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    Senior Member Eight Point Flying Whale's Avatar
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    Default Elite sponsored archer - success in England

    Last year I shot a FITA 70m head-to-head match against John Stubbs, one of our Paralympic Gold medallists from Beijing (2008). I managed to tie him in real windy conditions shooting my XLR. He finally beat me by being 2mm closer to the middle in a one arrow shoot off. We talked after and he said he was looking at getting an Elite.

    I ran in to him again over the weekend as a spectator at our junior national championships, and got chatting. He has now been shooting an XLR for a while, and he has broken 5 paralymic world records this year with the XLR.

    Best news is that I hear that Elite has sponsored him, and provided him with the bow.

    Great that Elite is managing spreading the word here.

    Have heard from a few others that some of the top archers (paralympic and able-bodied) are starting to take some notice of Elite.


    Only wish I could shoot as well standing up as John manages from a wheel chair.
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    Nice news to hear. Congrats to John, and hope his success inspires all of us.

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    Congrats to you on some fine shooting. Also good to hear that Mr. Stubbs is shooting an Elite.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Randy D View Post
    Congrats to you on some fine shooting. Also good to hear that Mr. Stubbs is shooting an Elite.
    When I matched him in the H-2-H he was shooting a Hoyt. I guess I got no chance now he is shooting an XLR too!
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    '07 Synergy 28.25" test bed about to get Tilt-tamed.

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    That is some great news!
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