Great 2 hours + at LPC today. Good turnout. And well organised. Three groups of people having coaching
1. Three lovely youngsters having ace coaching from Steve Z. Saw Nicola Proctor's son there among two well known faces; Archie and Soelie.
2. Pointing practice featuring Danny Simms at the helm and a group of enthusiastic adults gaining from his wisdom and skill.
3. Shooting practice with Sean Prendegast and Ollie Z. Many thanks to Ollie who had infinite patience with my MANY efforts to shoot precisely and properly. He was so encouraging and helpful with pearls of wisdom and advice. EVENTUALLY I did manage a few carefully placed shots. I just kept going and going. I now have one arm 3 ft longer than the other!
Sean was as adept with his team. We all learned such a lot from these two guys.
Then....the REAL challenge! A game incorporating all we had learned. My goodness. Aided and abetted by Gordon Ansell, we shaped up quite a bit. A lot more to this 'game play' than meets the eye let me tell you! Andy Hing played brilliantly for the opposite team and our man John Spencer used his shooting practice to good avail by getting some well placed shots in. Good pointing by Rosemary and Michael. And all the while, Sean and Gordon asking us 'Why should we do this? Or what should we do next? Making us think. As well as the resounding clunk of boulles, there was the simultaneous whir of 8 brains on the Piste like a little army of beetles wings... You need to come and experience all this fantastic coaching yourselves!
Gill Mason
1. Three lovely youngsters having ace coaching from Steve Z. Saw Nicola Proctor's son there among two well known faces; Archie and Soelie.
2. Pointing practice featuring Danny Simms at the helm and a group of enthusiastic adults gaining from his wisdom and skill.
3. Shooting practice with Sean Prendegast and Ollie Z. Many thanks to Ollie who had infinite patience with my MANY efforts to shoot precisely and properly. He was so encouraging and helpful with pearls of wisdom and advice. EVENTUALLY I did manage a few carefully placed shots. I just kept going and going. I now have one arm 3 ft longer than the other!
Sean was as adept with his team. We all learned such a lot from these two guys.
Then....the REAL challenge! A game incorporating all we had learned. My goodness. Aided and abetted by Gordon Ansell, we shaped up quite a bit. A lot more to this 'game play' than meets the eye let me tell you! Andy Hing played brilliantly for the opposite team and our man John Spencer used his shooting practice to good avail by getting some well placed shots in. Good pointing by Rosemary and Michael. And all the while, Sean and Gordon asking us 'Why should we do this? Or what should we do next? Making us think. As well as the resounding clunk of boulles, there was the simultaneous whir of 8 brains on the Piste like a little army of beetles wings... You need to come and experience all this fantastic coaching yourselves!
Gill Mason