NORTH NOWRA archer Barbara McCusker is as determined as ever to represent Australia at the world championships and if her efforts at the recent World Masters Games are anything to go by, she is well on her way to again donning the green and gold of Australia.

McCusker, who is president of the Shoalhaven City Archers, claimed four gold medals in the 50-59 year age group and may have even broken a couple of Games records.

She took out the field shoot, the target, indoor and the clout gold medals, which was no mean feat as the competition was shot in at times horrendously windy conditions.

Not to be outdone, fellow Shoalhaven City Archers member Barry Hogan also claimed a silver, two bronze medals and a fourth in the other discipline at the World Masters.

“I was really happy with the way I shot, considering the conditions,” she said.

“At one stage in the target we had winds gusting up to 60-70 kilometres an hour,” she said.

“You could watch your arrow be on target and then just see it float away in the wind.

“It was certainly tough conditions.”

The target, clout and indoor events were shot at Sydney Olympic Park, with the field held in two locations over two days in the Illawarra and at the Newington Armory Range.

“It was a big week of competition,” she said.

“But a fun time, it was great to be able to meet people from different countries.

“We all wanted to win, but it was also about having some fun.”

Having already competed in the World Masters in Melbourne in 2003 where she won four bronze medals, she said the Sydney experience had inspired her to attend the next World Games in Turino, Italy.

The 51-year-old also has an eye on the World Championships in Hungary next year after a disastrous campaign at the last worlds in Wales, which resulted in her taking a trip to hospital after taking a fall during the field event.

“The course was very hilly and dangerous and I fell down a mountain during the field event and had to be taken to hospital,” she said.