[Archers] ROYAL ARCHERY TOURNAMENT QUESTION - PLEASE READ

[Fen & Michelle]

"1. To have chosen the champion, before Pennsic"

See, I think thats backwards. While its nice that the winner is given a slot at Pennsic, thats not the purpose of our event. Of course, my philosophy is that everyone should have to compete for slots at Pennsic, so I don't place as much value on it as you may. I couldn't tell you who won the last 4 or what the scoring was. 


"2. To set the bar for the 'one to beat', and the 'one to watch' during
the year's archery season. If the competition was held in the fall.  There's a significant chance that someone might win it, then go inactive over the winter & following year."

So? That seems like a very subjective reason. There are other ways to get there, and I'm not sure why its important to use the event for that purpose to begin with. The competitive folks know who the top shooters are. They also know that "on any given Sunday" the top shooter is often replaced. And that the top shooter has been known to be off his mark the day of the Pennsic shoot. I mean, what you are saying has merit, but I don't think its necessary, especially at the expense of a less comptetive field for our own championship. 


"As far as the statement about it taking longer to 'get back on' the
Recurve than an Xbow, I completely disagree.  But that's a whole other
point.  Other than the fact that it invalidates the 'one reason' it was
being asked to be moved anyway."

I don't see it. But I would be interested in hearing your reasoning offlist, as to not clutter the thread.

Cheers
Fen

Atlantian Archery. Nothing exists within 100 yards without our permission.
 
On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 12:13 AM, Siegfried <siegfried at crossbows.biz> wrote:
  
The primary reasons (besides tradition) that Royal Archer is held in the
Spring/Summer timeframe are:

1. To have chosen the champion, before Pennsic -- As this is the one
'essentially guaranteed slot' on the Pennsic Champions team each year.
    (To that end - the competition used to be held in July, JUST before
Pennsic.  But the heat constantly killed us, causing it to year after
year move back into Spring instead)

2. To set the bar for the 'one to beat', and the 'one to watch' during
the year's archery season.
    If the competition was held in the fall.  There's a significant chance
that someone might win it, then go inactive over the winter & following
year.   Versus the chance that someone who wins it in Spring, would do
so over the summer.

As far as the statement about it taking longer to 'get back on' the
Recurve than an Xbow, I completely disagree.  But that's a whole other
point.  Other than the fact that it invalidates the 'one reason' it was
being asked to be moved anyway.

In Service,
Siegfried


On 4/28/14, 8:57 AM, Charles Sprouse wrote:
> Hello all,
>     Shortly after getting home and back to facebook, someone to remain
> unnamed sent me this private message on there.  I wanted to post it here
> (It is at the bottom of this email) in an effort to gauge how many
> people agree and may or may not like to see a change.  Please take a
> couple moments to read it and respond with your thoughts and opinions. 
> Please feel free to respnd to me here, or if you want you can email me
> privately or send me private messages on Facebook, whatever you wish.  I
> will be reading the responses for only a couple days however, because
> then I need to start the process of spiking the date so that my options
> do not all fill up, we all know how fast that can happen.  Thank you all
> in advance for your opinions and subsequent discussion, they are much
> appreciated.
>  
> YIS,
> Karl von Konigsberg
> Royal Archer
>  
> --------------
>  
> "Hey man. Grats on winning again! BTW, would you please consider moving
> the next Championship to the fall? It takes longer to "get back" onto a
> recurve than an xbow after the winter. I think it would make it more
> competitive."
>  
> My immediate response to them was that I think part of the reasoning is
> to have one of our major shoots in the Spring (Royal Archer) and one in
> the Fall (Lochmere Arrow) so as to 'spread out the fun', but I told them
> I would at least consider it and so I am.  Thank you.
> 
> 
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