Steve joined archery in 1997 after joining his uncle for a shoot at Massey archery club.
Steve shot field for 3 years before deciding to take up target archery as a new hobby.
For the past 8 years, Steve has been shooting and traveling all over the world. Currently Steve holds most of the New Zealand FITA records, Some IFAA records, and consistently is ranked number 1 on the Archery NZ rankings.
Steve currently works as a security tech.
Steves Equipment
Bow
Hoyt Pro Elite XT3000 C2
Draw Length : 28"
Arrows
Easton Protours 470
Easton Pins and Pin Nocks
Easton Tungsten 120g
FFP 187 Fletches
Sight
Axcel 4500 9" Bar
Specialty Scope 3/8"
6 Power Lens
Rest
Trophy Taker 1
Spring Steal 0.10
Strings
JD Strings
Stabilizers
Doinker 34.5 Long Rod
2x Doinker 8" V-bars
A-bomb Below Handgrip
Trigger
Carter Insatiable
2008
World Cup Stage 1 Dominican Republic
- Ranked 1st, shooting a 705 (351,354) breaking NZ record.
- Finished 25th
North Island Championships Napier
-Target Champion, Breaking 2 New Zealand Records. Fita Total and 50m Record.
2007
World Championships Germany
-Ranked 24th
-Finished 33rd
New Zealand Indoor Champion
New Zealand Target Champion
2006
Commonwealth Archery Championship
-Ranked 1st, Shooting a 703 (351,352) breaking NZ record.
-Finished 1st, Winning Gold for New Zealand in matchplay.
Australian Senior Nationals
-Target Champion, Breaking New Zealand Fita Total record.
-Finishing 3rd, Winning Bronze in matchplay
2004
Junior World Championships England
-Ranked 3rd
-Finished 3rd, Winning Bronze for New Zealand and breaking NZ record.
NZ Records.
Fita 1392
Fita Junior 1385
90m Junior 336
70m 352
70m Junior 348
50m 351
50m Junior 346
30m Junior 360 22x
18 Arrow Matchplay 175
12 Arrow Matchplay 119
Double 70m 705
IFAA Indoor Record, 600 114x
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