Pictured here on his way to 1405 at the Auckland FITA Star tournament on Sunday, 21 February, Shaun Teasdale took the field by storm, creating a New Zealand 50m record into the bargain.

Photo courtesy David Croskery

Revelling in Sunday’s beautiful sunny weather Shaun was very consistent, shooting 340; 352; 355 and 358.  This was pretty much a solo effort because he was more than 60 points ahead of his nearest rival, Andrew Russell, and so all the more creditable.

Fantastic shooting Shaun, we are all very proud of you and look forward to your continued great shooting through to and including the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Clearly the weekend was helpful to the archers because Rachel Hughes re-wrote much of the Cadet Women’s compound records including achieving her 1350 FITA Cadet Star with a 1363 and followed it up with a second day 1352. Stephanie Croskery was consistency itself with 1369 and 1352. Anne Mitchell continued her recent progress also winning her 1350 FITA Star with exactly the right number and Mandy McGregor came very close with 1347.

The compound archers are working very well and making great progress, we have hopes of Commonwealth Games medals from whoever will finally be selected.