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Noble Friends of the Bow,<br>
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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.<br>
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Yours Aye,<br>
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<br>
Mungo<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/13/14 6:44 PM, Jay Nardone wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#333333" lang="EN">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#333333" lang="EN">“Oh,
some performance. I went 0-2…”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#333333" lang="EN">...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#333333" lang="EN">“Sorry
I didn’t win. I’ll try harder next time.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#333333" lang="EN">This
saddens me. I think (without naming names) that some of you
have lost your way. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#333333" lang="EN">Please
allow me to make some observations and offer my opinion as a
retired fighter and dedicated spectator for many, many
years. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#333333" lang="EN">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#333333" lang="EN">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#333333" lang="EN">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:#333333" lang="EN">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old
Style","serif"">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old
Style","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old
Style","serif"">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!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old
Style","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old
Style","serif"">In Service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old
Style","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old
Style","serif"">Janyn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old
Style","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old
Style","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old
Style","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old
Style","serif"">“Those who stand for nothing,
will fall for anything!” –Alexander Hamilton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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