[Archers] A pat on your own backs! - Go ahead you earned it!

[Garth Groff]

Noble Friends of the Bow,

I completely agree with His Excellency Baron Ursus and Lord Janyn. I go 
to tournaments without any expectation of winning (especially shooting a 
period longbow!), and rarely turn in my score cards. All I want is to 
shoot with friends and enjoy playing in the middle ages.

Yours Aye,


Mungo

On 5/13/14 6:44 PM, Jay Nardone wrote:
>
> Good evening my Brothers and Sisters of the Bow. For those of you not 
> on Facebook I saw a post today by Baron Ursus and I couldn't stop 
> thinking about his words. It really also applies to our archery 
> community and I wanted to share it with you all. So here is what he 
> posted:
>
> Since the Crown Tourney, I have been in contact with several of the 
> fighters who participated, and they were almost unanimous in 
> condemning their own performance.
>
> "Oh, some performance. I went 0-2..."
>
> ...
>
> "Sorry I didn't win. I'll try harder next time."
>
> This saddens me. I think (without naming names) that some of you have 
> lost your way.
>
> Please allow me to make some observations and offer my opinion as a 
> retired fighter and dedicated spectator for many, many years.
>
> The intent of participating in the Crown Tourney (and any Tourney) is 
> not to win, but to fight with honor and make your Kingdom proud. If 
> you win, that's fantastic, but in my mind at least, it's more 
> important to stride on to the field with honor in your heart, fight 
> the best you can, congratulate those who win and even those who lost. 
> As long as you have remained true to yourself and fought honorably, 
> you have helped to glorify the Kingdom and your fellow combatants.
>
> After all, in any Tourney, there can only be one winner. Does that 
> mean the rest of you are losers? No, it does not. You took the field 
> to honor your consort, yourself and your Kingdom. If you fought hard 
> and the best you could, you are a winner also.
>
> Never forget that. Be proud of the fact that you faced the best your 
> Kingdom had to offer, and helped make the Crown Tourney even more 
> special by simply walking on to the field.
>
> Everyone who fought in the Crown Tourney are champions in their own 
> right. There can be only one ultimate winner and future King, but you 
> did your consort, yourself and your Kingdom proud by just being on 
> that field.
>
> These very wise words also apply to us and our community. After this 
> year's Kingdom Archery Championship, I had discussions with many of 
> you and I was shocked at what I was hearing from many of you. We are 
> all competitive and there is nothing wrong with that. I joined the SCA 
> for one reason, fun. Ever since I joined, I cant think of a time when 
> I did not have in our archery community and it is the commradrery, 
> friendships, laughs and stories that make me smile and come back.
>
> So I thought this was fitting to post and I hope you all agree, 
> everyone who shoots at an event or Kingdom Championship are winners 
> and Champions in my opinion. It is not an unknown fact that Atlantia 
> has some of the best archers in the known world. If we can ever get 
> the Known world archery championship we have been working on for years 
> off the ground, we would show the world this for real. I am proud to 
> be an Atlantian archer and so should you!
>
> In Service
>
> Janyn
>
> "Those who stand for nothing, will fall for anything!" --Alexander 
> Hamilton
>
>
>
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