Proud but Confused Grandparents
"Chaperone" Rhi Around Circuit C
at the National Archery Championships
Saint John, July 31
The archers -- and all the amazing gear -- formed up
at the staging area 
and waited till everybody was ready; then we
walked out around the course to where we were to begin, on the "C"
course
at target #6. 
The
targets were off the trail, marked with stakes and appropriate
places from which you were to 
shoot, depending on your category. There were
frequent discussions about 
targets, and consultations of the photos of each at the 
numbered sites along
the
trail. After all the archers shot, they scrambled through the
woods to the target 
to agree on their scores, record them 
, and retrieve their arrows. Sizing up the targe and judging the
distance 
often took
a bit of time, and 
occasionally advice and encouragement 
was shared. We "chaperones" didn't know
we were supposed to be entirely hands-off, so when Luke's mom acted as
a sunscreen 
, it was
really cheating. But we'll never tell (and she did it for everybody at
this target).
and waited till everybody was ready; then we
walked out around the course to where we were to begin, on the "C"
course
at target #6. 
The
targets were off the trail, marked with stakes and appropriate
places from which you were to 
shoot, depending on your category. There were
frequent discussions about 
targets, and consultations of the photos of each at the 
numbered sites along
the
trail. After all the archers shot, they scrambled through the
woods to the target 
to agree on their scores, record them 
, and retrieve their arrows. Sizing up the targe and judging the
distance 
often took
a bit of time, and 
occasionally advice and encouragement 
was shared. We "chaperones" didn't know
we were supposed to be entirely hands-off, so when Luke's mom acted as
a sunscreen 
, it was
really cheating. But we'll never tell (and she did it for everybody at
this target).