Ah, Cumbria. Home of fells, daffodils and lakes, right? Wrong, as I was firmly corrected by the owner of Mains Farm, where the 2022 NFAS National Championships were held. This was the Eden Valley, with low hills, trees and farmland rather than rock.
The farm provided a spectacular setting for two courses which wound through woods and grassy slopes above a tributary to the River Eden. From a crisp start on Saturday morning, the weather stayed fine and dry all weekend.
For the Nationals, the targets are NFAS’s own range of paper-face animal targets. Archers shot 76 targets over the weekend, set by North Lakes Field Archers.
Unusually, a number of bosses were placed in the open, meaning gap shooters had less to reference when distance judging, adding another test…