooting boys :thumb:
Now time to step up against the Frogs.
Bon chance!

[Ed]

Looks like we shoot off against France for the gold.

[Ed]

MAS have reached the gold medal match so can't be too bad!
I've got grave concerns about our MR team - also we have not
got a good history with a couple of individuals in the early rounds.

[frommy]

What are your lot feeding these Malaysian recurvers Progen? Took our blokes out 216, GB 215, Spain 215 and now up against Korea in the Gold medal match. Great consistent shooting. :thumb:

[frommy]

For some reason I cannot get the .pdf file to load now for MC.

Great shooting guys. Frogs on toast for tea tomorrow night. :thumb:

[Coghlan]

The Mens Compound Team : A great effort by the entire team, each archer put in a great effort all at the required times. Rob only dropped 1 point in the first match GREAT shooting, Zoran put in some awesome X's andheld composure in trying conditions when they were required and well I was happy with my shooting too :-)

Great Team Effort

[2Dogs]

Good Shooting you lot.

and well I was happy with my shooting too

So we should see some footage of you smiling this time ? :D

[Coghlan]

Nah I will smile after the medals are presented........I hope :-)

If I can stay awake until 10pm when my match is on

[Wolf Dreaming]

Great effort to all. Keep the dream alive and enjoy.:thumb:

[James Park]

Lovely shooting - wonderful to see.

[Sandy Hancock]

It seems there is a great team spirit among the compound boys. What's more, the esprit de corps has been there even with changing personnel. Perhaps that is a reflection of good leadership :thumb:

Care to elaborate on your concerns with the other team Ed?? :munch:

:behindsofa:

[Ed]

It's just that we seem to rank really well but then go out far too easily in the early round(s). In other words we need to work on being more consistent. If you look at the Men's Compound Team they always go much further, i.e., there is a consistent performance pattern.

[Clare Barnes]

For those who want to follow the AUS guys in the finals the detailed competition schedule on the World Cup site indicates that they should be at:

Compound Team Gold Medal match at 1545 in France = 2315 South Aust time tonight
Compound Indiv Gold Medal match at 2200 in France = 0530 South Aust time Sun am :o

Whether or not the 'live' scores are really live is another matter...

[Peter King]

For those who want to follow the AUS guys in the finals the detailed competition schedule on the World Cup site indicates that they should be at:

Compound Team Gold Medal match at 1545 in France = 2315 South Aust time tonight
Compound Indiv Gold Medal match at 2200 in France = 0530 South Aust time Sun am :o

Whether or not the 'live' scores are really live is another matter...

Late night for Pat (go Pat:thumb:), early for us. Where do we get the best "live" scores?

[James Park]

Compound Indiv Gold Medal match at 2200 in France = 0530 South Aust time Sun am :o
...

6am Melbourne time - much more friendly.

[Tuck]

Late night for Pat (go Pat:thumb:), early for us. Where do we get the best "live" scores?
Peter

I watch the arrrow by arrow from the world cup results at www.archery.org. The info refreshes about every 40 secs or so. How 'current' it is I can't say but I'm not aware of anything better unless you have somebody there with a mobile! By the way, check that the arrow scores add up to the totals they post!

Go Pat

[frommy]

I do the same as Tuck. It is really quite good to watch. :thumb:

[Ed]

Why would you schedule a match for 10.00pm?
I wonder how much practice they are allowed, since FITA rules stipulate that
if shooting under lights (which is OK) athletes must be able to "practise under
such conditions" (3.20.4) Doesn't say for how long!!

[Sandy Hancock]

Why would you schedule a match for 10.00pm?

Even in midsummer I would have thought it would be dark by then.
Do they have floodlighting??

[Clare Barnes]

The publicity blurb said:

Boe World Cup – Finals will be played by night!
Lausanne – 20 June 2008
For the first time in history, the individual final matches of the Archery World Cup Stage 4 in Boe will be played at night. The organizers hope to attract a large crowd in the rugby stadium of Boe and propose an exciting night with a garden party, tight archery matches and fireworks to close the show. Stay tuned on www.archeryworldcup.org for the live coverage of the events on 23-29 June.

http://www.archery.org/UserFiles/Document/World%20Cup/2008_Events/4_Boe/08_Boe_prog.pdf is the detailed program.

[James Park]

The 2000 World Field Championships had the finals at night through the streets of Cortina.
It was quite spectacular.
Hence, not the first time this has happened.

[Sandy Hancock]

Now we need to convince Archery Australia to hire the Telstra Dome for an Australian leg :flypig:

[Marcus]

Total waste of money. Rather spend that on prize money to attract people to attend.

[Sandy Hancock]

Total waste of money. Rather spend that on prize money to attract people to attend.
OK Mr practical :roll:
It would be a cool venue though :D

[Marcus]

OK Mr practical :roll:
It would be a cool venue though :D

Yeah, a big huge empty space. Awesome!
Federation Square would be better. ;)

[Sandy Hancock]

Back on topic: is it really windy in Boe today? If I'm reading the results correctly, the Russian girls scored 39 with their first six arrows :o

[Marcus]

Yeah but they shot
9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 in that order. Perhaps a test of the system?

[frommy]

Ausies are up 27 to 6 over France with 30 mins to go. :thumb:

Whoops - wrong sport. ;)

A good game of rugby though

:munch:

[Ed]

Team events timings are:
CW 2.55pm
CM 3.45pm
RW 4.35pm
RM 5.28pm

Individuals:

CW 9.34pm
CM 10.02pm
RW 10.20pm
RM 10.58pm

Obviously these are local times.
would you fancy starting to shoot a gold medal match at 11 o'clock at night???

[dilligaf]

Do you know what the time differance is or when the matches will start our time

[Clare Barnes]

Do you know what the time differance is or when the matches will start our time

See post #118 in this thread for a vague clue, or Google time differences France - Australia... :)

[2Dogs]

would you fancy starting to shoot a gold medal match at 11 o'clock at night???

Yes I would !!

It would be different and fantastic to compete in .

[Kite]

Go Aussie!!!
Good luck to the guys team and good luck in the individuals Pat :D

[DKW]

Thanks for the info on this thread everyone.
Am watching now with scores being refreshed every 5-10 seconds or so.

[frommy]

The teams Gold medal match is 1545 hrs local France time. The current time in France is 1446 hrs as I read it.

The compound individual final is 2202 hrs France time. Fark that.

[Sandy Hancock]

Halfway through the MC bronze match.
Canada 112, Spain 107.

[Sandy Hancock]

3rd end done. 60 from the Canadians. Nice.

[Sandy Hancock]

Canada 229
Spain 215
Now for the main game :munch

[frommy]

Canada crushed Spain for the bronze - 229 to 215.

[DKW]

I'm glad I'm not the only one here with no life!

:munch:It's now time.Go the Aussies.:munch:

[Marcus]

France 30
Australia 27

[Sandy Hancock]

Only one point in it after first end!

[Sandy Hancock]

After 2nd ends France 114 leads Australia 110 :(
C'mon boys, dig deep!

[Sandy Hancock]

We shot a 57, but so did France. Good shooting!
France 171 Australia 167

It's a big ask now....

[frommy]

:(

Not looking good.

[Marcus]

191-187 with 3 arrows left. :(

[Sandy Hancock]

The scorecard has not moved. Ohhh, the agony.

[Sandy Hancock]

Maybe I should ring Pat on his mobile to find out what's going on ;)

[DKW]

It's killing me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DKW]

Now this is getting rediculous.
Initially the third french arrow of the 4th end was a 9, it then changed to a 10 and then silence!

[Marcus]

Sigh :(

[Sandy Hancock]

Maybe Zoran has protested :silly:

[frommy]

It's killing me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me too. I even have the laptop fired up beside my desktop, because i suspected the desktop was giving me problems.

WTF is happening? However, I cannot see the guys coming back from 4 points down with three to go. :(

[Marcus]

Stranger things have happened! It's certainly possible.

[DKW]

We lost 227-224.
Check the live commentary.

[Marcus]

Yep just looked at the PDF. :(

Well done guys, great effort!

[Sandy Hancock]

:ohdrama::drama::frusty::munch:
Wonderful effort nonetheless.

[frommy]

This is the commentary:

Gold Medal: France - Australia

France starts the Gold Medal match on target 1, and scores X10-X10-X10! Australia does not start as good as their opponents with 9-8-10. The local archers didn't do as well with 9-8-10 (57). Australia recovers a bit with 10-9-X10 (56). France takes 1 pt lead in the first end. Australia opens second end with 9-9-10, and France goes on with 10-8-9. Australia shoots X10-7-9 to let France increase their lead with 10 for Deloche, X10 for Genet and X10 for Brasseur, World Ranking 6 (114-110 for France). Australia does its best with 9-9-10 (138), but France is too strong with X10-X10-9 (143). Australians could recover a bit with 10-9-10 (167), but it is not enough for France's 9-9-10 (171). Last end in this match, as the Australians score 10-8-X10 for Coghlan (qualified for 2008 World Cup Final), and the French score 9-9-10 to lead by 4 pts (199-195). Last shots for Aussies: 10-X10-9. Last shots for the French: X10-9-9 to win Gold Medal at home, as their Female teammates! Final score: 227-224.

[frommy]

Well done blokes. Great effort and result. :thumb:

[Rachel Coghlan]

You guys got the result before me, and I was waiting for my txt message!! Yep they got 2nd. Pat was happy with his shooting, but that's all I heard.
Well done guys!!

[Clare Barnes]

Well done on the team silver guys ... now for the individual match. :munch:

[Xs24-7]

The match between Kevin and Pat will be on in about 15 minutes or so at the following link:
http://www.archeryworldcup.org/livescore/2008boe//Results2D.aspx

[Peter King]

Great team effort...now go Pat!

[Clare Barnes]

So far tied at 115 according to the live scores...Tataryn had the chance to win it with a 10 on his last arrow but shot a 9. :o

[Clare Barnes]

Pat won 115/10/X to 115 10/9 :smilecolros:Well done Pat!

[James Park]

Excellent match.
Wonderful result.

[Peter King]

Well done Pat...celebrating here with coffee:munch:..and toast

[Naomi Woodbury]

well done Pat

[Rachel Coghlan]

Yay!!!!!!! Well Done Pat!!!!!

Now we need to bombard the TV shows with emails to let them know!!!!!

[James Park]

I think that puts Pat ranked 2nd in the world cup points. Good position.

[Tuck]

Great job Pat! You were obviously a lot calmer doing it than we were watching each screen refresh!

[C Tyson]

Great stuff guys, congratulations to you all. Well done!!!!!!

[dilligaf]

Well done Pat

[James Park]

Overall, that gives our World Cup compound program for 2008:
1 individual gold (Pat)
1 individual silver (Rob)
1 individual bronze (Pat)
2 team silvers (Pat+Rob+Brendan and Pat+Rob+Zoran)
4 archers with WC points (Pat, Rob, Brendan and Erika)
an interesting opportunity in the WC final (Pat),
and some really worthwhile international experience for 12 of our top compounders (Pat, Rob, Brendan, Bryce, Craig, Clint, Zoran, Madeleine, Fiona, Erika, Kellie and Hannah).

[Ed]

CONGRATULATIONS PAT - I JUST KNEW YOU COULD DO IT!!!:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[Sandy Hancock]

Just woke up. Great news.
Pat, well done mate. You're a machine :thumb:

[renae farrugia]

Awesome shooting Pat, doing us all proud back at home ;) :thumb:

[Freeman]

Well Done Pat. Great result.

Congrats on the team Silver.... good effort all round

[timothy]

Well done Pat great shooting
Congrats to the team for there silver, dam good shooting from everyone you have brought Australia Archery to a very high standed so well done and have a safe trip home
:munch::thumb::thumb::archer::archer:

[Millar]

Well done Mate, on track for the final WC :cheer:
and congrats to the team on the silver

[STRINGWALKER]

Congratulations team....The Thunder from down under!

[Coghlan]

Thanks everyone, having you guys following it is excellent.

I am had it so I am going to bed :-)

[Ozzy]

Well done to the entire team.
Australia is a force to be reckoned with in archery.

& I know the effort , sacrifice & determination that Pat has put into his archery to achieve all he has. :thumb:

[Foxy]

Well done Pat.

[cschach]

Well done Pat, you really deserve that win.

You are now so good we almost expect you to win gold medals - that is an amazing achievement in itself.

[Marcus]

Can't wait to watch the match on YouTube. Awesome shooting Pat, well done!
And against a Commonwealth shooter too. :thumb:

[NOCK HUNTER]

Great shooting by everyone...huge effort Pat.

it shows the world the depth of shooters we have in Australia :thumb:

[Leigh Cornish]

Great shooting fellas, excellence in archery.
No 1. Pat great stuff.

Leigh

[Jay.G]

Awesome going PAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Enlightened One]

awesome result pat! :thumb: well done to the team as well for winning silver!

[2Dogs]

Very impressive Pat Fn Coghlan! :thumb:, I'll shout you a CreamBun & Bundy Rum at the next shoot :D

[Coghlan]

Yeah, make it JD's and your on :-)

[Kite]

good stuff!!!
Well done :D

[frommy]

Congratulations on the individual gold, Pat, on top of the team silver. Great shooting all you blokes. :thumb:

[Coghlan]

Whilst we were waiting for the Finals Zoran and I were talking the the Iranian Team, it seems that the Iranian Ladies National Compound Champion is moving to AUS at the end of this year to live in Sydney permanently, and wants to shoot for Australia.

[Eddie C]

Excellent work aussies. Congratulations to you all :thumb:

[Ed]

Does their government know about this? (vide Pat's comment above)

[2Dogs]

She'll have to spend 5 years in a Detention Centre, in the middle of the Aussie Desert before being considered :thumb:

[tropicalshot]

well done Pat and the rest of the team :thumb:

[Sandy Hancock]

She'll have to spend 5 years in a Detention Centre, in the middle of the Aussie Desert before being considered :thumb:
And even then only if she promises to shoot recurve at the Olympics ;)

[katzgrin]

She'll have to spend 5 years in a Detention Centre, in the middle of the Aussie Desert before being considered :thumb:

Five years in a detention centre in the middle of Aus or five years in Canberra at the AIS. Decisions, decisions.

[Rachel Coghlan]

Pat had his trophy confiscated at the airport!!!

This would have to be the ultimate insult!!! Could you even IMAGINE having the Soccer World Cup or the AFL cup confiscated at customs!!! How the hell do the Tennis people get their trophies home?

This is disgraceful!!!!!

Hopefully someone will be able to arrange to get it to Australia from the French airport!

Just thought I'd vent!

[dbjac]

What?!
Why would they do that? =/

[Marcus]

Dunno, here is a picture of the trophy.

http://www.pfi-hk.com/documents/t_handGrenade_ezg_5.jpg

[The One]

Gay!

[2Dogs]

WTF?.... was it because he tried to take a Glass Trophy onto the plane?

AA will need to pull there finger on this one.

However!.... all is not lost. A Similar thing happened to my trophy coming back from NZ, and thanks to AA, FITA replaced it and posted it direct to me.

That might be your best option, as I would guess the French would have dumped his by now.

[Coe]

Great Job Pat! What a great performance when it counted. Best of shooting to you in the World Cup Finals.

[2Dogs]

Actually I heard Kevin the Canadian was injured when he shot.

Rumor has it he pulled a heart string :rofl:

He must have caught that injury from Dietmar :thumb:

[James Park]

AA will need to pull their finger on this one.

Not AA's problem. How the archers get on regarding their luggage is the archer's problem. We make this very clear to the archers prior to them travelling.
For example, it is made very clear indeed that archers should stick within the permitted weight limits (or it is the archers who will personally be paying the excess baggage costs). Similarly it is the archer's responsibility to only carry things that are permitted.
(However, I am sure that AA will try to assist if needed).

[Laurie Schulz]

Congratulations Pat, another great result mate.

Cheers

Laurie

[2Dogs]

Not AA's problem

Ok I retract that.

But I think the only way Pat will get a trophy is if AA, contact FITA and ask them to replace it. Like they did for me.

I'm 99.9% sure the French Airport would have disposed of it by now.

[The One]

A Similar thing happened to my trophy coming back from NZ

I thought we only gave awards out to 3rd place?!?! :silly:

[Eberbachl]

This would have to be the ultimate insult!!! Could you even IMAGINE having the Soccer World Cup or the AFL cup confiscated at customs!!! How the hell do the Tennis people get their trophies home?

Sorry to hear it.

Did he try and take it on the plane?

I'd check it in with my baggage. I'm guessing they thought it might have had potential as a weapon?

[frommy]

The trophy:

http://www.archeryworldcup.org/UserFiles/Image/FITA_Photo_Gallery/WorldCup2008/Boé/Day5/slides/IMG_5915.html

Bad luck about this, Pat. I hope it can be replaced for you.

[ec]

if that base doesn't come off it's a bit of a hard shape to pack.
silly rules.

[Enlightened One]

pitty, its nice looking trophy. shocking thing to travel with though. its disgusting that airport security wouldn't allow it. terrorism by trophy:confused: whats the world coming to...

[dilligaf]

I can't see the picture of the trophy.

Sure hope Pat gets it back.

[The One]

If it's a glass trophy, it wouldn't last long in your baggage...

[Eberbachl]

If it's a glass trophy, it wouldn't last long in your baggage...

Rubbish ;) It's all in the packing.

You should check with the airline if you can take something in carry-on baggage, and if you can't, have it checked, or shipped.

That's the only way unfortunately.

:thumb:

[Rachel Coghlan]

Rubbish ;) It's all in the packing.



Normally one might agree with you, but last time Pat and I went overseas we used that philosophy and packed an expensive venetian glass horse into the baggage. It got smashed.

I threatened Pat with death if he put his trophy into the baggage.

Still, one might think that a trophy for a World Event would perhaps get some leeway. We had hoped that one of the flight attendants could put it in a safe place.

I just keep thinking, if it was the Ashes would it get confiscated? How does the AFL get their trophy home: they always seem to walk off the plane with it! and for goodness sake is the world running that scared that they think a terrorist would spend years training in a sport to win a trophy to use as a weapon to highjack a plane. The world's gone mad!!

By the way, I think after Pat chucked his wobbly at the airport people, Zoran and Dionne did some less emotionally charged negotiation - so I'm still hoping it'll turn up. Pat couldn't tell me the outcome. Won't know till tomorrow when he gets off the plane!

[Eberbachl]

Normally one might agree with you, but last time Pat and I went overseas we used that philosophy and packed an expensive venetian glass horse into the baggage. It got smashed.

Like I said - it's all in the packing ;)

....BTW I must say congratulations to Pat on this huge win - top effort!

....and I do hope he gets the trophy back, or that FITA can somehow organise a replacement.

:thumb:

[DKW]

and for goodness sake is the world running that scared that they think a terrorist would spend years training in a sport to win a trophy to use as a weapon to highjack a plane. The world's gone mad!!



I couldn't agree more,
I too would be very pissed off!

[Coghlan]

I was happier that I won than the trophy got taken....

It weighed in at 6.2 kg and was solid crystal, huge thing, it did look good but would not have fit into any of my luggage, as it was a Sunday we couldnt post it back.....we had already considered that.

I am not blaming anyone, I am over it, I would have liked to have it but if thats the worst thing that happens to me, my life ain't to bad :-)

[tropicalshot]

great effort in wining Pat, well done to you and the rest of Team Aussie :thumb:

[katzgrin]

Memo to FITA

Please ensure all organisers present trophies made to the standard of plastic cutlery used to eat the plastic meals served on aircraft.

[Gary Petts]

Pat, congratulations mate on a great effort and welcome home. Shame about the trophy, but I'm sure there will be plenty more to fill up the lounge room. Maybe you can do a package deal and get the French one forwarded with the one/s you win in Switzerland! :thumb:

[burt666]

I was happier that I won than the trophy got taken....

It weighed in at 6.2 kg and was solid crystal, huge thing, it did look good but would not have fit into any of my luggage, as it was a Sunday we couldnt post it back.....we had already considered that.

I am not blaming anyone, I am over it, I would have liked to have it but if thats the worst thing that happens to me, my life ain't to bad :-)

shame :( it would have looke good as a fruit jar sort of thing, or better full of M&Ms!!!:D

[dbjac]

shame :( it would have looke good as a fruit jar sort of thing, or better full of M&Ms!!!:D

Skittles imo.

[James Park]

No. It would just have to be Jaffas or jelly beans (black ones).

[dbjac]

Hmm. Quite refined tastes. Black Jelly beans are hard to go past.

[wareagle]

Black jelly beans.. YUK!!...I throw em away, although I often wonder if I put one on a fishing hook.....

[Clare Barnes]

No. It would just have to be Jaffas or jelly beans (black ones).

Jaffas are okay but need to have Buttered Popcorn, Cappuccino and Toasted Marshmallow flavoured Jelly Belly jellybeans, not black ones please. :D

[DebNich]

Killer Pythons are the go at our Club (KGSA)!

[2Dogs]

I'm racist !!!

I hate Black Jelly Beans

Big Bowl of Jaffas would be good. :)

Apparently the guys had to throw away the Team Trophy too, as they couldn't get it on the plane.

Tennis Players have managers that take care of shipping their players trophies etc etc.

[Millar]

Fruit Choc's

[katzgrin]

How one eyed can you be? The thread on AT didn't mention anyone outside their concept of the universe. Gee, I'm glad were not biased, just bloody proud of the whole team.:grin:

[Sandy Hancock]

How one eyed can you be? The thread on AT didn't mention anyone outside their concept of the universe. Gee, I'm glad were not biased, just bloody proud of the whole team.:grin:

Well I've fixed that ;)

[frommy]

Not that this forum is a bit one sided at all! :p

Nice post Antipodean Interloper

:thumb:

[Rachel Coghlan]

Okay, where's the link to this post??? I've looked for the past 1/2 hour and sick of wasting my time searching AT for it.:munch:

[Clare Barnes]

http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=707943&page=2 Post 44

You need to learn to ask your local ex-librarian. ;)

[Coghlan]

The Final Match

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG2XSDbhYjs

You can see how close it was.

[James Park]

That is excellent!!!

[Jay.G]

Woo! Awesome match!

[whiz]

That's the sort of competition that I like to see. Down to the line. Arrow for arrow. Sudden death and the forging of hard nerve under competition pressure.

Bring on the Commonwealth Games and we'll show Australia that there is depth in another sport that the general population doesn't know exists.

[Peter King]

Compelling!