ANST - Encouraging archery

[Mark.S Harris]

There has been quite a discussion here on archery and how
the numbers may be going down.

Like other activities, the interest in archery probably
goes up and down in cycles. I know this is the case in
my barony. Years ago, we had an archery-oriented event
called the Southaven Archery Tournament or somesuch here
in Bryn Gwlad. I remember shooting a variety of different
shoots. It was a good event, but afterwards interest in
archery declined.

One of the nice things about this event was the variety
of different shoots that were held. Personally, I think
that IKAC can get rather boring and repetitious and it
is not a period style. Various other shoots are more
period and I think can be used to increase the interest
in archery such as wand shoots, clout shoots, animal
shoots and so forth. Unfortunately, I missed the Southern
Regional event. The string shoot there sounded interesting.
I'd love to hear more about how that shoot went.

Anyway, perhaps these files in the ARCHERY and ARCHERY-FAQ 
sections of my Florilegium might be useful for ideas to 
encourage more archery in this kingdom:
arch-shoots-msg   (41K)  3/21/97    Different types of archery shoots.
T-Arch-Child-art  (10K)  9/ 9/98    "Teaching Archery to Children" 
                                       by Master Magnus Malleus
clout-shoot-FAQ   (14K) 12/ 4/96    Clout shooting in and outside the
SCA.

My Florilegium is on the wab at:
http://www.florilegium.org

Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
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