"This is one of my goals towards getting to Tokyo in 2020. I wanted to make the transtasman 2014, then the Youth Worlds in 2015 and then a few world cups in 2017 and 2018.
"Rio (Olympics) is too soon. With archery, it is more an eight-year cycle because it is such a mentally draining sport. There is too much to it to do it in just four years.
"I have put a lot of training in to get to this, shooting up to 900 arrows a week. That is about four hours a day, six days a week. It doesn't take too much physical pressure as you use your back muscles, but you need patience and the will not to give up. The difference between a good archer and a bad archer is their mental game."
Turner began archery seven years ago at the Tauranga Archery Club but admits he is still learning his craft, particularly shooting in different conditions.
Archery is not a cheap sport to compete at international level, with Turner's top-quality bow worth $6000. But he admits he has been lucky with the support he has had from his Auckland-based coach Andrew Russell and his mum and grandparents.
