The mas­terful archer mas­ters a con­stant, coor­di­na­ted sequence of move­ments. Its key cha­rac­te­ristics: men­tal strength, stami­na and the abili­ty to con­cen­tra­te in the moment. The P&K Flo­o­ring­group team brought much more to the 2020 sum­mer par­ty: con­vi­via­li­ty and fun!

The wea­ther was per­fect and five teams stal­ked along nar­row paths through the den­se archery cour­se forest in high spi­rits. Accom­pa­nied by archers from Schüt­zen­gil­de 3D, Back­nang and equip­ped with Take­Down recur­ve bows, arm and fin­ger pro­tec­tion, they went hun­ting for foam game and points.

The­re were only three attempts, i.e. three arrows, for each par­ti­ci­pant at each sta­ti­on to hit the rat, wild boar or wolf. Stand cor­rect­ly — draw the arrow — grip the bow and string — con­cen­tra­te — visua­li­ze — pull out the string — anchor the string hand — release — in the best case (with the first arrow) hit — in the worst case (three times) miss and then labo­rious­ly search for arrows in the thor­ny under­growth.

“So we would sur­vi­ve in Afri­ca!” says Fabi­an Dieders­dor­fer hap­pi­ly. His first arrow hits the rhi­no with ease. Spe­cial chall­enge and fun fac­tor: sit­ting on a (woo­den) hor­se in the sadd­le and aiming at a foam bun­ny. No, you did­n’t hear any Indi­an howls, even if one or two peo­p­le felt like Win­ne­tou. At times, howe­ver, coll­ec­ti­ve che­ers echo­ed through the forest and Tina Itter­man­n’s bell-like laugh­ter.

“I enjoy­ed being out in natu­re and com­bi­ning hiking and archery,” said Franz Tin­gler. Tho­mas Dieders­dor­fer also found it exci­ting and appe­al­ing to run through den­se forest and spy the next desti­na­ti­on bet­ween the trees and under­growth. “It was gre­at fun and I enjoy­ed being with the team and get­ting to know my col­le­agues bet­ter,” said Ramo­na Käfer.

Mana­ging Direc­tor Heinz Knau­se­der is deligh­ted with the suc­cessful event: “Ever­yo­ne was enthu­si­a­stic, both about the archery and the sub­se­quent event in the Tapas Bar.” Deli­ca­te wines and refi­ned 4‑course menus were ser­ved at the fine Spa­nish restau­rant “Tene­ria” in Waib­lin­gen. In a Medi­ter­ra­ne­an flair and cozy atmo­sphe­re, the col­le­agues feas­ted until the ear­ly hours of the mor­ning and were alre­a­dy plan­ning the next sum­mer par­ty.
Ever­yo­ne went home a win­ner that day.