Ready for the off ...

You may just have heard about the City of Edinburgh Council bidding to run the Archery World Cup in 2010 or 2011. It was reported in the Evening News (see http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Another-string-to-city39s-bow.3860349.jp) who did not quite get all the details correct.

It seems that FITA were not strong enough in their guidance to applicants that they should be in partnership with their local National Governing Bodies, and so it was vary late in the day that the Council hooked up with GNAS.

I won't bore you with the details, but there are procedures to be followed if funding is to be secured, and there was a lot of activity needed at the GNAS end to ensure that the Council could bid.

In the end, the bid went in, but that is just the start of the work involved. One of the venues being consider is Holyrood Park which will provide a spectacular backdrop if the Council is successful.

My personal archery activity has been in packing the caravan for my annual trip to the Netherlands. By stopping off in York, I get to visit my three month old grandson on the way over, so that is something to look forward to. Nearly everything is done now, so I am just about ready for the off ...