When I started this page and decided to write a blog each week, I thought how hard can it be.
How wrong I was. I thought I could just talk about my shooting and that’s it. But there are so many aspects of everyday life that intertwine. Family, work, friends and of course archery.
So it’s can be difficult to seperate each of these when talking about ones progress.
Ok that was a bit deep from me.
I had a very thoughtful conversation with a wise man who commented on my last post. He reminded me that even though I have so much going on I need to keep my eye on my goal and continue to focus on that and try to find a balance or even ask for assistance to help shoulder and coordinate the other aspects of my life so I am able to keep my eyes on the prize. Thank you Judge Dredd your observation and words as made a difference.
Last Monday we had a fun shoot at Bowtime instead of the normal shooting for score etc. It was a reminder that we do the sport for enjoyment and it’s not all about the final score.
I think this has helped me during the rest of the week whilst training. I put in a lot of hours and arrows getting my form and bow setup. I increased the poundage on my bow, changed my v-bars and stabiliser set up. Personally I think it was a calculated change on my set up and now my bow feels stable and responsive when I shoot. But deep down I know it was a pure luck, it’s about time I got a bit of luck considering the amount of work I have been putting in to get my form right.
On Sunday I shot a few arrows at 70m to fine tune my bow, in the end I didn’t need to make any changes. Once warmed up I was shooting 6 out 8 arrows in the gold and feeling very good dispute the bitter cold, wind and the threat of a downpour. So this week has been very positive for me.
Now to the exciting part of the week. After many emails and a number of conversations my work MTN SA have decided that they would like to sponsor me and assist with helping me reach my short, medium and long term goals
MTN SA are going to sponsor me with travel and accommodation so that I can travel to a number of tournaments outside of the Cape. This includes 3 trips to Durban (1 being the SA Indoor Nationals) and a trip to JHB and PTA. So that’s 5 trips in total.
I feel over whelmed with the generosity from MTN as they are offering their full support in my goals. So I would like to thank the executive, managers and staff of MTN SA for all their support. So expect to see me flying the MTN Brand at all of my shoots from now on. This support will offer me more opportunities to shoot the qualifying scores I require for national selection.
I’d like to just say that k you to the kind people who have offer thier services be it time or money to me and are apart of Team : “Get Hoppy to Tokyo”
The most important thanks must got to Lucia and Samantha, You will achieve nothing with out the support of your family,
Thank you to : MTN SA, Bowtime, IRIS Network Systems , Elite Archery Experience,,
My coaches. Noel Robinson, Luther De Koker and Sharon Swanepoel.
My Torture Team. Reinhard Bester Physiotherapy, Rone Grobbelaar Biokinectist. I will be adding a few new names here shortly (Robert and Leor I will still make contact with in the coming weeks)
I’m sure i have forgotten someone, but please know i do appreciate every piece of support given no matter the format.
The last that is to everyone who is following my blog on https://www.adrianmiller.co.za , my Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/adrianmillerarchery/ and my twitter account Adrianmillerarchery @adrianmillerar1
Well that’s all from this week. Let’s see what the next week brings.