This year, both the KK shoot and SUSF Outdoor were held on the same weekend, on the same field. What could have been a riot of a weekend, sadly became rather tame, as no Aberdeen Uni archers wanted to go to the KK. (The Torcher Parade was that day as well.)

Bereft of chums, John and I went down to St Andrews on the Saturday, John to go whisky shopping and myself to shoot 100 less than I'd done in practice the day before! Pants shooting aside, the day was rather amusing. The poor KK blokes were running around, obviously not having a clue what was going on, with Rupert from St Andrews trying to organise them and not getting anywhere fast. The bosses arrived just after the shoot had been scheduled to begin, with a lot of archers pitching in to get the field set up.

The weather was breezy, rainy, hailstoney and sunshiney. Typical! I managed to get a class medal (2nd) by dint of there not really being that many of us (2 I think). Anyway, metal is metal.

Quite worryingly, we heard that the SAA were putting pressure on the KK to return any profits from the shoot to them. This seems a rather bizarre thing to ask, especially as the SAA has no part in running the shoot (as evidenced by the rather confused looks on the faces of those in charge). All profits go to charity in any case. Luckily, the club are reluctant to drop such a traditional event, though I can see them seriously thinking about it if they encounter an attitude like that next year. Dave Bowen has helped to a great extent in previous years, but the rumour going round was that he'd dropped out this year because of the hassle from the SAA. All of this is rumour and speculation at the moment. John and I volunteered to adapt SUSF/BUSA guidelines for the KK, so we may take over Dave Bowen's role next year, if asked, plus we may hear from the KK themselves about this issue. Will update y'all as we find out!

Anyway, although the KK hadn't a clue, they still did a decent job. I'm not sure about the organiser though, he wanted to look at my 'bow' - the next minute I found him examining one of my arrows! Those guidance notes are going to be very clearly spelled out!!!

Well, I've written more than I meant to about Saturday, so I'll keep Sunday short.

The day started a little more stressfully than John or I would have liked - Ian W rang to say that Caroline was ill, and that Paul wanted to stay with her. This meant that John had to drive in to Aberdeen to pick up Carolyn, then come back for myself and an RGU person who'd been dropped off in an effort to free space in the RGU car (as Ian would be navigating for them).

Weather was nicer, no hail or rain this time. The irritating thing was that, this year of all years, my score would have got me a bronze individual medal! Edinburgh dominated as usual. Although there were three full size teams, the RGU 3 beat the Dundee 4 to come away with their first team medals in memory. Plus their novice gent came second. Even more bizarre - if Paul Greig had managed to tear himself away from his sick girlfriend, he and Ian would have won the team medal (assuming he didn't have a totally pants day). Or, of course, if I'd still been a student... sigh.

RGU also managed to be last in the pub, with Jenny from St Andrews (who had returned from home that evening), by dint of getting a lift with SGB. We gossiped and drank, and stayed at least an hour after we said we would leave...

A top evening, and a good weekend.