ARCH - ARCH-Speeding up

[arthur starkey]

   The known world handbook states it is best for safety to have no more than three people shooting at the same target at the same time.  Kingdom rules aloe as many archers on the line as the range marshal feels he can safely supervise.  Archers do not like to shoot for score when a previous shot can be deflected, therefore shooting in a group at a given target can and often does alter your performance.
   Examining where time is lost on the range finds these three the most wasteful.
      Hunting arrows.  Erecting an arrow netting or old canvas behind the furtherest target will limit the time hunting arrows.  At a large competition such as being planned at defender, Archers could be forewarned that arrows going beyond this barrier must be forgotten until the competition is over.  This will keep children and others who tend to hide behind things out of the range.
      Range Marshal being distracted.  Kingdom rules clearly call out the range marshal’s duties, which do not include talking to others or answering questions while he/she has shooters on the line. The
      Marshals tabulating scores.  The Marshal must keep his/her mind on the shooters and range.  Several years ago when I started shooting, someone else did the scoring but it seems that it now falls on the range Marshal partly because no one helps and partly because The Marshal just says “Oh well, I’LL JUST DO IT MYSELF”.


 

If the time involved in these things can be reduced, the competition and viewing populace would be less boring.

 

Artair Macmora



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