[Archers] Help planning for Pennsic

[John Atkins]

Mungo,
Each year things are a bit different on the archery range at Pennsic.
This in large part is due to the running of the range being handed back
and forth between the two principal warring kingdoms and their
respective archer generals (that's the title Lorelei wants instead of
Archery DEM).  But typically Monday of the first week is range set up.
Often they plan two days for this activity, Monday and Tuesday, but so
many folks help out that it gets done in one day.  Tuesday the range is
open for shooting for marshals and those who assisted with range set up.
The rest of the week the range is open for open shooting.  In the past
the war point has started on the middle weekend and continues through
Friday of the second week.  Last year the war point was shot on only two
days during the second week.  Some years the populace gets to shoot the
war point twice, some years only once.  The Masters Shoot is usually
held on Monday of the second week with try outs conducted late in the
day of the middle weekend days, Sat and Sun.  Last year Atlantia did an
outstanding job of showing the Known World how to put on a fun populace
novelty shoot.  That was conducted on Sunday of the middle weekend.  As
the archer generals for both the East and Mid changed over last year
with those positions now staffed by individuals with some new ideas and
open to other ideas (not that their predecessors weren't) that the
novelty shoot will be repeated.  So typically the first week is open
shooting with an occasional novelty, prize or fund raiser shoot
conducted by either an individual or a small group.

As it's been a few Pennsics since you've been you also need to know that
the archery range has moved.  It is no longer on top of Mount Eislin.
Standing on the battle field facing the castle, the range is now way off
to the left beyond what is now camping and used to be parking on the
other side of the trees.  The joke, or not, is that you follow the road
around the old parking lot, continue to where there is parking, then
continue some more.  Ultimately you come to a fork in the road.  Go
right.  Just after you pass the sign welcoming you to Ohio you're almost
there!  You may ask why.  Well as the range reporter for the Pennsic
Independent the story was that Mount Eislin is actually hollow.  There
is an old abandoned coal mine under the hill and the Coopers were afraid
of cave ins.  OK, I could buy that, sorta.  But now the heavies have
their woods battle in the woods behind the old range.  Stupid me but I
think I would weigh less carrying a bow and 18 arrows than I would
carrying a rattan sword, shield and garbed in about 80 pounds of armor.
And when you consider the average archer weighs about 175 and the
average heavy fighter, without armor, weighs about 250, well the logic
escapes me............

cog

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[mailto:archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Garth
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Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:23 AM
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Subject: [Archers] Help planning for Pennsic


Noble friends of the bow,

It looks like I will finally be able to attend Pennsic again this year 
(last time was #37). I expect to be there during the first week. Since I

will be staying in a nearby motel (I don't camp), early reservations are

a must and I need to start planning now.

Obviously there is no schedule for archery activities yet, but based on 
what happened this year could some of you please make recommendations of

what to expect? I hope to make myself available for marshal duties, 
special shoots, and general fun on the range. In addition, I am hoping 
to teach one or two classes, possibly one an archery-themed class.

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir TA Marshal
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