[Archers] shooting opportunities

Thu Nov 4 13:39:55 PDT 2010

I'll take the hit on that!  I really did mean to shoot it, really I did,
even had the targets made.... ;)

Now with that and my recent suggestion, I guess I better step and shoot this
one a lot!

All in good fun. Hope those who did shoot had fun.
Jonathas
On Nov 4, 2010 3:02 PM, "Holly Gibbons" <holly0920 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well, fellow archers, I can say that the summer challenge, the "circle
shoot"
> was a problem for a couple of reasons. For one thing, you could not tell
from 20
>
> yards if you had cleanly hit every outer circle. If you moved on and you
were
> wrong your inner shoots might be moot and if you reshot a circle and it
had in
> fact been hit you were wasting arrows. We at the Needwood Forest Company
of
> Archers found it very frustrating!
>
> Also I believe it was Jonathas who wanted bowmen and up to shoot at rather
small
>
> circumferences - - and therein lay the challenge. It was really a crossbow

> shoot. Where's your score, Jonathas? I tease you - - but it was indeed
> difficult  :)
>
> I suggest a fall shoot with no "gateway" requirements. How about nine
circles
> arranged in a pyramid. The bottom three are 11" diameter, the middle two
are 8"
> diameter and the topmost is 4.5" diameter. You have 6 arrows, your choice
of
> target. big guys 1 pt, middle guys 2 pts, little guy on top 3 pts. If you
hit
> all six individual circles, an extra 5 pts. You will have some choices to
make,
> but once you figure out what you are doing, it's clear shooting. Oh, and
unless
> it's a muti-target shoot with some fast and some really close and some
really
> far, crossbows should be their own category! Oh, and if your arrow does
> not hit the target you were aiming at it is out of play (no accidental
pts!) and
>
> one more thing, there are many ways to shoot this so try them all. Plus
one more
>
> thing, it would be great if all six circles were different colors . . . .
and
> no, I did not forget a timed round. I hate the very idea!
>
> Nuala of the Needwood Forest Company of Archers
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:32:08 -0400
> From: loreleielkins at aol.com
> To: archers at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: [Archers] shooting opportunities: seasonal, winter, IKAC
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> There are a couple opportunities for shooting something a little different
this
> winter.  First, we have the Winter Challenge:
> http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/wint.html Atlantia has participated in this
in the
>
> past.
>
>
>
>
> IKAC, just get out and do them. They are a lot of fun.  I think we just
did one
> or two last year locally.  We tend not to because we often have new or
beginner
> archers who see the IKAC as a daunting task.  We'll have to get them over
that.
>
> (Eirik, if you want to have a monthly IKAC shoot on a Baronial level, we
can set
>
> that up.)
>
>
> Also, we have our Atlantian seasonal challenge.  We had our summer
challenge,
> which didn't get much participation. During the summer months people are
usually
>
> busy with a ton of other things, but we are over due for our Fall
Challenge.
> Anyone want to come up with one?  The scoring should be straight forward
and the
>
> targets easy to understand and reproduce for all areas.  Let's see what we
can
> come up with this week and I'll post it before the weekend.
>
>
>
>
> Lorelei
>
>
> PS  The Summer Seasonal Challenge (The Circle Shoot -
> http://www.scores-sca.org/public/scores_current.php?R=2&Shoot=54) had only
6
> participants.  Gregge the Archer took first (and only) place for the
crossbow
> with 60 points.  Geoffrey and Nuala of Needwood tied for first place for
> Handbow.  Ceridwyn of Needwood Forest won first (and only) youth category
for
> Handbow.  Roshu of Rocksbury Mills took second place for Handbow and
Breccan of
> Needwood Forest too third for Handbow.
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:45:27 -0400
> From: loreleielkins at aol.com
> To: holly0920 at yahoo.com, summerrain.wa at gmail.com
> Cc: archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: Re: [Archers] Youth Archery
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> Greetings!  I don't know of list or forum specifically for youth archers
and I
> can understand their feeling of isolation.  Our local group has one youth
archer
>
> who is continually voicing his opinion about having to compete with the
adults.
>
> I don't see a separate youth archery program starting up any time soon,
but I'm
> not sure there is a need for one.  In archery, we tend to take the youth
under
> our wing and include them on the line with the adults.  This seems to work
very
> well, as they learn from experienced archers.  I agree with Nuala that
Pennsic
> seems to be the place where youth archers can get together.
>
>
>
> I do encourage all local groups and marshals to recognize the efforts of
the
> youth archers and when holding events, to make sure there is a  youth
category
> in the competitive shoots.  A separate youth shoot is also desirable. You
may
> get one youth archer showing up, you may get 10, but at least they know
they are
>
> being encouraged to participate. In general I think we do a pretty good
job of
> this.
>
>
> New ideas are always welcome.
> Lorelei
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Holly Gibbons <holly0920 at yahoo.com>
> To: Summer Rain <summerrain.wa at gmail.com>
> Cc: archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Sent: Tue, Nov 2, 2010 10:53 pm
> Subject: Re: [Archers] Youth Archery
>
>
>
> Dearest Anne Rose:
>
> In Atlantia there's no separate youth archery program so our kids shoot
royal
> rounds like everyone else. I don't think Ceridwyn ever scored from the 40
until
> she moved out of her 14 bow and got the 20 she has now. The few youth
archers
> all know each other up here in the north, but I wouldn't say that my
children
> were really looking for other children to be archers with. Instead I think
they
> really appreciated the advice and mentoring of adults in the sca, and they
have
> always enjoyed competing against adults (Godai who is iinfinitely kind and

> patient and wise will attest to how much pleaseure Ceridwyn has had trying
to
> catch up to him - - to no avail).
>
>
> The IKAC has both children's and youth divisions but it has crazy rules -
- as
> soon as you score well they kick you out even if you are 7 years old, and
you
> have to shoot the adult IKAC distances, post scores on the adult list, and

> there's no way to identify who is a child on the list. So the youth of the
known
>
> world have no way of knowing how they stack up against youth from other
> kingdoms, and the designation of "winner" in the child or youth division
of the
> IKAC is completely meaningless.
>
>
> BTW, the one place Ceridwyn has made really good friends among other youth

> archers is at Pennsic. She has a regular gang there. The other place to
find
> good youth archers is at a traditional bow event like we have here at
Baltimore
> Bowmen every spring.
>
>
> How old is your young archer friend? Ceridwyn is 12 and I could pass along
a
> message if you like. She has a facebook page, which is another option for
> getting them connected. What about Pietre and Oilliam, the bright young
archers
> of Bright Hills? They are about the same age, too. Lorelei might know of
other
> good tween archers in the south of Atlantia.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Summer Rain <summerrain.wa at gmail.com>
> To: Holly Gibbons <holly0920 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Sent: Tue, November 2, 2010 1:21:41 PM
> Subject: Youth Archery
>
>
> An Tir's rules changed for youth archery effective yesterday, because of
the
> fact that there are some Damn good young archers. Unfortunately, the one
youth
> archer I know here, feels very isolated, as she's the only youth archer
she
> knows who is as good as she is. I did tell here there were others, albeit
in
> other kingdoms, but she's not alone.
> Is there an email list for the youth archers to learn about each other? Or

> something?
>
> Yep my bow is glaring..I'm shooting my mouth off again :)
> Anne rose
> Sigrids Other Archer minion
>
>
>
>
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