This year, David Spinner travelled out to meet up with fellow London Archer Paul Rennie in Brazil to compete in their national champs. Good performances by both saw David finish 5th in gents compound and Paul (despite having the most twisted limbs David had ever seen) finish 10th in gents recurve. In the process, David shot a personal best at 70m and equalled his FITA PB despite having to stand up to his ankles in rainwater for much of the shoot (see picture taken on the "dry" day). Paul and David then coached the Brasilia (Paul’s Brazilian club) compound team to a medal in the team competition. Old friendships were also renewed as the Italian team was competing there, one of whom David had met 3 years previously while in Thailand.
In addition the boys met the Olympic champion Marco Galiazzo, though he wasn't the talkative type. The British tradition of socialising with everyone was maintained, the boys last being seen taking the Italian ladies team for drinks on the beach...

David and Ian maintained their record in this tournament, cleaning up all of the possible trophies between them bar two. Veronica Bray from Imperial also performed well and took home some silverware. Not too many bruises were reported from the end of tournament ceilidh.

Bart, Adam, Shaun, Ian, Simon, Andrew and David travelled up to Lilleshall for this tournament. Some good scores were shot – David equalling his 720 PB.
In the fun team shoot on the Sunday, David’s team "Echo" managed to take the compound crown thanks to some fierce crowd support.