I was very proud (so were many others I am sure) when I was personally present when at christmas time last year our association president gave away the first 1400 badge in my country on public celebration, so I congratulate the British school of compound shooting which produced so magnificent archers.
I am sure that people who beated our shooters at many occasions (Tarple, Perth, etc) will soon climb from 1390 to 1400.
I guess that bad weather in UK, as compared with mediteranian climate, also has some part in not having more 1400 badges in UK at the moment. I say this because I personally saw how our 1400 shooter, on a rare day when in summer wind and rain are present at home, quickly becomes 1330 shooter. Of course he still wins as all the scores go down, but outdoor record achievments at 70m and 90m heavilly depend on wheather.
Perhaps UK archers could go sometimes for smaller FITA stars (not world championships) in more weather friendly countries for record hunting. This is normal in many sports (jumpers go to Mexico city etc) so why not in archery.
As an example, last week there was metric 900 (60,50, 40 metres) near my home. There was 25 degrees C, constant sun and NOT a dash of wind at all (so like shooting indoor). Under this conditions the winner had 894 points (296+298+300), but by no means is this score more worthy that 865 which was perhaps achieved at the same time somewhere in Scandinavia where there was 8 degrees C, rain was pouring down all the time and occasionally there were strong gusts of wind.