[Archers] SSAC shoot

[Jay Nardone]

Good evening everyone, here is a cross post of the next seasonal shoot.

 

Please cross-post. 

 

Summer: Society Seasonal Archery Competition

 

Rules for SSAC - Slots

 

Shoot Begins: Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Shoot Ends: Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Scores must be Submitted by: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 and within 30 days of
being shot. 

 

Rules:

Arrow slots, also called slits or loops were reintroduced to castle
architecture in the late 12th century. They allowed the defenders of a
castle to shoot at the attackers, while giving them only limited exposure to
enemy arrows and bolts. The early forms were a simple vertical slot. These
evolved into vertical slot with cross arms. This transverse opening allowed
a wider field of view. However, the "X" formed by the cross made a good
aiming point, like cross-hairs, for the enemy archers. This evolved into a
vertical slot with off-set cross arms. This still gave a wider field of
view, but did not make such a good aiming point. In the new Osprey book "The
Longbow" by Mike Loades, on page 46, the author states that the offset
transverse arms made it harder for enemy archers to aim to shoot through it
and hit the archers inside. This competition is intended to test the
validity of this theory. I may pass the results on to Mike Loades on
Facebook. 

 For this Slot Shoot, the competition consists of three targets each
representing a different slot: Vertical slot, the Cross Arm slot and the Off
Set slot.  

 



 

Please read the  <http://scores-sca.org/public/page.php?R=25&PID=3> SSAC
General Rules, as these apply to all SSAC shoots. Below are the additional
rules for this specific shoot. The rules give the information for 

submitting scores to the SCA Scores Site. 

 

           Range: The distances are 20 yards, 30 yards and 40 yards. The
Youth distances are 10, 15 and 20 yards. 

         Targets: The slot is 4 inches wide and 24 inches high. The cross
arm slot is 4 inches wide and 24 high with the arms centered at 12 inches
are 4 inches wide and 4 inches high. The offset slot is 4 inches wide and 24
inches high. The arms are 4 inches wide by 4 inches high. The upper arm is
placed on the right side and 6 inches down from the top. The left side arm
is 6 inches up from the bottom. This leaves 4 inches between the two arms.
In each of the slots is an 8-inch diameter circle centered at the middle of
the 24 inch-slot. Part of it is included in each of the two arms of the
cross arm and off-set slots. Within this circle is centered a 3-inch circle.
The 8-inch circle does not extend outside of the slots or arms. The 8-inch
circle may contrast with the slot, but the 3-inch circle is the same color
as the 8-inch and is only outlined. The slots may be either drawn on a
larger surface or may be cut out to shape and mounted on their backstop. In
the case of a cut-out, the target should contrast with the backstop. You may
either use the plain circles or you may draw a face within the 8-inch circle
and within the slot as well. If a face is used, the scoring circles must be
plainly visible up close for scoring. If drawn upon a larger surface, the
area outside of the slots may be made to resemble the stones of a castle
wall. You may use one target and shoot a single face from the three
distances before changing the face and shooting the next distance. Or you
may set up three targets with the three different faces for each round and
shoot them from the three distances. If you have three targets set up, you
may shoot all three faces before scoring to save time. 

         Arrows: There are three rounds, each consisting of three ends of
two arrows at each target face from each distance. A minimum of six arrows
is needed to shoot the competition. 

         Scoring: The 3-inch circle is 5 points. The 8-inch circle is 3
points. And anywhere else within the slot is 1 point. Arrows cutting a line
count as the lower score. Arrows touching the edge of the slot count as zero
points. There is a maximum of thirty points per end and a possible maximum
total score of ninety points. 

          In order to compare the difficulty of hitting the different slots
to test the validity of Mike Loade's theory, the scores for each slot type
at each range must be recorded separately so that subtotals for each face at
all its distances and a grand total for the SSAC score for each archer can
be calculated. 

 

The rules and targets may also be seen at:
http://scores-sca.org/public/scores_rules.php?R=12&Shoot=205

 

Two Printable Score Sheets are available:

 <http://scores-sca.org/ssac/images/ssac_205_scoresheet.pdf> Provided by
Lord Cameron de Grey from Atlantia

 <http://scores-sca.org/ssac/images/ssac_205_scoresheet_2.pdf> Provided by
Lord Randal of Camusfearna from West

 

This shoot was suggested by:
<http://scores-sca.org/public/Obfuscated%20Email%20%28move%20mouse%20to%20se
e%29> Sir Jon

 

 

"Those who stand for nothing, will fall for anything!" -Alexander Hamilton

 

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