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James Byrne column

Hello Crackers, are you good?So, I briefly spoke on the Blackbird Podcast recently about venturing up to Strongbow Archers Club in order to take part in the Level 1 Instructor course. Myself and Felim Canty of RedFox Archers were among the 14 or 15 archers that were taking part on the day. One of the first questions that got put to the group, looking for individual answers, was: Why do you want to be an instructor? …So, one by one, we would all tell the room the reason why… Yup, you may feel a momentary bamboozled kind of feeling pouring along your skin as your turn to answer fast approaches, as it did for myself—even knowing I knew the answer—yet still, here we are, kinda numb, mouth dry, as if awaiting some kind of battle cry or maybe a whimper to escape me. Did I mention that it was very cold? However, lucky enough for…

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