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<DIV>Good morning everyone!</DIV>
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<DIV>Jonathas,</DIV>
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<DIV>I like the idea a lot. A couple of questions. We would be responsible
for putting together our own team of three archers or is there a selection
method? Are there enough of each type of bow to complete a set? You said
the "top teams" would get first chance to shoot. How would the top teams
be selected? Then is open to all other archers? Guess we would need
to be careful not to make this another elitist shoot.</DIV>
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<DIV>Would you need to know ahead of time what kid of target we are bringing so
that we could set things up with proper room? I can fit a target or two in my
truck. Count me in, its a great idea.</DIV>
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<DIV>Lorelei</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 11/22/2008 10:39:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
Jonathas@redfoxden.org writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>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></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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