Quicks Team Shooter - Pat Hotchkiss
Summary
| Club: | Forest of Bere Bowmen |
| County: | Hampshire |
| Age: | 56 |
| Years shooting: | 12 |
| Job: | Bus driver |
Equipment specification being used for 2024
| Bow make and model: | Gillo GT 25 with Uukha 36lb limbs |
| Indoor and Outdoor Arrows: | Easton ACE with Easton pin nocks and spin wings |
| Nocks and Vanes on indoor and outdoor arrows: | Beiter asymmetric large groove. Eli vane P3 vanes. |
| Arrow Rest or Launcher: | Spigarelli ZT |
| Finger Tab or Release Aid: | Fairweather |
What are your archery performance highlights?
Winning medals in 3 out of 4 national tours that I entered ( gold, silver and bronze ), finishing 2nd in the National Tour standings which got me into the
National Tour finals in Nottingham where I won a silver medal.
Winning a silver medal in the 50+ championship in Wallingford
Breaking 11 Hampshire Barebow records
What are your goals for 2024 and beyond?
To carry on shooting as well as I did this year, with hopefully improved scores, and to break more records.
Manufacturer sponsors
Podium Bowstrings.
Who has been most influential in helping you get to your current level?
When I first took up barebow a year ago, Alan Holder helped me, I also watched a lot of Barebow videos on YouTube which were
a great help.
Who is your most admired archer?
There are a few archers I admire, but for barebow it has to be Ollie Hicks
What advice can you give to up and coming new archers?
Shoot as much as you can, don’t get disheartened when you don’t get the scores you want, they will come, and above all enjoy it.