RECENT NEWS
01/02/2010
Commonwealth Games Trials
What a great weekend, 10 Wins - 0 Draws - 3 Loss
Pat shoots a 120 in Matchplay with a 178/180 for a 357 on Day 2
Pretty Pleased :-)
25/01/2010
The Australia Day shoot in Canberra was dominated by Pats Archery shooting staff, and the HOYT Easton combination.
Steve Clifton 1st Pat Coghlan 2nd, and the return to National Competition of Rob Timms in 3rd.
Sherry Gale 1st and Fiona Hyde 2nd, what a weekend, we couldn't have asked for anymore.
18/01/2010
Mount Gambier Shoot.
This event was a great success, another weekend where the family gets to go to a tournament, and a great group of archers that get to catch up.
The MAXXIS 35 was excellent even in the extreme wind conditions. The highest 3 scores of the weekend were all shot by Archers that purchase equipment from PATS ARCHERY. Pat Coghlan 1158 Phil Tremelling 1139 and Jim Larven (CEO Archery Australia) 1120.
Sherry and Jesse Gale put in an awesome show again for Pats Archery winning both divisions they entered in the Mount.
07/01/2010
Staff Shooter Tristan Barrett moves to Queensland and gains HOYT and EASTON sponsorship, great news for Tristan!
Tristan will be shooting the new MAXXIS 35 and the amazing A/C/G Target arrows from Easton, and am sure these will make an awesome combination.
Shoot well mate.
22/12/2009
Pat was greatful to receive another Australian Sports Commission Grant for training for the Commonweath Games. Thanks to the ASC and the Commonwealth Games committee.
15/12/2009
Pats HOYT MAXXIS 35 arrives - Results so far
Fita 70m Round 1 - 706 with a 116 opener which annoyed me.
Fita 70m Round 2 - 708 with some HOT wind
Feeling, it is unusual to have such a low holding weight, and still have the arrows group so well. I am sure I will play with the holding weight to see the effects on the score and group.
I often try playing with new bows pulling harder and then hardly holding to see the changes in the groups, this was only very slight which is impressive about 1.5 inch variance at 70m, the reason I do this is nerves, we all get them, it just depends when and where. For those that do not feel nerves they may not have the exact same back tension every time the execute the shot and therefore this can change the groups, I do the best i can to tune the group on each bow I have to reduce this group size. What impressed my most was this bow doesn't mind either way or a combination of both which is going to be great in competition situations.
I will shoot it at the club this Saturday, cause the awesome thing about a 35 inch ATA bow is that I can zip tie it to my backpack and ride the GSXR to club
I havent finished tuning, but I honesty just set the nocking point at 1/16th about square and havent touched it.
Cant wait to play with the Contender Elite, but it will have some big shoes to fill.
14/12/2009
The AIS weekend was a great experience, lectures on various subjects, including Psychology, fitness, nutrition and form. Time to get into some more training!
Pat has just been notified of his selection in the Commonwealth Games training squad for 2010 and have been offered an AIS Visiting Athlete Scholarship, great news!, also exciting that fellow HOYT Shooter, Duanes Coates and Sherry Gale (Pats Archery Staff Shooter) has also been offered a position; excellent news for Pat, Duane and Sherry.
Some exciting news really, I have been selected as a finalist in the SASI Male Athlete of the Year Awards for 2009.
This is extra exciting due to the profile of Archery within Australia when compared to Sports like Cycling and swimming, the last winner that was an Archer was Simon Fairweather, so I feel very privileged to have been selected as a finalist.
Pat has just started shooting at Southern Vales Archery Club in Morphett Vale, where his archery started 27 years ago, catch up with Pat at the club when he isn't oversea's or interstate shooting on a Saturday.
Also the FIRST Carbon Matrix has arrived at Pats and is ready to be shipped to Dale Monday, I think he has the honour of owning the first CM in Australia.
A Special thanks must go out the people that have supported Scout and the Guide Dog SA Assoc, the support has been amazing and we as a family never expected it.
THANKS
Pat