History

I started archery in 1998 after a holiday come-and-try in Wales. I started at Cluny Clays being coached by Archie Scott and quickly joined Forest Flame Archers (now defunct).

My first major competition was the Scottish Championships at Easter Ross in 1999 having spent the previous four months in Italy and arriving back seven days before the competition! I won the B Class Compound Freestyle with two A Class scores shooting a Merlin compound.

 I continued to shoot and on leaving the navy found my scores rapidly improved and I entered WEFAC at Arndean in 2002. I finished 8^th in the World and 5^th in Europe.

In 2005 I purchased a Hoyt Protec (still shooting it) and scores continued to improve. I have continued to shoot both nationally and internationally and have won medals at all levels.

In 2013 after some bad news I decided to step back and have some fun and took up historical bow which I now shoot indoors. Bow made of all wood construction, genuine historical design with wooden arrows. I will now split time between the two styles for the remainder of my shooting life.