ARCH - Champions History

[Fearghus]

As far as being entourage, technically yes. But I have not traveled every
place the Crown has been since I won the title. As far as choosing the
shoot, I asked His Highness what he wanted and he basically left it up to
me. Now the next Crown may have his own ideas. The shoot format will still
be at the discretion of the Crown. My main goal in this is to keep it on the
front burner with each new Crown until it becomes expected just like Kings
Champion. I would hope that each person that wins this title after me will
put in as much effort as possible to keep this position visible. My lady
(Lady Arabella) and HL Dariaus of the Bells made some beautiful regalia for
this position and I wear these with pride and honor as I hope my successors
do as well.

Ld Fearghus MacKenna
Deputy Earl Marshal for Archery Ansteorra
Man at Arms to Centurion Airaklee Wolf

----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Powers <spowers at telepath.com>
To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: ARCH - Champions History


> At 4:51 PM -0500 7/20/00, Fearghus wrote:
> >Creating a New Kingdom champion takes a little more than us wanting it.
It
> >would have to be created by the Crown. I'm not saying it's a bad idea,
but
> >lets get a little history behind the Royal Huntsman. Who knows the next
> >Royal Huntsman shoot may be a combat shoot.
> >
> >Ld Fearghus MacKenna
> >Deputy Earl Marshal for Archery Ansteorra
> >Man at Arms to Centurion Airaklee Wolf
>
>
>
>
> I think that is a good and realistic goal.  As much as we like the idea of
> a combat archery champion, I don't see it happening for awhile.  Things
> just don't move that fast in the SCA.  So Fearghus makes a good point.
> Adding variety to the existing title might be a solution that can be done
> now, instead of 3 or 4 years from now.
>
> I haven't fought heavy weapons in over a decade, so I may be wrong on this
> point, but...
>
> I know most tournaments setups are decided by the last years winner, or by
> tradition, or by the sponsoring group.  But I think that the King's
> Champion list style is decided by the incoming King.  You might want to
> check with the Crown to make sure they have no objections to the style of
> shoot you have in mind.  They might have it in their minds that the Royal
> Huntsman is to always be decided by an IKAC.  Might not, but better to
find
> out before there are any unpleasant surprises.
>
> On another point, someone brought up recently about the Royal Hunstman
> being entouroge.  Feargus, are you really expected to travel all over the
> kingdom with the Crown?  I would not mind competing for that title, but I
> have neither the time nor inclination to travel that much.  If travel is
> part of the job, then that needs to be clear to anyone competing for that
> title before they shoot.
>
> Rumil
>
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