ARCH - Re: ANST - Archery Question

[Bob Dewart]

Well said!!!

Gilli

-----Original Message-----
From: Fearghus <lordfearghus at home.com>
To: ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Date: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: ARCH - Re: ANST - Archery Question


>To the Archers of our fair Kingdom,
>I have not up to this point been following all these posts on this subject
>but I must at this point step in and comment. The IKAC was instituted to
>have a common measure of  archers between the Kingdoms. It is a tool to
keep
>archers striving to be better and to allow a way to compete with fellow
>archers across the known world without having to be at the same place.
While
>HL Gilli is correct in that no real rank is associated with the published
>scores, it does give a measure of how our archers are fairing against each
>other, themselves and the rest of the known world. I would have to say
>though that while I don't agree that Ansteorran archers are the worst in
the
>known world, they are definitely not the best. This just means we must
>strive for a higher goal and do everything in our power to promote our
>activity in the kingdom.
>
>The only way we are going to get better is to do it. You can talk all you
>want but if you don't practice you don't get better. This is true in
>anything we do.  I have heard the complaints of people not competing in
>archery competitions because they don't feel capable of competing to the
>same standard that some of the the more experienced archers do. Well you
>have to walk before you run. What I have tried to do at Elfsea's events is
>try to offset some of the skill with luck in some of our shoots. Three
years
>ago Lady Innes won Elfsea Defender against some shooters that she would be
>the first to tell you had greater skill than she.  But by placing a little
>chance in to some of the shoots, it evened the playing field. On that day,
>she carried the field against such archers as Don Sebastian and Lord Wayne
>of the Heights. But you can't win if you don't play.
>
>As to how people are treated on the range, I would agree that if we want to
>promote what we do and attract others we must make them feel welcome. This
>can be hard at times due to many circumstances. Marshals on a target range
>are expected to pay attention to the line. This is their job. But marshals
>should be promoting what we do and trying to ensure that everyone that is
>interested at least has their question answered and made to feel welcome.
>It is easier to let someone try archery than it is to let them fight.  We
>are trying to make strides in this kingdom to reward and recognize archers.
>The Royal Huntsman is good step. But it is only the first. When we show a
>united and chivarlous (sp?) front then the other things we strive for will
>be attained.
>Ld Fearghus MacKenna
>Kingdom Archery Marshal
>Man at Arms to Centurion Airaklee Wolf


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