[MR] Whoops - Kingdom Archery Championship Results & Thoughts

[Siegfried]

It appears that I am still suffering a bit from the heat.

I listed Aeddan Ivor twice, and FORGOT someone.

My apologies to Sean Mckelly who was also a finalist.

Siegfried


Siegfried wrote:
> Earl Mika beat me to it ... but I also wish to congradulate Seamus 
> McCrae for becoming the 10th Kingdom Archery Champion of Atlantia...
> 
> Also, to let people know of the other finalists (in no order):
> Gregge the Archer
> Aeddan Ivor
> Mika Longbow
> Jonathas Reinisch
> Aeddan Ivor
> Timothy of Shaftesbury
> Vaclav Matyj
> Gregor Von Leipzig
> Nikolai Dmitri Zhdanov Dolgorukova
> 
> The shooting was excellent, the weather was not.
> 
> For those that don't know, the heat index hit 106 degrees, and while we 
> started with around 75 archers out there, I think perhaps only 30-40 
> actually finished the course for the day.  Many were dropping themselves 
> from the competition because of the heat, and some other had to be 
> treated by the Chirurgeons due to the heat.
> 
> It was definately a gruelling day, and in the end, we had to cancel 
> almost HALF of the shooting due to the heat.
> 
> I also wish to apologize to all archers that were there, that hindsight 
> being 20/20, I should have cut back on all the distance shooting earlier 
> in the day to allow us to get through the 'fun rounds' before the heat 
> dropped us all.  However, at the time, I had no idea that the heat was 
> going to continue to get worse as it did (in fact, my stronger worries 
> then were about the timescale - as we were still expecting a 
> thunderstorm to appear and to slow down the shooting that way).
> 
> In Service, and hoping for a more pleasant tourney next year:
> Siegfried
> 
> 

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THL Siegfried Sebastian Faust                      http://crossbows.biz/
Barony of Highland Foorde                       Baronial Archery Marshal
Kingdom of Atlantia       Deputy Kingdom Earl Marshal for Target Archery
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