[Ansteorra-announce] Join the hunt to be the first Archery Champion of the Shire of Gate's Edge

[Eadric Anstapa]

Greetings to the Archers of Ansteorra!

We invite you all to gather on October 11 to compete for the honor 
of being the first Archery Champion of the SHIRE of Gate's Edge.

As has become our custom the past few years the tournament will be 
a double elimination head-to-head style tournament. 

This year there is a twist.  We want our Archery Champion to also 
be a craftsman if possible.  To that end there will be an archery 
themed Arts and Sciences competition held at the archery range.  
Any archer who enters items into the A&S competition will receive 
an Extra Life in the tournament.  For Archer Craftsmen the 
tournament is effectively triple elimination.  Entry in the A&S 
competition is not limited to archers.  A prize will be offered to  the 
craftsperson who wins this A&S competition.

Since we want to assure our prospective champions are as 
versatile as possible, and provide a good test of skills, each 
round of the tournament will feature a different style of archery.


Rounds will include:

Clout Archery
   Not practiced often in Ansteorra.  This long range shoot tests 
the ability of an archer to drop arrows in a specified area.

Combat Archery
  Archers will wear helms or masks, use combat legal bows or 
crossbows, and shoot Ansteorran combat legal arrows or bolts at 
enemies peeking over a crenellated Castle Wall.  Some loaner 
equipment will be available.  This is a target competition shot 
with combat equipment.

Hunt Archery
  Archers will test themselves (and each other) against animal 
targets.  In some rounds 3D targets will be used, in other rounds 
paper animal targets may be used.

Speed Archery
   Archers will be tested in a 30 second speed round shooting at a
White-Green-Gold Period Target Face.

Target Archery
   Archers will be tested at various ranges shooting at typical 5-
color 60CM Ring Targets.


PRIZES PRIZES PRIZES!!!

The tournament will also be a "Skin's Game".  There will be a prize 
for each round of the tournament.  The best Clout Archer can 
win a prize, the best Combat Archer can win a prize, the best 
Hunter can win a prize, etc.  If there is a tie for the high score 
on any round and no clear winner can be determined then the prizes 
for that round will be added to the next round.

Prizes will include but are not limited to:

1 dozen ModBods

Quality materials for 1 dozen combat arrows or bolts

Archery themed T-shirts from Renaissance Arts (you see them each 
year at Gulf War and Pennsic)

Ansteorra Archery Themed Gear such as Shirts, Steins, Mugs, and 
Bags from http://www.cafeshops.com/ansteorraarcher 

Gift Certificates to Kustom King Archery
http://www.kustom-king.com/

Real Genuine GRAY GOOSE fletches

Of course the over-all winner of the tournament will win a prize 
and carry the Banner of the Archery Champion of the Shire of Gates 
Edge for the next year.


WAIT, STILL MORE!

The competition is open to Crossbows and Longbows/Recurves.  
Whenever possible crossbows will be paired against crossbows.  
Crossbow archers must stand while shooting if they are able to 
stand.  If a Crossbow is paired against a Longbow or Recurve the 
Longbow/Recurve will be awarded the win on any ties.

We want to encourage archers to shoot Period Equipment.  To that 
end shooters of Period Equipment shall be awarded the win on any 
ties (except as noted above for crossbows against 
longbows/recurves). 

More information about the event along with maps and directions can 
be found via http://gatesedge.ansteorra.org


Hope to see you October 11!

H.L. Eadric Anstapa
Ansteorra
eadric at scabrewer.com