Greetings to the Archers of Atlantia,<br><br>Some comments that Seamus made at the shoot I was running last weekend got me to thinking. After the Pennsic Masters tourney several people where commenting on the lack of good fun shooting at Pennsic outside of the couple people who get to play in the Masters tourney, the same war point shoots are done yearly but very little else. I don't remember who, but someone suggested sponsoring a shoot.<br>
<br>I would like to propose that we, the archers of the great Kingdom of Atlantia, challenge the Knowne World. That is we, sponsor a shoot. I was thinking of something like the Lochmere Arrow, but between Kingdoms instead of Baronies. Teams of three archers, one crossbow, one period bow, and one flat limb, each kingdom could have multiple teams competing. The cost to enter each team is $6 ($2 per archer) half of which would be used as seed money for the following year's shoot, half of which would be used for the prize which the winning Kingdom chooses which charity receives (would recommend a charity local to the Kingdom). The top teams would get first crack at the shoot, then starting at say noon every archer is challenged to put together a team (no bow requirements) and shoot. <br>
<br>If this is to work, it will need deep support of the archery community. Being no one person has the space to transport an entire shoot to Pennsic, each person would need to take one target. Plus we would need to staff the marshals for this shoot ourselves. From the few archers at Holiday Faire I chatted with seemed to like the idea, but this will need broader support. <br>
<br>As Seamus pointed out at the shoot last weekend, I have the space to host a shoot. So, if there is support to go forward with this, I'll volunteer to host a tournament to raise the seed money for the first year, and act as a trial run before Pennsic.<br>
<br>Soooo..... I'll turn the floor over for discussion.<br><br>Jonathas<br><br><br>